I love Re-Animator. The original is one of my favorite movies, and both sequels are solid. The first time I saw it, one of the things that really jumped out at me was the score. I was disappointed to later learn that the film's score bears more than a passing resemblance to Bernard Herrmann's score for Psycho. I had already seen Psycho when I saw Re-Animator, but it had been many years and I didn't remember the score.

In interviews, composer Richard Band's attitude toward being called out on... Continue »

Ali Mills (Elisabeth Shue)


Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita)
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Jessica Andrews (Robyn Lively)


My pick back then:
1-Tamlyn
2-Elisabeth
3-Robyn

Slashers are one thing, but a killer who wears a mask? Are they trying to get away with it? Are they ugly as sin? Or are they wearing it simply as a joke?

I'm watching "Valentine" at the moment, and this killer acts like a Michael Myers rip-off, only his nose bleeds. It's all about the mannerisms of characters like these. Still. Calm. Focused. I guess Michael Myers set a precedent, but Jason kinda ran with it. He wears a mask because he's ashamed of how goddamn ugly he is. He could chase you... Continue »

Ever watch anything that you really didn't like, but almost liked or wanted to like? Movies that maybe had the wrong director or could have used some extra money thrown into it. What had the potential to be great, or at least not a piece of shit?

I saw this one movie from Sub Rosa that was almost kinda sweet, but mostly annoying, Called Ice From The Sun (1999), which was directed by Eric Stanze, who did Scrapbook and I Spit On Your Corpse, I Piss On Your Grave. Ice From The Sun was actually t... Continue »

Welcome to the Crime Challenge! If you like movies and TV shows about cops, private detectives, or vigilantes and the criminals they chase, this is the challenge for you. Make your spot here.



What Counts

Any movie, TV show, and whatever else you can watch that features either someone fighting crime or someone committing crime. Any genre is acceptable, but crime should be an important part of t... Continue »

Was watching YouTube videos, and Sacred Riana was on the recommended video. She is the 2017 Asia's Got Talent winner.
She does magic with a horror twist to the stage show.



(Just out of curiosity, how do you embed the video here?)

Mark your spot for this love-making extravaganza, from Sunday, February 11th to 17th. The criteria is based on this post https://trashepics.com/post/128/7/ , since I'm sooooo clever and can't think of my own spin on it.

1 Points) Movie with the word “Love” or other romance related words in title
2 Points) Individual killed while “making love” (not combined with #3 below)
3 Points) Two or more killed at the same time while “making love”
4 Po... Continue »

So I watched the new Hellraiser movie last night, was probably a bit too drunk as immediately afterward i began writing a review here on TE and subsequently deleted the post by accident after a fairly lengthy alcohol iduced ramble on the Hellraiser series as a whole.

This morning i gave the film another go, sober, and may as well give the review another go. ***contains spoilers for Hellraiser Judgement & other films from the franchise***

I love me some Hellriase... Continue »

I loved it up to the first half after they spent the first night into the cabin, palpable foreboding atmosphere but it went downhill after that point they couldn't sustain the eeriness up to the 3rd act that things are revealed it dwindled into a horror comedy.

Anyone ever wonder what became of crazy fat Ethel after that abrupt ending to Criminally Insane? Yeah, me either. As much as I would have loved an extra 15 minutes more of that movie, I'm good, and am definitely capable of using my imagination regarding the immediate and distant future of Ethel Janowski. So, no, Mr. Millard. That's quite alright. No need to risk making the worst part 2 in the history of part 2s just to give us Criminally Insan... Continue »

The obvious three are My Bloody Valentine (1981), Valentine (2001), and My Bloody Valentine (2009). I think the original MBV is a solid 80s slasher, and the remake is great because Tom Atkins is in it. I try to watch them both every year, and this year, I'll get points for it.

I don't remember much about Valentine, but it's due for a rewatch. I remember thinking it was kinda stupid, because his nose is always bleeding. What a loser he was.

It's also c... Continue »

TV movies nowadays rightly get a bad rap with poor writing, low production values, and intrusive commercial breaks.. However, back in the 1970s, made-for-TV horror movies were a genre unto themselves. Many of those TV movies are still highly watchable, memorable, and have even enjoyed big budget remakes. I seen a lot of good TV horror movies over the past couple of years so here is what I really liked:

Don't Go to Sleep 1982
The Demon Murder Case 1983
The Haunted 1991
The Woman in Black 19... Continue »

I'm not terribly familiar with a lot of them, because I rarely catch anything I watch on a program that would be hosted by horror-themed character, but you gotta love the effort.


Elvira was popular enough to spawn a charming b-movie about her inhereting a haunted house. She's still going, but I've heard on and off again things about her retiring. I guess she can't get enough of it.

