Most-Used Horror Title
So I was updating the Horror Challenge Spreadsheet (which I hope to have done before the end of the month), and I noticed there are a lot of different horror movies with the exact same title.
For example, there are 4 films title "Crawlspace" (72, 86, 12, 13), 7 titled "Dracula" (31, 31, 66, 79, 92, 02, 07), "Out of the Dark" has 3 (88, 95, 14). Those are some examples from what I have on the spreadsheet.
Dracula would probably be the king (or Prince, as the case may be).
What other ones can you think of? Note: "Dracula 2000" wouldn't count, as it is a title variation. Just exact title matches.
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Blood Freak: A Fowlsploitation Abomination
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I've been wanting to write about this one for a long time. But the more I love a movie, and the more fascinating I find it to be, the more of a perfectionist I become. And nothing I've ever come up with before never seemed to do this film justice. Blood Freak is a bad movie. But it's not just any bad movie. Unlike many countless others made before and after, Blood Freak has something going for it that would ensure that it would someday gain a fanbase. And that would be the very obvious WTF qualities. There's quite few of them. Manos, Troll 2, Birdemic. There's something about all of them that make you wonder. Was the director crazy? Stupid? Or was it all simply on purpose? These extra weird "so bad they're good" films have been known to be one big practical joke on its audience. However, in the era of the gore film, such a thing was unheard of. Blood Freak is for realz that bad and that weird. It just has to be!
What makes Blood Freak so weird, you ask? Unlike with most WTF cinema, that's a very easy question to answer. Blood Freak is a Herschell Gordon Lewis-style gore film from the earily 70's, which is about a European biker/bodybuilder Elvis look-a-like who's head turns into that of a giant turkey's after eating some chemically enhanced turkey meat and smoking whatis believed to be heroin-laced pot. A pissed off turkey-monster who craves the blood of "dope addicts". And to add to the WTF factor, this movie has a very strong Christian message, as well as anti-drug. So, basically, Blood Freak is an anti-drug, Christian gore movie. A really, really bad one!
We begin with co-director, Brad Grinter, acting as nararator, who shows up and adds his two cents between every other scene. The chain smoking maker of bad movies offers his thoughts on fate and stuff, leading up to his introduction of the cleverly named Herschell, as we see the big guy heading down the Florida Turnpike on his motorcycle. The "pretty girl with a problem", as our narrarator just pointed out, is having car trouble. And the good Samaritan quickly pulls on over to help out. We hear not one bit of dialogue during whatever exchange they may have had, but we're led to believe they hit it off nicely. After fixing her car, Herschell is invited back to Angel's house, which she refers to as a mad house due to the 5 or 6 of her drugged-out, trampy sister's friends who are quietly sitting around chatting and getting stoned.
The drugged-out trampy Ann already seems like alot more fun than Angel, who has now admitted to being a straight-laced Jesus freak, and is already nagging her sister about being high on the pot as well as requesting Herschell to not partake in the fun while he hangs with them. Herschell has no problem with that. But isn't overly fond of Ann's flirtatious nature due to being a gentleman. We then cut to a scene which I'm guessing is later that day where Herschell is sitting around with Angel and some old man, discussing their faith, all leading up to Herschell getting offered a job at a poultry farm.. The God stuff doesn't seem to make much sense to Herschell. But he seems open to it all. But that's not all he's open to, as we find out later. We cut to a scene which may be anywhere from a day later to a week later, where Herschell is cleaning Ann's And Angel's pool, and Ann comes over and offers him some of her joint, and gets turned down flat. She tries convincing him and gets turned down flat. She calls him a coward, and seconds later, the man is high as a kite, laughing his ass off at nothing. This of course leads to Ann easily leading the big guy into her bedroom for a hot fuck session on the dope.
After a long, hard first day at the poultry farm, Herschell returns home to Ann already experiencing cold turkey. Due to the heroin that the pot was laced wth, Herschell is now a raging addict, as he proves so by almost beating the shit out of Ann's dealer. At first, Herschell has him pinned down, and as he backs away, you can actually hear co-director Grinter say as clear as day "Get up slow", as the dealer gets up slow, looking grateful that Herschell didn't beat the shit out of him.
