Horror > Miller, Dick Horror

Putting The Meat In Art

Advantages: Hysterically funny
Disadvantages: No chapter marks

...than anything though I love a good horror; from time to time how ever the genre becomes tired and a bad horror is often quite acceptable. Bucket Of Blood is one of those movies that's so bad its good; its nonsense, bobbins in fact but it really brightens my day. Walter cleans tables in the Yellow Door Coffee House, the Yellow Door is where all the cool cats hang out, cool cats that say cool things like "wowser" and "you're the cats meooooow". No ...
...talented and sets about making a name for himself in his art. From sculptures of cats to sculptures of people over night Walter becomes the hippest thing around. Trouble being its not Walters art that's wrong its what goes into them. Made in glorious black and white Roger Corman's Bucket Of Blood is one of his better movies. Yes it is naff, but it's got a really jolly side to it too, if you have had the mis-fortune of seeing any other Corman movies ...

sghawken 18.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of A Bucket Of Blood (Corman Horror Classics) (DVD)

Beatniks, Blood, AND Big Lizards!

Advantages: Hilarious and, in 'Bucket of Blood', often even witty at times
Disadvantages: None really, if the films are taken in the spirit intended

...is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of Art...' So begins the Roger Corman film 'Bucket of Blood', in the sage words of the big burly bearded beatnik poet reciting on the stage of the hep-cat cafe where Walter Paisley works as a waiter. Walter is a shy, nerdy little guy who longs to be uber-cool like the patrons of the cafe. He tries to emulate the 'cosmic' poetry of his idols, quoting it to customers as he serves them, and is asked by ...
...his grotty room, eagerly unpacks a large parcel of clay and begins working it, hoping to fashion it into a likeness of Carla, a particularly cool girl at the cafe whom he admires. But he becomes distracted and annoyed by the insistent meowing of his landlady's cat, which has somehow got itself trapped within a wall of his room, and inadvertently kills it while attempting to rescue it. Scared of having his landlady find out he killed her cat, he decides ...

thereddragon 11.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of A Bucket Of Blood / The Giant Gilla Monster (DVD)

a great family film

Advantages: funny and a must-see
Disadvantages: may not be suitable for younger children

...and although I do enjoy the Rick Moranis remake, I do adore this version. Steve Martin is brilliant in the newer one, but Jack Nicholson rivals him for comedy performance in the original. Behind the comedic plot of a giant-talking-man-eating plant that needs more meat as it grows bigger and bigger, the story is rather sad, as poor Seymour tries his best to satisy Audrey ll (the plant) and the girl of his dreams Audrey. A few laughs are definate with ...

blasphemous_girl 23.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Little Shop Of Horrors (DVD)

Fun shop of murdering

Advantages: Worth Seeing, Cheap, Really Fun
Disadvantages: For specific audiences only, cover makes different picture from the film

...comedy is still on sale, the comedy itself is far away more developed that it's year of release, although this movie can only attract just two types of audiences: 1: Crazy comedies' fans or 2: Fans which seen this comedy of it's year of release. Firstly, this film is not the one which calls itself a comedy and makes you sleep at the lunch time, "Little Shop of Horrors" really makes you laugh, doesn't matter who or how old are you, you always going ...
...more victims to feed it, the story tells a real- life situations as in 1960's funniest form available, when the person gets a lot, he always wants more... Actors are trying to perform at their best, especially i seen the great performance on the main characters (starring Jonathan Haze and Jack Nicholson), although their emotions are certainly unreal and film has made some clear errors. Audio and voice quality are great as for old-age black and white ...

jaisonix 01.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Little Shop Of Horrors (DVD)

The Terror is terrible

Advantages: I got for 99p (wait you want advantages)
Disadvantages: I wasted over an hour of my life. Well i laughed

...guy who has taken on the body and mind of teh duke. In my mind that pretty much makes him the duke. What else is left. There's nothing horrifying about despite the name. Ha God it's crap. I bought it for 99p and it's not worth any more than that. It's just so unbelievably stupid. This mightn't be the most articulate review ever but if you see this film you'll understand. It's also full of historical inaccuracies to name a few 1) Jack plays a napoleonic ...
...and he ends up beside the sea. 2) This Napolenic soldier dspite being really bad at orientation does eem to be quite clever as he has invented the revolver and given it to the onset of the 19th century 3) The Baron/duke who is apparently austrian but could be Italian if the geography worked out abit better prefers to adorn his castle in French and English standards rather than those of his own nation. But the greatest shock is Francis Ford Coppolla ...

Phelthew 04.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Terror (DVD)