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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: WitchouseYear: 1999 Director: David DeCoteau [Jack Reed] Rating: R Length: 72 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English Stars:Matt Raftery Monica Serene Garnich Brooke Mueller Ashley McKinney Dave Oren Ward Ryan Scott Greene Plot:In an old mansion, a teenage party is about to take a terrifying turn... When a group of seven kids are invited over by their strange classmate ELIZABETH for a little "get together," they soon become unwitting participants in a horrific sacrificial ritual. LILITH, Elizabeth's ancestor, has returned from the dead to exact her bloody revenge upon the decendants of those that brutally murdered her in a witch hunt 300 years ago. Extras:Scene Access Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Production Notes My Thoughts: Definitely low budget horror here. But one I enjoyed. Sure... some of the acting is pretty bad. The effects aren't too bad for the most part. Passably anyway. I think if you can find it cheap... it is worth checking out for some leave your brain at the door horror fun. My Rating: 3.5 Count: Movie Count: 75 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: WishmasterYear: 1997 Director: Robert Kurtzman Rating: R Length: 90 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: N/A Stars:Angus Scrimm Ari Barak Jake McKinnon Greg Funk Andrew Divoff Richard Assad Plot:Magically powerful. Supernaturally evil. The ancient entity known in human legend as the Djinn can grant a person's wildest dreams. And in the process, it unleashes your darkest nightmares. The moral of this explosively terrifying, special-effects-powered, horror-fantasy spectacular: Be careful what you wish for! Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Featurettes Production Notes Closed Captioned My Thoughts: This is another movie I haven't seen in several years. It is one I did enjoy though. I remembered liking it... but what I didn't remember is this one has it's share of gore in it. It also has cameos of not 1... not 2... but three genre actors well known to horror fans. There is... Robert Englund who of course played Freddy Krueger. Then there is Kane Hodder who Played Jason in several of the Friday the 13th movies. And then there is Tony Todd who is well known as the Candyman. If by chance you never seen this movie... it is one I feel comfortable recommending. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 76 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,018 |
| Posted: | | | | Ready for your final run of movies only now? |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | I will probably throw in some more Halloween episodes of TV Series an stuff too. I just need to concentrate on the movies now though. | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,018 |
| Posted: | | | | Life is hard when you're a sports ace... |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: The 4th FloorYear: 1999 Director: Josh Klausner Rating: R Length: 90 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: N/A Stars:Juliette Lewis William Hurt Shelley Duvall Austin Pendleton Tobin Bell Artie Lange Plot:Jane Emelin (Juliette Lewis) has never lived alone and decides to move into an apartment by herself instead of with her boyfriend, Greg Harrison (Academy Award® winner, William Hurt). At first glance, the neighborhood is enchanting and the neighbors friendly, but things quickly turn bizarre. Something evil lurks in the floorboards and the walls and no one believes her fears. Terrifying sounds, massive infestations of mice and roaches turn her happy home into a horrifying hell-hole. Now it is up to Jane to discover the terrible secret before it’s the death of her… Extras:Scene Access Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Gallery Production Notes My Thoughts: While a good movie. I would personally say it is more of a thriller then a horror. I had a feeling who her tormentor was about half way through the movie. I like the main actress in this one... Juliette Lewis... who I know from the movie From Dusk Till Dawn. Tobin Bell of Saw fame also has a small part in this one as well. If you never seen this one... I would say it is worth the hour and a half you have to put into it. My Rating: 3.5/5 Count: Movie Count: 77 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: Bone EaterYear: 2007 Director: Bob Robertson Rating: PG-13 Length: 88 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish Stars:Bruce Boxleitner Michael Horse Adoni Maropis Clara Bryant Jesse Janzen William Katt Plot:A construction worker (GIL GERARD, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century") breaks ground on what is said to be Indian holy ground. The crew soon uncovers an ancient artifact and removes it from the earth, unleashing an evil spirit known as the Bone Eater. With every victim, the Bone Eater grows more powerful. Sheriff Evans (BRUCE BOXLEITNER, "Babylon 5"), his daughter, and the town doctor (WILLIAM KATT, "The Greatest American Hero") seek the help of a wise Indian girl to uncover the secret before it's too late! Extras:Scene Access Bonus Trailers Closed Captioned My Thoughts: Oh what to say about this one. This is a TV movie that originally aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. As such it is pretty much what you would expect... entertaining but nothing to get excited about. Just a ridiculous cheesy mess. But hey... that can be fun at times too. William Katt ( The Greatest American Hero) has a small part in this movie playing a doctor. Other