At this point, the movie seems to be going in a certain direction. But the next day, we're thrown a bit of a curve ball as the scientists Herschell is working with use him as a guinea pig and gives him some chemically enhanced, experimental turkey to try out. After inhaling the entire turkey no problem, the big guy passes out, and wakes up later that night a changed man. As he creeps back in Ann's bedroom, she freaks out and screams at the sight of his face and head which resembles a paper mache' turkey. As the now mute Herschell grabs a pen and paper and explains best he can, Ann seems to immediately get it and calms down. Damn, that was easy. And in an odd twist, Ann shows a massive amount of loyalty to this guy whom she just recently met, and lets him know that she'll stick with him forever, while expressing concern over what their children may look like.
Ann's love isn't enough to stop Herschell from going on nightly bloody rampages. Searching for dope addicts, this is a thirst which cannot be quenched. One of the many funny things about these killings is that most of the victims give off the same scream/yell. We go back and forth between WTF killings and scenes involving Ann confiding in her friends about Herschell. Scenes which almost seem like their from another movie, at times. When discussing Herschell, it seems as if they're discussing someone who merely gets high too much, as opposed to a bloodthirsty turkey-monster. At one point, one of Ann's stoner pals makes a comment that "He's not Herschell anymore. He's changing". First of all, No shit! Secondly, Ann has known the big guy for a week, tops. How is it that her friend knows Herschell well enough to make such a comment. They couldn't have had any more than a couple conversations. A minor detail, but one of many which make Blood Freak the enigma that it is. Can Herschell overcome his drug addiction? Or does this new dope-blood addiction cancel that out? Either way, Herschell needs help. But from who? You know who! Time to get on your knees and pray, big guy!
If there was ever a movie meant to be a part of the Something Weird label, this here's it, friends. I would highly recommend the special edition dvd which is packed with extras, yet with not nearly enough information for my taste. I'm not even sure how much info about Blood Freak there even is, to be honest. But I do hope for a blu-ray release someday which includes a commentary track. This Miami-shot abomination fits in nicely with the other gore films made in the same period and area. It is a little light on the gore, but far more entertaining than anything H.G ever did. whether it was meant to be or not. Possibly the most inept pre-80's Horror film in existence. It's hard to imagine what exactly Brad Grinter was going for, here. Or who this film was targeted at for that matter. Possibly a good natured attempt to help set the youth of the day on the right track, using their own language.
It's been said that this film was a dead project until Steve Hawkes stepped up as co-director to help Grinter get her done. Steve Hawkes' puts on an extremely wooden performance, and comes off unfriendly and super serious at all times. Even when high. Maybe it's just taking all his concentration to hide his obvious European accent that he forgot to put any effort at all into his performance. Or maybe he's just like that. Last I heard, Steve Hawkes aka Steve Sipek was alive and well, and still living in Florida, and has been running his own animal sanctuary. The man claims a Tiger saved his life once during a fire that broke out on the set of one of his Tarzan movies shortly before Blood Freak was made. And he's dedicated his life to taking care of Tigers and other deadly cats. Putting every bit of his trust in them, treating them as house cats. A lifestyle he has yet to regret. But to many of us, he will always be known as Herschell, the big, serious biker with far less will power than he lets on. The man who entertained us in the greatest WTF bad movie of all time. And as for Brad Grinter, well, he'd dead. 10/10
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I've been wanting to write about this one for a long time. But the more I love a movie, and the more fascinating I find it to be, the more of a perfectionist I become. And nothing I've ever come up with before never seemed to do this film justice. Blood Freak is a bad movie. But it's not just any bad movie. Unlike many countless others made before and after, Blood Freak has something going for it that would ensure that it would someday gain a fanbase. And that would be the very obvious WTF qualities. There's quite few of them. Manos, Troll 2, Birdemic. There's something about all of them that make you wonder. Was the director crazy? Stupid? Or was it all simply on purpose? These extra weird "so bad they're good" films have been known to be one big practical joke on its audience. However, in the era of the gore film, such a thing was unheard of. Blood Freak is for realz that bad and that weird. It just has to be!
