Tormented 1959 or 60?

There was a recent gem that I found called Tormented. A little hokey in that it was on the cusp of 59/60, so you got some interesting "lingo". All in all, it did remind me of a ghost movie that I think Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's woman. Something about a widow that had an illicit affair in Victorian or earlier times with a soldier. I will have to look it up later. I am not really sure it was a ghost story or a redo of a famous Greta Garbo movie where she jumped in front of a train at the end, after a similar affair.

Dead Silence 2007

Dead Silence is the movie of my day. And it has family estrangement in it, so I'm a gonna use it!!! I don't really want to ruin any of the mystery so I will summarize it briefly.

Couple, who are married and in love, receive ventriloquist dummy in unmarked package at their door. Some mention of like "oh isn't that like the scary poem our parents used to tell us?" Sadly didn't prompt them to throw out doll right there. Tragedy strikes. Cops on wrong trail. Husband to solve crime, and the mystery begins......After a trip back to creepy home town with creepier father with new young wifey. Not perhaps the best acting that I have seen, but decent plot and twists that had me not nodding off. Wasn't quite scared by it, per say. Even though it's about creepy dolls. Maybe I have just seen too many movies about creepy dolls.

Suburban Nightmare 2004, The Dark Hours 2005, Taboo 2002

Note: For movies I like, I now have a category called "Recomend Movies". Any movies not tagged that, are crappy IMH(humble)O. I love Netflix and the amount of movies you can see in a month for little money. Many times these movies are crap. And pretty much, if you can play those movies on your computer, instead of waiting to receive them in the mail, I am learning the craptistics of that being true go up significantly.

These aren't gems, but I do occasionally find gems that make it all worth it, and have learned to pull movies (unless they are providing background noise) out of the DVD if they are truly not worthy.

Here is my crap list for this week. Also, remember the crappier the less I remember about the plot. These aren't real horrid crap, and if things had been done at all a little bit creatively, we might have had something here. They ranged from good but you gave the twist away right at the beginning, sort of interesting but all themes have been done to death and you didn't do any of them very well, and well typical.

Suburban Nightmare: Even darker Mr and Mrs Smith. They are serial killers however, but their marriage is on the rocks. Interesting concept, but in the end same old same old. You got your cannibalism, hostage in the basement, screaming, and various tools of the trade. Could have easily lived with out it.

The Dark Hours pretty much gave it's twist away in the beginning. Unless you aren't terribly observant, you are going to get what is going on right away. Ending reminded me of "Wild Things" except you are thinking "no duh".

Taboo: Think Dangerous Liasons or the related Cruel Intentions. Except this has all been done to death, and this movie is horribly done. Boring, first of all. I wanted them all to die.

Grindhouse Road 2007

Grindhouse'>http://www.rhitv.com/Movie.aspx?id=50">Grindhouse Road is, I believe, a made for tv movie. It's pretty fair, however. The plot was interesting, and I was not bored. Good mystery plot. I don't know how scared I actually got. In other words, a jaded horror movie like me is not going to find the movie too scary.

Kept me guessing, however, which is unusual and I like.

It's hard to describe much of this movie without being a major spoiler. Are the helpful nice neighbors really helpful nice neighbors? Why is the wife and new owner in the house SO interested in it's history when she has her own personal problems going on? What are those flashbacks all about? The mystery of the house was pretty decent for a made for tv movie.

The Garden 2006, House of Voices or Saint Ange 2004, Fangoria Blood Drive 2004, Inheritance 2004,

Okay, I go through a lot of dogs to find the good horror movies. Or I am just so jaded by the number of horror movies that I have seen, that I am just jaded in my opinions. Here is a listing of movies that I have seen that I have found not worth my while....

The Garden (2006)-Biblical references and little boys battling "evil" just don't do it for me. It seemed more like a bible lesson trying to mask itself as a horror movie. I didn't like it.

House of Voices or Saint Ange (2004)-Orphanage movie. Largely uninteresting, no real plot rather than trying to have some creepy images that ultimately went nowhere. Or I assume so, I fell asleep and had no interest in continueing to view the movie.

