William Friedkin's Bug. Man, I got so much crap for that one. So tempted to get Cthulhu just because of the merriment I experience from Juan Piquer Simon and Satan's Blood sounds like a must, great reviews!
I'm a big fan of PM Entertainment action films. I was fortunate enough to interview the 'M' of 'PM' Joseph Merhi last year. He directed my fav film of theirs called 'Rage'. The final shootout was filmed in a mall that was open at the time, so the extras are genuinely frightened of the gunfire. You gotta love pre-911 guerilla filmmaking!
I had Cthulhu Mansion vhs when i was a 4year kid, I guess its one of my 1st great horror movies. Still love it till today and am so hyped its on bluray ! :D
I wouldn't say I liked it, but I didn't think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was *that* bad. Also, I just read Video Night last week and had a great time with it. Thank you. :)
Since I enjoy most exploitation grindhouse flicks which all critics hate (and genre fans love) I will pick a newer one: A Cure for Wellness! In my eyes WAY underrated and just beautifully shot. Best thing, you can either watch it just as an exploitation throwback or even look at the subtext. Some years ago, this one will be a cult movie.
I already mentioned this in my comment on your All the Colors of the Dark review and maybe you can give me a recommandation since you´re a specialist in both genre literature and movies: Do you know any vintage murder mystery book that fits into the Giallo genre (black gloves, bloody kills etc) and is not something by Wallace or Christie? (I already ordered Giallo Fantastique, of course :-))
Giallo Fantastique is really good! And I can say that, I'm only one story of like 15. Hmmm. I guess the books that come to mind then are the modern books *inspired* by giallo, since there isn't much of a historical literary cannon beyond the translated/recovered mysteries you mention. Scott Cole has a semi-parody one called TRIPLE AXE. Very good and funny. And I haven't read it (but have read other stuff by him) but David Sodergren has one called DEAD GIRL BLUES where the cover's a deliberate riff on the old Italian paperback style.
"The Satanic Rites Of Dracula" (along with it's companion piece "Dracula AD 1972"), has long been regarded as Hammer's worst Dracula/Vampire film. However, I've always liked it ! I think the idea of Dracula being a reclusive businessman, whose financing the development of a plague, which will wipe out all life on Earth and cut off his "life blood" and possibly bring about his own end. A really interesting idea, that gives the "Prince Of Darkness" an almost world weary human quality.
The movie Devil by M. Night Sha(don’t know how to spell the rest, don’t feel like looking up) I really enjoyed it the first time around. I thought the twist was good, yet everyone else seems to absolutely hate it. I feel like M Night gets a lot of hate, but it’s mainly because people can’t put themselves in the situations he has created.
@Adam Cesare I am writing a book series inspired by "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H.G. Wells, and it's all because you showed me that anyone (whether they're UA-camrs or not) can write literature. As an upstart, I put a lot of effort and love into this book series and since it's directed towards a young demographic, it has EVERYTHING you would expect from children's horror stories / shows like Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of The Dark. It also has a lot of funny moments, like a nod towards Young Frankenstein, and a brief mention that Kid vs Kat is playing on TV while our main protagonist, a seventeen-year-old boy named Eddie Helms, is being chased by the beast-folk. The mad doctor, Dr. Montgomery Crumb, is viewed as being an awesome villain by my family when I described him to them, he is just like Dr. Moreau but a million times better! I won't spoil what happens in the book series, but the entire series is one of the first children's books to have a more (how should I say...) "Savage" twist ending! Hope you get to review it when book one comes out. ;)
Hey, my friend started collected these and we watched a few together. I'm gonna go to VS soon and want to pick a few up. What are a few of your favorites?
Hmmmm... Blood Hook is def a must. I'd also say The Candy Snatchers, Blood Games, Raw Force, Mausoleum, Penitentiary, Slaughter House. Too much good stuff to even name!
@@AdamCesare hey I went to the archive (their in person shop), I got mausoleum, unmasked pt 25, and psychos in love. I just watched mausoleum it was pretty cool. I will keep these suggestions in mind next time I go! Thanks!
I actually love The Unnamable (1988), Time Walker (1983) and Mausoleum (1983). No body I know has ever even heard of them or when watched them with me hated them. I find them amazing. They're my guilty pleasures.
