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| Baby Firefly | Apr 13 2013, 07:58 AM Post #1 |
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The Devil Himself
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![]() During a New Year's Eve celebration, a Punk Rock & New Wave show host gets a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered--and she will be the last one. |
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| Cherry Darling | Jan 1 2015, 06:55 AM Post #41 |
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Killer's Accomplice
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Yes. There would have to be a Yvonne-like character in the remake. Complete with her epic hair and all. |
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| Baby Firefly | Jan 1 2015, 06:57 AM Post #42 |
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The Devil Himself
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YES! Those beads >>> All of the other fashion choices in this. The main chick's makeup grew on me eventually though.
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| Scream | Jan 2 2015, 04:54 PM Post #43 |
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I finally just watched this, pretty good slasher flick. 6/10 |
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| Baby Firefly | Jan 2 2015, 07:05 PM Post #44 |
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Yeah, I was WAY too hard on this the first time I saw it. I really don't know why I remembered it as being a boring mess with totally godawful (and bloodless) deaths and only four kills total.
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| GL84 | Dec 8 2015, 04:42 PM Post #45 |
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Killer's Therapist
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Overall this one doesn't have all that much going for it. One of the many problems here is the fact that this one comes off as a bland, boring thriller which just takes so much out of the film. The fact that the premise doesn't really hold up that much is the main element against this one which is the biggest problem against this. By using a series of utterly obnoxious story lines is where that tends to fall as the different story lines really don't make any sense. There's really nothing about the killers' motive that makes any sense as to why that would initiate a slashing rampage of this caliber as the psychotic reasoning is just inane, seems to make even less sense the longer it's presented and tends to hold off plenty of uneventful moments. The fact that the premise isn't really all that spectacular enough is the prime motivator here which requires a lot of excess scenes along the way to hold itself up, some of which is found by it being dragged out indefinitely with a series of endless and utterly innocuous songs that really aren't that great as well as the fact that there's just not a lot of suspense to be wrung out of the film makes this one feel all the more boring. There's hardly any real interesting stalking here as these not only show off the killer's identity from the very start which leaves no mystery about that part of the storyline, the set-ups for the most part aren't that thrilling and the method of being killed with a small knife doesn't inspire loads of fear or provide this with tons of gore. As these are the main scenes here for the majority of the movie, that only hampers this one by keeping its main storyline from being all that interesting and enjoyable. These here do damage the film enough that the few bright spots aren't all that impressive either, starting with the big series of action and stalking in the movie-theater parking lot with the bikers being quite fun for the extended action chasing on display. There's some tense moments woven in as well, while the procedural efforts to contain him result in some rather entertaining efforts. The other area for this one was the stalking and tormenting featured in the finale which managed to get some great times here with the utterly cruel and equally ingenious tactic of wrapping a steel chain around the neck and tying it off to a moving elevator along with the fine stalking of the police against the killer to be found here is about all that works here. Otherwise, there's not a whole lot to get worked up over. |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Baby Firefly | Dec 30 2015, 06:40 AM Post #46 |
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Watching this now. I always forget how cute (and strange) the son is, lol. |
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| Lon Of The Dead | Dec 30 2015, 06:43 AM Post #47 |
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I've only seen this once but I remember thinking that while it wasn't great, it wasn't as bad as others had made it out to be. It's been quite a while, though. '93 or '94, I think. |
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| Baby Firefly | Dec 30 2015, 06:43 AM Post #48 |
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I try to watch it every December. ![]() "Call me EEEEEEEVIIIIIIL" Edited by Baby Firefly, Dec 30 2015, 06:44 AM.
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| RIP | Dec 31 2015, 03:58 PM Post #49 |
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King of cheesy movies
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I will try to watch it sometime today. I have it on vhs and dvd. Very corny film! Here's a review for it on hysteria-lives: http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/new_year's_evil.html |
![]() ![]() "The 28th day she will be bleeding again and in lupine ways I'll alleviate the pain, unholy water sanguine addiction our last blood benediction.......Hey Wolf Moon" - Type O'Negative | |
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| OldLaughingLady | Dec 31 2015, 09:25 PM Post #50 |
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Innocent Virgin
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I need to watch this one soon. I know it came to Blu Ray semi recently. Need to pick it up. |
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| Baby Firefly | Jan 1 2016, 05:06 AM Post #51 |
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I've always been surprised that that HysteriaLives reviewer pretty much hated it, haha. I love that site though. |
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| GL84 | Mar 28 2016, 03:49 PM Post #52 |
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It's one of the few times Hysteria Lives and I are in total agreement over a film. I have the same issues with this as they do. It's really not that great of an effort. |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Baby Firefly | Jul 30 2016, 09:27 PM Post #53 |
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Bluray Contents: Movie: 1:25:35 Commentary: 1:25:35 Trailer: 1:45 Making Of: 37:15 |
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| Repo | Jul 30 2016, 09:28 PM Post #54 |
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Bitch
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Not seen, but i hear this is really fun |
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| Toyland Chairman | Jun 22 2017, 06:33 PM Post #55 |
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Sheriff
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Got the Blu-Ray. Some good special features. First time in years I watched film other than New Year's day. |
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| Toyland Chairman | Jan 2 2018, 10:48 PM Post #56 |
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An underrated slasher, and one of the best of Cannon Films' earlier works. I'd recommend the Blu-Ray just for the features, but just see the film whenever or however you can. I watch it every New Year's. Edited by Toyland Chairman, Jan 2 2018, 10:49 PM.
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