Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Review Day 8 - Joy Ride

Day 8: Joy Ride (1 and 2)
                                                  
The Plot: The Original is a movie directed by John Dahl starring: Steve Zahn as Fuller. Paul Walker as Lewis. Leelee Sobieski as Venna. The movie is about Lewis picking Venna up to take her back home for the summer break of college. On the way on picking Venna up. He finds out his brother who he hasn't seen in 5 years was arrested the night before in Salt Lake City. Lewis takes a detour to pick up his brother Fuller. After Lewis picks Fuller up. They drive further to pick up Venna. Fuller spots a CB Radio in Lewis' car, so they decide to do a prank with someone. But the guy who got pranked takes it a bit to serious. And kidnaps Charlotte (Jessica Bowman). And blackmails Fuller, Lewis and Venna to do sick shit to rescue her. Near the end he kidnaps Venna and sets a trap that can cost them their lives. It was a good movie! A very good thriller that had horror aspects in it. The sequel which had nothing to do with the Original. Was filmed 7 years after the Original and stars: Nick Zano as Bobby. Laura Jordan as Kayla. Kyle Schmid as Nik. And one of my favourite actresses Nicki Aycox as Melissa. This sequel had a bit more sadistic side to it. It had alot more darker feel to it instead of a creepy feel. So the Original is for the adrenaline junkies. And the Sequel is for the Gore Hounds. It is similair to the first it has the CB. And someone wanting revenge on a past event. By stalking them over a CB Radio. The circumstances that the victims were in was very sick and you felt a really sympathetic. And what the writer of the movie did to the charachters was very sick and offensive. It was a complete 180 turn from the Original and had a complete different feel to it.

Personal Review: I like them both for different reasons. I love Gore but I also love excitment. But the Original plot was the most interesting and probably the most exciting as the sequel was so silmilair story wise to the Original. Overall they are great films. The sequel is fun to watch multiple times but the Original.... since nothing really shocking happened (instead more a creepy feeling) I think it wears off as the creepiness becomes less scary when you watch it mulitple times. But they are good movies and easy rewatchable.

I will soon do a better review about both movies. And also give my personal rating. This is it for today. Tomorrow Day 9 will be up with yet a new horror movie. So stay tuned and thanks for visiting my page!

Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Review Day 7 - Scream Franchise.

Day 7: Scream Franchise.
                                    
The Plot: The original Scream is from 1996. Directed and written by the master of horror 'Wes Craven'. Scream was a different type of slasher movie. Starring Drew Barrymore as Casey. Neve Campbell as Sidney. Courtney Cox as Gale. David Arquette as Dewey. Skeet Ulrich as Billy. Matthew Lillard as Stuart  and Jamie Kennedy as Randy. Instead of it being a typical cliché type Slasher. Instead they made fun of the horror cliché's and gave a more horror (comedic) feel to it. It's about someone that is so obsessed with Horror Movies, that he gains his idea's from Horror to kill and stalk people. You even hear the people in the movie explaining the horror cliché's, which was an all time first. It was the late 90's, the slasher genre was coming to an end. Scream brought it back to life. And with that a whole whirlwind of Slasher's came, bringing the Slasher genre back to life. With movies like ''Urban Legend'' and ''I Know What you did Last Summer'' and their line of sequels is a perfect example of how much Scream influenced the movies of the late 90's and early 2000's. Sream also had another first. It was a duo killer. Everybody throughout the film was trying to figure out who the killer was. And it ended up being 2 killers. The sequel of Scream came. And that had the exact same feel to it as the original. But this time it was all about the Sequel cliche's. It still followed the 4 survivors from the original (Sidney, Dewey, Gale and Randy) Randy dies half way. In a pretty lame way for such a good carachter as Randy! But the killer ended up being the mother of the original killer. She wanted revenge on the 4 survivors on killing her son. So she used the Sequel cliche's to honor her son who used the typical Horror cliché's. Then Scream 3 came. They took another route for this one. It still had that scream feel to it... and yes they had the Trilogy cliché's. But this movie felt more like a Movie within a Movie. Espicially how they made ''Stab'' such a big role in this film. They still followed the 3 survivors from the first/second film. 11 Years later, the original Scream trilogy which printed it's stamp in Horror History. Was no longer a trilogy but a Quadrilogy. This movie was not recieved well by the fans, as they felt they were messing with the classics. The Box Office wasn't all that well either. This movie was not about classic cliché's. But about the Modern day cliché's. The motto for this movie was ''New Decade, New Rules'' It showed the cliché's of the Remake genre and newer generation slashers. To expect the unexpected. It still followed Sidney, Gale and Dewey. Who by this time have become Scream originals. 3 Days ago, it was announced that they are busy with a fifth film. No info is out yet. They are also working on a 'Scream'' tv series.