I'm gonna have to go with Rob Zombie's Halloween 2. Specifically the director's cut. Maybe it's because I'm not the biggest fan of the franchise as a whole (I only vibe with the original and a few of a sequels) but Zombie's H2 is the kind of radical departure I think the franchise needed and it mostly succeeds. I love how absolutely bleak it is. It's take on trauma is wholly unglamorous and unHollywood. There is no play-it-safe moment of light at the end of the tunnel. Some people have terrible, awful shit happen to them and they are not ok. Scout Taylor Compton is amazing in the film and gives one of the most unsung performances in a mainstream horror film of the past 15 years. Yes, I'm going that far. This is a slasher film stripped of all its gleeful exploitation. Instead we get brutal, agonizing kills that are anything but fun times watching an icon of horror kill some teens. Look, I love cheering for Jason, Freddy, Michael, etc as much as every fan - but in the grand scheme of things showing up to these movies expecting not to be challenged or put on edge is what holds the franchises back. Hate the film all you want, but Michael was actually scary again. RZH2 says "No. This isn't gonna be a rollercoaster of fun kills and vapid characters. This is gonna hurt. This is gonna make you uncomfortable." I think, like every fandom, horror fans are often too stuck on wanting comfort food over anything fresh. Just look at the ongoing obsession with the 80s and every other indie horror film going for an 80s throwback gimmick (I'm not knocking 80s horror btw. I adore it like everyone else. But the focus on it has become limiting and shallow imo). This is ESPECIALLY true when it comes to iconic franchises. We will ask for new and different takes out of one end of our mouths but bitch and moan "No, not THAT way!" out of the other. I get it. Zombie's filmmaking voice isn't for everybody. Totally fair. But I think the tendencies people pick him apart for the most aren't as prominent in H2 as they are in other films. I think if fans shed their preconceived notions on what a Halloween films NEEDS to be, they may find more to love RZH2.
The Last Exorcism. Yes, it's contrived, and let down by a terrible ending, but get past the obvious flaws and you find interesting observations about faith and the challenges of treating mental illness.
I genuinely love Hell of the living (aka virus aka night of the zombies aka zombie creeping flesh) but yeah never really found anyone except one person share the same love
OMG 10ROOM BIZARRO, it is thrilling to just see a post here from you. I miss your own channel activity, but more so, I WAS WORRIED about you! Glad you're still out there somewhere. What a relief!
Beautiful cover and illustrations on the Bestiary! I'm sure your words are a great compliment to them. I'm going to check it out.
Iris did an amazing job with all her paintings and sketches. Truly incredible, all the work she put into that book.
William Friedkin's Bug. Man, I got so much crap for that one. So tempted to get Cthulhu just because of the merriment I experience from Juan Piquer Simon and Satan's Blood sounds like a must, great reviews!
Thanks!
Also, BUG and KILLER JOE are late-career masterpieces and I can’t believe that there’s anyone who doesn’t like BUG. Great movie.
I love Bug! It's such a good exploration of the infectiousness of insanity. So good!
What? People shit on Bug? That film is a damn gem.
Amazing library behind you one I could only dream of, have a lovely Sunday 😊
I'm a big fan of PM Entertainment action films. I was fortunate enough to interview the 'M' of 'PM' Joseph Merhi last year. He directed my fav film of theirs called 'Rage'. The final shootout was filmed in a mall that was open at the time, so the extras are genuinely frightened of the gunfire. You gotta love pre-911 guerilla filmmaking!
I absolutely love The Wicker Man (2006). I have been made fun of endlessly by friends,family and coworkers over this.
I had Cthulhu Mansion vhs when i was a 4year kid, I guess its one of my 1st great horror movies. Still love it till today and am so hyped its on bluray ! :D
Have u ranked the puppet master movies
Giby, this comment is *literally* a peek like 1 or 2 weeks into the future. I'm amazed someone's guessed this which such accuracy.
@@AdamCesare also I just bought your book it’s coming in soon
"Graveyard Disturbance" Most people find it boring, I find it cozy.
White of the Eye is a gorgeous movie
I wouldn't say I liked it, but I didn't think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was *that* bad. Also, I just read Video Night last week and had a great time with it. Thank you. :)
Thank you so much for checking out the book! Appreciated!
Since I enjoy most exploitation grindhouse flicks which all critics hate (and genre fans love) I will pick a newer one: A Cure for Wellness! In my eyes WAY underrated and just beautifully shot. Best thing, you can either watch it just as an exploitation throwback or even look at the subtext. Some years ago, this one will be a cult movie.
I already mentioned this in my comment on your All the Colors of the Dark review and maybe you can give me a recommandation since you´re a specialist in both genre literature and movies: Do you know any vintage murder mystery book that fits into the Giallo genre (black gloves, bloody kills etc) and is not something by Wallace or Christie? (I already ordered Giallo Fantastique, of course :-))
Giallo Fantastique is really good! And I can say that, I'm only one story of like 15. Hmmm. I guess the books that come to mind then are the modern books *inspired* by giallo, since there isn't much of a historical literary cannon beyond the translated/recovered mysteries you mention. Scott Cole has a semi-parody one called TRIPLE AXE. Very good and funny. And I haven't read it (but have read other stuff by him) but David Sodergren has one called DEAD GIRL BLUES where the cover's a deliberate riff on the old Italian paperback style.
@@AdamCesare Thanks, I will look these two up :-) And really looking forward to Giallo Fantastique...looks and sounds awesome!!!
I love The Butterfly Effect. Only a handful of people on the internet seem to love it as much as I do.
Love what you love and be proud of it!
"The Satanic Rites Of Dracula" (along with it's companion piece "Dracula AD 1972"), has long been regarded as Hammer's worst Dracula/Vampire film. However, I've always liked it !
I think the idea of Dracula being a reclusive businessman, whose financing the development of a plague, which will wipe out all life on Earth and cut off his "life blood" and possibly bring about his own end. A really interesting idea, that gives the "Prince Of Darkness" an almost world weary human quality.