Fangoria Blood Drive (2004)-Had high hopes for this one as they are independent collection of horror fan movies. It fell flat, and I couldn't even tell you one story on there.

Inheritance (2004)-Wow snoozer. Again, I can't even recall what the plot might have been, other than I was bored to tears.

****The great thing is that through Netflix, I have seventeen hours of movies that I can watch online. The downside is the normally aren't the best Netflix has to offer, but just as occaisionally you come accross something, or can at least cross something off that WAS of interest before you saw it without messing up the que of movies coming to you.

Summer of Fear 1978 (Wes Craven)

***Also titled, Stranger in Our House

Okay, this was based on a book that I read in Junior High or so. Scared the crap out of me, it was one of my first honest to goodness witch books. A young Nanny Fine or Fran Drescher is in this movie!! Even as a youngster she had traces of her trade mark accent.

Linda Blair plays the lead role. Overall, an entertaining tale of a cousin that comes to live after a family tragedy. Seems like a nice enough girl at first, but things start happening.

I liked the book, and I like the movie as a light (probably okay for children) horror/scary movie.

Hostel II

Hostel II blew away Hostel. Surprising, I know, as I almost never think this. Very warped humor in this one. I don't think there was as much dark comedy used in the first one. I won't ruin it for you, but I enjoy a bit of funny mixed with my horror IF (and that's a big IF) it is done right. This one is. Also a big nod to other horror movie icons and movies.

A Halloween hit if you are looking for a good scary movie. (and are like me and have seen just about everything not new).

Premonition 2007

I don't know if this is truly a horror movie, rather than kind of a thriller bordering on sci fi. I liked it until the ending. I did not like the ending they choose for the movie, and it kind of ruined it for me. There was an alternate ending that might have saved the movie for me, that was a little more vague, and you could have filled in what you wanted it to be.

It was interesting, but a bit choppy. Hard to figure out how pieces were there, then not. That the future events that she hadn't affected yet, influenced past events where she had not been there before yet. Yeah, it's one of those, but interesting.

I could have easily lived without seeing it though, as well.

Ed and His Dead Mother 1993

Excellent. Comedy/horror. To do it well is genuis. Love this movie. A whole nother spin on Corporate America, Sales, and Industry:)

You know there is always a price, if you want to bring your loved ones back to life. Real quirky clientel at the general store, as well.

If you want to laugh, and you enjoy a little goulish humor, this is the movie for you.

Steve Buscemi, also from Fargo, is in it. Need I say more?

Disturbia 2007

Disturbia is basically a teen Disney movie of the remake of the classic, Rear Window. I was looking forward to it, but it just did not live up (not even close) to Hitchcock's Rear Window. Not the same dread or suspense at all.

Too bad, a modern take on this might have been interesting, if it worked in any way.

Tormented 1960

1960 release has a bit of a fifties feel to it. Nomally, I find fifties horror movies to be a bit tacky, and some of the "lingo" is a little over the top "dadio". Despite the bad special affects (probably pretty cutting edge at the time LOL) this is a classic find as far as horror/ghost stories go. I really enjoyed it.

A man's decent into evil is revealed, and a woman's revenge is initiated. A little too corny to be truly frightening these days, but a good solid story and build up to the finale. I heartily recommend this movie. Pleasantly surprised.

Cemetery Gates 2006, Second Nature 2003, Curdled 1996

Cemetery Gates-Not surprisingly, the Tasmanian Devil let loose in the cemetery was a horribly done movie. The signature "college co-eds" were in it, which always raises a flag of doubt. Course it COULD have been the find of the year as well. Horrible costume, bad acting, bad script, low budget, gratuitous blood shed....do I need to go on? Just the slightest hint of a plot, but not enough to reel one in at all.

Second Nature-Perhaps if this was my first "secret agent" or "experiment" movie ever it would have been good. It was pretty predictable, lame romantic interest....some good action scenes though. If you found this on TV and were bored for something to watch, it's not horrible. It's doable, but pretty predictable.