Personal Review: I personally LOVE the Scream Quadrilogy. I like the original Trilogy better. But the fourth is also good. But the original was very good. And is a unieke film, that could actually only be made once. As it is a very unieke idea that cannot be copied. The sequels were still good. But just not as good as the original. I will continue to love the Scream Franchise and will watch it any day!

Soon, I will review the films 1 by 1, and also give a personal review. Thank you for visiting my page. Tomorrow Day 8 will be up. And Halloween Resurrection will also be added to my Halloween Movie Franchise Review. Thanks again.

Halloween H20

I just finished the Halloween H20 review in the Halloween Movie Franchise Review. Please chek it out.

Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Review Day 7 will be up tonight with 'Scream' so stay tuned. And thanks for visiting my page :-D.

Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Reviews Day 5-6

Day 5: House of 1000 Corpses + Sequel (The Devil's Rejects)                    
                                     
                                     
The Plot: House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects is a movie written and directed by Rob Zombie. Many people call both movies 'White Trash' not so much as an insult but as a compliment. Both House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects stars Sheri Moon Zombie (She is one of my favourite actresses!) as Baby. Bill Moseley as Otis. Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding. And the legendary Karen Black who plays Mother Firefly in House of 1000 Corpses but Leslie Easterbrook plays Mother Firefly's Role in The Devil's Rejects.  House of 1000 Corpses is about a psychotic family expiermenting their psychotic thoughts on people. And The Devil's Reejects is about that psychotic family being chased by the police. It also more a western feel to it. They both did great in the Box Office.

Personal Review: Rob Zombie is one of my favourite directors/writer alongside Wes Craven. House of 1000 Corpses is in my opinion a great movie. I love the acting the gore is at an all time best! It's just great! The Devil's Rejects is even better in my opinion! It still shows the psychotic minds of the family in the original. And it also gives a new twist to it, that you even start rooting for that family. It's crazy it really messes with your head! I love it, and it is probably one of my favourite movies. Its Harcore Horror at it's best and I just LOVE IT!

I will give a more detailed review when I review it 1 by 1. Which will be soon, and I will then also give my personal Rating.

Day 6: The Woman in Black. (Original + Remake)
                                              
The Plot: The Woman in Black is a movie based off the book ''The Woman in Black'' by Susan Hill. Both movies differ. The Original is more focused on the story. While The Remake is also very focused on the story line. But they were more focused on the scare factor. The Original is a forgotten film which was very good! With the 2012 Remake the original got a bit more attention but still not as much as it deserved. The Original Stars Adrian Rawlins as Arthur. While the remake stars Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur. Both the movies take place in the time period around 1890-1920. It's about a woman who recently died inside her home. And Arthur who is a lawyer. Goes to that house which is isolated from the rest of the town. Arthur deepens himself into the dark history of the woman in black. The Remake sidetracked from the original by making a twist that pretty much made the movie as good as it is. Whenever somebody sees the Woman in Black, a child dies. As the child is loured by the spirit in someway possesed and commits suicide without noticing it. It was a nice change that many people respected. The original was a Tv Movie. But the remake's box office was very succesful as they are now working on a sequel.

Personal Review: I personally liked the original more. But the Remake was also very good. What I respected about the original was that they focused way more on the creepy atmosphere and the story. While the Remake focused more on Jump Scares. But they were both good. I can't say they are my favourites but defanitly worth a watch even multiple watches. They are really good.

I will go more into detail when I do a more expanded review about this movie which will be soon. But this is more a general review as it is a part of my Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Reviews. Thanks for visiting my page and stay tuned for more horror movies. :-D

Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Reviews Day 4: Jeepers Creepers.

