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These movies aren't related despite having the same title, but I had wanted to watch the 1994 movie for some time and finally decided to rent it on Blu-ray from the library. Man, is it bad. It's disappointing because I thought it would be trashy fun, but it's not well done at all. He of the inimitable face, Clint Howard, plays a guy who as a kid watched a beloved ice cream man be gunned down. He turned insane and was remanded to a psych ward. Today he kills people with not much rhyme or reason and puts them into his ice cream which he serves kids. The whole thing is just boring.

I went to the new one in the theater, from Eli Roth, and it's better, but not by a whole ton. A mute ice cream man serves treats to kids who then are turned into automatons to kill the adults of their small town in vicious fashion. The kids who didn't eat the ice cream try to stop them. The child acting isn't the greatest, and the ice cream man has no personality and his backstory is awful. The movie never totally goes insane enough.

I liked it. The beginning was a bit slow but that's normal but the actress was really good. Every scene was good enough to hold my super fried attention span. I liked how they didn't just move on from Sara immediately after yk. She was just there with them like that.

I felt really sad for Nikki because we never got to know her at all but from the snippets of whatever we saw we can see she's just a normal girl trying to live. The end was really sad.

I am open to suggestions for movies or series similar to these but not gore heavy though. 🌻

So a movie that sounded good from the plot that I had on my Tubi watchlist was the 1976 movie hard times. After watching it though, I did not like it at all. I thought it was bad

First off, I thought the performances were not that great. The two main actors in this movie are Charles Bronson and James Coburn, and it just looked like they were going through the motions. I also didn’t think that they had chemistry.

Along with the performances, I didn’t care at all about the story. There was nothing in it that stood out.

Rating-1/5

So a movie that was on my watchlist on Tubi that I finally got around seeing was death race 2000 from 1975. I thought it had an interesting plot and it had that wacky races. Hannah Barbera feel to me a little bit. Also other people that had watched it said it was that fun kind of ridiculous. I did not get that from this movie.

To me, I thought it was OK. You have a couple big names in Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine, but that’s all for the most part. Nothing really stands out in this movie. To be honest, at times I was actually bored.

Overall, this was a movie I was looking forward to, and it was disappointing. At best it was an OK movie.

Rating-2/5

WOW.... Just..... WOW!!!! This is one of the best performances of Leonardo DiCaprio's career! Tom Hardy is a NASTY piece of work in this movie, too! Stunning cinematography, fantastic acting and absolutely SAVAGE brutality. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it FAR EXCEEDED my expectations! Best 50p I ever spent!

The Black Cat

Not Rated 1934 ‧ Horror/Mystery ‧ 1h 5m

Director

Edgar G. Ulmer

This sinister pre-Code 1934 horror gem boasts a twin top bill of screen legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Both actors are in rare form and firing on all cylinders. Their screen time together is absolutely the main draw, but there is plenty to like about this wickedly told tale. The rest of the cast does a fine job, with performances often spilling over into melodrama, which feels appropriate, considering the mood and themes being explored here.

The setup is the least interesting part, but necessary to deliver the viewer into the real meat of the story. Newlyweds, Peter and Joan Allison, have for some reason decided to honeymoon in Hungary. This odd fact is never fully explained but used as fodder for black humor several times. One of my biggest surprises in watching this film was the abundant amount of obsidian mirth woven through the plot. This is needed, due to the positively macabre details which drive the plot.

Peter and Joan are traveling through Hungary by rail, and before they even have a chance to grab a bite to eat, they are informed that their train compartment has been double booked. An attendant barges in to drop this bomb, then to ask if they wouldn't mind sharing their love nest with... you guessed it, Bela Lugosi himself. His character is Dr. Vitus Werdegast, a Hungarian psychiatrist, and it's as awesome as it sounds. Old Bela really hams it up, and he is an absolute delight to watch perform.

During their brief time together in the compartment, we get a little of Dr. Werdegast's tragic backstory. He survived World War I but has been mysteriously estranged from his wife after spending 15 years in a brutal Siberian prison camp. You just know that nugget is going to come back around at some point, and boy does it.

