From A Whisper To A Scream Review

Anthology horror is not exactly my favorite of genres, but they seem to be worth checking out from time to time. It seems as though the guys from Tales From The Crypt do it best. Then again, The Twilight Zone and Tales From The Darkside seemed to impress a great deal of audience members. From A Whisper to A Scream is an interesting piece of film making, if only to see a haggard and old Vincent Price tell some tales of the macabre.

The movie has four different stories that deal with the human emotion, and it is all tied together by Vincent Price, who plays a millionaire that is talking to a reporter. The report goes on to get revenge in the end, but he tells four cautionary tales, each one with a mix of nudity, gore, and revenge. I found the stories releatively interesting, although they are quick to climax, and end up being a bit lackluster when you think about them all together.

The opening story is by far my favorite, which involves some gruesome attacks and a ghost/zombie style revenge. A local man strangles a woman in a bath tub, and then gets upset over some blue balls, and we get some insane paranoia that is worth noting. Aside from the madness that is found in this story, the other ones are relatively tame, at least in the connection to human experience. I may be wrong though, but the first story is hardcore.

I do like the children’s story of sorts towards the end. The idea that children are going to take over and kill adults is always fascinating, but not as fascinating as that Spanish film I saw where that one dude was teeing off on kids full blast, remember that? Yeah, I don’t really remember either. Actually, it was called "Who Can Kill A Child" and I reviewed it in August of last year. Vincent Price hated this film, I don't hate it that much, but if I hate him, and he hates this film? Where do I stand?

Leprechaun In The Hood Review

Upon searching through my archives, I somehow must have missed reviewing this classic straight to vhs horror film starring everyone’s favorite little guy, Warwick Davis. This is the fifth edition of the series and this time around we see our antihero going to where no Irish man dares, THE HOOD! Leprechaun 5 is a laughable and at times scary movie that shows people the consequences of stealing the gold from a deranged lunatic.

The film opens up with Ice T and another idiot discovering the lair of the leprechaun and stealing a magic flute. Then we fast forward to modern times where some lame rappers are trying to make a name for themselves, only to find out that the hip hop game doesn’t look at positive hip hoppers in favorable light. However, through their attempts to make it big, they find that a violent and crazy Ice T will stop at nothing to get his winning flute back!

Wrap up the subplot with the Leprechaun coming back into action and trying to get his gold back, killing anything and everyone that may or may not have his gold!

The movie is a slow moving movie. I found myself getting bored at times, especially since the acting is not at all highbrow or even good. Despite the lackluster acting, the film takes a long time to finally climax, which is a good thing for those that have never seen this movie, but for us that have seen the other films in the series, this one is slower. As the characters find out what to do, and how to do it, we start to see where this film can get scary.

A morality tale this movie is not, but you can try to shoe horn a message in there somewhere, but instead, just sit back and enjoy the serial slaying of the Leprechaun for his gold! Leprechaun 5: In The Hood is by far the funniest entry in the series, except that he goes BACK TO THE HOOD later. The movie mixes comedy, horror, and even gore with an urban setting that is not too unlike other movies in the genre, with one exception, it has Warwick Davis in the center of the action. I liked it enough to watch it again, but it’s losing its luster every time I sit down and watch it.

A Line Up of Horror For Halloween and Beyond

October usually ushers in a time where everyone starts searching for horror movies, asking questions about which is my favorite and what they should watch, and I always answer the same way: SHOCKER! But no one listens to me, so instead of waiting for October to come and go, I've decided to compile a list of recommendations today, so that when the time comes, you can have a list of things to watch and throw popcorn at. So here you go, in or particular order for your awesome Halloween or movie clubs:

The Exorсіѕt
Dawn оf thе Dеad
Dау оf thе Dеad
Citу of the Lіvіng Dеаd
A Nіghtmаrе on Elm Strееt
Evil Dеаd
Halloween
Black Chrіstmаѕ
Hеllrаiser
Suspirіа
Phantаѕm
Thе Beуond
The Hоwling
An Amerіcаn Wеrеwolf іn Lоndоn
Frankеnѕtein
The Faculty

Of course this is a short list, and of course there's so much more out there to watch. However, I decided to post a quick list for you that are most likely not going to even see this until October ushers in a quest for scary movies to watch.

Horror Links From February 2012

Here is the quick links for the past month of horror movies that I reviewed/wrote. Not much, but hey, I'm working on updating far more often than not.

Dollman vs Demonic Toys Review

Top 5 Worst Time Travel Movies Ever Made

Waxwork Review

Fright Night Review

10 To Midnight Review

Hostel 3 Review

You can see all the other Reviews by Clicking Here

Dollman vs Demonic Toys Review

You see a lot of straight to vhs film displayed in the old school video stores that line up our memories, but today? Good luck. I live in a town with no video store, so finding these rare gems like I did when I was a kid means utilizing every ounce of my brain to remember what I saw on the shelves and basic cable television when I was a kid. Most of these B-movies get translated into Spanish and are played between soccer games. I finally broke down and sat through this one, in English this time, and it’s not exactly an instant classic. The movie we will talk about today is none other than Dollman vs Demonic Toys.

This film went straight to dvd and features a lot of flashbacks. One of my personal pet peeves in film is the constant draw of flashbacks to tell stories. This film tells a story of Brick Bardo, who is Dollman as he goes to a new town with a shrunken nurse, and tries to make things right for her, and a rogue cop that has uncovered a secret lab where demonic toys are being built and used to kill!

