Deathmate Black

Deathmate Black

This was the other Deathmate book done by the Image crew. And it seems that Jim Lee and Mark Silvestri's studios did most of the work. Set in what seems to be a few years in the future. This shows a world that reminds me of the world from Battle Angel Alita. You get a team made up of members of Cyberforce,Wildcats,X-O Manowar and Turok. And what made this book stand out for years,you get the first apperence of most of the Gen 13 teens. While this has great artwork and a pretty interesting story,it has almost no ties to the other 7 Deathmate books. But this is still my favorite of all teh Deathmate books and the only one I have read more than 4 times. I liked how they updated Turok and the various changes done to the other Valiant heroes appearing. I know for some time after this came out it was the only of the Deathmate books that you had to pay over cover price to get. Mainly based on how hot Gen 13 was for a time. But now it is found in the cheap bins along with the rest of this series. If you feel the need to read Deathmate and don't know where to start pick this up. There is really no need to read the rest of the series to understand what is going on. Deathmate Black gets a B+.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 twelveth film

Now I have been a huge fan of the Ernest character for years. So recently I got a DVD that had "Ernest goes to camp","Ernest goes to Jail" and "Ernest scared stupid". I haven't seen any of these three films in over a decade.

In this film Ernest is a garbage man in a small town. We find out that the town has a legend about a troll. Well Ernest is helping his younger friends to build a tree house way out in the woods. Well this tree is in the town witch's backyard. She finds out and tells Ernest that he is descended from a troll hunter. Who captured the evil troll Trantor and placed him into the tree the tree house is built in. She warns Ernest that if he places his hand on the tree and says "Yeah I call thee forth, Trantor!" the troll will be released. Well of course Ernest being the idiot he is he does this. And the troll is released.

Well the rest of the film is Ernest and the kids fighting off the troll. They discover that the troll one main weakness is milk. So we get plenty of water balloons and super soakers filled with milk. Then finally at the end Ernest manages to defeat the troll and everyone is happy.

It amazes me how well this film holds up today. I know I saw it in theaters. And pretty sure I saw it a few times on VHS. Ernest Scared Stupid gets a A.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 eleventh film

From dusk to dawn
1996
Dimension Collector's Series DVD

We start off with a Texas ranger heading into a liquor store. He talks to the clerk for a few minutes then heads back to use the bathroom.Then we see the Geko brothers running up and confronting the clerk. They hear that the cop is coming back out,so they hide again. Well the Gekos come back out and shot the ranger. Then also killed the clerk. And on their way out they set the place on fire.

We find out that the younger brother had just helped the older brother escape from prison. They have robbed a bank and are now on their way to Mexico. They end up kidnapping an minister and his 2 kids. So they make the minister drive his RV to Mexico. They arrive at the place they are suppose to meet up with their contact. It is a huge bar called the Titty Twister. The older brother says everyone is gonna go inside and have some drinks. While they wait till dawn for their contact to show up.

A little while after they are inside,they discover that everyone working in the bar is a vampire. And we get close to a hour of our "heroes" versus the vampires. We get plenty of great kills. Plus an almost naked Selma Hayek. Finally it is dawn and only the older Geko brother and the daughter are still alive.

Now this DVD set is packed with plenty of extras. The film has a great commentary with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarrentino. Then the second DVD has  the "Full Tilt Boogie" documentary that was made while the filming was happening.Sadly this edition is out of print. And the only version that is in print is the new re-release from Echo Bridge. This version has no extras at all. From Dusk to Dawn gets  a B+.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 tenth film

American Psycho
2000
Lionsgate Killer Collection edition DVD

Based on the controversial book,American Psycho is a film that tries to push the envelope. I misses this when it came out in theaters. So I rushed out and rented the DVD the day it came out. Having had read the book years ago I really enjoyed the film.

Patrick Bateman is a upper class yuppie. He works for a business that his father owns. He seems semi-normal,but we quickly realize that he is a sociopath. He has no problem with killing people that bother him. Patrick gets pissed off when someone has a better business card than he does. So he leaves and goes out and kills a bum and a dog.

Later on  Patrick meets up at a party with Paul. Patrick invites him back to his apartment. He puts on some music and comes up behind Paul and kills him with an ax. So Patrick disposes of the body. And then starts taking hookers back to the Paul's apartment. We get a great scene with Patrick buck naked chasing a hooker around the apartment complex with a chainsaw.

