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The exorcist believer (2023)

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Since the death of his wife 12 years ago victor fielding has raised their daughter angela on his own...

Connor Sheffield (293 KP) rated The Wolf Man (1941) in Movies

May 25, 2017

The Wolf Man (1941)

1941 | Horror

8.1

(9 Ratings)

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A classic Universal Monster Movie (2 more)

Lon Chaney Jr

Claude Rains

Even a Man who is pure of heart....

Even a man who is pure of heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms, and the Autumn moon is bright.

Heard that before in other werewolf movies, well this was it's origin. Created purely for the film, this poem even had some people believing it was an original folklore saying. If you have watched a handful of werewolf movies, then you will have noticed a lot of similarities;

- Silver bullets
- Wolfsbane
- Full Moon
- Not being able to retreat their acts from their loved ones
- Pentagrams
- Gypsies
- Gypsy Curses
- A Bite or scratch from the werewolf turns you

Some of these were originally created by the writers working on this film, and have become stereotypes that inspire many other werewolf films, TV Shows, Books, and Games etc.

The portrayal of Lawrence Talbot, by Lon Chaney Jr. is one that makes the classic Universal Monsters so special. Just like Frankenstein's Monster, the audiences of the 40's would have been frightened and horrified by these creatures, enough so that they wouldn't realise that they are in actual fact, suppose to sympathize with them, because when you watch the creatures being chased and hunted,the angry mobs fail to understand that these creatures never wanted this. Frankenstein's Monster never asked to be created, or to have the brain of a criminal mistakenly placed into his head instead of that of a civilized man. Larry Talbot never asked for the Wolf Man's curse, which he encountered whilst trying to save the life of a young female friend of his love interest.

With a great story and, at the time, revolutionary stop motion effects for the wolf man transformation, but of course the most important aspect, the beautifully crafted practical effects, the makeup that brings the creature to life, is incredible. My favourite of the classic Universal Monster Movies and one of my favourite movies of all time.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Invisible Man (1933) in Movies

Mar 4, 2020

The Invisible Man (1933)

1933 | Horror, Sci-Fi

7.7

(6 Ratings)

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Universal Monster

This movie is such a classic, it came out after dracula, frankenstein and the mummy. Out of all the universal monster movies, i like this one the most. It combines sci-fi, horror, psychological espects, and overall the invisible man just being a dick/asshole to everybody in his pathway. This classic movie is based off of a H.G. Wells novel, and if you dont know who that is, look him up..."The War of the Worlds".

The plot: While researching a new drug, Dr. Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) stumbles on a potion that can make him invisible. When he reveals his new ability to his old mentor (Henry Travers) and his fiancée (Gloria Stuart), it's clear that a side effect of the potion is insanity. Jack goes on a violent rampage, and the police struggle to hunt him down, unable to see their target, while his mentor and his former partner (William Harrigan) desperately try to devise a plan to capture him.

You have Claude Rains playing "The Invisible Man", he is excellent in this film. Cause like i said his charcter is just a dick/asshole to everybody in his pathway but has a heart of gold for his love.

If you havent seen this film, i would highly recordmend it, cause it is fantasic and phenomenal.

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R-TYPE

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R-TYPE, THE CLASSIC ARCADE SHOOTER, RETURNS AS A UNIVERSAL APP! Revisit the 80's (mesh half-shirts...

Rob Zombie recommended Young Frankenstein (1974) in Movies (curated)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

1974 | Classics, Comedy, Horror

8.3

(21 Ratings)

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"The next movie would probably be Young Frankenstein. I remember going to see that as a kid. Because I loved all the Universal horror films, but I had only seem them on TV, like on Creature Double Feature on Friday afternoons. By that point I loved Gene Wilder, because I made the connection like, “Oh, that guy was in Willy Wonka. Now he’s in Young Frankenstein.” So that movie blew me away. And even to this day, I watch it all the time. It’s such an incredible movie because it’s really, really funny, with such incredible performances, but it’s so beautifully made. Nobody would spend the time now to make a comedy that well. Visually and technically, it’s so incredible. It doesn’t date; it holds up. Peter Boyle’s perfect, and Madeline Kahn and Gene Wilder, and everybody. It’s just an incredible movie. It really captured the feel of those Universal films, like Bride of Frankenstein, yet it is really funny. It’s something that almost never works. You know, kind of look at the Munsters on TV, and the Addams family, where you could get into it and they have the art direction there and everyone’s funny, but it almost never works. It’s almost always a disaster, and that film is just so perfect. I think the fact that people were brave enough back then to release black-and-white movies."

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Secret of the Sirens

Julia Golding

7.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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When Connie is sent to live with her aunt, she knows it's going to be one more place where she...

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Jarom Solar Norris (177 KP) rated Fighting with My Family (2019) in Movies

Mar 12, 2019

Fighting with My Family (2019)

2019 | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.9

(42 Ratings)

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I loved this movie because the messages it tells are universal. You might think this is a movie about wrestling, but I felt like it wasn't, wrestling is just the backdrop for a story about ambition, doing hard things, and interpersonal relationships. It's about a family that has some issues but is better than most in the way they treat each other. It's about learning what you're really good at, seeing the value you have in your community, and learning not to pass judgment on others. It put all of these messages really nicely into a great story. AND it made me appreciate wrestling more.