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< Fallen [VHS] > < Training Day > < The Bone Collector > < John Q. (Infinifilm Edition) > < A Time to Kill > < Inside Man >

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Turner Home Ent(1998-10-13)

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(Why I don't like felines)

(Entertaining)

(Fallen - A great movie!)

(Excellent Product and Service)

(Fallen in Philly has sight gags.)

I'm going to tell you about a movie I almost like...

"Fallen" has always intrigued me. On the one hand, I really shouldn't like it. It's slow paced, the supernatural ingredients border the frivolous (a demon that makes people sing Rolling Stones?), and the ending is all wrong. Damn that cat!

And yet...

And yet, I find myself watching it every time Swedish TV reruns it. The actors are one reason: Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland and John Goodman. The plot is also quite interesting. And if you have the right sense of humour, you might even appreciate the idea of a demon singing like Mick Jagger!

The main character of the movie, detective John Hobbes, is chasing a strange killer who turns out to be an ancient demon or fallen angel, named Azazel. The demon kills several people and then attempts to frame Hobbes for the murders. One of the victims is Hobbes' own brother. Azazel has the ability to jump from person to person, making them demon-possessed. Hobbes soon realizes that another police officer, Milano, has fought the demon. Before committing suicide under mysterious circumstances, Milano left a number of occult books in an abandoned mountain cabin. From these books, Hobbes finds out that Azazel has one fatal weakness: the demon can't survive in dead bodies, and it dies itself if it cannot switch hosts within a few seconds. Chased by the entire police force, Hobbes decides to lure Azazel into the wilderness, where there are no humans to be possessed within miles. The stage is set for a final show down between Man and Fallen Angel.

I won't reveal how the movie ends, but I would have appreciated another ending. If you've seen "Fallen", you know what I mean. Frankly, the ending annoys me!

Still, I give the movie four stars. As already mentioned, the actors are great, the plot is interesting, and the strange lack of action (in a movie filled with murders!) is actually quite relaxing.

But damn, damn that cat...

Had to get Fallen just because Denzel Washington is in it. Fallen is a good movie, not to become a great classic. I had seen it before buying. It is one of those that you would just like to see once in awhile. It has just enough mystery and drama to keep you entertained. I do love the ending. I don't know why other reviewers need to reveal all. If you like Denzel ,it will make a good addition to your movie library.
I bought this movie because I love it and wanted to own my own copy.
If you haven't seen it, you should. That is, of course, if you like scary movies. This isn't a slasher movie but is scary just the same.
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First may I say that this is an excellent movie on Spiritual forces that motivate people to do evil. The script involves a Philadelphia Homicide Detective who accidentally stumbles on the reality of the Devil. Detective "Hobbes", which if you do some checking, the double "b" was the ancient name for the Devil in England. A tribute to " Quatermass and the Pit", a British horror movie on Evil and Martian inheritance,is played very well by Denzel Washington and John Goodman as his partner serves a great supporting role. As explained by others, spirits move by either contact or death of a host. Once known, they hound the discoverer to his/her death, ala' "Mary Rose".
By control of people, places and events they can lead you to do what you don't wish to do and force everything against you. When we encounter "possessed" people, we see what they see. A slightly off color spectrum, not quite as good as the human eye. This was similar (along with the background music) to "Wolfen" with Albert Finney, and the quick movement is obviously drawn from that film.
As to sight gags, there is one scene where Hobbes feels that he is being followed. He sees a shadow climbing the train station (looks like North Philadelphia Station). When he gets to the top, The " presence" is felt but Hobbes can't see him. However, if you look closely at the station sign, you will see the word "Willoughby" very clearly. This of course was the mythical station of Gart Williams, who jumped off the train in a famous "Twilight Zone" episode to escape the stress of his corporate job where he sees a peaceful community set in the 1800s and walks off with the old conductor in that time, but is in fact the name of a funeral parlor in the modern world as his actions are chalked up to suicide where he is said to have jumped from the train shouting "Willoughby"
Little things like these keep showing up during the film. Strange artwork inside buildings, all related to the Devil or Angels and The "witching hour" phone calls at 3AM. The humans involved who know living like mendicant monks, afraid to get involved with others because of the fear of peril for the innocent. Also the Rolling Stones music "Time is on my side" and "Sympathy for the Devil", all very appropriate in their roles for this work.
Very close to the spiritual truth, save for the mortality of evil and certain mumbo jumbo. Philadelphia locations are excellent. Geno's versus Pat's steaks continue their war in this work and there is a lot of Septa Rail line filming, sections of Manayunk, City hall courtyard and the old Holmesburg Prison. All nicely disguised and done well. Very entertaining and well acted.
Although it received mixed reactions from critics and audiences alike when released in 1998, this supernatural thriller benefits from a sustained atmosphere of anticipation and dread, and its combination of detective mystery and demonic mischief is handled with ample style and intelligence. Under the direction of Gregory Hoblit (who fared better withPrimal Fear), Denzel Washington plays detective John Hobbes, who witnesses the gas-chamber execution of a serial killer (Elias Koteas). But when another series of murders begins, Hobbes suspects that the killer's evil spirit has survived and is possessing the bodies of others to do its evil bidding. Even Hobbes's trusted partner (John Goodman) thinks the detective is losing his grip on reality, but the dire warnings of a noted linguist (Embeth Davidtz) confirm Hobbes's far-out theory, and his case intensifies toward a fateful showdown. Although its idea is better than its execution, and the story's film noir ambitions are never fully accomplished, this slickly directed thriller has some genuinely effective moments in which evil forces are entwined into the fabric of everyday reality. Among the highlights is a memorable scene in which Detective Hobbes must track the killer as the evil spirit is transferred between many people via physical contact. Even if the film is ultimately less than the sum of its parts, it's an intriguing hybrid that resides in the same cinematic neighborhood asSevenandThe Silence of the Lambswith a cast that also includes Donald Sutherland and James Gandolfini.--Jeff Shannon
a pair of chicago detectives apprehend a serial killer. however, after the killer is convicted and executed, a new series of murders done in the late killer's peculiar style begin to turn up, potentially implicating one of the detectives. in his efforts
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< Fallen [VHS] > < Training Day > < The Bone Collector > < John Q. (Infinifilm Edition) > < A Time to Kill > freaks

< Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba [VHS] > < Mystery Science Theater 3000 - I Accuse My Parents > < Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Mitchell > < Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Wild World of Batwoman > < Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Eegah > < Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die >

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Rhino / Wea(1997-10-21)

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(Seven Who Blundered)

(Too painful to watch, and I ADORE MST3K)

(Water....Sick Man...)

