What movies did you buy or watch this week? 8-21

It seems like I just did this the other day but another week is over.

Surprisingly I got the Beyond the Darkness Blu-ray Friday even though it was backordered. I was prepared for a long wait. So that's the only movie I've had time for this week.

Compare Halloween 3 and Terminator intros

Did the music in the intro to H3 influence the music for the intro to The Terminator? Listen to them both, and see what you think. I don't think I've ever really thought about this before. I guess it could just be because they both have that 80's synthesizer music, but it sounds like more than that to me.

Halloween 3:


The Terminator:


And, just for shits and giggles, the extremely memorable abrupt beheading near the end of Phenomena:

David Bowie in Twin Peaks

The latest episode of Twin Peaks featured the archive footage of David Bowie's character "Philip Jeffires" in the '92 film prequel. I just read that David Bowie was supposed to have a part on this revival show, but he perished beforehand. I'd also read that after Fire Walk with Me, they were hoping to get about 3 more movies, one of the movies would have been about his character).

He died well over a year ago, but I'm still pretty heartbroken about Bowie. I loved that guy...

BOWIE BOWIE BOWIE.

What movies did you buy or watch this week? 8-14

I suppose the other thread should be deleted but not sure how to do it.

I've ordered Absentia, The Intruder, Beyond the Darkness and Eye in the Labyrinth. Beyond the Darkness is backordered so not sure when I'll actually get it, but the others should be here later this week.

Tonight I took a break from horror and watched one of my favorite 80s movies on Blu-ray: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Alice Cooper + Deep Purple concert

I went to their show on August 19th 2017 in Dallas. When I got there, they surprised us with an opening by The Edgar Winter Band, and while I'm not familiar with most of their stuff, they were kick-ass. Their touring guitarist and bassist were great, and I got to hear them play Tobacco Road, Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo (Rick Derringer cover), and Frankenstein.

After the intermission, Alice Cooper came out, opening with Brutal Planet, onto No More Mr. Nice Guy, Under My Wheels, Lost in America, some track from his new album, Woman of Mass Distraction, Poison, Halo of Flies, Feed My Frankenstein, Cold Ethyl, Only Women Bleed, I Love the Dead, I'm Eighteen, and he closed with School's Out, throwing a bit of Another Brick in the Wall in there.

His set was entertaining the whole time. Of course, he did some crazy theatrics too. He changed outfits for every song, he went into the guillotine and got his head chopped off and they spewed his severed head blood everywhere, and they had a big Frankenstein guy walking around too. If Alice isn't waving his cane around, he's pulling the sword out of that sheath and chopping shit. It was awesome.

After the next intermission, Deep Purple came out, starting with Highway Star, Strange Kind of Woman, It's Good to be King, Lazy, The Surprising, Perfect Strangers, Space Truckin, Smoke on the Water, Knockin at your Back Door, some song I didn't know, then they closed with Hush.

I'd also like to point out that it was (Deep Purple singer) Ian Gillan's 72 birthday. He wasn't as active as Alice, and seemed to be a bit tired at the start. I couldn't make out what he was saying for the first few songs since the instruments were overpowering it, but he found his groove in the second half and rocked on.

However, the keyboardist of Deep Purple was fucking amazing. He stole the show. He was playing so fast, he looked like he was on fast-forward. I couldn't believe that shit.

It was mostly an older crowd, and everyone was more casual about it, but some guy sitting next to us (me and @der) was drunk as fuck and dancing like a madman. It's always funny when the crowd is calm, then you have a few people going nuts.

It was cool as hell seeing two of my all-time favorite bands. I was sitting near the back, and I couldn't get good pictures. I may post some later, if I have any that are clear enough (doubtful).

Anyone seen Incubus (1966) ?

On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.

William Shatner stars in this low-budget horror film that might best be described as Ingmar Bergman Meets The Outer Limits, a true obscure oddity. It may be considered highbrow to some, but it is well worth seeking out imo. I liked it, it improved on repeat viewings for me.

Anyone seen it, or heard of it?

See Robert Z'Dar in the most mind-melting fight scene ever.



From Pocket Ninjas, quite possibly the corniest movie I've ever seen. This scene is just the tip of the iceberg. Most sources say it's from 1997, but the copyright on the film says 1994. It's no surprise it had a delayed release. It's kind of hard to believe it got released at all. Or made at all.

#Balloons #ZDar

Horror Channel FrightFest Season

For British & Irish horror fans, FrightFest, is an annual film festival taking place in London during the August Bank Holiday, so to celebrate FrightFest 2017, my local Horror Channel is dedicating thirteen nights to past festival favourites. Double bills are on Horror every night from August 18th - 30th starting from 9pm.

ADRIFT
AFTERDEATH
BAD MILO!
CHAINED
CHERRY TREE
COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES
DEAD SNOW 2
DEATHGASM
FINAL GIRL
HANGMAN
HAUNTER
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (2010)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB
NO ONE LIVES
SHROOMS
STUNG
THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT
THE GREEN INFERNO
THE LAST EXORCISM
THE SAND
THE SIGNAL
TRIANGLE
TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL
WAZ
WE ARE STILL HERE
XMOOR

Some I like, some I don't and some I haven't seen, but I will probably tune in regardless.

What do you think of the line-up? Any favorites? Good bad or indifferent?

https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/seasons.php

The Defenders - A brief review

Netflix has been doing its Marvel shows to build into what we'd all expect to be the Avengers equivalent for the small screen. "The Defenders" features our four protagonists cross paths to fight The Hand, some ancient organization full of ninjas and mystical shit. They use the recently revived Elektra as their "weapon", and the misfit heroes have to join forces to put an end to it.

The show is kind of slow, but it has some good fight scenes. Yeah, the fight scenes are good... if you can actually see them. Most of the show was entirely too dark, and it's hard to make out what happens in most of it. Get a clue, Netflix! Get some better lighting in there. Sure, DareDevil doesn't need light, but the audience does!

Don't expect any glorified cameos. There's no Punisher, Kingpin, Kilgrave, or even Stan Lee in this show. Only those directly related to this plot will be there.

Overall, it's okay. The shows have been getting less cool as they pump more and more of them out each year, but this was a step up from the last two. I'd rank them as follows:

DareDevil season 1 > DareDevil season 2 > Jessica Jones > The Defenders > Luke Cage > Iron Fist

Dusk (2017) Trailer

This game came to my attention earlier today through a pre-release video review. While it's a new game, it's a throwback in both gameplay and graphics style to 1990's horror-themed first-person shooters such as Doom, Quake, and Blood. The trailer even makes blatant references to those first two.

Personally, I love what this game's going to feature. Heavy blood and gore, a large variety of weapons and some can apparently be dual wielded, options to dumb down the graphics further if the default settings aren't '90s enough for you, and rednecks with chainsaws. Supposedly it's also only going to cost $20. Will buy.