Horror > 1955 Horror

A Daughter of Horror Hits Skid Row

Advantages: Surreal, weird fantasy; a fascinating one-off
Disadvantages: May be too weird for some

Starring: Adrienne Barrett as The Gamine Bruno VeSota as Rich Man Ben Roseman as Gamine's Father / Plainclothes Cop Richard Barron as Evil One This is one weird film - probably one of the, if not THE, very weirdest you'll ever see. Although classified on Ciao as 'Horror', it really is a one-off that defies categorisation. This 1955 production is a very dark, very surreal, very odd and somewhat disturbing film that, if there was a category called ...
...under. It has far more in common with 1920s German Expressionism and the Surrealist movement, than any modern definition of a horror film. The film consists of a series of frightening experiences a young woman encounters during one night in a bad part of a big city, after she wakes up in a cheap hotel room. There is no dialogue in the movie, just a brilliant soundtrack consisting of cool 1950s jazz, avant-garde orchestral music, and the voice of ...

thereddragon 16.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dementia (DVD)

Classic Soap Opera

Advantages: Brilliant Special effects and intelligent story
Disadvantages: Pedestrian acting by leads

...run away with him but this turns out to be only the start of a fantastical adventure involving travel to alien world and filled with danger and suspense. CAST AND CREDITS Jeff Morrow ... Exeter Faith Domergue ... Dr. Ruth Adams Rex Reason ... Dr. Cal Meacham Lance Fuller ... Brack Russell Johnson ... Steve Carlson Douglas Spencer ... The Monitor of Metaluna Robert Nichols ... Joe Wilson Karl Ludwig Lindt ... Dr. Adolph Engelborg Director: Joseph ...
...Uncharacteristically for many films of this period the relationship between the aliens and humanity is more complex than at first expected. The aliens do not serve as simple ciphers for the communist threat or the dangers of foreign ideology. There are grey areas and the aliens have many redeeming qualities. If one is looking for a moral undertone to the film it is about the futility of war and the dangers of unchecked technological development. ...

Mauri 11.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of This Island Earth (DVD)

Death Note Movie Version (DVD)

Advantages: totally worth to collect
Disadvantages: if you not a DN fan or movie freak, then you will not really interested in it

Death Note (デスノート, Desu NÅto?) is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. The two films were directed by ShÅ«suke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed ...
...as the "Death Note". The Death Note's instructions claim that if a person's name is written within it while picturing that person's face, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, he realizes that the Death Note is real. Soon he is visited by the Note's original owner, a shinigami named Ryuk. After that meeting, Light seeks to become "the God of the New World" by passing his ...

QieRa 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Death Note (DVD)

a review on paranormal activity

Advantages: was really creepy
Disadvantages: it wasnt real

...was really interested in seeing paranormal activity as soon as i seen the trailer for it. i love anything to do with ghosts and haunted houses. paranormal activity is set out to look real like the blair witch project was, its centered around two people a couple called katie and micah. weird things start happening in their house so micah decides to set up a video camera to try find an answer to whats going on. They soon realise that all the creepy ...
...few nights of freaky things happening she decides to call out a spiritualist to their house. as soon as he arrives he senses and evil presence and tells katie shes being haunted and gives her a number of a demonologist to call. katie debates wether or nto to call him and in the mean time freaky things start to happen i dont wana give away to much to spoil it but i found her sleep walking freaky. after a week she phones this guy and as soon as he ...

xlinzixx 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Paranormal Activity

PMS Can Be A Devil

Advantages: Disturbing, chilling atmosphere
Disadvantages: Not all it's cracked up to be; terrible special effects, some laughable bits

...beginning to drastically differ from the sweet young girl she once was. When doctors examine Regan they find that she turns violent and screams profanities at them which she has never done before. Doctors decide that a physiatrist may be the best option for Regan, but when all else fails Regan’s Mother is forced to turn to the church… I wasn’t around when The Exorcist was first released back in 1973 but have heard numerous things about the film ...
...to watch the film but have always been hesitant due to all the harrowing things I’ve heard about it. The film has been named ‘The Scariest Film Of All Time’… fitting? I still don’t know. I have heard about people committing suicide after seeing the film but curiosity got the better of me and surely 36 years after it’s initial release the film wouldn’t be able to achieve the same shock factor would it? That I can’t effectively answer, after seeing ...

Great_reviewer07 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Exorcist (DVD)