(ANOTHER COLEMAN FRANCIS MASTERPIECE)

(Savour the badness)

After all these years, it's now apparent why the Bay of Pigs operation failed. It was attempted with a force of seven...And after watching this, it's no wonder. The only act of violence they were capable of was running over Cherokee Jack's dog....and butchering the concept of acting and film continuity. A perfect candidate for MST3 treatment...
I've only encountered two MST 3K's in which the movie itself was so boring and painful to my eyes (literally) that I had to toss them (Hamlet is the other). I worship the MST Gods, and they did amazing work with what they had, but good god, this is only useful if you are teaching Film 101 at a community college and want to torture crappy students after class. This movie killed me. I tried to keep it. I know it is sacrilege to throw out an MST 3K, but I burned it and danced around the fire. I laughed.
The film is titled Red Zone Cuba but actually the working title was Night Train To Mundo Fine, Both titles make little sense as you attempt to follow the plot. As one reveiwer put it, when the best thing about the actual movie is John Carradine's vocals (Night Train song can be downloaded from a almost any cult movie website) then you know you're in for a long and hurtful ride. Mike Nelson and the bots however make an otherwise unwatchable film hilarious. The common Colman Frances motiff of coffee is frequently used in the dialog. This film was also produced by Anthony Cordoza (rich corithian leather)responsible for such campy films as Hellcats and Beast of the Yucca Flats. Enjoy!
Coleman Francis stars in a film about criminals and Cuba and the tension is thick throughout. Alfred Hitchcock type camera angles and sparse dialog make the viewer's imagination take over on this thrilling trip.
Not quite as great as "The Beast of Yucca Flats" with the exceptional Tor Johnson. But you can't miss with the director's unique use of shadow and light, Coleman's grizzly old con lead performance and supporting characters like the mysterious Cherokee Jack; is he trustworthy? Perhaps? Perhaps not! Buy this one today!
This is one of my favorite MST3K efforts. Coleman Francis (director/actor) and Mystery Science Theater were made for each other.

For those not familiar with Coleman Francis, imagine that a below average ability truck driver is drafted to produce, star in, and direct a Hollywood movie. I give you . . . Coleman Francis.

Story: Mercenary soldiers (all 7 of them) executing an invasion of Cuba. Wonderfully bad . . . the premise, the training scenes, the fighting, the captivity, the escape. I thought MST3K got caught napping when they didn't comment on the ridiculous scene where the group of "POWs" finally beg a small tin cup of water for their wounded dying colleague who keeps asking for it. Then all 3 of them drink out of the cup before passing the dregs over to the dying guy.

If you enjoy this ridiculous excuse for a movie, then may I also recommend, Mystery Science Theater - The Skydivers. Coleman Francis at his pinnacle, and absolutely hilarious as a MST3K vehicle.
Mike and the 'bots succumb to the horrors of Coleman Francis, actor, director, but by no means auteur. It's possible that Francis is the worst filmmaker of all time--he makes Ed Wood look like Kubrick. The plot (or what shreds of it are in evidence) moves mysteriously from post-Castro Cuba through inexplicable chase scenes, and somehow ends up in a tungsten mine. Along the way a lot of coffee is consumed, and Tom Servo, Crow, and Mike virtually trip over each other picking apart the movie and quipping over its infamously terrible dialogue. "Castro" has an obviously fake beard, John Carradine croons his way through "Night Train to Mondo Fine," and Cuba itself seems to be situated in the middle of a small lake. With murky cinematography, blink-and-miss-them edits, and incoherent plot turns,Red Zone Cubaprovides ample fodder for Mike and his robot pals' scathing wit. ThoughMST3Khas churned up some awful, awful movies on which to work its magic,Red Zone Cubais only equaled in its awfulness by the truly disturbingly terribleManos: Hands of Fate. Movies so bad are rare. Thank goodness.--Tod Nelson
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< Grim Prairie Tales [VHS] > < Into the Badlands > < Necronomicon: Book of the Dead [VHS] > < Night of the Demons 2 > < Body Bags > < Drive-In Cult Classics - 8 Movie Set >

price：~~$19.99~~
Academy Home Entertainment(1992-12-09)

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(Really like it)

(Interesting and different, but not exactly grim)

(A terrific study of a growing friendship posing as a horror story)

(Grim is the word for it!)

(Not on DVD? No ratings?)

i really like this, a great thing to watch with with friends who only like westerns when i like a little horror!
For such a distinguished actor, James Earl Jones has made some really forgettable movies, and I would count Grim Prairie Tales among them. This 1990 anthology piece seems to have garnered decent reviews, but I personally can't see how this movie could impress anyone. Just because it's different - a horror/Western anthology which eschews the standard formula of "it is the story, not he who tells it" (i.e., the two storytellers are more interesting than the stories they tell) - doesn't mean it's very good. Without the overpowering presence of James Earl Jones as an uncouth, darkly mysterious range ride, I daresay Grim Prairie Tales would border on the unbearable.

Brad Dourif plays Farley Deeds, a squirrelly-looking, city slicker-type who looks and dresses like he should be running away from the Headless Horseman rather than traveling alone through the desert. He's all set to turn in for the night when a stranger disturbs the peace and quiet of his little campsite - a veritable mountain of a man with a strange air about him whom Deeds doesn't exactly welcome with open arms (in his defense, the stranger does arrive with a dead guy draped over the back of his horse). Morrison (Jones) is a strange one, but the two eventually bluff and argue their way into a round of storytelling. Aha, you say, this is where that whole "horror" part kicks in, especially when both fellows start talking about stories that will make bats fly out of your ears. Well, I hate to break it to you, but an impressionable five-year-old kid wouldn't take fright over anything these stories have to offer.

Morrison opens up with a story about some old coot who foolishly decides to cross over an Indian burial ground at night, followed up by a strange tale of "a good man" who comes to the aid of a pregnant woman out wandering alone. Given the campiness of the second story in particular, Deeds thinks he can do better and gives us a sort of morality tale in which a wife and daughter try to deal with the father's participation in a monstrous human act - unfortunately, the rather dark print of the film leaves you a little unsure of the specifics of that act. Morrison, obviously more impressed than I was with Deeds' story, then sets out to top it with the story of a gunslinger haunted by one of his victims.

Morrison and Deeds are much more interesting than the stories they tell, but I didn't find these two men all that riveting. Their exchanges are far too theatrical to make me forget I'm watching a movie - James Earl Jones is great, but Dourif seems to spend most of his time over-acting. With its anthology angle, Grim Prairie Tales is certainly different, but I found the movie to be average at best.
Those expecting this movie--which should be on DVD--to scare them will go away disappointed. None of the stories the two men tells is particularly frightening. What they are, though, are insights into the moral character of the men telling the stories. And, what makes this film so good is the dead body sitting on James Earl Jones' horse while the two men joust across the campfire.

