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Recommended for all vampire movie lovers!!!!!

Advantages: great costuming, acting, script, plot, casting of characters, etc...
Disadvantages: QUite a few things in Louis' story were changed

...when I heard about the Interview with the Vampire movie I was overjoyed and hunted down this DVD. It didn't diappoint me either; even though it changed quite a few of the details in the book. Brad Pitt played a great Louis. I could not imagine anyone else playing that role after seeing him in action. He got every single emotion right, from the malice and hatred for Lestat, to the undeniable love for his little Claudia the child vampire. Tom Cruise ...
...Louis portrayed him as in the novel when narrating his story. One of the scenes I remember the best was a little before they made Claudia into a child vampire, when Lestat danced around with the corpse of Claudia's mother. I was exactly the way I imagined Lestat acting. Kirsten Dunst played a marvelous Claudia; which was what I thought was a very mature role for a child her age at that time; but she captured her character EXCEPTIONALLY well. The ...

RedTape 08.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Interview With The Vampire (DVD)

You would be 'Braindead' not to

Advantages: OTT gore, Humour
Disadvantages: Lionel's annoying voice (not the accent)

Think of the name Peter Jackson, you would assosciate him with massive blockbuster films such as The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy and King-Kong. However in 1992, the same Peter Jackson, made a not so epic, low budget, very dated zombie film. Not to his dis-credit he did an excellent job. The story follows an infection brought to New Zealand, with the carrier being a Sumatran Rat-Monkey. Which then bites Lionel's mother and so the chain continues, ...
...is quite different. Lionel's mother was very upper class, before she got bitten that was, and she has a reputation to keep up. It couldn't have happened at a worse time for her. The very next day she had a meeting with someone who was very important, the leader of the New Zealand version of the W.I. The comedy starts just before dinner as she puts her make-up on and her skin starts to peel off, whilst she pretends there is nothing wrong, like a ...

lustba 13.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Braindead (DVD)

Comedy horror

Advantages: Comical, Michael J Fox
Disadvantages: Overly silly at times

In the small town of Fairwater, strange things are afoot - healthy people are dropping dead like flies. Frank Bannister is thrilled by all this - he is a paranormal investigator and hopes to make a good living out of other people's misery. He works in conjunction with two ghosts, who visit his clients beforehand and pretend to be poltergeists, However, Frank is in over his head for once, because there is a more powerful force in Fairwater, and unless ...
...who recognises that Frank is the only person with the power to help. Will he take on the challenge? Or will it be too much for him? Produced by Robert Zemeckis and directed by Peter Jackson, I was quite surprised that I hadn't heard of this 1996 film before, particularly as it stars Michael J Fox. It was really good to see Fox again - he reminds me so much of my teen years, and although he is perhaps not the best actor in the world, he is certainly ...

sunmeilan 27.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Frighteners (DVD)

Spiders

Advantages: quite funny
Disadvantages: plot,acting and monsters

...trying to geneticly alter some spiders when they suceed with one they name it mother in law.Following mother in laws escape while shes taken aboard a space mission the shuttle crashes causing some intrestfromthe media,mother in law escapes not before gestatinginside one of the space crew and the hunt is on to stop her killing. Its a unique idea for the film but the acting is a laugh and mother inlaw isnt that scary,if you want to add another film ...

daxus100 21.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Spiders (DVD)

This Didn't Shiver My Timbers

Advantages: Raised one or two smiles, and had a decent rock soundtrack.
Disadvantages: Recycled plot, poor acting and too many flaws.

B movies are well known for there over the top acting, shoddy camera work and often nudity. My reasons for renting this however stems from my fascination with anything pirate related. Having hugely enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean, Hook, and Peter Pan, I wanted to see how this would play out. I will tell you now that it certainly didn't shiver my timbers! * Plot * Celebrating leaving school, six teenagers go town to the beach and set up camp for ...
...have some fun, they stumble upon a chest. Having opened it and found it empty, they carry on getting to know each other a little better. Unfortunately for our couple their fun is interrupted when a pirate slices her in half and clubs the bloke to death. With 2 couples remaining, the mysterious pirate then finishes one lot off in an equally gruesome way. The last couple manage to escape and go on the run, only to end up being suspects in the murders. ...

lisa2062 19.10.2006 · Read full review
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