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Jäger's Horror Picks III
10 years ago
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And now we're into Week 3. Sorry I'm late with this post. Busy saturday. Anyway, Two more weeks till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween - Two more weeks till Halloween, Sil-Ver Shamrock! So, now let's get some horror listings in, shall we?
Madman (1982)
The Legend Lives! So says the common trope of a camp fire story of a psychopath who murdered his family and disappeared into the woods. You are warned to never say his name above a whisper, or he will come back to slay again, including you. Well, it seems someone didnt listen, and now he's back for more slaughtering.
Despite it is one out of many hundred slasher films released in the golden slasher era ('80-'84), this flick fortunately became a sleeper hit before vanishing into analog VHS Hell. It was later revived by Code Red for DVD, and once again on a better release on Blu-Ray-DVD combo!
Twins of Evil (1971)
Hammer Films once again brings forth a gothic vampyric horror. Starring twin sister Playboy Playmates Madeleine and Mary Collinson playing as orphaned sisters who are staying at their cruel, zealous and delusional witch hunting uncle Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing). With one of the sister who becomes fascinated with satanic dark arts and seduction of Vampirism by the handsome Count Karnstein.Can their fanatical uncle put a stop to this and slay the final devil?
Slaughterhouse (1987)
Now that the 80s are settled with slasher films, the later years decided to have fun with it instead of taking it seriously. So we have this horror comedy flick where you can spell Slaughter with Laughter. When an old man is pushed on the edge of losing his meat farm to a big corporate meat farm after refusing to sell it, he leaves it to his 360 pound squealing son, Buddy, to do his butcher bidding against the big money little piggies and anyone else. Oink Oink!
Contamination (1980)
Not even sci-fi is safe from the nasty Italian hands that make the splatters. So brings us this Sci-fi horror in which you should NEVER touch those nasty alien eggs unless you want to get coated in toxic slime that causes your body to pop like a meat balloon. It is up to the agent and a police officer to find out why and how to stop it before it does more damage.
Once again, this flick was persecuted as a Video Nasty in the UK for it was a violation to the Video Recordings Act of 1984. Fortunately, it was granted an uncut release with an 18 Rating years later. And really on time for Blu-ray/DVD combo release by Arrow Video in the UK (US version available, better than Blue Underground version of it).
Near Dark (1987)
Obviously in the 1980s, Vampire flicks were the craze. Even though some of them are usual fun approach, this one here is a successful attempt on making them serious again. For this here portrays vampirism as a disease rather than a super natural curse. A rather unfortunate thing to happen on a young man who's date was painfully cut short by one of the vamps. Only then his transformation got him whisked away by a group of vamps who only want him to get use to his new life and feed on the living.
Radical Remakes: The Wolfman (2010)
That's right. Universal finally returns in reviving this monster flick. This time, upon seeing it, is alot better and worth the wait. A big break from the lame mostly comedy/less horror cousin The Mummy remake Franchise. Avoided being a huge funny popcorn flick by being gothic and serious along with gruesome splatter gore. Settling in a much appropriate era of 1890s, Lawrence Talbot travels back to his estranged father on his estate after receiving a letter from a fiance saying his brother disappeared only to realized he was found dead from a creature attack. We all know where this goes especially in the presences of Gypsies who believed it was a monster not like of man.
It's rather unfortunate the film suffered at the box office performance and even Universal's President, Ronald Meyer, says this is the worst thing they have ever made. Umm sir, are you absolutely sure about that? Then again, it has done some alot of rewrites, reshoots, reedits and so much forth after long production years since 2008.
Despite the trouble, my faith in humanity was restored when Legendary make-up artist Rick Baker and his friend Dave Elsey won an Academy Award for Best Make-up. Despite some CG moments, Rick has nailed an authentic classic, yet more monstrous Wolfman that was done straight from his heart. This is his third time he's done a Werewolf creature since Micheal Jackson's Thriller music video and An American Werewolf in London.
Hauntingly Obscure: House (1977)
How's this for a bizarre flick you might not heard of? Japan brings forth a more psychedelic and WTF approach that predates Poltergeist. Seven students should have picked a better place to stay in rather than one girl's aunty's house where Evil Spirits are awaiting to devour them upon arrival. Tons of strange, bizarre and just plain weird ass deaths and special effects, from freaky deaky kitty to human-eating piano (dont ask). I gotta say, the special effects were amazing even for 1977. Making this film more like a strange nightmare while on hippie drugs. Cant pull that kind of shit off even with CG, can ya?
