The movies of Jean Rollin
I haven't seen an awful lot of Jean Rollin but I do really enjoy the almost dreamlike quality to his movies. I only have seen The Grapes of Death (1978) and The Iron Rose (1973). I rated those both an eight.
I want to watch more of his movies.
This is a list of what I think may be his best movies to watch:
Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
The Living Dead Girl (1982)
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
The Night of the Hunted (1980)
Fascination (1979)
Lips of Blood (1975)
Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
Are my missing anything worth watching from this list? What are some of your favorite Rollin movies?
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Bloodbeat (1982)
Watched this last night for the first time in years. I didn't remember much about it other than the fact that it takes place during Christmastime - despite being the most un-Christmassy Christmas movie ever - and that it's completely and totally bonkers.
For those who don't know what it's about, I'll try and summarize: a brother and sister, along with brother's new girlfriend, are in town to spend the holidays with their mom and mom's boyfriend. Mom's boyfriend is "a good old boy" who wants to marry the mom, but mom seems checked out from the relationship, doesn't wanna marry him, and spends her days generally acting strange and painting.
Odd family melodrama hijinx ensue, some deer hunting - this takes place in rural Wisconsin after all - and then things get really weird with the brother's girlfriend. She gets upset after they try to shoot a deer, goes to bed, discovers a trunk full of samurai garb and a giant sword, cuts her finger on it and well.... the ghost of samurai somehow becomes resurrected? I think.
The girl begins masturbating and orgasming everytime the ghostly samurai puts his sword to good use on hapless victims, until he sets his sights on the family's home and then, all hell breaks loose.
It isn't a very good movie by any means, but it succeeds in just being so damn surreal and dreamlike. It's one of those regional horror movies starring a cast of complete nobodies and a one and only time director, but there is a level of accomplishment I have to admit, in any event.
There's a whole host of really dated, but "cutting edge" for the time period video fx, which I loved and had me grinning ear to ear. Not much in the way of gore, but the film's strengths are being a total head-scratcher, so that's OK.
80s horror rarely got weirder than this.
Watched this last night for the first time in years. I didn't remember much about it other than the fact that it takes place during Christmastime - despite being the most un-Christmassy Christmas movie ever - and that it's completely and totally bonkers.
For those who don't know what it's about, I'll try and summarize: a brother and sister, along with brother's new girlfriend, are in town to spend the holidays with their mom and mom's boyfriend. Mom's boyfriend is "a good old boy" who wants to marry the mom, but mom seems checked out from the relationship, doesn't wanna marry him, and spends her days generally acting strange and painting.
Odd family melodrama hijinx ensue, some deer hunting - this takes place in rural Wisconsin after all - and then things get really weird with the brother's girlfriend. She gets upset after they try to shoot a deer, goes to bed, discovers a trunk full of samurai garb and a giant sword, cuts her finger on it and well.... the ghost of samurai somehow becomes resurrected? I think.
The girl begins masturbating and orgasming everytime the ghostly samurai puts his sword to good use on hapless victims, until he sets his sights on the family's home and then, all hell breaks loose.
It isn't a very good movie by any means, but it succeeds in just being so damn surreal and dreamlike. It's one of those regional horror movies starring a cast of complete nobodies and a one and only time director, but there is a level of accomplishment I have to admit, in any event.
There's a whole host of really dated, but "cutting edge" for the time period video fx, which I loved and had me grinning ear to ear. Not much in the way of gore, but the film's strengths are being a total head-scratcher, so that's OK.
80s horror rarely got weirder than this.
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The House That Jack Built (2018)
Okay, this is a really good movie. A serial killer who makes his victims into art recounts several of his killings. It's all shown in very classy and sophisticated way, and Matt Dillion gives an awesome performance. In the last half hour, things take a very strange and unexpected turn, becoming much more of an arthouse film.
But I think I may have been duped, and actually ended up with the R-rated version. If it was truly the director's cut that I watched, it's not anywhere near as brutal as I've been led to believe. Every time things started to get really nasty, the camera always seemed to cut out way too early. Honestly, I found Lars von Trier's earlier film, Antichrist, to be much more disturbing.
Okay, this is a really good movie. A serial killer who makes his victims into art recounts several of his killings. It's all shown in very classy and sophisticated way, and Matt Dillion gives an awesome performance. In the last half hour, things take a very strange and unexpected turn, becoming much more of an arthouse film.
But I think I may have been duped, and actually ended up with the R-rated version. If it was truly the director's cut that I watched, it's not anywhere near as brutal as I've been led to believe. Every time things started to get really nasty, the camera always seemed to cut out way too early. Honestly, I found Lars von Trier's earlier film, Antichrist, to be much more disturbing.
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I've Owned The Exorcist Novel Twice
I've always been an avid reader. I don't recall many times in my life where I didn't have a book in my hand. Back in high school, I recall the public library in my town was having a book sale. I noticed The Exorcist novel right away. I had already seen the movie. My dad was and still is a Sunday school teacher, so I had to sneak and rent the movie. The movie really freaked me out and still does to this day, but I really wanted to read the novel. So, I bought it.
As I was reading the book, I began to feel very uncomfortable. At the time, I thought it was just due to a creepy story, and good writing. Once finished, however, I found that I couldn't stand being in the same room with the book. I always felt like I was being watched, especially at night. It became too much for me and I finally threw the book away.
Later on, in my twenties, I bought the book once again. I figured now that I was older, I wouldn't have those stupid feelings of being watched. I was wrong. It was the same thing all over again. Sleepless nights, feelings of being watched, and this time the feeling was even stronger. I was always looking over my shoulder. Yet again, I threw the book away.
I'm writing this because I'm seriously thinking about purchasing the book for the third time, but I'm also nervous to own it once more. I honestly, don't think it was all in my head. The atmosphere around me just felt heavier.
Should I buy it for the third time? Have any of you ever owned something that had a similar effect on you?
I've always been an avid reader. I don't recall many times in my life where I didn't have a book in my hand. Back in high school, I recall the public library in my town was having a book sale. I noticed The Exorcist novel right away. I had already seen the movie. My dad was and still is a Sunday school teacher, so I had to sneak and rent the movie. The movie really freaked me out and still does to this day, but I really wanted to read the novel. So, I bought it.
