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Thirteen Ghosts

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

This movie is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name by William Castle.  Personally I never saw the original film.  I was quite impressed with the movie.  It was pretty entertaining.  Plus it included one of my favorite actresses from American Pie, Shannon Elizabeth.  Oh yeah!!!

The movie is about a crazy man/ghost hunter named Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) and his assistant Dennis Rafkin (Matthew Lillard) trying to catch a spirit called the Juggernaut in a junkyard.  But in the process of trying to catch the ghost most of the team gets killed including Cyrus.

Arthur (Tony Shalhoub), a mathematician is informed by Cyrus’s lawyer of his death and has told him that he inherited a mansion.  But guess what?  That is where Cyrus has all of the ghosts.

Dennis Rafkin pretends to be an electrician and meets Arthur, his family and the lawyer at the mansion.  Dennis warns Arthur that they need to leave the house because of the spirits and Arthur’s kids get lost in the house.  So Arthur and Dennis search for the kids, but at the same time try to get the heck of the house.

This house was an amazing masterpiece.  It really is cool.  I enjoyed the movie.  Pretty gruesome in some parts.  I would give the movie 8 out of 10 stars.

What did you think, Mark?

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Jeepers Creepers III

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

The first two movies are awesome!  Will there be a third installment of this instant cult classic?

I’ve gotten this question repeatedly over the last few months.

The answer is – it sure looks like it and it looks like it will be released in 2011.  It looks like it will be directed by Victor Salva and a direct to video release – stay on the lookout for this film – to come soon!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_III#Jeepers_Creepers_3:_Cathedral

Although the Wiki states the film will be released in 2009 – IMDB says it is still in production and will be released in 2011.  I can’t wait – what a great movie for movie night at the office.

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Desperation

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Stephen King’s Desperation was a great book.  He seems to be focused on the good vs. evil thing a lot lately in his most recent books.  Desperation is about a whacked out cop that kills everyone in his small town and captures a drunk, a family, a woman and her husband and a writer.

The stoy centers on their escape from the deranged cop, possessed by a demon (well they never actually say what Tak is, but I’m going to call it a demon, and their fight to destroy Tak.  Tak is uncovered after a collapsed mine is reopened releasing Tak, the unformed, and uleashing its destruction on the small mining town.

David, played by Shane Haboucha, is the oldest child of the Carver family.  The story centers around his relationship with God and his desire to do good in a bad situation.  David is confused, as any young child would be, when his sister is killed and God asks him to rescue the others and destroy Tak.

Stephen King’s storytelling has never been better.  The duel between good and evil is great and so is the story line.  The movie drags a little in parts, but mostly this is a solid movie, particularly one that was released on TV instead of the big screen.  Solid acting and great storyline make this a movie worth renting.

This is a must see.  I would give it 8 out of 10 stars.

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The Grudge

Friday, September 26th, 2008

The movie, Grudge stars a woman named Karen Davis who is played by Sarah Michelle Gellar.  Do I have to say more?  Karen, an American Nurse moves to Tokyo where she is an exchange student studying social work in Japan.  She then gets a job to help an American woman, Emma because another nurse didn’t show up for work.  What she didn’t realize that was the house that Emma was in is cursed because of the mysterious deaths in the house years before.  Now a supernatural curse is after her.  Will she live?

I love this movie.  There are a couple parts that make you jump out of your seat.  I won’t give away anymore than that.

I would give this movie 8 out of 10 stars.

What do you think, Mark?

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Jeepers Creepers

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

The plot:

On their way back home during the spring break, Darry (Long) and Patricia (Philips) Jenner witness a mysterious person dumping something down a tunnel. Deciding to discover what was dumped down there, Darry discovers a huge disturbing hideout full of modified bodies. Darry and Patricia set off to get help, unaware that the individual is now aware of who has been down the tunnel. Darry and Patricia soon realises that their pursuer is not just a mysterious person, but something even more horrifying, who has more in store than they could possibly imagine.

The above was written by FilmFanUK on the Internet Movie Database – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263488/plotsummary

As good of a summary as there is out ther on this movie.

Personally this movie is one of my favs – I especially like Gina Phillips and Justin Long as the brother and sister in this movie.  The second one was even better in my opinion.

My favorite part in the film is when Darry falls into the tube at the old church and finds the monster’s underground lair.  Too bad this also happens to be the worst plot point of the whole movie – if you just saw a man throw two things down an old sewer pipe that you were pretty sure were bodies – would you go down there?  NO WAY!  Oh well, I guess it is dumb crap like that that makes us want to watch these films – just so we can yell at the screen and say things like, “Don’t go down there you moron.”  Still a lot better movie than most horror movies.

My positives: Decent plot, great acting for a horror movie

My negs: Not enough nudity :-)

Anyway I’d give this one an 8.5 out of 10 – how about you Toby?

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