What makes Blood Freak so weird, you ask? Unlike with most WTF cinema, that's a very easy question to answer. Blood Freak is a Herschell Gordon Lewis-style gore film from the earily 70's, which is about a European biker/bodybuilder Elvis look-a-like who's head turns into that of a giant turkey's after eating some chemically enhanced turkey meat and smoking whatis believed to be heroin-laced pot. A pissed off turkey-monster who craves the blood of "dope addicts". And to add to the WTF factor, this movie has a very strong Christian message, as well as anti-drug. So, basically, Blood Freak is an anti-drug, Christian gore movie. A really, really bad one!
We begin with co-director, Brad Grinter, acting as nararator, who shows up and adds his two cents between every other scene. The chain smoking maker of bad movies offers his thoughts on fate and stuff, leading up to his introduction of the cleverly named Herschell, as we see the big guy heading down the Florida Turnpike on his motorcycle. The "pretty girl with a problem", as our narrarator just pointed out, is having car trouble. And the good Samaritan quickly pulls on over to help out. We hear not one bit of dialogue during whatever exchange they may have had, but we're led to believe they hit it off nicely. After fixing her car, Herschell is invited back to Angel's house, which she refers to as a mad house due to the 5 or 6 of her drugged-out, trampy sister's friends who are quietly sitting around chatting and getting stoned. The drugged-out trampy Ann already seems like alot more fun than Angel, who has now admitted to being a straight-laced Jesus freak, and is already nagging her sister about being high on the pot as well as requesting Herschell to not partake in the fun while he hangs with them. Herschell has no problem with that. But isn't overly fond of Ann's flirtatious nature due to being a gentleman. We then cut to a scene which I'm guessing is later that day where Herschell is sitting around with Angel and some old man, discussing their faith, all leading up to Herschell getting offered a job at a poultry farm.. The God stuff doesn't seem to make much sense to Herschell. But he seems open to it all. But that's not all he's open to, as we find out later. We cut to a scene which may be anywhere from a day later to a week later, where Herschell is cleaning Ann's And Angel's pool, and Ann comes over and offers him some of her joint, and gets turned down flat. She tries convincing him and gets turned down flat. She calls him a coward, and seconds later, the man is high as a kite, laughing his ass off at nothing. This of course leads to Ann easily leading the big guy into her bedroom for a hot fuck session on the dope.After a long, hard first day at the poultry farm, Herschell returns home to Ann already experiencing cold turkey. Due to the heroin that the pot was laced wth, Herschell is now a raging addict, as he proves so by almost beating the shit out of Ann's dealer. At first, Herschell has him pinned down, and as he backs away, you can actually hear co-director Grinter say as clear as day "Get up slow", as the dealer gets up slow, looking grateful that Herschell didn't beat the shit out of him.
At this point, the movie seems to be going in a certain direction. But the next day, we're thrown a bit of a curve ball as the scientists Herschell is working with use him as a guinea pig and gives him some chemically enhanced, experimental turkey to try out. After inhaling the entire turkey no problem, the big guy passes out, and wakes up later that night a changed man. As he creeps back in Ann's bedroom, she freaks out and screams at the sight of his face and head which resembles a paper mache' turkey. As the now mute Herschell grabs a pen and paper and explains best he can, Ann seems to immediately get it and calms down. Damn, that was easy. And in an odd twist, Ann shows a massive amount of loyalty to this guy whom she just recently met, and lets him know that she'll stick with him forever, while expressing concern over what their children may look like. Ann's love isn't enough to stop Herschell from going on nightly bloody rampages. Searching for dope addicts, this is a thirst which cannot be quenched. One of the many funny things about these killings is that most of the victims give off the same scream/yell. We go back and forth between WTF killings and scenes involving Ann confiding in her friends about Herschell. Scenes which almost seem like their from another movie, at times. When discussing Herschell, it seems as if they're discussing someone who merely gets high too much, as opposed to