What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Flash

This time on Blu-ray as the final part of my 'spaghetti quadrilogy' rewatch (Batman '89, Batman Returns, Man of Steel, The Flash).

Still a very solid 7.5/10 for me - and there are definitely parts that I rate higher. I know it was overhyped as 'the best CBM ever' etc, but I do not understand the vitriolic hate for this film. For Miller, I get it. But the dog-pile on the movie, I don't.

 

[C. Lee]

THE IRON GIANT (1999) Starring the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr, Vin Diesel, and John Mahoney. In 1950's New England, a young boy finds a 40 foot tall robot, and hides him from a government investigator. A fantastic animated/science fiction/superhero/heart warming movie.

 

[Kane52630]

She-Wolf of London

This was simultaneously super disappointing and super intriguing for reasons I can't spoil just yet. I thought it was interesting that they took this idea where it could have easily been another monster flick and chose to do something different with it. This is probably the cheapest Universal Monster movie I've seen so far and it shows between the limited number of sets to the hour and change runtime to what they do with the she-wolf. I will say I thought June Lockhart and Sara Haden were actually pretty good and where their characters end up was something I did enjoy despite everything that happens.
Spoilers:

Spoiler

So to spoil it, this movie doesn't have a She-Wolf nor there's any transformation sequence, it's actually a whodunit thriller disguised as a creature feature. The movie tries to get you thinking one of them is the werewolf and because of the hour runtime, the movie really takes up most of it getting to know the main character and her relationship with the fiancé, the aunt, and her cousin. I can totally see why most people hated this movie for false advertising but I kinda dug the story they had instead. It's not a perfect whodunit but I thought it kept me guessing the entire time.

3/5

31 Days of Horror Marathon
Day 1: Saw X (3.5/5)
Day 2: No One Will Save You (4/5)
Day 3: Cobweb (3.5/5)
Day 4: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (4/5)
Day 5: The Exorcist: Believer (2.5/5)
Day 6: V/H/S/85 (4/5)
Day 7: Totally Killer (3/5)
Day 8: Beaten to Death (3/5)
Day 9: The Wolf Man (4/5)
Day 10: Werewolf of London (4/5)
Day 11: She-Wolf of London (3/5)​

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Captain Tired]

The Shining (1980)

Probably watch this at least once a year

 

[Batgirl0202]

8/10

 

[Luigi]

Titane

 

[C. Lee]

ROSE RED (2002) Starring Nancy Travis, Matt Keesler, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes, and Julian Sands. Based on the Stephen King novel.A group of people with various psychic powers investigate a haunted house. Last filmed work by actor David Dukes....he died of a heart attack after he filmed his part.

THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER (2003) Lisa Brenner, Steven Brand, Kate Burton, and Tsidil Leloka. A prequel to ROSE RED. It uses characters from Stephen King's novel, but he did not write the story.

 

[Sculder]

Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)
Circle (2015)
Fair Play (2023)

 

[Frodo]

The Eyes Of Laura Mars (1978)

 

[emielaen]

 

[NDX]

Double Exposure (1982)
The Crazies (1973)
The Crazies (2010)

 

[Kane52630]

Friday the 13th (rewatch)

While this technically counts as a rewatch, I haven't seen this in its entirety for like 20 years so it almost feels like I'm watching it for the first time, especially with the Shout Factory restoration which looks incredible. While I get a lot of people love to ding this movie for being a Halloween knockoff, I thought among the many knockoffs this was pretty well put together on a technical level despite trying to copy Carptenter's POV style and having Tom Savini do the effects is what takes this up a notch. Even though Jason doesn't show up and steal the spotlight until the ending, I thought it actually benefits the movie because you're stuck with these characters that are actually not annoying to watch (except maybe the free-spirit hitchhiker girl lol). Betsy Palmer doesn't get enough credit for playing Mrs. Voorehees because she did a lot with just 3 minutes of screen time. Overall, this was a pure and straightforward B horror would later become one of the biggest horror franchises.
4/5

31 Days of Horror Marathon
Day 1: Saw X (3.5/5)
Day 2: No One Will Save You (4/5)
Day 3: Cobweb (3.5/5)
Day 4: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (4/5)
Day 5: The Exorcist: Believer (2.5/5)
Day 6: V/H/S/85 (4/5)
Day 7: Totally Killer (3/5)
Day 8: Beaten to Death (3/5)
Day 9: The Wolf Man (4/5)
Day 10: Werewolf of London (4/5)
Day 11: She-Wolf of London (3/5)
Day 12: Friday the 13th (4/5) (REWATCH)​

 

[Lasirius]

8.5/10

Fantastically brutal and engaging. A possession movie like no other.

 

[Batgirl0202]

6/10

 

[C. Lee]

SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Ian McDiarmid, and Christopher Lee. A retelling of Washington Irving's story about the headless horseman.

THE SHINING (1997) Starring Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Courtland Mead, and Melvin Van Peebles. The family hired to be caretakers of a large hotel while it is shut down for the winter discover it is haunted. This was a three part miniseries (or one long movie) written and produced by Stephen King because he was upset at what Kubrick had done to the story for his theatrical release.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Dracula (1958)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Frodo]

Cat People (1982))

 

[psylockolussus]

Resident Evil Death Island

 

[Captain Tired]

Psycho II (1983)

'You're sure you won't have another sandwich?'

 

[psylockolussus]

The Last Voyage of Demeter

 

[Kane52630]

Friday the 13th Part 2

Another one that technically counts as a rewatch even though I haven't seen this in forever. A horror trope I always find funny is when a movie franchise uses 5-10 minutes to recap the last movie and this one is hilarious because Part 2 is bearly above an hour after the recap but I get why they did it. I also think it's ballsy that the movie will give the remaining survivors from the last movie just a scene only to kill them off immediately. As for the movie itself, I thought it was still enjoyable, it's definitely the one that would become the blueprint for every Friday movie after this. I forgot how agile and vulnerable Jason was in his first real movie before he became a zombie king. Also, it's wild that sack head Jason and Dark Night of the Scarecrow came out in the same year. As for the campers, I thought Ginny and Paul were the least interesting "main characters" compared to the others in the group even Alice from the last one (which funny enough they gave more character development here). Overall, while I had fun watching it, it's a Friday movie that is sort of missing a piece and I think that piece will be found in the next movie.
3.5/5

31 Days of Horror Marathon
Day 1: Saw X (3.5/5)
Day 2: No One Will Save You (4/5)
Day 3: Cobweb (3.5/5)
Day 4: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (4/5)
Day 5: The Exorcist: Believer (2.5/5)
Day 6: V/H/S/85 (4/5)
Day 7: Totally Killer (3/5)
Day 8: Beaten to Death (3/5)
Day 9: The Wolf Man (4/5)
Day 10: Werewolf of London (4/5)
Day 11: She-Wolf of London (3/5)
Day 12: Friday the 13th (4/5) (REWATCH)
Day 13: Friday the 13th Part 2 (3.5/5) (REWATCH)​

 

[Broseph44]

Jason X (2001)