90's Horror: An underrated decade.

So most people site the 90's as being a terrible decade for horror and being the worst. While certainly not the best I think it is very underrated when you get by all the Scream clones and style and really delve into the decade you find some real gems. I had a list on IMDb but when my account got deleted I lost the list. I made another one of films I like from the 90's but might be forgetting some. Obviously as with any list I am sure there are some that people will disagree with. If anyone has anymore good horrors from the 90's let me know and I might add it to the list.

The Addiction (1995)
Aftermath (1994)
Alien 3 (1992)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Aswang (1994)
Audition (1999)
Baby Blood (1990)
Bad Moon (1996)
Basket Case 2 (1990)
Basket Case 3 (1991)
Begotten (1990)
Blade (1998)
Blair Witch Project (1999)
Blood and Donuts (1995)
Brain Dead (1990)
Campfire Tales (1997)
Candyman (1992)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Castlefreak (1995)
A Cat in the Brain (1990)
Cemetery Man (1994)
Cronos (1993)
Cube (1997)
The Cure (1997)
Dark Waters (1993)
The Dark Half (1993)
The Day of the Beast (1995)
Dead Alive (1992)
Demon Knight (1995)
The Dentist (1996)
Dust Devil (1992)
Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Evil Ed (1995)
The Exorcist III (1990)
The Faculty (1998)
Flatliners (1990)
Frankenhooker (1990)
The Frighteners (1996)
From Dusk Til Dawn (1996)
From Dusk Til Dawn 3 : The Hangman's Daughter (1999)
Funny Games (1997)
The Guardian (1990)
Hardware (1990)
Highway to Hell (1991)
Idle Hands (1999)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Initiation: Silent Night Deadly Night 4 (1990)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Kolobos (1999)
The Last Broadcast (1998)
Leatherface: Texas chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Lisa (1990)
Little Witches (1996)
Lost Highway (1997)
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)
The Manson Family (1997)
Mikey (1992)
Mindwarp (1992)
Misery (1990)
Mosquito (1995)
Mute Witness (1995)
Nadja (1994)
The Nameless (1999)
Necronomicon (1993)
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
New Nightmare (1994)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Nightbreed (1990)
Ninth Gate (1999)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Popcorn (1991)
The Prophecy (1995)
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
Puppet Master II (1990)
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
Raat (1992)
Ravenous (1999)
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
Ringu (1998)
Scanners II: The New Order (1991)
Schramm (1993)
Scream (1996)
The Sect (1991)
Shakma (1990)
Shock Em Dead (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Singapore Sling (1990)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
Sombre (1998)
Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
Split Second (1992)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Stir of Echos (1999)
Subspecies (1991)
Tales from the Darkside (1990)
Terror Firmer (1999)
Tesis (1996)
Tetsua II: Body Hammer (1992)
Ticks (1993)
Trance (1998)
Trauma (1993)
Tremors (1990)
Troll 2 (1990)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
Uncle Sam (1996)
The Untold Story (1993)
The Vagrant (1992)
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
Wild Zero (1999)
Wishmaster (1997)
I Zombie the Chronicles of Pain (1998)

Singapore Sling (1990)



I absolutely won't ruin anything with spoilers for people who haven't seen this movie.
But it's difently worth the watch if you like Distrubing Fucked up movies it has everything you want in a Distrubing movie.
I absolutely loved this movie and rated it 10/10
Just wondering from the people here who saw it how they felt about the film and if my rating is to high.

Again it's a great rec for those who haven't seen the movie.

OT: I, Daniel Blake

With the IMDB boards gone, I have limited options to post and discuss this film so I thought I'd give it a try here.

I, Daniel Blake is Ken Loach's second Palm d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival. I watched it at the local cinema recently and was quite affected by it. The premise is an older guy in Britain who's been working as a carpenter for the best part of 40 years, has a heart attack and his doctor/specialist tells him he's not fit for work for at least 3 months. He goes on what the Brits call the Employment and Support pension to get him through while he recovers. A review of his eligibility for this pension happens, which occurs at the start of the film with just black screen and credits while we listen to the ludicrous questions thrown at him to which he replies with frustration and sardonic humour. Of course, the outcome is that his '˜score' has lowered and he is now forced to look for work for 35 hours a week.