As I was reading the book, I began to feel very uncomfortable. At the time, I thought it was just due to a creepy story, and good writing. Once finished, however, I found that I couldn't stand being in the same room with the book. I always felt like I was being watched, especially at night. It became too much for me and I finally threw the book away.
Later on, in my twenties, I bought the book once again. I figured now that I was older, I wouldn't have those stupid feelings of being watched. I was wrong. It was the same thing all over again. Sleepless nights, feelings of being watched, and this time the feeling was even stronger. I was always looking over my shoulder. Yet again, I threw the book away.
I'm writing this because I'm seriously thinking about purchasing the book for the third time, but I'm also nervous to own it once more. I honestly, don't think it was all in my head. The atmosphere around me just felt heavier.
Should I buy it for the third time? Have any of you ever owned something that had a similar effect on you?
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Sondra Locke (1944-2018)
Yup... that's another one for the fire. The older you get, the more people you like are dying off. Sondra Locke was known mostly for her roles in a handful of Clint Eastwood movies, whom she was romantically involved with at the time. Granted, the two broke up and have been somewhat hostile with ever since. Not sure of the details, but I will say that I enjoyed her roles in those movies that I've seen. I love Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can, but she was also in The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Bronco Billy, Sudden Impact, and probably a few other decent ones. She was even in an episode of Planet of the Apes, which was a great show.
Also worth noting is that she was an executive producer for Eli Roth's "Knock Knock", which was a great movie that makes me really angry when I watch it.
So yeah... she didn't do much outside of those Eastwood flicks, but they were all good movies. I enjoyed them, as well as her roles in them. Especially the Every/Any Which Way arc, where she scorns him in the first movie, then crawls back to him in the next.
Either way, RIP Sondra Locke.
Yup... that's another one for the fire. The older you get, the more people you like are dying off. Sondra Locke was known mostly for her roles in a handful of Clint Eastwood movies, whom she was romantically involved with at the time. Granted, the two broke up and have been somewhat hostile with ever since. Not sure of the details, but I will say that I enjoyed her roles in those movies that I've seen. I love Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can, but she was also in The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Bronco Billy, Sudden Impact, and probably a few other decent ones. She was even in an episode of Planet of the Apes, which was a great show.
Also worth noting is that she was an executive producer for Eli Roth's "Knock Knock", which was a great movie that makes me really angry when I watch it.
So yeah... she didn't do much outside of those Eastwood flicks, but they were all good movies. I enjoyed them, as well as her roles in them. Especially the Every/Any Which Way arc, where she scorns him in the first movie, then crawls back to him in the next.
Either way, RIP Sondra Locke.
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Notes from the Turkeyground: Back from the Dead
Long-time Turkey Challenge participants my remember I would write a Notes from the Turkeyground every year in early December. The point was the reminisce over the whole experience of the previous month. It was just a month ago, how much reminiscing could one do? If you're asking that question, you haven't been turkeying right! The Turkey Challenge is a time-bending ordeal, a gauntlet of cinematic atrocities, out of which you emerge... pretty much the same, except you've seen a lot more shitty movies.
But sometimes they're not shitty at all! That's why I started writing these in the first place. To highlight the best and the worst moments of the Turkey Challenge. Well, after a few years hiatus, the Notes are back and the Turkeygrounds are moist with gravy.
In previous years, I was always amazed by how many low-rated movies were actually good. Really, really good. My wife (Alchemie) and I would make so many discoveries. Either we lost the Turkey lottery this year or imdb ratings are finally balancing out, but most of what we watched this year pretty much deserves the rating it has.
Standing out are the very strange shark movies of Misty Talley. I know nothing about Misty. I've seen her headshot and her films. From that alone, I've formed a judgment: she has a BA in Fine Arts from some women's university in the Mid-West. She's had a string of shitty boyfriends who cheat on her. She likes to read difficult novels in her spare time. Has seen Shakespeare on stage more times than she's been swiped right on Tinder. Probably voted most likely to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in high school, even though she was routinely harassed for being a nerd. Well, all the potential in that ugly duckling has blossomed into Santa Jaws, Ozark Sharks, and, of course, Mississippi River Sharks.
I say her movies are weird because they have a distinctive cheapo style that's atypical even for SyFy/Asylum shark movies. A quaintness that feels more at home as a made-for-Hallmark movie about cats saving Christmas. You know the kinda movie I mean. Except they're not quaint. They're full of busty chicks in bikinis and man-eating sharks.
But the sharks and tits almost feel like a candy coating for the pill of truth she's trying to shove down our throats. What truth is that? Fuck if I know. She definitely has obsessions. All of her movies involve families. In two out of three, a grandparent is eaten and the family must band together for revenge. In two out of three, the action is interrupted for a heartfelt plea about bullying and what a dead-end high school sports is. Despite these Hallmark intrusions of After School Specialism, random high-brow and meta references are peppered around the faΓΒ§ade. Most of the "badass" lines delivered after killing a shark, as much happen, are so ridiculous they're almost non-sequiturs. Very odd movies, but I'm glad I've seen them.
The lowlight of this Turkey Challenge, as he almost always is, is David DeCoteau. David pisses me off, because I know he can make a good movie and he chooses not to. He makes these neither-fish-nor-fowl wastes of time that I firmly believe only make money in November when we do the Turkey Challenge. We did a trifecta this year, starting with Bigfoot vs. DB Cooper. Bigfoot spends half the movie shaking the same three scraggle trees in the middle of a mid-town park in Columbus, Ohio, while the hapless, innocent meatheads in a rented mansion decide to go 'Λturkey hunting.' You know what turkey hunting is? That's where you take your toy gun, go upstairs one after the other at ten-minute intervals, so you give the guy ahead of you time to strip down to his underwear and pose in front of the first mirror he finds with the toy gun. Turkey hunting. Always say no.
Next up was 666: Kreepy Kerry. That one at least had a plot. But something occurred to me watching these movies. Now I'm a straight man. And I'm watching this with my wife. I still know what a hot guy looks like. I would think, if you're gonna make a guys-prancing-around-in-underwear movie, you want hot guys, don't you? Like, not just having abs. Guys with faces that don't look like the last page of OKCupid results, because their only interests are "bee keeping and boobs." So that's strike one. It's probably strike two and three as well. Let's move on.
