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Night of the Demons (1988)
First of all, I love cover designe of this movie.
Absolutely iconic as well as Mimis's seductive dance. I was just mesmerized how good this scene was, and what kinda of atmosphere it creates. It was sexy, it was dirty, it goes perfectly with the song in the background and work of the lights.
This production is rather cheesy and has predictible plot, yet is another example of 80s cult movies. However, more or less in halfway, plot becomes a little bit one note, and I wish there was slightly different ending.
I also appreciate diversity in characters despite that some of them were just annoying and acting in general is not very strong point of this movie. I was not impressed especially with role of the scream queen - Linnea Quigley. Her over sexualized, pinkish, girly character obsessed with make up was the worst, in my opinion. Most of the time she was just shaking her ass and beating her lilps with another layers of lipstick and everyone's cock was getting hard because of her but...let's be real, she looked like women in her mid 30 changed into some toddler dress. I also don't understand what the scene with pushing lipstick into her nipple supposed to mean, but who am I to judge 🤷
The gore is on point as well as surprisingly good makeup effects but once again, they could have gone just a tiny bit further with this.
I enjoyed dark plot twist at the ends but it left me wondering how anyone could possibly not feel lazor on the tongue while swallowing piece of pie🤷
Overall, I was not particularly impressed but I enjoyed watching it.
Waxwork (1988)
"Would you like a closer look?"
Is it scary? NO!
Is it funny? Questionable🤔
I do appreciate all the references to well known horror classics and I really enjoyed they way it was produced. It was a clever idea to create separate stories based on the certain wax figures, it makes the whole piece interesting. The acting is okay, but not mind blowing, there were some better and worse characters, especially if it comes to younger actors. However, I consider this rather simple plot actually the weakest part of the movie. In between the stories from the museum I was pretty bored and I was also kinda loosing the illusion behind the wax figures because you can actually see in some scenes how they're moving while trying to remain still. It's pretty cheesy as well, but I guess that the whole charm of 80s productions. The ending falls flat for me. So basically, the owner of the museum made an pact with the devil and by completing his displays he wants to bring the world to an end, right? #choices it's definitely strange but still watchable and enjoyable, it has a potential but wasn't carried out the way it could.
Kingdom (2019)
👌👌👌
This is the first serie in a long time I felt very obsessed with and I consider this as one of the 💎 you can find on Netflix.
This is basically Korean version of the zombie plague in medieval times. I really appreciate the concept and uniqueness of the serie. This zombie theme is different than popular, a little bit overated one. A lot of movies about gut eaters are basically one and the same thing with occasional twists such as extra speed or some sort of inteligence, whatever. This one is different, and I truly recommend this to every zombie fan. Also, the scenerio itself plus the great acting and characters make this serie special. There is just so much effort invested in this production, but I would understand if for some viewer the plot is moving forward too slow. Besides, I have seen already few other productions played by Ju Ji-Hoon and I consider him an very interesting and talented actor.
I think the first season was better than the second one, which is focused more on the political aspect of the conflicts between Prince and Cho Hak Joo, which not everyone might enjoy as much as the action from first season. However, both of them are really, really good. I also like how the reality of the poorest and low born looked like at that time, which was really rough. I mean, I'm not so sure if it was really that bad, or is it a little bit exaturated but it makes the whole serie so deep and ruthless. There were obviously few things I was not pleased about, mostly in second season which might seems a little bit lost sometimes, and I feel truly disappointed with 2 last episodes. I mean, I can't wait to see the third season but the way they ended up the second one was completely not what I was expected, besides, my second favorite character turned out a traitor and died ðŸ˜
The Night House (2020)
This is actually not so bad movie
I was kinda positively surprised after watching it. I really like mysterious vibe, and dark picture, also the acting of the main actress is quite pleasing, I don't recognize her that much from many different productions, not that I recall, although I do think that she was a little bit one note. I find this whole aftermath behind her husband's suicide and how "Nothing" was playing tricks on her mind very interesting. Unfortunately, in my opinion the action is moving rather slow and is just a little bit boring sometimes. For such a long movie the plot is quite short, the movies is unnecessary dragged out. Dialogues aren't actually that much impressive, and there is no variety if it comes to the characters.
The final scene could be handled out a little bit better, but I guess I just like to be picky if it comes to the final scenes. So far it's kinda obvious that "Nothing" is some sort of the demon but it's not said straight. I also don't like the fact the ending leaves a lot of guestions behind. Why? Why all of this? Why "Nothing" wanted her dead? Why he wanted her husband to kill her instead of trying to get her on his own? And if he was so determined to kill her, how is it possible that he actually really let himself to be fooled by the husband giving him all those innocent girls souls? Isn't that a little bit naive for a demon?
All in all I still consider this production quite decent, however, I would not watch it again🤷
The Bat (1959)
"When it flies, someone dies!"
Vincent Price in interview from '87 confessed that the only reason why he decided to take the role, was because of a play he had seen as a child that terrified him. He hoped the filmmakers would rise to the occasion but unfortunately, the script was not good 🤷
Well..maybe it wasn't, but the film works beautifully with light and shadows, it draws you into the mystery, and the murderer himself is not that obvious. I like such movies which steer the viewer's mind in a particular direction just to surprise him later. I also like the kind of humor found in some old horror films, such as this one, and it's great that this movies in black and white, because it fits the concept. A great scene with the murderer's shadow on the wall reminds me a bit of a shot from the Freddie Kreuger movies. I was also pleasantly surprised by the lead actress, although the scene with the loss of air in the hidden room was a bit of a stretch, but I liked the action with the cop and Lizzie looking for her, btw, Lizzie was one of my favorites characters. Apropos 'the stretch'... there are a few things, obviously, that could be complain about, like for example the most comical and grotesque looking bat ever, but you can turn a blind eye to it, because it appears only a few times and doesn't spoil the overall impression. The film ends brilliantly, and Corneli's last monologue sent shivers down my spine.
But I am unsatisfied! There could have been something even greater out of it.
White Zombie (1932)
First movie with Zombies in the title ever.
And it's brilliant👌
I'm not surprised that Bela Lugosi played such an iconic character as Dracula. He was a great actor, and also his expressions/face features are, in my opinion, very suitable for horror movies. He had such a magnetism that it's impossible to stop watching him.
Does this production have shortcomings?
Sure it does, but the film is almost 90 years old, and for such possibilities of cinematography in the 30s the film is GREAT, made in such a theatrical style.
What captivated me the most was the great music that wonderfully enhances the atmosphere, everything was completed beautifully by Lugosi with his character of the cunning Voodoo master, who turned people into zombies, making them his slaves. "Zombies" themselves were brilliantly characterized, they looked really "corpse-like" and kinda creepy, and I liked Lugosi himself in this role probably even more than as the famous Bloodsucker. I also like that the concept of "zombies" in this movie is different from the generally popularized one of mindlessly eating human guts. In this movie, they're like marionettes, disconnected from their own consciousness, controlled by Legendre, and their only chance of liberation is for someone to kill the man who does this to them. Some plots could have been explained, such as the relationship between Madeleine and Charles, or between Legendre and his "slaves". In one scene he even mentions who they were before the transformation, that he tricked them, and the most dangerous looking one of the "pack" was an executioner who was even supposed to carry out the execution on Murder himself.
Really, worth watching.