31 days of Horror (2015)

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1989 French art horror film about a killer dog told largely from the perspective of the dog. Is the dog the result of a genetic experiment? Is it Dracula's Dog? Possessed by a demon? Does it piss on Freddy's grave? Nope. The dog is a serial killer. Very, very obscure little film. Very well done. Put this on your watch lists folks and underline it.

This is now on my watch list

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Bloody Pit of Horror
Source-Something Weird Video DVD

I have been hearing about this mid 60s Italian made horror film for decades now. All I knew about it for years was Jane Mansfield's husband was the lead in it. Then once I got online there was a guy,and I can't not remember his posting name,that at every horror forum I found he was posting there and used a pic of Hargertiy's Crimson Executioner as his avatar.

After all these years I finally decided maybe I should see the film.Threw it on my Netflix queue and kind of forgot about it. A week or so ago it had made it's way to the top of my list. And one lazy Sunday I sat down to watch it. But after about 10 minutes I got bored and spent the rest of the film online doing various things. So I figured I should get the movie a second chance. And this time give it my full attention.

A photographer and a group of models are off to do a photo shoot at abandoned castle. They get into the castle and find out the owner is still there. At first he is gonna kick them out. But changes his mind. Telling them they can stay. But are not allowed to go down to the dungeon.

Of course this means they go down to the dungeon to take pics of some nice looking models wearing almost no clothing. Which pisses the owner off. So he assumes the mantel of the Crimson Executioner. And over the course of the rest of the film kills off all but two of the group. Those two end up tricking him and he dies in one of his own traps.

Honestly most horror from before 1968 is hard for me to get into. The pacing and acting usually just doesn't work for me. And this film has those two faults. I can totally see why it has a cult following. I am sure if I had seen this as a kid I would love it. But seeing it for the first time as an adult and after seeing lots of much better Euro-Horror it is just dull to me.

Bloody Pit of Horror gets a D+.

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Bloody Pit of Horror
Source-Something Weird Video DVD

I have been hearing about this mid 60s Italian made horror film for decades now. All I knew about it for years was Jane Mansfield's husband was the lead in it. Then once I got online there was a guy,and I can't not remember his posting name,that at every horror forum I found he was posting there and used a pic of Hargertiy's Crimson Executioner as his avatar.

After all these years I finally decided maybe I should see the film.Threw it on my Netflix queue and kind of forgot about it. A week or so ago it had made it's way to the top of my list. And one lazy Sunday I sat down to watch it. But after about 10 minutes I got bored and spent the rest of the film online doing various things. So I figured I should get the movie a second chance. And this time give it my full attention.

A photographer and a group of models are off to do a photo shoot at abandoned castle. They get into the castle and find out the owner is still there. At first he is gonna kick them out. But changes his mind. Telling them they can stay. But are not allowed to go down to the dungeon.

Of course this means they go down to the dungeon to take pics of some nice looking models wearing almost no clothing. Which pisses the owner off. So he assumes the mantel of the Crimson Executioner. And over the course of the rest of the film kills off all but two of the group. Those two end up tricking him and he dies in one of his own traps.

Honestly most horror from before 1968 is hard for me to get into. The pacing and acting usually just doesn't work for me. And this film has those two faults. I can totally see why it has a cult following. I am sure if I had seen this as a kid I would love it. But seeing it for the first time as an adult and after seeing lots of much better Euro-Horror it is just dull to me.

Bloody Pit of Horror gets a D+.

I've watched the Rifftrax version over 20 times. Terrible film but it's one of the best Rifftrax out there.

Also, bit of trivia, one of the girls in that flick (the one who dies in the spider trap) is dubbed by the same dubber who dubbed Mariangela Giordano in Burial Ground.

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Bloody Pit of Horror
Source-Something Weird Video DVD

I have been hearing about this mid 60s Italian made horror film for decades now. All I knew about it for years was Jane Mansfield's husband was the lead in it. Then once I got online there was a guy,and I can't not remember his posting name,that at every horror forum I found he was posting there and used a pic of Hargertiy's Crimson Executioner as his avatar.