Day 4: Jeepers Creepers.
                                             
The Plot: Jeepers Creepers (1 and 2) are both directed by Victor Salva.The Original introduced the Jeepers Creepers Villain. In the original he was more a mysterious creeper, that stayed in the background. In the second one he was shown more, they also made him out to be a more unserious and kind of goofish in the sequel, which many people did not like. The Original featured Gina Phillips as Trish. Justin Long as Darry. They are passing by the country side on their way to visit their mother. And they drive by a house and they see a man throwing corpses in a chute. And the Creeper follows them and stalks them throughout the movie tell he gets what he wants. The sequel set a few days after the original features yet again Justin Long as Darry but this time in a minor role. And also Ray Wise as Jack. Nicki Aycox as Minxie. Follows a Basketball team that just won the championship going on a road trip in a school bus. They drive by the country side where the original plays. Minxie see's the Creepers victims warnings in her dreams. Both films did great in the box office. And is still a very popular horror movie that many people will continue to like.

Personal Review: I personally loved the original. It showed the creeper's more serious and darker side. He was really in the background. And ever since I was a little boy, that one scene with the crepper throwing those corpses in the chute, and afterwards being out of a sight for a minute, then suddenly just staring at them from a distance out of nowhere. Has to probably the most scary scene I saw in a film. And I have literally scene 100's of Horror Movies, and that scene is just as creepy as fuck. The sequel showed a more goofy side on the crepper, which was kind of dissapointing, espcially since their isn't a third film to back it up. I personally think if they would have some carachter devolpment in this movie it would have become very good, but ti was just random stupid kids that you could not relate with. I personally did like Minxie's carachter and thought they should have done something more with her carachter, as her scenes were the high lights of the movie. And Jack, was too unbelievable, which really ruined the movie for me. So overall I love the original, and is in my top 50 Horror Movies! But the sequel was very dissapointing in my eyes, mainly cause of the joker creeper, and the lack of carachter devolpment.

I will soon make a loose review of these 2 movies, and give more info. And also my Personal Rating. Thanks for visiting my page, tomorrow Day 5 will be up, and don't forget to check my Halloween Movie Franchise Reviews, where I review all 10 movies of Halloween. Thanks again for visiting my page, and stay tuned for more.

Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Day 3 - The Conjuring

Day 3 - The Conjuring.
                        
The Plot: The Conjuring is the most popular horror movie of 2013. James Wan directed the movie. Also Director of Insidious. The Movie has an Amityville Horror style to it. It starts with this family of 7 moving into a new house. Carolyn (Lili Taylor) starts noticing paranormal activity. Roger (Ron Livingston) doesn't believe her. So Carolyn seeks help by paranormal investagators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farminga) . Soon Paranormal stuff starts happening to the kids. And slowly but surely the kids, the Warrens and the husband start noticing changes in Carolyn. And shortly after Ed and Lorraine figure out they are dealing with an exorsism. As Ed and Lorraine try to get the evil spirit out. The spirit goes crazy and tries to kill one of the kids. Ed and Lorraine just barely stop the spirit. And get the evil out.

Personal Review: I persoanlly did not like this movie. There may be some innaccurate info in there, as I wasn't to fond of the movie but I tried my best to remember everything. I found the scares to predictable. The Plot of the movie was WAY overused. It felt like a total remake of The Amityville Horror. Which did not sit well with me. And the whole ordeal with the doll, did not make much sense as the doll was only in the beginning and had nothing to do with the main story. Ofcourse the actors are GREAT! But the idea of the movie is waaay to overused. The Special effects were pretty cool. And the clapping theory was a good idea. But I just still cannot get over that I felt like I was watching Amityville Horror all over again. A pretty big dissapointment, in my opinion. But I knew many many people, loved it for some reason (probably never watched Amityville or The Exorsist) But so felt like I should make a review about it just for the fans.

Well this is pretty much it for me now. In General, for someone who is new to horror films and doesnt know the classic cliche's, they'll probably shit their pants. But for horror FANS! You could call it a copycat of 2 Classics (Exorsist and Amityville) So Here is my review of the Conjuring, tomorrow Day 4 will be up. Don't forget to check my Halloween Franchise Review. Thanks for visiting my page.

Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Day 1-2

October is here. And for Halloween, I will make an Halloween Horror Movie Countdown Reviews. Everyday from October 1st till Halloween I will make a Horror Movie review. And if the movie has sequels, I will make it a 'General' review, not much focusing on the movie itself but more on the entire franchise. Okay so for Day 1..... we will start with ''The Ring''


Day 1: The Ring (1 and 2).

