Reviews

Disturbing and creepy in a psychological way. Probably the most f****d up love story(spoiler?) I've ever watched and also a neat little mystery.

The acting is excellent especially Tadanobu Asano's and it makes the film very easy to watch and you also tend to care about the characters and to be genuinely interested in finding out the truth. Its really fun to see the story come together and solve the mystery.

I wouldn't say its that much of a horror film, its more of a drama but its definitely creepy and sometimes disgusting and I'd still define it as a Japanese horror film or a horror-drama. Its a horror film in the same way Der Todesking (The Death King) is.

Recommended for J-horror fans and anyone who wants some psychological creepiness.

The only film version of 1984 I've seen so far and for some reason I have a feeling that the never versions are gonna suck.

Having read the book I can say that the film is very accurate and true to the novel. The acting is solid and the characters are enjoyable and again true to the book.

Obviously the plot is the key factor here and very clever but if you have read the book you wont be surprised except for the fact that they changed the ending to be a happier one. I guess not to upset the audience since the ending the book gives is so dystopian and hopeless(and excellent).

The small change to the plot doesn't affect the movie that much and you really have to give the makers credit for being so accurate to most of the book. Many of the of the most memorable parts of the book can also be found in the movie such as "5 minute hate" and the jail scene with the other prisoners(if you've read the book you know what I mean).

Even though slightly merrier then the novel its really not happy at all. Its very grim and the clinical look of the sets just creates a very convincing dystopian big brother future with no escape and no one to ask for help.

Recommended for anyone into scifi or fans of Orwell.

I wasn't expecting much when started watching this and it didn't really surprise me at all. Its a cheezy and clichèd 40s monster movie with Lon Chaney Jr. playing a guy who becomes immune to electricity and eventually a mindless thug controlled by a mad scientist.

It offers some of the goodness that people are looking for in this type of films. Fog mist thunder and shots of forests and moors in the moonlight and awesome looking pseudo scientific gadgets. The fact that it uses the original wolfman score is also a neat bonus.

When it comes to plot is pretty basic, and it also tries a little bit to go for that tragic ending like wolfman did but it doesn't go all the way even though its essentially the same thing. Its overall a very mediocre and unmemorable monster movie with things that have been done over and over again before it and since but it still succeeds in what its trying to do.

You wanna watch a 40s monster movie? Hell yeah I do. Let's roll the picture.

This was pretty much what I had expected i.e Saw with a J-horror angle.

The story revolves around a man and a woman who are captured by a sadistic fucktard right after their first date. It turns out to be one of the sickest love stories I've seen ヴィタール(Vital) taking 1st place.

The plot provides a lot of twists and turns as one would expect from a Japanese horror flick(obviously excluding the guinea pig films) and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The acting is very good and you actually care about the characters which makes watching them suffer so much more effective. Its also a step more gruesome in the torture department compared to Saw or other American films or that nature and it also deliberately and explicitly sexualises violence the. It is mostly a horror film but the love story sub-plot is quite interesting, maybe even the main focus of the film.

(slight spoiler) I also have to mention that there is a ridiculously hilarious scene near the end where a decapitated head bites a guys neck and its really out of place and that made it even more funny.

It delivers the violence and gore but the plot is also interesting on its own so it doesn't really matter if you're watching because you want gore or because you like Asian horror.

If you like something different or just more torture this should be a satisfactory watch.

A Sleazy badly acted exploitation slasher about a killer performing human sacrifices to his Aztec god.

The killer lures prostitutes into his apartment and after tying them to a table and oiling them he removes their hearts from their chests. Mildly enjoyable, for the first time but oh boy we're gonna see the same procedure over and over again. Acting is terribly special effects are tolerable but what makes it so bad is how poorly its scripted and edited. Its booooring. No amount of naked women getting butchered is going to make it feel anything but dull.

Only for the hardcore sleaze and exploitation fan or if you're a slasher fan and have already seen everything else.

Oh yeah it would probably be good to mention that this is a Video Nasty so any nasty completionist (like myself)is unfortunately going to have to bare though this.

NOTE: only very slight spoilers

Stanley Kubrick's amazing science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey will blow your mind. Its one of those movies that everyone should see.

The main plot is about a group of astronauts sent to investigate a beacon in space... and that's about it. The main story itself is very simple but there's just so much other stuff going on.

The movie is really artsy and confusing and uses a minimal amount of dialog. Its also full of really long and slow shots of stuff flying in space. It starts with a weird scene with a bunch of primates(SLIGHT SPOILER: the movie is supposedly about evolution and an evolutionary breakthrough is apparently symbolized by a monolith) but after that it seems quite normal when the astronauts are doing astronaut stuff in their space shuttle which is controlled by HAL-9000 a sentient talking super computer that never makes mistakes. The middle part of the movies is my favorite its just so fun to look at the crew of the space ship do their stuff and the sets are probably best in sci-fi history, the ship's interior and the miniatures look amazing although very dated(if they had made the movie now HAL would probably be a laptop instead of huge 10x10 feet computer).