Curdled-By far the most original concept in the group. Woman fascinated by death quits her job as a baker in a bakery, and goes to work for a "unique" maid service company. They specialize in cleaning up really gory crime scenes once the police are done. Quirky, interesting, and I liked it. It didn't blow me away, and the ending was pretty predictable to me (but then again I have seen like a billion of these things) but it was an interesting and sort of humorous concept. I like original and quirky and this fit the bill.

Thoughts On The Omen-1976

I have watched this movie many many times, being that it's a horror classic and all. Since it is a classic, I have always given it the respect it deserved by not questioning certain things. I keep meaning to read the book, perhaps it would make it clearer.

Why didn't the devil's helpers just switch the babies in the first place? Why the whole adoption ruse that would later make the father question where his kid was. I understand he didn't mention to his wife that their baby had died in "childbirth", but why had he never seen his own kid's body or know where it was?

Why did the father cut the hair in the kid's room so the Nanny could sneak up on him after he witnessed the birth mark? Why not just take the kid out for a moment and cut his hair?

Anyway, seemed like some classic horror movie mistakes and inconsistencies.

Uninvited Guest 1999

Horrible movie that I watched awhile ago, but forgot to write about. First of all, I am so confused who they were marketing this movie to. The wife was a loose slut, and the guy was a money grubbing whore who set up his wife.

The acting horrible, the plot been done before and better.....husband sets up wife to get her killed for his book or movie project. Backstabs his best friend et et. Oh, sorry, did I ruin the ending for you. Don't get this movie, I am telling you. Horrible, awful, bizarre in that it seems to offend every group that it could have marketed itself too. Unless, maybe it was a comedy? I don't think so though.

Hannibal Rising 2007, Mark of the Devil 1970, Tourist Trap 1979

Hannibal Rising was not a favorite (apparently) of many of the fans of this series. I, however, loved it. I also liked the original ending of the book that followed Silence of the Lambs, and not the filmed ending that everyone objected to being in the movie (hogwash). Harris as an author has an incredible imagination that I love. I love the way he twists things in the same story with a different perspective.

I loved the book, AND I LOVED the movie. There were some truly frightening moments there, and I was glad we didn't go some places it seemed we were going. I also loved seeing my Rome guy, Verenus (?) playing a bad guy. Really brilliant, I thought.

Tourist Trap--Typical in some ways, but this 70s movie preceded it's followers, so I gotta think this is one that is being copied from. The wax theme was done before of course with Vincent Price, but this has a couple different spins on it. Not my favorite movie, but in the interest of seeing a minor classic that has something to do with major themes, I did enjoy it. Again not the best piece of work (and certainly not acting) that I have ever seen.

Mark of The Devil--Note to self, do not take horror movie suggestions from the husband. First of all, I have seen parts of this (really really bad) movie before. This is a sixties movie and a classic cult movie among some. I, personally, can't get past the bad western, sixties, or Gypsy music that is many time inappropriate and distracting during the whole movie. It's all about torture and witch trials in the 1700 or 1600 hundreds (perhaps even earlier), so you can see my objection to the cheesy western cowboy music being used. Boob shots, pretty girls, a couple of sex scenes that were probably shocking at the time, rapes, knives used on females.....yawn. Really really bad acting by pretty girls, and handsome men with nice eyes and other attributes (that are probably 90 years old now).

Have to say, am again sad to have seen it again, but forced myself to see it all the way through, so I would never need to wonder if it's redeeming at all again. Oh yes, well lit sets where actors use candles as that is the period, but of course castles would actually be lacking light, and so candles would have been NEEDED instead of STAGE SETTING for a horrid movie.

It does look somewhat intriguing at parts, but trust me, just walk away. Ick.

Tell Me Something-2000

I believe this is a korean movie.   It's nice because you can decide to listen to it in English, or listen in their language with subtitles.   I didn't do this, but I sometimes try it both ways, as I think the characters intonations have a lot to do with the movie, and that is lost when it's no longer the actors actual voices IMO.

I have seen a lot of Asian horror since Audition, which I love (and three extremes).   Maybe those copied something like this (though I know Audition most likely came out before).   There are certain story lines in these films that take away some of the surprise when you have watched a lot of them.   That's true in this movie, though if you haven't been following Asian horror, it's certaintly a worthy one to watch.   

