Production Year: 1998 - Horror - Director: Stephen Norrington - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
(+) strong symbolism mirroring Freudian psychoanalysis | screenplay | acting | camera | cutting (-) Bill and Ted's not so excellent side-stepping adventure in falling down a castle wall land (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2000)
Production Year: 2000 - Horror - Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Carmen Electra, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, James Van Der Beek, (On Ciao since: 07/2000)
Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Director: Stanley Kubrick - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
Production Year: 1973 - Horror - Director: William Friedkin - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max Von Sydow, Lee J. (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
Production Year: 2004 - Horror - Director: M. Night Shyamalan - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William (On Ciao since: 08/2004)
Production Year: 2001 - Horror - Director: John Dahl - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Basil Wallace, Jessica (On Ciao since: 05/2002)
Production Year: 1999 - Horror - Director: Steve Miner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
Production Year: 2001 - Horror - Director: Neil Marshall - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Liam Cunningham, Darren Morfitt, Emma (On Ciao since: 05/2002)
Production Year: 1984 - Horror - Director: Joe Dante - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee (On Ciao since: 07/2000)
Production Year: 2004 - Horror - Director: Christopher Smith - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Ken Campbell, Jeremy Sheffield, (On Ciao since: 06/2005)
Production Year: 2003 - Horror - Director: Lawrence Kasdan - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Condemned, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, (On Ciao since: 04/2003)
Production Year: 2005 - Horror - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Djimon Hounsou, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, Shia (On Ciao since: 09/2005)
Production Year: 2005 - Horror - Director: Wes Craven - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Shannon Elizabeth, Jesse Eisenberg, (On Ciao since: 10/2005)
Production Year: 1978 - Horror - Director: John Carpenter - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Donald Pleasence, P. J. Soles, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis (On Ciao since: 09/2006)
Production Year: 1989 - Horror - Director: Ron Underwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Rhonda Le Beck, Michael Gross, Reba (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
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Advantages: Enjoyable Scary Disadvantages: True Story - How awful
...I am reviewing the movie The Amityville Horror
I watched this movie last night on television and I have to admit I was a little creeped out. And apparently it is a true story. So I had the hebbi geebies throughout.
The Story
A family decide to buy a house in the country, which is a great bargain, only to find out after that the previous family had been murdered in the house. That's the reason for the cheap sale.
They decided to keep the house as it's only a house, Houses don't murder people, people murder People. All goes ok in the house until the husband starts acting weird and the daughter is seeing things. What now follows is 28 days of sheer terror for the family.
The Cast:
Ryan Reynolds plays George, the new man of the house after he married a widow with three children. The children are only getting used to him...
Advantages: Great writing, very funny, lots of movie references Disadvantages: None
...The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror is a collection of the "Treehouse of Horror" specials from The Simpsons. The episodes included are "Treehouse of Horror V", "Treehouse of Horror VI", "Treehouse of Horror VII" and "Treehouse of Horror XII".
"Treehouse of Horror V", as with every TOH episode, has three mini stories. In this episode, Homer takes his family up to a hotel in the mountains and goes insane in "The Shinning" (one of the best TOH stories of all time), Homer travels through time and changes history in "Time and Punishment", and in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Principal Skinner finds a solution to the overcrowding in his school and the shortage of meat in the cafeteria...
"Treehouse of Horror VI" includes "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", where all the giant advertisements in Springfield come to life and start eating everyone...
Advantages: rocky horror - Very original, funny, good soundtrack. Disadvantages: Shock treatment = v poor in comparison to rocky horror. just weird.
...I watched the rocky horror picture show at a friend's house and immediately loved it! Whilst looking to buy the DVD for myself, i came across this dvd set, with rocky horror and the added bonus of a related "sequel" to rocky horror called Shock Treatment. I hadn't seen Shock Treatment but thought I'd like it, with it being so closely related and with a lot of the same cast.
Firstly, I must say that I loved rocky horror. Despite it being so popular in the past, I only watched it for the first time recently and realised i had been missing out! It's a very strange storyline and downright weird at times, but in a cool way - newlyweds Brad and Janet become stranded whilst driving on their way to their honeymoon (i think that's where they were going..but it doesnt really matter if not). Anyway, to get help, they approach a castle they passed...
Advantages: Great eerie, creepy films, Good actors, Eerie music Disadvantages: No special effects, Simple storlines
...***HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR***
I remember watching some of this series on the television when I was quite young and there was something eerie and creepy which made me enjoy watching this series every week. The series was shown on ITV, which ran for 13 weeks, each showing a different episode and story each week. Each programme was an hour long. Some of the actors who feature in these films are Peter Cushing, Denholm Eliot, Diana Dors, Brian Cox, Sian Philips and Pierce Brosnan.
Horror fans will enjoy this series which includes Werewolves, Demons, Witches and Voodoo Dolls. These alternative bedtime stories sparked millions on sleepless nights when they were originally screened and they still remain as scary as ever.