familiar faces in this one include Gil Gerard ( Buck Rogers), Bruce Boxleitner ( Babylon 5) and Walter Koenig ( Star Trek). The Bone Eater... which is a demonic skeleton... looks corny but he tends to grow on you. I know I was starting to get a kick out of him... especially when he was chasing a few people on motorcycles... and he brings forth a skeleton horse. While it is corny it just seemed cool on some level at the same time... if you know what I mean. I found the way he killed to be rather weird... but hey... for a TV movie I guess you can't expect a whole lot of blood. But he uses a weapon made of bone and when he strikes someone (or even breathes his nasty breath on them)... they just disintegrate into dust. This is really not one I feel comfortable recommending... but I did enjoy it for what it is. Corny fun. My Rating: 3/5 Count: Movie Count: 78 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: Shadow Zone: The Undead ExpressYear: 1996 Director: Stephen Williams Rating: PG-13 Length: 98 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: N/A Stars:Ron Silver Chauncey Leopardi Natanya Ross Tony T. Johnson Sherry Miller Ron Lea Plot:Out of the darkness, the grim reaper appears in a graveyard among headstones and gargoyles. Elegantly cloaked, but masked by shadows, his eyes burn yellow as he tells us we all have a little evil inside us. Take Zach Kincaid... A lonely and intense 14-year-old horror movie hunkie, Zach (Chauncey Leopardi) is a good kid but a little confused as a result of his parents' recent break-up. Perhaps for this reason, he often tends to stretch the truth. His friends, J.T. Heffernan, a computer geek, and Gabrielle "Gabe" Lattanzi, a lovely, intelligent athlete, humor Zach, but know just how much to believe. On the way home one weekend, Zach becomes lost on a deserted subway platform. When he stops for directions he is attacked, but rescued in the nick of time by Valentine (Ron Silver), a self-styled vegetarian vampire from the turn of the century. Finding cold comfort in Valentine's assurance of protection, Zach runs for the first available train. Unfortunately he steps onto the Undead Express, which is full of vampires who are not, apparently, vegetarian... Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: This one is actually a TV Movie that originally aired on Showtime. From what I read it was actually supposed to be the first movie in a series (think Masters of Horror) called Shadow Zone. I remember seeing this movie on Showtime when it first aired. And I remembered always liking it...and I still enjoy every minute of it. I was kinda surprise that for a vampire movie you only get to see one single person get bit. But that is probably because this movie was made with younger teens and families in mind. It was kinda in the same vein (sorry for the bad pun!) as goosebumps... but maybe a little more spooky then that. As for the DVD itself... it is put out by a lower-budget company... so unfortunately there is no extras what so ever on this release. Not even the trailer. Which as most of you know is a pet peeve of mine. The video and audio quality was good... not great but more then watchable.Over-all was definitely worth the time I put in to watch this one. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 79 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood: Widescreen EditionYear: 1996 Director: Gilbert Adler Rating: R Length: 86 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: N/A Stars:John Kassir Dennis Miller Erika Eleniak Angie Everhart Chris Sarandon Corey Feldman Plot:A wickedly funny motion picture complete with all the hackcitement anyone could axe for! Dennis Miller, stunning supermodel Angie Everhart and Erika Eleniak join every bodies' favorite cutup, the Cryptkeeper, in a hip frightmare of sly humor, sex appeal and go-for-the-juglar special effects. Madam Lilith (Everhart) and her lucious cohorts run a most unusual bordello on the edge of town. They don't just take your money for services rendered - they bleed their customers dry! But wisecracking private eye Rafe Guttman (Miller) is on the case, and soon he must battle not only a den of scantily clad vampiresses, but also the Reverend Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon), a slick televangelist with an all-powerful talisman. The thrills and chills come so fast you'll never know where this tale will beheading next. Extras:Scene Access Closed Captioned My Thoughts: It has been a while since I watched this one last! I have always been a big fan of the Tales from the Crypt TV Series... so was thrilled when I first heard they were making some Tales from the Crypt movies. Extra thrilled when I heard they were making a vampire movie. I don't normally care much for Dennis Miller... but I actually enjoyed him in this one. I also enjoyed Erika Eleniak in it as well. This is just a fun vampire movie... with a nice amount of eye candy for us guys. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 80 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 10, 2009 | Posts: 2,248 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote: Title: Shadow Zone: The Undead Express Year: 1996 Director: Stephen Williams Rating: PG-13 Length: 98 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: N/A
Stars: Ron Silver Chauncey Leopardi Natanya Ross Tony T. Johnson Sherry Miller Ron Lea
Plot: Out of the darkness, the grim reaper appears in a graveyard among headstones and gargoyles. Elegantly cloaked, but masked by shadows, his eyes burn yellow as he tells us we all have a little evil inside us. Take Zach Kincaid...