The atmosphere of the movie reminds me of Alien and is quite claustrophobic and besides being and obvious inspiration for Alien it also must have inspired Star Wars. Just look at the space ships, they're like straight from 2001.

Towards the end it gets really weird and trippy and to be honest I really don't get it (SLIGHT SPOILER I've heard an interpretation that the aliens(that are never seen) captured the guy and built a cage that resembles his "natural habitat" which sounds kinda right but you'r guess is as good as mine).

If you want to see a visually stunning really well made,well acted movie with a great atmosphere then definitely check this out but remember its 2/½ hours long and quite slow + its an acid trips.

My second favorite Rape/Revenge movie originally titled "Day of the woman" which is probably the most notorious one of them all. It certainly is the one that set the standard for this type of flick and it perfectly fits the criteria of rape and revenge in every way since its the woman who does the revenge and she is actually raped instead of being tortured or something like that.

The movie starts with author Jennifer Hill leaving her New York place to go to a cabin in the woods to finish her first novel. Well it doesn't turn out that well and she gets gang raped by a bunch of retarded red- necks with to much time on their hands and as you all know there will be a revenge(oh what an awesome revenge that is).

I'd rather not spoil anything but there's one scene that I have to mention and that is the infamous dick slicing scene. Before seeing this I had just watched Hostel: Part II and that also has a castration scene(in high-definition all gory details 100% visible) but that didn't really have much of an effect on me(aside from a comic effect) cause it happened so suddenly and there wasn't really any build up. But with I Spit on Your Grave the scene is just so tense and a perfect example of less is more because you don't actually see any wounds being inflicted you only see blood which makes it just so much more horrible.

The movie also holds the unofficial record of the longest on-screen rape with 25 minutes which is probably the main reason its so hated among certain people (they actually had to cut 17 minutes of footage for an R- rating).

Acting in this film is a lot better than you'd expect and its also very well made especially for an exploitation flick and its actually kind of artsy. The film also has a strong feminist undertone and is mostly shot in the rape victim's perspective.

I Spit on Your Grave has gotten way too much censorship compared to other similar films like "Ms .45", "The Last House on the Left" or "Thriller - en grym film (Thriller: A Cruel Picture)" not to mention "Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)". Highly recommended for fans of exploitation,horror and rape/revenge. Watch it if you dare!

It was something different thats for sure. Reminds me of Peeping Tom where the killer is making a movie of his victims while he's killing them.

In the movie 3 kids that are bored with their normal life in this small sleepy town decide to plan and commit a murder by choosing a random person and putting him/her in a box and burying the person alive(with cameras,microphones and speakers inside the box of course).

It seems like a really low budget movie and is also apparently the first movie for everyone in it, so you can imagine it has it's flaws. Anyway the acting is surprisingly good and the plot isn't as bad as you might think(its certainly something I haven't seen before). I've heard people complain about the same things that people always complain about with mockumentary horror, which is there's "too little happening"(there's actually a 5 minute section of total darkness and mostly just screaming and shoveling noises) but I think it just helps to build up suspense and adds to realism, although I understand the criticism. The movie is a little slow but I had no problem watching through and thoroughly enjoyed it. Recommended for mockumentary fans and anyone who wants to see something different.

The original Omen was awesomely creepy fast moving and well made thriller about a married couple who adopt a boy who happens to be the son of Satan. Thats pretty much all you need to know about the first film to enjoy this one and all that is made clear pretty early on in the film.

Damien: Omen II is an enjoyable sequel doing pretty much what its supposed to, going deeper into the character of Damien and continuing where the first film ended its also creepy and atmospheric like the first one and very well made with good acting and special effects (even though they are used sparingly which probably just enhances the effect). It drags on a bit from time to time but is generally an easy watch and also quite thrilling at times(mostly due to the great soundtrack).

The movie's biggest faults are the length of almost 2 hours and the fact that it lacks the originality and surprise of the first omen.

I'd recommend this to horror fans even if you haven't seen the first Omen.

The special effects in F.W Murnau's expressionism masterpiece Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage (Faust) are just astonishing. I was really surprised when I saw the flying sequence with the weird bird creatures and inventive camera angles, it looks so modern compared to other films of the time and even many films made after it. Its also very creepy at times(mainly in the beginning) and tells a classic tragic story of love and the battle between good and evil(even though it doesn't at all times make a clear distinction between the two).

(Slight spoilers ahead) The moral dilemma is probably the greatest when Faust says he'll "help the people in Satan's name" and as he is trying to save a child from the plague he is stopped by the crucifix the child is holding and then is almost stoned to death by the townspeople (who he is trying to help in the first place) because he can't bare to look at the cross and is in league with the devil.

Acting in Faust is great same with cinematography and the story is just so captivating. Highly recommended for fans of silent horror,silent cinema and German expressionism.