Horror > 1987 Horror > Barker, Clive

It can't tear anything apart. Can it?

Advantages: Its a bona-fide scary movie.
Disadvantages: Too scary?

I watched Hellraiser for the first time last night and for a horror-lover like myself, this was long overdue. Perhaps it was down to the fact that i put it off until i could muster a moments peace to dim the lights and watch it alone. This, in hindsight, would prove a harrowing plan. It takes little time in setting the scene and its clear the foundations are being laid bare for the onslaught of sheer terror that ensues. Never has a film had me so ...

thecrust 12.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Hellraiser (DVD)

Thank god I could never solve a rubik's cube!!!

Advantages: cheap, atmospheric, terrifying
Disadvantages: starting to look a little dated

WE WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART!!!! Generally speaking, the Eighties were not good to the horror film. Films made in this decade were either comedy horror's like evil dead, or films that were designed to make you jump, like nightmare on Elm Street. Most times, films like this were not truly scary. More often than not, it was the orchestral soundtrack that made you jump, rather than a particularly scary plot or effect. There were, however, occasional ...
...possible to pull the proverbial needle from the Eighties haystack. One such needle, is Clive Barker's directorial debut, Hellraiser. Barker was not well known. Previously he had written three short horror storybooks called the 'Books of blood'. Although highly enjoyable in their own right, they are more notable for the quote that was published on the front cover. " I have seen the future of horror, and his name is Clive Barker ". When Something like ...

giksy21 26.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hellraiser (Special Edition) (DVD)

a comedy scary movie

Advantages: full comedy
Disadvantages: i dont know

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Review of Scary Movie (DVD)

The Mummy Returns!

Advantages: action/adventure
Disadvantages: non

The Mummy Returns The Mummy Returns is a good action adventure movie and a good follow up from the first movie! General information Running: 131 minutes Category: action/avonture Year: 2001 Director: Stephen Sommers Language: Engels Country: United States Actors: Brendan Fraser as Rick O’Connell Rachel Weiz as Evelyn Carnahan John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep The story The Mummy Returns It’s almost 10 ...
...defeated the mummy Imhotep and now they got an eight year old son called Alex. But at the same time a cult has summoned Imhotep from his dead and his plan is to conquer the world by defeating the Scorpion king. The Scorpion King lived thousands of years ago and was conquering the world with his army. Only when he and his army came into the desert they died of thirst, with only the Scorpion king alive. He called to the God of the underworld, Anubis, ...

JL132 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Mummy Returns (DVD)

The Suddenly Sensation of Supernatural

Advantages: good plot, talented actors
Disadvantages: some parts get a little scary

Supernatural follows the stories of Dean and Sam Winchester. Sam Winchester has made a good life from his curious childhood. Sam is studying to be a lawyer at Standford University and him and his girlfriend are very close. Then, after not seeing each other for years, Dean, Sam's brother, shows up at Sam's room. Dean tells his brother that 'Dad's on a hunting trip, and he hasn't been home in a few days." Sam instantly knows what Dean means. Sam and ...
...hunted ghosts, deamons, and any supernatural being. Sam had run away trying to escape from that life and he told his brother that he wouldn;t join him; however, after a trageic event, Sam and Dean hit the road to search for their father who has gone missing. Throughout their search they hunt down deamons and other beings. Episode Guide: "Pilot" "Wendigo" "Dead in the Water" "Phantom Travelor" "Bloody Mary" "Skin" "Hookman" "Bugs" "Home" ...

secret23 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Supernatural - Series 1 - Vol.1 (Box Set) (DVD)