Well that could have been Brian Lindsey or me under my net name of evilskippy. Then again maybe someone else entirely.,)

28-Curse Of Nostradamus 4
29-Genie Of Darkness 4.5
30-Mill Of The Stone Women 8

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THE LIVING SKELETON (Hiroshi Matsuno, 1968). Japanese revenge from beyond watery grave. Euro horror trope-appropriations include ghost ship, bats, skeletons, and the Goldfinger theme. More model and miniatures work than your average ghosty, and some striking b&w visual; a lot of fog, so I guess it's atmospheric enough. Part of the Criterion Eclipse When Horror Came to Shochiku set.

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Well that could have been Brian Lindsey or me under my net name of evilskippy. Then again maybe someone else entirely.,)

28-Curse Of Nostradamus 4
29-Genie Of Darkness 4.5
30-Mill Of The Stone Women 8

Wiener Head is kind of an obvious avatar choice.

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Well that could have been Brian Lindsey or me under my net name of evilskippy. Then again maybe someone else entirely.,)

28-Curse Of Nostradamus 4
29-Genie Of Darkness 4.5
30-Mill Of The Stone Women 8

EvilSkippy I had a feeling you also posted here.

Rewatched the 90s remake of Piranha today. Then saw all of Adams Family.

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The Return of Dracula
Source-MGM Midnite Movies Double Feature flipper DVD

Ok this was released in 58. And I can see why I had never heard of it before grabbing this set.Last year found like 15 of these MGM Midnite Movies double features. All brand new for $3. So grabbed them. Been throwing them on as background noise. But I see the title Return of Dracula and it is from MGM I gave it my full attention.

Which was a mistake. This fucking sucks. Dracula leaves Europe and comes to Califorina. Pretending to be a distant cousin of this one family.

Really the only thing that makes this stand out at all is at the end we get a bit of color. The film has been b/w all the way through. But in the final kill we see red blood. A neat touch in an otherwise boring as hell film.

The Return of Dracula gets a D.

The Vampire
Source-MGM Midnite Movies Double Feature flipper DVD

From 57 here is another vampire flick. But with a twist. Instead of getting bit by a vampire ,our lead vampire is created by a doctor that accidentally takes some special Bat pills. So a bit of a science fiction twist on your typical vampire.

But like Return of Dracula this one neat feature is all the film has.Well that and that it is only 76 minutes long. I can handle a low budget kind of shitty movie much better when it is an hour or maybe a bit over that tops.

The Vampire gets a D+.

Even at the $3 I paid this set is a dud. Only reason I can see to own it is if maybe you got nostalgia for either film.Or you want two "scary" films you could show young kids around Halloween. Nothing in either that say a 5 or 6 year old now couldn't handle.

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Howl (2015)

British werewolf movie...reminded me a bit of DOG SOLDIERS...esp the cameo......entertaining enough...but nothing new...

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Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse- hd transfer looks great. I do not remember the film being so colorful on cable/vhs. Too bad there isn't more gore. I'm not sure which is creepier, the split monster face or the over-sized, drooling Frankenstein mask...

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LAST SHIFT (Anthony DiBlasi, 2014). Creepout cop-shop horrornight. Borrows the abandoned precinct from Carpenter, but there's none of the RIO BRAVO vibe I was hoping for -- it's just one damn thing after another. Better than I expected, but not what I'd hoped for.

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BLOODSUCKING FREAKS

LOL.

Why have I never watched this before....amazing movie....The guy who plays Sardu is FANTASTIC and brings an air of class to proceedings with his dignified British accent and his double act with Ralphus (From Porn Dwarf to Ewok!!) is one of the most fun I have seen in a long time...Add to the mix a funny Italian bent cop, nudity and HG LEwis levels of gore and you have a very entertaining pic!

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CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED - Man, the ending of this one...more sf than horror though.

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BLOODSUCKING FREAKS

LOL.

Why have I never watched this before....amazing movie....The guy who plays Sardu is FANTASTIC and brings an air of class to proceedings with his dignified British accent and his double act with Ralphus (From Porn Dwarf to Ewok!!) is one of the most fun I have seen in a long time...Add to the mix a funny Italian bent cop, nudity and HG LEwis levels of gore and you have a very entertaining pic!

Yeah that one is a fun film much better than what I expected as well.

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31-Reptilicus 3
32-The Monsters Demolisher 4
33-Spiritism 5
34-I Vampiri 7.5