The Plot: The Ring is a remake of the Japanese 'Ringu' both very popular movies, pretty much everyone knows the famous ''Crawling out of the tv screen.'' scene. Both movies follow the carachters Rachel (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorfman). Both movies give background on the maker of the killer tape, that if you watch the tape that the phone rings and says 'You're Going to Die in 7 Days'. Apperently it is a girl named Samara. A little girl who got killed by her own mother and got thrown in the well to rot. Ofcourse the idea is a bit overused, someone coming back from the dead wanting to take revenge. But it was the way they did it in this movie. Not so much focusing on the scare factor but more on the mystery, which was respected by many people as they didn't try to be a typical modern day horror movie. So it feels like a Thriller more then a Horror, espicially how both the movies are made. The Original kind of set the standards and the sequel went more into the details. The Sequel, Samra also tried to possess Aiden, take over his body so that she can expierence a normal childhood with a loving mother. Both movies did great in the box office. And to this day is still a major chapter in horror history.

Personal Review: I personally love both the original and sequel, I have watched them both multiple times. They were both kind of overused ideas, both the orignal's revenge plot and the sequel's possesion plot. But it's the unieke way it was written and filmed that made both movies so succesful. I love and will always love these movies!

I will give more detail when I am doing an actual review 1 by 1, which will be soon. This was more a general review, as you will see this entire month in this Post. I wont go into many details as I will spare that to the actual review. And I will also give my ratings then.

Day 2: The Last House on the Left
                              The Plot: The Last House on the Left was an succesful yet shocking movie from Wes Craven in 1972, it was a very succesful movie. Although this movie went to the extreme's even to this day, imagine it back in the early 70's when the Psycho genre was just barely bloosming. It was very graphic and had this documentary sort of filming to it, that made it even more creepy. In General it was one crazy movie, but a freaking good one! That will always stay in my head! The Remake, it had a different feel to it, obviously since the filming quality has approved. But you still had that weird feeling throughout the movie, which is hardly possible with these modern day horror movies. This was a good remake for a change. Many films have sucky remakes, but this one was good! The story was also a bit different, a few changes but no shocking changes, but that also wasn't possible to make it more shocking then the original. Both movies are about a girl named Mari (1972 ''Sandra Peabody''.2009 ''Sara Paxton'') They are going to a vacation house in the woods. While they are setteling in. Mari asks if she can hang out with her friend named (1972: Phyllis (Lucy Grantham)) (2009: Paige (Martha MacIsaac)) Both versions differ, but in both movies they end up going to the Motel (1972: Jr. Stillo (Marc Sheffler)) (2009: Justin (Spencer Treat Clark)) They both are different. In the orginal the criminal family of Jr. is already waiting for them. And in the 2009 remake they come there unexpectedly. In 1972 Jr. Is a bit more agressive, like you still see he isn't comfortable doing what they are doing to Mari and Phyllis. But compared to the innocnce of Justin in the remake, the 1972 Jr. seems like the bigger criminal in comparasion.So the crimnals end up doing sick shit to Mari and Phyllis (Torture, Rape and Murder.) In the original Mari dies and in the remake Mari survives. So the parents of Mari in both versions find out in a different way. The Criminals need shelter as night falls and it starts raining, so they seek shelter at the house of the parents of Mari. And after the parents find out what they did to their daughter. They slowly kill them 1 by 1. So the movie turns into a Revenge movie at this point. Both movies are different. As the Original is really shocking and uncomfturble, the Remake has a good ending. So it differs. So shockingly enough the only remake that was less shocking then the orginal.

Personal Review: I love them both! They are both masterpieces, I personally would not know which one to choose. I just really love them! The original is indeed very very shocking espcially for it's time. While the Remake gives a little bit more mercy. This Original was even banned in some contries, as a proof on to how shocking the movie actually was. I also really liked the remake because 2 of my favourite actors are featured in it (Spencer Treat Clark and Sara Paxton). This review was a bit awkward as I had to tell the story of both movies in 1 summary, but that will be different when the time comes that I will review them 1 by 1, and give a bit more detail. And my personal Rating.

Thanks for viewing my page. Tomorrow Day 3 will be up with a new movie. And tomorrow Halloween H20 will be up in my ''Halloween Franchise Review Page. So stay tuned and thanks again. :-D