Torture Garden 1969, And Soon The Darkness 1970, There Is Nothing Out There 1991

Like I got three for three that I enjoyed a previous week; this three for three was a huge disappointment.

1991 There is Nothing Out There, had a fair amount of stars on Netflix. This is tricky for me, because some of the classics or weird/kooky ones that I prefer are frequently low on stars. And then sometimes when I go for the high stars, I do find a gem. Not so this time. I tried twice, and could not pay attention to this movie to save my life. Just seemed like a Friday the 13th type of movie, high on teenagers being killed after sexual acts.

And then the Darkness 1970 was the best of the bunch. But a lot of movies have been made before and since then that have the "twist" ending this one does. Also not kookie enough (like Texas Chainsaw) to get my vote for weird and bizarre. In Texas Chainsaw the whole beginning wierd hitchhiker, where nothing even gets started yet, is one of my favorites. It's just such a bizarre and creepy encounter. This film could have had more of that, it was boring in comparison to others.

Torture Garden 1968 bored me. Probably when I was younger I would have appreciated the classicness of this movie. Anyone interested in classic horror (the orginal draculas, frankenstien's, mummies, wax museum with Vincent Price) will most likely enjoy this movie. I found that these bore me a bit now (well maybe not Frankenstein <G>).

Sisters-1973

Sisters!!   I recently got the Netflix three for three movies that were beyond the average movie.   1973 horror movie that I would term "a classic".   Witness to a murder calls poice, and body is not found.   She investigates, but is SHE who she really seems to be?

Looks like there is a later American remake out there.   There is also a Chinese (I believe possibly Japanese or Korean) movie with a similar subject but not the same and darker.   As a whole though, this Brian DePalma movie seems to have been the start of something, unless someone knows of something a bit earlier, and of course I don't want to give the whole concept away.

I was very pleased.   Reminded me a bit of the Asian horror movies due to the stringy hair of the killer.   But I don't want to give more away than that either.   Rent it, you probably won't be sorry.   This is one of those finds I get pretty excited about.

3.5 out of five stars.   Fun to watch the seventies fashions and "concepts" of that period of time too:)

Gone But Not Forgotten-2004 TV

I really doubted this movie, and didn't think that any of the three that I got from Netflix would be anything, especially this one.

My only hope is that it is an adaption of a Phillip Margolin novel, who I enjoy as an author but mainly as a large step up from Mary Higgins Clark. One of those plots with many twists that are made somewhat more plausible by this author than others that try this. This movie was done by Hallmark (another mark against it in my former opinion) in 2004 and directed by Armand Mastroinanni (I have started to appreciate how important it is to pay attention to who the director might be, haven't heard of him before, but thinking now that I will keep my eyes open.)

Very well told "mystery" of 172 minutes. This is a long time to keep my attention folks, and it did that. It is your serial killer mystery of something that starts up again (seemingly) 10 years later, a mystery man, various mystery woman, and secrets that go to the top. And despite the corniness of all that, I found it quite good.

I give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Mainly because of the commercial quality of it, whereas I like some horror movies and mysteries to be a bit more gritty and weird. So some might really prefer something like this to say, Texas Chainsaw Masacre, which interested me even more after I saw the documentary on how the project was done, and the lack of funds et. I was never going to watch that movie until husband got me the documentary. Course this movie is nothing like this, just disclosing why my ratings might seem weird to some who do not value some "weirdness" in their horror/mystery movies.

In Dreams-1999

In Dreams is a very good and quite disturbing horror movie. I have watched it before, and not gotten through it before. There is a certain dog scene that takes up a lot of time in the movie. The child murders aren't shown just intimated as to what might have happened, which is kind of nice. The concept is horrifying.

This is not one of those horror movies where good necessarily prevails in the end. And always appreciate that in a horror movie, but they don't tend to be my favorites. Stephen King novels are kind of like that for me (though there are some where someone lives at the end).

So keep all of those thoughts in mind, and if you can get through all this, it is really an orginal and interesting movie in it's dark and quite disturbing way.

Teeth-2007

Poor girl was born with an extra set of teeth, which are located in every GUYS worst nightmare. Let's just say, braces will seem like no big deal after this movie.

