What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[NDX]

Trick (2019)

 

[Frodo]

Unsolved Mysteries : Behind The Legacy (2023)


Just in time for a Halloween, a really cool documentary about the making of the iconic 80s through 00s series Unsolved Mysteries.

It was another one of those shows I literally grew up with , and several of the segments , and that theme music , still, spook me out , to this day. :smilingeyes:.

If you're a fan of the series or the Netflix reboot, I would recommend checking the documentary out.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Kane52630]

Someone's Watching Me!

Yeah, Sheriff Brackett continues to be utterly useless.

Crossing off another John Carpenter flick from my watchlist and this one is probably the most underrated film he's made. While it says it's a TV movie and it may have a couple of TV qualities of the late 70s, it's an incredibly well-made, well-shot thriller that is obviously inspired by Rear Window but it does its own thing. I guess you can say this is the prototype version of Halloween considering he made this right before and used some similar camera movements/plot mechanics. Also, this is basically Carpenter's full-length feature of his original short "Captain Voyeur" which uses almost the same plot about a voyeur spying on women through a telescope. I thought Lauren Hutton did a great job with her performance as a lead who has to carry the entire movie and I thought the movie was pretty progressive for the late 70s. They also have Adrienne Barbeau who's fantastic in this, Charles Cyphers who is basically playing Sherrif Brackett again, and they even have Uncle Leo from Seinfeld for a couple of interesting scenes. Overall, highly recommend it for those who want to see more paranoia thrillers like Rear Window or Chloe Okuno's Watcher or just want to see Carptener workshopping his ideas for Halloween.
4.5/5

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)
Day 14: Friday the 13th Part III (3/5) (REWATCH)
Day 15: Tremors (4/5)
Day 16: Someone's Watching Me! (4.5/5)​

 

[Batgirl0202]

7/10

 

[Luigi]

Cure

Dead Alive

 

[C. Lee]

CASPER (1995) Starring Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Malachi Pearson. Evil woman hires a "ghost psychiatrist" to exorcise the mansion she has inherited. There are a bunch of hilarious cameos by big name stars.

WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2004) Starring the voices of Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Peter Kay. Wallace and his dog Gromit are hired to solve a rabbit problem. A wonderful representation of stop motion clay animation.

 

[Frodo]

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2004) Starring the voices of Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Peter Kay. Wallace and his dog Gromit are hired to solve a rabbit problem. A wonderful representation of stop motion clay animation.

Probably my favourite W&G film.

 

[C. Lee]

Probably my favourite W&G film.

I have a bunch of W&G on DVD. Hadn't watched them in years. My daughter is now fascinated by them. I see myself rewatching them in my future.

 

[Kane52630]

Tourist Trap

Well, that was creepy as f***. While this can be easily labeled as an obvious Texas Chainsaw/Carrie knockoff, I thought the atmosphere and truly disturbing moments propel it to be something more. Mannequins always creep me out especially when they start moving unnatually so this was probably more effective than most people and I feel like the grindhouse indie-ness of the movie does wonders for the creep factor. Chuck Conners does a great job doing his own version of Norman Bates crossed with Norman Osborn even though I thought some of the dialogue felt unnecessary. The rest of the cast was fine I suppose and I didn't expect to see Tanya Roberts in this. While I was enjoying the movie I did notice the movie was almost running around in circles to pad the movie a bit but I thought the horror moments paid off each time. Overall, it's a rough-around-the-edges indie horror from the 70s that does a great job of being utterly terrifying.
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)
Day 14: Friday the 13th Part III (3/5) (REWATCH)
Day 15: Tremors (4/5)
Day 16: Someone's Watching Me! (4.5/5)
Day 17: Tourist Trap (3.5/5)​

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Gothamsknight]

 

[C. Lee]

THE THING (2011) Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Rhomsen, and Eric Christian Olsen. The prequel to John Carpenter's THE THING. I think they go together very well and should be watched one after the other.

 

[Captain Tired]

Zoolander (2001)

Hansel. So hot right now. Hansel.

 

[Sculder]

Carne cruda / Fresh Flesh (2011)
Reptile (2023)
Under the Shadow (2016)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
Sabrina (2018)
Poison (2023)
The Swan (2023)
The Rat Catcher (2023)

 

[Frodo]

Night Of The Creeps (1986)



Tales From The Darkside : The Movie ( 1990)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[C. Lee]

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (2023) STARRING Corey Hawkins, Liam Cunningham, Aisling Franciosi, and David Dastmachian. Taken from a chapter in the classic novel DRACULA by Bram Stoker, is the story of Dracula's trip to England by ship, and the crew's fight to survive his massive thirst. I highly recommend it.

 

[Kane52630]

When a Stranger Calls

It's coming from inside the house!

I guessed it right as I was watching the middle act that this came from a short film because this is a movie with such a strong hook with its opening that it almost fizzles out. I suppose this counts as a Halloween knockoff but in actuality, it's more of a knockoff of Black Christmas because the short predates Halloween. I absolutely loved the opening 20-30 minutes. It knows how to do isolation well and know how to move the camera especially when there is nothing going on with a great performance by Carol Kane. And it's got two iconic quotes. I can totally see where movies like The House of the Devil got their aesthetic. It's just a shame that the movie didn't find a way to carry that momentum through the entire time and just be a bottle film. Where the movie kinda falters is when it tries to become a knockoff crime thriller in the vein of the French Connection or Dirty Harry. It wasn't awful but it changes the focus and shifts the tone of the movie that felt out of place. When the movie does switch back to horror in those last 15 minutes, I thought it worked and that's almost entirely due to Carol Kane's performance. I haven't seen the 06 remake but I'm assuming it's more of a traditional horror. Overall, I thought it was a good mixed bag but I wished the movie stayed as a bottle film.
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)
Day 12: Friday the 13th (4/5) (REWATCH)
Day 13: Friday the 13th Part 2 (3.5/5) (REWATCH)
Day 14: Friday the 13th Part III (3/5) (REWATCH)
Day 15: Tremors (4/5)
Day 16: Someone's Watching Me! (4.5/5)
Day 17: Tourist Trap (3.5/5)
Day 18: When a Stranger Calls (1979) (3/5)​

 

[Captain Tired]

Alice in Wonderland (1966)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Batgirl0202]

8/10

 

[Gothamsknight]

 

[C. Lee]

HELLRAISER (1987) Starring Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, and Ashley Laurence. A man solves a puzzle box that opens a portal to an interdimensional hell.

HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II (1988) Starring Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, and William Hope. The sequel starts shortly after the first movie ends, with Kirsty being institutionalized because of her ranting about escaping from hell. Unfortunately the place is run by a doctor who has been searching for the doorway to hell.

HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH (1992) Starring Terry Ferrell, Doug Bradley, and Kevin Bernhardt. Reporter checks into the puzzle box.