It is at this point that the trio must switch to a small bus for the next leg of their journey. This transition is glossed over on screen, but is necessary to place the group (now including Werdegast's servant Thamal) in jeopardy. They travel in a torrential rainstorm as the driver regales them with grisly details of the war and nearby, ruined Fort Marmorus, which is infamous among the populace for being a site of epic betrayal and death. It's all very effective foreshadowing, as the driver suddenly veers off the road, crashing the bus. This deadly accident is where the film finds its wings, beginning an ascent into a fever dream of a story. Elements that are either hinted at strongly or portrayed outright include necrophilia, ailurophobia (fear of cats), drugs, a deadly game of chess, torture, flaying, and a black mass with a human sacrifice.

With a run time of just over one hour, it's a brisk and bracing jaunt through a thoroughly eerie and ghoulish storyline. Without giving anything away, you can be sure that Karloff's character Hjalmar Poelzig factors in directly with Dr. Werdegast's tragic backstory. The two actors share plenty of screen time and make the absolute most of it. It's a full-on creep-off, and nobody loses. These two are masters of their craft, both of whom possess a presence that is impossible to look away from when they are center stage and under the spotlight.

As wonderful as these legends are in their respective roles, the supporting cast keeps up with them and adds their own special touches to the story. Egon Brecher as the Majordomo is fantastic. Likewise, Harry Cording really makes the most of his role as Thamal. Neither man is given much dialogue, but both compensate nicely with their physical presences. Also worthy of mention are Henry Armetta as The Sergeant and Albert Conti as The Lieutenant. They arrive near the midpoint of the narrative, investigating the bus crash, and both provide a much-needed comic interlude to the pitch-black story they wander into unawares.

If you enjoy Universal Horror, or any horror from this era, you will almost surely fall in love with this evil little film. The notorious Hays Code sunk its fangs into the industry on July 1st, 1934, and The Black Cat was released on May 3rd of that same year. It manages to make the most of this last gasp of cinematic freedom to plunge both hands eagerly into forbidden topics with glee. If you are interested in watching it, luckily, it can be found online to stream for free via sites like the Internet Archive. I highly recommend it for any fans of horror or pre-code cinema. It's a blast to watch.

8.5/10

MAIN CAST

Boris Karloff

Hjalmar Poelzig(as Karloff)

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Vitus Werdegast

David Manners

Peter Alison

Julie Bishop

Joan Alison(as Jacqueline Wells)

Egon Brecher

The Majordomo

Harry Cording

Thamal

Lucille Lund

Karen

Henry Armetta

The Sergeant

Albert Conti

The Lieutenant

Started yesterday and completed the movie today, overall it seems to be a nice watch.There is a very good aspect of friendship, comedy and romance.

For me, the movie really portrays a nice aspect of life, where we always get intrigued to make choices seeing other people (Mentioning Charles choosing to get Married since all of his friends did), but then at some point we get hit by the reality (Charles loving Carrie), we as a human are always stuck between the choices, and also have to face consequences for some (Charles getting a Punch).

I am no professional reviewer or critic, but I can surely recommend this movie. Please do share your point of views in comments, feel free to contradict mine if you think that.

It's an amazing movie about survival. Mads Mikkelsen shows what a great actor he is. I couldn't stop watching it, and rated it 8/10 on the IMDb.

So I had wanted to see the 2022 thriller fall since it came out and I finally got around seeing it. I thought it was a very good movie.

First off, it gave me the same vibes as 47 Meters Down in terms of the thrills/intenseness and the uneasiness. It definitely puts you on the edge of your seat at times. It definitely got my heart racing at different times in the movie. It took a little bit to really get into the movie, but once it did, I was hooked.

I also thought the main 2 performances were very good. You were able to go on the journey of the main female and see what all she had to go through.

Overall, I really enjoyed this movie.

Rating-4/5

Not many movies make me cry, but this one really got me.

Johnny Depp delivers such a good performance in this story. You can really tell he spent time learning, studying and internalizing Edward.

I can imagine many people relate to Edward in the way he gets shunned by the community, just by being differant.

The way this movie handles themes such as normality, conformity and group-think intrigues me.

Cried for a solid 25 minutes, what are your thoughts?

Ok, to start I went into this experience with a profound love for Sam Rockwell so take that as you will.

