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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Review: A Magnificent Bloody Blast

“#EvilDeadRise violent and brutal film full of its own personality, a film to see in the cinema, it’s a whole new experience for the franchise.” #SXSW2023 #SXSW #EvilDead Check out our full review:

Evil Dead Rise, directed by Lee Cronin and written by Lee Cronin, is also a new reimagining for the Evil Dead franchise. Sam Raimi, director of the original films in the franchise, ends up being an executive producer on this film here. As was the case with 2013’s Evil Dead in which it has similarities but is nothing like Sam Raimi’s original films, Evil Dead Rise is a film with a different…

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A “QUICK!” Review of "The Cabin in the Woods (2012)"

An incredibly clever and meta take on the horror comedy genre. It is both a love letter and a criticism on the cliches and tropes used in horror movies. What makes this film unique is how it uses the tropes for its narrative purpose.

I personally, would move or remove some of the scenes in the first act to give the movie a sense of mystery. Apart from that, I find this to be a throughly enjoyable film!

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I've watched 270+ horror films. Here are my favorites of all time.

Hell video, proudly served, posted late. There are more than 30 films on this video, and if you count the Saw Franchise as 9 movies in one entry, there's actually 44. I couldn't tag all the movies though :(

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Decided that I'm going to make my icon Hallohallo (again) for this month. Maybe it'll put me more in the Halloween spirit

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August Movie Reviews

I haven’t been in the mood to do full reviews for a bit so here is a list of everything I’ve watched in August and what I thought!

Re-animator (1985) dir. Stuart Gordon: 5/5 ⭐️ this movie was so much fun! A really campy and beautifully done take on Frankenstein, two grad students (with homosexual undertones) brings people back to life with beautifully done practical effects. Will definitely be rewatching soon.

Bride of Re-animator (1990) dir. Brian Yuzna: 5/5 ⭐️ I can’t decide if which of these movies I enjoyed more, they were both so entertaining but personally the design of the undead bride is absolutely breathtaking and one of my favorite designs of all time. I can’t recommend this movie enough, such a fun watch.

The Truman Show (1998) dir. Peter Weir: 5/5 ⭐️ I am dumbfounded that this movie is classified as a comedy and not a horror comedy, the plot of this movie is genuinely one of the most terrifying things I can think of. (Heed caution watching this movie if you struggle with de-realization) This movie terrified me, made me cry, and had me clapping and cheering at the end. Fantastic movie.

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) dir. Dan O’Bannon: 5/5 ⭐️ As a huge lover of zombie movies I’ve got to classify this as my favorite zombie movie of all time. It’s super funny, the characters are awesome, and the zombie design is fantastic. The Tarman is my favorite zombie design ever and I LOVE how we get a reason for the brain eating from the actual zombies themselves. If you love campy 80’s horrors and zombies this is a must see.

The Evil Dead (1981) dir. Sam Raimi: 5/5 ⭐️ I am a huge evil dead fan so I am biased when I say I love all the evil dead movies. I love a gory horror movie that does not take itself serious at all. It’s so funny and campy and is just a fun watch if you can enjoy a movie without needing to dissect it. The gore and practical effects are so gross and awesome and the demons are a great time.

I Saw the Tv Glow (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun: 5/5⭐️ Everyone should watch this movie but if you are transgender you HAVE to see this movie. It portrays the horror, damage, and suffering that living your life in the closet can do to you. I could spend hours dissecting this movie and relating it to the trans experience but I guarantee if you relate to having grown up in any capacity as the wrong gender you will be bawling by the end of this movie. An absolute must watch.

Sleepaway Camp (1983) dir. Robert Hiltzik: 5/5 ⭐️ I love a fun slasher movie that takes place at a summer camp and this one does not disappoint. While trying not to give too much away if you haven’t seen it, some people believe this movie to be transphobic, and while I understand where they’re coming from I completely disagree. I consider this movie to be a trans allegory showing how dangerous it is to someone’s mental health to force them to be someone they’re not and the damage it can inflict to them and others. Great movie with a great ending.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos: 5/5 ⭐️It took me two watches to really appreciate this movie and I can’t fully talk about my thoughts without spoiling it, but this is a great psychological horror with such weird characters. If you’re watching this movie and wondering why every character is SO strange, talks weird, moves weird, and acts weird then just know that is absolutely intentional! Great watch and I recommend a few watches to really absorb the movie!

House of 1000 Corpses (2003) dir. Rob Zombie: 4.5/5 ⭐️ My boyfriend called this movie a love letter to horror and I have to agree. This is a fun campy horror that really has a lot of fun in its character designs and creative kills. It’s both very comedic while being disturbing and bizarre. (And Captain Spaulding is obviously queer coded, just how I like my favorite horror characters to be). A fun watch for any horror fan.

