I don't have a whole hell of a lot to say about these, but they were all right. As far as "modern" horror slasher types go, this was a cut above the rest. The various time frames is reminiscent of American Horror Story, only it doesn't suck ass. We didn't have all that dumb meta shit, the sets and costumes were spot on, the slashers were cool looking, it was definitely gory, the characters were likeable, and the soundtrack was fantastic. I felt like I was back in the 90s with the songs and style... Continue »

OK we're just over half way through the month so I thought I would give you an update on who has already completed the challenge, who is on track and who really needs to put in a bit of work...

Already done and dusted:
Vincent - 47 (23)
Box - 43 (26)
Ballz - 43 (22)
Troma - 42 (36)
Deferenz - 32 (20)
insanislupus 31 - (31)

On track for glory:
Johan - 29 (26)
ebossert - 29 (19)
triggerhappy - 25 (25)
Nicko - 22 (20)
markus... Continue »

This movie was fucking CRAZY. It picks up right after Halloween 2018 and doesn't have to waste time with exposition, but there are a few recaps for anyone dumb enough to jump into this sequel without having seen the last one. In addition to recaps, they also have some extended backstories to the original 1978 events, which are pretty glorious in their own right.

Jamie Lee is back of course, but not in the capacity you would expect. The last movie was her film. This movie is about the carnage an... Continue »

Just had this dream, and it would make a nice film so I'm putting it in the public domain, though will need rewoeking as since it was a dream things prolly don't make sense.

Scene: small town of 500-1000 ppl by the sea somewhere in NZ. The main character about 35 white, A works in a fish processing factory , turning small fish into fertilizer, his supervisor is a maori guy B. A is fed up at work and gets an idea to turn some of this fish into food flavoring instead to make his own brand of pota... Continue »

Just finished watching this Thai/Korean co-production on Shudder and it bored the crap out of me.

The director is the man who gave us "Shutter", "Alone" and the "Phobia" movies. All good. The producer is the man who directed "The Chaser, "The Yellow Sea" and "The Wailing." This movie should have been way better than it turned out.

If I had to describe "The Medium" in one word, it would be "boring." 2 hours and 11 minutes is not justified here.

This movie takes a long time to get going... Continue »

Joe Pilato
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683334/

David Gale
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301834/

Christine Kossak
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467282/

And the best ever...

John Amplas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025355/

Anymore?

As far as remakes go, this wasn't shit. It always helps when the movie being remade is shitty from the get-go because you might have room for improvement in that case. Here, production values are better than both BF movies, but are we really going into a movie like this for production values?

Robert "Elm Street 2 Grady" Rusler plays the new Fuad Ramses, a family man who moved to France to run a not-so-successul diner business with his wife Caroline "Stretch" Williams. Already, the cast is alrig... Continue »

I used to think this movie was bad, but it's worse than bad. It's one of the dumbest money grabs I've ever had the misfortune of seeing.

We'll start with the god-awful retcon... In H20, Laurie gives Michael a slew of stabbings to the chest before he falls off the second-story balcony. While she's headed down the stairs to give him the final blow, a paramedic finds him and examines him before Michael awakens and rises to his feet to crush the guy's throat. Michael proceeds to undress himself, th... Continue »

I came across this DVD at a swap meet. Never heard of it, so thought I would give it a whirl.
My GOD, what a piece of shit. After watching it, I did a little research. It is not on IMDB, but it IS on TMDB.
The first half was filmed in probably mid to late 90s, and includes wonderful scenes, such as having camera sitting on the floor filming a wall for about two minutes while the action was in a different room.
The second half was filmed probably 2008, and has (I'm guessing) at least five minutes... Continue »

I never dream. It's not that I dream and forget what I dream about, because I would at least remember that I don't remember what the dream was about. For some damn reason, I had sooo many dreams last night, and they were all NIGHTMARES!

If I were to go into detail about all of it, they wouldn't seem nearly as frightening or engaging as they were to me, but the gist of it is that I continually fell asleep, had a nightmare, and woke up in a sweat since I'd exhausted myself in the process of men... Continue »

When you've seen the theatrical cut as many times as I have, this version seems a bit bizarre in comparison. Many scenes are re-arranged and there's a lot of alternate takes used as well as additional scenes, which come at the cost of less graphic kills and some completely removed kills. Some characters just disappear after a certain point, and if this is the only version you've seen, it might cause a bit of confusion.

A notable difference is that this is only presented in full screen. The fi... Continue »

I wont get too long winded here, but this was a pretty decent flick. It has one hell of a cast if you haven't noticed with the leads being Alison (Cristina Raines) and Michael (Chris Sarandon). Alison moves into a Brooklyn apartment and things get weird quick.