A lonely and intense 14-year-old horror movie hunkie, Zach (Chauncey Leopardi) is a good kid but a little confused as a result of his parents' recent break-up. Perhaps for this reason, he often tends to stretch the truth. His friends, J.T. Heffernan, a computer geek, and Gabrielle "Gabe" Lattanzi, a lovely, intelligent athlete, humor Zach, but know just how much to believe.
On the way home one weekend, Zach becomes lost on a deserted subway platform. When he stops for directions he is attacked, but rescued in the nick of time by Valentine (Ron Silver), a self-styled vegetarian vampire from the turn of the century. Finding cold comfort in Valentine's assurance of protection, Zach runs for the first available train. Unfortunately he steps onto the Undead Express, which is full of vampires who are not, apparently, vegetarian...
Extras: Scene Access
My Thoughts: This one is actually a TV Movie that originally aired on Showtime. From what I read it was actually supposed to be the first movie in a series (think Masters of Horror) called Shadow Zone. I remember seeing this movie on Showtime when it first aired. And I remembered always liking it...and I still enjoy every minute of it. I was kinda surprise that for a vampire movie you only get to see one single person get bit. But that is probably because this movie was made with younger teens and families in mind. It was kinda in the same vein (sorry for the bad pun!) as goosebumps... but maybe a little more spooky then that.
As for the DVD itself... it is put out by a lower-budget company... so unfortunately there is no extras what so ever on this release. Not even the trailer. Which as most of you know is a pet peeve of mine. The video and audio quality was good... not great but more then watchable.Over-all was definitely worth the time I put in to watch this one.
My Rating: 4/4
Count: Movie Count: 79 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20) Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) 4 out of 4 |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Carnival of Souls: The Criterion CollectionYear: 1962 Director: Herk Harvey Rating: NR Length: 78 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English Stars:Candace Hilligoss Frances Feist Sidney Berger Art Ellison Stan Levitt Tom McGinnis Plot:Herk Harvey's macabre masterpiece gained a cult following through late night television and has been bootlegged for years. Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, Carnival of Souls was intended to have the "look of a Bergman" and "feel of a Cocteau," and succeeds with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score. Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) survives a drag race in a rural Kansas town, then takes a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she becomes haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her to an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Criterion is proud to present the ultimate special edition of this eerily effective B-movie classic that continues to inspire filmmakers today. Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Deleted Scenes Featurettes Gallery Production Notes Outtakes/Bloopers My Thoughts: This is one I have watched a few times before. I originally got this one in a cheaply made freebie boxset. After enjoying it so much a friend of mine got me the 2 disc Criterion edition for my birthday a couple years ago. I really have a hard time putting my finger on what it is about this movie I like so much... so it is a really hard one to review. It really is kinda different then what I usually watch. But I think it is definitely worth checking out. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 81 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Title: Trilogy of Terror: Special EditionYear: 1975 Director: Dan Curtis Rating: NR Length: 72 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English Stars:Karen Black Robert Burton John Karlen George Gaynes James Storm Kathryn Reynolds Plot:Legendary producer/director Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker) teams up with writers Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, The Twilight Zone) and William F. Nolan (Logan's Run, Burnt Offerings) to present three tales of horrific suspense in this made-for-television anthology that also showcases the tremendous acting talent of Karen Black (House of 1,000 Corpses, Easy Rider), who plays four distinct roles. In "Julie," an aggressive college student seduces and ultimately blackmails his seemingly shy English professor. In "Millicent and Therese," two polar-opposite sisters become increasingly hell-bent on the undoing of one another. And in "Amelia," a woman falls prey to a murderous Zuni fetish doll. Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Featurettes My Thoughts: This is a TV movie from back in the '70s. Remembering back to when I was a manager of our local video store... this movie was in great demand. Unfortunately at the time I never got to see it myself as the store's copy disappeared and none of our distributors at the time could locate a new copy for us (this is back in the VHS days). So the first time I got to see this movie was when I first got it on DVD back in 2007. And I must say I enjoyed it very much! The first story, Julie, Karen Black plays a College Professor who gets seduced and blackmailed (as the cover says).I liked how the student didn't have as much control over things as he thought he did. An enjoyable segment... but not my favorite. The next story is Millicent and Therese where we have some sibling rivalry. This one, while I still enjoyed it, it wasn't as good as the first one. So this one has to be my least favorite segment of the movie. The final story, Amelia, a woman falls prey to a murderous Zuni Fetish Doll. This is my favorite segment of the entire movie. It was very well done... especially