I don't know anything about Vampira, whom Elvira was based on, besides what I've seen in the... Continue »

I had surgery today on my poor, dicky wicky. Dont worry, I'm OK (in the head, not so much). Taking a nap with that sweet, sweet anaesthesia is fucking glorious. Wish i could suck that shit down every night to go to bed.

What surgeries have you had in your past? Does surgery make you nervous? I suppose for something serious, surely it would. I had surgery roughly 13 years ago to fix a deviated septum and the nausea and vomiting afterwards was pure hell. Thankfully none of that today.

I just added a few "Faces of Death" titles to the db, because I know they've got a reputation. Still, after all these years of being a horror fan, I haven't seen any of them. There are a few horror films I haven't been especially anxious to visit, because some of them cross a line. With horror fans, it's hard to find out exactly where that line is, because horror is all about testing your boundaries and getting out of your comfort zone.

So what are your limits? Are there movies you wont see? Snuff, or psuedo-snuff? Perhaps it's all fake, otherwise it would be criminal evidence. Personally, I'm not too keen on real-life violence. If I see enough blood, I'll probably hurl. I've gotten to the point where I can eat while watching certain gore scenes and not think anything of it. But if it was real gore, it becomes quite different. So here' s a sub-topic. Snuff Films: Are any of them real? Continue »

A few years ago I spent $100 on Last House on Dead End Street (1977). Big regrets on that purchase, I thought the movie sucked.

I got:

DVDs

Ghosthouse (1988)
Dark Skies (2013)
The Daisy Chain (2008)
Dead Mary (Video 2007)
H6: Diary of a Serial Killer (2005)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Panic Room (2002)
Jagged Edge (1985)
Out of Sight (1998)
Inside Man (2006)

Blu-rays:

I actually never owned a Blu-ray before, but I got a nice Blu-ray player this Christmas along with:

I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
47 Ronin (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
Battleship (2012)
Immortals (2011)
Gladi... Continue »

tis the week of love, apparently, and what better way to welcome the spirit of romance than an Adam Sandler movie. well, many, admittedly, but wait, whatever you think of the self repeating manchild of movies there's no denying Happy Gilmore is a feel good fambly classic. and to a (much) lesser extent he repeats the role effectively enough in Waterboy, Billy Mads & Big Daddy.

Anyway, besides the point, i'm not here to defend Sandler or to highlight his best performance... Continue »

Tony Pitts is a captivating screen presence, his large physical frame and thick Sheffield accent make him a memorable performer and he happens to be in two fantastic British crime thrillers. So a flimsy excuse to promote an actor i like with a tenous link to this months challenge.

Hyena (2014)

Director Gerad Johnson's follow up to his 2009 low budget serial killer flick Tony follows a corrupt London detective Michael (great performance by Peter Ferdinando) as he tries to cont... Continue »

How would you rank them?

Linda Hayden
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Susan George

Jenny Agutter

Hilary Heath
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Lynne Frederick
https://cinemastarlets.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/picture... Continue »

When we first started Trash Epics, I was pretty hung-up on b-movies, Troma, slashers, etc. I added a bunch of those to the movie database, then we brought in a few other users to add their titles, and now we have a few thousand titles on here. This is more than I've seen, but it isn't about me, which is why I've been adding those titles I don't particularly like, but some of you might. It's all about getting that contrasting perspective to know how shitty real shit is, and where other people's t... Continue »

Just like "Jigsaw" trying to distance himself from the high numbers of his first series, "Victor Crowley" is trying to start something new, but of course... these films are exactly like their predecessors, so the name change isn't fooling anyone.

Hatchet IV begins with an unnecessary prologue in 1964, and then jumps into the present, which is 2017 (which is when the film initially came out). The film definitively states that the original trilogy happens in 2007, so I updated the timeline acc... Continue »

The Crime Challenge will be the monthly challenge for this February. Any movie or show that focuses on crime on either side of the law counts. The points are run time based. Since the month has already started, the challenge is starting now. I hope you'll join in.

Any questions or comments regarding the challenge belong here.

Make your spot on the progress thread: https://trashepics.com/post/8/38/

*edit - subject was the not so appealing 'Can anyone suggest any good...' so i spiced it up*

**that was a shit subject**

*TV shows with a genius but flawed detective hunts a genius but psycho killer. Or anything along those sorts of lines, doesn't have to be a murderer, or even a detective. Just some good ole grim nasty bleak miserable lovliness.


One of my all time fave shows is Cracker (1993) whic... Continue »

It's hard for a film to make someone view the world differently. In a sense, the movies that changed your life could be your favorite films, because they have something that resonates with you beyond simple interest and into obsession. Or... they could be movies that you never want to see again because they show you asinine characteristics of humanity that you want to block out. Obviously, it wouldn't be a very large list, because not every movie is going to hit you in that profound of a way, but feel free to be moved either way. Continue »