a bloodthirsty turkey-monster. At one point, one of Ann's stoner pals makes a comment that "He's not Herschell anymore. He's changing". First of all, No shit! Secondly, Ann has known the big guy for a week, tops. How is it that her friend knows Herschell well enough to make such a comment. They couldn't have had any more than a couple conversations. A minor detail, but one of many which make Blood Freak the enigma that it is. Can Herschell overcome his drug addiction? Or does this new dope-blood addiction cancel that out? Either way, Herschell needs help. But from who? You know who! Time to get on your knees and pray, big guy! If there was ever a movie meant to be a part of the Something Weird label, this here's it, friends. I would highly recommend the special edition dvd which is packed with extras, yet with not nearly enough information for my taste. I'm not even sure how much info about Blood Freak there even is, to be honest. But I do hope for a blu-ray release someday which includes a commentary track. This Miami-shot abomination fits in nicely with the other gore films made in the same period and area. It is a little light on the gore, but far more entertaining than anything H.G ever did. whether it was meant to be or not. Possibly the most inept pre-80's Horror film in existence. It's hard to imagine what exactly Brad Grinter was going for, here. Or who this film was targeted at for that matter. Possibly a good natured attempt to help set the youth of the day on the right track, using their own language.It's been said that this film was a dead project until Steve Hawkes stepped up as co-director to help Grinter get her done. Steve Hawkes' puts on an extremely wooden performance, and comes off unfriendly and super serious at all times. Even when high. Maybe it's just taking all his concentration to hide his obvious European accent that he forgot to put any effort at all into his performance. Or maybe he's just like that. Last I heard, Steve Hawkes aka Steve Sipek was alive and well, and still living in Florida, and has been running his own animal sanctuary. The man claims a Tiger saved his life once during a fire that broke out on the set of one of his Tarzan movies shortly before Blood Freak was made. And he's dedicated his life to taking care of Tigers and other deadly cats. Putting every bit of his trust in them, treating them as house cats. A lifestyle he has yet to regret. But to many of us, he will always be known as Herschell, the big, serious biker with far less will power than he lets on. The man who entertained us in the greatest WTF bad movie of all time. And as for Brad Grinter, well, he'd dead. 10/10
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The Punisher - Season 1
Looks pretty good. My hopes are a bit lower than usual, since Marvel/Netflix's last 3 shows have been lackluster, but this is a chance to get back on track, and be as violent as possible about it.
Looks pretty good. My hopes are a bit lower than usual, since Marvel/Netflix's last 3 shows have been lackluster, but this is a chance to get back on track, and be as violent as possible about it.
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What movies did you buy or watch this week (11-20)
Nightkill (Blu-ray)
A Stranger is Watching
Nightkill (Blu-ray)
A Stranger is Watching
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It has begun.
November 16th, 39 days before Christmas, and the Christmas music at work has started. 39 more days. I don't know if I'm going to make it this year. If I disappear soon, it's probably because I killed myself.
November 16th, 39 days before Christmas, and the Christmas music at work has started. 39 more days. I don't know if I'm going to make it this year. If I disappear soon, it's probably because I killed myself.
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2017 Trash Epics October Challenge Results
To some it's a challenge. To others, a competition. But to some of us, the October Challenge is a journey. A journey through the good, the bad, the old and the new of the Horror genre. This was my seventh one, and it shows, as I was very hard up for quality FTVs, especially since I was completely unprepared. But I won't make the same mistake next year.
So, a big thank you to everyone who supported the inaugural October Challenge here on Trash Epics! by far the biggest challenge we've had here, so far.
Goddamn! Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride! At least these days. I actually thought I had this one in the bag for most of the month. But congratulations to Gymnopedie for earning the top spot.
