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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 8 2013, 07:21 PM (1,106 Views) | |
| JethroClemson | Jun 8 2013, 07:21 PM Post #1 |
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Mr. Neverdie
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![]() After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police. |
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| MonkeyParadise | Jun 25 2013, 07:30 PM Post #2 |
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Demon
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shouldnt this be in the wes craven's section |
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| Baby Firefly | Jul 19 2013, 05:49 AM Post #3 |
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The Devil Himself
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| MonkeyParadise | Jul 19 2013, 09:04 AM Post #4 |
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Demon
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sounds extremely cheesy |
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| Kitty | Aug 1 2013, 08:22 AM Post #5 |
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Killer's Nemesis
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I should think that dude would look mad..! Several thousand volts shooting through his noggin would make anyone made, tbh!
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| Gorefest180 | Aug 1 2013, 09:14 AM Post #6 |
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Hero
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u mad bro ? |
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| JethroClemson | Aug 1 2013, 08:06 PM Post #7 |
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Mr. Neverdie
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I just remembered that this was a Craven piece. Umm...oops? |
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| Barrybgb | Sep 24 2013, 05:53 PM Post #8 |
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Gay Best Friend
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This is decent. It has entertainment value, but it's not high caliber Wes Craven. Could of been better. I enjoy it though. |
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| DemoGhostface | Oct 20 2013, 07:38 AM Post #9 |
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Random Redneck
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Cheesy fun ANOES-like movie from none other than Wes Craven in what was an attempt for him to launch another similar series with lead villain Horace Pinker. It's cheesy fun and a good watch provided you don't take it too seriously. While it would've benefitted from maintaining a darker tone throughout and dropping a lot of the silly stuff, it's still a good time and is helped greatly by Mitch Pileggi's scene-chewing performance as Pinker and a killer Rock/Metal soundtrack. |
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| Kitty | Oct 31 2013, 01:33 PM Post #10 |
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Killer's Nemesis
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Though I've not heard of it, I recognize Mitch Pileggi (The X Files Assistant Director Walter Skinner). |
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| MonkeyParadise | Oct 31 2013, 05:48 PM Post #11 |
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Demon
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shocker |
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| Barrybgb | Oct 31 2013, 06:58 PM Post #12 |
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Gay Best Friend
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I think we already have a thread for this in the Wes Craven Horror writers/directors section. Anyways, this isn't great. It's not bad. It's entertaining and all, but not top shelf Craven. |
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| Baby Firefly | Nov 11 2013, 07:01 AM Post #13 |
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The Devil Himself
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Oops indeed. I'll be moving this soon. Surprised (and slightly ashamed) that I haven't seen this lol. How is it? |
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| Barrybgb | Nov 11 2013, 08:19 PM Post #14 |
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Gay Best Friend
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John, it's not top shelf Craven, as he was trying to create a new franchise, but it does have some interesting things to make it fun and enjoyable. By no means great. |
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| Scream | Feb 14 2014, 06:19 PM Post #15 |
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Jock
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Good, underrated 80's horror that's a bit over the top.
Edited by Scream, Apr 4 2014, 05:31 PM.
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| The Walking Dude | Feb 20 2015, 11:54 PM Post #16 |
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Dumb Blonde
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This movie was God for me when I was about 13. I had the soundtrack (still listen to it on a pretty much weekly basis),several posters and watched it so much I can still pretty much quote it verbatim whenever I put it on. I even wrote a very lame short story sequel in English class that saw Jonathan and Horace continue their battle in my home town. As I've got older I've come to realise that Craven was most probably taking the piss out of Freddy and ANOES. By 1989 Freddy had reached saturation point. From the way Pinker initially gets his power(out of the TV screen), and his jumping from body to body(every one gets caught up in the fad - not even little kids are safe) right down to the dream aspect, Craven definitely had a point to prove. |
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| Dead Sorority | Feb 21 2015, 04:43 AM Post #17 |
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Sole Survivor
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I'm curious about seeing this |
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| The Walking Dude | May 30 2015, 01:20 AM Post #18 |
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Dumb Blonde
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Scream Factory have a Collector's edition blu ray scheduled for September. I'm filing that under Y for Yoink. |
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| GL84 | Jul 7 2015, 05:12 PM Post #19 |
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Killer's Therapist
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This turned out to be quite an enjoyable and somewhat entertaining entry. One of the better features is the manner in which hes eventually caught in the beginning as the backdrop of the reign of terror and his rampage through the city makes for a pretty effective start to this. That makes the early scenes line the police search at the repair-ship or the encounters among the family's is all rather fun and chilling as they all are built off that early storyline premise. That also works with the later scenes of him now being confronted directly and trying to outwit the killer through the neighborhood which is continued later on when the body-hopping part of the story kicks in. these are just as fun with the park chases being a lot more enjoyable and really fives this one quite a punch in the middle segments. These are enough to make for a rather enthralling time in the finale which is the film's crazies set of circumstances where they begin fighting through the different TV programs and movies which are so much fun and highly entertaining to see them in such classic moments and footage which just adds to the whole appeal of this one. As well, the whole sequence for the prison execution is incredibly fun with the actual execution and escape which makes for a wholly thrilling sequence that has plenty to like about it. These do manage to help overcome the few flaws present, which are enough to hold this down somewhat. The biggest problem here is the rather lame body-hopping storyline which is never explained or developed beyond just the limp which makes all of this poorly developed and quite haphazard. That feeling also ties into the special effects and fantasy part of the storyline as both of these are equally underwhelming since they tie into each other, the fantasy element driven along by the special effects to show the ghosts battling each other and them fighting through the TV shows. It looks back in execution and seems stupid in concept. The last problem here is the rather neutered gore on display, which is very noticeable since the kill count isn't very impressive and is all mostly found after-the-fact without really showing it on-camera. These do hurt it somewhat, but there's more than enough to knock this down somewhat. |
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| Neurotic Chainsaw | Aug 9 2015, 05:42 AM Post #20 |
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Vengeful Victim
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This is such a cool little movie. Wes Craven is a very, very flawed director. We all know it. We all admit to it... But there is one thing we can't deny about him: He knows how to create stylish movies. This, The People Under the Stairs, My Soul To Take... None of them are particularly masterful, but they are all good, stylish, entertaining horror films. None of them try too hard to be something deep, which is why i think Wes succeeds so much. Yes, he is capable of deep cinema (The Last House on the Left is actually a very deep, subtextual film, despite its exploitation roots), but it is in films like Shocker that he really, truly succeeds: The the simply entertaining world of stylish horror. |
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