The movie Devil by M. Night Sha(don’t know how to spell the rest, don’t feel like looking up)
I really enjoyed it the first time around. I thought the twist was good, yet everyone else seems to absolutely hate it.
I feel like M Night gets a lot of hate, but it’s mainly because people can’t put themselves in the situations he has created.
@Adam Cesare I am writing a book series inspired by "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H.G. Wells, and it's all because you showed me that anyone (whether they're UA-camrs or not) can write literature. As an upstart, I put a lot of effort and love into this book series and since it's directed towards a young demographic, it has EVERYTHING you would expect from children's horror stories / shows like Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of The Dark. It also has a lot of funny moments, like a nod towards Young Frankenstein, and a brief mention that Kid vs Kat is playing on TV while our main protagonist, a seventeen-year-old boy named Eddie Helms, is being chased by the beast-folk.
The mad doctor, Dr. Montgomery Crumb, is viewed as being an awesome villain by my family when I described him to them, he is just like Dr. Moreau but a million times better! I won't spoil what happens in the book series, but the entire series is one of the first children's books to have a more (how should I say...) "Savage" twist ending!
Hope you get to review it when book one comes out. ;)
Hey, my friend started collected these and we watched a few together. I'm gonna go to VS soon and want to pick a few up. What are a few of your favorites?
Hmmmm... Blood Hook is def a must. I'd also say The Candy Snatchers, Blood Games, Raw Force, Mausoleum, Penitentiary, Slaughter House. Too much good stuff to even name!
@@AdamCesare hey I went to the archive (their in person shop), I got mausoleum, unmasked pt 25, and psychos in love. I just watched mausoleum it was pretty cool. I will keep these suggestions in mind next time I go! Thanks!
I actually love The Unnamable (1988), Time Walker (1983) and Mausoleum (1983). No body I know has ever even heard of them or when watched them with me hated them. I find them amazing. They're my guilty pleasures.
Unfathomable to me that someone could not like Mausoleum.
What's your favorite horror books?
I freakin’ loved Silent Madness and the digital 3D is killer!
I'm gonna have to go with Rob Zombie's Halloween 2. Specifically the director's cut.
Maybe it's because I'm not the biggest fan of the franchise as a whole (I only vibe with the original and a few of a sequels) but Zombie's H2 is the kind of radical departure I think the franchise needed and it mostly succeeds.
I love how absolutely bleak it is. It's take on trauma is wholly unglamorous and unHollywood. There is no play-it-safe moment of light at the end of the tunnel. Some people have terrible, awful shit happen to them and they are not ok. Scout Taylor Compton is amazing in the film and gives one of the most unsung performances in a mainstream horror film of the past 15 years. Yes, I'm going that far.
This is a slasher film stripped of all its gleeful exploitation. Instead we get brutal, agonizing kills that are anything but fun times watching an icon of horror kill some teens. Look, I love cheering for Jason, Freddy, Michael, etc as much as every fan - but in the grand scheme of things showing up to these movies expecting not to be challenged or put on edge is what holds the franchises back. Hate the film all you want, but Michael was actually scary again. RZH2 says "No. This isn't gonna be a rollercoaster of fun kills and vapid characters. This is gonna hurt. This is gonna make you uncomfortable."
I think, like every fandom, horror fans are often too stuck on wanting comfort food over anything fresh. Just look at the ongoing obsession with the 80s and every other indie horror film going for an 80s throwback gimmick (I'm not knocking 80s horror btw. I adore it like everyone else. But the focus on it has become limiting and shallow imo). This is ESPECIALLY true when it comes to iconic franchises. We will ask for new and different takes out of one end of our mouths but bitch and moan "No, not THAT way!" out of the other.
I get it. Zombie's filmmaking voice isn't for everybody. Totally fair. But I think the tendencies people pick him apart for the most aren't as prominent in H2 as they are in other films. I think if fans shed their preconceived notions on what a Halloween films NEEDS to be, they may find more to love RZH2.
The Last Exorcism. Yes, it's contrived, and let down by a terrible ending, but get past the obvious flaws and you find interesting observations about faith and the challenges of treating mental illness.
Ha! I really like that movie and *particularly* like the ending, so I both agree and disagree I guess.
August underground
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
I genuinely love Hell of the living (aka virus aka night of the zombies aka zombie creeping flesh) but yeah never really found anyone except one person share the same love
I liked Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Dead and both Halloween's that Rob Zombie did and they get trashed in reviews. I liked them.
I seem to be one of the only people who liked Hellboy 2019.
Braid 😈
1983 Mortuary or 1980 The Unseen.
The Dark Backwards. No one seems to get it
I know who killed me
Great choice. LOVED it in theaters.
OMG 10ROOM BIZARRO, it is thrilling to just see a post here from you. I miss your own channel activity, but more so, I WAS WORRIED about you! Glad you're still out there somewhere. What a relief!
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Love it. I have Kim Director's autograph on her Blair Witch 2 Fangoria cover.
Me and a bunch of my friends went to go see shadow of the vampire in the theater. I loved it and they all hated it ......... what a bunch of losers 😐