What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Milk Tray Guy]

Carry On Spying

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Omen (1976)

 

[C. Lee]

THE HAUNTING (1999) Starring Liam Neeson, Lily Taylot, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, and Bruce Dern. A group of people are brought to a house believing a professor will work with them on their sleep problems. Unknown to them amd him it is a haunted house.

 

[NDX]

Long Island Cannibal Massacre

 

[Kane52630]

Motel Hell

WHAT? lol. Kevin Connor must've had Maximum Overdrive levels of cocaine when he made this. It's obviously a knockoff of Texas Chainsaw Maccasare but done as a dark comedy before they would do the same thing. Rory Calhoun seems like the only good actor they have here because everyone else is acting like they're in a Roger Corman movie. The movie stays silly and over the top even though I think they could have done more with the concept. I did appreciate the ever-revolving door of new "guests" that would come to the motel and everyone played a stereotype terribly, shout out to the swingers. There's also a part where the movie suddenly becomes a jealous love triangle of the main three characters and then it immediately becomes Evil Dead before Evil Dead with the dueling chainsaws. Overall, not great but I was never bored by this weird ass movie.
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)
Day 19: Motel Hell (3/5)​

 

[Batgirl0202]

7/10

 

[Captain Tired]

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The second one is The Untold Story.

 

[Frodo]

Tangled (2010)

 

[signalman]

Rory Calhoun is hired to hunt down an escape murderess, Anne Francis. B-.

 

[emielaen]

 

[NDX]

We All Scream For Ice Cream
Virus X
The Night Sitter

 

[Kane52630]

Night of the Comet


A hot gamer girl who works at a movie theater and can kick ass? It's like they saw the future.

So f**kin good and so much fun. I'm shocked that I hadn't heard of this movie until this year and it's wild how so perfectly New Wave 80s this is. I love that this movie takes everyone's anticipation of Halley's Comet and turns it into a post-apocalyptic action horror comedy. It's a movie that knows how to deliver atmosphere, charm, colorful vibes, campy dialogue, and a killer soundtrack. Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, and Robert Beltran were great in this and knew what kind of a movie they were in. It almost reminds me a bit of both Dawn and Day of the Dead with how they used the post-apocalyptic vibes along with where they travel to and the secret bunker. Also, it reminded me a bit of Miracle Mile considering the barren LA of it all and they used that same red sky filter. My only complaint is they didn't show enough "zombies" and they didn't spend too much time on the secret bunker scientists. Overall, while it bearly counts as a horror film, it's probably my favorite new watch or second new favorite of my marathon.
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)
Day 17: Tourist Trap (3.5/5)
Day 18: When a Stranger Calls (1979) (3/5)
Day 19: Motel Hell (3/5)
Day 20: Night of the Comet (4.5/5)​

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Love that movie.

 

[Batgirl0202]

10/10

 

[Wildcard]

 

[Kane52630]

Eden Lake

An incredible survival horror that is brutal and relentlessly unforgiving. With what it was going for, it's definitely inspired by movies like Straw Dogs and Last House on the Left. There was another movie that came after this called Preservation that this also reminded me of and while that one relies more on the action, here it relies on the survival part. The cast is phenomenal but it's mostly Kelly Reilly's movie and she's killed it. I also like how this was before Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, and Jack O'Connell became big stars and it was great to see them really act here. I feel like while you know where it's headed it's still stressful to watch and the ending is where it really gets you. I thought the directing, cinematography, and color grading were phenomenal, it's easily one of the best-looking movies I've seen in my marathon. Overall, a truly great horror flick.
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)
Day 17: Tourist Trap (3.5/5)
Day 18: When a Stranger Calls (1979) (3/5)
Day 19: Motel Hell (3/5)
Day 20: Night of the Comet (4.5/5)
Day 21: Eden Lake (4.5/5)​

 

[Captain Tired]

The Thing (2011)

A travesty that the studio released it with all the practical effects replaced, especially considering that the base concepts for most of the 'Things' were pretty cool.

 

[Frodo]

Monsters INC. ( 2001)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)

Had high hopes for this mystery-horror. The real life BSI phenomenon has always intrigued me. The movie draws inspiration from the (still unsolved) real life 1987 Max Headroom US signal hijackings, and the 2004 'I Feel Fantastic' internet videos, featuring Tara the android. The performances of Harry Shum Jr as lead character James, and Kelley Mack as his mysterious helper, Alice, are very good. The rest of the cast are pretty solid. Jacob Gentry's direction and Scott Thiele's cinematography create a strong sense of unease. The idea of James coming to terms with a recent loss whilst at the same time tracking the source of a series of mysterious broadcasts he stumbles across whilst cataloguing archive VHS recordings is one that pulls you in. The meetings with mysterious figures offering tantalising crumbs of information along the way wouldn't be out of place in The X-Files, whilst the sense of disassociation and other-worldliness put me in mind of The Last Broadcast (1998), Banshee Chapter (2013), and Censor (2021).

But despite looking great and having an interesting hook I found it a letdown. I like slow-burn thrillers/horrors - but they need a payoff. This... kinda did, but what exactly happens and the real answer to the mystery are never explained. Some movies lead you to a place where you have to work it out. This doesn't do that; it leaves you guessing - which isn't the same thing. There are a ton of fan-theories online about what it all means, what's/who's real, what/who isn't; but they're just that - fan-theories. There's nothing that fits perfectly. And despite some strong imagery that stays with you, I was left feeling I'd wasted my time. I'm sure the director can justify every choice he made, but for me he missed the mark. Good acting, premise, and atmosphere get it a 5/10

 

[squeekness]

The Buriel

 

[Kane52630]

Killers of the Flower Moon

3 Hours and 26 minutes of me just Leo pointing at all the wolves in this picture.

MY FULL REVIEW
4.5/5

 

[Dave McFly]

Back To The future still cinema perfection if you ask me