The main purpose of the film is for Dollman to face off against the demonic toys because there is a demon soul that wants to have sex with our shrunken nurse! I kid you not. This film has a lot of deliberately stupid moments, including several flashbacks with nothing more than Dollman blowing things up. At one point he blows up can only be noted as a rapist van with the words “FAGS” written on the side of it.

You most likely know how this one turns out, and well, you will find that the movie only plays for about an hour before it just finishes itself off. The movie feels as though this film was commissioned by the old Science Fiction channel, now known as syfy, the way some of the cuts are presented, some of which just yearn for a commercial interruption, and well, maybe that’s why it is formatted in the way that it is.

The music is spooky, and eerie, not too unlike what you’d find from a Goosebumps made for television film. The music is actually a surprise, and feels odd to me.

Tim Thomerson reminds me of Rugged Ronny Garvin in a way, but other than his crew cut and weakness for a hot nurse, he’s a character that doesn’t do a whole lot for me in this film, compared to the original Dollman. Phil Fondacaro plays a cop protecting the toys at one point, and at first I thought he was the dwarf from Seinfeld, but upon closer inspection realized that he wasn’t at all, much to my dismay.

The movie is short, the characters are vapid, and if you haven’t seen the rest of the demonic toys or dollman series, you won’t really care for this one. It really feels like a made for tv movie from the 1990’s more than it feels like a release that would go straight to dvd in these modern times. The poster art is cool, and some of the musical cues are worth checking out, but overall, this is a laughable movie. The fight sequencing in the end with an oversized Guile toy is just too much, just check it out to see what I mean. Dollman vs Demonic Toys is not a highly recommended film, unless you’re watching all the series in one sitting, as there is a box set out now.

Top 5 Worst Time Travel Movies Ever Made

Time travel is one of the most fascinating things to explore as a student and as an idiot that plays a lot of video games. I have always wished I could go back and time and shake things up, but alas, I am stuck in the present and have to deal psychologically with the past. Now, as far as time travel movies, the genre is awesome, but it hasn’t always produced great ones. Sometimes in cinema you get the worst movies made ever, and today, I will talk about the worst possible movies to be made under the umbrella of Time Travel. So sit back, stay a while, and marvel at the hot messes known as the top 5 worst time travel movies ever made (according to me, your idiot writer sir Jorge).



#5 Crossworlds

We start the countdown with this Rutger Hauer movie that is just stupid, despite having some decent reviews here and there. You have to really just let your brain find a new place to live while watching this film, as you will be hit with all sorts of time traveling randomness. Someone once said to me it’s like Star Wars for a new era, and I wanted to punch them in the face. Sure there are some cool moments, a few fight scenes, but as far as time travel movies, you’re going to want to punch someone. Sorry, not even Rutger Hauer’s starring credits can save this trash.



#4 Time Stalkers

You thought Back to the Future 3 was bad; wait until you watch this 1987 made for television movie about a college professor and his fascination with the wild west. What do you get when you mix time travel, a revenge plot, and a happy ending? You get this piece of garbage. Sure it was made for tv, but man did it prove to be terrible. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like westerns and time traveling, but when you tie in a villain that is dead set on ruining the future from the past, and the main character is fighting only to save his family from a car accident in the future, I’m not thrilled. The editing is bad, the acting is bad, and well I’m glad it’s long out of print.



#3 Past Perfect

I love a good crappy film with Eric Roberts, but this one is one of the worst. If you like science fiction, you’re going to find this Seattle based film laughable at best. The idea of removing crime before it happens, by going to the past is an interesting topic, but you feel it’s just tired by laughable acting, and terrible special effects. Not even the new SyFy channel would want to play this one, but then again, Eric Roberts is definitely giving it his best shot as king of B-Movie roles. The year is 2023, and well, it looks like we’re in for some terrible lighting, and ok editing if our lives were based in movie fandom. This one is terrible, but if you must watch it, go for it.



#2 Iceman

The 1980’s brought a lot of greatness to horror and science fiction, but there’s only one movie that involves a cave man that is worth checking out, and it didn’t happen to be released in the 1980’s. Iceman is supposed to be a science fiction meets time traveling movie that fails to do anything but annoy me and make for a bitter review that never was published. What you end up getting is a much “friendlier” movie, that needs 2 more components to work well for me, and that’s THE WEASEL and Brendan Frasier. Other than that, I give up. Ok, this is not a complete time traveling movie, but come on! Encino Man does it better.



#1 Yesterday’s Target

Just when you thought I was going to list Timecop in here, I throw a curve ball. This should really prove to any idiot out there that I’m not just some hack, and that I know what I’m talking about. Daniel Baldwin puts up a lackluster piece of acting in this movie that is like bringing the X-Men movies into a storyline that features time travel and some of the worst special effects ever seen on vhs. Three mutants are stuck in the past and Cable is going to help bring them back…what? There’s no Cable? What? This isn’t an X-Factor or X-Men comic book? But Daniel Baldwin is in it…it still sucks. This sucks. 1996 was a terrible year for everyone, and this proves it.

The above 5 pieces of trash are available via links provided, but I promise, it’s not worth your time…unless you want to review them, in which you can watch them and report back to me with a 400 – 500 word review. Stay away from these time wasters…no pun intended.