He has the the right to appeal the decision as long has he can negotiate the absurd bureaucratic red tape including phone calls that involve being on hold for a couple of hours only to be told that he has to wait for the '˜decision maker' to call him before he's allowed to appeal, even though he's received a letter already outlining the decision. He's also directed to a computer by social security and told he has to apply online, which for a bloke who's never touched a computer in his life, is quite a task. He's told by the worker when explaining his IT deficiencies that "we're digital by default" to which he responds "I'm pencil by default".

This is a guy who has specialised skills as a carpenter made to feel like a useless bane on society. He befriends a younger woman with kids at the dole office whom he defends when she is treated like some sort of unhinged banshee when she gets upset that her benefit has been frozen. Like most of Loach's films we get see to ordinary people in extraordinarily frustrating circumstances that wear them down.

There's some that criticise this film for being over the top with it's depiction of how these people are treated by the Government. I came into this film with 20 years experience working in the Australian job centre (employment services) system, funded by the Government to administer the rules behind receiving the dole whilst helping people find jobs. Help find people jobs! If only our employment consultants, working with an unmanageable amount of clients, hired by the Government to administer the red tape involved in ensuring all of their job seekers meet their '˜requirements', had time to actually help people find jobs! You also have an industry riddled with people who are ill-equipped to work with, empathise with and assist those coming in with a range of complex issues that need to be addressed.

I watched the system gradually decline over the years into the highly bureaucratic machine that it has become designed, whether it be deliberately or not, to make people give up all hope. It got so bad that I had to get out, no matter how well it paid, as I couldn't take the absurdity of it all any longer. I can understand that you need to make a system robust and consistent to ensure people are treated equally, but it swayed way too far into the realm of Orwell's 1984. Individual circumstances are not heard, nor have any place in this autocratic system. Our Government even went as far recently to adopt a robotised computer system to work out who has been wrongly paid and owes a debt to the Government. This flawed computer system does not take into account the many individual situations that actually deem people eligible for the money they're being accused of receiving either mistakenly or fraudulently. Then there's that brick wall of bureaucracy they need to try and negotiate to appeal, many of which are incapable of navigating.

You may feel after watching this film that you've been emotionally manipulated and the circumstances presented must have been embellished for dramatic effect, but believe me, this stuff is real.

Back to Daniel himself, a hard working tax payer and contributor to society with integrity, dignity and empathy for his fellow man, made to feel like like a parasite. In his own words "I'm not a client, a customer or a service user... I'm not a National Insurance number or a blip on a screen. I, Daniel Blake, am a citizen—nothing more, nothing less."

Dark Justice 1991-1993 (TV show)

Something reminded me of this show recently. When I just googled it, I was surprised to see that it aired on CBS... I would have guessed the USA Network. Anyway, does anyone else remember this show? I think I watched at least half a season, at some point. I always liked the intro. Also, check out the wikipedia article, apparently Bruce Abbott played the main role in the second season! I actually thought the guy in season one was pretty great, but... whatever, it's good if Bruce Abbott got a little work, there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Justice

The Greasy Strangler or WTF did I just watch?

I had been hearing quite a lot about this movie so I figured I'd give it a shot. This is probably the weirdest movie I've ever seen. I went from laughing hysterically to gagging in the span of 30 seconds. There are things in this movie that I never thought I'd see or actually never even crossed my mind. I will never eat a hotdog the same way again. Has anyone else seen this and if so, what were your thoughts? It's unique to say the least.

#Horror

Ten Most Brutal Revenge Movies of the 21st Century

Revenge movies have been around for donkey's years (anyone know which was the very first one?), and of course it was always one of Shakespeare's favourite themes. But the new century has seen it's fair share of vengeance being served up very, very coldly.. And who doesn't enjoy seeing justice, rightly or wrongly, being dished out. In brutal fashion. Here is a list of the ten of the most brutal of retributions. And yes there will be obvious omissions no doubt, i.e. I was going to include Martyrs and A Serbian Film, which have revenge elements but they do not really drive the main narrative of the plot.

Anyhow, there shall be SPOILERS ahead..

10. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)



It's not the most graphic movie on the list but it definitely leaves a punch (literally) and it's main protagonist (and ultimately antagonist) played by Paddy Considine, is one scary nutjob.
Herbie: "What the fuck are you looking at?"
Richard: "You, ya cunt!"

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: That punch..

9. Kill Bill: Vol.I (2003)



OK, some may not agree with the inclusion of this choice. It's certainly not as brutal as many others on this list, or even excluded.. but it certainly is bloody. And bloody good fun too. I just had to include it on this list..

