funny thing was, i saw it TCM... i didn't know they showed boobs on that channel... not that i ever watch it

definitely a cheese monster... i liked it when eddie albert got his brains sucked out....

One of the great things about TCM is they don't edit when they do play some of the modern genre movies. TCM Underground is great, they've played some very obscure stuff during that. It used to be hosted by Rob Zombie, not sure why he didn't come back.

Yep, love cheese. I really think Erin "Joanie" Moran was hoping she'd become the next Sigourney Weaver.

Another great cheese-fest Alien rip-off is the unofficial sequel Alien 2: On Earth(1980):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRYbS4AypxE&feature=related

she might have been hoping to become anything other than joanie...

Especially after Joanie Loves Chachi....the horror...the horror.

haha that alien looked like a hand with a sock over it...CHEESE PLEASE

Speaking of cheese...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jRChX4E7o8&feature=related

Some movies definitely need that warning label.

Recently watched:

The Shock Labyrinth



Asia Shock:
Roughly two and a half hours north of Tokyo, near the base of Mt. Fuji, you'll find an amusement park called Fuji-Q Highland. The big attraction there is the massive Haunted Hospital, the largest haunted house attraction in the world (according to Guinness). This is the setting for Takashi "Ju-on" Shimizu's first 3D effort, The Shock Labyrinth (2009). The 3D aspects of the production were lost on me -- more about that in a minute …



The Shock Labyrinth is one of those horror pictures that opens with a series of inexplicable images and then sets about explaining them. Slowly. Yes, this film is a slow burn, so much so that I had serious doubts until about 30 minutes in, when things finally started to gel. In the classic formula, there is a woman who has been grievously wronged (to death) and now seeks revenge. In this case, the female ghost in question died as a child, at the hands of one or more of her small coterie of friends, in the Haunted Hospital (they snuck in after hours, got lost, things went horribly wrong, etc.).



Ten years later, the surviving friends are all grown up and having a strange night, particularly due to the fact that the girl they all thought dead has shown up at their door. She's acting weird and soon has an episode that requires medical attention. The group drives her to a nearby hospital -- a hospital that bears an uncanny resemblance to … you see where this is going? Things go from strange to surreal. Are they all dead? Have they entered an alternate dimension? Is all this happening in the mind of one of them? You'll find out, eventually. It's almost as if The Shock Labyrinth was made for a second viewing -- it's so much better the second time around. It's as if you have to get the first viewing out of the way before you can really enjoy it!



Fans of art house auteur Hirokasu Kore-eda may recognize young actor Yuya Yagira from his devastating film debut in 2004's Nobody Knows. He plays the pivotal role of Ken in The Shock Labyrinth. Also on hand, portraying pretty blind girl Rin, is Ai Maeda, who was also in Battle Royale (she was Shiori, and her sister Aki was Noriko). And if you're very observant, you'll recognize Suzuki Matsuo from Ichi the Killer and the risible Robogeisha.



Oh, about the 3D: The DVD package comes in both standard and 3D editions. I tried the latter first, wearing the old-timey red/blue cardboard glasses supplied … for about 90 seconds or so, before ripping them from my face, tears running from my burning eyeballs. Nope, that didn't work for me. But then I'm not a big fan of the whole 3D thing, not even the new, high-tech version you get at the cineplex these days. I find it more a distraction than anything else, another run at the same old gimmick. I caught the end of Avatar the other day on my satellite dish at 1080p and it looked way better than it did in the theater with the friggin' glasses on. I'm guessing the same goes for The Shock Labyrinth. So to hell with the 3D, just sit back and enjoy this enigmatic, ultimately enjoyable J-horror creation in glorious, it-ain't-broke-so-don't-fix-it 2D.

have you guys heard of that dylan dog movie yet? i saw a preview to it yesterday

http://www.youtube.com/dylandogdeadofnight?utm_source=yahoobing&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=guptamediasem

Ooohooohooo!!! Isn't that Brandon Routh who played Superman? Looks like a cool film. Thanks!!!

looks like it might be pretty funny too...

The avid followers of the comic didn't like the movie though. They said the movie was nothing like the comic book.

i never read the comic, so that doesn't matter to me....but usually the book or comics are better than the movies, because the directors interpretation is always different... steven kings books and movies are a great example of this...

But the good adaptations of King's books are great movies, some of the moves have become classics. After recently rereading Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption I found myself missing things that were in the movie but not in the book.
Yes there are some stinker adaptations and when they suck they suck hard, but considering the number of books he's had adapted he's been pretty lucky.

Yep, me too, so I'll be watching the movie for what it is.

The comic book fans said some integral characters were actually not included in the film and that the only thing similar with the comic book is the title.

i'm sure the comic book fans could have done it better...lol

Love Shawshank Redemption! I have to watch that again. It's been a long time since I last saw it. And of course you are right about that. The ratio can be a hit or miss, but the good ones always become great iconic movies. :)