1. Gymnopedie - 106 Films - 90 FTVs
2. Messiah_Of_Doom - 100 Films - 62 FTVs
3. Corpus_Vile - 94 Films - 51 FTVs
4. Johan_WoW - 72 Films - 50 FTVs
5. Ballz - 72 Films - 37 FTVs
6. Ebossert - 60 Films - 31 FTVs
7. Foz - 58 Films - 45 FTVs
8. Triggerhappy6 - 55 Films - 43 FTVs
9. ConditionedResponse - 54 Films - 22 FTVs
10. Shroudoftheimmortal - 53 Films - 41 FTVs
11. Smerd - 42 Films - 32 FTVs
12. BarkingBaphomet - 42 Movies - 16 FTVs
13. Psychotronicbeatnik - 41 Films - 26 FTVs
14. Box_a_Hair - 41 Films - 20 FTVs
15. NoseOfNicko - 35 Films - 18 FTVs
16. Damn_Cyborg - 35 Films - 17 FTVs
17. ZombieCPA - 34 Films - 28 FTVs
18. Tommix - 34 Films - 17 FTVs
19. Onyx_Hades - 33 Films - 23 FTVs
20. Jimb14red & Amon_101 - 31 Films - 28 FTVs
21 BaseBallZombies - 31 Films - 19 FTVs
iceflamez - 25 Films - 18 FTVs
Zombee - 24 Films - 19 FTVs
Brett_Lives - 24 Films - 12 FTVs
Deadandburied81 - 18 Films - 5 FTVs
BloodWank - 16 Films 14 FTVs
Prolelol - 16 Films - 14 FTVs
Markus_San - 12 Films - 11 FTVs
Hazelrigg - 8 Films - 7 FTVs
Klownz - ? - ?
So, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about it. What were your favorite first time viewings of the month? what were your least favorites? Anything at all you have to say about the 2017 October challenge, let's hear it!
My Top 10 favorites
Blood Of The Tribades (2016)
The Appointment (1981)
Blood And Lace (1971)
1922 (2017)
It Stains The Sands Red (2016)
The Babysitter (2017)
Cult Of Chucky (2017)
Easter Bunny Bloodbath (2010)
All The Kind Strangers (1974)
Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)
10 Least Favorites
Thankskilling 3 (2012)
Gingerdead Man 3 (2011)
Gingerdead Man 2 (2008)
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town (1989)
Rings (2017)
Can't Take It Back (2017)
Jack Frost (1997)
Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)
To some it's a challenge. To others, a competition. But to some of us, the October Challenge is a journey. A journey through the good, the bad, the old and the new of the Horror genre. This was my seventh one, and it shows, as I was very hard up for quality FTVs, especially since I was completely unprepared. But I won't make the same mistake next year.
So, a big thank you to everyone who supported the inaugural October Challenge here on Trash Epics! by far the biggest challenge we've had here, so far.
Goddamn! Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride! At least these days. I actually thought I had this one in the bag for most of the month. But congratulations to Gymnopedie for earning the top spot.
1. Gymnopedie - 106 Films - 90 FTVs
2. Messiah_Of_Doom - 100 Films - 62 FTVs
3. Corpus_Vile - 94 Films - 51 FTVs
4. Johan_WoW - 72 Films - 50 FTVs
5. Ballz - 72 Films - 37 FTVs
6. Ebossert - 60 Films - 31 FTVs
7. Foz - 58 Films - 45 FTVs
8. Triggerhappy6 - 55 Films - 43 FTVs
9. ConditionedResponse - 54 Films - 22 FTVs
10. Shroudoftheimmortal - 53 Films - 41 FTVs
11. Smerd - 42 Films - 32 FTVs
12. BarkingBaphomet - 42 Movies - 16 FTVs
13. Psychotronicbeatnik - 41 Films - 26 FTVs
14. Box_a_Hair - 41 Films - 20 FTVs
15. NoseOfNicko - 35 Films - 18 FTVs
16. Damn_Cyborg - 35 Films - 17 FTVs
17. ZombieCPA - 34 Films - 28 FTVs
18. Tommix - 34 Films - 17 FTVs
19. Onyx_Hades - 33 Films - 23 FTVs
20. Jimb14red & Amon_101 - 31 Films - 28 FTVs
21 BaseBallZombies - 31 Films - 19 FTVs
iceflamez - 25 Films - 18 FTVs
Zombee - 24 Films - 19 FTVs
Brett_Lives - 24 Films - 12 FTVs
Deadandburied81 - 18 Films - 5 FTVs
BloodWank - 16 Films 14 FTVs
Prolelol - 16 Films - 14 FTVs
Markus_San - 12 Films - 11 FTVs
Hazelrigg - 8 Films - 7 FTVs
Klownz - ? - ?
So, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about it. What were your favorite first time viewings of the month? what were your least favorites? Anything at all you have to say about the 2017 October challenge, let's hear it!