Blackfish (2013) dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite: 4/5 ⭐️ I know I am 11 years late to watching this movie, and although not the best documentary I’ve ever seen, it got its point across very well. I had known about a lot that was in this doc but I still learned a lot that I hadn’t known. A very heart wrenching story about animal abuse at Sea World but with must know information. Even though it brought change (sea world is no longer allowed to capture or breed Orcas) I’m still distraught that Sea World is still operational to this day.

Lisa Frankenstein (2024) dir. Zelda Williams: 5/5 ⭐️ this movie is absolutely fantastic. Campy, funny, aesthetic, and romantic all wrapped in one. The characters were written in such a fun and in your face way. If you were ever “the weird girl” this movie is absolutely made for you. I love Lisa’s character so much and I love how throughout the movie she worked to be herself despite everyone BUT a dead guy wishing she were “normal”. Cinema is so back, this is the kind of movie I want to see.

Edit* yes technically the truman show is classified as a comedy *I* don’t consider it a comedy but I didn’t make the movie lol (well i guess technically a psychological comedy drama but yeah)

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thinkin abt evil dead rise and how hot that mom was ngl

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Army of Darkness (1992)

Army of Darkness is full of memorable scenes and big laughs. It may not be as ghoulishly funny as Evil Dead 2 but look at the film’s title. This isn’t Evil Dead 3; it’s its own thing. Remarkably well-directed and sturdy for a low-budget production, this is a movie you'll come back to.

Following the events of Evil Dead 2, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) has been sent to the Middle Ages. After an initial scuffle with the locals, our hero embarks on a quest for the magical Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. With it, he can return to his own time, but Ash isn’t the only one after the book.

The plot of Army of Darkness is episodic. On his quest to find the Book of the Dead, Ash has to fight miniature versions of himself, gets split into two, must save his love interest from the Deadites, trains villagers to fight against the incoming Army of Darkness, and more. The character does not grow or learn anything. He makes his way through these obstacles, all of which are wildly creative and a riot to see, but most of them could be swapped around without affecting the plot. The film film is not deep but it is fully aware of this. That may or may not be a flaw. It depends on your preferences.

For the most part, the special effects look terrific considering the $11 million budget. There is a wide assortment of creatures in this dark fantasy horror comedy even before we get to the titular army. There are a few instances where the budget does show, however. Mostly, a shot where tiny creatures attack Ash Gulliver’s Travels’s style and some close-ups of the undead. This is the kind of movie that plays better on VHS or DVD than Blu-ray, let me put it that way.

The wildly different tone of this picture will initially be off-putting for fans of Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 but if you give this film a chance, it will win you over. Bruce Campbell has excellent comedic timing and it’s hard to imagine anyone else pulling off some of the wild sight-gags director Sam Raimi (who directed, wrote and edited the film) dreamt up. I don’t know if anyone else would’ve even agreed to perform this part. It’s so bizarre. Army of Darkness" has a unique take on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, with Ash being the ultimate reluctant hero. The score is terrific. The events keep you guessing and wondering what's coming next, even when you sort of know. Above all else, the picture is just fun to watch.

Army of Darkness is not as good as The Evil Dead or Evil Dead II and it's significantly different from them tone- and story-wise. I'm still calling this one of the best "trilogies" (I put that in quotations because there is a sequel series and films that follow, but they only came in fairly recently). Unlike other series whose third installment you could only imagine people revisiting because they’re making their way through the whole franchise (cough Blade cough), Army of Darkness will have a special place in many fans' hearts. (Theatrical cut on DVD, March 10, 2023)

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The Thing (1982) - Groups of researchers in Antarctica fight to survive as a shape-shifting alien kills everyone one by one. A perfect sci-fi horror, my favorite horror film.

Blade (1998) - A dhampir (half human half vampire) hunts vampires that are trying to destroy the human race led by Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff)

American Psycho (2000) - A wealthy New York investment bank who hides his secret and violent life as a serial killer as he dives deeper into these cruel fantasies.

Day of the Dead (1985) - Movie similar to The Thing but without an alien, but zombies. Scientists and military working together in a bunker have to decide what to do.

Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - A musical horror movie about a flower shop assistant who comes across a flesh eating plant

The Evil Dead (1981) - 5 college students all find an audio tape and book in a cabin deep in the forest, they read the incantations in the book and now have to fight off evil spirits.

Evil Dead II (1986) - Another horror comedy where Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) from the first movie returns to the cabin where a force possessed his girlfriend as he fights for his life with a boomstick and a chainsaw.

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THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

An older movie where, by golly, they do the damn thing. Reminds me a bit of Night of the Living Dead 1968 because they just really went for it even with what little abilities they might have had way back when to make a truly sickening Evil Dead movie. The makeup and effects were gnarly in the best way, I can see why this movie has such a cult following and why there are so many sequels and spin-offs with better and gnarlier effects. 

⭐⭐⭐.5

Trigger Warning Sexual Assault (?)

A group of young adults get together in a Cabin in the Woods to have a grand old time drinking and eating salad (they brought salad to eat, what party animals). The fruit cellar door slams open so the boys decide why not poke around down there! They grab some spooky stuff and bring it back up to their cool salad party. They play a creepy tape they found that has some Latin (I believe) being recited over and over like some sort of ritual! The girls just want it to stop, which it does, abruptly, when a branch from a nearby tree breaks a window (not ominous at all).

