Edison Manufacturing Company's finest fire fighting film.
A great leap forward in American narrative filmmaking. This is where Edison films truly entered the new century.
A step down from Lean's previous work, especially plotwise. A married Irish woman having an affair with a British soldier isn't exactly something that warrants much empathy from an audience. Still, it kept me engaged, and for a film of its length (longer than Doctor Zhivago!) that's saying something.
I quite liked this one. Not sure why it's taking so much slack here.
A clear step down from the near-perfect Son of Frankenstein, but still a great 1940s monster flick. Lugosi is possibly even better as Ygor in this film than in Son, and he really carries the film as Lon Chaney Jr. makes for a rather poor Monster when compared to Karloff or even Glenn Strange.
Possible influence on Carl Th. Dreyer's Vampyr? I've always thought so.
I watched this, Joker, and The House That Jack Built in one night and this was by far the most enjoyable of the three.
Probably the best doc on Norwegian Black Metal. It won't give the whole story, nothing will. I've been learning about black metal on and off since I was thirteen, and still regularly learn new info. it's not a topic you learn about overnight. Nobody knows everything about it, not even the people who were there most likely.
A wonderful would-be spiritual sequel to Dracula - up until the real plot begins to reveal itself.
Bela & an Ape, what more could you want? This one was shot cheap and it shows. Bela gives a superb performance as always, and most of the other actors seem like they're having fun. It's a pretty typical "mad scientist turns himself into an animal/human hybrid and needs to turn himself back" kind of movie. It's not gonna blow your mind, but it's kinda campy, kinda goofy, and at an hour long you won't feel like you wasted your time.
This is a film that has always intrigued me, but I was never for the life of me able to tell what the hell was going on - and I still can't.
Halloween 5 was already an intensely flawed film, but this is quite a step down. Aside from the occasional moment of intrigue, it's a badly acted, sloppily plotted, and incredibly poorly shot mess. All the worst sins of '90s horror films on full display here.
Atom-Age Wolf Man. Always have a lot of fun with this one.
Way better then the first one. Takes the concepts of the original to their logical extreme. A psychotronic, weird tale of pure cosmic horror. Everything the first one should have been.
There's some great imagery in this one. That scene of Dracula waking up with his eyes a solid red is iconic. Just an alright Hammer Dracula film otherwise.
Two word review: "Holy Shit"
Very underrated "last stand" horror movie. Setup is crap, but payoff is well worth it.
Do people not realize this actually happened? That's what makes it so disturbing.
Look how they massacred my boys
Honestly kinda surprised they managed to make this with just $200. I guess the actors were all volunteers and the effects free plugins, but it looks more in the range of $1000 - $1500 at least.
God this movie is terrible. I love every second of it.
Far too referential and self aware for my taste. I can't help but think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I knew nothing about its influences. I usually find color in film to be optional, but this is one of the few instances where I feel like the greyscale sequences were an actual downgrade.
Never been a fan of this one. Visually it's stunning, but that's all it has to offer. I'd say I just don't "get" it, but I'm not sure there's anything to "get".
Most of the Elm Street flicks suck, but of the ones that aren't any good, I have the most patience for this one. The story is so bad it's almost nonexistent, but paradoxically, that works in this film's favor. It really just feels like a montage, and the various kills and set pieces are creative enough to keep me mildly engaged.
Standard revenger. Some good visuals and fight choreography. Wasn't too sold on the gimmick, but it didn't bother me either. remember that "mmm watcha say" SNL skit from like 15 years ago? The ending reminded me a bit of that at one point.
I hope they make a romance movie about that stupid submarine in 85 years.
Hersch always maintained this was his best. I don't know about that, but it is a good one. Fun early southern slasher.
Never for the life of me could understand why people think this is one of the worst films ever made. I mean, it's not great, but it's decently fine. Really bizarre.
I enjoyed this one quite a bit, but goddamn is that suit goofy.
What should have been an improvement on Stereo is actually a downgrade.
