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Screams of a Winter Night (1979)
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The friends soon start to tell each other their own spooky tales, first a real old chestnut about a pair whose car breaks down in the woods, then the story of three fraternity pledges having to spend a night in a haunted hotel and running afoul of green light and lastly the tale of a disturbed young woman going slightly homicidal.
While they tell these tales, the tension between the friends begins to rise as much as the racket the wind outside makes. Even before the last story is told, it has become quite clear that the night can not end pleasantly.
Screams of a Winter Night is an atypical piece of 70s horror, consciously produced to get a PG rating and so eschewing most of the brutality and outright nastiness that dominated the genre at the time and trying to replace it with the mood of campfire tales. The three stories the anthology picture tells are of course less than original, yet some surprisingly good location work and solid acting elevate them above the drab into the realm of the slightly spooky.
The most interesting part of Screams is its framing story though. It starts out like a hundred spam in a cabin films, but slowly rises to an excellent and evocative final ten minutes, using the ordinariness of the tales the friends tell each other to make the tension more real. Simple but great sound design helps to further the film's way into creeping the more impressionable among us out and even the up until then rather unremarkable visual side of the affair rises to the occasion in the end.
For a film that is as little concerned with impressing its viewers with its artistry as this one there are quite a few neat little moments and ideas to be found, most of them, as I learned from Stephen Thrower's Nightmare USA, born of financial need. I was especially impressed by the howling wind and screaming on the blackened screen that accompany the film's main titles, acquainting us with some of the wind spirit's earlier work while costing the production next to nothing. Another budget-caused advantage was the casting of the same actors in the framing tale and the anthology stories itself (playing different roles, of course). It's an unorthodox but effective way to tie the stories together and helps build the tension for the finale quite a bit.
Why this fine example of old-fashioned spook tales hasn't found its way onto DVD until now is beyond me.
Written by: houseinrlyeh.blogspot.com
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']]}The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
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']]}Mausoleum (1983)
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']]}Last Rites (1980)
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']]}Blood Tracks (1985)
A neat-o glam rock band (real-life band Easy Action) head into the snowy mountains to film an artsy video. If artsy means girls with mullets in bathing suits in 2 degree weather, then this movie is pure Van Gogh! I mean, this band is making groundbreaking videos! It’s incredible just to watch the creativity flow. While making this awesomely unrivaled video, some unlucky crew member stumbles onto an abandoned power factory, or something, where this crazed family has been hiding away for the last 40 years. Yup, mom is old as hell and before they took off she stabs some guy (her hubby? I couldn’t tell) and then hid her family away. During this period, the kids got some kind of skin problem as they are all deformed now (frostbite? I couldn’t tell). At any rate, after this guy goes there to record the sounds of an avalanche (he went INSIDE to record the sounds? I couldn’t tell), various people go looking for him and guess what? Dead.
There’s lots of nonsense to be had through most of the proceedings, which I probably would have found charming if I could tell who was who. I do remember the funky blonde groupie/model chick who lures one of the band members into a car and as they’re getting ready for something tawdry, an avalanche buries them inside. Some crew members dig them out and the woman, who is now nude, goes inside and gives some pretty nasty ‘tude to the other girls. She marvels at the erotic-icity (yeah, that’s right) of doing it in the snow!
The cast is pretty large, so eventually there’s this kind of chaotic montage of murder. Some people just die or don’t show up – I think. Oh I give up! This movie is a mess. I pride myself on being able to follow these kinds of movies, but Blood Tracks had me stumped. It’s simply ponderous.
I will say that although Blood Tracks is not terribly gruesome, is extremely hard to follow and it’s all pretty friggin’ silly, if you watch it in a crowd it’s a killer movie. Otherwise, it’s an endurance test. If the drinks are flowing and your friends are fans of MST3K, then Blood Tracks is a sure fire success.
