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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 1, 2009 1:27:04 GMT -5
Me and my buddy watched Critters 3 & 4 back-to-back yesterday. I actually kind of enjoyed 3. Granny with a meat cleaver was awesome. Critters 4 was absolutely terrible. For a movie called Critters, they barely were on screen (I'd estimate about 10 minutes of screen time in an hour and a half movie was devoted to the Critters). The plot wasn't engaging (I wouldn't normally bring this up, but since the movie was more focused on a plot as opposed to the Critters themselves, I feel good reason to chastise it). The movie itself was so bad me and my friend had a hard time cracking jokes at its expense. We were too bored and annoyed to put any effort into riffing it. You wouldn't believe this, Y2J, but in all three WC horror threads, the Critters series has NEVER been brought up. Good to see you in here, though, man (apologize if I've ever missed one of your appearance in one of the WC threads). I agree with you, btw. You know, I really, really like the first two Critters movies; the second one gets a lot of flack, but really, I don't see what the problem is. It's the first movie on a slightly bigger scale; what more can you ask? And the third is cheesy good fun, and, unbelievably, is Leonardo DiCaprio's first film role. But the fourth? Eee-yikes. You know, as much as I enjoy the first three movies, the one thing that I DON'T like in all of them is Charlie. Don't ask me what the creative geniuses behind the series were thinking, but somehow, Charlie wound up as the lynchpin of the entire franchise. To me, his effect is about the same as Lucky on King of the Hill - he shows up, instant Conway Pop. And the fourth film of the series is pretty much focused exclusively on Mr. Opper. Needless to say, it's pretty painful to watch. One of these days I'm going to go back and watch the movies from The Critters series. Also Does Anybody remember the show Reel Wild Cinema on the USA Network?
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Post by Thomas Rigby on Jun 1, 2009 9:33:34 GMT -5
Also Does Anybody remember the show Reel Wild Cinema on the USA Network? Can't say that I do, Andrew. Sorry. ![:-[](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/embarrassed.png)
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 1, 2009 9:56:35 GMT -5
Not many people do remember it since it just lasted two years. and that it used to come on at midnight. Also the only reason I remember the show is because I saw commercials for it while watching old Action Zone episodes from 96
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 1, 2009 16:55:43 GMT -5
Dimension Films has sent us the official plot crunch for Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3D, 2010's first big 3-D horror film.
Jaws...lots and lots of jaws. From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D, in the latest eye-popping 3D technology. A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on beautiful Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.
The film also stars Adam Scott, Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss, Dina Meyer and Jerry O'Connell. Look for it in theaters on March 10, 2010.
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Post by rorschach on Jun 1, 2009 22:31:15 GMT -5
Just reviewed DRAG ME TO HELL in the official thread.
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Post by Thomas Rigby on Jun 2, 2009 11:52:27 GMT -5
Just watched The Grudge 3, and if you're a fan of the series, you won't be disappointed. This one's got an especially pissed off Kayako Saeki (a new chick is playing her, although she does a wonderful job), and an admittedly pretty engaging human story at its root. A good solid *** 1/2 from TR.
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Post by rorschach on Jun 3, 2009 15:53:18 GMT -5
I would have liked the ending more if it had some closure to it...but then again, that's kind of the whole point of the GRUDGE series, isn't it? That it can never be stopped, or satiated.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 3, 2009 17:41:10 GMT -5
Clive Barker Tweets:
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 3, 2009 17:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by Thomas Rigby on Jun 4, 2009 11:37:58 GMT -5
I would have liked the ending more if it had some closure to it...but then again, that's kind of the whole point of the GRUDGE series, isn't it? That it can never be stopped, or satiated. Well-put. I think, though, that The Grudge 3's ending suggests (SPOILERS ahead) that Kayako and Toshio are now indeed out of commission; it's Kayako's sister who takes the mantle from here. In regards to the endings of the series, the ending of Ju-On: The Grudge is just absolutely perfect, and fits in perfectly with the "never be sated" comment. COUNTLESS missing posters hanging up on fences, followed by a bunch of camera shots of the empty streets of Tokyo. The implication of the ending to that particular movie is that Kayako and Toshio have claimed EVERY PERSON IN THE FREAKIN' WORLD. You can't leave on a much bigger bang than that. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) As for the Scream reboot, I'll just go ahead and post the first "awww, s***."
