My first impression is that it's probably the best of the new trilogy. It's not entirely a "war" movie, though, but more like a "Battle" movie. However, that title is already taken, so we're left with something more extreme. WAR.

Actually, the movie is more like a prison / concentration camp movie, which reminded me of "Conquest". That was the most violent entry in the original series, scoring a whopping PG-13 rating, but this one is considerably darker. There's a lot of physical abuse towards these apes, which reminded me of the conditioning sequences in Conquest, but this is worse.

Woody Harrelson sure does hate those apes. Continue »

This is such a no-brainer, as a way to set up a first sequel, in a horror or action franchise. Set it in a hospital! It's the most logical place to set a first sequel, because at least one or two characters that survived the carnage and mayhem of the first movie in whatever the franchise is probably end up spending at least a little time in a hospital.

What are some franchises that come to mind for you, which employed this device? It doesn't necessarily have to be horror, although that's b... Continue »

Do you know of any unfinished movies? And by 'unfinished', I mean movies that had some kind of footage shot but were never continued for some reason, leaving us with only images or clips.

One such movie that I can think of is Killer: Malevolence 3, the sequel to Malevolence and Bereavement. According to director Stevan Mena in a Blumhouse article https://www.blu... Continue »

For me it varies greatly, there are times that i will watch 14 movies in a week and other weeks 0. I would say 4 per week sounds about right.

During my years of raiding the old video stores for the perfect cult classic, some made a bigger impression than others. But none more than the films of Lloyd Kaufman, John Waters and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Three of the most influential B-movie directors of the 20th century. More specifically, Pink Flamingos, Tromeo And Juliet, and a film I think is long overdue for one of these reviews. Today, we're going to talk about Two Thousand Maniac... Continue »

Criteria:

1. It must be on YouTube.
2. From the '70s-'90s only. That's what I'm in the mood for.
3. Gory, gory, gory! I want MAJOR gore here, guys.

So please, if you will, rec me somethin' awesome!

Which Frank Henenlotter classic is better?

Say if someone asks you your favorite film of the [random franchise] series. The first film is usually always the best. Even if you enjoy the sequels, they still owe too much to the original entry. Obviously, they wouldn't exist without the original, but the story of the sequels tends to always be very derivative of the original.

Do you concur with this, or can you think of examples to contradict it? Continue »

I just received a letter in the mail from Jesus H. Christ, dated June 4, 2017, from Palestine, TX. According to his letter, Mr. Christ lifted a truck and trailer with "heavy bomb" from the close vicinity of the prison where "Keyholder Mouthpiece Warren Jeffs is held in Texas illegal order by bribe judge labor..." and hurled it into space where it did explode producing a bright light seen in Canada and the United States. This was "...a nuclear tractor bomb that I, Jesus Christ, saw Putin of Rus... Continue »

As we approach the midway point I wanted to alert everyone that I've been monkeying around with the Kong Bonus by adding more films to watch and there are now two 50 point Kong bonuses possible. See Progress Thread for complete details.

Now, here's how the apes stand so far:
beatnik - 2615 points puts me in Caesar's spot but even Caesar had his downfall - beware the Ides of Smerd!
Box_A_Hair - 1808 points & first & only to complete the live POTA show so far.
Smerd - 1783 points - Smerdy i... Continue »

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I guess i belong to the minority of people but i actually prefer slow burn/atmospheric horror films over the more conventional ones. Now with this one definitely qualifies for slow burn and i was really enjoying it up until the final act which was anticlimactic and even borderline cheesy, but the overall impact of the movie was so great that i didn't let the ending ruin it for me. Definitely one of my... Continue »

Every time I try to sit down and formulate one, I can't do it! I always feel guilty for leaving out this or that, and then I just give up after several, several minutes.

However, I know people fucking LOVE reading Top 10 lists, but I guess people just love reading bullshit.

The king of zombies has fallen to the hands of lung cancer. He was in the middle of developing some more zombie stuff too. As the years went on, his movies were noticably less awesome than they were pre-90s, but he was a great director, an even greater writer, and when he made a movie, he went all out. Just imagine how insane it was back to employ so many extras, to play walking corpses! He also starred in his movies, edited them, and had his own style of filmmaking. Directors these days? You can substitute anybody for the director, and the movie would probably feel the same. Filmmakers today don't have the passion that this guy did, and you can tell that from the behind the scenes stuff. Continue »

What is/are your favorite horror TV show(s) ? This includes horror TV shows that are currently still on and finished. Anything that falls under the horror umbrella such as anthology, horror dramas, science fiction, documentaries etc..anything.

