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ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7118	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 2:53 PM On 2009-09-20 01:44, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote: Well since the topic is movies I guess I better chime in, `The Mist-one of the better Stephen King movies in quite some time John Carpenter's The Thing- still the best Creature Feature Let the Right One In- a very good story The Descent-watch it in the dark The Fly- Old Version & Cronenberg version Videodrome- more Cronenberg Evil Dead 2- a classic Dawn of the Dead- Zack Snyder version- Brains..... (Old) Outer Limits Val Lewton movies- Cat People,Isle of the Dead,The Ghost Ship & more-it's like Horror Noir, all classics!` Did someone say "Beef" & "Dust up" well I'm your man! I am glad to see some of you pointing out the hypocrisy here on TC! This message brought to you by the (Tiki Central Liberation Front) Well its about that time of year & I think last years list still holds up, but I would like to add the great 1944 movie "The Uninvited" with Ray Milland & Ruth Hussey, one of the best Ghost stories ever! sadly it is still not available on DVD. On 2010-10-13 23:37, Milland wrote: I was really surprised by The Vampire's Assistant when I saw it a couple months ago. I'd never read the book(s) it was taken from and had assumed the studio was just trying to cash in on another built in audience situation. I watched it again tonight and dug it as much as I did the first time. It's well acted, has a really cool look to the costumes and sets, and a nice twist on the standard vampire stuff. It's also go some genuinely creepy elements in it. The Vampire's Assistant really "sucked!" a real waste of some great actors all in secondary roles,lacking any real narrative, cheesy production values, The young leads could not keep a Disney sitcom audience interested for more then a few minutes. I give it one star. [ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2010-10-22 15:00 ]

On 2009-09-20 01:44, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Well since the topic is movies I guess I better chime in,

 The Mist-one of the better Stephen King movies in quite some time  
 John Carpenter's The Thing- still the best Creature Feature  
 Let the Right One In- a very good story  
 The Descent-watch it in the dark  
 The Fly- Old Version & Cronenberg version  
 Videodrome- more Cronenberg  
 Evil Dead 2- a classic  
 Dawn of the Dead- Zack Snyder version- Brains.....  
 (Old) Outer Limits  
 Val Lewton movies- Cat People,Isle of the Dead,The Ghost Ship & more-it's like Horror Noir, all classics!

Did someone say "Beef" & "Dust up" well I'm your man! I am glad to see some of you pointing out the hypocrisy here on TC!
This message brought to you by the (Tiki Central Liberation Front)

Well its about that time of year & I think last years list still holds up, but I would like to add the great 1944 movie
"The Uninvited" with Ray Milland & Ruth Hussey, one of the best Ghost stories ever! sadly it is still not available on DVD.

On 2010-10-13 23:37, Milland wrote:
I was really surprised by The Vampire's Assistant when I saw it a couple months ago. I'd never read the book(s) it was taken from and had assumed the studio was just trying to cash in on another built in audience situation.

I watched it again tonight and dug it as much as I did the first time. It's well acted, has a really cool look to the costumes and sets, and a nice twist on the standard vampire stuff. It's also go some genuinely creepy elements in it.

The Vampire's Assistant really "sucked!" a real waste of some great actors all in secondary roles,lacking any real narrative, cheesy production values, The young leads could not keep a Disney sitcom audience interested for more then a few minutes. I give it one star.

[ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2010-10-22 15:00 ]

Post #561092 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 2:53 PM