My Top 10 favorites
Blood Of The Tribades (2016)
The Appointment (1981)
Blood And Lace (1971)
1922 (2017)
It Stains The Sands Red (2016)
The Babysitter (2017)
Cult Of Chucky (2017)
Easter Bunny Bloodbath (2010)
All The Kind Strangers (1974)
Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)
10 Least Favorites
Thankskilling 3 (2012)
Gingerdead Man 3 (2011)
Gingerdead Man 2 (2008)
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town (1989)
Rings (2017)
Can't Take It Back (2017)
Jack Frost (1997)
Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)
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My Watchlist
This is my list from imdb of all the shit (mostly horror) that I've been meaning to watch for a while now. Thoughts on any of these titles?
Taken straight from my imdb watchlist:
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur22090910/watchlist
Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
And Now the Screaming Starts (1973)
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Bad Dreams (1988)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
Body Count (1986)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Boogey Man (1980)
The Cannibal Man (1972)
Christmas Evil (1980)
The Church (1989)
Contamination (1980)
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Darkness (1993)
Dead of Night (1977)
The Dead Next Door (1989)
Deadgirl (2008)
Death Spa (1989)
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dracula (1974)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Family Plot (1976)
Frenzy (1972)
Futureworld (1976)
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
God Told Me To (1976)
Golden Years (1991)
Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep (2015)
Humanoids from the Deep (1996)
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
The Langoliers (1995)
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
The Mangler (1995)
Maniac (2012)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Mother's Day (1980)
Night School (1981)
Nightmare (1981)
The Night Strangler (1973)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Possession (1981)
Prison (1987)
Reform School Girls (1986)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Screamers (1995)
The Sinful Dwarf (1973)
Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972)
The Toolbox Murders (1978)
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
Uncle Sam (1996)
The Undertaker (1988)
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
This is my list from imdb of all the shit (mostly horror) that I've been meaning to watch for a while now. Thoughts on any of these titles?
Taken straight from my imdb watchlist:
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur22090910/watchlist
And Now the Screaming Starts (1973)
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Bad Dreams (1988)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Boogey Man (1980)
The Cannibal Man (1972)
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Darkness (1993)
Deadgirl (2008)
Death Spa (1989)
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Family Plot (1976)
Frenzy (1972)
Golden Years (1991)
Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep (2015)
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
The Night Strangler (1973)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Possession (1981)
Prison (1987)
Reform School Girls (1986)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Screamers (1995)
The Sinful Dwarf (1973)
The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972)
The Toolbox Murders (1978)
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
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Recent viewings - Vampyr (1932) and Night of The Demon (1957)
I last watched two horror classics, both of which are unique and interesting takes on the genre
Vampyr (1932) - 10/10
Could be considered a fairly inaccessible film for the modern viewer, but if you sit down and give this movie it's due then it's very haunting and creepy.
Night of The Demon (1957) - 10/10
I love that demon in Night of The Demon, but it's very true that the movie's strength lies on the power of suggestion, belief and superstition. And seeing the demon appear at the start does undermine that somewhat. But otherwise a fantastic film revolving around the occult.
I last watched two horror classics, both of which are unique and interesting takes on the genre
Vampyr (1932) - 10/10
Could be considered a fairly inaccessible film for the modern viewer, but if you sit down and give this movie it's due then it's very haunting and creepy.
Night of The Demon (1957) - 10/10
I love that demon in Night of The Demon, but it's very true that the movie's strength lies on the power of suggestion, belief and superstition. And seeing the demon appear at the start does undermine that somewhat. But otherwise a fantastic film revolving around the occult.
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The Wishmaster series
I made it a point to finish the Wishmaster series for this challenge, seeing as how they're both rated low enough to qualify. Not parts 1 and 2 though... those movies are too good, apparently, rated 5 and up. So what's so great about Wishmaster anyway? And how great is it as a franchise?
https://junkepics.com/film/?title=wishmaster
Wishmaster (1997) - This is what I would call a Fangoria film. You have all these 80s horror icons bundled into a story about supernatural evil, and plenty of room for blood, guts, and practical effects. However, this is the 90s, and we're also getting some bad CGI.
The Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm, narrates as it starts off with a prologue in a scene of balls to the wall chaos. People are getting magically murdered by a genie, because this genie is a dick. As expected, he'll twist your wish and steal your soul.
Robert Englund is some museum guy whose artifact resurrects the djinn, and begins killing off an assortment of our beloved horror icons, in various supernatural ways. There's a central female protagonist, there to defeat him. Right? And of course, we even have George Buck Flower, always playing a hobo.
Andrew Divoff plays the main antagonist, and there's something about this guy that makes it work. He looks like a real bastard. In the end, the movie isn't mindblowing, but it's damn sure a lot of fun. Wes Craven "presented" it, which basically means he endorses it, but not necessarily the sequels. It can only go downhill from here, right?
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999) - The series is already starting to feel direct-to-video at this point. Andrew Divoff returns for no good reason, but we're all for it, because he's got a face you love to hate.
Again, there's a lead female protagonist out to stop him, but it ain't so easy this time around. And there aren't any good horror icon cameos this time around. Yet, they make up for it by having some decent kills. A man stares at his locked prison door and wishes he could walk right through that door, so guess what happens? The djinn takes things pretty literally.
The film leads to a rampage at a casino, to rival the opening of the first film. This ending is better than all of Leprechaun 3 (which is set in Vegas). Overall, it's a satisfactory entry in the series, which is now officially a series at this point.
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) - This is where the series takes a nosedive, because the script is so generic and dull. IMDB trivia: "Andrew Divoff was set to reprise his role as The Djinn in Wishmaster 3 and had even written an original draft, but the producers didn't like it so they went with Alex Wright's script instead, Andrew hated it and left." He hated it for a reason. It was so dull. I only watched it last night, and I can barely remember it. Of course, I was drunk at the time, but who cares? A bad movie is a bad movie.
The film features A.J. Cook (Out Cold, The Virgin Suicides), and she's wasted in an uninspired screenplay, directed by Chris Angel. Not the mindfreak, though.
The genie isn't as charming without Divoff, so they decided to have him steal someone else's face. Some square who isn't quirky enough. The wishes are all lost in translation, and none of them are really interesting. To make things even worse, there really aren't any good kills in the movie either. What has become of this series? It's only on part 3, and we're looking pretty fucked.
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled - This entry was shot back-to-back with Part 3, both of which directed by this Chris Angel guy. Immediately, this doesn't seem promising, but somehow, this entry is a lot more entertaining than the last one.
I think Chris Angel didn't put any effort into the last movie, saving it all for this one. They tried to work some romance into it, and it's okay for the most part. Our next female lead is having hard times with her boyfriend, because he's in a wheelchair after a motorcycle accident. She loved fucking this dude, and he hasn't been able to for the last 3 years. Their lawyer is introduced, trying to get them a good settlement out of it, but the good old evil djinn takes this guy's face, and is back to his old, dirty ways... or is he?
He's kinda caught up in a plot twist, which I wont go into out of apathy on the subject, but for some reason, this one didn't rub me the wrong way so much. It actually had a few okay kills in it, and a decent ending, compared to the crap we had in part 3.
In all of these movies, the genie is obviously defeated in some way or another. Like in X-Men, they never kill Apocalypse. They only trap him, and that's the best you can hope for with this guy, too. Like Pinhead from Hellraiser, you really just want him to leave you alone, and hope he doesn't come back to you, because he can't be destroyed. But... seeing as how there aren't any sequels beyond this one (which really surprises me, actually), I guess maybe the djinn does die at the end?
I made it a point to finish the Wishmaster series for this challenge, seeing as how they're both rated low enough to qualify. Not parts 1 and 2 though... those movies are too good, apparently, rated 5 and up. So what's so great about Wishmaster anyway? And how great is it as a franchise?
https://junkepics.com/film/?title=wishmaster
Wishmaster (1997) - This is what I would call a Fangoria film. You have all these 80s horror icons bundled into a story about supernatural evil, and plenty of room for blood, guts, and practical effects. However, this is the 90s, and we're also getting some bad CGI.
The Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm, narrates as it starts off with a prologue in a scene of balls to the wall chaos. People are getting magically murdered by a genie, because this genie is a dick. As expected, he'll twist your wish and steal your soul.