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Post by rorschach on Jun 4, 2009 13:35:38 GMT -5
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Post by Some kind of a DSR-type person on Jun 4, 2009 17:11:38 GMT -5
For starters, he's not saying anything I haven't already heard from the collective crybaby hive-mind of the internet five thousand times <I'm trying to be tongue-in-cheek here, by the way>. Also, "Dying" seems a bit melodramatic when you consider: Number 7 - "Quantity over quality" is not a recent adage. When VHS came to prominence in the 80s, so too did the direct-to-video market, filled with lousy horror films. And before that was the low-budget drive-in, grindhouse, and B movie markets. Have their been creative minds at work in those venues? Yes. Were they ALL creative? No. Same could be said for the current direct-to-dvd crowd. Number 5 - So basically, he's saying lousy effects create lousy movies. We, the horror film viewing public, have suffered through lousy effects for decades. If a film's written fairly well, the limitations of effects are usually overcome. Number 4 - "The PG-13 rating plays to the teeny bopper crowd, who will scream in terror at every single cheap scare inserted throughout." See also: most horror movies made ever. Adults have typically frowned on the films since their inception, and again the drive-in market and the matinee were often hotbeds for teenage activity. "It also robs potentially good films of any kind of legitimacy with unrealistic dialogue, little suspense, and moderate violence." If you can't build suspense as a filmmaker, having naked, blood-drenched lesbians say the f-word fifty times in a half-hour isn't going to help you. Number 1 - Yes, there are more remakes being made now than there were in the 40s. There's more movies total being made now than in those days, too. And, need I remind you, that many classics of the genre are remakes? 1931's Frankenstein and Dracula films: remakes. Hammer studio's Frankenstein and Dracula pictures: remakes. John Carpenter's The Thing: remake. Cronenberg's The Fly: remake. If you'll pardon the pun, the horror genre has always had a history of cannibalizing previous ideas and telling those old stories in new ways. Horror didn't die when any of the things this guy (or his brethren on many message boards I've read) mentions were cropping up at various points in the history of cinema. I don't think there's any reason to assume that NOW, all of a sudden, the genre is just going to quietly march to its grave and rest in peace.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 4, 2009 19:18:42 GMT -5
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 6, 2009 17:42:49 GMT -5
was just on Amazon.com and I see That the Puppet master box set is getting another release It comes out this Tuesday. The company that is putting it out is Video Music, Inc.
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Post by Deadpool is Insane on Jun 6, 2009 17:44:22 GMT -5
I need to sit down and watch all the Critter movies in order. I haven't seen them since I was a kid.
The only thing I would say that can back up the "Horror Movies Are Dying Thing" is the fact that there hasn't been many iconic characters created for a while now.
In the old days we had our Draculas, Frankensteiens, Mummys, Fishmen, zombies, etc. In the 70's-90's we had the likes of Jason, Myers, Freddy, Pinhead, Chucky, Jaws, Leatherface, etc.
What have we had in recent years? Ghostface. That's about it. He's really the only one I can see decades from now people looking at and being like "I know that guy!"
I disagree with a lot of what that guy said because what he's saying is nothing new. The Thing was a remake. The Fly was. Friday the 13th owed a lot to Halloween which owed a lot to Black Christmas, etc, etc, etc. People we getting sick of slashers in the 80's like we're getting sick of Japan-style movies in the 90's.
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Post by Shovelman on Jun 6, 2009 23:18:11 GMT -5
I dunno, I think Jigsaw could be considered a modern horror-icon. Even in death people still die horrible, convoluted deaths. The rest have to be something that resembles alive to do that.
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Post by bob on Jun 7, 2009 0:39:49 GMT -5
I dunno, I think Jigsaw could be considered a modern horror-icon. Even in death people still die horrible, convoluted deaths. The rest have to be something that resembles alive to do that. the man has a roller coaster named after him, that gives him instant horror film icon status
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 7, 2009 23:15:45 GMT -5
Some saw news
Tobin Bell confirms that they're in talks for Saw 7 and they're currently planning for Saw 8 to be "the final chapter". Though
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Post by Shovelman on Jun 7, 2009 23:29:20 GMT -5
That's what they said about Saw 3 and it look at the franchise now.
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Post by rorschach on Jun 8, 2009 13:44:44 GMT -5
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