After killing a bunch of people.Patrick calls his lawyer to confess to all the killing he has done. He goes back to the dead guy's apartment. Where he has been storing most of the dead bodies. But when he gets there the apartment is cleaned up and a Realtor is showing it to some people interested in renting it. The next day Patrick runs into his lawyer at a bar. The lawyer seems to think that Patrick's phone call was a joke. And the lawyer claims that he saw Paul 10 days ago. So we are left wondering if Patrick has really been killing people,or was it all in his head.

Now the film is very different from the book. But the film is still pretty damn good.The acting is amazing. And all of the kills are well done. American Psycho gets a A-.

31 days of horror Year 3 Halloween Night extra

Halloween series overview

Released in 1978,the original Halloween was for many many years the biggest independent money making film.It is considered by some fans to be the first film in the slasher genre. But I don't think it is. You had films like Black Christmas,Texas Chain Saw Massacre,and all the Italian giallos that came before this one. Bob Clark,the creator of Black Christmas,has said that he had an idea for a Black X-mas sequel set at Halloween. And that he had told John Carpenter this idea.

Halloween-For a slasher film this has very little gore. And is way more stylish than most slasher films.We get a decent killer in Michael Myers. And Jamie Lee Curtis who is called the original scream queen. Now I do enjoy the film ,but think it is somewhat over-rated by most horror fans.B-.

Halloween 2-Made 3 years after the original was such a huge hit. This film isn't nearly as stylish as the original and the gore factor is raised. We get the return of Jamie Lee,who wears an awful wig and Donald Pleasence.I have always hated this entry and find it to be pretty disappointing over all. D+.

Halloween 3:Season of the witch-John Carpenter's original idea was that each year to release a film with the title Halloween ,with each film being a separate film. Kind of a horror anthology ,with each year being a new storyline. When this was first released the fans hated it. Cause it didn't have Michael in it.But we get a great film,that has some good FX. And one of the catchiest jingles I have ever heard.B.

Halloween 4:the return of Michael Myers-5 year after the disastrous showing of Season of the witch,we get a proper sequel to Halloween 2. This is the film that started Danielle Harris's career as a scream queen. And it is a great entry in the series. B.

Halloween 5:the Revenge of Michael Myers-2 years after part 4,we get a new Halloween movie. Sadly it isn't as good as part 4. But we still get a decent slasher film. Besides the crappy ending the overall film is fun to watch. C.

Halloween :The curse of Michael Myers-After the failure of part 5 it was quite a few years before we got the next entry. We get a strange film that tries to hard to explain the origin of Michael. C-.

Halloween 666:the producer's cut-This is only out  there as a bootleg. And is very different from what was officially released. We get a better story. And more explanations to the whole Thorn storyline. Sadly it looks like this cut will never get a legit release. B.

Halloween:H20 twenty years later-This entry ignores parts 3-6 and is a direct sequel to part 2. Too bad it isn't that good. We get a few OK kills. But the storyline isn't that good. C-.

Halloween:Resurrection-This film seems like a quickly made money grab after H20 made a decent amount of money at the box office. We get a super shitty storyline,some bad acting.And the worst of all Busta Rhymes kung fu fighting Michael. The only real highlight to me is a small appearance by Katee Sackhoff.F+.

Halloween remake-After part 8 bombed,we got a remake instead of another sequel.Now this one is the film that divides the fan base. Lots of people hate  it. I am not really sure why. The first half,which deals with Michael's childhood,is entertaining and does a better job explaining why Michael did what he did,than the entire Thorn storyline. The gore FX is well done. And I am sure I will catch shit for this,but I like Scout Taylor Compton better as Laurie than Jamie Lee Curtis. B-.

Halloween 2 remake-This seems to be one of the most hated recent horror films. I have only watched it once,and that time I saw the director's cut. I can see why people don't care for it. But I still think it is better than the original part 2. C-.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 ninth film

Deadgirl
2009
Dark Sky films unrated director's cut DVD

Picked this one up at Movie Gallery when it was closing. I had heard some buzz about the film. So when I saw it for 50 cents I had to pick it up.

Rickie and JT are skipping high school. They goto an abandoned hospital. They end up running wild through out the place. And then they find a dark hallway. At the end of it is a girl strapped to a table. Turns out she still seems to be alive.

Well both the boys start fucking the girl a few days later. They realize she seems to be a zombie. So a couple of days later at school one of the guys is bragging to the jocks about this. So of course the jocks want to come bang the zombie chick. But she ends up biting one of them. At first it seems like this has no effect on him. But later that week he is at school in the bathroom and shits all his guts out into the toilet.