From the beginning we identify with Brad Dourif's nervous city slicker crossing a lonely expanse. When bounty hunter James Earl Jones arrives with a person he has killed, we "know" who we're supposed to root for. Yet, as the stories progress and the interaction between Jones and Dourif's characters deepens, we come to see that their moral positions are not as black and white as things might seem. And the final scene really emphasizes the moral ambiguity of both men.

All this is played out in an atmospheric, if low-budget, landscape. This is a very subtle and appealing movie that repays repeated watching. It is extremely well acted by the two leads, and each of the characters in the 4 stories within stories are also well drawn.

All in all, an absorbing way to spend an evening.

I just watched the movis "Grim Prarie Tales" What can I say but totaly awsome!! This movie had me on the edge of my seat. Why can't they make good movies like this anymore???
How did this get overlooked? This is a very worthy movie, consisting of Brad Dourif and James Earl Jones playing two travellers sharing a campfire in the old west, and sharing stories of a rather unusual bent. Dourif is the city slicker type, taken aback by Jone's turn as a rough and tumble mountain man. But he has an ace up his sleeve, in the form of a story. It's just for fun, and it is. Any movie fancier should see this at least once. I don't understand the low profile.
Writer-director Wayne Coe's low-budget anthology is not as scary as its title or packaging would have you believe, but it is a charming effort nonetheless. Brad Dourif and James Earl Jones star as a city slicker and a bounty hunter who meet at night on a quiet prairie and end up swapping stories by the campfire. Since the four tales are part of a slowly building competition between the two men, they become progressively more gruesome. The two most memorable revolve around a grotesque gunfight and its aftermath, and a wandering prairie woman with a bizarre appetite. Ultimately the stories are mood pieces rather than outright scare fare, but they are absorbing, and the connecting scenes with Dourif and Jones are so energetically played out that you forget how calculated some of their exchanges are.--Bryan Reesman
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< Grim Prairie Tales [VHS] > < Into the Badlands > < Necronomicon: Book of the Dead [VHS] > < Night of the Demons 2 > < Body Bags > freaks

< Twisted [VHS] > < Toy Soldiers > < Son's Promise >

price：~~$1.81~~
Hemdale Home Video(1992-07-08)

customer 's review
(Not "Heathers" or "Pump Up The Volume", but O.K.)

Movie description
An alienated teenager from an affluent suburban community uses his evil genius to manipulate his family and intimidate his peers, leading to a shocking climax that will take you one step beyond sanity. One evening, Phillip Collins (Dan Ziskie)&Susan Collins (Brooke Tracy) find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck broken. Obviously she had an accident. Consequently they need a new babysitter for an upcoming big party. The sensible Helen Giles (Lois Smith) meets little Evelyn Collins (Tandy Cronyn) at the discount market and likes her, so she offers to do the job. She doesn't know Evelyn's teenage brother Mark Collins (Christian Slater) - technically skilled and good in school, but resistive and cunning. As soon as the parents have left, Mark starts psychologically terrorizing Helen and his sister with electronic tricks.

Cast: Brooke Tracy, Christian Slater, Dan Ziskie, Dina Merrill, Edward Marshall, J.C. Quinn, John Cunningham, Karl Taylor, Laurie Kennedy, Lois Smith, Noelle Parker, Tandy Cronyn

Notes:
Made in 1986 and shelved until Christian Slater became famous, then released in 1992.
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< Twisted [VHS] > < Toy Soldiers > freaks

< My Mummy > < Superhero Movie (Extended Edition) > < Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series > < Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Widescreen Edition) > < The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 5: 1946-1948 > < Road House (Fox Film Noir) >

price：~~$1.50~~
Rivercoast(2008-08-05)
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customer 's review
(Dumb and Hilarious)

(A soon to be cult classic.)

I loved "My Mummy" so much, I bought it after renting it. Welcome to the delightfully wacky, goof-ball universe of J. Todd Anderson and George Willeman. This film has a singular look and sound, and my mind has been replaying many scenes for the last few days. (God help me: two expert low-budget filmmakers from Ohio have hijacked my brain.) I've ever seen such a smart, smart, smart film about such dumb, dumb, dumb guys. I hope we have not seen the last of the Earl Schmelzer and Karl Futznekkkr characters. If you are a fan of "Shaun of the Dead," The Three Stooges, The Marx Brothers, "SCTV", the studio sketches of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," Sam Raimi's "Crimewave" (co-written with the Coen brothers), "The Hudsucker Proxy," Cosmo Kramer, Jay and Silent Bob, Monty Python, and "Palookaville" you'll love "My Mummy." Guarantee it.
J. Todd Anderson's second directorial debut is a raucous good time. This campy but funny movie is well worth the price of this DVD. There are zippy one-liners, homages to the Three Stooges, and some very memorable characters. If you just want to have a great movie watching experience get My Mummy.
Studio: Rivercoastfilms Dist Release Date: 08/05/2008
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< My Mummy > < Superhero Movie (Extended Edition) > < Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series > < Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Widescreen Edition) > < The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 5: 1946-1948 > freaks

< Saw III (Rated Full Screen Edition) > < Saw IV (Unrated Widescreen Edition) > < Saw II (Widescreen Edition) > < Saw > < Saw V (Unrated Director's Cut) > < Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition) >

price：~~$1.49~~
Lionsgate(2007-01-23)
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(SAW III)

(A Rollercoaster Ride of Emotions?!)

(A dramatic dip in quality for an otherwise great horror series.)

(AMANDA RISING...)

(Saw III)

Look, I know that a lot of people discredit the Saw franchise because a) they can seem to be normal slasher flicks or of the like, b) it is a franchise that seems to be in it for the money, not necessarily the development of the plot. However, if you happen to have a more conservative outlook on crime and punishment, then these movies might be for you, if you do not mind extreme blood and gore that is. However, if you do decide to get these movies, just watch it from the first one, otherwise you kinda kill the thrill, but that's just me.
Saw 3, while missing some of the impact of the first one (after all, it still feels like a sequal), is quite possibly the most emotional one of the series. Here the characters are treated with equal sympathy and make you hate their guts, which makes this movie so vile and thick with emotion. Sometimes while watching I got kind of a guilt trip letting the characters jerk my extremely emotion switch, but there's really no denying that the trilogy's ends with the upmost thrill and sense of closing, one that doesn't scream "watch the sequal now!" Whether or not you stuck around with the first two, by the time your done, you will definitely be blowing out from the rush when the movie is over.

