Cujo (1983) Review

   I think it's a good idea, making a more realistic horror movie, not
about ghosts or undying serial killers, but just an animal.
Unfortunately it's not done right at all.
  Cujo is one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen! And I'm a big
horror fan. Nothing ever happens until 40 minutes in! Until then it's a
bunch of drama and crap about a cereal company, and this all leads to
NOTHING!
   The characters are stupid, all they do is cry and whine. I just wanted
to punch the screen of my ipod because I hate these people so much. And
Cujo is boring. You don't feel sorry for him when he dies because he
didn't do ANYTHING. There is absolutely no development for the title
character!
  It's super slow, the first half of the movie is pointless, the
characters are dumb, and it's just plain awful >:(

My Rating: 2/10

Top 5 Favorite Movies (2012 List)

Here's my top 5 favorite movies list. I change my mind constantly, so next year I'll probably do a new list.

5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

It's got a great story, great characters, great action sequences, the soundtrack is great, it's all around just GREAT.

4. Gojira (1954)

I've already talked about this film. See my review here.

3. Batman (1989)

This is what Batman should be. He's dark yet heroic, Joker is totally crazy, the Batmobile design is great, and the actors are just phenomenal! It's got atmosphere, and probably the best superhero movie soundtrack ever. It's a really great film.

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

What sets this film apart from other slasher movies like Friday the 13th, is that it's pretty original, and it actually has likable characters. It also has atmosphere, a nice soundtrack, Freddy Krueger is one of my favorite monsters ever, and it has great actors too, like Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp, plus this was also Johnny Depps first movie.

1. Mothra VS Godzilla (1964)

It has everything a Godzilla movie needs: Destruction, a good fight, a bit of goofiness, nice characters, the whole shebang. I guess King Kong VS Godzilla also has those qualities, but I consider this my first Godzilla movie, so it has some sentimental value too.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Review

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  The film starts out with Tommy from the last 2 films going to the cemetery where Jason's body is, so he can destroy it, unfortunately by doing this he will just bring him back.
  So Tommy and his friend dig up the grave and when Tommy sees Jason's body, he gets angry and starts stabbing him with a steel pole. When he walks off for a minute lightning strikes the pole and kinda like Frankenstein it brings him back. He kills the friend but Tommy escapes. Jason then puts on his iconic hockey mask again, and then the camera zooms into his eye, where they parody the James Bond gun barrel sequence. Personally, I found that hilarious.

  After the credits roll we see that Jason is trying to find Tommy, killing everyone in his path, but it's a bit hard to take seriously after that James Bond moment, but we forget about it eventually. And him killing people is really all that happens the rest of the movie. There's slasher films, what do you expect?
  At the end of the movie Tommy lures Jason into the lake where he was originally drowned. He gets a chain around Jason's neck, which is tied to a rock, and he goes down to the bottom of the lake and can't get back up. A forgettable female character who we'll probably never see again in any sequels, starts a motor boat in front of Jason, and he gets all cut up by the propeller. Everyone has a happy ending, but Jason opens his eye, meaning that we can have yet another sequel.
  This is my favorite Friday the 13th film. I'm still in the process of watching them all so I might get a new favorite later, but so far, this was the best. It's funny, it's got lots of cool deaths, and it skips all that crap about not seeing the killers face, or I guess mask. His hockey mask is one of the things that make him so cool! The other ones should have started out like this.
  So yeah, it's a great movie. If you're a fan of horror movies then check it out. I don't think you even have to watch the other movies to enjoy it.

My rating: 7.5/10

Friday the 13th (1980) Review

  Happy Friday the 13th! To celebrate, here's a review of the very first Friday the 13th movie:

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  So a bunch of teenagers are staying at Camp Crystal Lake, and there's a killer stalking them. That's about it. In this the killer is not Jason Voorhees, it's actually Pamela Voorhees, his mother. She's killing everyone at the camp because in 1957 Jason was at the camp trying to swim, but no one was doing their job and keeping an eye on him, and he drown. Now she wants revenge.
  The first half of the movie isn't very good. Just some boring deaths and a bunch of sex. Plus you don't even see the killer's face. Although there is this one pretty cool kill, a boy is laying down on a bed, when from beneath the bed an arrow comes up through his throat.
  The second half of the movie is better. You can see the face of Pamela Voorhees now, and there's only one kid left, so they focus on just her now. The remaining kid chops off the head of Mrs. Voorhees, and then gets into a boat. Well she's in the boat Jason somehow comes back from the dead and pulls her into the water, but she wakes up in the hospital. And that's the end of the movie.
  When they start talking about Jason it really gets you hyped to see the next movie where he's actually the killer. I'd say watch it if your a horror fan. But remember the first half of the movie is going to be pretty boring. And if you watch this one, be sure to watch part II soon after. It's much better, very suspenseful and could actually make you jump too.

My Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

The Wolfman (2010) Review

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  I am a big fan of the original 1941 Wolf Man movie. He's my favorite Universal monster, so I got interested in seeing the remake from 2010. As far as remakes go, it's not totally horrible. I've definitely seen worse.
  Plot goes like this, Lawrence Talbot is visiting his father and gets bit by a werewolf, he kills a bunch of people and goes to an asylum, he finds out his father is also a werewolf, he kills some more people, he fights his dad and kills him, and then gets killed himself.
  It starts out pretty good, it feels like a Wolfman movie, but they change the storyline a bit. In the original Larry is testing a telescope and spots a girl, he goes to her shop to talk to her and buys a special cane with a silver wolf head on it. He takes her and her friend to get their fortune told by some gypsies, and they get attacked by a werewolf. He kills the werewolf with the silver cane after getting bit, and that's how he gets the curse. In this he meets an old man on a train who gives him the cane, and then it doesn't appear again until the very end. It doesn't really have much to do with the story, I think it's really just there because they wanted to pay homage to the original movie more.
  He does meet a girl, but she doesn't have a very big effect on the plot, unlike the original where the girl is a lot more important and indirectly caused him to be bitten by the wolf.
  Kinda like Tim Burton's Sleepy Hallow, they try to make the main character more interesting by giving him more background story. And like Sleepy Hallow, it was unnecessary, and didn't make me like the character any more. If they wanted to make him more likable, they needed to try to replicate what Lon Chaney Junior did. His acting was just much more dramatic, and I liked the character more. But in this Benicio Del Toro was just kinda blah through the whole movie, and I really didn't care about him much.
  There's a lot of boring parts, and a lot of scenes that try to make you jump, but they don't really work too well.
  The end was cool when both him and his father were werewolves fighting each other. I always wanted to see two werewolves fight. And then when there was an angry mob with a bunch of torches going after the monster. That's when it started to feel more like a Universal monster movie.
  At the end he catches his girlfriend and hesitates killing her. I didn't really like that too much. He's not supposed to have feelings for her when he's a wolf, all he wants to do is kill, or at least that's the way it should be.
  So anyway, she ends up killing him with a silver bullet, he turns into a human and they have an emotional moment together, and that's really it. Of course it's going to have flaws, and it's not going to be as good as the original, but as far as remakes go it's not too bad. At least it doesn't demolish the Wolfman's good name like some other remakes have done to other characters. And I'm glad it only uses CGI when it really needs to. If you are a fan of Universal Monsters and the Wolfman, go ahead and check it out. Just remember it's not going to be that great.

My Rating: 6/10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) Review

   Last Night I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. To be honest, it was kind of stupid. First of all it didn't have a very good plot. Bunch of killers go around blasting the guts out of people, and then there's this sheriff who wants to get revenge on them for killing his nephew, well an unlikable girl gets caught up in it. It's pretty lame.

   All the villains in this movie aren't very cool, not even Leatherface is. He was okay in the first movie, but in this he's just some stupid love struck retard. And Choptop is one of the most over rated horror characters of all time. People say he's cool because he's over the top and really weird. Well, it's true, he is over the top and weird, but not in a good way, he's just stupid. I think Angry Video Game Nerd's Choptop parody was actually better.

   There are a few good things about this movie though. The beginning when Leatherface is killing those teenagers in the car was kinda fun, probably the best scene in the whole movie. But everything else in the movie was so dumb and pointless.

   It wasn't very good as a horror movie, and it was terrible as a comedy. I didn't laugh once. They didn't seem to try too hard with this. I will probably avoid the other sequels, but I might just watch the remake. Kinda curious as to what that is like.

My rating: 4/10

Gojira(1954) Review

GOJIRA(1954)
  Gojira, aka Godzilla, is the first a a long line of giant monster movies by Toho
Co. Ltd in Japan. In a nutshell, the film's about a prehistory creature who is unleashed upon the world by an atomic explosion, and attacks Japan. It was created as a metaphor for the dangers of nuclear weapons, and is much darker and more serious than later movies in the series. 
  The special effects are nothing compared to today's standards, but I still appreciate all the work that went into the miniature sets and all that the suit actor had to go through. Did you know that the Godzilla suit was originally over 200 pounds? The actor, Haruo Nakajima, passed out from the heat every now and then.
  The music by Akira Ifikube, is magnificent. One of the greatest soundtracks of all time. 
  If you don't have the patience for slow movies it might not be for you, otherwise it's highly recommended. Also if you don't like reading subtitles, than you might want to watch Godzilla, King of the Monsters! instead. It's more or less the same movie, just with scenes of an American guy added in. I personally think the Japanese version is better, but if you don't like reading subtitles than you might like that version more.


My Rating: 8.5/10