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Actually appears in Vol.II: Elle Driver will need another eye patch..

8. The Horseman (2006)



A man witnesses the brutal, sexual attack of his daughter on video and sets off a path of retribution. Cue some good old-fashioned violent rampaging.. Aussie style.

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Blowtorch.. knife.. there's plenty of brutal torture to enjoy here.

7. Revenge: A Love Story (2010)



A list of this nature simply wouldn't be a list without the inclusion of a CAT:III movie. And this modern one is harsh.. very harsh indeed. OK, so it becomes a little far fetched as the reasons for our protagonist's quest for revenge become more clear but that's all the more reason for some good ole cringe-inducing violence. This is probably one of the lesser known titles from this list.. but comes recommended.

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Skin scrapping.. 'nuff said.

6. Oldboy (2003)



The list just wouldn't be complete without, probably the most acclaimed and famous revenge movie of the century thus far. And what a twist. Oh, and fuck the remake..

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Well you have some good old-fashioned dental torture, cutting out your tongue with a rusty pair of scissors, but the gang fight in a hallway scene is definitely the most "fun"..

5. I Spit On Your Grave (2010)

https://assets.mubi.com/images/film/30669/image-w1280.jpg?1445876769

2010 was a good year for pay-back time, and hell hath no fury like a woman.. raped, beaten and left for dead in this remake of the 1978 shocker. This is one of those few occasions, where, honestly, it is better than the original.. although the rape scene does not last as long and is perhaps not as brutal, the act of pay-back most certainly is and there is wealth of "enjoyable" torture scenes.

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Nothing more satisfying than watching one of your attackers get his eyes pecked out by some hungry crows..

4. Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2002)



The most brutal of Park Chan-wook's "revenge trilogy", South Korea is probably top of the pile when it comes to dishing out revenge movies in the 21st Century. Other honourable mentions include The Chaser, A Bittersweet Life, Bedevilled, The Man From Nowhere.. but there is something about the tone of Park Chan-wook's eye-for-an-eye-for-an-eye saga that leaves you reeling with discomfort. Maybe it is the absence of music or the bleak cinematography.. or the fact you just end up feeling wretched and downright sorry for everyone involved..

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Take your pick but watching Bae Doona's character wet herself after electric cables are attached to her ear lobes.. is pretty gutwrenching.

3. I Saw The Devil (2010)



Yes we are back in South Korea again for what is one of the most downright mean-spirited (and beautifully shot) movies on this list. And in terms of sheer amount of brutal, graphic violence, I Saw The Devil probably wins hands down. And this is no straight forward revenge thriller, as the line between the victim and the aggressor/protagonist and antagonist becomes somewhat blurred as the movie progresses and by the end, we're left just feeling.. well, numb.

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Another case of "take your pick" but the opening murder scene leaves the biggest impression.

2. Red, White & Blue (2010)



A horror movie with a measly, and unwarranted rating of 6.4 on IMDb (yeah. remember that site).. I guess the slow pace of the first half, which focused on the bonding of two people, was too much for some folks (Audition anyone?).. where's the horror?! Where's the gore?! Well like all good slow-burners, it is saved for the last act and it's one of those effective movies where it's what you don't see, that leaves the viewer queasy.. And what a performance from Noah Taylor as a complete psycho, pushed over the edge after losing his new "kitten" and doing what he does best... murder!

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: After the home invasion, did he kill the young girl or leave her alive? Or is peeling off someone's face from the neck up more disconcerting..

1. Irreversible (2002)



No real surprises here for what is my number one "most brutal revenge movie" of the 21st Century.. or ever probably. The disconcerting and disorientating camera-work during the opening of the movie deliberately sets the viewer up to feel nauseous, so that when we get to that infamous scene in the subway.. those of nervous disposition will just want to run to the bathroom. It is one of the very few times I can remember when I actually wanted to stop a movie during a violent scene to take a breather. It's a fantasitc movie, that rightly divides people down the middle. It also has a beautiful, uplifting ending.. or beginning.. oh yeah, shit happens.

MOST BRUTAL SCENE: Well.. there are two to choose from. And I think most of us can all agree on which is the more stomach-churning..

RIP Robert Osborne

I am a huge fan of Turner Classic Movies. Osborne seemed like a genuinely good guy who loved film. Sad to see him go. TCM will never be the same.