The two guys realize that if they get deadgirl to bite another girl they will have another piece of ass. So they are waiting in a parking lot to get this one girl. The get the girl they want. And head back to the abandoned hospital. Deadgirl gets free and Rickie and the new girl try to escape. But they get seperated. Rickie starts searching for her . He finds her but sees that JT has stabbed her in the back with a knife. Plus JT got bit by Deadgirl. So JT begs Rickie to let him bite the girl. We cut away then we see Rickie walking down the hallway and into a room. Where he has the now new zombie girl tied down to a table.

Deadgirl is one of the more original zombie movies to come out in years. It has some great acting and FX work.Deadgirl gets a B+.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 eighth film

Christina's House
2001
MGM DVD

Back around this time last year. I was spending some time with my aunt and saw that one of the neighbors was having a garage sale.So I went over to see what all they had for sale. The only thing that caught my eye was they had some used DVDs for 50 cents each. So I picked up about 8 DVDs.This movie was one of the ones I got.

The film starts off with a father and his teenage daughter moving into a new house. Quickly she finds herself a new boyfriend. Well things seem to be doing ok,then people start disappearing.

Now the film leaves all kinds of red herrings as to who is the killer in this film.We get clues pointing to the father,the boyfriend and the handyman. For a horror film this one has very very few kills. The few we get are somewhat gory,but still don't make up for the small amount we get. Then right near the end we get some Saw-like traps. And sadly this is the best thing in the film.

This DVD is barebones. And the film is extremely shitty. The acting is pretty bad. Plus the kills are pretty lame.Christina's House get a F+.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 seventh film

Laid to Rest
2009
Anchor Bay unrated director's cut DVD

We start off with a woman waking up inside a coffin. She has no idea who she is. She gets out and starts being chased by a guy wearing a chrome face mask. From this minute to the end of the film we get Chromeface chasing this girl all over the place. She does eventually remember who she is.

This is a film that is known for it's FX stuff and not for the plot. The plot is simply a way to get from one gory practical FX piece to another. The FX stuff is simply great. We get all kinds of nice bloody kills. Now I just heard a interview with the director and he admitted that most of the FX stuff is practical with small touches of CGI. Now I have watched the movie 4 times now and have never spotted the CGI. Laid to Rest gets a C+.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 sixth film

My Bloody Valentine
1981
Lionsgate Uncut DVD

I saw this years ago on HBO at my cousin's house. And enjoyed it. But I kept hearing about how much was cut out.So I keep looking for a uncut release. Then in 2009 right before the 3d remake hit theaters,Lionsgate released a uncut version to DVD.

20 years ago there was a cave in ,in the local mine. And 5 guys got trapped. By the time a rescue crew go to them there was only one guy left alive. He had survived by eating his dead co-workers bodys.This all happened on Valentines day. So the town quits celebrating that holiday

Flash forward to the early 80s. This will be the first year that the town celebrates Valentines Day. There is gonna be a huge dance. And most of the mine workers will be there. But someone ,wearing a miner's mask,is out there killing off people in some pretty gruesome ways.

Now that the film is uncut,we finally get to see how gory this film was meant to be. The former cut footage is of lesser quality,but still looks pretty good. We get some great kills. Plus this is one of the few slashers I have seen where most of the cast is 20's and 30's instead of teenagers. My Bloody Valentine gets a B.

31 days of horror Year 3 day 31 fifth film

Leprechaun
1993
Lionsgate four pack DVD

After a short segment at the beginning that tells us how the leprechaun go to the USA. We see a dad and his daughter,Tory played by Jennifer Anniston,are moving into a new house.They meet up with the crew of guys that are painting the house. Which is made up of a guy,a lil kid,and a retarded fat guy. The retarded guy ends up freeing the Leprechaun from it's prison.The retarded guy,Ozzie,sees a rainbow and goes running off to find the end. The lil kid follows him. At the end of the rainbow they find a pot of gold. Ozzie bites a piece of the gold to see if it is real,and ends up swallowing it.

Well from there we end up getting a film that is basically the Leprechaun chasing after Tory and the 3 painters. There is some decent gore fx,but sadly it doesn't make up for how bad most of the acting is. Anniston is really bad in this,she is so annoying you keep hoping for the Leprechaun to kill her. But sadly that never happens. Usually with most horror franchise series the first film is the best. Not so with the Leprechaun series.I have seen 5 of the 6 them have made. And part 1 is one of the worst of those 5. Leprechaun gets a D+.