| HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS (October 2007) |
| ARACHNIA (R) MTI HOME VIDEO (2003) Starring: Rob Monkiewicz, Irene Jospeh, David Bunce, Bevin McGraw, Alexxus Young & more. find some shelter, they come upon a small farm house. They take refuge there & once the owner comes find some shelter, they come upon a small farm house. They take refuge there & once the owner comes home he soon becomes under attack by these huge spiders & they must fight them off to save their lives. The film was done in the old 50's styled giant creature type films. The movie was done pretty decent. There were a few slow parts & the lead male actor was a little cheesy, but still a decent retro styled creature film. |
| HALF LIGHT (R) LAKESHORE ENETERTAINMENT (2006) Starring: Demi Moore, Hans Matheson, Kate Isity, Mary Murray, Beans ElBalawi & more. Demi Moore is a writer living in England. As she is working on her newest novel, her son is playing outside. He opens an unlocked gate that leads down to the water front. When she doesn't hear him anymore, she goes out to look. He falls in the water & drowns. She starts having a breakdown & moves away to a small remote village by the sea. She is hoping to be able to get inspiration & start writing again. She befriends the man who runs the lighthouse near the village. All these wierd things start happening & she starts having visions of her son. There is a bit of a twist at the end of the film as well. This was slow at first, but did kick in & had a good plot change in the end of the film! This was actually one of the better films Demi Moore has done in awhile. www.HALF-LIGHTmovie.com |
| HILLS HAVE EYES (R) FOX SEARCHLIGHT (2006) Starring: Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emile De Ravin, Dan Byrd, Ted Levine & more. as the original, but there were some added stuff. A family is travel through the desert to California. On the looking for help. What they find is hell! The film kicks in when these mutated people who were created by the governments experimental nuclear bombing from 1945-1965 start attacking & killing off the family This as the original, but there were some added stuff. A family is travel through the desert to California. On the is a remake of the Wes Craven 70's film of the same name. They stayed pretty much to the same story trip they have a blow out & crash the truck & trailer. They set up the trailer & stay as the two men go members. There was a lot of intense action & bloody parts all through out this film. The last half hour is non stop intensity, gore, blood & action. I liked this new version better than the old one & the old one was great. Wes Craven co directed this remake of his original film too. This is a must for fans of 70's styled horror! www.foxsearchlight.com/THEHILLSHAVEEYES |
| MINDHUNTERS (R) DIMENSION FILMS (2004) Starring: Val Kilmer, Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater, L.L. Cool J, Johnny Lee Miller & more. island is set up as a small town where a murder has happened & it is their job to profile the murdered & find him. This is supposed to be a simulation assignment, but when their leader is killed right before their eyes things get intense & everyone becomes a suspect. The team tries to work together, but as every new A squad of FBI agents are sent to a remote island for survival training, by the head of the division. The person dies they keep turning on each other. The plot keeps taking all these turns & keeps throwing you off, every time you think you know who it is. There was a lot of good action & suspense in this film, plus it was a psychological thriller, which I liked a lot. This movie didn't do too well in theaters, but will probably do good on DVD! www.miramax.com/MINDHUNTERS |
| SERENITY (PG-13) UNIVERSAL PICTURES (2005) Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau & more. This movie is based on the TV show FIREFLY that was cancelled a few years ago. The team is on a mission to protect a young girl they rescued awhile back from fallen in the hands of the government. This story takes play if the future where the government was wiped out along with just about everything else & rebuild it self to rule once more. They are trying to control everyone, but this one girl had thoughts of her own. She can read peoples minds & she is super tough. As the crew of SERENITY become more engaged in combat with the government they find more & more out about the girl they rescued & that she isn't as helpless as they thought. If you liked the TV show then you will love this film. If your a fan of sci-fi & fantasy type films then you will enjoy it as well. There was a lot of action, special effects & even a bit of comedy tossed in too. www.SERENITYmovie.com |
| ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) 20TH CENTURY FOX (1971) Starring: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden & more. This is the 3rd installment in the their planet right before it is destroyed in the space ships of the astronauts who came to their planet. They . In this film the monkeys escape land on earth in the early 70's. At first PLANET OF THE APES they are treated as animals & then later on as celebrities. Everyone wants to be involved with them, since they can speak & are from the future. Once the military finds out that Zira, the female is pregnant, they want them destroyed so that they can't take over the earth from humans. The monkeys go on the run & try to escape from the government. This one was as good as the first two even though there are only four apes in this including their baby, which is a real monkey in the end. If your a fan of this series then you'll enjoy this film as well as the others!!! www.PLANETOFTHEAPES.com |
| HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (R) NEW LINE CINEMA (2005) Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes & more. This film follows the life a small town & it's people. It focuses on one man's family. They own a small café in town & everyone knows everyone. When two small time crooks enter the café to rob it, Viggo's character snaps into action & stops them & kills them, therefore saving everyone inside. This brings much media coverage & stirs the attention of some other people. These people come & visit him & his family & start harassing them. They make Viggo snap & his old self, a violent hitman come to the surface & start acting crazy. He has it out with these men & proceeds to wipe out everyone from his past. The film was decent, but didn't live up to the hype it got from the media, even though there were some intense scenes, both violent & sexual! www.HISTORYOFVIOLENCE.com |
| OLDBOY (R) TARTAN VIDEO (2003) Starring: Min-Sik Choi, Ji-Tae Yu, Hye-Jeone Kang, Dae-Kan Ji, Dal-Su Oh & more. did this to him & why. During these 15 years he gets himself in shape to find his captors when he gets out. While in there he was tortured, beaten & fed the same meals for all 15 years. He is mysteriously released captures & proceeds to torture them & beat them until they tell him where his wife & daughter are & why they did this to him. There is a lot of good fight scenes & a good story line in this film. There is a really weird, disturbing & unexpected twist to the end of this film. This is one I highly recommend if your into Asian Cinema!!! www.OLDBOY-movie.jp |
| DEATH RACE 2000 (R) NEW WORLD PICTURES (1975) Starring: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stalone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins & more. I always wanted to see this film, cause I heard so much about it. In the future the world sport is the Death points in this race is by plowing down pedestrians along the way. The more you hit, the more points you get. Each driver has a specialized car equipped with each persons individual weapons of mutilation. The concept of this film was really cool, but the dialogue & acting was a little cheesy. This would be a cool movie for Hollywood to remake, if they do it right. Check it out , cause it's still kind of cool!!! |
| DISTURBING BEHAVIOR (R) MGM (1998) Starring: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Steve Railsback, Chad Donella & more. When a family moves to a small island town the kids try to fit in with the rest of the local kids. They soon find the way the majority of the kids act is a little strange & disturbing. They start to ask questions & investigate things for themselves. They find out that the parents of these kids have joined a club that plants chips in the kids brains & controls them to be model students & perfect children. Things start going wrong & the kids start acting really violent. These new kids try to stop the program from going any further. This film was OK, not the greatest & not the worst. I was expecting it to be more of a horror movie, but it wasn't. www.DISTURBING-BEHAVIOR.com |
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