Horror Recs Challenge 2014

I saw a post by Ninjas from a while back on doing a Recs Challenge like the one the IMDb Horror Board had. Not sure if that ever got off the ground. Anywho, here is the list from that challenge if anyone is interested.

1. Strangler of the Swamp (1946)(Zombie_CPA)
2. The Woman Who Came Back (1945)(Zombie_CPA)
3. Kuroneko (The Black Cat)(1968)(Zombie_CPA)
4. El Vampiro (1957)(Zombie_CPA)
5. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)(Zombie_CPA)
6. The Vampire Bat (1933)(Zombie_CPA)
7. Silenced (2011)(shaza123)
8. Lorna the Exorcist (1974)(shaza123)
9. Mark of the Devil (1970)(shaza123)
10. Death Stop Holocaust (2009)(shaza123)
11. Chop (2011)(shaza123)
12. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)(shaza123)
13. Odd Thomas (2013)(sdaveak47)
14. Big Ass Spider (2013)(sdaveak47)
15. Open Grave (2013)(sdaveak47)
16. The Banshee Chapter (2013)(sdaveak47)
17. Insensibles (2012)(sdaveak47)
18. Stalled (2013)(sdaveak47)
19. Angst (1983)(peeptoad13)
20. Rabies (2010)(peeptoad13)
21. Killer's Moon (1978)(peeptoad13)
22. Motel Hell (1980)(peeptoad13)
23. Rituals (1977)(peeptoad13)
24. I Drink Your Blood (1970)(peeptoad13)
25. Psychos in Love (1987)(Matheny85)
26. Modus Anomali(Ritual)(2012)(Matheny85)
27. Blood Song(1982)(Matheny85)
28. The Strangeness(1985)(Matheny85)
29. The Carrier(1988)(Matheny85)
30. Retribution(1987)(Matheny85)
31. Crowhaven Farm (1970)(zedzeek)
32. Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)(zedzeek)
33. Love Me Deadly (1973)(zedzeek)
34. The Night Strangler (1973)(zedzeek)
35. Symptoms (1974)(zedzeek)
36. House of Mortal Sin (1976(zedzeek)
37. Películas para no dormir: Cuento de navidad (Films to Keep You Awake: The Christmas Tale) (2005)(Mikey_Elite)
38. The Telling (2009)(Mikey_Elite)
39. How To Make A Monster (2001)(Mikey_Elite)
40. All About Evil (2010)(Mikey_Elite)
41. Tormented (2009)(Mikey_Elite)
42. The Breed (2006)(Mikey_Elite)
43. Dust Devil (1992)(jimb14red)
44. Society (1989)(jimb14red)
45. Night of Death (1980)(jimb14red)
46. Thirst (1979)(jimb14red)
47. The Visitor (1979)(jimb14red)
48. Psychomania (1973)(jimb14red)
49. Scream of Fear (1961)(Qwertyman3)
50. Nude for Satan (1974)(Qwertyman3)
51. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)(Qwertyman3)
52. The Undead (1957)(Qwertyman3)
53. Don't Go in the House (1979)(Qwertyman3)
54. Blood for Dracula (1974)(Qwertyman3)
55. Isle Of The Dead (1945)(Tromafreak)
56. The Comedy Of Terrors (1963)(Tromafreak)
57. Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971)(Tromafreak)
58. Squirm (1976)(Tromafreak)
59. Last House In The Woods (2006)(Tromafreak)
60. Wither (2012)(Tromafreak)
61. Môjû (1969) (Blind Beast)(Nan00k)
62. Grabbers (2012)(Nan00k)
63. 100 Bloody Acres (2012)(Nan00k)
64. Dead Set (2008)(Nan00k)
65. Dans ma peau (2002) (In My Skin)(Nan00k)
66. The Children (2008)(Nan00k)
67. Gu (Bewitched) (1982)(capkronos)
68. Litan (1982)(capkronos)
69. O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão (The Strange World of Coffin Joe) (1968)(capkronos)
70. Qu mo jing cha (aka Magic Cop) (1990)(capkronos)
71. Vec vidjeno (aka Deja vu or Reflections) (1987)(capkronos)
72. A Warning to the Curious (1972)(capkronos)
73. Nightwatch (1994)(Reverend_Kane)
74. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)(Reverend_Kane)
75. The Ugly (1997)(Reverend_Kane)
76. Sigaw (2004)(Reverend_Kane)
77. The Boarding School (1969) aka La Residencia (Reverend_Kane)
78. The Evil (1978)(Reverend_Kane)
79. House of Mystery (1961)(emertens)
80. L'occhio dietro la parete (1977)(emertens)
81. Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)(emertens)
82. Goodbye Gemini (1970)(emertens)
83. The Couch (1962)(emertens)
84. Flexing with Monty (2010)(emertens)
85. The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976)(psychotronicbeatnik)
86. Ganja and Hess (1973)(psychotronicbeatnik)
87. Trance aka: The Eternal (1998)(psychotronicbeatnik)
88. What's the Matter With Helen? (1971)(psychotronicbeatnik)
89. Zeder aka: Revenge of the Dead (1983)(psychotronicbeatnik)
90. Hatchet for the Honeymoon(1970)(psychotronicbeatnik)
91. Brain Damage (1988)(alchemie666)
92. Dance of the Damned (1989)(alchemie666)
93. Strippers vs Werewolves (2012)(alchemie666)
94. American Mary (2012)(alchemie666)
95. Byzantium (2012)(alchemie666)
96. Naked Blood (1996)(alchemie666)
97. Twisted Nerve (1968)(lost-in-limbo)
98. What the Peeper Saw (1972)(lost-in-limbo)
99. Girly (1970)(lost-in-limbo)
100. The Seventh Curse (1986)(lost-in-limbo)