Here's a good one. I'd hoped to do a Griff Furst trifecta, but it didn't happen. Instead, we got only a single Griff movie: Nightmare Shark. This movie is out there. It's a mad scientist Hawaian mythology shark movie in which the demonic shark deity can kill you in your dreams like Freddy Krueger. This should be stupid, but it's actually filled with kinda interesting characters and inventive film techniques. The desert nightmare is downright eerie. Griff Furst is the best of the SyFy directors, hands-down. SyFy directors are not made equal, believe-you-me. And he stands head and shoulders over the next-best, probably Steven R. Monroe or Anthony Ferrante.
I can tell you who isn't one of the best SyFy directors. Sheldon Wilson. This guy made The Stickman, Mothman, and The Night Before Halloween. He seems to be allergic to good lighting, so that's a problem right there. While the plots are mildly interesting, he has no idea how to build good tension and the characters inevitably get sacrificed to "y'all die" endings. Mothman is the best of the three, as most of it is shot in daylight. It's your standard brain-off popcorn SyFy movie.
On the more independent side of things, I somehow never came across David A. Prior in all my years doing the Turkey Challenge. And you can make four trifectas off this guy! He's been making these war-themed (mostly) horror movies since the 'Λ80s, all of them written by his brother Ted. Ted also stars in most of the movies. And it's clear why when he inevitably takes off his shirt. He's hit the gym a few times. Normally finding a new prolific turkey director from the 'Λ80s bodes well. Could I be finding Fred Olen Ray's long-lost twin?
Nope! Most of you will know the Brothers Prior from Killer Workout. Killer Workout was a silly, fun movie. A violent whodunit set in an aerobics class where only busty bimbos in great shape already are allowed to participate. As the murders in the gym mount and the detective is visiting dailyβand not to work on his latsβyou'd think they would shut down and hire a grief counselor or something. No sir. The aerobics must go on! To the last act, the action is punctuated by 'Λ80s titties jiggling in their leotards. I do not complain.
The rest of his movies are over-serious snoozefests in which soldiers discover the real horrors of war is inside us. Or something. Mutant Species at least has a murderous beast. And his first film, the SOV Sledgehammer has... videography effects that were considered cool in the 'Λ80s. I don't even want to talk about Night Claws.
Other standouts: The Green Slime for that kickass intro song; Attack of the Killer Donuts for ending a killer donut movie with ten straight minutes of romantic banter; The Devil's Chair for ruining an incredibly creepy introduction with a dumbshit twist; and The Bye Bye Man for just being a good, spooky supernatural horror movie.
So maybe I just picked poorly this year. Or maybe I'm running out of the true hidden gems. But y'know what? It's not gonna stop me. I'm going to keep on turkey hunting. Now excusive me while I grab my toy gun. Until next year!
Long-time Turkey Challenge participants my remember I would write a Notes from the Turkeyground every year in early December. The point was the reminisce over the whole experience of the previous month. It was just a month ago, how much reminiscing could one do? If you're asking that question, you haven't been turkeying right! The Turkey Challenge is a time-bending ordeal, a gauntlet of cinematic atrocities, out of which you emerge... pretty much the same, except you've seen a lot more shitty movies.
But sometimes they're not shitty at all! That's why I started writing these in the first place. To highlight the best and the worst moments of the Turkey Challenge. Well, after a few years hiatus, the Notes are back and the Turkeygrounds are moist with gravy.
In previous years, I was always amazed by how many low-rated movies were actually good. Really, really good. My wife (Alchemie) and I would make so many discoveries. Either we lost the Turkey lottery this year or imdb ratings are finally balancing out, but most of what we watched this year pretty much deserves the rating it has.
Standing out are the very strange shark movies of Misty Talley. I know nothing about Misty. I've seen her headshot and her films. From that alone, I've formed a judgment: she has a BA in Fine Arts from some women's university in the Mid-West. She's had a string of shitty boyfriends who cheat on her. She likes to read difficult novels in her spare time. Has seen Shakespeare on stage more times than she's been swiped right on Tinder. Probably voted most likely to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in high school, even though she was routinely harassed for being a nerd. Well, all the potential in that ugly duckling has blossomed into Santa Jaws, Ozark Sharks, and, of course, Mississippi River Sharks.
I say her movies are weird because they have a distinctive cheapo style that's atypical even for SyFy/Asylum shark movies. A quaintness that feels more at home as a made-for-Hallmark movie about cats saving Christmas. You know the kinda movie I mean. Except they're not quaint. They're full of busty chicks in bikinis and man-eating sharks.
But the sharks and tits almost feel like a candy coating for the pill of truth she's trying to shove down our throats. What truth is that? Fuck if I know. She definitely has obsessions. All of her movies involve families. In two out of three, a grandparent is eaten and the family must band together for revenge. In two out of three, the action is interrupted for a heartfelt plea about bullying and what a dead-end high school sports is. Despite these Hallmark intrusions of After School Specialism, random high-brow and meta references are peppered around the faΓΒ§ade. Most of the "badass" lines delivered after killing a shark, as much happen, are so ridiculous they're almost non-sequiturs. Very odd movies, but I'm glad I've seen them.
The lowlight of this Turkey Challenge, as he almost always is, is David DeCoteau. David pisses me off, because I know he can make a good movie and he chooses not to. He makes these neither-fish-nor-fowl wastes of time that I firmly believe only make money in November when we do the Turkey Challenge. We did a trifecta this year, starting with Bigfoot vs. DB Cooper. Bigfoot spends half the movie shaking the same three scraggle trees in the middle of a mid-town park in Columbus, Ohio, while the hapless, innocent meatheads in a rented mansion decide to go 'Λturkey hunting.' You know what turkey hunting is? That's where you take your toy gun, go upstairs one after the other at ten-minute intervals, so you give the guy ahead of you time to strip down to his underwear and pose in front of the first mirror he finds with the toy gun. Turkey hunting. Always say no.
