Advantages: A great bargain box set Disadvantages: One week link
...of his movies, contributes to the musical styling, and often acts as a stuntman for more challenging stunts. To celebrate his five decades as a horror movie legend this 5 movie box set celebrates some of Argento's greatest movies.
Suspiria
Susy Banyon travels from America to the Black Forest to become a professional ballet dancer; upon arrival she witnesses a woman acting erratically outside the dance academy, this same woman is later found brutally ... ...of the apartment has met with a similar fate. Susy finds herself the key witness in the death of her woman who would have been a fellow student. As Susy's interest is aroused by the murder she finds herself the target of an unrelenting evil. Special Features:
'Dario Argento's World of Horror' documentary by Michele Soavi: features an in-depth interview with director Dario Argento and comments from the likes of Jessica Harper, Jennifer Connelly, ...
Advantages: Saves you searching around for the usually expensive individual discs Disadvantages: none
...is a masterpiece to behold. The South Korean Writer Director has set the standard for other movie makers with 3 amazing examples of vengeance flicks.
"Sympathy for Mr Vengeance"
A deaf man's (Ryu) sister requires a kidney transplant but the man gets laid off work. Ryu come up with a plan to kidnap his ex-bosses daughter but it goes wrong and spirals into a story of violence and revenge. "Oldboy" Winner of 11 Awards including Best Film and Best ... ...Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film festival. Kidnapped and held hostage for 15 years, Ho Dae-su is released, given money, clothes and a mobile phone and left to track down his captors. Ho Dae-su discovers that although he appears to be free, his captor still has plans for him which leads to a stunning finale.
"Lady Vengeance (Sympathy for Lady Vengenace) Winner of 'CinemAvvenire' Award at 2005 Venice Film Festival.
The final part of the trilogy ...
Advantages: Beautiful to look at Disadvantages: Not something you'll watch repeatedly
...movies Dario Argento's 1977 movie Suspiria is menace filled from the offset. Goblin's musical score that accompanies the movies opening credits is enough to turn those weak in the genre of horror running for the nearest sofa to hide behind. Having escaped the credits viewers are then tormented by Argento's lurid colourings as the movies heroin Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) arrives by plane to a German airport. Argento's use of red from the offset ... ...30 years old stylistically speaking Suspiria looks like it was made yesterday. Argento uses his scenes like works of art, each image on screen is well thought out; and whether it be some sort of stunning set piece, or a beautiful use of colour each scene is 100% perfect. When the term art is referred to the movie world Suspiria must surely be a consideration. The school that Suzy attends is the most colourful set I have ever seen on screen, the walls ...
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Advantages: It comes in a cool "phantasm sphere", which contains four good films - and a bonus disc! Disadvantages: This series may not be for your run-of-the-mill horror fan - it's a cult type of series!
A. Michael Baldwin plays a kid who suspects something is up at the local cemetary - he goes to investigate and finds all kinds of weird things going on in the mortuary at the hands of the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm).
As the series goes on he grows up and tries time after time to escape the Tall Man and try and stop his evil plans for world domination, and avoid death at the hands of "THE SPHERE".
A. Michael Baldwin is replaced in the second film by ...
Advantages: A great performance by Carrie Snodgress Disadvantages: Dated, a bit dull and far too much sumising
...I began watching the movie Ed Gein, Ed Gein is a true life character whose exploits are said to have inspired movies The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence Of The lambs. I never saw the end of Ed Gein, but a recent documentary on Channel 4 inspired me to dig out my old DVD to have a proper look.
The documentary I had seen featured a large amount of newsreel footage showing people in the small town being amazed that Ed Gein had turned out to be ... ...residents of the town thought Ed to be more than a little odd. This is all made apparent within 10 minutes of the movie starting. I have done no research on Ed Gein the character, but obviously this is quite a confusing situation for someone to be in.
Putting the documentary aside and pushing on with the movie, as the feature starts it again features real footage of townsfolk saying they were surprised by the actions of Ed Gein. This is obviously ...
sghawken 03.09.2006 ·Read full review
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