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Infestation (2009)
[Linda Park; Chris Marquette; Brooke Nevin; Ray Wise; E. Quincy Sloan]
A young man, Cooper, is at work, having a not so good day. Suddenly, he wakes up covered in cocoon-like material. Everyone in the office is the same way. Before he can get his wits about him, he is battling a bug that is bigger than most dogs!
With a small group of other survivors, Cooper tries to fight off the bugs while coming up with a way to stop the infestation and invasion of the planet.
This is one of the few new "big, monster, mutant" movies that I liked! It was creepy and had good effects, but didn't take itself super-seriously. The acting from the main leads was good and the characters were real and fun to watch.
I just liked it. Recommended if you like scary, big bug movies.
Infestation Official Site
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The Final Destination (2009)
[Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Halye Webb, Mykelti Williamson]
This is the fourth film in the "Final Destination" series, and the first in 3D.
The plot, in a nutshell: A young man has a premonition of a horrible accident at a race track, which results in the deaths of many, including him and his friends. He is able to get a few of the doomed out of the track before the accident does really occur. But death won't give up so easily.
While this one has been doing great at the box office, I don't think it is the best in the franchise. I still prefer the first and second films over this one, even though this film is in 3D. Sure, some of the deaths were wince-inducing, to say the least. But the characters were flat, the actors just dull. Blah. And that can sometimes make all the difference.
Overall, it did what it set out to do, but it could have been much better. I also have to note the run time, 82 minutes. The previews started at 7:00 and by 8:30, the flick itself was over. That is really quick. Can't we get 90+ minutes, at least, for a theatrical movie?
Recommended, if you like the "Final Destination" films.
The Final Destination Official Site
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I Saw What You Did (1965)
[Andi Garrett, Sarah Lane, Sharyl Locke, Joan Crawford]
Three girls, home alone, play phone pranks on random phone numbers. When they inadvertently call a man who has committed a crime, their innocent fun suddenly takes a lethal turn!
This is a pre-slasher scary movie, and an odd one, at that! Directed by William Castle, this has a sort-of Hitchcock vibe. I think it would have been scarier with a less comical-sounding soundtrack. Sometimes the goofy music just does NOT fit the scene.
That said, it's fun and quirky, and even tense occasionally. And you get to see Joan Crawford herself as a really, REALLY desperate-for-a-man woman. Good stuff!
Recommended for classic horror or scary movie fans, even if it is just to see what they were like "back in the day".
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Halloween 3D ???
BloodyDisgusting.com has this tidbit of news from the LA Times:
""Halloween II" may not have won the box office this weekend, but Weinstein Co. is taking a lesson from the movie that did as it prepares a sequel for next summer.
The independent studio's co-Chairman Bob Weinstein said today that the 3-D sequel, titled, appropriately enough, "Halloween 3D," is in development.
The investment it takes to shoot movies in digital 3-D has proved particularly lucrative for horror films. For "The Final Destination," this weekend's No. 1 movie, theaters with at least one 3-D screen earned 3.25 times as much as those that showed the movie in 2-D only, according to distributor Warner Bros. That's substantially higher than for other recent releases. The equivalent 3-D multiple for last month's "G-Force," for instance, was only 1.7 on its first weekend. For July's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" it was 1.4 and for June's "Up" it was 2.2. January horror flick "My Bloody Valentine" earned 6.4 times as much from 3-D theaters as it did from 2-D on its opening weekend.
Weinstein said Rob Zombie, who directed "Halloween II" and 2007's reboot of the 31-year-old horror series, won't return for "Halloween 3-D." He said the studio is in negotiations with a new director, whom he declined to name, who has experience in horror and has a "different take" on the franchise."
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Interesting.
Would I love to see a Michael Myers flick in 3D? Hell yeah!
Would I like to see Zombie's vision carried forward? Hell no!!!
Guess time will tell.
And yeah, call me petty, but I AM glad that The Final Destination beat Halloween II in theaters.
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""Halloween II" may not have won the box office this weekend, but Weinstein Co. is taking a lesson from the movie that did as it prepares a sequel for next summer.
The independent studio's co-Chairman Bob Weinstein said today that the 3-D sequel, titled, appropriately enough, "Halloween 3D," is in development.
The investment it takes to shoot movies in digital 3-D has proved particularly lucrative for horror films. For "The Final Destination," this weekend's No. 1 movie, theaters with at least one 3-D screen earned 3.25 times as much as those that showed the movie in 2-D only, according to distributor Warner Bros. That's substantially higher than for other recent releases. The equivalent 3-D multiple for last month's "G-Force," for instance, was only 1.7 on its first weekend. For July's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" it was 1.4 and for June's "Up" it was 2.2. January horror flick "My Bloody Valentine" earned 6.4 times as much from 3-D theaters as it did from 2-D on its opening weekend.
Weinstein said Rob Zombie, who directed "Halloween II" and 2007's reboot of the 31-year-old horror series, won't return for "Halloween 3-D." He said the studio is in negotiations with a new director, whom he declined to name, who has experience in horror and has a "different take" on the franchise."
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Interesting.
Would I love to see a Michael Myers flick in 3D? Hell yeah!
Would I like to see Zombie's vision carried forward? Hell no!!!
Guess time will tell.
And yeah, call me petty, but I AM glad that The Final Destination beat Halloween II in theaters.
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