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The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Not Lugosi's best, but still good
As far as horror movies go id have to say this is a b-horror film... though its not really scary in the least. Maybe it's just my liking for Bela Lugosi, but I liked this movie.
And if you like his robot soldier in this movie you can see him again and again in the rob zombie music video "Dragula" dancing strangely in the back ground.
The acting in this movie isn't anything special, neither are the effects, but if you go into a 1939 low budget movie looking for either of those things then you should step back and take a look at why you even bother.
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)
Destruction of Cinema
This movie signals the destructions of low budget independent zombie films...
When you think of it the people that produced this movie tried to do what Lucio Fulci did with his movie "Zombie" aka Zombi 2... He named the title so that it would get attention, trying to make people think its a sequel to Dawn of the Dead, they did the same thing with this movie...
Lemme start by saying that no one should see this movie, if you are in a store and you see this movie on the shelf, "Oh, Day of the Dead 2!" don't get curious and pick it up, don't look at the back of the film case, don't look at the cover... Run away, arms flailing, screaming! And if you own this movie for god's sake burn it. I bought this movie, out of curiosity, in Best buy one day. After i watched it, instead of taking it back i broke the disc in half, burned it, and plopped the remains in the trash(the destruction of the DVD was more exciting than the movie, and it was worth the 15 dollars i paid for it, just to get the satisfaction to destroy it.
This movie takes everything you'd expect from a zombie movie and totally craps all over the genre, if i may call it a genre(and I will because zombie movies deserve their own slot.) The make-up in this movie is horrible, it looked like clay and silly putty, and the organs/intestines in the movie are obviously made of foam rubber. The acting is horrible, when this movie opened i thought they were living in the hospital due to mental retardation, not because they were crazy, or had "anger problems". The special effects in this movie are horrible, i love how the opening is set in 1968, but they're using weapons that hadn't yet been released. And not only are they using "future guns!" but the gun don't fire at all, they person holding the gun acts like there is recoil, which they do very badly.
I am a classic zombie freak, I think zombies should Walk, not run; lust, not think; and moan, not talk... but this movie goes against all of that. The zombies run, the zombies think, and the zombies talk(though the acting is so horrible all you'll here is moaning, when you're laying on the ground crying. BTW, this movie is as much a zombie movie as "childs play" it's more like 28 days, though i hate to compare them, the people aren't zombies so much as they are mutants.
BTW, even the title is messed up, the disease isn't a contagium, a group caught it, in the bathroom >.>, and they are infected, but they interact with everyone in the hospital, yet no one they interact with catches the virus...
I feel bad about writing this, because the scores don't get any lower than 1. this movie wasn't awful, it was a freaking mess from start to end, a train wreck you couldn't help but look at. If someone invites you to their place to watch it, never talk to that person again, they led you down the path of unholy, horrible, movies.
Bruiser (2000)
Great
You all know the plot to the movie, sounds cool right? well its 10 times as cool as it sounds. I love the make up in this movie, its ultra cool how he doesn't just have the regular eyes, he has then covered into small dots, thats just a great effect. I loved this movie, it was gruesome, to a degree. id prefer to the biggest protagonist to die in a much more horrifying manor. Great movie for fans of Romero's and non fans alike, good for you that would like revenge on a cheating GF or a boss you just don't like. Its a good one. I would also recommend Martin, another one of Romero's master pieces. NotLD, DotD, and DotD are the three greatest movies of all time
Against All Hope (1982)
well
I am a huge Michael Madsen fan, so needless to say, i bought this movie without even renting it or anything... This movie was so horrible, i didn't even take it back to the store, i wouldn't want anyone else to be subjected to this human poison, i just threw it in the trash, never mind the money, it was worth the price to be able to throw it away. The acting wasn't that bad, it wasn't good or anything. The story was horrible, and the ending was something i despise. He was a broken man, alcoholic. his life was a bunch of junk. i thought his horse, peanuts, was an awful device to show his childhood innocence, a dog would have been much much better. i also hate religion, so this ending without a doubt angered me. Jesus heals all... i hate that i know people just like this that are huge Christians and catholics, and time will show that god doesn't heal all, or anything. It was a horrible movie, if u have the option to see it, pass, or better yet buy it, or rent it, and throw it in the garbage, and leave the coffee grounds on it in the morning