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Worshipping the devil

Advantages: Interesting story, Johnny Depp's in it
Disadvantages: Not Depp's best performance

...Boris Balkan to hunt down the last remaining copies of a satanic manuscript, with the aim of then working out which of the copies is the authentic version. Corso soon realises that other people are after the copies and they will not rest until they have them. His hunt takes him to Europe, where he is shadowed by a woman who appears to be on his side, but then again, who knows? Strange, supernatural things are happening and Corso finds himself in ...
...Johnny Depp is one of the most versatile actors I can think of. He does comedy, horror, drama, musicals...and each time, he is outstanding. In The Ninth Gate, I think I've finally found a film where he didn't meet my expectations. Part of the problem, I think, is that Dean Corso is not a pleasant man. He is greedy, selfish, and, judging by his neat facial hair and glasses, is also quite vain. Depp plays the role well and, to be fair, I don't think ...

sunmeilan 14.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Ninth Gate (DVD)

''Never sleep again..'' A Nightmare on Elm Street

Advantages: Clever Original /Great Slasher /Horror
Disadvantages: None worth mentioning

...even though the film is a certificate 18. From what I could gather back then, from the way that kids were trying to scare the hell out of each other while re-telling bits of the movie,Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) was a very bad and scary character from a horror movie which it seemed only the 'cool' kids of the class were either allowed to have seen or were brave enough to watch sneekily behind their parents backs. I however, being the sort of ...
...back just incase it had a bad word or mild violence etc ... was not ever gonna get near a movie like this , and to be honest, all the other kids talking about 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' probably scared me enough into not wanting to see it back then at age 10. I spotted this Brand New 2 disc special edition on eBay for £2.99, so of course I snapped it up. So finally at age 29 I was able to see this movie for the first time. For some reason I had ...

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Review of A Nightmare On Elm Street (Special Edition) (DVD)

Not the ideal Christmas present for your kids.

Advantages: Great horror with a few good laughs
Disadvantages: Can get a little to silly in parts

...film used a seemingly innocent child's toy as a sadistic unstoppable killing machine. **BRIEF PLOT** When detective Mike Norris, (played by Chris Sarandon) pursues and corners Charles Lee Ray, {aka 'Chucky'}, the evil "Lakeshore Strangler," (played by Brad Dourif), Ray unleashes more than he can handle as before he dies he uses an ancient voodoo ritual to transport his soul into a nearby child's toy 'Good Guy Doll'. Meanwhile, a young boy named ...
...maniac being a funny looking child's toy. 'Chucky', as the doll likes to be called, turns out to be a dab hand with a hammer and a hunting knife whilst still looking like a little lovable cuddly toy. Although not something you'd want in your home, especially near the kitchen knives. It is another movie of good verses bad, cops verses robbers, but with a bit of a difference as the 'bad' 'robber' is something out of the ordinary, in fact, totally ...

blissman70 05.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Child's Play (DVD)

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep Those Bonces Rolling !!!

Advantages: Johnny Depp!! Oh and a great creepy film
Disadvantages: Ending is a little messy

SLEEPY HOLLOW 1999 DVD REVIEW Starring:Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lee, Martin Landau, Michael Gambon, Jeffrey Jones, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gough, Ian McDiarmid, Casper Van Dien, Richard Griffiths, Marc Pickering Special appearances by Christopher Lee and Christopher Walken Director Tim Burton Composer Danny Elfman Costume Designer Colleen Altwood Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki Editor Chris Lebenzon ...
...century and the people around Sleepy Hollow, a small town in lower Westchester county, are in fear, fear for their lives -there's a menacing apparition patrolling the woods chopping off heads willy nilly and terrifying the local people. Enter Ichabod Crane (Depp), a scientifically minded, squeamish, bookish fusspot constable dispatched from New York to investigate the brutal slayings. Crane stays at the Van Tassel estate, home of the beautiful Katrina ...

oldchem 22.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sleepy Hollow (DVD)

Chucky should have just stayed in his box!

Advantages: Very gory
Disadvantages: Fails to be funny, lacks excitement

...that has changed it seems. Bride Of Chucky, the fourth in the set, plays like an unfunny comic version of the Child's Play films, where a doll infamously known as Chucky is revived by an attractive woman named Tiffany from police headquarters where the doll's remains were held. Little do we know that this is actually the surviving girlfriend to the spirit who inhabits the Chucky doll, named Charles Lee Ray, a viscous killer who was put to death years ...
...the messed up world of Bride Of Chucky. There's still that typical slicing of victims Chucky is so famous for, but aside from that, the chemistry between both dolls is supposed to offer humor on the side as well. In one scene, where Chucky attempts to engage in sexual activity with Tiffany, he stops at one moment and exclaims, "I need a rubber." But why? They are rubber! This is about as good as the humour gets. It's very disappointing. However, ...

antonio79 05.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Bride Of Chucky (DVD)