101. The Sender (1982)(lost-in-limbo)
102. The Forgotten One (1989)(lost-in-limbo)
103. Of Unknown Origin (1983)(yohumbug)
104. Special Effects (1984)(yohumbug)
105. Spider Forest (2004)(yohumbug)
106. Tower of Evil (1972)(yohumbug)
107. Queen of Blood (1966)(yohumbug)
108. Lost Things (2003)(yohumbug)
109. You gui zi (1976) aka The Oily Maniac (ninjas-r-cool)
110. Bôkô Kirisaki Jakku (1976) aka Assault! Jack the Ripper (ninjas-r-cool)
111. Wild beasts - Belve feroci (1984)(ninjas-r-cool)
112. Baxter (1989)(ninjas-r-cool)
113. The Bride of Frank (1996)(ninjas-r-cool)
114. Plaga zombie: Zona mutante (2001)(ninjas-r-cool)
115. Splinter (2008)(DeaconFrost666)
116. Rabid (1977)(DeaconFrost666)
117. Visiting Hours (1982)(DeaconFrost666)
118. Scalpel (False Face) (1977)(DeaconFrost666)
119. Wolf Creek (2005)(DeaconFrost666)
120. Trick r Treat (2007)(DeaconFrost666)
121. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
122. House of Horrors (1946)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
123. Cult of the Cobra (1955)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
124. Witchcraft (1964)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
125. Craze (1974)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
126. Cthulhu (2000)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
127. Lesson of the Evil (2012)(NoseOfNicko)
128. Dead Of Night (1972)(NoseOfNicko)
129. Father's Day (2011)(NoseOfNicko)
130. Macabre (2009)(NoseOfNicko)
131. Evil Dead Trap (1988)(NoseOfNicko)
132. Blood Feast 2 (2002)(NoseOfNicko)
133. In Through The Looking Glass (1976)(morrison-dylan-fan)
134. Invisible Ghost (1941)(morrison-dylan-fan)
135. Black Snake (1973)(morrison-dylan-fan)
136. The Reptile (1966)(morrison-dylan-fan)
137. 1920 (2008)(morrison-dylan-fan)
138. Deranged (1987)(morrison-dylan-fan)
139. El habitante incierto aka The Uninvited Guest (2004)(SomebodyWicked)
140. A Cadaver Christmas (2011)(SomebodyWicked)
141. Sur le seuil (2003)(SomebodyWicked)
142. Heart of Midnight (1988)(SomebodyWicked)
143. And When She Was Bad (1981) aka Madhouse aka There Was A Little Girl(SomebodyWicked)
144. Sleepstalker (1995)(SomebodyWicked)
145. Mute Witness (1994)(triggerhappy6)
146. Dream Home (2010)(triggerhappy6)
147. 13: Game of Death (aka 13 Beloved)(2006)(triggerhappy6)
148. Sennentuntschi (2010)(triggerhappy6)
149. Julia's Eyes (aka Los ojos de Julia)(2010)(triggerhappy6)
150. Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (aka Sexykiller, morirás por ella)(2008)(triggerhappy6)
151. Fährmann Maria (Death and the Maiden, 1936)(jdidaco)
152. Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer, 1952)(jdidaco)
153. Hakujitsumu (Daydream, 1964)(jdidaco)
154. Seidan botan-dôrô (Hellish Love, 1972)(jdidaco)
155. Arrebato (Rapture, 1980)(jdidaco)
156. Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, 1981)(jdidaco)
157. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)(Hellraiserdisciple)
158. Nightmare (1981)(Hellraiserdisciple)
159. Psycho Cop Returns (1993)(Hellraiserdisciple)
160. Neon Maniacs (1986)(Hellraiserdisciple)
161. The Redeemer: Son of Satan! (1978)(Hellraiserdisciple)
162. Night of the Eagle (1962)(Hellraiserdisciple)
163. Portrait in Terror (1965)(Dr_Coffin)
164. Cry of the Bewitched (1957)(Dr_Coffin)
165. Night Tide (1961)(Dr_Coffin)
166. Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)(Dr_Coffin)
167. Crucible of Horror (1971)(Dr_Coffin)
168. Eye of the Cat (1969)(Dr_Coffin)
169. Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)(Shadowplayed)
170. Ahí va el diablo (2012)(Shadowplayed)
171. Los sin nombre (1999)(Shadowplayed)
172. Isolation (2005)(Shadowplayed)
173. Chained (2012)(Shadowplayed)
174. Entity (2012)(Shadowplayed)
175. Deliria aka Stage Fright: Aquarius (1987)(DaveHedgehog)
176. Freak Out (2004)(DaveHedgehog)
177. The Battery (2012)(DaveHedgehog)
178. Scarecrows (1988)(DaveHedgehog)
179. Popcorn (1991)(DaveHedgehog)
180. Murder Party (2007)(DaveHedgehog)
181. The Borrower (1991)(ElijahCSkuggs)
182. Black Past (1989)(ElijahCSkuggs)
183. Christmas Evil (1980)(ElijahCSkuggs)
184. Plankton aka Creatures from the Abyss (1994)(ElijahCSkuggs)
185. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)(ElijahCSkuggs)
186. There's Nothing Out There (1991)(ElijahCSkuggs)
187. The Woman in Black (1989)(ns1crr)
188. The Signalman (1976)(ns1crr)
189. Mientras duermes (2011)(ns1crr)
190. Frightmare (1974)(ns1crr)
191. I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008)(ns1crr)
192. Breeders (1986)(ns1crr)

