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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - for viewers included

Advantages: A few good scenes
Disadvantages: Lost the plot - skip this sequel

***Why watched A Nightmare on Elm Street 2*** I originally first watched this A Nightmare in Elm Street 1, and like many other people out there I thoroughly enjoyed the film. After the ambiguous ending in the first film I was unsure where the story would continue in the second film. Luckily for me I watched I pretty much was able to watch the films consecutively. This film was introduced in 1985 (1 year after the first), but I probably watched both ...
...to experience nightmares about about a horribly burnt man in a dirty red and green sweater with razor sharp knives attached to his hands. As the dreams get stranger Jesse's crush and next door neighbours finds his diary and decides to find out who Freddy is why Jesse is hiding his nightmare from her. But the longer Jesse tries to hide his horrific nightmares the harder he finds it to stop Freddy from possessing his body. As the teenagers start to ...

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Review of A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge (DVD)

The original and best version!

Advantages: Good zombie movie with interesting ideas
Disadvantages: Shows its age

This is a decent film in it's own right & stands up well against the other Romero films too. It's quite good start to the film with the fake scare before the opening credits have even rolled & a group of civilians with 1 soldier looking for survivors in what seems to be a ghost town but is full of the living dead. With the return back to the compound you see the civilians are in the minority in an underground military bunker where research is being ...
...There is definitely a big divide between the military & the civilians & quite a lot of animosity and frayed nerves of those living on the edge. Despite it's age this film still looks good, the effects stand up to close scrutiny. The script & acting aren't fantastic, the people playing the soldiers all over-act like crazy playing their characters to the extreme. The scares are still good but not much more. Captain Rhodes is insane with power & his ...

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Review of Day Of The Dead (DVD)

Pfeiffer and Broderick in Bestiality Shocker

Advantages: It is a classic
Disadvantages: The music is a bit dated

...I had never heard of! Ladyhawke what the heck is Ladyhawke? Wait a minute it has got a couple of names in it though Matthew Broderick, (He was in Wargames and Ferris Bueller’s Day off wasn’t he?) Rutger Hauer (He was the cool android in Blade Runner) but who on earth is Michelle Pffeiffer???? Still it looks like it could be fun and I bet Hauer is the bad guy. So £2.50 later I am watching something that will have me in the cinema again the next day. ...
...So me getting my current Ladyhawke fix is thanks to a friend of mine having the DVD in his collection and being willing to loan it to me:) So on Monday afternoon I sat back and relaxed as I met up with a friend I have not seen in a long time to say the least. PREMISE Phillipe (Matthew Broderick) a pickpocket with an over inflated idea of his relationship with God has managed to escape from the hell that is the dungeons of Aquila! This is actually ...

mortimus 10.12.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Ladyhawke (DVD)

Amazing Stories

Advantages: Some great directors and some great stars
Disadvantages: It is a product of the 1980s so some of the special effects seem dated

...created the sci-fi/fantasy anthology series AMAZING STORIES. Taking its name from the science fiction magazine created by Hugo Gernsback in 1926, AMAZING STORIES ran for 45 episodes from 1985 until 1987, and featured a great many well known directors and stars. This is part of the fun of the series - seeing such a range of cast members pass before your eyes. The programme also gave many Hollywood actors the opportunity to direct their own episodes, ...
...Kiefer Sutherland. THE AMAZING FALSWORTH Directed by Peter Hyams This episode a nightclub mind reader who realises that someone in his audience is intent on committing murder. This is an exciting, disturbing episode. THE SITTER Directed by Joan Darling A couple of unpleasant children cause problems for a series of babysitters but eventually get their just deserts when they meet one who uses voodoo on them. This is an amusing episode. I particularly ...

phurren2006 21.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Amazing Stories - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Day Of The Dead

Advantages: Romero zombie film
Disadvantages: Predictable

...fortress. Inevitably, this happens in Day Of The Dead. The film is quite good though, the acting is not of a very high standard, but this is the same with most of the films in the series. Especially the 2004 release of Land Of The Dead. This is made up for by story line and plot, although somewhat predictable, it was the first kind of film that i saw like this, so now, others are compared to it in my opinion. The bonus disc of the DVD contains ...
...documentary, behind the scenes footage and theatrical trailers. All in all it is quite a good buy, although i did pay quite alot for it, it was the last one i needed to complete the series. I would recommend it if you like Dawn of the Dead and other such films. But not if you are looking for something gripping thought-provoking. The film fills the need for something to watch, with its zombie scenes, quite gripping tension and a slight undertone ...

lustba 14.11.2007 · Read full review
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