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']]}The Abomination (1986)
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Relatively forgotten rape-revenge flick centering around a woman who, after a brutal gang rape, starts to have visions upon returning to the normalcy of her life and ultimately goes...demented!
This one wastes no time as within the first three minutes the initial rape occurs. Afterward we flash forward a bit and learn the rapists are serving time with Linda (the boobie-equipped Sallee Young) traveling home with her husband (porn star Harry Reems?!?). Then the viewer mauling of over fifty minutes of exposition settles in. During that time, Mr. Reems proves to be the best actor in the film and Young sounds like a 12-year-old girl's impersonation of a mouse. Also casual rape jokes are ace, man! The climatic meltdown isn't quite worth the wait, but Young's performance noticeably improves as a cleaver-welding seductress. Wish that would have occurred more towards the halfway point with much more blood. What we end up with is a so-so straddle of reeeeeeaaallll average.
Best off listening to David Hess commanding to "piss your pants" once more.
Film: 4.5/10
VHS Picture: 5/10 (good considering the tape is quite old)
VHS Sound: 3/10 (gotta love thahissssssssssssssssssssssssssssss)
VHS Picture: 5/10 (good considering the tape is quite old)
VHS Sound: 3/10 (gotta love thahissssssssssssssssssssssssssssss)
Review by: ghoulbasement.com
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']]}The Demon Murder Case (1983)
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']]}Burned at the Stake (1981)
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']]}Unmasked Part 25 (1988)
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Some gravity-defying being is killing women in Sydney, Australia, and removing their eyes. The only hope of catching the fiend lies in a hapless man with a psychic link to the killer, who is soon suspected of the crimes.
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Director – Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring – Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, Linda Newton
From the land down under comes Out Of The Body, a by the numbers but nonetheless somewhat entertaining low budget horror movie. Oh, it’s cheesy and the acting a tad overdramatic but there is far worse out there. The pacing stays steady and there are quite a few kills, the blood and gore not too bad. So is this something that you should see? Do you like astral projection, possible ancient Egyptian curses and watching a man slowly go insane? If you answered yes to any of the above then this just might be for you.
Our movie starts out with some nighttime shots of Sydney harbor followed by our hero, David, and his girlfriend making love. Afterwards they fall asleep and David has what will be the first of many premonitions.
A young lady leaves work and heads down to her car in the parking garage. Pretty normal until a mysterious fog appears out of nowhere and a couple of wooden beams crash to the ground. She makes a mad dash for her car, only to be lifted high up into the air as she reaches for her keys. The car alarm goes off and a security guard and his dog come running to find out what is going on.
Nothing much, just the lady hanging some forty feet up, dead with her eyes gouged out. As the security guard desperately tries to open a door to climb up to get to the lady his dog dies from a sudden heart attack. Just who or what is responsible?
The police aren’t quite sure. The one thing they don’t want to hear is David’s pleas that he can see the plight of these poor women and that he knows who the next victim is going to be. Problem is he blacks out before he sees them die so he’s not really sure who or what is responsible. But how in the world does he know this? Suffice it to say it doesn’t take long for him to be a suspect.
Coming to the rescue is David’s girlfriend. She knows better, having spent the last couple of years immersed in ancient Egyptian studies. She explains to David that he must have the ability to do some astral travel, a neat way to be in two different places at the same time. At first David shakes off the notion but soon discovers, with the help of a psychologist, that she may be on to something. And as the body count rises, he may be the only one to stop the murders.
Out Of The Body isn’t all that bad of a movie. You’ve probably seen the plot before as it’s been done a lot over the years but aren’t most horror movies rather similar? So aside from the basic plot, how does the rest of it hold up.
The director, Brian Trenchard-Smith (of Leprechaun 3 and 4), keeps the pacing steady and manages to squeeze in a decent number of deaths. There are no real scares, no make you jump out of your seat scenes but the kills are actually not that bad. Basic but with a decent amount of blood.
