09-09-2018, 12:07 PM
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Allright folks, the following review must be read with the right theme in the background.
So I watched John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness on September 1st, while the next day I've watched John Carpenter's The Fog and Tobe Hooper's/Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist.
In The Mouth of Madness: Sam Neill delivers an excellent performance as John Trent, filling the role of the "normal character in a fantastical setting". Altought the other actors did also a good job on their roles, such as Julie Carmen as Sutter Cane's assistant Linda Styles, and Jürgen Prochnow potraying Sutter Cane himself.
The script itself, written by Micheal de Luca, is just great. Themes such as such as the line between reality and fiction, as well as the concepts of God and free will are carried through nicely. Combine this with John Carpenter's directing skills and you have a really effective piece of film.
On the downside, the movie stars to lose some steam at the last 1/3 of the film (the ending itself, however, is perfect). Also, the special effects on some parts are.... eh.
Oh yeah, make sure to stay for the credits. Something funny in a dark way happens (well, at least I found it funny).
John Carpenter's The Fog: Let's keep this one short. The build-up is well done. The chilling music fits the movie perfectly. The production values are solid, and the cast did a good job on their roles. The story has some plot problems, but none enough to detract from the overall enjoyment of the film.
Overall, it's a nicely done, old-fashioned horror movie.
Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist: The various music choices work for each scenario, from the calm themes for the Freeling family, to the more "spiritual" and rough orchestal theme for the ghosts. The acting was spot-on. The special effects were pretty good as well.
As for September 7th? I've watched William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen/Extended Director's Cut).
I mean... what can be said about this film that hasn't been said over 8000 times? (yes, that was a forced DBZ reference). A great screenplay by William Peter Blatty (based on his book), intelligent directing from William Friedken and outstanding performances from all the cast, particularly Ellen Burstyn as the traumatised mother make this film a winner.
And before anyone starts asking, while I did not found this movie to be as scary as most people did, it was still out there. To be more specific, there were certainly moments of tension, but that's it. I wasn't at the edge of my seat like when watching The Shining (even thought I watched The Exorcist late at night, same with Halloween and Elm Street. If you remenber my review on The Shinning I said I watched that one on daytime). Which is kinda funny because moments before watching the film I had this odd feeling that "something bad" was gonna happen. That the movie would creep me out to the point of being stuck in my head (in a bad way) for a couple of days. But upon actually watching I was like "wait.... THAT'S IT?!".
P.S I think I'm going to take a break from the horror stuff after watching so many of those films in such a short period time. I don't want to grow tired/get burnt out of the genre.
So I watched John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness on September 1st, while the next day I've watched John Carpenter's The Fog and Tobe Hooper's/Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist.
In The Mouth of Madness: Sam Neill delivers an excellent performance as John Trent, filling the role of the "normal character in a fantastical setting". Altought the other actors did also a good job on their roles, such as Julie Carmen as Sutter Cane's assistant Linda Styles, and Jürgen Prochnow potraying Sutter Cane himself.
The script itself, written by Micheal de Luca, is just great. Themes such as such as the line between reality and fiction, as well as the concepts of God and free will are carried through nicely. Combine this with John Carpenter's directing skills and you have a really effective piece of film.
On the downside, the movie stars to lose some steam at the last 1/3 of the film (the ending itself, however, is perfect). Also, the special effects on some parts are.... eh.
Oh yeah, make sure to stay for the credits. Something funny in a dark way happens (well, at least I found it funny).
John Carpenter's The Fog: Let's keep this one short. The build-up is well done. The chilling music fits the movie perfectly. The production values are solid, and the cast did a good job on their roles. The story has some plot problems, but none enough to detract from the overall enjoyment of the film.
Overall, it's a nicely done, old-fashioned horror movie.
Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist: The various music choices work for each scenario, from the calm themes for the Freeling family, to the more "spiritual" and rough orchestal theme for the ghosts. The acting was spot-on. The special effects were pretty good as well.
As for September 7th? I've watched William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen/Extended Director's Cut).
I mean... what can be said about this film that hasn't been said over 8000 times? (yes, that was a forced DBZ reference). A great screenplay by William Peter Blatty (based on his book), intelligent directing from William Friedken and outstanding performances from all the cast, particularly Ellen Burstyn as the traumatised mother make this film a winner.
And before anyone starts asking, while I did not found this movie to be as scary as most people did, it was still out there. To be more specific, there were certainly moments of tension, but that's it. I wasn't at the edge of my seat like when watching The Shining (even thought I watched The Exorcist late at night, same with Halloween and Elm Street. If you remenber my review on The Shinning I said I watched that one on daytime). Which is kinda funny because moments before watching the film I had this odd feeling that "something bad" was gonna happen. That the movie would creep me out to the point of being stuck in my head (in a bad way) for a couple of days. But upon actually watching I was like "wait.... THAT'S IT?!".
P.S I think I'm going to take a break from the horror stuff after watching so many of those films in such a short period time. I don't want to grow tired/get burnt out of the genre.