The Hidden (1987)



A perfect mash up of horror, sci-fi, action, this film is so fun & action packed. It's a true 80's gem that demands a viewing. Roger Ebert described it as: "A cross between Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Terminator," which is an accurate statement I think.

The film's essentially a creative reworking of the buddy cop formula that was popular in the 80's. The premise is really cool and involves an alien parasite in LA body hopping and committing violent crimes with each new human host it infects. Our two main protagonists are: Beck, a human cop (Michael Nouri) and Gallagher, an alien posing as an FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan). They have to work together to stop the alien menace and learn more about each other in the process. Both protagonists are well developed and bond quite well over the course of the film despite some ahem, "differences". They manage to keep Gallagher's true alien identity a secret for a good chunk of the film and let it slowly come to light through his quirks and odd behavior. For example, his awkward behavior when invited over to Beck's house for dinner hints that he might just be too odd for this world. The conflict that develops between the two is inevitable because Gallagher has all the knowledge and his own motivations, but how can he explain it and expect Beck to understand and believe him? There's a real sense of urgency and exhilaration with each new human the evil alien parasite infects because it too has its own sinister intentions. You find yourself having so much fun watching and hope that the two protagonists succeed.

Thanks to taut directing from Jack Sholder, a great script, and great performances from the two leads, the film works. It's a perfect mash up of genres with the right touch of humor and is entertaining for its entire running time. Also, you can't get more 80's with its awesome soundtrack!

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

I think the story is a bit pointless, but it deserves a good slasher film. Any of the characters are not really memorable, or even the killer. It doesn't have a strong feeling like Valentine movie, but I enjoyed it on Valentine's Day. I loved the ending, it's creepy. I'd give it a 7.5/10 as a solid slasher film. I think The Prowler (1981) is much better and that one's excellent slasher film. I'm looking forward to the remake if I will like it more than the original.

So, what are your thoughts on this one and what would you rate it?

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