October 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
So, Hellbound is a British production, but it dubs over the British cops (who are dressed like American cops and carry guns and don’t know how to use them–because they’re British?) with American accents. It’s a lame decision and one of the few gaffs in the film not related to the story itself.
Even with Christopher […]
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Tagged: Clive Barker· New World Pictures· Peter Atkins· Tony Randel· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
October 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
So, Hellraiser is supposed to be scary, right?
Because it seems like a poorly directed, completely illogical (if a wall split open in front of you, would you walk into it?) mess. It’s only ninety-four minutes, including credits, but it’s this exceptionally boring “scary” movie. The scariest thing in the movie might be the off-screen clean-up […]
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Tagged: Clive Barker· New World Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Maybe it’s James Horner’s score–which is solid, if a little too Jaws inspired–but if you squint your eyes and turn off your brain, Humanoids from the Deep almost seems like a real movie. It’s not, of course, it’s a New World picture.
It’s got to be hard for a film to waste Doug McClure, but this […]
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Tagged: Barbara Peters· Doug McClure· Frank Arnold· Martin B. Cohen· New World Pictures· William Martin· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
More than anything else, I think Pino Donaggio’s score sets Piranha apart. Initially, anyway. The film’s a very self-aware Roger Corman Jaws “homage,” but Donaggio’s score very quickly establishes it on firm ground. The score’s delicate, without any spoof-related cynicism (there’s no attempt to mimic the famous Jaws theme, Donaggio has some piranha attack music, […]
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Tagged: Joe Dante· John Sayles· Kevin McCarthy· New World Pictures· Richard Robinson· ★★★
Back in the late 1980s, The Punisher was part of that period’s comic book movie wave. Most of these films had little to do with Batman’s success and most of them failed, both commercially and artistically. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of course, succeeded financially. Watching this Punisher film (I have no interest in the new […]
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Tagged: Boaz Yakin· Gerry Conway· Jeroen Krabbé· John Romita Sr.· Louis Gossett Jr.· Mark Goldblatt· New World Pictures· Ross Andru· ★½