for the time. And I just couldn't help but to get a kick out of that Zuni Fetish Doll. And as much as I liked that little guy... I must say the final scene is really what clinched this segment for me. The DVD itself While good I am a little disappointed. The audio and video is just fine on my 24in standard TV. But I have a bit of a hard time with them calling this a special edition. All there is... is 2 featurettes and a commentary track. That seems to me a little slim to be calling it a special edition. But with that all said... I really enjoyed watching this movie again. My Rating: 4.5/5 Count: Movie Count: 82 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Dead TeenagersYear: 2006 Director: Chris LaMartina Rating: Unrated Length: 71 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Stars:The LibraryCorey Schuler Kyle Good The Boo MenRich Bolen Danny Costa Plot:On a dark autumn eve, a college student finds a mysterious book in his campus library. Within it's pages he finds four gruesome tales of ghosts, werewolves, vampires and the unknown. Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: This movie is in a cheap boxset I got from Mills Creek called Mortuary of Madness. This movie is an Anthology. It has 4 stories in the one movie. The wrap around story pretty much sucked. Basically non-existent as it was no more then a guy finding a hand-written book in the library and he was reading the stories that someone wrote in the notebook. The first story I didn't care for at all really. It was more confusing then anything. I still not sure what it was I watched to be honest. By this time I was thinking another looser of a movie. Then it went back to the guy reading the book in the library... he turns the page and you see the title and a drawing of a werewolf. I like werewolves so I decided to continue to watch. Now this story... while it took a few minutes.. it just grabbed me. I found myself enjoying this movie... I thought cool! The third story is a ghost story. Now this one I really loved! I was actually glued to the TV off one of these movies!?!? What a pleasant surprise. The fourth and final story in this anthology is a vampire story. This one I didn't care as much for as I did stories numbers 2 & 3... but it is definitely quite a bit better then the first one. The movie itself actually has a feel of a student movie. Definitely low budget... the acting is fair at best... and the effects are almost non-existent. But the stories... these stories are more then enjoyable... they were definitely well done. Well...except for the first one and the wrap around anyway. I am really pleasantly surprised to be able to give this movie such a high rating (Probably too high of a rating). Especially considering that the acting and the effects both need help. But for me at least... the writer(s) made this film. So much so that you really don't care about the downfalls of the movie. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 83 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: The HollowYear: 2004 Director: Kyle Newman Rating: R Length: 83 Min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: N/A Stars:Kevin Zegers Kaley Cuoco Nick Carter Ben Scott Stacey Keach Judge Reinhold Plot:Restless spirits stir this Hollow's Eve, beckoning Ian Cranston (Kevin Zegers, Dawn of the Dead), the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, back to Sleepy Hollow. Thundering hooves unleash a wave of bone-chilling screams as the ghost of the Headless Horseman rides again! Ian must try to save the town and his girlfriend, Karen (Karley Cuoco, "8 Simple Rules") and determine wheather the sword-wielding stalker is their clownish classmate, Brody (Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys) in costume, or the dark rider himself. If it's truly the Headless Horseman...how do you kill what's already dead? Extras:Scene Access Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Closed Captioned My Thoughts: I am watching this one for Kaley Cuoco who I know from the series Charmed (Billie) and The Big Bang Theory (Penny). I originally bought this movie (about 3 yrs. ago) because of her being in it. That and because I always like the story of Sleepy Hollow. Nick Carter played a real jerk in the movie... and he did a better then I expected job. Not a great actor... but not terrible either. I think Kaley Cuoco did a fine job as well. I have mixed feelings about the pumpkin head on the Headless Horseman... it was some pretty cool graphics for sure... but there just seemed to be something slightly off about it. The movie itself is no more then a fun... leave your brain at the door.. popcorn movie. One that I really like a lot. Probably a little more then I should. The DVD itself is fine quality wise.... just nothing really offered in the line of extras. This is now the 4th time I watched this movie since I bought it. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 84 TV Ep. Count: 47 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Are You Afraid of the Dark?A group of kids (the Midnight Society) get together in the woods, and tell ghost stories. Episode Watched:Tale of the Night ShiftAmanda works the night shift at a hospital where she sees that all the employees are acting strange and weak around her. My Thoughts: When Brittany (my daughter) saw that her next episode in her Are You Afraid of the Dark? marathon was a vampire episode she wanted me to watch it with her because she knows how much I like vampire stories. This one is pretty good for a kid series. I did enjoy the whole storyline. The only thing I really had anything against is the make-up for the main vampire. But over-all it is worth watching. My Rating: 4/5 Count: Movie Count: 84 TV Ep. Count: 48 I Made It! (10/20)Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15) | | | Pete |
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