The plot of the first two are similar. However, it has it's quirks as well. The basic plot is the same as ever, with Jigsaw abducting more people and playing his sick and twisted little game. To add complications, people are realizing that some victims were put into inescapable traps. The movie is alot tighter and keeps the wandering at a minimum (probably the only minor thing wrong with Saw 2). Furthermore, beyond the two abducted, a particular someone is being tested, and he or she doesn't realize this. The traps are very cool as well, though I was clamoring for more physical traps as usual. My personal favorite is the freezer trap (yeah, I know each trap has a particular name, but I don't remember the name). The only real gore problem is that I am not quite sure if the cranial surgery is realistic or not, as I am very sure that the writers have not been able to preform cranial surgery. Then again, I bet cranial surgeons have never drilled a hole in the brain, so the realism of this scene is up for grabs.

What I found most intriguing is the characters in this one. THe characters here transcend in a way I never really thought I would. I felt extremely mixed emotions toward all the characters, hatred, sadness, because they are very human. Even movies like Silence Of the Lambs (do you hate or not hate Hannibal Lector?) and Psycho and doesn't have characters that seem so flexible and realistic. Every character is flawed and seems cold and distant at times, but at other times, has good sides and good traits. It even made me question my view on how I like to watch some of the characters suffer. Saw 3, like humanity itself, can play on your emotions, especially when you are a naturally sympathetic person like I can be. Sometimes. Maybe. I enjoyed every minute of watching Eric Matthews get smashed and killed.

Saw 3, while doesn't have the original power of the first installment, is
possibly the best regarding stories and emotion, though the whole trilogy as a whole is worth watching, and owning (sadly, I can't comment on four and five, though I am less enthuastic about them because it's turning into characters I don't care about.

B
Here we have the third movie in the ongoing horror series, Saw. The acting is solid, but the script and plot are very lacking. What little plot there is has absolutely nothing to do with the previous two films with the exception of Jigsaw and his apprentice being involved. The whole plot for this movie actually isn't even explained until later in the series. For such a story oriented series this a major drawback. There's plenty of gore to be had here, in fact it's probably the goriest in the series. Having said that the gore isn't disturbing or frightening like it was in the first movie. Overall it's a solid horror movie but it doesn't do the previous movies in the series justice.
SAW III takes us deeper into the mind of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) while upping the ante in the suffering / teaching department. Amanda (the most excellent Shawnee Smith) takes her place at Jigsaw's side, acting as his novitiate instrument of higher education. Many surprises are in store, as we are led through another of the Jigmeister's dark labyrinths. This time, his students will learn the futility of hateful revenge and the value of forgiveness. SAW III is a gruesome masterpiece of bloody horror, a puzzlebox full of razors. Possibly the best of the bunch (as of this writing SAW VI is in production). Enjoy, but beware of rancid pig carcasses...
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Jigsaw has disappeared. With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) the puppet-master behind the cruel intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him Doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) and Jeff (Angus Macfadyen) are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.System Requirements:Run Time: 113 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 031398207320 Manufacturer No: 20733
The firstSawpicture actually had an idea behind it, to say nothing of the ingenuity of its low-budget production; making a silk purse out of a bloody, maggot-ridden human ear, as it were. WithSaw III, the franchise pretty much settles into gore for gore's sake, as it explores newer and better ways to traumatize the body--and the audience. Events fromSaw IIare sewn up at the beginning of the film, and a detective on the trail of mad killer Jigsaw is quickly trussed up and subjected to one of the villain's sadistic games (this one has escape possible only by means of a key sitting in the bottom of a beaker of acid). Then we catch up with Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) himself, as he awaits death from his debilitating illness; once again he's tended by helper Shawnee Smith. The movie follows parallel plots: Jigsaw blackmails a doctor (Bahar Soomekh) into keeping him alive, and tortures a vengeful soul (Angus Macfayden) into recognizing the futility of revenge. OriginalSawcreators James Wan and Leigh Whannell worked on the script of this one, and it fully buys into the series mythology, referring backwards to previous events and, for all we know, preparing us for future installments. But if future installments are as pointlessly repugnant as this one, there's not much to look forward to.--Robert Horton
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< Saw III (Rated Full Screen Edition) > < Saw IV (Unrated Widescreen Edition) > < Saw II (Widescreen Edition) > < Saw > < Saw V (Unrated Director's Cut) > freaks

< The Strangers > < The Happening > < Incredible Hulk (Widescreen Edition) > < Wanted (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition) > < Tropic Thunder > < Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Unrated Widescreen Edition) >

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Universal Studios(2008-10-21)
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(amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!)

(morbid waste of film stock!)

(Better Title: The Incompetents)

(SUCKS)

(Better than I Thought)

I would not call this movie a horror flick. I think it falls under the lines of suspense or thriller or both. I have read some reviews that said it was not a traditional horror film . That's because it wasn't. A horror flick is Texas Chainsaw Massacre where there's blood and guts ,nudity and cuss words in every sentence. Now, I will say that it did have the f-word a few times , but the blood was minimal and there was no nakedness. Over all this movie was fantastic , and I would recommend this to whoever is a fan of great movies. End of review.
I actually give this film 'half' a star but that option isn't provided.
I'm not going to waste time giving details on the storyline.
It's your typical 'young couple get terrorized by Manson type masked freaks/ slasher thriller. It started out fine, and I invested my interest into the survival of the lead characters. Only, there is no pay off. After two hours of watching these poor kids get tortured psychologicaly, they get hacked up! I'm sure the director would defend this ending by saying it was inspired by true events. To that I say.....

Many of us watch movies to escape from the real world, not to be reminded how F***ED up it is! If I wanted to bring myself down, I'd open a newspaper!
This is a similair review I gave to OPEN WATER. Also inspired by true events.

Wow, this movie has more one star ratings than five star ratings. What does that tell you? Maybe that the movie sucks? Yes, yes it does, badly. I have looked over just a few of the one star reviews before writing my own to see why they hated it and surprise surprise, it's for the same reasons I hated. This has to be the most incompetent, inept two people you will ever see in a movie. They have bunches of weapons at their disposal (double barrel shotgun, big kitchen knives, tools in shed etc.), cell phones, and a car and they can't get away from or beat the crap out of two small girls and some guy? You're sitting there screaming at the screen while you watch these two make one boneheaded decision after another.

I'm sorry, supposedly this film was based on actual events (albeit very loosely from what I understand), and if the real couple was as clumsy, inept, and stupid as these two, they deserved to die. It's also filmed in that shaky cam style that is extremely annoying, yet appears to be hip in Hollywood. Note to Hollyweird movie directors/producers, there is nothing cool about shaky cam filming, it does nothing to enhance the film in any form or fashion, cut it out!!

