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Did Carpenter even have much to do with III? I was under the impression that it was done by his less-talented protégée, who has since gone on to less-than-stellar projects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
I’ll IMDB.
Edit: Yeah, it was written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
I just couldn't help myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIHUv2ooG38
Halloween III is a better sequel than most the Halloween sequels and with the series named Halloween, it should have been what III aimed to do. Make every film a different horror story taking place on Halloween. I would much rather have that than 25 sequels and 7 reboots or however many there is. A horror anthology but each story is a full film is an awesome idea! The Myers story lost me at 2 when DUN DUN DUN! He's her brother! I was in Curse of Michael Myers or at least did work for it sadly lol. (Extra only and my last project) I have never seen anything I worked in other than Unsolved Mysteries. I at least somewhat respect Halloween 2007 as Rob Zombie tried to do something a little different despite thinking the film kinds sucks.
The doc spent years trying to get through to Michael and got nowhere. Loomis gave up on him and saw him as an evil that needed to put down - his replacement tried to understand Michael, and understand why he did what he did. That's what drove him to do nuts. Is it believable? Not really. But neither is a 60 year old who can tank gunshots at close range and live, so IDK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake Armitage
The rest; just chalk it up to general horror movie character stupidity.
@Halloween III: Very underrated. I don't know if some of you know this, but John Carpenter was approached to do H4 and his idea for it was a lot better (imo) than what we got: basically Michael would be reborn as some sort of phantom by the town and this "ghost" would go around killing people. Movie company vetoed the idea, Carpenter said "fuck it" and just signed the rights away and that was that. I would've liked to have seen that one, seemed fun.
The various bits with the house were more than annoying since that set piece took up so much of the film - and the big "reveal" was rather silly if you stopped to think about it for more than 2 nanoseconds . One problem with so many films as of late is the seeming inability to produce a tight and coherent script - more forgivable in a low budget film but hard to fathom in a major production. Doesn't someone read these things ahead of time? Give me Sleuth (original), Usual Suspects, Identity, Trick R Treat, And Then There Were None (1945)* and such any day of the week.
*I do shudder when I think about the mess that the 2015 miniseries made of such a wonderful film.
You were in Halloween 6 and an Unsolved Mysteries episode?! Respect!Quote:
Originally Posted by SegataS
Based on a story by classic British horror and sci-fi writer, Nigel Kneale. He also wrote the Quatermass films. You can see his influence in Halloween III with the whole Stonehenge/ancient magic rites storyline.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
Ooops double post. My bad.
I have always been very fond of "5 Million Miles to Earth". I have to track down the "Quartermass and the Pit" tv version since I have never seen it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
Been ages since I saw it and re-watched Pumpkinhead II last night. Yup, it was pretty bad but I still love Stan Winstons monster design. Currently watching The Ruins on Roku. I don't remember why I added this to my wishlist. Hopefully some good gore or something as 20 min not seeing why I added it months ago.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Really, really, really good.
Felt like rewatching Carpenters Christine :) I think I might rewatch In The Mouth Of Madness next, now that was a very pleasant surprise a few years ago...
You have to first understand everything after the original is not canon according to this movie. With that said, it was a very suitable entry far surpassing EVERY sequel with the exception of the original part II which I have always found to be my favorite. This one was well done and really explored the toll events took on Laurie and not necessarily in a bad, vulnerable way. One aspect I disliked was how the movie used bloggers as a focal point to what went down. That reminded me of the horse crap reality show expose type deal from Resurrection. Being fair though, while it ignored II, it still paid plenty of homage to it. I don't the film was hurt (only helped) with the involvement of J.C. and T.L.W.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
Vice: I was afraid this movie was going to be a complete right-wing bash fueled by the extreme leftist propaganda machine, but it ended up being a RELATIVELY unbiased and pointed attack on Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, while at the same time painting them as real and sometimes sympathetic characters rather than mustache-twirling super villains. Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, and Sam Rockwell were all fantastic.
Watership Down (Netflix): The CGI in this is absolutely TERRIBLE, but I liked this one quite a bit. Watership Down is one of my favorite books and this 4-episode mini series was pretty faithful.
Mrs. Armitage and I went to see Aquaman on Thursday. Easily the best movie we have seen this year in the theaters. It was pretty much everything that the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises should have evolved into. Nothing terribly new as there was a lot of borrowing from other movies - but that borrowing was extremely well done. We will no doubt get the dvd when it is released but this really needs to be seen on the big screen at least once (we may go back again next week - something we have never done with a movie).
Prophecy (1979)
OK, so I discovered this hidden gem the other day and was pleasantly surprised. It's rather difficult to describe so let's just call it an early enviromental horror film. It's about a guy who gets assigned to the forests of Maine in the US by the enviromental agency to try to help settle a dispute between the local native people and a logging company. So far so Fern Gully. Anyway, upon arriving with his wife he learns from the owner of the paper mill (played by Richard Dysart, who was also in John Carpenter's The Thing) that people have been going missing in the forest and he thinks the native peoples are responsible. Well, it turns out that the whole environment is actually contaminated by methyl mercury, which has been coming from the paper mill, and it has poisoned and altered the DNA of the local wildlife in a very disturbing way, making the animals grow very big, and very aggressive... This gory creature feature won't be everybody's cup of tea, but I thoroughly enjoyed it in my admittedly inebriated state. The acting is solid, the cast good and certain parts are genuinely unsettling. The special effects are pretty wonky and haven't aged too well, but if you're anything like me you can overlook this small detail. Anybody into old school monster movies would do well to check this out.