Oh, right! The fuckin' B&W results! I almost forgot...

So, anything from last month stand out? Favorite FTV? I forgot what mine was. I watched a bunch of Film Noirs and classroom hygiene/anti-drug shorts, along with some Andy Griffith and Reefer Madness type flicks from the 30's and 40's. I watched Repulsion and found it dull as shit, watched Freaks for the first time in forever and didn't hate it. Decent challenge.

CPA and I were neck and neck for the longest time and then he fell WAY behind and didn't update his spot until it was over. Thought you had me fooled, didn't you? Well, I wasn't fucking born yesterday. I mean it worked, obviously. So, congratulations, but just sayin'. I was on to you.


ZombieCPA - 6,679 Points

Messiah_Of_Doom - 5,678 Points

Psychotronicbeatnik - 3,031 Points

Box_a_Hair - 2,847 Points

Rogerthemoviemaniac8 - 2,078 Points

Ballz - 1,300 Points

Amon_101 - 1,262 Points

Indiaistanbul - 1,223 Points

Onyx_Hades - 1,074 Points

Foz - 614 Points

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Anyone ever been to one of these awesome theatres? I've only been about 3 times myself, but I think they're a really cool chain that caters more to film buffs and genre enthusiasts than average moviegoers. I saw Big Trouble in Little China at my local Alamo here in Denver last night and loved every moment of it. It was my first time seeing a John Carpenter movie on the big screen, and I hope to see more of his stuff in such a fashion here in the future.

Also, on a side note, there's a really awesome Left 4 Dead survival map that's modeled after one of the Alamo theatres. You can find it here: https://www.gamemaps.com/details/2247

#AlamoDrafthouse

Werner Herzog's Nosferatu The Vampyre

Anyone else love this movie?

I particularly like the take on Count Dracula here. In many movies vampires are depicted as glamorous. Whilst here he is depicted as quite a pathetic creature.

The rat scene where they are eating a meal at a table in the middle of the street is quite striking to me.

Isabelle Adjani as well, what a beautiful and stunning actress.

Quotes from Movie Game

Pretty simple.
1) Pick a line from a movie
2) Add 2 clues of your choice (Decade, Year, Main Star, Genre, Movie Series, etc.)
3) The person who answers correctly does the next quote

Clue #1: Crime/Action
Clue #2: Steven Seagal

"Look upon this madman! Him dead and him don't even know it!"

Army of Darkness - A puzzling question

I was watching Army of Darkness again and a thought occurred to me whilst doing so. Skeletons don't have dicks. So why are they rounding up naked girls?

Paul Kersey - Talk about your bad luck.

What are the odds of the same guy having his loved ones wiped out by gangs on five separate occasions? I think I would have given up on starting relationships after the second time. Forget it, dude. You're cursed. Everyone you will ever love is doomed.

Re-Animator's Score: Homage or Rip-off?

I love Re-Animator. The original is one of my favorite movies, and both sequels are solid. The first time I saw it, one of the things that really jumped out at me was the score. I was disappointed to later learn that the film's score bears more than a passing resemblance to Bernard Herrmann's score for Psycho. I had already seen Psycho when I saw Re-Animator, but it had been many years and I didn't remember the score.

In interviews, composer Richard Band's attitude toward being called out on the major similarities seems to be basically "Duh. That's the joke, don't you get it?" Is it really? I have to admit, I don't get it. I might understand if the movie had a lot of similarities to Psycho, like if it was a spoof or something, but they are absolutely nothing alike. So how is that a joke?

I guess I might be able to forgive him if he was some great composer. But I have seen at least 45 movies that Richard Band has scored, and the only one that is in any way memorable is the one that's a rip-off. It seems to me that the only reason he even has a career is because his brother produces every movie he works on.

Do you think Re-Animator's score is justifiable?

Rank Daniel-san's bitches

Ali Mills (Elisabeth Shue)


Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita)
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Jessica Andrews (Robyn Lively)


My pick back then:
1-Tamlyn
2-Elisabeth
3-Robyn

Masked Killers

Slashers are one thing, but a killer who wears a mask? Are they trying to get away with it? Are they ugly as sin? Or are they wearing it simply as a joke?

I'm watching "Valentine" at the moment, and this killer acts like a Michael Myers rip-off, only his nose bleeds. It's all about the mannerisms of characters like these. Still. Calm. Focused. I guess Michael Myers set a precedent, but Jason kinda ran with it. He wears a mask because he's ashamed of how goddamn ugly he is. He could chase you without a mask and it would be just as frightening, but the mask is iconic. It's how you market the Crystal Lake killer.

Mannerisms have gotten pretty important to his character, because you can tell a Kane Hodder Jason from a regular guy's Jason. He's angry, and it's great how much he can convey without sound and facial expressions.

Leatherface's portrayals tend to be radically different in some of his sequels. I basically view them each as different characters, because they don't seem like the same guy ever.



What are your Favorite Killer Masks?

Ever since the slasher genre started, movies have been trying to find a great new mask for a killer, but nothing quite works as well as the few that happened in the dawn of this subgenre. I think most killer masks are stupid, like this movie I'm watching (Valentine), and The Hills Run Red, Chromeskull, and definitely Happy Death Day (but that was more intentionally stupid, I think). And so is Terror Train. Prom Night is too dark for me to ever see what he looks like clearly. Maybe that was the point/solution for not having a good mask? And don't get me started on The Prowler... wtf is he even wearing?

I like the potato-sack-that-dreaded-sundown look of Jason-2/Malevolence, I love Michael Myers masks (H1 & H2 only), and the Miner from My Bloody Valentine is great.

What else is there? Who wears a great mask that creeps you out?

Shitty (or underwhelming) movies with potential

Ever watch anything that you really didn't like, but almost liked or wanted to like? Movies that maybe had the wrong director or could have used some extra money thrown into it. What had the potential to be great, or at least not a piece of shit?

I saw this one movie from Sub Rosa that was almost kinda sweet, but mostly annoying, Called Ice From The Sun (1999), which was directed by Eric Stanze, who did Scrapbook and I Spit On Your Corpse, I Piss On Your Grave. Ice From The Sun was actually the first Super-8-shot film to get a dvd release. A gory, Horror-Fantasy would-be epic that could have used an extra 100 grand and maybe a better script with some more creative ideas, improving it with more substance. It's still mildly fascinating and a good example of what one can do with a small budget, but all I see is wasted potential with this one.