Oh yeah, you also wanted to me to tell you about the plot, that's easy, two morons are stalked by three morons wearing strange masks and eventually tortured by the three mask wearing morons. There ya go. Avoid at all costs!
I dont know how anyone can manage to get scared watching this movie- I was too busy getting frustrated. Let me see, there's two of us, three of them. We have a shot gun- they have an ax. **Plot Spoiler** This is how the two of us idiots managed to die.
I had heard some bad reviews about this movie before I brought it, but I got it anyway because not everyone has the same taste. I must say that I am not disappointed with this movie. It's soo creepy and scary. The fact that it's based on true events just adds to the creepiness of it. Overall I think that it was a good movie and I'm glad that I brought it.
For his film debut, director Brian Bertino has crafted a fantastically creepy horror flick based on the very simple premise of strangers who come knocking late at night. Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) have arrived at a secluded vacation home in the woods after attending a friend's wedding. It's four in the morning, and they're both tearful and emotionally exhausted after a disagreement about their relationship. As they awkwardly try to navigate the long night together, they are distracted by the sound of a heavy knock at the door. They open it to find a dazed young woman hidden in the shadows. Assuming she is lost, James sends her away, but Kristen is disturbed by the late-night visit. When James leaves to go on a drive and pick up some cigarettes, Kristen is left alone, and we watch her move through the huge house in a painfully eerie silence, all the while knowing that she is being watched. By the time James returns, Kristen is in hysterics, and together they must face the terrifying fact that they are indeed in grave danger. Both Tyler and Speedman give excellent, understated performances that lend the film a truly frightening edge of realism. The story's simplicity is a refreshing change from over-the-top torture films like SAW, and the violence in the film is minimal, and much of it off camera. THE STRANGERS also lacks any big-budget special effects. You won't find any CGI creatures or armies of zombies. The only monsters depicted here are the very real human kind, which is what leaves you thoroughly spooked and shaken, and ready to push a chair against your own front door.
A lean, briskly paced and exceptionally creepy thriller,The Strangersearns its scares the old-fashioned way: through atmosphere, sound design, and a simple yet undeniably upsetting central premise that allows for maximum tension throughout its running time. Attractive young lovers Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are already having a bad day--she's turned down his marriage proposal--before a knock on the door in the middle of the night announces a full-fledged siege on their remote vacation home by a trio of masked assailants. The film's first third delivers the most consistent shivers as the visitors make their presence and intentions known to Tyler; the second half grows more frantic and bloody before a gruesome finale that may leave viewers either rattled to their core or bothered by its empty nihilism. Speedman is fine as the downtrodden male lead (who's seen tucking into a carton of ice cream after being rejected), but it's Tyler who impresses the most by shouldering the lion's share of the terror. First-time writer/director Bryan Bertino impresses by forsaking the current passion for over-the-top violence (save for the finale) in favor of more traditional means of generating fear, and if his project borrows heavily from other films, most notably the French chillerThem(which shares its "inspired by a true story" origin) and Michael Haneke'sFunny Games, at least he's taking from the best. The sound design is among the many technical standouts, and the unsettling score by tomandandy (The Hills Have Eyes) pleasantly evokes Ennio Morricone's fuzztone-heavy work for Dario Argento in the early '70s. On a completely unrelated note, LP fanatics should appreciate how both the film's heroes and villains share an affinity for folk and country music on vinyl. --Paul Gaita
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< The Strangers > < The Happening > < Incredible Hulk (Widescreen Edition) > < Wanted (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition) > < Tropic Thunder > freaks

< Cloverfield > < I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy) > < Jumper > < There Will Be Blood > < 10,000 B.C. > < Rambo (Special Edition + Digital Copy) >

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Paramount(2008-04-22)
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(I tried to like this, I really did...)

(Love It)

(I love a good monster movie)

(Not the greatest but interesting none the less)

(Shake, Rattle&Roll! A Revisiting of Cloverfield!)

But I really disliked the main characters. I found them to be very annoying, especially the cameraman. When you're rooting for the monsters to kill the cast off and the movie isn't even halfway over yet, it's not a good sign. The handheld camera view was also hard to endure. When it was over, I wanted an hour and a half of my life back. I don't think that the presence of the "MST3K" cast would've helped this film any.
I love this movie. I held off on seeing it for a while because I had heard about people getting motion sick in the theater, and I'm pretty prone to that, but I had no such problems watching this on DVD. I really enjoyed this movie. I think it's because I've always liked the big-monster-attacks-city movie concept, but had never really seen it done that well. This movie just nailed it. You really get the feeling of what it would be like to be in the city while an unknown creature is causing destruction. I know a few people who've seen this film and who didn't like it as much as I did, so this may be the kind of movie that is just for certain types and not others. Then again, I think most fans of action/thriller/sci-fi type movies would really enjoy this one. I bought the DVD, which is something I don't do very often anymore unless I really enjoy a film and want to come back to it a lot.
Let's face it, we've become pretty sophisticated, which means that Frankenstein and Godzilla don't really cut it anymore. And the hack-n-slash gorefest crap that passes for horror these days is almost not worth the time it takes to yawn through them. So when I find a good, solid monster movie that makes me tense up and say "Oh my god!" at least once, I know I'm on to something.

If you don't already know, Cloverfield is set in post-9/11 Manhattan. During a Bon Voyage party, something attacks the city, decapitating the Statue of Liberty, in a very memorable moment, and laying waste to the Empire State building, the two most enduring symbols of New York. Add to that the memory of the events of September 2001, and you have the sense that this story isn't going to end well.

There's a breakneck race through the streets and subways of Manhattan, and ever-longer peeks at the monster and its spawn, but there's never enough time to take it all in, never time to allow the mind to process exactly what it is that's happening, so the imagination takes over, which any old school horror aficionado will tell you is the most effective way to scare the bejeebers out of someone. Let their mind do the work for you, let them imagine what is happening, what could happen, what will happen.

The casting of relative unknowns and the use of a near-real-time narrative are both critical to allowing the audience to put itself into the story. I only saw one actor with whom I was familiar, and it did push me right out of the film for a moment because it suddenly registered as just a movie, an entertainment. Until that moment I was very caught up in the narrative. I know that when I'm sitting forward in my chair urging the characters to "follow the rats, always follow the rats!" that I've been quite properly hooked.

In the end, Cloverfield is really nothing more than a monster movie for the 21st century, but one which doesn't depend on blood and gore, or some lunatic with a butcher knife. It's good fun.
I will give J.J. Abrams his due, he is true to his craft and makes you watch what he wants to show you. He is not one to pander to his audience and leave everything in a nice, neatly wrapped up bundle at the end of the film. Cloverfield is like that, we do not know what the creature really looks like or where it might be from or if it was killed in the end. What is the Hammerdown protocol anyway? This reminds me so much of Lost where we don't know much about The Others, or the Dharma Initiative. We are supposed to enjoy the ride not getting to the destination.

