Horror > 1987 Horror

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 ...

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Review of Hellraiser (Special Edition) (DVD)

Bloody Awful

Advantages: The DVD is cheap
Disadvantages: Story, dialogue, acting, special features

...predictions are not always true. Intruder transpires to be a yawn a minute horror tale in which a group of late night supermarket workers are stalked by an unknown assailant. The problem with Intruder is that its just nothing new, it steals ideas from The Friday The 13th movies, uses named cast in order to add a touch of class to a very low budget and pointless film. There is a bit of humour, which really is not funny at all, but seems to think it ...
...off is just awful, there is no bonding with characters or their tedious acting. The storylines are tied together with the tiniest pieces of string. Then when all hell does break loose its on the whole rather pointless, and worse still they try to keep the killers identity secret, but at the same time developing a pathetic plot that makes it obvious exactly who the killer is. The sets and fashions look dated and I suspect that's down to the fact ...

sghawken 15.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Intruder (DVD)

The perfect modulation of Horror and Comedy.

Advantages: Improves on the original is nearly everyway. Bruce Campbell is the man!. A trumendous blend of genres.
Disadvantages: Your mother might not like it...

...plaudits and cult status THE EVIL DEAD gained after it's release way back in 1981 it was certainly not a movie for everyone (your mom for example). So the movie wasn't exactly a blockbuster and Sam Raimi was still stuck making low budget flicks. So when the studio decided to give him the modest sum of 3 million dollars to make EVIL DEAD 2 he chose to make it less gory and more humorous. An idea that worked surprisingly well, not only did it take ...
...it is common misconception that EVIL DEAD 2 is a remake of THE EVIL DEAD. The truth is that this is indeed a sequel but because Raimi couldn't get the right's to show a re-cap of the first film he shot a simplified 5 minute version of the whole of the first movie and stuck it at the front of this one. Instead of Ash (Campbell) and his 3 friend's, it's just him and his girlfriend Laura who show up at the start of the film. Laura is possessed and attacks ...

moxon123 04.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Evil Dead 2 (DVD)

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)

Time to kick some ass and chew some bubble gum...

Advantages: Flying eyeballs, chainsaws and boomsticks!
Disadvantages: There are no disadvantages, repeat; no disadvatages...

...goes: - *** EVIL DEAD 2 The majority of films have no aspirations for greatness. They have no delusions of grandeur and lack any pretensions regarding content, simply existing to entertain. It certainly doesn’t help if the title features the dreaded number “2” – uh-oh, a sequel – or if the film is associated with the dire eighties gore-filled horror genre. Something went wrong with Evil Dead 2. The words “work of genius” should be guarded and ...
...the put upon Campbell – Evil Dead 2 just works as an example of how to make a film relentlessly entertaining. It even goes so far as to defy most horror movie conventions. A biting satire of the over-saturated horror film market of the 1980s, the removal of “teenagers” and a female lead replaced with the mighty Campbell playing the idiot Ash, is somewhat of a masterstroke. Having the audiences entertainment gauged by the amount of pain and humiliation ...

clownfoot 27.03.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn (DVD)