~Jäger
Madman (1982)
The Legend Lives! So says the common trope of a camp fire story of a psychopath who murdered his family and disappeared into the woods. You are warned to never say his name above a whisper, or he will come back to slay again, including you. Well, it seems someone didnt listen, and now he's back for more slaughtering.
Despite it is one out of many hundred slasher films released in the golden slasher era ('80-'84), this flick fortunately became a sleeper hit before vanishing into analog VHS Hell. It was later revived by Code Red for DVD, and once again on a better release on Blu-Ray-DVD combo!
Twins of Evil (1971)
Hammer Films once again brings forth a gothic vampyric horror. Starring twin sister Playboy Playmates Madeleine and Mary Collinson playing as orphaned sisters who are staying at their cruel, zealous and delusional witch hunting uncle Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing). With one of the sister who becomes fascinated with satanic dark arts and seduction of Vampirism by the handsome Count Karnstein.Can their fanatical uncle put a stop to this and slay the final devil?
Slaughterhouse (1987)
Now that the 80s are settled with slasher films, the later years decided to have fun with it instead of taking it seriously. So we have this horror comedy flick where you can spell Slaughter with Laughter. When an old man is pushed on the edge of losing his meat farm to a big corporate meat farm after refusing to sell it, he leaves it to his 360 pound squealing son, Buddy, to do his butcher bidding against the big money little piggies and anyone else. Oink Oink!
Contamination (1980)
Not even sci-fi is safe from the nasty Italian hands that make the splatters. So brings us this Sci-fi horror in which you should NEVER touch those nasty alien eggs unless you want to get coated in toxic slime that causes your body to pop like a meat balloon. It is up to the agent and a police officer to find out why and how to stop it before it does more damage.
Once again, this flick was persecuted as a Video Nasty in the UK for it was a violation to the Video Recordings Act of 1984. Fortunately, it was granted an uncut release with an 18 Rating years later. And really on time for Blu-ray/DVD combo release by Arrow Video in the UK (US version available, better than Blue Underground version of it).
Near Dark (1987)
Obviously in the 1980s, Vampire flicks were the craze. Even though some of them are usual fun approach, this one here is a successful attempt on making them serious again. For this here portrays vampirism as a disease rather than a super natural curse. A rather unfortunate thing to happen on a young man who's date was painfully cut short by one of the vamps. Only then his transformation got him whisked away by a group of vamps who only want him to get use to his new life and feed on the living.
Radical Remakes: The Wolfman (2010)
That's right. Universal finally returns in reviving this monster flick. This time, upon seeing it, is alot better and worth the wait. A big break from the lame mostly comedy/less horror cousin The Mummy remake Franchise. Avoided being a huge funny popcorn flick by being gothic and serious along with gruesome splatter gore. Settling in a much appropriate era of 1890s, Lawrence Talbot travels back to his estranged father on his estate after receiving a letter from a fiance saying his brother disappeared only to realized he was found dead from a creature attack. We all know where this goes especially in the presences of Gypsies who believed it was a monster not like of man.
It's rather unfortunate the film suffered at the box office performance and even Universal's President, Ronald Meyer, says this is the worst thing they have ever made. Umm sir, are you absolutely sure about that? Then again, it has done some alot of rewrites, reshoots, reedits and so much forth after long production years since 2008.
Despite the trouble, my faith in humanity was restored when Legendary make-up artist Rick Baker and his friend Dave Elsey won an Academy Award for Best Make-up. Despite some CG moments, Rick has nailed an authentic classic, yet more monstrous Wolfman that was done straight from his heart. This is his third time he's done a Werewolf creature since Micheal Jackson's Thriller music video and An American Werewolf in London.
Hauntingly Obscure: House (1977)
How's this for a bizarre flick you might not heard of? Japan brings forth a more psychedelic and WTF approach that predates Poltergeist. Seven students should have picked a better place to stay in rather than one girl's aunty's house where Evil Spirits are awaiting to devour them upon arrival. Tons of strange, bizarre and just plain weird ass deaths and special effects, from freaky deaky kitty to human-eating piano (dont ask). I gotta say, the special effects were amazing even for 1977. Making this film more like a strange nightmare while on hippie drugs. Cant pull that kind of shit off even with CG, can ya?
~Jäger
