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The Resurrected (1991)
What a gem of a film
A little bit of bad acting? Too bad.
A bit dated of wardrobes? Too bad.
Trying too hard at first? Too bad.
Outdated special effects? Too bad. So is The Mummy or Dracula in the 1930's.
Okay snobs. Eschew your pretentiousness and faked sophistication. Although new to Lovecraft I am not such an idiot to see a good adaptation when it presents itself regardless of the slight drawbacks.
This film is awesome. Dracula with Bela Lugosi did not go by the novel but it beats the Coppola film any day. No contrived plot of "Vampires Love Too." Like the teenage crap or Ann Rice crap. Dracula was EVIL and needed to go down. Louis Jordan was the best Dracula since Bela Lugosi BTW.
This is good vs. evil. And evil needs to go down.
Don't read plot spoilers on this. Just watch and enjoy the end.
If I was Chris Sarandon's agent? I'd be plugging him as the inheritor of Vincent Price's legacy. He rocks in this film.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
I wanted to kill the parents
Don't leave children alone in the bathtub...EVER
One rule broken.
If the kid is having a nightmare, real or imagined, they get to sleep in the bed with you till morning light. And if some significant other doesn't like it? Too bad. There is a couch.
Two rules of parenting broken.
You shove the child up the stairs of the filthy cellar first. You follow. Then get reinforcements, such as ORKIN, Carpenters, LIGHTS. Then go around and make sure ANY suspicious openings are CLOSED. Mr. Harris got some of this right. (And if the anal retentive father/architect and interior designer gave push back? Safety issues. Period.)
Third rule of parenting broken.
Just general human being rule. What kind of stupid idiot hangs out in cellars going, "Gee, how interesting." I don't know about anybody else but if I got into a cellar OR attic and there are that many cobwebs, Orkin is going in first. Period. No negotiation on this. I lived in a house in England and when we first bought the house, cobwebs in the attic EVERYWHERE. I went up the ladder and went down again. Everyone else jumped around the attic going, "Wow, interesting." Until they found a wasps nest as huge as a hen house. AGAIN, call Orkin. It doesn't have to be the devil himself in the basement or attic, just a mere pestilence neglected for YEARS on end.
Rule broken in this film without shame.
I don't know about anyone else but as a kid I didn't like filthy, cobweb, dusty, scary artifact infested basements. And if of ANY of the ones I saw had any ONE remote area whispering my name I would have ran up the stairs so quickly it would have been at light speed and settled on someplace up a tree to suck my thumb.
That's where the true sensible person is in this film, the eight year old kid.
Next to that, a bloody good yarn. I like the fact the creatures do not turn off the lights by mystical force but actually have fashioned tools! Original.
Except for the stupid parents.
Watch it. It's a frolicking good yarn!
Cutter's Way (1981)
I don't know what everybody is talking about the ending is quite clear.
I liked this film and I liked the performances. But everyone saying the ending is ambivalent is not true.
Plot Spoiler
The rich guy did it. And Bone sees justice is done by making his friend look responsible for it. Innocent people now matter how wealthy and powerful NEVER place sunglasses on their head and go "What if I did?" Folks, get a grip.
The ending is a easy to figure out.
Nice little film noir. No really great themes here except Cutter is Ahab. No one doubts the white whale is responsible for Ahab's wife's death. Just is Ahab going to let it go and live his life?
Another Spoiler
Very few alcoholics kill themselves by arson. And Mo wasn't drunk enough to fall pass out and burn herself up.
It's another event easy to figure event.
The film is still a bit of a Rorschach test. If you are one of those people who believe that rich, responsible people would never stoop to mob levels you will see the events as coincidence. If you are politically minded you will see it as commentary of American politics. If like me and you are into a nifty little film noir you will NOT be disappointed. The Vietnam war stuff is sauce to the goose in Cutter's character allowing the rich, cynical, and selfish to doubt his quest. Which IS very Quixotic - more sauce to the goose. Bone is a selfish playboy who sees everything in shades of gray - until the end. Ha ha - selfish to the bone?
Nicely done. Applause.
Alexandra's Project (2003)
All of these reviews were helpful...
I have absolutely no intention of viewing this film and thank you all for your sacrifice.
I had a bad first marriage...He cheated...I left. Period. No tracking cars, no detectives, zip. No alimony. Just pay the child support and get the EF out. Kapeesh?
No Proof. Not until years later. But I just knew and left. No video tape. I just told him I'm leaving. I told him he treated me like a piece of property and I was gone.
I am a true feminist. I didn't need his alimony or BS. The kids were half his he pays because I put him through school and he earned more money.
Not all feminists are this nuts. We leave and take care of ourselves and our responsibilities.
I will never humiliate myself to see this film.
Once again,
Thank you all for your sacrifice.
P.S. I hope these actors we're well paid. Quentin Crisp: How actors suffer for their art!
Spellbinder (1988)
Ho hum. Tim Daly is good though.
The Wicker Man (original not Nicholas Cage) set in L.A.
Plot twists? Where?
Lovely scenery of LA.
Was nice to see Mrs. Roper - always excellent.
Tim Daly did wonders with an unoriginal script.
Kelly Preston was a rather milquetoast witch. Britt Ekland was much more convincing.
The detective was really wasted. I wanted to see more of him. Actually it would have been an excellent film if they had him on the tail of the cult the entire time trying to save el stupido's butt. But Tim Daly did a really good job of playing el stupido you empathized with him the entire time. I didn't think he was el stupido until the office scene he should have saw that one coming a mile away.
The scene with the secretary being suspicious of Miranda was excellently played you didn't know if she was being catty or just had good instincts. They could have been more ambiguous rather than Satan worshipers or just get really hard core Anton La Vey. But then again La Vey was a joke and anyone who has bothered to read the Satanic Bible knows what a laugh riot it is to read and Pagans have so much more charisma. Pagans are Pagans and Satan worshipers are really just frustrated Christians. Have the hard core detective on their tail with a turncoat priest and this could have been fun.