Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com 2 April 2010. So I had a vague awareness of the Nightmare on Elm Street series as a small child. I would walk with great trepidation through the horror isle of the video store knowing that here were things not for young’ns like myself. I knew that there … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
So Halloween is upon us and this year it occurred to me that I had only seen half of the Halloween films. I decided to rectify that this year. Halloween (1978) You know I kind of go back and forth on Halloween. I last saw it in 2009 and thought that while good it was … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Piranha (1978) — This movie is a hard-boiled crime saga about the ruthless mobsters Doug and Dinsdale Piranha… nah, just fucking with ya. It’s about killer fish (geek props if you got the Monty Python reference). Conceived as a blatant Jaws rip-off the film forgoes the suspense and atmosphere of Spielberg’s film for the delightfully … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Days of Heaven (1978) — Earlier on I reviewed The Seventh Seal (great film) and referred to films that I have watched where I have been cognizant of their “greatness” yet not been particularly absorbed in. Less than twelve hours later, I find myself with a perfect example. I am big fan of transcendentalist cinema. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Inglorious Bastards (1978) — Like they said on Entourage, “Quentin Tarantino only rips off the best.” The plot: in 1944 in France a bunch of American soldiers are headed to court martial but their convoy is attacked by Germans. Everyone is killed except for five prisoners. The Americans will re-capture, court martial, and probably … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
Halloween (1978) — Watched this today and it was nowhere near as good as I remember it being. Maybe my memories have been colored by all the hype and the iconography. I don’t know. But I remember this movie being more awesome. There’s definitely stuff to like and I did like the movie a lot, … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 