I am not going to say that Cloverfield is excellent film making, but it is an interesting film and quite honestly a fun movie if you let your self relax and enjoy it. Don't take it too seriously, it is supposed to be fun!
Cloverfield

At first blush, Cloverfield is a monster movie that affects the common, everyday people who happen to be having a going away party. But it's more than that.

We are warned that this is video is property of the Department of Defense and is a recording found in a place formerly known as Central Park. The story unfolds:

Robert Hawkins, Beth and his friends are video'ing the going away party and suddenly a large crash is heard. They run out and find that the city around them is coming apart! No one knows what's happening or going on and somehow, their social veneer comes apart.

A clumsy love story ensues partway through the film; we get somewhat enamored by the silly nerd who's running the camera so that "people know" what happened.

It's like an American Godzilla!

Yeah, on the surface, but what was Abrams trying to do with this film?

I think the director Matt Reeves is making a statement about the quick YouTube like generation. Hey, let's get this on video and upload it to YouTube wow, gee! Can't tell if that is a criticism of this generation's propensity for the internet or the lack of social skills presented. The constant documentary style of the handy video cam and cell phone camera is more than a subtle commentary.

The plot rolls along nicely. Little creatures peel of the main monster and make their home in the sewers of New York. When they bite, somehow the victim eventually explodes. This is never adequately explained, but the horror of losing your friend to this is not pretty -- a splatter on the tarmac is all you get!

The tension of the film surrounds not only saving Beth (the girl with a rebar impalement problem) but these kids are caught between the monster and the military, barely escaping with their lives. And then not even that!

I understand the DVD has deleted scenes, a "making of" and a commentary by the director.

The criticism of the shaky camera and the Blair Witch Project is a minor annoyance. What are the director and producer doing? What are they trying to say? This was a bold experiment by Abrams. Yes, could' a been done better, but not a bad first effort. Where's the sequel??

There is no film score, which makes sense since this is a civilian video. And I will have to get the DVD now to catch the whisper at the end of the credits: "Help Us, It's Still Alive!"

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Cloverfield

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
One of the first things a viewer notices aboutCloverfieldis that it doesn't play by ordinary storytelling rules, making this intriguing horror film as much a novelty as an event. Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends,Cloverfieldbegins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason (Mike Vogel) hands a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth (Odette Yustman)--images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote--a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from? The lack of a backstory, and spare views of the marauding creature, are clever ways by producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves to keep an audience focused exclusively on what's on the screen. But it also makesCloverfieldcuriously uninvolving. Ultimately,Cloverfield, with its spectacular effects brilliantly woven into a home-video look, is a celebration of infinite possibilities in this age of accessible, digital media.--Tom Keogh
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< Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers > < Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series) > < Halloween - Resurrection > < Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween II >

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(Good Movie)

(Michael ROCKS!!! Awesume movie out of the Halloween series.)

(Best Halloween in the Series!!!!)

(Michael Rules!)

(NOT THE TRUE HALLOWEEN!!!)

This is a good film. I thought it to be a very interesting chapter in the Halloween franchise.
This is certainly one of the best out of the Halloween series. Sadly though this is the last time you get to see Donald Pleasance as Dr. Samual Loomis which unfortnately he passed away in the early 90s. In this series, Michael Myers returns after 6 years persumed dead in a fire. The killings begin again, one by one where he starts off hunting for his niece's baby and then heads back home to Haddonfield where is reign of terror continues.
The horror ends up all the way back to Smith's Grove.
Personally i love all the Halloween movies, and this is one of them that i enjoyed, particluary with Michael's killing (expecially towards the surgeons at Smith Grove)&movements which i find really creepy.
5/5 The saga continues with the return of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in the next series in H20.

I recommend it!!!
This halloween got a lot of bad reviews but this is the most michael oriented halloween the body count is higher is more gory and its the best scripted of the halloweens so forget the bad reviews and get this one it is truely the best halloween of them all GO GET IT!!!!!!!!!!
I am a big fan of horror movies, although this wasn't one of the best, it is still good for watching.
4 WAS BAD...
5 WAS TERRIBLE...
but THIS?!

This is on a whole new scale of wrong...

The true Halloween was a story about Micheal killing people, BUT mainly after Jaimie Lee Curtis...
The true Halloween movies star Jaimie Lee...(1, 2, H20, Resurrection)
The True Halloween movies don't have a "dark satanic cult" in them...(i mean...and gang of evil druids...really people?)
The True Halloween movies don't have some insane, half mute, little girl who grows up and gets raped by Micheal Myers so that he can have a child to sacrifice to said "satanic cult"...
and don't even get me started on the "Man in Black" stuff...

It was a monotonous conclusion to a "trilogy" of "sub-plot" films that should have never entered the world or Micheal Myers and his reign of terror on Halloween...

Long live John Carpenters' original vision of true terror and evil!

The series premise continues to stretch so thin it could dissipate. This time, Michael Myers chases his unfortunate niece around, then goes after a family who happen to be living in his former home. This is slasher-ism at its most cynical, and a thoroughly unpleasant, unimaginative, and unredeeming movie. Donald Pleasence, the one holdover from the original film, looks like he'd rather be anywhere than in this thing.--Tom Keogh
For pulse-pounding suspense and relentless thrills, nothing can match HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS -- one of the most frightening chapters in the chilling HALLOWEEN series! In a single horrifying night, Michael Myers' masked reign of terror changed Halloween forever! Now, six years after he was presumed dead in a fire, Myers has returned to kill again -- and this time there's no escape! As the homicidal fury builds to a spine-tingling cliimax, the long-hidden secrets of the screen's most maniacal murderer are revealed ... with shocking results! Starring a thrilling cast including legendary Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN, THE ADVOCATE) and Paul Rudd (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, CLUELESS).
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< Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers > < Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series) > < Halloween - Resurrection > < Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > < Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) > freaks

< The Long Road Home (The Dark Tower Graphic Novels, Book 2) > < Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery > < The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novels, Book 1) > < Just After Sunset: Stories > < Watchmen > < The Living Dead > Stephen King,Peter David,Robin Furth,Richard Isanove

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Marvel Books(2008-10-07)
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(A nice flashback)

(Far from home)

(Pretty pictures, shoddy story)

(One problem only with these ones)

(Nice product)

I've read the DT series a couple of times, and it's nice to see it presented in the form of a graphic novel. What I found most interesting is Gilead itself. I always envisioned it as an intact, undiminished region, so it was odd to see it as a collection of run-down buildings only marginally better than its neighbors. It fills in some new material, and the attention on Alain and Cuthbert was great.
The Long Road Home is a worthy addition to any Dark Tower fans collection. It delves into the other characters more deeply and develops them whilst staying true to Sai King's world.