Cheryl goes off into the woods to get strung up by the trees and then possessed by whatever demon(s) they let loose which really bites them all in the butt when they get back to the cabin. They lock her in the cellar but not before she causes havoc. Poor Shelly doesn’t have a cellar so when she gets possessed she gets thrown in the fire and then hacked to pieces but at least the boys have the respect to say “let’s bury her, right here, right now.”

Things aren’t going very well back in the cabin though, Linda, the girl that got stabbed, is now possessed too. Scott is ready to bail, he says screw the women and takes off into the woods only to get assaulted by the trees like Cheryl but this time it is much more deadly because he is puking up blood and dies soon after. Linda cannot stop giggling and this is the part of the movie where everything sort of devolves into screaming and snickering and bloodshed. Ash is able to stop Linda, who was his lady love before she turned, he beheads her with a shovel and she still was laughing.

By the time Ash makes it back inside Cheryl has escaped the cellar and Scott has turned, Ash keeps asking why he is being put through this hell but no one answers him. Finally Ash figures out he needs to burn the book with all the evil incantations in it and that will make all the Evil Dead go away. After a bloody battle Ashley is able to get the book in the fire and stop the madness for a moment, before the villains explode with giant hands in them (yeah, I don’t know what to tell you folks). Ash gets out but not before the creeping thing that's been around all movie sneaks up behind him and… Credits.

The movie is a bloody mess and I mean that in the most sincere way. Blood, bones, and puss (the puss was the worst for me, yuck) plus the possessed makeup on our Evil Dead coupled with all the prosthetics that got chopped off of each one of them, this was a fun movie. I look forward to seeing what they do with the sequels as there is quite a bit to work with just from this first movie alone.

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Horror fans where you at!

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Chris: Evil Dead 2 is a horror / comedy of one of the best, a classic, generally better than Evil Dead 1 and a remake so you don’t need to see the first film, I have seen this film many times in the past but not for several years, last film on Halloween, still a classic that holds up but next time I must see it in 4K, Sam Raimi’s vacation in hell at a forest cabin involving the evil book of the dead, great effects and sound, and Bruce Campbell is great in it, Watch: Buy.

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Film Fast Review #014:

(BluRay Version mit 5.1 HTS Sound)

Story: Eine dänische Familie macht Urlaub in der Toskana und freundet sich mit einer niederländischen Familie an, die sie einige Monate später für ein Wochenende zu sich nach Hause einlädt. Daraufhin erleben sie ein alptraumhaftes Wochenende.......

MakeUp / CGI / Computereffekte: Da es sich hierbei um ein Horrordrama handelt, ist das MakeUp einfach gehalten und hebt sich erst am Ende des Filmes mit Dreck, Blut und einem Splattereffekt ab was dabei sehr authentisch aussieht und dieses nicht als MakeUp aussehen lässt. CGI / Computereffekte gibt es in dem Film nicht.

Bild: Glasklar, selbst an den dunkelsten Nachszenen. Von grellen Sonnenschein bis tiefste Nacht über schummriges Zimmerlicht ist alles vertreten und weist kein Bildrauschen auf.

Musik / Soundeffekte: Durch die orchestrale Musik die schon am Anfang die Filmrichtung vorgibt und mit viel Tubas und Posaunen durchzogen ist, drückt diese ganz schön ordentlich. Die Musik bewegt sich im Film über klassisches Akapella über Autoradio- und Kassettendecksound bis hin zur druckhaften, psychischen Orchestermusik.

Fazit: Speak no Evil (2022) ist ein Film der weh tut und einen sprachlos zurücklässt. Der physische und psychische Druck in dem Film steigert sich immer mehr und lässt einem das Ende nur schmerzhaft miterleben. Einziges Manko ist aus meiner Sicht die Laufzeit von nur 97 Minuten incl. kompletten Abspann sowie 1-2 offene Fragen, die jeder für sich herausfinden muss. Ein unglaublich intensiver Psychotrip !!!!!!

Meine Bewertung: 9,5 von 10

- dertypohnenamen (Oktober 2024)

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I’ve been watching old horror movies to get into the spooky season spirit, and recently finished Evil Dead 1, 2, and Army of Darkness. Because of how old the first one was I expected it to not be too scary, but it was indeed chilling. The gore was so well done it made me a little nauseous. It just goes to show that practical effects can top cgi in some cases.

Ash is probably my favorite horror movie protagonist. He dual wields a chainsaw and a shotgun. He is THE badass horror protagonist. When he chopped up that deadite witch in the second movie I audibly said “Holy Shit.”

Army of Darkness was special. The complete tone shift from horror to action-comedy was surprising, but I didn’t hate it. I liked how scary and grisly the other movies were, but Army of Darkness had a cheesy 80’s charm to it that made it a fun watch.