Because I've recently had people say they've missed my reviews, I'll start them up again. Can't think of a better movies to restart with than this.

This is a fabulous tribute to the old black & white sci-fi films of yesteryear. The script is quite simply fantastic and the actors are quite good at portraying their characters, I really don't know how they managed without busting out laughing every five seconds. Three groups of characters collide in the search for a rare element: the scientist & his wife who are looking for Atmospherium, the evil doctor trying to resurrect the Skeleton, and aliens who lost their pet mutant. The skeleton is awesomely evil. The whole thing is hysterical and is highly recommended especially for fans of Ed Woods and other low budget sci-fi greats. Oh, and *rawr*. Yes, I totally dig Animala, she rocks.

Wizards: After constantly being asked to find this at shows, I've finally procured a print and watched it. Not quite sure what I was expecting. While I knew animated, I was fully expecting more adult natured animation (themes or violence). Was totally not expecting Nazi propaganda film clips and the evil wizard to be taking his cues from Hitler. Quite disturbing premise that if there were an apocalypse, the only remnants would be those of the atrocities that lead to such an outcome.

Knights of Bloodsteel: Decent little sci-fi channel mini series. Was a two part showing so a bit less than 4 hours if you fast forward through commercials. Honestly didn't pay that much attention to it but decent background if nothing else is on. Your basic good versus evil flick where each side is on a quest for a powerful object (bloodsteel). Christopher Lloyd has a bit part as an Elf sorcerer. A bit hokey at times but much better than the straight to video Asylum crap.

I really need to try to update at least every other day, but well, here's a bunch more watched over the last few weeks.

Tokyo Zombie: Began great, a bit more of a buddy movie that just happens to take place during a zombie uprising. It kinda lost me toward the end when it turned into Beyond Thunderdome with the Jujitsu guy versus zombies.

Dark Ride: From the first 8 films to die for. Fairly decent slasher flick set in an amusement park in Asbury Park that is about to reopen after tragedy years ago. Conveniently, the killer escapes just in time to kill some more people.

Alien Invasion Arizona: Low budget sci-fi flick. Prison transport bus runs into trouble and is taken over by the inmates. They are stranded near a town that has just been invaded by aliens. Kinda neat that it turns out that the aliens are also escapees from an intergalactic prison transport.

Alien Raiders: Surprisingly really good. Aliens are hidden inside humans but certain people can sense them. A team of hunters overtake a supermarket where they believe the head alien is. Craziness ensues, people die gruesome deaths, their psychic boy is killed. Only other way to know if one is an alien is because they can regenerate so begins the cutting off of little fingers. Definitely worth watching although the ending was a bit predictable.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008): A pretty fun sci-fi romp. Brendan Fraser is great as usual. Never read the book so not sure how much of it is on par, but it seems like it's more the adventures of a scientist that followed the premises of the book.

Splinter: Decent horror movie. You never really find out why or how the "splinter" infections begin. Basically anyone touched by the splinters begins transforming into mindless killing machines. Some pretty good gore scenes.

Necroville: Definitely the best watch in this batch. Very low budget horror movie. Two friends are fired from their video store job and take on jobs as exterminators. They don't hunt bugs, they go after paranormal beasties (zombies, vampires, werewolves, etc). The one guy has a mega bitch girlfriend who's ex-boyfriend is back in town and he also just happens to be a master vampire that the two have to slay. Good times.

Transformers the Movie (animated): I'm sure that had I watched this back in the day that I would have loved it. Now, not so much. Dragged. The hideous 80s rock soundtrack doesn't help matters. But, hey, it's out of print and worth some cash so had to pick it up.

Dream Warrior: Yet another movie where the cover has absolutely NOTHING to do with the film. Basically got this since Lance Henriksen and Sherilyn Fenn are in it. But, well, it's worse than made for Sci-Fi channel movies. Post apocalyptic world where Lance's character is a leader trying to cleanse the remaining survivors by killing all the freaks (genetically mutated peeps).

The Burrowers: A bit slow, but a fairly good western horror film. Think Tremors without the comedy and more gruesome monsters.

Gamers: Fabulous mockumentary documenting 4 friends and their 20+ year stretch of gaming. Shows bits and pieces of their lives then, now and with little blurbs at the end showing how they end up.