Next up was 666: Kreepy Kerry. That one at least had a plot. But something occurred to me watching these movies. Now I'm a straight man. And I'm watching this with my wife. I still know what a hot guy looks like. I would think, if you're gonna make a guys-prancing-around-in-underwear movie, you want hot guys, don't you? Like, not just having abs. Guys with faces that don't look like the last page of OKCupid results, because their only interests are "bee keeping and boobs." So that's strike one. It's probably strike two and three as well. Let's move on.
Here's a good one. I'd hoped to do a Griff Furst trifecta, but it didn't happen. Instead, we got only a single Griff movie: Nightmare Shark. This movie is out there. It's a mad scientist Hawaian mythology shark movie in which the demonic shark deity can kill you in your dreams like Freddy Krueger. This should be stupid, but it's actually filled with kinda interesting characters and inventive film techniques. The desert nightmare is downright eerie. Griff Furst is the best of the SyFy directors, hands-down. SyFy directors are not made equal, believe-you-me. And he stands head and shoulders over the next-best, probably Steven R. Monroe or Anthony Ferrante.
I can tell you who isn't one of the best SyFy directors. Sheldon Wilson. This guy made The Stickman, Mothman, and The Night Before Halloween. He seems to be allergic to good lighting, so that's a problem right there. While the plots are mildly interesting, he has no idea how to build good tension and the characters inevitably get sacrificed to "y'all die" endings. Mothman is the best of the three, as most of it is shot in daylight. It's your standard brain-off popcorn SyFy movie.
On the more independent side of things, I somehow never came across David A. Prior in all my years doing the Turkey Challenge. And you can make four trifectas off this guy! He's been making these war-themed (mostly) horror movies since the 'Λ80s, all of them written by his brother Ted. Ted also stars in most of the movies. And it's clear why when he inevitably takes off his shirt. He's hit the gym a few times. Normally finding a new prolific turkey director from the 'Λ80s bodes well. Could I be finding Fred Olen Ray's long-lost twin?
Nope! Most of you will know the Brothers Prior from Killer Workout. Killer Workout was a silly, fun movie. A violent whodunit set in an aerobics class where only busty bimbos in great shape already are allowed to participate. As the murders in the gym mount and the detective is visiting dailyβand not to work on his latsβyou'd think they would shut down and hire a grief counselor or something. No sir. The aerobics must go on! To the last act, the action is punctuated by 'Λ80s titties jiggling in their leotards. I do not complain.
The rest of his movies are over-serious snoozefests in which soldiers discover the real horrors of war is inside us. Or something. Mutant Species at least has a murderous beast. And his first film, the SOV Sledgehammer has... videography effects that were considered cool in the 'Λ80s. I don't even want to talk about Night Claws.
Other standouts: The Green Slime for that kickass intro song; Attack of the Killer Donuts for ending a killer donut movie with ten straight minutes of romantic banter; The Devil's Chair for ruining an incredibly creepy introduction with a dumbshit twist; and The Bye Bye Man for just being a good, spooky supernatural horror movie.
So maybe I just picked poorly this year. Or maybe I'm running out of the true hidden gems. But y'know what? It's not gonna stop me. I'm going to keep on turkey hunting. Now excusive me while I grab my toy gun. Until next year!
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I've now seen (almost) all of my unseen draft picks.
Of the 225 draft picks, there were 35 I had not seen. Now there are only two, both from Zed. I have not been able to find Heavy Metal Massacre or Reflections anywhere to stream or download.
Johan_WoW
13. The Head (1959)
15. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
I have to admit, it is often hard for me to get into pre-Exorcist horror movies. The Head is not one of the exceptions. It was kind of rough going for me.
The Conjuring 2 is a movie I never thought I was going to watch, considering my thoughts on the first film. Part 2 is an improvement for sure, but is still not something I'm that crazy about.
OnyxHades
10. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
11. Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Something Wicked is not bad, you know, for a kids movie. I imagine I would have found it much scarier if I saw it when I was the age of the two main kids.
Ebola Syndrome is my favorite viewing from this whole thing. It has all the mayhem I love in horror movies.
Gymnopedie
4. The Addiction (1995)
6. Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
10. They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
12. The Demon Murder Case (1983)
13. The Territory (1981)
14. The Appointment (1981)
15. The Woman in Black (1989)
A whole lot of snoozers here. Well, Don't Go to Sleep and The Woman in Black were decent.
Tromafreak aka Messiah_Of_Doom
7. The Bad Seed (1956)
11. The Body Snatcher (1945)
I liked The Bad Seed, but The Body Snatcher had a tough time holding onto my attention.
Ballz
14. The Mummy (1959)
This one really did not grab me at all.
markus-san
5. Eyes Without a Face aka Les Yeux sans Visage (1960)
8. Diabolique aka Les Diaboliques (1955)
9. Onibaba (1964)
10. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
15. The Vanishing aka Spoorloos (1988)
All of these were pretty decent.
foz
13. Dead of Night (1945)
Ugh, this one was REALLY tough to get through, even for a movie from the 40's.
Tommix
5. War of the Gargantuas (1966)
6. Captain Kronos -- Vampire Hunter (1974)
7. Silent Hill (2006)
8. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
10. Kairo (2001)
14. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
War of the Gargantuas and Silent Hill did nothing for me. Quatermass and the Pit really surprised me with how good it was. The others were alright.
Zed
6. Targets (1968)
7. Heavy Metal Massacre (1989)
8. Nocturna (1979)
12. The Last Horror Movie (2003)
14. Reflections (1987)
15. Love Me Deadly (1972)
Like I said, Heavy Metal Massacre and Reflections were a no go. Nocturna and Love Me Deadly were both pretty meh. Targets was good, and The Last Horror Movie was REALLY good, surprisingly so.
jimb14red
5. Repulsion (1965)
6. Let the Right One In (2008)
7. Cat People (1942)
Just okay for all three.
Of the 225 draft picks, there were 35 I had not seen. Now there are only two, both from Zed. I have not been able to find Heavy Metal Massacre or Reflections anywhere to stream or download.
Johan_WoW
13. The Head (1959)
15. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
I have to admit, it is often hard for me to get into pre-Exorcist horror movies. The Head is not one of the exceptions. It was kind of rough going for me.