Here is what I consider some of my favorites:

(in order)

The X Files
A Haunting
UFO Hunters
Masters of Horror
The Twilight Zone (original)
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dark Skies
My Ghost Story

Well, they are some of mine. What are... Continue »

Perhaps we're in a drought, but to me, it seems particularly dry in the forum/message community. Here I am, stalking other IMDB replacements ImdbArchive, MovieChat, and Imdb2, and none of them are bustling with activity. Tis a shame, really. I was hoping at least one of these places would take off.

This leads to the burning question of what people yearn for. What is the desire? What do people want? Are we not doing our jobs enough to prompt user interaction, or is the market just a fad that's fading away? Is facebook stealing all the glory?

Let's see if we can compile the definitive list (ill be missing a few titles and by few i mean a lot) :

Guinea Pig
Wrong Turn
Final Destination
Scream
I know what you did last summer
Urban Legends
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday the 13th
Pupper Master
Child's Play
Hellraiser
Tremors
Hostel
Feast
Alien
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Saw
Evil Dead
Jaws
Amityvile
Resident Evil

I haven't seen any of these.

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Blood for Dracula (1974)
Count Dracula (1977)
Psychomania A.K.A The Death Wheelers (1973)
Def by Temptation (1990)
Wasting Away A.K.A Aaah! Zombies!! (2007)
Love at First Bite (1979)
Children of the Night (1991)
Dracula (1974)
The Dead Next Door (1989)
Ombre roventi A.K.A Shadow of Illusion (1970)

Books:

Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture: What Becomes a Legend Most
By William Patrick Day - I have read s... Continue »

I'm not very into anime but I absolutely love this sersies. Just wondering if anyone else has watched it.

What rare or OOP titles do you own?

Only one that I can really think of in my collection is the Unsolved Mysteries Ultimate Collection DVD boxset. Bought it for $80 about 8 years ago and now it's OOP and super expensive online.

Also, does anyone still own a VCR? I bought a used one cheap last year and have gotten back into the VHS swing a bit. Video stores were the shit back in the day, but too bad they're few and far between now.

K, so I was watching Hardgore last night, which works best as an interesting oddity ~ the combination of hardcore porn, graphic violence and surrealism ~ but it's a pretty slow moving affair, with the energy of a sloth and the horror scenes, while decent, are spread far too thinly apart.

Are there any horror/porn hybrids that genuinely work as a horror film? I doubt it, since it seems the whole point of these films are the sex scenes, but they're often much too long and not even all that ho... Continue »

It doesn't look too bad. I like how they're kind of taking things in a different direction, but I'm still iffy on the 1950s settings. We finally brought this series back to the present, and they throw it back in the past?

Haunted house movies can be extremely creepy and atmospheric when done right, the tension builds and builds, they grab you and don't let you go. They need to be precisely and brilliantly choreographed. They can also be a hell of a lot of fun. The haunted house sub-genre remains, quite possibly, my favorite of the genre. So here is the best haunted house flicks that I seen (rated 8 or higher) in order:

Don't Go to Sleep (1982 TV Movie): My favorite and perhaps the most overlooked... Continue »

Naturally, there are so many horror movies released each year that it's difficult to see them all. Subsequently, some great horror films have, and continue to, slip under the radar. Mutants is one of such movies. The breathtaking French countryside that serves as a background to a deadly virus that spreads through France, that turns its unfortunate victims into unstoppable flesh-eating mutants, but unlike other Zombie mov... Continue »

I love this guy's work. I hate to to use the clichéd phrase, but I feel he is a tad underrated. I really like how his films have remarkable, gritty quality to them. The characters in his films, tend to be, for the most part, caught up in self-destructive patterns. He often collaborates with screenwriter Nicholas St.John, who is also very good IMO.

Anyway, instead of listing some of my favorites (because I kinda like all of his movies) I thought I would just rank them:

The Addiction
The... Continue »