Epinions Recent Reviews for brodieman

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3

Fri, 21 May 2004 09:36:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - What should have been titled The Texas Editing Room Massacre, Leatherface is an unholy mess marred by substandard chainsaw cutting on screen and off. Blame New Line Cinema for the excessive censorship of the cut version (to garner an R Certificate in...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Wed, 19 May 2004 13:30:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - The most surprising thing about this 1986 sequel is that after twelve years there's still plenty of gas left in the chainsaw. Returning director Tobe Hooper gleefully fires up The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Part 2 and lets it roar for well over an hour...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre *

Fri, 14 May 2004 10:08:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Raw, uncompromising, intense and terrifying (and that’s just the title), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is far and away the most purely horrifying movie ever made. One of the few horror films that fully lives up (or down depending on your view) to...

Dawn Of The Dead *

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:40:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Zombie fans haven’t had much to celebrate of late; after a deluge of unimaginative direct-to-video pap and the huge letdown of the promising but immensely disappointing Resident Evil, a further mainstream visit from the un-dead would seem positively...

The Shining *

Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:47:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - It is fair to say that horror movies attach themselves to an unfortunate yet unavoidable law of diminishing returns.

Plainly put, they are never as scary as the first time you watched them and even revisiting a generic masterpiece such as...

Halloween *

Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:08:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Somewhat tragically, us Brits don’t celebrate Halloween. Believe it or not, it’s actually illegal for me to go out on the night of October 31st dressed in a boiler suit, hiding my features behind a hockey mask and knocking on people’s doors...

Night Shift *

Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:07:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - One of the great underrated gems from the early eighties and a definite highlight in the elusive careers of both Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler, Night Shift is a wonderful comedy that treats a potentially dark and seedy subject with astonishing sleight...

The Incredible Melting Man

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:38:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - With plot and technical problems every bit as messy and unstable as the title character’s mushy visage, not to mention the kind of achingly slow pacing that would test the even the most biblical patience and resolve, The Incredible Melting Man is...

The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue

Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:00:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Although the title is more than a little clumsy, The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue is nevertheless an excellent horror film that draws its greatest strengths from the oddity of its unusual locations.

By setting his film in bleak,...

Return Of The Living Dead

Sun, 1 Sep 2002 11:59:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - To many, Return Of The Living Dead was a more enticing prospect than George Romero's very own Day Of The Dead.

Released in the same year, here was a film with enough energy and humour to take the shine off of the hugely awaited (but only...

Dead And Buried

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:24:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - A mite disappointing considering it came from the pen that co-wrote Alien and Total Recall, Dead And Buried is nevertheless a nasty little oddity, similar (but not comparable or in any way equal) to John Carpenter's The Fog.

Written by Dan...

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:41:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - There is an irresistible simplicity to Zombie Flesh Eaters; from the eerie opening shot of an unidentified sailboat drifting ominously into New York harbour, to the horrific final moments as zombies converge upon the Big Apple, this is a pleasingly...

Madman

Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:23:07 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Aside from a few reasonably orchestrated scares, Madman is an infuriatingly derivative slasher flick of quite barnstorming mediocrity. The only genuine shocks come courtesy of a truly inane musical score and a group of actors seemingly overcome by their...

Cannibal Apocalypse

Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:11:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - ‘POW’s in Vietnam..starved in captivity...released with a taste for human flesh!'

And so reads the brilliant, once in a lifetime tagline for Cannibal Apocalypse, a cheesy, incredibly gory exploitation flick that simply cannot live up to its...

Maniac

Sat, 3 Aug 2002 17:43:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - After twenty-two years, and all manner of failed attempts by the (obviously VERY patient) distributors, Maniac is finally unleashed (uncut) upon the British DVD-buying public. ‘One of the most relentlessly depraved and disturbing horror movies ever made’...

Fletch *

Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:14:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - A genuinely intriguing plot, unusual supporting characters, a handful of hilarious comic set-pieces and a likeably wise-cracking hero are but the icing on the cake for Fletch. Thanks to a dazzlingly sunswept environment, gleaming LA locales and a subtle...

Manhunter

Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:56:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Let's just get something straight; The Silence Of The Lambs is a sensational thriller.

Adapted from Thomas Harris' best-selling novel, it features an intriguing, tightly wound plot, nerve-wracking set-pieces and a psychologically challenging...

Apocalypse Now: Redux *

Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:04:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - A strip of Vietnamese forest sways gently in the early evening breeze. Yellow flare smoke drifts lazily across the screen as American helicopters circle overhead, invisible but for the stuttering menace of their whirring propeller blades.

The...

Three O'Clock High *

Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:42:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - The Eighties teen-movie sub-genre was dominated by some pretty lame ducks; whether it be the laughably misjudged musings of The Breakfast Club, the insipid tribulations of being Pretty In Pink or the questionable angst that accompanies having Sixteen...

Pearl Harbor

Sun, 12 May 2002 17:24:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - After the cheesy but hugely enjoyable excesses of Bad Boys, Armageddon and (best of all) The Rock, director Michael Bay's fourth collaboration with Uber-Producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes as an incredible disappointment.

Despite one astounding...

The Parole Officer

Sun, 5 May 2002 19:29:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - A modest, yet incredibly enjoyable comedy, The Parole Officer should entertain American audiences whilst at the same time introducing them to the unquestionable, multiple Bafta award-winning genius that is Steve Coogan.

Famous on British...

Anthropophagous The Beast

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:58:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Although famous amongst underground gorehounds for some extremely intense special effects, Anthropophagous The Beast nevertheless features enough murky atmosphere and skilful directorial flourishes to set it apart from some of the more shoddy Video...

Day Of The Dead

Sun, 21 Apr 2002 14:57:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - Following Dawn Of The Dead was never going to be an easy task, but Director George Romero has concocted a reasonably satisfying follow-up to his 1979 masterpiece. Although it does pale in comparison to it's awesome predecessor, Day Of The Dead has enough...

Gung Ho *

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:47:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - A neglected gem in the extensive back catalogue of both director Ron Howard (who recently won an Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind) and star Michael Keaton, Gung Ho has a lot of heart, plenty of easy laughs and moments of effective poignancy delivered...

Jason X

Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:01:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author brodieman - It is interesting to note how not one director has managed to inject anything particularly new into this inexplicably popular series since things started getting repetitive during Part 2.

Believe it or not, that was 21 years ago.

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