The Conjuring 2 is a movie I never thought I was going to watch, considering my thoughts on the first film. Part 2 is an improvement for sure, but is still not something I'm that crazy about.
OnyxHades
10. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
11. Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Something Wicked is not bad, you know, for a kids movie. I imagine I would have found it much scarier if I saw it when I was the age of the two main kids.
Ebola Syndrome is my favorite viewing from this whole thing. It has all the mayhem I love in horror movies.
Gymnopedie
4. The Addiction (1995)
6. Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
10. They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
12. The Demon Murder Case (1983)
13. The Territory (1981)
14. The Appointment (1981)
15. The Woman in Black (1989)
A whole lot of snoozers here. Well, Don't Go to Sleep and The Woman in Black were decent.
Tromafreak aka Messiah_Of_Doom
7. The Bad Seed (1956)
11. The Body Snatcher (1945)
I liked The Bad Seed, but The Body Snatcher had a tough time holding onto my attention.
Ballz
14. The Mummy (1959)
This one really did not grab me at all.
markus-san
5. Eyes Without a Face aka Les Yeux sans Visage (1960)
8. Diabolique aka Les Diaboliques (1955)
9. Onibaba (1964)
10. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
15. The Vanishing aka Spoorloos (1988)
All of these were pretty decent.
foz
13. Dead of Night (1945)
Ugh, this one was REALLY tough to get through, even for a movie from the 40's.
Tommix
5. War of the Gargantuas (1966)
6. Captain Kronos -- Vampire Hunter (1974)
7. Silent Hill (2006)
8. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
10. Kairo (2001)
14. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
War of the Gargantuas and Silent Hill did nothing for me. Quatermass and the Pit really surprised me with how good it was. The others were alright.
Zed
6. Targets (1968)
7. Heavy Metal Massacre (1989)
8. Nocturna (1979)
12. The Last Horror Movie (2003)
14. Reflections (1987)
15. Love Me Deadly (1972)
Like I said, Heavy Metal Massacre and Reflections were a no go. Nocturna and Love Me Deadly were both pretty meh. Targets was good, and The Last Horror Movie was REALLY good, surprisingly so.
jimb14red
5. Repulsion (1965)
6. Let the Right One In (2008)
7. Cat People (1942)
Just okay for all three.
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2018 Viewings
This is for anyone who wants to keep a log of their viewings/ratings every month please feel free to add yours!
The link for last year's viewings is here if anyone still needs to access it for reference, as the thread will eventually disappear:
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Horror in red.
January
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It (2017) - FTV - 6/10
The Bad Seed (1956) - FTV - 7/10
Alien (1979) - 9.5/10
The Tenant (1976) - FTV - 7/10
February
Leon (1994) - 8/10
Blue Velvet (1986) - 8.5/10
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 9/10
I Saw The Devil (2010) - 7.5/10
Dredd (2012) - 7/10
Veronica (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
March
The Ritual (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Kidnap (2017) - FTV - 3/10
Annihilation (2018) - FTV - 7/10
The Jungle Book (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Paddington 2 (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Possession (1981) - FTV - 7.5/10
The Ravenous (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
The Dark Crystal (1982) - 8/10
April
Watership Down (1978) - 8/10
Labyrinth (1986) - 6/10
Terrifier (2017) - FTV - 5.5/10
Prevenge (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Wonder Woman (2017) - 7.5/10
The BFG (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Hop (2011) - FTV - 5.5/10
What the Health (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - FTV - 6/10
About Elly (2009) - FTV - 8.5/10
Cure (1997) - 8/10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) - FTV - 6.5/10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - FTV - 6/10
The Boondock Saints (1999) - FTV - 6/10
May
Maniac Cop (1988) - FTV - 5/10
Hellraiser (1987) - 7/10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - FTV - 8/10
Girl House (2014) - FTV - 4/10
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - FTV - 7/10
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988) - 6/10
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - FTV - 6.5/10
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - FTV - 8/10
Happy Death Day (2017) - FTV - 5.5/10
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - FTV - 6.5/10
Phantasm (1979) - FTV - 6/10
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Cargo (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
Society (1989) - 7/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) - FTV - 4/10
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) - FTV - 4/10
Coco (2017) - FTV - 8/10
June
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - FTV - 6.5/10
Captain America: The Winter Soidier (2014) - FTV - 7/10
House (1977) - 7.5/10
Carrie (1976) - 8.5/10
Captain America: Civil War (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Kukijiro (1999) - 8/10
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - 8/10
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) - FTV - 7.5/10
Revenge (2017) - FTV - 6/10
July
Leatherface (2017) - FTV - 3.5/10
Wind River (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Brimstone (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Hell or High Water (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
King Kong (2005) - 6.5/10
Tales From the Crypt (1972) - FTV - 7/10
Clerks (1994) - FTV - 7/10
Old Boy (2013) - FTV - 4/10
Peter Pan (2003) - FTV - 5.5/10
A Quiet Place (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Coraline (2009) - 8/10
Suspiria (1977) - 8/10
The Seasoning House (2012) - FTV - 5.5/10
August
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970) - FTV - 7/10
Robocop (1987) - 7.5/10
Killing Ground (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Casino Royale (2006) - 8/10
The Mask of Satan (1960) - FTV - 6.5/10
Darkest Hour (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
Jaws (1975) - 9/10
The Thing (1982) - 8.5/10
The Terminator (1984) - 8.5/10
The Haunting (1963) - 8/10
McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971) - 9/10
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) - FTV - 7/10
Kristen (2015) - FTV - 6/10
Spring Breakers (2012) - FTV - 6/10
Peter Rabbit (2018) - FTV - 5/10
Martyrs (2008) - 8/10