The acting can be a bit over the top, especially from our lead, David (played by Mark Hembrow). He screams and yells, emotes and sweats profusely at all the right times, which if nothing else makes for an interesting watch. A couple of amusing scenes has him playing a keyboard at his home, trying to come back to some sense of reality by way of the power of music. The music is synthesized and reminded me a lot of Yanni. Never thought I’d say his name in writing a horror movie review.
In the end I would have to say see this but only if you can catch it for free and you have nothing else to do. It’s a decent horror movie that does have a couple of pretty cool scenes. But for some they won’t be enough to overcome the rest of the movie.
Written by: horrornews.net
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Other than saying that Cassandra is about a young woman who is experiencing visions of horrors that she's not sure really occurred or not, I would rather not describe the plot. Much of the effectiveness of the movie hinges on a gradual realization of what's going on and what the various characters' roles are. However, just so you're not completely in the dark (if you're reading this trying to decide whether you'd like to check out the movie or not), the premise concerns an upper-middle-class Australian family with apparent marital problems. The husband, a photographer, is having an affair, and the wife, a fashion designer, always seems uncomfortable, although we don't know why exactly. Cassandra is their daughter, and her nightmares are getting worse and interfering with her daily functioning.
The first half creates and continues to build a strong sense of foreboding. Although it alters somewhat when the first `real time' killing occurs, the alteration is equally successful, as the foreboding evolves into a story of increasing distrust that conveys the sense of the floor falling out from underneath you that is inherent in distrust. The last third or so - when it turns into a more by-the-numbers stalker story - is a bit less engaging, but it still works.
Cassandra is a lower-budget film with a minimum of sets/settings, but those that are there are used to maximum potential. Particularly captivating is the "old farmhouse" seen in both black and white (in Cassandra's nightmares) and in color at different times. The farmhouse comes across like an evil Andrew Wyeth painting come to life. Also particularly effective is the score, which in its minimalist and slow-moving way, is as responsible for buildling tension throughout the film as any other element.
Any horror fan who doesn't need constant action and gore to be entertained should seek out Cassandra on video, as well as anyone else who enjoys films that masterfully create various atmospheres of unease.
Written by: Brandt Sponseller - classic-horror.com
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']]}Ghosthouse (1988)
AKA: La Casa 3
This Italian haunted-house outing begins with strange, paranormal emanations being picked up as radio signals by a group of Boston youths, who trace the signal to an abandoned estate. When they enter to investigate, they are attacked by the malevolent spectre of a young girl and her sinister-looking clown doll, who manages to decimate nearly the entire cast. The ensuing mayhem incorporates some of the goriest effects ever to grace a haunted house film, including axe murders, acid baths, impalements, and decapitations -- the nastiest of which features an unfortunate teen bisected by a falling pane of glass. Despite a fairly rich atmosphere and an ominous mood, this is really just a prolonged excuse for gruesome (though, admittedly, well-staged) giallo-style death scenes. After a spooky initial setup, the endlessly repeating musical ghost-message becomes profoundly annoying. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
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']]}Bodycount (1987)
Italian director Ruggero Deodato is best known for his notorious Cannibal Holocaust and the brutal action film Inferno in Diretta. In this derivative slasher entry, Deodato shows very little of the vicious realism which distinguished those films. A group of average teenagers vacation at a campground run by the vituperative David Hess (Last House on the Left) and his wife (Mimsy Farmer). The teens are murdered one by one by an unseen killer, and the massacre turns out to be the result of Farmer's adulterous affair with local policeman Charles Napier years before, which caused her son to go insane. The main attraction of this film is its cast, which also includes horror veterans John Steiner and Ivan Rassimov, because although Deodato generates a fair amount of suspense in the murder scenes, the effect is weakened by the overly familiar structure. Hess and Farmer are typically strong leads and Napier is at his two-faced best, but Camping del Terrore remains one of Deodato's least interesting films. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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']]}Skull: A Night of Terror (1987)
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']]}The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
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