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Not sure exactly how long it's been up but I discovered that Stuart Gordon's Dolls is on Prime. The first movie Gordon made after doing Re-Animator and From Beyond back-to-back.
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Mar 12, 2019 13:55
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gey muckle mowser posted:I'm inclined to agree, the remake is exactly a masterpiece but I didn't really care for the original when I last saw it. That was pretty long ago though and my tastes have definitely evolved since then so I should probably give it a rewatch. That take is ice cold p much everyone knows the remake is way better lol
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Mar 12, 2019 14:56
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Basebf555 posted:Not sure exactly how long it's been up but I discovered that Stuart Gordon's Dolls is on Prime. The first movie Gordon made after doing Re-Animator and From Beyond back-to-back. also the origin of what would eventually become Full Moon, king of the 90s
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Mar 12, 2019 15:01
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Kvlt! posted:That take is ice cold p much everyone knows the remake is way better lol ice cold takes are my speciality
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Mar 12, 2019 15:02
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gey muckle mowser posted:ice cold takes are my speciality i go wherever the beer is warm, the women are cold, and the takes are frosty
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Mar 12, 2019 15:04
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underrated line from underrated Verhoeven film "Hollow Man" I like my women like I like my coffee... cold and bitter
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Mar 12, 2019 15:06
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Mel Mudkiper posted:also the origin of what would eventually become Full Moon, king of the 90s Yea I noticed that it was produced by Band(and Yuzna).
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Mar 12, 2019 15:08
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It's amazing how impoverished my childhood would have been if Band hadn't constantly been churning poo poo out. Dude is the 80's-90's Roger Corman.
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Mar 12, 2019 15:14
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Watched Vampires Kiss last night for the first time.Good movie, but Nicholas Cage's crazy eyes makes this movie. Anyone else think Peter Loew looks like Jacob Wohl?
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Mar 12, 2019 16:27
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Origami Dali posted:It's amazing how impoverished my childhood would have been if Band hadn't constantly been churning poo poo out. Dude is the 80's-90's Roger Corman. I rewatched a bunch of old Puppet Masters and came to a few conclusions 1. Puppet Master is my favorite horror franchise 2. Goddamn these movies are charming 3. Stop Motion can be great sometimes 4. That new one with Thomas Lennon is loving awful
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Mar 12, 2019 16:36
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oh also it has the best theme song of any franchise besides Halloween
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Mar 12, 2019 16:38
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Littlest Reich is on Shudder now. Honestly though, nazi poo poo aside, I really don't have much of a desire to watch it because it doesn't feel like it's at all in the spirit of the original series.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:59
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Basebf555 posted:Littlest Reich is on Shudder now. Honestly though, nazi poo poo aside, I really don't have much of a desire to watch it because it doesn't feel like it's at all in the spirit of the original series. It really really isn't. It also falls into the trap of thinking satire is to do really offensive poo poo for the sake of pointing out how offensive it is. Like, there is a scene where a puppet designed to look like a jewish caricature from nazi propaganda climbs into the vagina of a sleeping pregnant black woman and the erupts out of her stomach holding the dismembered fetus and like, there is no point to it other than to be like "how outrageously racist this is, good things it all in good fun and not really racist and uncomfortable". Like the whole movie is based around the premise of "zany hate crimes" which seems tone deaf on a profound level.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:04
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It's hilarious that Uwe Boll is a much better satirist.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:05
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I am trying to figure out why Thomas Lennon was in it because it certainly wasn't the money
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Mar 12, 2019 17:08
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Basebf555 posted:Littlest Reich is on Shudder now. Honestly though, nazi poo poo aside, I really don't have much of a desire to watch it because it doesn't feel like it's at all in the spirit of the original series. It’s an embarrassingly bad movie.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:08
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am trying to figure out why Thomas Lennon was in it because it certainly wasn't the money Tom Lennon will literally be in anything as long as you're paying him.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:12
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ReapersTouch posted:Watched Vampires Kiss last night for the first time.Good movie, but Nicholas Cage's crazy eyes makes this movie. I saw this first for the first time recently too and liked it a lot. He's so ridiculously over the top throughout the whole thing. I liked the scene where he goes to buy fancy fake vampire teeth but only has enough cash for the cheap plastic ones.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:20
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It's hilarious that Uwe Boll is a much better satirist. Lowtax should get that guy to donate a couple  for the cause.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:24
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Uwe seems like a decent guy, I'm sure he would.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:24
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Basebf555 posted:Not sure exactly how long it's been up but I discovered that Stuart Gordon's Dolls is on Prime. The first movie Gordon made after doing Re-Animator and From Beyond back-to-back. Dolls rules, everyone should watch it. It's definitely no Re-Animator or From Beyond but it's really solid and fun.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:25
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Every character in Dolls is a super-weirdo, and that's how you can instantly tell it's a Stuart Gordon movie.
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Mar 12, 2019 17:27
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Every character in Dolls is a super-weirdo, and that's how you can instantly tell it's a Stuart Gordon movie. Much like you can tell its a David DeCoteau film if you see a dude's bulge center-frame ruddiger posted:Lowtax should get that guy to donate a couple What always struck me as funny was that Boll challenged Lowtax despite never saying anything bad about his movies, but trained Kickboxer and MMA enthusiast Seanbaby was constantly insulting Boll to get a fight and Boll never did it
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Mar 12, 2019 17:30
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ReapersTouch posted:Watched Vampires Kiss last night for the first time.Good movie, but Nicholas Cage's crazy eyes makes this movie. I think Vampire's Kiss is almost just a better version of American Psycho. I saw "almost" because they're going for different things -- American Psycho is a little more focused on the sick culture that lets someone as psychotic as Bateman pass as normal, while Vampire's Kiss is strictly about a pathetic, abusive man descending into total lunacy. But I think the commitment to making Loew incredibly lame is the better approach to this kind of character portrait, while American Psycho inhabits Bateman's own POV a little too much. (And don't get me wrong, they're both excellent movies.)