This is the FIRST movie I can honestly use the phrase “raucous comedy” for and it be true. Absolutely clown shows ridiculous, and it works so perfectly. Gore Verbinski has always been very hit or miss for me, but this movie was a bullseye. The supporting cast and flashback scenes for them were also absolute hilarious, especially the one for Michael Peña & Zazie Beetz and don’t even get me started on how hard I was crying from laughing towards the end of Susan (Juno Temple) flashback. “Well, WE’RE not Muslim but YOU are” has already been repeated in my home more times than I can count 😂 Instant classic for anyone who likes irreverent, dark comedy and Sam Rockwell’s special version of unhinged ridiculousness. EASY PEASY 5/5 definitely suggest (available for streaming on Hulu rn)

Sorry I meant 2004!

One of the best zombie movies ever made, and I can definitely see what inspired the original Dead Rising game! I can't believe it's taken me 26 years to watch it! I Highly recommend it!

I just watched Under Siege and boy was it what I thought I expected.

Prince of Darkness (1987)

Rating: 9.5/10 (EXCELLENT)

Watched: August 9, 2026

Next to The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness is my all-time, A#1 John Carpenter horror movie.

For me, there is nothing better than the high concepts posited in this fantastic flick. I can't think of another movie, anywhere, that really asked the question, "What if Satan was an alien, and faith was the weapon ancient man and OTHER aliens used to bottle him up?"

The philosophical questions being asked, the unsettling over-corroded copper canister full of mysterious swirling green goo, the strange events unraveling both inside the dilapidated church and outside... it's all masterful.

The dread is in this one from the very beginning, starting with the pervasive, quiet score, and that's because what's happening in the movie has already BEEN happening for some time. By the time the group arrives at The Brotherhood of Sleep's cathedral to dig into the meaning of the sacred text, it's already too late.

The Devil's already won. No one knows it yet, and Carpenter doles out the chills and thrills at a slow-but-increasing trickle. Tensions fray, people are weird, things start happening, demonic spew starts spewing and the dreams start coming.

I remember the very first time I saw this movie. 15-year-old me geeked out and geeked out HARD over the extra twisty twist that comes as the end, which was already nigh, becomes nigh-er.

If you'll notice, I haven't really talked about what happens in the movie, and that's on purpose. This one needs to be seen to be believed. Knowing anything more than the briefest of movie blurbs does this underrated gem an absolute disservice.

Watching this one is always a treat for me. It's a weird comfort movie and that's a fact.

Or was my overthing brain just randomly made this connection and I ended up being correct?

And I am guessing the movie tells us that infidelity leads us to HIV, Pedophilia(w/incest i guess) or worse death?

And the scene where the boys tell him Faggot was to show him feeling insecure and less of a man??

Damn what a movie.

Spoilers ahead.

This is a film that explores aging millennial friend dynamics (just a prank bro) from the perspective of an insecure, anxious, self-conscious 31-year old guy who used to be “the life of the party” back in uni.

It becomes clear that his belief that his friends are conspiring against them is just a paranoid delusion when it’s revealed that Harry isn’t just some rando his friends met at the pub, but is actually part of their old uni friend group.

But to me, this isn’t one of those films where you can look back and see that the protagonist just misinterpreted everything. There’s two main things that stand out.

1. One of the friends explained Harry being there by them having a “wildcard” tradition of finding a rando to participate in their friend reunions. Why would she have said that if Harry was part of the ol’ gang?

2. Why was Harry taking notes on the protagonist about his “weak spots” and private intimate history?

Was this an “unreliable narrator” type deal where the viewer sees the protagonist’s hallucinations?

I honestly thought Harry would turn out to be like a Tyler Durden alter ego before the big reveal.

I welcome all thoughts from anyone who has seen this movie.

So one movie that was on my Tubi watchlist that I was finally able to get off was the 1986 sports movie Wildcats

I thought this was a great movie. First positives were the performances. Standouts were Goldie Hawn, Mykelti Williamson, and Wesley Snipes. Along with those, you had a very good underdog story.

The only negative I had were some of the smaller performances were just ok. Overall, this was a movie I have been looking forward to seeing and it did not disappoint

Rating-4.5/5

The newly restored version is like stepping into a time machine. I'm not sure how long you will last, but it is glorious. Beautiful color that no one can seem to do today. It is "free" on YouTube. Anyone who is interested in film should at least try and watch this. It is amazing.

and 28 Years Later: Bone Temple. 2 of the most Brutal and heartbreaking zombie movies I've ever seen. I was bawling my eyes out during a particular scene in the first one. The second one is perhaps more brutal! A fantastic end to a fantastic zombie trilogy!