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Their Thoughts Can Kill

Advantages: Classic Cronenberg horror
Disadvantages: No special features, can be confusing

Scanners is an unusual movie from the now acclaimed director David Cronenberg. Before Cronenberg hit the mainstream his focus was always on horror, shining examples being Shivers and Rabid, both shot in and around Toronto and Montreal, places he considered home. On his first rise of power in the directorial stakes came Scanners, a significantly different horror movie, that seemed dated even from its release. Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is effectively ...
...so collecting an army of Scanners to do his bidding and get revenge on those who created them. Scientist Dr. Paul Ruth (Patrick McGoohan) has been desperately trying to get to the bottom of Revock's power over other Scanners, and now with Cameron in his care he seeks the opportunity to send him out as a spy and end Revock's rule once and for all. Despite the movie hailing from the very early 1980's there is little to prevent this looking like a ...

sghawken 11.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Scanners (DVD)

Watch watchers

Advantages: still a good story
Disadvantages: unfaithful to the book

This film is loosely based on the book by Dean Koontz. I do mean loosely aswell. Travis Cornell as changed from an EX-DELTA force soldier to a ten year old boy. Travis's mum is the romanic lead in the book. These are little niggles but the film is still good. The story is about a goverment experiment that has gone wrong. It starts off with an explosion at a factory. Two animals escape, one has been bred for intelligence and the other for pure brute ...
...intelligent dog. However on their tale is a psycho federal agent (Michale Ironside) LEM JOHNSON and the viscous animal is never far behind leaving a path of destruction and whenever the animal kills it takes the eyes of its victims. Not faithful to the book, and Dean Koontz felt his book had been murdered. Still a good film, and will make you jump. The effects could have been better but it was a low-budget film, still pleasantly enjoyable. There ...

johnnyhaupt 22.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Watchers (DVD)

Reeking of quality or rubbish?

Advantages: Interesting ending...if you get it
Disadvantages: Generally not that memorable

A group of five teenagers are sharing a ride to a party in the desert. On the way, Trip admits that he has a huge stash of ecstasy tablets on him and the driver, Gretchen, who is anti-drugs, tells him he must find another ride - just as well because the dealer Trip stole them from is following him with revenge on his mind. Gretchen agrees to drive him back to a diner where he can arrange another lift...but on arrival, they find the diner is deserted ...
...strange things start to happen - there is a weird smell in the air and very strange people appear and then disappear. What is causing the smell, and who are all the strangers? Will the dealer catch up with Trip? And will any of them survive the experience? As with many horror movies that involve teenagers, few of the characters are very likeable, although there is an attempt to give them more background than most films of this type. Gretchen can ...

sunmeilan 17.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Reeker (DVD)

There IS a smell to this movie...

Advantages: Somewhat baffling... keeps you guessing.
Disadvantages: Horrible acting... weak plot.

...David Hadinger as The Reeker Les Jankey as Trucker Carole Ruggier as Mom Paul Butcher as Kid Steven Zlotnick as Officer Bern Christopher Boyer as Officer Mansfield Wesley Thompson as Officer Taylor STORY: The movie opens with a woman driving along a desert road with her son in the passenger seat beside her, and her husband sleeping in the rear seat with the dog. They are playing an I SPY game, and when the child says I SPY SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH ...
...a horror movie, and so REEKER was my choice. The opening scene with the woman and her family immediately surprised me, and, truly delighted that this wasn't going to be one of those low budget horror flicks that stick to a formula, I settled back prepared to enjoy this movie... thinking I was in for a movie treat. But low and behold, after the excitement of the opening scene, the film turns to the college students... and this is a bit of a bore ...

GoFigure 09.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Reeker (DVD)

a comedy scary movie

Advantages: full comedy
Disadvantages: i dont know

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mustisoft 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Scary Movie (DVD)