Official Halloween Countdown Horror Thread yr6

JOY!

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
Directed by Jonathan Levine

A very surprisingly enjoyable slasher film with a great twist even if it's somewhat predictable. The gorgeous Amber Heard stars as Mandy Lane, a girl who was a social outcast but got hot over a summer. She's invited to a ranch by the popular kids and slowly, somehow, they get whacked off one by one. I could've worded that better.. they die. It has a slick '70s horror throwback vibe, maybe due to the low budget, but also the soundtrack and camera techniques. I thought this would really suck since it's been on the shelf for three years trying to find a proper distributer.

7/10

"Die with me!"
"I'm going to finish high school first."

Trick' r Treat!? Finally!? Woooooooo!

I remember reading George A Romero was working on another zombie movie "Island of the Dead" is this legit or what?

Is "...Of the Dead" out?

Its scheduled for a 2009 release, but I've head nothing else on it so far other than the cast list.

Yeah man, speaking of Sam Raimi, I watched Darkman today. It probably counts as a partial horror movie, because it's got all the whacky crazy Raimi Evil Dead camerawork down pat like a greatest hits album... and Bruce Campbell makes it in for a cameo.

And that's an awesome movie to see too if you really liked those Evil Dead movies. It's nice to see how he evolves from something like Darkman to Spider-Man.

Just saw my bloody valentine 3D, would have been terrible without the 3D, but with it, an awesome, fun, film.

I want to see it, but only in 3D. So downloading's probably out of the question. Maybe a rental copy will make do.



Dead & Breakfast (2004)
Directed by Matthew Leutwyler

I checked this out after rave reviews from a horror-crazed friend of mine, and the fact that I live in the bed and breakfast capital of the world. The plot is absurd, a small hillbilly town gets possessed by an ancient chinese curse and a group of visitors has to fend them off in multiple gruesome ways. The gore is impressive for such a low budget film, and the third act is filled to the brim with fake blood. The very cool and underused Oz Perkins (son of Anthony Perkins) needs more roles, and David Carradine plays the B&B owner who dies pretty quick. Too soon? It's also pretty hilarious at times, and it's actually meant to be intentional. It's a really bad movie, good thing I adore cheesy horror flicks.

5/10

"Well! Ain't you about as handy as a pocket on a shirt."