***THE BOX SET***
The Hammer House of Box Set is available from Amazon and HMV for about £11.99 which includes all 13...
Advantages: Some warm central perfomances Disadvantages: An overwhelming lack of imagination or real scares
...On 14th November 1975, Ronald DeFeo brutally murdered his entire family, claiming voices in the house drove him to it. A year later newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz move in with her three children. Shortly after George's mind begins to unravel as the house takes hold of him.
The random remake roundabout spins into action once more and spits out this bloody lump of recycled 70s schlock horror. Unsurprisingly it comes from Michael Bay's horror remake conveyor belt. This version of the 70s schlocker is unlikely to cause many grumbles from purists - the original was hardly a classic and this version is solid enough. Director Andrew Douglas sticks to the Bay template; so we get photogenic leads in peril with plenty of cheap shocks, nosebleed editing and visual gimmickry. Sadly this makes for a very predictable film that lacks suspense...
Advantages: intriguing story, had (unfulfilled) potential Disadvantages: embarassingly cheesy risible acting all round, cheapo production
...Starring:
Peter Graves as Jeffrey Knight
Tim Donnelly as Richard Knight
Paulette Breen as Lena
Dick Sargent as Dr. Jameson
Keenan Wynn as Jake Noble
Also known under alternate names 'Clonus' and 'The Clonus Horror', this 1978 release is a really creepy film, in more ways than that in which it was intended. It's a surprisingly poorly made, terribly acted, cheapo looking tale of a secret scientific institute with some very questionable practices.
Peter Graves, in a role completely different from anything I've seen him in before, and hope to never see him in anything like again, plays ruthless presidential candidate Jeffrey Knight who will stop at nothing to win. The film starts with Knight giving an impassioned pep talk to his supporters at a big rally. Next we jump to a scene of young fit guys and gals jogging a countryside trail...
Advantages: more Rocky....and Shock Treatment Disadvantages: you may not like Shock Treatment
...Having previously reviewed the Rocky Horror Show I wont be reviewing it here as well but if you want to read it the link is here
http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowSpecialEditionTwoDiscsSenitypeCardsStillsAndBookletReview5654477
Shock Treatment is the little known sequel to RHS, made in 1981 it is rated PG in this box set.
The box set itself was created to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Rocky Horror Show. Packaged in a large pair of lips, the Iconic symbol from Rocky you will recieve two DVD's Rocky (the two disc special edition) and Shock Treatment, The Rocky Horror Show Comic Book, 3 random pictures from Rocky Horror, The Offical Audience Participation Guide from Rocky and the Shock Treatment soundtrack CD.
The plot of Shock Treatment is that Brad and Janets marriage is in trouble and they...
Advantages: All simpsons episodes are good, I suppose. Disadvantages: Not very scary.
...at all and were all science fiction. I didn't really like this episode but my little sister enjoyed it so maybe others will.
Treehouse of Horror VII
This episode was one I found particularly un-scary. By now you probably realise that the Treehouse of Horror episodes lack what the title claims they have - Horror!
Treehouse of Horror XII
Gypsy curses, demented computers and wizards... seems like a wierd mix to me! The creators of The Simpsons must be running out of ideas. The episodes keep getting worse and worse with new every season.
Animation
The animation is different in every episode. The episodes span over 8 years (seasons 6 to 13) so the newer ones will obviously have better animations.
Overall Thoughts
This DVD is a good idea, I think, as many people like the Treehouse of Horror episodes but it is...
...The first time I saw this I was nearing the end of my school years, and my dad was musical director for a stage production of it. I got carried away with the music and drawn in, and so asked him to show me the film version of it.
Little Shop Of Horrors was directed by Frank Oz, and features the arrival of a strange and interesting new plant in the failing Skid Row flower shop owned and run by Mushnik. His two employees are the geeky and friendless Seymour and the blonde bimbo Audrey. Other characters emerge as the film progresses, but the main protagonist to these two is the plant, named Audrey II by Seymour.
The plant's arrival, just when it seemed they would have to close the shop, sparks new interest in the shop. Initially a tiny little thing, Seymour nurtures it until one day he finds that in order for the plant to grow, there...
Advantages: Gritty and disturbing horror ahead of its time Disadvantages: The first 20 minutes or so drag on rather too long
...one close up images of pupils being sucked from eyes or brains being wiped smooth are likely to give people the judders. The language used (no swearing I must add) also is very harsh and very graphic; I still have to say few films use such detailed language to describe certain things even to this day.
The DVD has no special features and is available everywhere for about £9.99 from 16th October 2006. While not being something the average viewer would enjoy anyone with a penchant for horror will find this a most welcome addition to there DVD library.
It's worth mentioning that had Hammer been able to keep 100% rights to this movie that they would possibly still be around; the movie did record business at the box office and was a success in 41 countries Hammer alone had only managed to achieve a success in 11 Countries at any one time...
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