To be honest, I liked Gunslinger Born more, but they are totally different story arcs so it might just reflect my own preferences in the Dark Tower saga.
I was excited to get some untold stories in this book, after Book One essentially rehashed contents from Wizard and Glass. Unfortunately, precious little actually happens in this one, and what does happen is poorly told. These writers are painfully substandard. Stephen King's brilliance is in his ability to create suspense and to make you care about the characters. I really wish he was writing these graphic novels...or at least re-writing them. I was a big fan of the original Dark Tower books, particularly the first four (things got a little sketchy towards the end, unfortunately), so I will probably continue to read these as they come out, but my expectations are now drastically lowered. Gotta call it like I see it.
As a Dark Tower junkie, I can only say the only problem with this is it being too short. Seeing what happened between Roland's departure from Meiji in Wizard and Glass and his return to Gilead further ilustrated what made this awesome character who he is. Having no big plot twists or anything, the events told in the story are pretty much what I had figured out; Still doesn't mean I didn't enjoy having my suspicions confirmed.
The art is great. The printing is awesome. There is lots of color on high quality paper. It is a heavy book, like a coffee table or musuem book. And the involvement of the greatest writer of our time...
It's the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of his lover Susan Delgado. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with the deadly posse in hot pursuit... .and Roland is in a coma! Don't miss the next chapter in the saga of the Gunslinger whose quest for the Dark Tower will shake the foundation of reality itself! Collects Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1-5.
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< Cthulhu Unbound (Volume 1) > < Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror > < Blasphemies&Revelations > < Abominations: 17 Spine-Tingling Tales Of Murderous Monsters And Horrific Creatures > < Fall of Cthulhu Vol. 4: Godwar > < The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos >

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(Fabulous!)

(Not your father's Cthulhu mythos collection)

(A gem)

For fans of Cthulhu and the Old Ones of Lovecraftian horror, this short story collection is a must have. It is definitely a must read.

I had a few personal favorites.

"Noir_Lathotep" was funny, sexy, scary and twisted. What a great take on the Old Ones with a film noir twist. I loved it from the first lines.

"James and the Dark Grimoire" was fabulously funny. I adored it.

And my absolute favorite was "Blood Bags and Tentacles" by D.L. Snell. I had the honor of appearing in another anthology with him, "Zombology," and both of his contributions blew me away. His post-apocalyptic take on the Old Ones was horrific, suspenseful, and gut-wrenching. Some of the images he painted in my mind will definitely be haunting my nightmares.

The only reason it is not getting five stars from me is because I had to force myself through two of the short stories and I felt there was a lack of diversity in the tales. It felt incomplete somehow. But overall, it was pretty amazing.

If you love Lovecraft, the tales of the Old Ones and Cthulhu himself, you have to check out this book. Your favorites may be different from mine, but you'll love it.
Honesty compels me to say that I received a free reviewer copy from Permuted Press, at the behest of John Goodrich. I would have bought one anyway and it did not affect what I thought of the book.

Cthulhu Unbound is a new anthology from Permuted Press. Permuted Press is a small press specializing in zombie apocalyptic fiction. I can only hope that this foray into Cthulhu mythos fiction portends the start of some serious Lovecraftian publishing by this enterprising small press. CU is a high quality trade paperback with 264 pages of text; list price is $14.95 with a discount by Amazon; I think with this page count it is good value for the money. Production qualities and editing were both excellent. I didn't note any typos to speak of. The lovely cover art is by Cyril van der Haegen; I saw some other fantastic images of his with a quick image search online. Editing duties were shared by Thomas Brannan (a new name to me) and John Sunseri (well known to mythos fans). Here is where I have my major complaint with this book: there is no editor's note explaining the philosophy behind it, or how the stories were chosen, and no authors' notes or biographies. Another opportunity squandered! All stories are copyright 2008, but CJ Henderson's Locked Room saw print before in The Tales of Inspector Legrasse from 2005.

The premise of this book is that there are no preconceived genre boundaries that should limit the imagination of Lovecraftians. Anything was on the table. Of course it means I was predisposed to like CU before I ever opened it! On the other hand maybe I'm not as flexible as I would like to think. Minor spoilers may follow, so you are forewarned.

Noir-lathotep by Linda Donahue - I am familiar with Ms. Donahue from The Star of Istanbul in High Seas Cthulhu, a story which gave me some heartburn. The basis of Noir-lathotep is pretty clever. One of the aspects of the Crawling Chaos has been murdered and it is up to the Crawling Chaos to figure out what happened in fine gumshoe fashion. I liked it well enough although it did not knock my socks off.

The Invasion Out of Time by Trent Roman - Mr. Roman is new to me. This story was outstanding, The flying polyps who were once enemies of the Great Race are engaged in a war against a desperate humanity; the major resistance is coming from China, the setting of this work. Like I said, this is a gem.

James and the Dark Grimoire by Kevin Lauderdale - This author is also new to me. This story is told with tongue firmly in cheek. Imagine if a British upper-class nitwit gentleman and his competent manservant need to save the world. I usually am not fond of mythos humor but this was a very engaging story. Mythos meets Gosford Park?

Hellstone and Brimfire by Doug Goodman - Mr. Goodman gave us the highly enjoyable The Orion Man from Horrors Beyond. This story has similarly highly crafted prose. A Texas ranger type is tracking the Mi-Go. I really liked it.

Star Crossed by Bennet Reilly - Another new author for me. This story was a romance between Shub Niggurath and Hastur. As usual, trying to express the viewpoint of an incomprehensible, immensely powerful alien makes them seem....mundane. The romance was conducted at a level familiar to fans of Twilight. Not a winner for me.

The Covenant by Kim Paffenroth - Lots of authors I am unfamiliar with here, which is a good thing. This story is a rewrite of Chapter 23 of Moby Dick. What gods did Ahab really make compacts with? This was a very enjoyable read, and I hope Mr. Paffenroth gives us more mythos in the future.

The Hindenburg Manifesto by Lee Clark Zumpe - Early on in the story, we find out Solditas Invictus and the Sentinels were eliminated from the world years ago. Woohoo! Finally! Now Mr. Zumpe can get back to writing stories like The Breach, a fine effort in Horrors Beyond....not so fast. It turns out this story is all about the resurrection of Solditas Invictus during the late 1930s. I was not won over by the stories in High Seas Cthulhu or Frontier Cthulhu and I was similarly disaffected here. The history of this secret organization takes precedence for Mr. Zumpe over the story itself, and he misses an opportunity to let us see what really happened during the flight of the Hindenburg. I hate it when the major action takes place offstage, as it were. Then later we also don't get to see when one of the bad guys gets their comeuppance.

