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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Planet Terror (2007) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020 (Updated Sep 20, 2020)

Planet Terror (2007)

2007 | Action, Comedy, Horror

7.2

(22 Ratings)

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*Examining mutilated corpse*
"𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘰-𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳"
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯?"
"𝘕𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯."

A nasty, gushing open wound of a movie - real gnarly dirtbag exploitation on display and easily one of the dopest film heroines ever put on screen. The American military as a grotesque, deformed monster of its former self - shambling around causing havoc in its wake, using its past achievements to justify its new warped existence. Also cool lady has machine gun for leg. Plants its sickness firmly into the ground before the zombies even start showing up, and then we get those reliably exemplary Nicotero effects - and they sure aren't afraid to use them. Dear God almighty is there a *lot* of blood, pus, rotting flesh, and guts in this and it all looks top-notch. Even by this genre's standards this leans hard into depraved splatfest mode. The last thirty minutes are seriously some of the best that cinema has ever created - and every Tarantino scene is the sort of masterclass revolting slime that makes you feel physically sick. The type of movie Rodriguez was born to direct - orgasmically evocative of the 𝘐 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 era of gorecore films while also totally remaining its own thing with a formidable vigor and sense of self. Prestige filth.

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Leprechaun (1993) in Movies

Oct 19, 2020

Leprechaun (1993)

1993 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

5.6

(20 Ratings)

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The original Leprechaun is so so silly. It's low budget, it's brimming with unfunny jokes, it's not scary in the slightest, but dammit it's hard to hate on it too much.

The characters in Leprechaun are mostly typical easy-to-dislike personality voids (apart from my boy Ozzie), but some of the casting is notable. Of course, a pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston takes the lead and is likable enough, but the main star is obviously Warwick Davis. This being the early nineties, the horror genre was firmly set on its villains being the star, following the success of 80s icons such as Freddy Krueger, and the titular creature takes up most of the spotlight.
The Leprechaun himself is so-so. He's more of a little shit than a full blown monster, and the majority of his one liners aren't particularly funny, but Davis is clearly giving his all in this role, and is no doubt the sole reason why this movie spawned an entire franchise, even if Lep is ultimately a poor man's Chucky.

As far as cheesy horror films go, you could do a lot worse than Leprechaun (it's many sequels for example). It's cheap and trashy, but it's still pretty entertaining.

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Andy K (10826 KP) rated Revenge of the Creature (1955) in Movies

Sep 22, 2019

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

1955 | Horror, Sci-Fi

6.4

(7 Ratings)

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I'm seeing some Spielbergisms in these movies so far as it seems like he must've used some ideas or themes when starting out like in Jaws. Once you show the monster, it's hard to put jack back in the box.

Unlike the original film, you see too much of the creature right away to build tension or think of him as menacing. This time around different scientists go back to the lagoon and capture the creature and bring him back to civilization. His new home is a large public aquarium where he instantly becomes the new star attraction. While chained to the tank floor he wows the spectators, defends himself against the nosy scientists and attempts escape. This sequence also felt like the 3rd act of The Lost World where the dinosaurs made it to land and terrorized the suburbs.

He eventually escapes and follows the main scientist and his girlfriend whilst they try and have a romantic time out to sea together. The last half of the film feels like you are watching From Here To Eternity with an occasional creature showing up every once in a while.

The tension just wasn't there in this one. A disappointment,

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Xanderath (690 KP) rated the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands 2 in Video Games

Aug 25, 2019

Characters, story, comedy, torgue....EXPLOSSSSIOOOONS (0 more)

Butt Stallion riding a meat bicycle

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One of the best, if not the best, shooter i have ever played. Ive replayed this game many times and never get bored. Great characters with a great story, propel you through the game at an appropriate pace while allowing the choice of side questing or not. i recommend side questing because theyre all great. My favourite characters are Zero and Krieg for the random outbursts of hilarity. So Handsome Jack is the main antagonist and throughout the game were taught to hate him more and more for the horrendous things he has done, which makes the final fight with him all the sweeter because you feel like you have defeated a monster. The dlc for this game was also incredibly good and added a great many hours of content. the replayability with the different characters is always a bonus and there are three different modes to keep the challenge real. The weapons are great and some have hilarious effects. I have to give this game 10/10 because i have played hundreds of hours on it and never been disappointed. Gearbox took their niche with borderlands, expanded it and made it an absolute legend cant wait for more installments.