I have to recommend it, but it's a bit disturbing, and well there is MUCH content that you won't want your kid to know about never mind watch. It seems to be marketed towards the teenagers, but if I had one, I would NOT let them watch this movie. It will also make any girl afraid of her first exam, if you know what I mean. So both sexes will be totally horrified.

It's a pretty original concept, and did keep my attention and did horrify me LOL. So I have to recommend it.

Dexter Season Two

Okay, I watched the entire thing in maybe three days. I was hooked from the beginning. I try to say as little as possible so as not to blow any surprises that someone might not know about.

Let's just say there are a couple of surprises next season!! Well, at least one big one and a new character. This is where the story veers way off from the book. Sadly or gladly, you will get not one hint if you have read further into the books (as I have) with the futile hope that you will know something as the story goes along. You will not.

I personally like the TV series take on Dexter more so than the books. It could just be that I started with the TV one first though. I can't dislike the books too much though, as I am almost thru the third one.

The Locals-2003

Sophmoric but somewhat decent ghost story. I think I like 2001 maniacs better as it's in the more "out there" arena, but there were some good moments in the movie action wise.

Plot was kind of eh eh, but again, I have seen worse and it was entertaining if you are zonsing for a horror movie and just can't find the right thing.

Black Christmas Remake-2006

Now the orginal of this movie sticks in my mind as it's probably the first in this category (When A Stranger Calls et al) that first freaked me out. The crank phone calls in the orginal are paricularly disturbing. Not the best movie ever made, but it had some intriguing elements, and I particularly prefer this movie over When A Stranger Calls, as the orginal Black Christmas. The orginal movie left the "origins" and "background" of our resident psycho quite a mystery.

Now I understand how this works, and actually do appreciate it in some movies, and probably including the orginal Black Christmas. As I have mentioned previously though, I like to be "fed" the info when on my entertainment time. I don't like to think too much about it, and get as much of the story as possible. Now the remake of When A Stranger Calls left the mystery intact, and I think that did work in the remake. In fact, I like the remake more than the orginal. I think of the When A Stranger Calls remake as a completely seperate movie really. Better.

The two main things that are different between the orginal Black Christmas and the remake of Black Christmas is 1) we loose much of the creepiness of the "prank" calls (big mistake in my opinion) but 2) we gain a pretty creepy laid out story of the origins of our resident psycho (the story line was creepy and interesting enough to make this work).

I am not going to say this is a must see or anything (to anyone else but me to whom these things are an obsession), but it is an interesting move. As usual, I found the stabbed eyeballs et al the most uninteresting part of the movie, but it is of that genre so I guess you can't leave that out.

The Wicker Man Remake-2006

I am NOT a fan of remakes. However, I did enjoy this more than the orginal classic horror film, The Wicker Man!! Course I haven't seen that film in awhile, so I will need to review it to be sure. The remake of The Wicker Man is well worth seeing.

I am not a girl that wants a question half answered. Very rarely can I appreciate a film that wants me to use my imagination or fill in the gaps myself. It's not that I don't have a fruitful imagination, because I do. It's just that movie or tv time is the time for me to totally let go, and just enjoy. I want to be entertained, I want everything answered.

Unlike the orginal, this movie does pretty much spell it out for you. Oh, it keeps you in suspense, don't worry. It's a very disturbing movie, and reminded me of a book that I had read about a modern day town that was really populated by Amazon women. You might note the similarity if you see this movie (and now I am going to have to figure out the title of that book LOL.

God lord, just tried to search for this book and can't find it. Woman moves to nice town. At first everything seems fine. Then she notices men are often quite, meek, in wheelchairs, and kept out of sight for the most part. Ceremonies ensue!! Ancient amazon ghosts reside in these modern women. Anyone know the name of the book that I am talking about. It's stepford wives in reverse, and a bit more edgy:)

The Brothers Grimm-2005

While selecting something to exercise to, I came across The Brothers Grimm. What a great movie, especially for someone who has always liked the darker fairy tales. Most well known children's tales are represented, but not quite in the way that you would expect. This movie did not get good reviews, and most common complaint was that the "plot jumped around too much". I didn't think so at all, and I was rivited all the way through. This is what is needed when I exercise to something.