In Our Darkest Hour by Steven Graham - Another new author. This was a good example of what Cthulhu Unbound was striving for. Some superheroes and a wizard battle some evil doers who want to open dimensional gates after 9/11...and it is strongly implied one of the heroes is a Deep One. I was pleasantly entertained.

Blood Bags and Tentacles by DL Snell - DL Snell has edited some books for Permuted Press. This is not a Cthulhu mythos story strictly speaking but it has Lovecraftian cosmic elements. Someone opened our world to trandimensional horrors and humans are trying to survive in the aftermath. The characters were good, the action scenes were tautly written and the monsters were very creepy. All in all I was very impressed with this story.

Bubba Cthulhu's Last Stand by Lisa Hilton - Yet another new author. This story was pretty humorous and also had some nice dark undercurrents. The Cthulhu family is like a bunch of hick mobsters corrupting everything around them. Can a good unicorn stand up to their machinations? This was a grandly entertaining read, and also genre bending. Maybe the closest thing to it is Eldritch Fellas by Tim Curran.

Turf by Rick Moore - I never read anything by Mr. Moore before. Too bad! This was a fine creepy yarn about a mobster in the UK fighting for turf with a new and difficult to fathom rival. I can't pick a favorite in this anthology, but Turf came close.

The Menagerie by Ben Thomas - also new to me. In this story a prince, perhaps from renaissance Italy gives his keeper leave to use a book by John Dee to obtain new and strange creatures for his bestiary. I was mostly engaged but in the end when the Great Old Ones get miffed and decide to end the proceedings the story fell a bit flat. I liked it well enough if not as much as some other stories here.

The Patriot by John Goodrich - Mr. Goodrich has a story in the upcoming Cthulhu's Dark Cults from Chaosium but otherwise I am uncertain about his publication history. This is a ghoulish yarn set in WWI, reminding me a little bit of Curran's The Chattering of Tiny Teeth from the book Warfear. On its own merits this was a very creepy and well written piece that I enjoyed until the end...and the denouement just blew me away, it was so good!

The Shadow over Las Vegas by John Claude Smith - Another new face to me. This piece was somewhat over the top and absurdist, more like so-called bizarre fiction than anything else. I am not well read enough to know if it was in imitation of Hunter Thompson or someone else I should know. It was pretty engaging on its own merits although I had the feeling I was missing something.

Locked Room by CJ Henderson - CJ Henderson is arguably the most famous author represented here. Mostly I really enjoy his Cthulhu mythos work. I must say I was disappointed that he submitted a reprint to this anthology, which worked a bit better in context in The Tales of Inspector Legrasse.

This book is self recommending to Cthulhu mythos fans. It offers a generous sampling of stories, mostly by new authors, mostly brand new and mostly pretty good. As promised, the content runs the gamut of genres and styles, and mostly the stories are very successful. The best content here stands up to the best content in any mythos anthology. I am quite happy to add this book to my library and I am very eager to see what Cthulhu Unbound volume 2 holds in store for us.
Great. There is little more to say than the stories ranged from fascinating to at worse very good. This book is clearly in the running for the best Cthulhu mythos collection in years. I'm looking for forward to volumes #2 and a long run of follow up collections.
Imagine being free. Free from everything that defines you, that makes you easily recognizable as who you are. Welcome to a place where bleak noir cityscapes share a Technicolor sky with combat fighters, where you can find gunslingers from the Old West and a lost chapter from a literary classic, all with something in common: Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. This is a place where the Crawling Chaos has to solve his own murder and the Old Ones come up against the Gods of Las Vegas, a place where the new player in London's underground isn't human and masked heroes go toe-to-tentacle with eldritch horrors. This is a Mythos collection unlike any other. This is Lovecraft in many colors, many guises. This is Cthulhu--Unbound!
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(A female writer with some serious grit)

(interesting and well-plotted, but ...)

(Excellent debut!)

(Just OK--Hopeful that next book in series will be better)

(A really great read!)

First, of course, there are other female thriller writers who can get down and dirty, but too often I find myself unable to connect and wind up laying their books down. Not this one. Living in the south myself, I found I was staying up an extra half hour each night (read it in a week) to see what might happen next.

Taylor, the main character, is tough, vulnerable, and loves her sidearm. My gosh, what man wouldn't love her? Dr. Baldwin, her FBI boyfriend, is the perfect sidekick: incredibly intelligent and adept, but not so much that he overpowers Taylor or the story.

The book races from high-point to high-point, and Ellison provides just enough layering and texture to allow the reader to breathe. Completely believable, All The Pretty Girls left me wanting more. Fortunately, Ellison wrote two more--I devoured them as well. I've read this one twice and am getting ready to read 14 again this week.

I highly recommend this knockout debut.
Ellison writes well and book is a fast read. That said, she should get her facts right. First, when a suspect in custody asks for a lawyer the cop cannot ask for questions or even talk to the suspect. If the cop does so, any confession (or anything else the suspect says) cannot be used in court. Thus, if the cop ignores this, the author should have the cop recognize this as part of the plot. Second. conrary to what the book says, federal judges are appointed not elected. And yes, Guinness stout is drunk warm not cold!
Excellent debut! I'm so excited because I just found out this is the first in a series. I can't wait to read the next one.
Baldwin was really sweet, but Taylor was kind of abrasive and I really hated the whole stupid mistaken pregnancy thing in the middle of the book; it was just completely irrelevant and unnecessary and really made me dislike Taylor for a while because of how she handled it (getting drunk and smoking--two wonderful ways to harm your baby). I also would have liked to see more interaction and cooperation between Baldwin and Taylor; there just didn't seem to be much character development. I think if Elliott had spent more time on the characters and the Southern Strangler rather than the side plots of the Rainman and the Terrence thing it would've been more fulfilling. Will give the next book 14 a try and see if it's better.
Finally, a crime writer who has an extensive vocabulary and knows good grammar. Add to that, she writes a tight, page turning crime story that will keep you up way past your bedtime!
To my thinking, J.T. Ellison ranks up there with Richard North Patterson--maybe surpasses. Loved this book!
When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene—the prior victim’s severed hand.

Ambitious TV reporter Whitney Connolly is certain the Southern Strangler is her ticket out of Nashville; she’s got a scoop that could break the case. She has no idea how close to this story she really is—or what it will cost her.

As the killer spirals out of control, everyone involved must face a horrible truth—that the purest evil is born of private lies.
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