Robert Englund is some museum guy whose artifact resurrects the djinn, and begins killing off an assortment of our beloved horror icons, in various supernatural ways. There's a central female protagonist, there to defeat him. Right? And of course, we even have George Buck Flower, always playing a hobo.
Andrew Divoff plays the main antagonist, and there's something about this guy that makes it work. He looks like a real bastard. In the end, the movie isn't mindblowing, but it's damn sure a lot of fun. Wes Craven "presented" it, which basically means he endorses it, but not necessarily the sequels. It can only go downhill from here, right?
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999) - The series is already starting to feel direct-to-video at this point. Andrew Divoff returns for no good reason, but we're all for it, because he's got a face you love to hate.
Again, there's a lead female protagonist out to stop him, but it ain't so easy this time around. And there aren't any good horror icon cameos this time around. Yet, they make up for it by having some decent kills. A man stares at his locked prison door and wishes he could walk right through that door, so guess what happens? The djinn takes things pretty literally.
The film leads to a rampage at a casino, to rival the opening of the first film. This ending is better than all of Leprechaun 3 (which is set in Vegas). Overall, it's a satisfactory entry in the series, which is now officially a series at this point.
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) - This is where the series takes a nosedive, because the script is so generic and dull. IMDB trivia: "Andrew Divoff was set to reprise his role as The Djinn in Wishmaster 3 and had even written an original draft, but the producers didn't like it so they went with Alex Wright's script instead, Andrew hated it and left." He hated it for a reason. It was so dull. I only watched it last night, and I can barely remember it. Of course, I was drunk at the time, but who cares? A bad movie is a bad movie.
The film features A.J. Cook (Out Cold, The Virgin Suicides), and she's wasted in an uninspired screenplay, directed by Chris Angel. Not the mindfreak, though.
The genie isn't as charming without Divoff, so they decided to have him steal someone else's face. Some square who isn't quirky enough. The wishes are all lost in translation, and none of them are really interesting. To make things even worse, there really aren't any good kills in the movie either. What has become of this series? It's only on part 3, and we're looking pretty fucked.
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled - This entry was shot back-to-back with Part 3, both of which directed by this Chris Angel guy. Immediately, this doesn't seem promising, but somehow, this entry is a lot more entertaining than the last one.
I think Chris Angel didn't put any effort into the last movie, saving it all for this one. They tried to work some romance into it, and it's okay for the most part. Our next female lead is having hard times with her boyfriend, because he's in a wheelchair after a motorcycle accident. She loved fucking this dude, and he hasn't been able to for the last 3 years. Their lawyer is introduced, trying to get them a good settlement out of it, but the good old evil djinn takes this guy's face, and is back to his old, dirty ways... or is he?
He's kinda caught up in a plot twist, which I wont go into out of apathy on the subject, but for some reason, this one didn't rub me the wrong way so much. It actually had a few okay kills in it, and a decent ending, compared to the crap we had in part 3.
In all of these movies, the genie is obviously defeated in some way or another. Like in X-Men, they never kill Apocalypse. They only trap him, and that's the best you can hope for with this guy, too. Like Pinhead from Hellraiser, you really just want him to leave you alone, and hope he doesn't come back to you, because he can't be destroyed. But... seeing as how there aren't any sequels beyond this one (which really surprises me, actually), I guess maybe the djinn does die at the end?
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I just recently watched Bad Moon (1996). Despite the inclusion of name actors Mariel Hemingway and Michael Paré, the true star of the film is Thor, the German Shepherd. His undying devotion to protecting his beloved family is what really made me emotionally involved.
Sleepwalkers (1992) had Clovis the cat. Where the human characters were practically useless, Clovis spent the whole movie kicking ass.
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I just recently watched Bad Moon (1996). Despite the inclusion of name actors Mariel Hemingway and Michael Paré, the true star of the film is Thor, the German Shepherd. His undying devotion to protecting his beloved family is what really made me emotionally involved.
Sleepwalkers (1992) had Clovis the cat. Where the human characters were practically useless, Clovis spent the whole movie kicking ass.
I'm sure there are plenty more I could list that aren't immediately coming to mind. Which are your favorites?
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