I don't want to talk about the plot too much, as I don't want to ruin it for anyone. This is easily one of my favorite movies. This is, I guess, for kids. There is at least one certain scene involving Grandmother Toad that could be a bit "awkward" to explain to the kiddies.

Black Christmas Remake

I just watched the orginal Black Christmas. I always get this confused with When A Stranger Calls, which I don't like. I much prefer Black Christmas as a more "thought provoking" horror film <G>. Looks like the remake is going to answer some questions that were not answered in the orginal. It's not out yet, but I am wondering if I will prefer that. In the meantime, some film for you.

Opening scene from the orginal movie.

Trailer from the remake.

Obscene phone call from the orginal.

Changeling

When I first rented this movie, I think I had a horrible virus or something. I remember enough about it to recall it was good, but knew I had missed some very important pieces of the puzzle. So this weekend, I had rented it again to watch it all over. Course my husband kept coming in and interupting. See he hates horror movies, and must come in and exclaim all the time "how can you watch that?" "do you really like this?". It's so annoying, and after 20 years, you know he knows the answer to all those questions. I digress, but he has a hard time grasping sometimes that though we mesh in all sorts of other ways, our tastes diverge sometimes.

Any way, this is when ghost stories were done right. You know with an actual plot and mystery that made sense in some fashion. A bit of suspense. Any horror/ghost buff is going to love this movie. Especially if you are like me and like to see big beautiful mansions with incredible wood work and such. A mystery that comes to life piece by piece, and makes perfect sense if you are not riddled with a temperature and virus, and stay awake through the whole thing!!

The Other-1972, All About Eve-1950

I have been getting over a little bit of a stomache but lately. So I have been forced to watch more television, read, and attempt to play tombraiders. You know, TV even if you get all the channels still really sucks. I have been forced to visit some classics. The only reason I haven't watched these lately is that when I was young these movies fascinated me so much that I watched them all the time.

The first was my first book as well, which gave me the sensation that most America had if the watched "The Sixth Sense". Book definately better than the movie, but the movie is pretty good all the same. The movie and book that I am referring to is "The Other". I don't want to give it away too much, but excellent story line that is in the horror realm, but thinking horror realm.

The other movie that I saw this morning was "All About Eve". I didn't really remember much of it, but great movie about amition, betrayal, taking friends for granted, and in the end still not being happy after you have gotten all that you wanted. Very young Marilyn Monroe has a small part in it. I wasn't sure (after I watched it this time) if I ever really watched the movie all the way through.

Movies, these days, are just not made with the same quality or attention to detail.

Creep 2004

This is a fairly decent horror movie. In other reviews, they had written that the alternate ending filled in any gaps that you might have wanted to fill in. As I get.....um....older, I tend to appreciate a little mystery subject to interpretation. Or perhaps I have given in as many of these movies just refuse to close up the holes!!! God knows I am not giving up horror movies for such a small thing. Unfortunately, I could not view the additional footage as the ^(#@!&amp; dvd remote is missing from the move.

Any way, this starts off as our heroine gets accidentally locked into the subway tunnels at night. They keep it locked up tight as a drum, and she suddenly feels a pressing need to get out of there. Again, I hate to ruin parts of the plot for anyone.

It's one of those gritty, what I call survival horror movies. A bit of mystery is involved. A bit too bloody and gory in some parts, just for the sake of blood in gore, for my case or evolved horror movie pallatte.

However, a pretty decent horror flick that will keep you thinking.

Half Light - 2006

Here is a gem that came up on my movies on demand one day. Demi Moore, who I haven't seen for awhile, plays a stressed out and blocked writer that goes to this (Scottish or Irish) little town by the sea for a wee bit of a break. I don't want to give it away, but it doesn't become as relaxing as one could think.

Classic ghost story. A bit predictable, but still well done. Incredible scenery to look at during the movie too. I really liked this ghost story, and it was a nice surprise.

