Very bizarre movie.  I do think it’s a must see though.

At first I really didn’t like this movie.  I thought it was awfully weird.  I thought the movie was a little all over the place, but in the end I did like it though.  And it has a wicked twist towards the end to look forward to.  I would give the movie 7.5 out of 10 stars.

What do you think, Mark?

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?

Basically the movie is about a scientist Dr Holander (Ben Cross) who takes his niece to Mexico to reverse the effects of the alien DNA that was used to create her from the start.

Again I was very disappointed with the movie.  The scene where the two aliens fight was a little corny to me.  I give the movie 5 out of 10 stars.

What do you think, Mark?

He and 40 of his classmates are going to Paris on a school trip. Just before the plane takes off, Alex has a dream of it crashing and everyone going up in flames. He freaks out and causes a great commotion onboard. He and 5 classmates and 1 teacher are taken off the plane. As he explains to them what he saw, the plane takes off. All of a sudden… boom! The plane explodes in midair.

Alex figures out that they all cheated death and now death has a plan for the 7 of them to die. Since they cheated death, now death is after them. After reading reports of the path of the fireball onboard, he determines the order the 7 survivors were supposed to die . One by one they start dying in the order that Alex predicted….

From IMDB.com: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195714/synopsis

Mark:

What a great movie – very suspenseful and one of my favorites.  This movie rates a 6.7 out of 10 stars on IMDB.com and I’d give it a 4 out of 5.

The acting is awesome and the characters are great.  What do you think Toby?  A definite must see?

Toby is busy helping his wife get ready for his first born, but I am here and going to tell you all about Saw – the series.  Toby and I got Saw 1-4 for Christmas so we’ll be reviewing these movies soon.

In the meantime let us know your thoughts on these terrific movies!

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.

Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurances.

What a plot.  Very reminiscent of the Body Snatchers or the Puppet Masters etc. they even make mention of this in the movie which is kind of kitschy.  Anyway the cast (informborrowed from imdb.com is great) :

I watched this movie with my 9 year old daughter who is scared of her own shadow, which tells you how scary this realy is.  Ron Underwood is a great director and also directed City Slickers and the 2nd and 4th installment of Tremors (plus a bunch of TV stuff as well).

What are your thoughts on this movie Toby?  Even though we didn’t get a chance to watch it together this time we’ve certainly seen it enough times.  I need to re-watch the sequels to remember them, but this one I’ve seen about a dozen times.

PS: Toby is going to write on “The Grudge” which we saw again recently!

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?