What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Dave McFly]

Totally Killer loved it wished it was not directly to streaming I would have loved to seen it in theaters

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Frodo]

The Meg (2018)

 

[C. Lee]

BIG DRIVER (2014) Starring Maria Bello, Olivia DuKakis, Joan Jett and Will Harris. Based on a Stephen King story. A woman writer takes revenge on her attacker.

BAG OF BONES (2011) Starring Pierce Brosnan, Annabeth Gish, and Melissa George. Based on the Stephen King novel. A novelist's recently deceased wife helps him fight a family curse.


A GOOD MARRIAGE (2014) Starring Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, and Stephen Lang. Based on the Stephen King novella. A woman discovers her husband of 25 years is a serial killer.

 

[Batgirl0202]

7/10

 

[Captain Tired]

From Russia with Love (1963)

 

[ObiWanCon]

Talk To Me (2023)

 

[Kane52630]

The Wolf Man

That ol telescope creepin' on a gal who's with someone gag, amirite?

While I've seen my fair share of werewolf movies, finally seeing the one that really took off in the cannon was interesting to see. It feels more polished than the older Univeral Monsters that preceded it but it also feels a little bit more safe because of the time period. What it excels is the atmosphere and the overall lore that they introduce in such a short runtime. It was also really cool seeing almost all the heavy hitters from the Universal Monsters show up in this movie between Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, and Bela Lugosi. It's also shocking how much of the movie is spent before he even transforms into the Wolf Man and if I had any complaints it would be they weren't really able to showcase and show off the Wolf Man in all his glory. Overall, while this might not take over the top spot of favorite Univeral Monsters (that title still goes to Invisible Man), this was still a great watch and worthy of its iconic status.
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)​

 

[Frodo]

Helter Skelter (1976)


Nearly 60 years later, here in LA County, it's probably still one of the most horrific, and frightening, cases in California History.

It's only in recent years ,that I discovered, that several of the Mansion girls, came from cities in LA county that I spent my childhood in , all be it, decades before I was born.

They're been several different movies on the case since this one, but this 1976 TV movie is still the scariest ,and eerie, to me.

The actors who played Manson, and his family, nearly sends the same chill down your spine , as the real people they portrayed .

 

[Captain Tired]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

I was watching this film the day the Queen died. I'll always have that memory dubiously connected to this film lol.

 

[Sculder]

Black Friday (2021)
Bleach (2022)
#Saraitda / #Alive (2020)
Love at First Sight (2023)
Susu (2018)
Ballerina (2023)

 

[C. Lee]

DESPERATION (2006) Starring Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt, Annabeth Gish, Matt Frewer. Based on a novel by Stephen King. An ancient force of evil is killing everyone in a small southwestern town.

RIDING THE BULLET (2004) Starring Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey, David Arquette, and Cliff Robertson. Based on a story by Stephen King. A young man hitch hiking cross country, to see his mother in the hospital, has many strange encounters along the way. An aspect of the film is that the main character likes drawing macabre pictures. They hired Bernie Wrightson to do them. The DVD special features has a short talk with him and gives nice closeups of the drawings.

SLEEPWALKERS (1992) Starring Brian Krause, Madchen Amick, Alice Krige, and Ron Perlman. Based on a story by Stephen King. A mother and son supernatural pair move to a small town in search of a virgin needed for the mother to feed on.They don't like cats......and cats don't like them.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

RIDING THE BULLET (2004) Starring Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey, David Arquette, and Cliff Robertson. Based on a story by Stephen King. A young man hitch hiking cross country, to see his mother in the hospital, has many strange encounters along the way. An aspect of the film is that the main character likes drawing macabre pictures. They hired Bernie Wrightson to do them. The DVD special features has a short talk with him and gives nice closeups of the drawings.

Bernie Wrightson was amazing.

 

[Morg]

The Curse of Frankenstein

 

[Kane52630]

Werewolf of London

Actually surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. It was released in 1935, 6 years before The Wolf Man and I honestly think this is more fun to watch between the two. It somehow maintains the original Carl Laemmle Jr aesthetic of the earlier Universal Monsters (like the Invisible Man) and I thought it's shot pretty well. It delves more into the scientific route rather than something more spiritual and Wiccan which I thought was interesting. And they do a good job of having personality in all the characters which I didn't really get in the other movie and Henry Hull played a pretty good wolf man. The only thing that didn't age well is Warner Oland who's notoriously played yellowface and here it's no different. Also, it features a really cool Wolfman transformation that I didn't see coming and you also see where some of the influences show up in later werewolf movies. Overall, this is definitely worth checking out if you're an old-school horror fan.
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)​

 

[Boom]

Kwaidan

4.5/5

Docked it half a point only because I wish the movie ended with more of a punch, but I am obsessed with the production design in this. The large landscape sets and painted backgrounds. Loved it.

 

[Frodo]

Mission Impossible : Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

 

[NDX]

The Devil's Messenger

 

[Hunter Rider]

7.5/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

7/10

 

[Captain Tired]

Clown (2016)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Luigi]

Venus

Raw

 

[Batgirl0202]

9/10

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...

 

[C. Lee]

CREEPSHOW (1982) Starring Ted Danson, Ed Harris, Leslie Nielson, Adrienne Barbeau, and Hal Holbrook. Written by Stephen King. Anthology of humorous horror stories made to look like the E.C. horror comics of the 50's..

CREEPSHOW 2 (1987) Starring George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Lois Chiles, and Holt McCallany. Based on stories written by Stephen King. Another anthology, but this one isn't humorous at all.

THE SHINING (1980) Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Cruthers, and Philip Stone. Based on the Stephen King novel. A family stays through the winter as caretakers at a haunted hotel.