Three Extremes - 2004

Love the asian horror movies. This is three movies in one using three different directors from Japan, Korea, and China. Not for the faint of heart, and definately not with children, as all seem to have some kind of implied (at least) violence towards children....or, no can't ruin the surprise of it all. Very disturbing, I like it the way I like Texas Chainsaw, House of 1000 Corpses, About Henry, et. Not something that can be watched without feeling way disturbed about, but the orginality of these films and the unexpectedness get me every time. As with most Asian films, the translation or dubed in lines make me think I have missed something in the end. Never sure if I am just not too bright, or they like to keep a bit of vagueness and keep one guessing. I actually don't mind that so much anymore, gets your imagination going, and you can come to your own conclusions. Just wish I knew whether that is what they were doing or not.

Hostel - 2005

Tarintino produced and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever-Yuck) what I am suspecting will be a classic the likes of Texas Chainsaw Mascre and House of 1000 Corpses. It's not just the gore of course, which is shocking and disturbing. As usual with these films, the subtle and not so subtle hints of something just not right make this a special movie.

Many people are talking about certain scenes, but I would hate to ruin it for someone who has not heard anything yet. Best to go in like I did, unknowing. This film caters to a a few different genres of horror movie survival, torture, betrayal, evil (but not satanic evil), hunting, and revenge. There's a little something there for many people.

I am not a Tarintino fan, and I hated Cabin Fever. This is the first movie of either one of them that I truly enjoyed. Perhaps it's the start of a great partnership?

The Dark-2005

The Dark was a passable ghost movie. Set in Ireland with beautiful scenery. The movie seemed to borrow some elements of The Ring. It seemed to be a cheap ripoff, but the acting and scenery was good. The story was okay.

That being said, I've seen movies that I wished I hadn't wasted my time on. This one was entertaining, just somewhat of a disappointment for what it seemed to copy.

High Tension-2003

Did no one else get this was a cheap rip off of Intensity? The book and then the made for tv US movie by the way.

And quite a lot less interesting than either. Okay if Intensity had not come out in book format, I might have found this somewhat interesting. But lesbian gone psycho, come on. Really. Yawn.

Read five other reviews, and none mentioned the fact that at least one half , if not two thirds of the movie was a complete rip off of intensity, right up to the point where it it got completely uninteresting.

Don't bother if you've read the book or seen the movie Intensity. Seriously.

Plus if you have seen any movies with "twist" endings, this one is quite predictable.

Perfume-The Story of A Murderer 2006

Okay, Perfume, is my truly favorite type of horror movie, gothic. Loved, LOVED this movie. Very incredibly creepy. Really good conclusion of the movie, I thought, as well.

Dustin Hoffman is in this by the way. I think this is the second movie where I have seen him not in his usual leading part, but as a small but intrical part of the story. He did a good job, as I was not one hundred percent sure it was him until I looked up the movie site.

In ways it reminded me of how Grimm's fairy tales actually were. Dark and unforgiving.

Dirt Boy 2001

I think almost every horror movie has a family estrangement story of some sort in there. This movie, Dirt Boy, is no exception, but it is part of a mystery.

This was filmed in the Cape Cod area, and is obviously and independent film. This film was very good, and not the disappointment of other independent horror films where you actually hear the director shouting cut or see the mike!!!

This film was very well done, and I found it hard to go away for a drink, bathroom or anything before it was done. I very much enjoyed this. I had my doubts considering it was an American made horror movie on Netflix's play immediately list LOL. In fact, I forgot to play it on my computer, and was bummed when it came in on DVD. I loved this movie though.

Introducing Horror Haven

I will be back shortly. There is but one topic to this blog, my horror movies!!!

As a child, about the only thing I could bond with my "father" over was perhaps horror movies. I would stay up late at night, and I was allowed to watch the creature double features, and this is how I became a huge Godzilla fan. I don't watch the old ones so much, but I like modern remakes of this concept. If I do stop to watch, I kind of go into a comforted trance LOL.

Huge fan of Halloween, and will include my review of Rob Zombie's remake at some point. I love the classics (Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Rosemary's Baby, Baby). Not so much the vampire, Frankenstien, and mummy ones, but these more surprising and bizarre movies. Please share your favorties with me.