Horror > Stone, Dee Wallace Horror

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)

young or old, life or death

Advantages: it s still a Clive Barker movie although there are better ones out there to watch
Disadvantages: slow beginning of the story, never sucked me in like other works of Clive Barker

...was produced by horror guru Clive Barker and therefor I had some high expectations on this one. In the past Clive Barker took us beyond the borders of conventional horrormovies with H.R. Giger inspired creatures from hell, great special effects and superb storylines. The plague shows us the story of what happens when all the children of the world suddenly awake out of their coma and are out for revenge. Despite the good casting and the interesting ...
...is more conventional than other Clive Barker movies. It's almost like Clive Barker wanted to do a Stephen King movie. What do I mean with those words? - The concept of young versus old in order to survive isn't a new given idea. More than once while watching 'the plague' it made me think somehow about Stephen King's Children of the Corn. The biggest difference in experience is that 'Children of the Corn' is more entertaining and overall a better ...

sidhartha83 20.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Clive Barker's The Plague (DVD)

Read This And Save Yourself 90 Minutes Of Pain

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

Anyone who saw the original Alligator movie which was made some 11 years before this sequel will know what to expect here. What they probably also should have expected was a rather weak cash-in attempt as well which is exactly what this movie is. Alligator was never that brilliant in the first place, but it had a certain charm which allowed you to forgive its numerous shortcomings. A movie made over 10 years later ought to have been able to deal ...
...in 1980 and consequently the alligator looks far far too fake for us to ever be in the slightest bit scared or even amused by the antics going on here. The plot is as basic as it comes and pinches most of its ideas from the original movie anyway. A corrupt businessman has been dumping growth enhancing chemicals illegally into the sewage system of a small town. The result is a rather large and hungry alligator making an appearance in the swamps around ...

wampyrii 29.09.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Alligator 1 / Alligator 2 (DVD)

Of al da plaints they choose ours and their hungry

Advantages: a mix of sci-fi, horror and dark comedy
Disadvantages: 1980s SPX and plot line is a little lacking

...first in the series of critters (4 movies of critters in total) with a cult follow and arguably the best of all 4. Starts out with the prison asteroid maximum security transport carrying a payload of Critons or Critters which are to put onto another ship. They just happen to escape get into a ship and head off straight to earth. The bounty track them down to town called Grovers Bend and try to kill the murderous critters. Most of the action is ...
...film boring. The film is from the 1980 so uses reverse frames and other crony SPX the cars and clothing out dated which does detract me from fully immersing myself in the film. Over all this film is great for people that are into Sci-fi films from the 1980s, with a bit of horror mixed in for good measure. Has a mix of sci-fi, horror, killing and a bit of dark comedy I have to say that the extra for the DVD are very poor though. The extras are ...

D03114380 28.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Critters (DVD)

They may be small - But their appetite is BIG!

Advantages: Collection of four films, fun to watch, comedy horror, and a past-time.
Disadvantages: NO special Features included, like commentary, and directors cut etc...

Critters 1 - 4 Box Set Disk 1: Critters 1 - Creation of 1986 - 15 Rated - Running Time 86 Minutes Director: Stephen Herek Look out everyone! Because there's some new small fury carnivorous guests in town and they have got an appetite for blood, witty banter and a bad attitude. These small balls like creatures decide to make Kansas there domination, setting up on a farm owned by the Browne's family. Meanwhile, not so far away local drunk witnesses ...
...hell bent on destroying the critters and saving the world, they go on a mad rampage destroying any hiding pace, including the Browne's home with high powered weaponry. This movie is action packed, with some comical horror capers added, and filled with fury spike firing critter surprises. Disk 2: Critters 2 - Creation of 1988 - 15 Rated - Running Time 87 Minutes Director: Mick Garris Oh! Dear, oh! Dear, oh! Dear, happy Easter everyone, or is it, ...

Martyn79 26.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Critters 1-4 Collection (Box Set) (DVD)