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - FTV - 6/10
Leviathan (1989) - FTV - 5/10
Enter the Void (2009) - FTV - 7.5/10
Star Wars (1977) - 8.5/10
Upgrade (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Murder On the Orient Express (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Despicable Me (2010) - FTV - 6.5/10
Friend Request (2016) - FTV - 4/10
Jigsaw (2017) - FTV - 5.5/10
September
My Life As a Courgette (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - 7.5/10
Hardcore Henry (2015) - FTV - 5/10
Hereditary (2018) - FTV - 7/10
The Fury (1978) - FTV - 6/10
Incident In a Ghostland (2018) - FTV - 6.5/10
Deliverance (1972) - 8.5/10
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - FTV - 6.5/10
The Shape of Water (2017) - FTV - 7/10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 8/10
The Incredible Hulk (2008) - FTV - 6/10
Mandy (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 9/10
The Fountain (2006) - FTV - 7/10
Return of the Jedi (1983) - 8/10
Doctor Strange (2016) - FTV - 6.5/10
October
Opera (1987) - FTV - 6/10
Honeymoon (2014) - FTV - 6.5/10
Emelie (2015) - FTV - 6/10
The Bar (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Hatchet II (2010) - FTV - 4.5/10
Casper (1995) - FTV - 5/10
The Exorcist III (1990) - FTV - 6.5/10
Monster House (2006) - FTV - 5.5/10
Satan's Slaves (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
Hatchet III (2013) - FTV - 5/10
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - 6.5/10
Unsane (2018) - FTV - 6/10
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 8/10
Ghost Stories (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
Day of the Dead (1985) - 7/10
Willow Creek (2013) - FTV - 6/10
The Incredibles (2004) - 7/10
Apostle (2018) - FTV - 6.5/10
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) - FTV - 6/10
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Black Christmas (1974) - 7.5/10
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - 8.5/10
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - FTV - 6/10
November
The Night Comes For Us (2018) - FTV - 7/10
The Little Prince (2015) - FTV - 7/10
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - FTV - 5.5/10
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - FTV - 8/10
You Were Never Really Here (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Chasing the Dragon (2017) - FTV - 6/10
The Commuter (2018) - FTV - 5.5/10
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
December
Terrified (2017) - FTV - 6/10
The Incredibles 2 (2018) - FTV - 8/10
Black Panther (2018) - FTV - 6.5/10
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Elf (2003) - FTV - 6/10
May the Devil Take You (2018) - FTV - 5.5/10
Dolls (1987) - FTV - 6/10
The World of Kanako (2014) - FTV - 5.5/10
Gremlins (1984) - 8/10
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) - FTV - 6.5/10
Shadow (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
The House That Jack Built (2018) - FTV - 8/10
Alice Sweet Alice (1976) - FTV - 6/10
Roma (2018) - FTV - 8.5/10
We Are The Flesh (2016) - FTV - 4/10
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) - FTV - 5/10
Beauty and the Beast (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Toy Story (1995) - 8/10
Toy Story 2 (1999) - 8/10
The Sleep Curse (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Home Alone (1990) - FTV - 6.5/10
Toy Story 3 (2010) - 8.5/10
TV Shows watched (Jan-Jun):
Game of Thrones: Season 1 (2011) - 9/10
Game of Thrones: Season 2 (2012) - 9/10
Game of Thrones: Season 3 (2013) - 9.5/10
Game of Thrones: Season 4 (2014) - 9.5/10
Game of Thrones: Season 5 (2015) - 8/10
Game of Thrones: Season 6 (2016) - 8.5/10
Game of Thrones: Season 7 (2017) - 7.5/10
TV Shows watched (Jul-Dec):
Westworld: Season 1 (2016) - FTV - 8/10
Making a Murderer: Part 2 (2018) - FTV - 8/10
The Haunting of Hill House (2018) - FTV - 8.5/10
Ash Vs Evil Dead - Season 1 (2015) - FTV - 7/10
This is for anyone who wants to keep a log of their viewings/ratings every month please feel free to add yours!
The link for last year's viewings is here if anyone still needs to access it for reference, as the thread will eventually disappear:
https://trashepics.com/post/9/97/
Horror in red.
January
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It (2017) - FTV - 6/10
The Bad Seed (1956) - FTV - 7/10
Alien (1979) - 9.5/10
The Tenant (1976) - FTV - 7/10
February
Leon (1994) - 8/10
Blue Velvet (1986) - 8.5/10
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 9/10
I Saw The Devil (2010) - 7.5/10
Dredd (2012) - 7/10
Veronica (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
March
The Ritual (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Kidnap (2017) - FTV - 3/10
Annihilation (2018) - FTV - 7/10
The Jungle Book (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Paddington 2 (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Possession (1981) - FTV - 7.5/10
The Ravenous (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
The Dark Crystal (1982) - 8/10
April
Watership Down (1978) - 8/10
Labyrinth (1986) - 6/10
Terrifier (2017) - FTV - 5.5/10
Prevenge (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Wonder Woman (2017) - 7.5/10
The BFG (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Hop (2011) - FTV - 5.5/10
What the Health (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - FTV - 6/10
About Elly (2009) - FTV - 8.5/10
Cure (1997) - 8/10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) - FTV - 6.5/10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - FTV - 6/10
The Boondock Saints (1999) - FTV - 6/10
May
Maniac Cop (1988) - FTV - 5/10
Hellraiser (1987) - 7/10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - FTV - 8/10
Girl House (2014) - FTV - 4/10
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - FTV - 7/10
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988) - 6/10
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - FTV - 6.5/10
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - FTV - 8/10
Happy Death Day (2017) - FTV - 5.5/10
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - FTV - 6.5/10
Phantasm (1979) - FTV - 6/10
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Cargo (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
Society (1989) - 7/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) - FTV - 4/10
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) - FTV - 4/10
Coco (2017) - FTV - 8/10
June
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - FTV - 6.5/10
Captain America: The Winter Soidier (2014) - FTV - 7/10
House (1977) - 7.5/10
Carrie (1976) - 8.5/10
