Quote of the Day – October 27, 2015
“Everything is true. God’s an Astronaut. Oz is Over the Rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live.”
“Everything is true. God’s an Astronaut. Oz is Over the Rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live.”
This is a stylistic, horror mindf*ck about a grave-keeper who’s forced into a hellish dimension from the writer of Pontypool and featuring its star, Stephen McHattie. A story that goes all over the place. Worth a one time viewing for the visuals and to see McHattie doing his best campy Henriksen impression, but that’s about …
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A weak anthology horror in the vein of the much superior Twilight Zone and Creepshow. The stories are tied together by a librarian telling a reporter about the town’s horrid past. The third tale boasts some pretty graphic violence, but the story itself doesn’t add up to much. Really, the only redeeming aspect of the …
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An absolutely cracking cop drama. The cast is a once is a lifetime ensemble. Some great twists and turns and the ending is tremendously satisfying. Hands down, the best performance of Stallone’s career.
What starts off as a whimsical countryside comedy, slowly morphs into a slapstick horror and then finally into a full-blooded suspense with a twisting script. Perhaps too much exposition to fully explain the goings-on, but entertaining nonetheless. Ray Milland is utterly charming in the lead.
Visually stunning and darkly disturbing at times. The ending is exceptionally thrilling with three stories of crisis happening simultaneously and expertly edited together. Vincent D’Onofrio gives a towering performance as the troubled serial killer and his terrifying inner self. Definitely not for everyone, but I love it.
Original English language telling of the Bram Stoker classic. Legendary score and legendary performance by Lugosi. I was a little disappointed that he didn’t shout, “Pull the strings!” or say something disparaging about Karloff. While highly enjoyable, I couldn’t get past the hoaky fake bat. Although, it didn’t look as ridiculous as the actors trying …
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1. Fargo 2. No Country For No Men 3. Big Lebowski, The 4. Raising Arizona 5. True Grit Just Missed The Cut: Barton Fink, Bridge Of Spies, The Hudsucker Proxy, Miller’s Crossing, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Need To See: Blood Simple, Hail Caesar, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Man Who Wasn’t There, A Serious Man …
“Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.”
Total lunacy. Marvelously inspired art direction and prop design. Every aspect of clown and carnival culture has been imaginatively repurposed. There are some freaky-ass clowns in this film that can only be defeated by having their noses shot. John Vernon is a hoot as the skeptical policeman.