This is a religion horror in the vein of Rosemary's Baby, complete with an apartment setting and weird neighbors, both based on books released within 7 years of each other. It's fairly engaging, and though it gets a little slow in the mid... Continue »

Monsturd. Now that's a good movie! Set in Butte County California. I know the name is supposed to be the "butt" of the joke, but it's even funnier that it's set in California, because that whole state is bullshit, just like our killer Jack Schmidt, aka The Shit-Man!

This movie will make you fear the toilet like Jaws made you fear the water. Don't get caught with your pants down! And protect yourself from the shit-man by wearing diaper armor and stocking up on pepto bismol and a million flies.... Continue »

I think it's pretty fucking stupid that Victor Miller won the infamous Friday the 13th lawsuit. He shat out a screenplay while Sean Cunningham produced, directed, and breathed life into the damn movie. It's much more his movie than Vic's, and also much more his franchise since he produced later installments. If Cunningham had the rights, we'd probably have another Jason movie already.

What better way to start off the Halloween season than to watch a Christmas movie set on a tropical island? Since I have the worst taste in movies, this is a no-brainer.

For no reason, a group of scientists revive the killer snowman from the last movie, and he somehow manages to travel 2000 something miles to a Caribbean island resort where our sheriff and his wife are taking a vacation. The first movie was dumb, but this one is definitely dumber and with shittier effects.

The kills are funny.... Continue »

So, I have RLS (restless leg syndrome) and I've had it for years. I'm currently out of my medicine for it, and that means no sleep. I hate having it! It's so annoying and painful.

I think the longest I went without sleep was 7 or 8 days while waiting on my medicine to be filled. Those were some crazy nights! Tromafreak told me I was talking about naked guinea pigs.

No real reason for this post aside from not being able to sleep. Do any of you have RLS? What's the longest you went withou... Continue »

I have not thought about this is a long time... possibly never, actually. Anyway, I was just wondering if Candyman might have been partly inspired by John, the old voodoo priest in the original Child's Play. Just the art on the walls in each of their homes, which was apparently made by John in Child's Play, and by Candyman in C... it's sort of similar. Also, I guess just the fact that both characters are black makes me wonder if one could have inspired the other.

Candyman was at least mostly... Continue »

Season 4, episode 4. Dennis Hopper plays a neo-Nazi trying to find his voice in this surprisingly compelling episode. Rod Serling wrote this episode, and he had a tendency to be very outspoken on certain subjects. Hopper gives a great performance, and this is perhaps the youngest I've ever seen him.

If only more people TODAY would watch shit like this, we wouldn't have so much political fuckery these days. Twilight Zone gives us some great morality tales.

Just checking if this is happening for September? If no one is officially doing it I will just put my list here and anyone else can too.

So looks like we are just doing it here. For anyone who doesn't know you can watch anything Sci-fi or fantasy related and you just add up the minutes whether a movie or TV show.

Here's a slew of similarities between the two.

Both films are tech noirs that came out in 1984 within a couple weeks of each other and are set in Los Angeles. They feature rugged male protagonists from dystopian futures who go back in time from the month of July to stop a bizarre threat from altering the future. While in the past, they go to punk clubs and fall in love with women who will affect their own lineage and existence. In the end, neither of these men return to their respective futures... Continue »

There was this noticeably generic slasher I saw on TV a long time ago called Bloody Murder. A while back, I was thinking about it. Mainly trying to remember what it was called, and whether I even liked it or not. Like I said, It had been a while. I just remembered watching some slasher (and its sequel) on TV back in the early 2000's, and for some reason, I got curious enough to try and seek it out. My search eventually led me to a movie on Youtu... Continue »

Tim Thomerson stars as Brick Bardo, a police officer from another planet who finds himself in a quarrel with his robotic head of a nemesis that flings the both of them to New York City. When he gets there, he quickly learns that like most Full Moon features, this one involves doll-sized characters... and he's the dollman!

New York City is a funny place. The Bronx here looks a lot like the gang lands in Los Angeles, doesn't it? And it doesn't help that so many of the gang members are latino, b... Continue »

Robert Forster plays an honest family man until some hoodlums molest his wife and blow his son's head off with a shotgun. Yikes!

What's even worse is that Forster is sent to prison for contempt in court after venting his frustrations to the judge who clearly doesn't give a shit so long as he's paid off. Obviously, something has to be done, and if not by the law, then it must be some good ol' fashioned street justice!

With the help of his buddy played by Fred Williamson, we're taken on a field... Continue »

Here's the updated thread for 2021! @bambi awesome job with reading last year!


I plan to read 10 chapters a day. Reading used to be a huge part of my life and I want to get back to it! So here's to 2021, and the year of discovering new books!

One day, I got bored and thought of designing my own custom DVD and VHS cases.

https://trashepics.com/app/home_media_case/

Now, they're not that good, but what I'm going for is consistency. Sometimes, even releases from the same company can be all over the place, and that's why I built these on somewhat of a template.

These are not solid images, but a mashup of images, fonts, and CSS. Either way, they theoretically can be printed and used as replacement sleeves or slip cas... Continue »