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The result of a downward spiral

Advantages: Completes the Ring story, to an extent.
Disadvantages: Confusing as hell; just not scary.

...was a magnificent film, and Ring 2 a worthy successor. With Ring 0: Birthday comes a change of director, and a change of pace, and not necessarily for the better. Set 30 years previous to the other two, the film has a confusing opening, where Sadako appears to be a relatively normal person in an acting troupe. The wife of the journalist killed by Sadako at Shizuko's demonstration (the flashback sequence from Ringu) has set out, determined to take ...
...away from the horror and onto the characters helps differentiate Ring 0: Birthday from its two siblings, but ruins the legacy of the series to a certain degree. For the astounding Ringu to finish like this is tragic at best. Buy only if you really want to own them all. ...

sonofsanta 28.11.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Ring 0 (DVD)

The Japanese Twilight Zone - in 5 minute bursts

Advantages: Plenty of stories, easy for loo/tea breaks
Disadvantages: Likes the spooky girl with white nightie a bit much

...made into a series called Tales of Terror. This collection is what they came up with and forms going on for three hours (approximately 165 minutes) of Japanese horror shorts. It has quite a distinguished pedigree too. The cover tells us that such directors as Takashi Shimziu ("Ju-on: The Grudge"), Norio Tsuruta ("Ring 0"), Hiroshi Takahashi ("Ring 2") and Kei Horie ("The Grudge 2") have all contributed. Most of the stories are very good and many ...
...haunting Covering The 100 Tales [3] A group of people get together to tell the stories of their own deaths to a journalist. Please, Don't [10] Video cameras can pick up strange things No More, Please [10] What happened after 'Please, Don't'. Come, If You Dare! [10] The third tale in the 'Please, Don't' sequence. What happens when the geeky ghostbusters are called in... Take A Good Care Of Him [11] A mother asks her son's work colleague ...

JeeanA 06.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Tales Of Terror (DVD)

"I've always belonged to him!"

Advantages: Fast Movie Shocker
Disadvantages: None

...best movie could be that Damien was the first of the Omen films I saw all the way through. Damien is the fastest moving of all the films also, from the word go you're driven down a path of terror. As the film begins Karl Bugenhagen is showing his friend Michael something of great importance, whilst digging in an old temple in the Middle East Karl has discovered something he believes will prove that Damien Thorn is the Anti-Christ. Michael tries ...
...over for the heart Damien is now 13, he is at the dawn of becoming a man. Damien knows that he is different from others, but never knew how exactly. An incident of bullying turns into a fight and Damien wishes for his attacker the worst, and as if by magic his attacker begins choking. Now not only convinced that he is different, he knows he has exceptional power. His Master Sergeant fully aware of this power decides it's finally time to inform Damien ...

sghawken 03.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Damien - Omen 2 (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)

Jump out of seat horror.

Advantages: Mysterious, shocking ending. Great acting. Brilliant director.
Disadvantages: Possibly loose ends.

...are not certainity disappointed as Premonition continues to grip our attention. The movie begins with a car crash killing Nana, the five year old of the Professor Satomi. Strangely Satomi knew his daughter was going to die from a piece of newspaper cutting before the accident happens. Fast forward three years, Satomi and his wife have divorced and both are trying to investigating the "Newspaper of Terror" as it appears again in their lives. You can ...
...you like solid, everything explained endings then this may annoy you slightly. The extras on the DVD were informative and included an interesting section on how they did the CG. Premonition is guaranteed to entertain and scare you. Watch with curtains shut and tanoshimi masu! ...

immortal_pheebs 05.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Premonition (DVD)