Captain America: Civil War (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Kukijiro (1999) - 8/10
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - 8/10
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) - FTV - 7.5/10
Revenge (2017) - FTV - 6/10
July
Leatherface (2017) - FTV - 3.5/10
Wind River (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Brimstone (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Hell or High Water (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
King Kong (2005) - 6.5/10
Tales From the Crypt (1972) - FTV - 7/10
Clerks (1994) - FTV - 7/10
Old Boy (2013) - FTV - 4/10
Peter Pan (2003) - FTV - 5.5/10
A Quiet Place (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Coraline (2009) - 8/10
Suspiria (1977) - 8/10
The Seasoning House (2012) - FTV - 5.5/10
August
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970) - FTV - 7/10
Robocop (1987) - 7.5/10
Killing Ground (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Casino Royale (2006) - 8/10
The Mask of Satan (1960) - FTV - 6.5/10
Darkest Hour (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
Jaws (1975) - 9/10
The Thing (1982) - 8.5/10
The Terminator (1984) - 8.5/10
The Haunting (1963) - 8/10
McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971) - 9/10
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) - FTV - 7/10
Kristen (2015) - FTV - 6/10
Spring Breakers (2012) - FTV - 6/10
Peter Rabbit (2018) - FTV - 5/10
Martyrs (2008) - 8/10
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - FTV - 6/10
Leviathan (1989) - FTV - 5/10
Enter the Void (2009) - FTV - 7.5/10
Star Wars (1977) - 8.5/10
Upgrade (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Murder On the Orient Express (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Despicable Me (2010) - FTV - 6.5/10
Friend Request (2016) - FTV - 4/10
Jigsaw (2017) - FTV - 5.5/10
September
My Life As a Courgette (2016) - FTV - 7.5/10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - 7.5/10
Hardcore Henry (2015) - FTV - 5/10
Hereditary (2018) - FTV - 7/10
The Fury (1978) - FTV - 6/10
Incident In a Ghostland (2018) - FTV - 6.5/10
Deliverance (1972) - 8.5/10
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - FTV - 6.5/10
The Shape of Water (2017) - FTV - 7/10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 8/10
The Incredible Hulk (2008) - FTV - 6/10
Mandy (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 9/10
The Fountain (2006) - FTV - 7/10
Return of the Jedi (1983) - 8/10
Doctor Strange (2016) - FTV - 6.5/10
October
Opera (1987) - FTV - 6/10
Honeymoon (2014) - FTV - 6.5/10
Emelie (2015) - FTV - 6/10
The Bar (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Hatchet II (2010) - FTV - 4.5/10
Casper (1995) - FTV - 5/10
The Exorcist III (1990) - FTV - 6.5/10
Monster House (2006) - FTV - 5.5/10
Satan's Slaves (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
Hatchet III (2013) - FTV - 5/10
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - 6.5/10
Unsane (2018) - FTV - 6/10
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 8/10
Ghost Stories (2017) - FTV - 6.5/10
Day of the Dead (1985) - 7/10
Willow Creek (2013) - FTV - 6/10
The Incredibles (2004) - 7/10
Apostle (2018) - FTV - 6.5/10
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) - FTV - 6/10
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) - FTV - 6/10
Black Christmas (1974) - 7.5/10
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - 8.5/10
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - FTV - 6/10
November
The Night Comes For Us (2018) - FTV - 7/10
The Little Prince (2015) - FTV - 7/10
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - FTV - 5.5/10
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - FTV - 8/10
You Were Never Really Here (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Chasing the Dragon (2017) - FTV - 6/10
The Commuter (2018) - FTV - 5.5/10
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - FTV - 7.5/10
December
Terrified (2017) - FTV - 6/10
The Incredibles 2 (2018) - FTV - 8/10
Black Panther (2018) - FTV - 6.5/10
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Elf (2003) - FTV - 6/10
May the Devil Take You (2018) - FTV - 5.5/10
Dolls (1987) - FTV - 6/10
The World of Kanako (2014) - FTV - 5.5/10
Gremlins (1984) - 8/10
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) - FTV - 6.5/10
Shadow (2018) - FTV - 7.5/10
The House That Jack Built (2018) - FTV - 8/10
Alice Sweet Alice (1976) - FTV - 6/10
Roma (2018) - FTV - 8.5/10
We Are The Flesh (2016) - FTV - 4/10
The Christmas Chronicles (2018) - FTV - 5/10
Beauty and the Beast (2017) - FTV - 7/10
Toy Story (1995) - 8/10
Toy Story 2 (1999) - 8/10
The Sleep Curse (2017) - FTV - 6/10
Home Alone (1990) - FTV - 6.5/10
Toy Story 3 (2010) - 8.5/10
TV Shows watched (Jan-Jun):
Game of Thrones: Season 1 (2011) - 9/10
Game of Thrones: Season 2 (2012) - 9/10
Game of Thrones: Season 3 (2013) - 9.5/10
Game of Thrones: Season 4 (2014) - 9.5/10
Game of Thrones: Season 5 (2015) - 8/10
Game of Thrones: Season 6 (2016) - 8.5/10
Game of Thrones: Season 7 (2017) - 7.5/10
TV Shows watched (Jul-Dec):
Westworld: Season 1 (2016) - FTV - 8/10
Making a Murderer: Part 2 (2018) - FTV - 8/10
The Haunting of Hill House (2018) - FTV - 8.5/10
Ash Vs Evil Dead - Season 1 (2015) - FTV - 7/10
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What's everyone's thoughts on John Rambo, and the Sylvester Stallone series based on a novel character who originally wasn't supposed to survive the first movie? I hardly think that's a spoiler, considering we're getting Rambo V, tentatively subtitled "Last Blood" as an homage to the original title, which in nowhere had the word "Rambo" in it. Hell, the whole series has a funny way of naming things:
First Blood (1982) - They drew first blood. Okay.
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) - Second blood? A recent film that reminds me of this confusion is "The Last Exorcism: Part II".
Rambo III (1988) - They knew this was all about Stallone at this point, and ran with it. He was huge in the 80s, so why not?
Rambo (2008) - Is this a prequel? Nope. It's part 4.
The new one isn't titled yet, but it very well might be Rambo V: Last Blood. Stallone seems to be feeling a bit old these days, because he recently said the character of Rocky Balboa is done, and shortly after that, Michael B. Jordan (Adonis Creed) in response said he thinks Stallone will be back. Fuck, I sure hope so. Stallone is the man, and Creed II was soooooo good, we need more sequels. After all, Rocky had 5 sequels, and they're all great. Even the bad one (5).
