I haven't updated in...well, forever. So I'm just gonna try to make a series of quick posts to try to catch up-
Haunted Dormitory: White Paper Girl (2017)More Chinese ghost sleuthing shenanigans. Except the ending for this one is even more dumb than the other one. The film is cheesy, but it would at least be a fun cheesy if the subtitles were well put-together. But their not, so it's kind of a chore to watch through this odd Scooby-Doo-like, ghost story.
Cold Light of DayA Docu-drama based on the Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who strangled and killed at least a dozen young men and boys in London between 1978 and 1983. It's not a bio-pic, as it takes too many liberties with the facts, but it's still a very accurate and creepy portrayal of a very disturbed dude. The effects are a little hokey, but they're enough to give you a pretty clear image of the real-life things he did.
MomA movie about a kindly old lady to gets turned into a werewolf/vampire/ghoulish beast, and the dutiful son who tries to keep her out of trouble despite the immense toll it's taking on his own life. It's the kind of horror movie that's not really a horror movie, because it's main focus is on the bond between a mother and her son. It's rather touching if you think about it, really, because that's not something that's often focused on in horror movies. But at the same time those moments really bog down the horror aspects peppered throughout, so the movie walks away with some serous tonal issues.
Within the RockA Made-for-TV Sci-Fi channel movie made in the mid-90s, back when the spelling of the channels name made sense and before it fell into that spectacularly crappy period. This is pretty much an
Alien rip-off, but it's a decent
Alien rip-off, so I'll cut it some slack. But mind you, I only said 'decent'. The story is decent, the cast is decent, and they had a decent enough budget to make the monster look pretty gnarly if you don't stare at it too long. But the plotting has some issues (be prepared for a lot of HOT DRILLING ACTION!), the characters make some
very painfully stupid decisions, and the CGI is utter crap. But thankfully that last bit only amounts to a couple of minutes of footage, so it's not too bad. Overall, not a bad dumb sci-fi movie to waste your time with.
GargoylesOh, look! Another Made-for-TV movie, except this one is from the 70's. It's...not great. But it's also surprisingly dark considering the time-frame it was made in. There also aren't as many gargoyles as you'd expect for a film titled as such. I'm also horribly confused by their motivations. They're supposed to be destroying humanity, but they seem to spend most of their time kidnapping humans, rather than killing them. Very odd. But also very of it's time, considering they added in a random, pointless car chase scene. Oh well, at least the make-up effects were pretty good (thanks, Stan Winston!)
River's EdgeYes, I watch things other than horror occasionally. Be amazed.
This one is a crime drama based on a real-life murder that happened in Milpitas, California in 1981 where a kid killed his girlfriend, showed the body to damn near everyone he knew, and no one said a thing about it for days. Which is basically the plot of this film, along with some included, not so subtle commentary about the dangers of drugs, the moral degradation of today's youth, and, basically, how everyone sucks. It technically counts as a "Teen" flick, but instead of something like
Pretty in Pink, this film's focus is murder and death, and the dangers of the growing ambivalence of latch-key kids. It's got a great cast including Dennis Hopper and a slightly crazy Crispin Glover, though, so at the very least you should walk away either highly entertained or concerned for their sanity.
That's all for now, but I've got, like, 17 more to go, so I'll be back to post more later.