I do, however, have the other half of my entries for the previous one:
Evil Dead II (1987), in which surviving the night in a demon-haunted cabin doesn’t actually improve one’s situation much…
Goodbye, Emmanuelle (1977), in which our heroine starts to wonder whether this “free love” thing is all it’s cracked up to be…
and…
Martin (1977), in which George Romero gives us a much more satisfying answer to the riddle, “When is a vampire movie not a vampire movie?” than Val Lewton managed to.
I also reviewed some stuff which I somewhat arbitrarily deemed not to make the cut for the roundtable:
American Rickshaw (1989), in which Donald Pleasence predictably makes a quite serviceable sleazoid preacher, but Mitch Gaylord is somehow no Kurt Thomas…
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972), in which experimental theater proves every bit as dangerous as any summer camp…
Frightmare (1974), in which Jackie’s old mum gets into something even more troublesome than Fox News…
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), in which Moustapha Akkad can’t be faulted for not understanding what his audience wants…
and…
She (1983), in which it’s hard to tell what poor H. Rider Haggard is going to need more– a couple aspirin or a tumbler of Scotch.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
#1 by Blake Matthews on May 7, 2019 - 5:19 pm
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Re: EVIL DEAD 2 – I think I liked the first one better, but there’s no denying just how unsettling the possessed moose head is. And it practically ends with the appearance of a kaiju, so that’s pretty cool. Surprisingly enough, I haven’t seen ARMY OF DARKNESS yet.
Re: SHE – Now you just have VENGEANCE OF SHE left.
Re: AMERICAN RICKSHAW – As I commented on another platform: “Chinese sorceress? Rickshaw? The word “American” before a noun referring to something common in Asian culture? And no Martial Arts? Does not compute!
#2 by Sebastian Howard on May 9, 2019 - 10:50 pm
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You should definitely watch Army of Darkness, its just so damn cheesy and good. Its not like a horror movie but more of an action/comedy and I get that some people are pissy that it doesn’t have as many horror elements but the movie makes up for it with Ash turning into a catchphrase shouting badass and its got tons of little innovative scenes like the little mini Ash’s screwing with Ash. For me Army of Darkness was actually my introduction to the Evil Dead series, I think I watched 3 and then 1 and 2.
#3 by El Santo on May 7, 2019 - 9:51 pm
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I think I prefer the first one, too, even though I consider the second plainly superior in almost every department. Given the choice between a serious horror movie and one that plays around, I’ll take the former almost every time.
Along with a silent version or two…
I KNOW!
#4 by Sebastian Howard on May 9, 2019 - 1:47 am
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Super glad you reviewed Evil Dead 2, was waiting on that for forever, glad you liked it because I was afraid you might not have because of the references to the “damnable Three Stooges influence” which is kind of apparent in the movie but not as much as the next sequel. Are you going to be doing Army of Dead anytime soon because that’s my fav Evil Dead movie and I’m curious to see if you like it or not.
American Rickshaw blew my mind though I will say the guy hunting down the Olympics winner was kind of cool. I can never unsee Donald Plesance turning into a fucking pig now.
Halfway through your review of Frightmare, I didn’t recognize the name, I was like oh yeah I’ve seen this. Heard about it on the horror news radio 70s podcast, its a pretty good movie but I will say one of the things I didn’t like it and don’t like about a lot of 70s horror movies is that the main characters never really try to fight back, they just kind of die. I was pretty sure the ending of that implied that she was going to die though maybe I’ll have a second opinion on rewatch.
Glad you reviewed Halloween 4 too, its not a great movie but its probably the best sequel they did until H20.
#5 by goddessoftransitory on May 9, 2019 - 1:49 am
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If you’re interested, the guys over at Red Letter Media have a good review video of Martin. They admire it highly as one of the only films to treat the idea of vampirism as a mental illness (rather than a symbol of mental illness).
#6 by Sebastian Howard on May 9, 2019 - 7:14 am
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#7 by Sebastian Howard on May 9, 2019 - 7:24 am
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Well I guess commenting on your phone doesn’t work for this site as you can see above, I wrote a whole thing about Society and the site ate it and wrote comment…. Great, now I have to do it all over again.
Okay I was trying to say, have you ever seen Society? Its kind of like NOES 2 but instead of Freddy going after the teen its his family and the town. You could definitely get a good review out of it, its weird as hell, basically this kids adopted and he’s living with these sexual, incestual creatures who get off on eating people or whatever through really weird orgies. They’re setting him up for an orgy for his “sister’s” 18th b day. The movies great and its got this poster which would be perfect for your site. https://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/society-1989-movie-3.jpg
#8 by Blake Matthews on May 9, 2019 - 11:45 am
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Yeah, for some reason commenting here from the phone is impossible. I have the same issue.
#9 by Blake Matthews on May 10, 2019 - 4:32 pm
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Did future Emmanuelle films pretend like they were about something? Or were they just smut?
#10 by El Santo on May 10, 2019 - 9:02 pm
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The only one that I’ve actually seen is Emmanuelle IV, and that was some 25 years ago, so I’m going to have to answer this with a firm and decisive “maybe?”
#11 by Sebastian Howard on June 8, 2019 - 5:49 pm
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With that Filthiest People Alive reference, does that mean you’re going to review Pink Flamingos?