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Mar 12, 2019 17:50
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Uwe seems like a decent guy, I'm sure he would. He didn't, but he did promote Lowtax's Gofundme on his official Twitter account.
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Mar 12, 2019 18:06
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I rewatched a bunch of old Puppet Masters and came to a few conclusions Mel, when we talk about love of franchises, we arbitrarily rank them in an order that fluctuates every time we write it. What I find endlessly amusing about the Puppet Master series is how the original has scarred so many millennials*. It's regularly cited as the movie that scared kids the most (along with Curry's Pennywise) because they saw parts of it on TV. Most of them probably haven't seen the movie, but they'll remember vaguely that it terrifies them. The other odd caveat is that usually the same people have never seen a Chucky movie, and do not have the same nostalgic fear for him as they do the Puppets. Give it a try. Ask a millennial. *I say this as a millennial, not as an ageist neg.
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Mar 12, 2019 18:14
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I think Vampire's Kiss is almost just a better version of American Psycho. I saw "almost" because they're going for different things -- American Psycho is a little more focused on the sick culture that lets someone as psychotic as Bateman pass as normal, while Vampire's Kiss is strictly about a pathetic, abusive man descending into total lunacy. But I think the commitment to making Loew incredibly lame is the better approach to this kind of character portrait, while American Psycho inhabits Bateman's own POV a little too much. I’m almost positive Christian Bale has said that Cage in Vampire’s Kiss was a major influence on his Patrick Bateman performance
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Mar 12, 2019 18:14
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As for theme songs, The Puppet Master theme song is great, and so is the Halloween theme, but I've been singing the TerrorVision theme song for days now.
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Mar 12, 2019 18:15
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Oh, we talking dope horror movie themes? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k_53LEwnGXU
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Mar 12, 2019 18:19
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Oh I totes agree about Puppet Master being a millennial kid horror classic. I remember when I was like 8 or 9 the puppet master movies were like this weird dark intro into horror even though they are hilariously tame in hindsight As for ranking 1. Pm2 2. Pm3 3. Pm1 4. Pm5 5. Pm4 6. Curse I consider the retro and axis ones their own franchise
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Mar 12, 2019 18:19
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puppet master sucks and this is from a guy whose fav movie franchise is evil bong edit: they were boring as hell before they were racist, then they were simultaneously racist and boring
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Mar 12, 2019 18:20
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Oh I totes agree about Puppet Master being a millennial kid horror classic. I remember when I was like 8 or 9 the puppet master movies were like this weird dark intro into horror even though they are hilariously tame in hindsight That's my exact ranking.  I still think the leech woman scene in Puppet Master 1 is effectively gross and cringey. Leeches on dicks are always rough (here's to you, Stand By Me!), but it's leech woman's weird gasps that really make it bizarre. edit: Actually, I lied. Curse is higher than 5 or 4 because it's so drat bizarre and off-putting.
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Mar 12, 2019 18:22
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Kvlt! posted:puppet master sucks and this is from a guy whose fav movie franchise is evil bong Puppet Master owns and I would argue they are the most charming horror films. The personality given to the puppets and the shoestring budget workarounds were just wonderful
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Mar 12, 2019 18:24
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Franchescanado posted:That's my exact ranking. I need to rewatch Curse because the only time I saw it was when I was like 13 at a sleepover and we all though it sucked. But given my adult love of David DeCouteau, I feel like I owe it to go back and check it out
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Mar 12, 2019 18:26
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The makeup on the doll people at the end of Pupper Master 2 is legit unsettling.
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Mar 12, 2019 18:27
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I need to rewatch Curse because the only time I saw it was when I was like 13 at a sleepover and we all though it sucked. Oh it objectively sucks, but it's so drat weird. The main character has an unmentioned mental disability, everyone is actively unpleasant, the conflict and revolution makes zero sense, and that's just the start of the list. It's fascinating to watch. I actively enjoy it.
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Mar 12, 2019 18:30
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Pinhead from Puppetmaster is the best Pinhead in horror, that's my hot take for the day. "Pinhead is one of my favorite horror characters" "Oh yea definitely, I love Hellraiser" "Wrong Pinhead" 
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Mar 12, 2019 18:37
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Franchescanado posted:Oh it objectively sucks, but it's so drat weird. The main character has an unmentioned mental disability, everyone is actively unpleasant, the conflict and revolution makes zero sense, and that's just the start of the list. Ever see SSSSSSSSS? Curse is an unofficial remake
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Mar 12, 2019 18:41
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Ever see SSSSSSSSS? Curse is an unofficial remake Oh gently caress yeah i love that movie im surprised it doesnt come up more often Eaten Alive is the best creature feature tho. Definition of the word "grimy"
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Puppetmaster begins and ends with the puppet designs and none of the movies I've seen really live up to the promise. It's always just a bunch of poo poo characters wandering around a building and dying in boring scenes for like 7 movies. Dolls is so much better than any of them.
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