So in First Blood, Stallone is a Vietnam vet who just wants to see his war buddies under better circumstances, but fuck... they're all dead. So he's bummed out, but the local law enforcement is giving him a hard time. They push him. Then, they push him some more. He served his country for these bastards, and this is how they treat him? And then... they draw... First Blood.
It's a really fuckin' good action movie. Pretty tense, too. He's a man trying to lose the enemy in the wilderness, but this shit exacerbates into something wonderful. A franchise.
First Blood Part II was co-written by James Cameron. Fun fact. It doesn't do much for me, but it's probably how most people view the character of John Rambo, though. He's given an out for his prison sentence if he does some mission in his old stomping grounds, Viet-fucking-nam, and then... it's 80s action stuff. Okay at best.
I'm more fond of Hot Shots Part Deux, which features 3-time Rambo actor Richard Crenna playing a parody of his same damn character. Funny shit.
Rambo III, which drops the "First Blood" moniker, is along the same lines of part 2, but I like it a bit more. Rambo is set on a mission to Afghanistan for some reason or another, but this time... well... there's nothing new here. I just think it's a little bit of a cooler movie.
Fun little anecdote: In Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Chop-Top listens to the butchering evidence tape relevant to that plot, and in hearing all the violence, he asks, "What's that? The Rambo III soundtrack?". He knew what was up.
Oh shit...
Nothing for 20 years, huh? Rambo deserves better than to be in the 90s anyway. So in 2008, we get the new one, just titled Rambo. Stallone is getting up in age, but fuck it. He just did another boxing bout in Rocky Balboa (2006) after not having fought in Rocky V (1990), and people loved it. People like me will eat this shit up. He's still got it, so he wanted to give another one of his iconic characters a second chance, because face it... Not many actors have an iconic character play, let alone two. So Stallone got jacked, went to Berma, and massacred some fucking villains, because that's what he does.
Part 4 was easily the most violent of the bunch. Raw and brutal Rambo action, and we all fucking loved it. There's not much to analyze in the movie, because it is just an outlet for action and violence. The exploitation fan in me loves that, and I love that Stallone could come back to that so seemlessly. That's why I'm excited for the new Rambo movie, too.
We haven't seen Stallone in action in a while, because he is getting old. He's 70 something, and to most people, it just isn't plausible that someone can be that old and that bad-ass, but fuck it. I wouldn't want to fight Stallone. I'm still a scrawny piece of shit compared to that guy, and while he (reasonably) didn't fight in Creed II, we're all pretty much in agreement that we'll see him kick some serious ass in Rambo V.
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What's everyone's thoughts on John Rambo, and the Sylvester Stallone series based on a novel character who originally wasn't supposed to survive the first movie? I hardly think that's a spoiler, considering we're getting Rambo V, tentatively subtitled "Last Blood" as an homage to the original title, which in nowhere had the word "Rambo" in it. Hell, the whole series has a funny way of naming things:
First Blood (1982) - They drew first blood. Okay.
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) - Second blood? A recent film that reminds me of this confusion is "The Last Exorcism: Part II".
Rambo III (1988) - They knew this was all about Stallone at this point, and ran with it. He was huge in the 80s, so why not?
Rambo (2008) - Is this a prequel? Nope. It's part 4.
The new one isn't titled yet, but it very well might be Rambo V: Last Blood. Stallone seems to be feeling a bit old these days, because he recently said the character of Rocky Balboa is done, and shortly after that, Michael B. Jordan (Adonis Creed) in response said he thinks Stallone will be back. Fuck, I sure hope so. Stallone is the man, and Creed II was soooooo good, we need more sequels. After all, Rocky had 5 sequels, and they're all great. Even the bad one (5).
So in First Blood, Stallone is a Vietnam vet who just wants to see his war buddies under better circumstances, but fuck... they're all dead. So he's bummed out, but the local law enforcement is giving him a hard time. They push him. Then, they push him some more. He served his country for these bastards, and this is how they treat him? And then... they draw... First Blood.
It's a really fuckin' good action movie. Pretty tense, too. He's a man trying to lose the enemy in the wilderness, but this shit exacerbates into something wonderful. A franchise.
First Blood Part II was co-written by James Cameron. Fun fact. It doesn't do much for me, but it's probably how most people view the character of John Rambo, though. He's given an out for his prison sentence if he does some mission in his old stomping grounds, Viet-fucking-nam, and then... it's 80s action stuff. Okay at best.
I'm more fond of Hot Shots Part Deux, which features 3-time Rambo actor Richard Crenna playing a parody of his same damn character. Funny shit.
Rambo III, which drops the "First Blood" moniker, is along the same lines of part 2, but I like it a bit more. Rambo is set on a mission to Afghanistan for some reason or another, but this time... well... there's nothing new here. I just think it's a little bit of a cooler movie.
Fun little anecdote: In Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Chop-Top listens to the butchering evidence tape relevant to that plot, and in hearing all the violence, he asks, "What's that? The Rambo III soundtrack?". He knew what was up.
Oh shit...
Nothing for 20 years, huh? Rambo deserves better than to be in the 90s anyway. So in 2008, we get the new one, just titled Rambo. Stallone is getting up in age, but fuck it. He just did another boxing bout in Rocky Balboa (2006) after not having fought in Rocky V (1990), and people loved it. People like me will eat this shit up. He's still got it, so he wanted to give another one of his iconic characters a second chance, because face it... Not many actors have an iconic character play, let alone two. So Stallone got jacked, went to Berma, and massacred some fucking villains, because that's what he does.
Part 4 was easily the most violent of the bunch. Raw and brutal Rambo action, and we all fucking loved it. There's not much to analyze in the movie, because it is just an outlet for action and violence. The exploitation fan in me loves that, and I love that Stallone could come back to that so seemlessly. That's why I'm excited for the new Rambo movie, too.
We haven't seen Stallone in action in a while, because he is getting old. He's 70 something, and to most people, it just isn't plausible that someone can be that old and that bad-ass, but fuck it. I wouldn't want to fight Stallone. I'm still a scrawny piece of shit compared to that guy, and while he (reasonably) didn't fight in Creed II, we're all pretty much in agreement that we'll see him kick some serious ass in Rambo V.
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