Posts by amberwalker4

Coppola, obviously... even though I'm not a fan of Dracula's "redemption," it's still the best Dracula movie out there.👍

Is there anything worth looking at here? If you have a link, just send it over via PP immediately. 😉

Andrew Garcia2 said:Rutger Hauer?
Hmm, is it even worth the watch?
I've never really been a huge fan of his.

The movie is great, but it isn't really a horror or a thriller 😁...plus there is quite a bit of nudity. 😉

Dennis Doyle3 said:The Masque of the Red Death

Growing up, this was easily one of the most terrifying horror flicks I ever laid eyes on. And it stars Vincent Price, of course.
I think this hits the mark for what you're looking for.

thanks 👍

Valhalla Rising

I haven't seen it yet, but it looks promising... a group of Scandinavian crusaders, including a blind but ruthless pagan, gets lost on their way to the Holy Land and ends up in some other mysterious, foggy territory..... definitely worth a watch 😁

wiredbison82 said:Cut the nonsense.

I'm the one talking nonsense? Your only argument for Vampires being a bad movie is that I don't love the godfather trilogy as much as you do.

🙄

wiredbison82 said:It seems you're the type who thinks the godfather trilogy "isn't all that"... which probably explains why you find Carpenter's Vampires to be such a standout.😁

Look, if you like the godfather trilogy so much, just go buy the DVD and watch it all night long. Keep your personal preferences to yourself. Why does it matter if I don't care for the godfather trilogy? Does that make me stupid? Does it mean I have no idea about movies? Am I supposed to stay out of every single film discussion just because the godfather trilogy isn't my everything? Seriously. 🙄Honestly, film "experts" like you are the absolute worst. 😠

wiredbison82 said:During the nineties, he directed five films, and honestly, only in The Mouth of Madness does anything feel remotely coherent. Vampires is, to put it mildly, a total disaster—it doesn't even manage to pass for decent trash cinema.

I gave up on Carpenter a long time ago. That man isn't ever going to sign his name to a true masterpiece again. Not him, and frankly, not Hill, Bogdanovich, Friedkin, or Cimino either...

And at this rate, it won't be Scorsese either.☕

Cut the nonsense... Vampires is a great movie! In an era dominated by the romanticized Dracula (Coppola) and Blade, where vampires basically end up looking like little clay pigeons, Vampires stands out as a pure-blooded vampire flick. The only thing I can say about this movie is:

👍👍👍👍👍

I just watched the trailer for The Ward. It looks interesting. I think there is potential here for a solid Carpenter Flick. The atmosphere seems right. It’s about a girl in a Psychiatric Hospital dealing with some very strange situations. The other patients in The ward , four equally disturbed Young Women , offer no answers. One-by-one The other Girls Begin to disappear and Kristen is left to figure out what is actually happening. It reminds me a bit of some of his older work. I am curious to see how they handle the tension. We will have to wait for the full release to see if it holds up.

Anthony Smith3 said:Just saw a fresh trailer for Monsters...

TRAILER 2

This feels pretty similar to Evolution starring David Duchovny, just turned into a horror movie. Either way, I'm definitely watching this.

ruggedfalcon28 said:This is mandatory viewing! 👍

obviously 😉...I can't wait any longer 😁

ruggedfalcon28 said:From what I can gather—if there is any gathering to be done—there are good vampires and evil ones. The evil ones are those Southern slaveholders who buy people up—not for labor in the fields, mind you—but for their own dinner tables.

It's going to be junk... I can already see it: a young Lincoln heads down South to hunt evil vampires, and along the way he teams up with a good vampire who also happens to be a very sexy Southern lady.🙄

I caught this a few months back, but I didn't think much of it at the time. Now, it’s pretty obvious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58RPS665V0

By the way, you can already see the whole point of this movie: Southerners are just so evil that either vampires are pulling their strings, or they’ve teamed up with them...

feralorca82 said:Frosty 😂
you were getting close 👍

thanks...snowhite 😂...I just realized I totally wasted my shots 😁

Anthony Smith3 said:Actually... IMO Blade 2 is one of those movies that actually outshines the original. A slightly different visual style and approach, an interesting story linking Blade to his arch-nemeses, excellent action... pure enjoyment. I have Guillermo del Toro to thank for that movie, thank God, for having an eye for detail...👍

I agree, the movie is definitely better than the first one. The cast is better too. The only thing is that Blade's "partner" really annoys me. The Reapers are great. They're resistant to everything except sunlight👍. And one more thing. Out of the whole vampire crew, besides Reinhardt, my favorite is that quiet Japanese man, Snowhite, if I remember correctly. He's basically Blade without the guns. Just swords. My only complaint is he didn't get a bigger role.

This is what a real Deacon Frost looks like. Honestly, I’d much rather watch the old guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon_Frost

The movie is just a movie. Not sure where to start:
1. Vampires using sunscreen and wearing helmets to resist the sun 👎>
2. That vampire disco scene where blood gets spilled for no reason 👎>
3. If Blade is such a fraud, how does Quinn manage to survive every encounter with him? Big fail:
4. The vampires themselves 👎>
5. Whistler 👍>
6. That scene where Whistler takes a life and then Blade just meditates before smashing that glass plant box 👍>
7. Blade shows up and Frost starts panicking:
8. Blade on his motorcycle 👎>
9. Blade's whole look, including his sword 👍>
10. The fact that Blade and Whistler aren't the only hunters, and someone actually has to manufacture his ammo:
11. Blade with the sword on his back, and then pulling out his pistol to shoot a cop while people just walk by like nothing happened 👎>
12. Blade using the doctor as bait 👍>
14. The ritual scene is a total flop:
15. Blade shooting the human mercenary even though the guy begs for mercy because he's just doing his job. The message: "You're either with us or against us" 👍>

Rating: 3/5. It's a decent way to kill some time, good for watching with friends, something you might revisit every few years.

I noticed nobody has mentioned Dracula, Shaun of the Dead, or Hot Saddle by Mel Brooks... I'm skipping today's releases... It doesn't mean we've outgrown this stuff, it just means the entire standard for filmmaking has gone straight down the drain.

Richard Wilson4 said:Man, we gotta see this!

exactly!

David Price5 said:Well, it's the Middle Ages. They’re quite similar. :-)

Look, Thirteenth Warrior definitely has its share of supernatural vibes: you've got cannibals who might be descendants of Neanderthals, that old woman who's supposedly over a hundred years old, and the idea that Wendole can only be stopped if we kill their "Mother" and "Leader." Then there's the fog and all that. All in all, it's a good movie—I actually think it's great—even if it doesn't have much basis in actual history.😉

David Price5 said:Then you should probably just go ahead and place the Blood Rain and flesh right there.

I haven't seen that one. Is it that mercenary movie starring Rutger Hauer? Not sure what kind of horror elements are actually in there.

Thirteenth Warrior could probably find a spot here too....