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Old 07-22-2019, 04:26 PM
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Well, since I bring up side subjects, I have already seen it a bunch of times.

But I still enjoy it. In my opinion, one of the better Fridays.

I enjoyed the cheesiness of the 3D and the fact that this viewing kept reminding me of Brad's review of the flick. And of course a few good kills.
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Old 07-23-2019, 10:05 AM
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Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Fulci tells the tale of a madman loose in the Big Apple who’s penchant for sadistically torturing and butchering nubile young women has the police baffled. The killer’s brutal and misogynistic M.O. is eclipsed, only by his bizarre tendency to taunt the police in a “ Donald Duck voice “ as they race to catch him before the body count rises.

Oh man, they sure don’t make ‘em like they used to. This is one of THE prime examples of sleaze the genre has to offer, and its fuckin’ great! The absurdity of a killer that quacks as ( to quote the movie’s coroner )
” He used a blade. Stuck it up her joy trail, and slit her wide open “ manages to be both extremely graphic and hilarious at the same time. The fact that every guy in this flick is a scumfuck degenerate to some extent ( even the hero detective ) whom treat women somewhere between bad and like shit, works as excellent commentary reflective of the times and still manages to ring true to this day unfortunately. It’s a grimy, disturbing, and nasty little film that pulls no punches in it’s portrayal of abuse and violence towards women in all its forms, set to a rockin’ score by Francesco De Masi.

The only real downfall of the film, is in its whodunnit plot point. The killer’s identity is easy to decipher, as the handful of characters we are introduced to sport only one obvious red herring, and he’s too damn obvious to be it ( though he is a cock smoker... You have to watch it, lol.) and that’s not to mention that the back of the box literally shows the murderer attacking our heroine... Fucking oops.

Overall, if you’re in the mood for a giallo that is more mystery and atmosphere, maybe check out Argento’s Profondo Rosso or Fulci’s Don’t Torture a Duckling. But, if you’re looking for something that’s light on plot, but big on gore and the kind of sleaze that makes you wanna take a shower afterwards, this is one of the very best there is.

Rating: 8 body part fetching dogs, out of 10
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Old 07-26-2019, 02:29 AM
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City of the Living Dead is the only film that I turned off before the end. I was 12 at the time. Found the gore too much. A priest hung himself and then came back as a zombie tearing someone's brain out of their head. I'd like to watch it again as it's probably more comical than scary. A bit like The Evil Dead. Found that frightening when I watched it as a kid but generally laugh at it today

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Old 07-26-2019, 03:28 PM
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Well, since I bring up side subjects, I have already seen it a bunch of times.

But I still enjoy it. In my opinion, one of the better Fridays.

I enjoyed the cheesiness of the 3D and the fact that this viewing kept reminding me of Brad's review of the flick. And of course a few good kills.
I kinda liked Part 3D too. I like to kid about the Friday the 13ths, but I thought 1 and 2 were decent for slashers, but I also still think they are pretty silly, and basically formulaic repetitive hacks to say something like Halloween.
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City of the Living Dead is the only film that I turned off before the end. I was 12 at the time. Found the gore too much. A priest hung himself and then came back as a zombie tearing someone's brain out of their head. I'd like to watch it again as it's probably more comical than scary. A bit like The Evil Dead. Found that frightening when I watched it as a kid but generally laugh at it today
It was probably hard for Sam Rami and Bruce Campbell to play it straight. There's a wire of funny running through it.
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Old 07-27-2019, 11:49 AM
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I kinda liked Part 3D too. I like to kid about the Friday the 13ths, but I thought 1 and 2 were decent for slashers, but I also still think they are pretty silly, and basically formulaic repetitive hacks to say something like Halloween.
Well, a good formula makes being formulaic less bad imo. Then again, I also love Murder, She Wrote, which is about as formulaic as it gets.
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Old 07-28-2019, 04:02 AM
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Knightriders, 1981. 6/10

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Stephen King makes a cameo in George Romero’s Knightriders cuz they were working on the Creepshow script.


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Old 07-29-2019, 12:25 PM
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THE MIDNIGHT HOUR 1985


Made-for-tv. Cute film about a group of teens that steal costumes from a museum and inadvertently bring the dead back to life on Halloween. Shari Belafonte...
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Old 07-30-2019, 05:51 PM
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LADY STAY DEAD 1981

An obsessed man kills the girl of his dreams and then proceeds to terrorize her sister.
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Old 07-31-2019, 02:56 AM
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Agreed. The original version is much better than 'Lucas' additions version'. Good that he restored it, but I sure hope they have an unaltered refurbished edition.

The new 'Lucas edition' doesn't flow as well. Some things are OK, like seeing some outside shots of Mos Eisley, but they aren't necessary. The scene with Han and Jabba the Hut is horrible and jarringly out of place. Of course the worst crime is reversing Han shooting Greedo first. Not saying Han wasn't justified to shoot first, but it's a story of character development/change and redemption. You don't want to start Han as a saint.

Anyway, I think New Hope is a great film, and the best one. I think Mark Hamill gave a stellar performance the makes it all work.
What I think Lucas doesn't get -and WISH He would get-in despite what he sees as flaws, the fact is SO MANY PEOPLE love, flaws and all those first three films (SW, EMPIRE, JEDI) as they are. It's similar to the old adage, "If it ain't Broke, Don't fix it"
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