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Don't expect much

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:34:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - You would think a horror film with Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee would be good, right? Well, this one misses on most levels and only hits on a few. The story involves a secret group that is doing experiments that involve genetic...

Fuzzy face returns

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:45:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - Larry Talbot(the wolfman) is awakened even though everyone thought he had died years before. He wants to end his suffering and thinks there may be a scientific way so he sets off to the town where one Dr. Frankenstein had performed his awful projects...

Monster mess

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:25:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - The Universal monster movies were drawing to the close of their cycle by this time, they had passed their peak so the through together the Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, a female hunchback and a mad doctor who goes through Jekyll and Hyde...

Poor Michael Landon

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:44:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This film tried to combine horror, teen-angst and rock and roll and failed on all counts. This stinker casts Michael Landon an angry young man who keeps getting into trouble by his temper. He seeks help from a doctor and he gets relief, but the doctor is...

Universal tribute

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:25:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This was Hammer's third Frankenstein film and it is better than most people give it credit for. Dr. Frankenstein is on the run and he discovers a early monster he made years ago, but the monster is dormant. The Baron enlists the help of a hypnotist to...

What a shame

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:57:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - When I saw the preview for this, I was pretty excited and was sure this film would be pretty good especially since it was Universal. Well, the guy that put together the preview did a good job because he took the three minutes of good footage and put it...

Not just a guy in a fish suit

Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:39:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - Many people thought Universal had run through the monster films at the close of the 1940's, but the big monster boom in the 50's gave Universal a chance to crank out some more. This is undoubtedly one of the best sci-fi/monster films of it's decade. A...

Sort of Dracula

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:35:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - When the idea for this film first came out they wanted to get Hammer director Terence Fisher, they wanted to get Christopher Lee as Dracula and Vincent Price as Van Helsing. Well, they got Lee, but had to get Herbert Lom as Van Helsing (not a bad...

This one bites, but not in a good way

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:33:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - I thought this film would be amusing if nothing else, but I was quite wrong. William Marshall tries hard and he is good in other things I have seen, but he cannot do anything to help this film. The story is that an African Prince (Marshall) is bitten by...

Arnold's big break

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:49:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - Arnold Schwarzenegger originally signed on to do five Conan films, he did two and then decided to take a chance at doing action films. This film brought Robert E. Howard's character swinging onto the big screen. Schwarzenegger had only some supporting...

I have been waiting for you!

Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:04:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - I remember seeing this film for the first time on tv probably around 1979 or 1980. It really spooked me at the time or at least the ending did, but I was only about ten when I saw it. I have this film about four times since then and I still think it is...

One of the best

Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:32:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - I grew up watching the old Universal monster flicks and 50's sci-fi films, but when this film first came on tv in like 1980 or 1981 I gave it a chance. This film left a huge impact on me, this was certainly the scariest film I had seen at the time. John...

Tastes pretty good

Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:51:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - The fourth of hammer's Christopher Lee's Dracula films has it's moments, but could have been better. The story starts out kind of interesting and then turns into a predictable revenge story line. It is nearly half an hour before Dracula is revived from...

Good, but needs some filler

Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:16:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This was Hammer's third Dracula with Christopher Lee playing the count and the first without Terence Fisher directing because Freddie Francis took over on this one. The opening with the discovery of a dead girl and the inevitable resurrection of Dracula...

Better than you think

Tue, 23 May 2000 12:12:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This films really is not the joke many people have made it out to be. The story is simple, but really quite interesting. The story builds your interest, even though it is predictable. The acting is solid, the cast really push to make this as believable...

One Price classic, one Price appearance

Thu, 18 May 2000 12:07:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - These two similar in that they were both made in the late fifties, both are mysteries with elements of horror and both have Vincent Price, but there are lots of differences between the two.

The House on Haunted Hill is a horror movie that becomes a...

Masters of horror

Tue, 16 May 2000 10:22:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This film says it is based on Poe's Black Cat, but the only connection is the title. However, this is a fine Universal horror film and one of the better pairings of Lugosi and Karloff. Lugosi and a young couple crash and end up at Karloff's modern house...

Great performance

Tue, 9 May 2000 11:39:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - I am not usually a fan of musicals, but I am a fan of Yul Brynner. The story is fairly good, but the ending is rushed and seems very anti-climatic because the warmth that was building and building is tied up way to quick. The songs are overall good, some...

Barker's monster

Tue, 9 May 2000 11:24:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This film was based on a short story by Clive Barker. Like most films based on a short story, this film takes a lot of liberties in order to expand the story to film length. The result is far from great, but certainly worth seeing at least once.
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Better than it's reputation

Fri, 5 May 2000 14:05:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - I remember when this film came out back in the summer of 1991, there was some hype prior to the release. When it came out it bombed in a summer where it was competing with Terminator 2 and Costner's Robin Hood. The biggest name in this film is Timothy...

Worth the wait

Thu, 4 May 2000 17:25:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - I remember being a child back in the mid-70's and hearing my mother talk about this movie. When it came on television in the late '70's, I asked if I could watch it and they said it was not for children. Well, I forgot about it for years and finally saw...

Should have won the Caldecott

Thu, 4 May 2000 12:38:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This book is one of the best picture books I have come across in quite awhile. The story is warm, humorous, very original and flows very well. The story starts mysterious, but shows a very imaginative explanation on the origin and maintenance of clouds...

Solid classic horror

Thu, 4 May 2000 10:53:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author markmc - This film helped revitalize sagging Universal at a time when their monster films needed a good jolt. Lon Chaney Jr. kicked off his horror career by playing Lawrence Talbot, a man who gets bitten by a werewolf. Chaney was never spectacular, but he was an...