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Scream Factory serves up a double feature Blu-ray with two movies based on legendary authors Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. The first movie is Murders in the Rue Morgue, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story. The film is more Phantom of the Opera than crazy orangutang on the loose, but still provides a solid murder mystery. The next movie included is H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror. It's a tale about the "Old Ones" involving ritual sexing and Dean Stockwell barely staying awake. Both movies fail at delivering enough frights to keep most viewers interested, but there can be some fun had with them, but it's a hard recommend for this horror fan. However,
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I'm not saying a horror movie needs blood and guts to be good, but in the case of this flick, some violence and fright might have made things a bit more exciting. Either way, the mystery was enough to give this flick a recommend.
Based on H.P. Lovecraft's story of the same name, The Dunwich Horror is a slow film, that builds up to a weak ending. It plods along, with lead actor Dean Stockwell slowly dolling out his lines, nearly putting the viewer to sleep. The only thing to entice the viewer to keep their eyes open is the sight of actress Sandra Dee writhing in ecstasy as an invisible force has its way with her.
Dean Stockwell plays Wilbur Whateley, who believes in the occult and the ancient Necronomicon. He wants to bring back the ancient ones, old beings that ruled the Earth at one point. In order to do this, he must obtain a virgin to do weird stuff too, while a crazy deformed being sweeps across the countryside, killing people with its 70s disco vision. It all sounds exciting, but unfortunately, The Dunwich Horror takes its time, a bit too much time, in getting to the actual meat of the story and when it finally does, it's over in yet another weak AIP freeze frame
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It's a bit rough around the edges in regards to the video. The Dunwich Horror in particular has some rough looking moments, that are grainy and unfocused. There is also a good amount of dirt and scratches present at times. However, there is also a nice amount of clear video that makes up for those rough moments. Murders in the Rue Morgue fairs better in that it hardly as any moments of rough footage. The audio for both movies comes across clear and precise. No complaints to be given.
Murders in the Rue Morgue features a sit down with director Gordon Hessler, which is actually an old feature. You can tell it's an old feature, as it says to pick up the movie on either VHS or DVD. The interview goes into a little bit of detail about the story, uncalled for edits and the reason for not having Vincent Price in the film. Also included is a new commentary with author and film historian Steve Haberman and finally a trailer. The Dunwich Horror includes a trailer and a new commentary, once again with Steve
My overall thoughts on this movie were I found the death scenes to be brutal, fun, and one of a kind definetly more then intense then the original. At the same time a little more comedic, which took away most elements of fear for me. I was totally digging the death scenes, with how clever each one was. Most parts I had my eyes covered, which is another thing that gets me into a good horror film. Black Christmas had intese scenes of stalking as well giving it fresh unbelieveable views that somebody is watching under a bathroom tile.
Sleepy Hollow, directed by Tim Burton, is an eerie and a suspenseful film with stunning visuals and a spine-chilling atmosphere. In my opinion, this film portrays the overall theme of suspense through various scenes in the film. The curse of The Headless Horseman is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane and his new world ways into the ominous secrets and murder; and now the secrets once laid to rest which has been forgotten has now been reawakened, holding a dark secret of a past once gone who is The Headless Horseman. This film contains lots of gore and graphic horror violence.
The video was very different from the book. The movie was still a somewhat accurate representation of the book, but a lot of things were changed. In the movie Nightjohn was bought for only fifty dollars, and had a few scars on his back. In the movie Nightjohn was bought for a thousand dollars, and was described having scars covering his entire back.
There are plenty of guns fights and loads of action scenes, but the grittiness is missing, replaced with a light-hearted vibe. The bad guys in the movie come across as caricatures, playing everything up to the point where the goofiness is boiling over. Much of that isn't a bad thing, as you'll definitely get a laugh or two during certain purposely funny
This movie is for those type of people who are feeling bored and wants to be entertained, you will like it. This is a pg, there isn 't any swearing and there is only some semblance of death that you will have to explain to your kids, but all in all, it 's safe. I will give "Vertigo" 9 mental disorders out of 10. Have a Good
That doesn 't even go to Peter O 'Toole, but rather Liev Schreiber. Who does a fantastic job and simply nails it. Phantoms is part of a personal stable of horror films that always get dragged out when I watch to watch a film, but wont be able to give it my
John Gallagher Jr., who plays the killer also does an incredible job at being pure, unadulterated evil. He has no remorse and no conscience. I 'm going to be doing something different with this review in that I 'm offering two different reviews, one a spoiler free version and another that will be filled with spoilers, discussing what I liked and didn 't like about the movie. What ever your flavour of review you want, I 'll have. So, let 's get this review going...
I was impressed of how you observed the different shadings on the house and I have to check it out myself, too and I have to agree with you. On the other hand, I believe this horror film takes advantage more on its certain elements of cinematic language . For example, the lighting strategy and dark shadows inside the Bates Motel created an eerie character which resulted this film to be linked into horror
Shaun of the Dead, a unique film among its horror siblings Zombies, a genre that has taken the over the world, it’s difficult to turn around the corner and not hear someone or something reference it. While the vast amount of gore present may turn a lot of people off, there are alternatives available. Among them is the 2004 British romantic zombie comedy movie Shaun of the Dead, directed by Edgar Wright. It tells the story of Shaun, a man attempting to obtain a handle on his life, get back with the love of his life Liz, deal with his unemployed, incompetent friend Ed and his parents; all of this in the middle of a zombie uprising. The flick on itself makes for a good time for long-time zombie fans with its homages to George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead while attracting newbies onto the genre with its comedic elements
Cooties was a rough start but a smooth finish. I really enjoy the standard zombie survival portion, but the lead in felt like to took forever. Which it really doesn't, it just feels that way. I've seen comparisons between this and Zombieland. Out of the two, Zombieland is far and away the better film.
It is an excellent installment full of suspense and humor though it talks of more serious themes such as family relationships and
In additional, the unexpected and twisted ending of the movie makes more sense to their viewers. Even after completing the movie, the viewers' will still be imagining about it. "The Sixth Sense is one of the few genre films that truly discuss what horror really is, by filtering it through the experience of a frightened small child. Indirectly, it is also discussing misdirection, an all-important part of an illusionist's craft, in the form of the "magic trick" of hiding the plot twist. So the qualities of M. Night Shyamalan's signature film are evident.
This sense of normality shows the difference between reality and the dream. With this sense of normality, many people don’t like to watch these horror movies as it is too scary. However, this shows the sense of normality as it shows the emotions of being scared. On the other hand, the other people show the emotions of
Don 't get me wrong, They 're awesome. I was just hoping for horror. It was decent all
H.P. Lovecraft in “The Dunwich Horror” depicts the way insanity takes over one 's mind for not conquering your greatest fears. The Dunwich Horror is about an unusual village where the Whateley family lives. The townspeople won’t even go close to this family. The Whateley family consists of the Father, Old Whateley, the daughter, Lavinia, and Lavinia’s son, Wilbur.