Horror Roundtable - Week Forty-Six
Good, bad or ugly, describe the last horror movie you’ve watched.
Sean T. Collins - Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat
It was Hostel, and I’ve described it aplenty…
THE REAPING… with Hillary Swank.
While watching it, I was so bored I almost wished that God would start the Rapture on Earth and end my pain at the time!
Monster on Campus (1958): Jack Arnold’s final genre effort for Universal is far better than you might expect for a film with this title, but it still pales in comparison to his earlier work, hampered by some rather poorly executed effects. The film involves a prehistoric fish that accidentally infects a science professor played by Arthur Franz, reverting evolution and changing him into a savage, murderous neanderthal. Worth it just for the unexpectedly violent scene of a ranger getting an axe in the head.
Phantom of the Paradise.
As weird and twisted as I remembered it as a kid.
SISTERS OF DEATH. At first after watching it I thought it was a great flick, until I realized how much the ending reminded me of what made HAUTE TENSION not work. So now, I would have to say it’s a great flick if you are spared the “twist ending.”
Ugh, sadly enough it was Knight Chills, a really terrible
vengeance-from-beyond-the-grave story about people who play role-playing games. Awful, awful. I need to watch a classic to metaphorically wash the metaphorical bad taste out of my mouth!
Dave - Rue Morgue’s The Abbatoir
The last horror movie I watched was Uwe Boll’s original slasher movie Seed (Rue Morgue got a sneak peek at it). I didn’t necessarily expect it to be good, but I was hoping that it was an improvement over previous efforts. Unfortunately, it’s bad, it’s ugly and in no way is it so-bad-its-good. I don’t want to bash his stuff for the sake of it (really!) but this movie is so nonsensical, illogical, uninteresting and poorly put together that the most positive thing I can say about it is “at least it’s not House of the Dead.” To give you an idea of just how ludicrous it is, the horrible killings take place in the town of…wait for it…wait for it…”Sufferton.”
Does the Condemned starring Stone Cold Steve Austin count as a horror movie? I think it does. Yet another twist on the old Most Dangerous Game story. A lot of people are calling The Condemned a remake of “Battle Royale”, mostly because they want to show the world that they are hip enough to have seen Battle Royale, but also because they don’t understand what the term “remake” means. Has anyone else seen people use this term too liberally? Check the imdb message boards.
Ok, The Condemned IS like Battle Royale (timed explosive devices attached to the contestants) but of course the story is nothing new. Lots of hilarious rhetoric here about violence and entertainment and of course it’s so hypocritical coming from the exploitative WWE, not because they produce violent entertainment, it’s pretty tame, let’s face it, but because the company exploits its own talent so badly - those wrestlers give theirall get taken advantage of by Vince McMahon’s only wrestling game in town.
Yet is it hypocrisy or expertise? The villain here is a media mogul, who is far more fun too watch than the action sequences, which reviewers will tell you were not directed all that well. Watch this movie for the dialogue and the speeches and prepare to laugh - hopefully with the movie and maybe even along with Vince McMahon, I don’t know what they had in mind, but I had a blast.
Rony
The last Horror movie I watched was Demons, I love that movie! I only need to say one thing about that movie and that’s when a Pimp is kickin ass then you know you have a winner on your hands. If you haven’t seen it then you should bow your head in shame.
Yesterday my brother and I did our own little grindhouse double-feature: ZOMBIE and VANISHING POINT.
Vacancy counts, I suppose, with its snuff-film storyline and masked murderers. Decent little aggressive B-flick, I guess; I would’ve probably enjoyed it more if I weren’t in a late showing in Times Square where one raucous asshole decided it was his job to literally run back and forth in front of the screen screaming for minutes at a time every time a single scare happened. Ugh.
David Z. - Tomb It May Concern
Emmanuelle And The Last Cannibals… while surely not an epic cannibal film, the crossing of the two genres (Sex And Cannibals…GoonaHumpasploitation?) and Laura Gemser’s presence make it a treat. Look for Dr. Butcher, Donald O’Brien, in a very silly bisection sequence!
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May 11th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
“An A-hole is an A-hole is an A-hole.”
- Gertrude Stein
May 11th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Emmanuelle And The Last Cannibals, my favorite Cannibal film!
May 11th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
“Sufferton”
Holy crap, that’s awesomely stupid.
May 11th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Oops! I forgot to send you my answer, but it was Naked You Die, which I reviewed @ http://www.cinedelica.com/2007/05/dvd_review_nake.html
May 12th, 2007 at 2:03 am
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May 15th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
I just watched Twilight Zone: The Movie on VHS. Someone has to give this a proper release of this puppy! Sure, it’s got it’s flaws and it’s sort of horror lite, with Speilberg’s “Kick the Can” episode being the weakest, but Joe Dante’s “It’s A Good Life” takes the cake. “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” with John Lithgow isn’t half bad either, although I prefer Richard Donner’s original episode with a spazzy Shatner much better.