I'm sure these are not in order of when watched as they are starting to jumble together, but now that the evil tax stuff is mostly out of the way, I'll try to limit listings to 2-3 movies at a time.

Special Dead: Thank you Jessica for letting me know about this one. I am still trying to find you a copy as this is a definite keeper for me. About as politically incorrect of a movie as possible. Zombie outbreak at a special needs camp. Not much else needs to be said. Helmet girl rocks!

Xombie Dead on Arrival: This collects the episodes of a webcomic. Would have preferred if they had been spliced together instead of having credits after each installment so that it could have been a bit smoother. But, definitely intriguing enough to try to search out more. Fairly short DVD though, so would probably netflix it instead of buying.

Revenge of the Zombies: A 75% successful attempt at watching an older horror film. Quite laughable with the spooky way of calling the zombies. Watched most of it before giving up think I missed the last 10 minutes or so.

The Haunting in Connecticut: While I'm sure that this is more based on than an actual "true" story, it was quite enjoyable. A few definite creep outs and moments to make you jump in your seat. Also shows the family struggles against cancer and alcoholism.

Rogue: Part of the dimension extreme series. Sci-fi channel has definitely made me a junkie for these silly creature movies. This is a bit more of a serious take on a Lake Placid kinda theme. A group of tourists get stranded in a remote part of a river and are attacked by an enormous crocodile. Many people are eaten, good times.

The Mad: Mad cow disease taken to zombie extremes. Billy Zane in all his cheese acting glory. The beef from a local farm is infected and in turn infects all those that eat it at a local diner. Amusing and worth the watch.

Terminal Invasion: My Bruce Campbell fix of the week. He plays a convict that is being transported during a storm. He and the escorting officers have an accident and end up at a small airfield which has some passengers awaiting flight. No one can leave because of the weather conditions, but the weather is not the only problem as some of the people there are not of this earth.

Freak Out: British horror comedy involving a pair of geeks that try to mold an escaped mental patient into the ultimate slasher. A bit hard to follow at times with one girl that speaks way to quickly but overall a decent watch, nothing special.

Justice League New Frontier: Definitely a bit too brutal for young children but an enjoyable watch for teens and adults.

Dragonlance: What a complete piece of crap this was. You know something is bad if it takes me a week to watch it. Ten minute incriments were too long to be subjected to this. Anyone that thinks it's a good idea to pair bad 80s traditional animation with crappy low budget CGI should be shot. I'm wondering if the people that voiced the characters knew how awful the animation was going to be.

Black Ops: Lance Henriksen viewing of the week. Similar premise to Ghost Ship in that a ship is haunted. This time a Nazi special weapon is taking over the bodies of people on board and committing gruesome murders.

Think that's all of them. Probably lots more to come in the next week as I have a plush new couch to lounge on while QAing DVDs.

Quite a lot of movie viewing over the weekend and in the days to come so will be grouping several together.

Night of the Living Dead (original, 40th Anniversary Edition): In efforts to watch more classic horror, I finally watched NotLD. I have seen both the 90s remake and the newest one with Sid Haig and am quite familiar with the storyline. While it was enjoyable I think I much prefer the 90s remake as Barbara actually becomes more than a waste of flesh in that one.

Netherbeast Incorporated: A definite keeper! Think office space with a vampire/ghoul twist. The head of a company suspects that many employees are vampires and kills one. Of course, they are and so is he. He simply has a degenerative disease that is clouding his mind. In his dementia, he hires a human from outside which is never done and brings in an efficiency expert. Employees go missing and the hi jinks go on from there.

Twilight: An OK film. Honestly nothing spectacular and probably could have lived without owning it. Cuts out quite a bit of the getting to know you stuff from the book and focuses on the vampirey aspect which was probably a good marketing ploy. While Edward makes for quite the yummy eye candy at times, his acting leaves a whole lot to be desired.

The Amazing Screw-On Head: While not familiar with the comic this is based on, I may have to search it out now. Quite a fun short tale of the Screw-On Head, a secret agent, and his attempts to thwart the evil plans of his previous sidekick.

Kinky Killers (Polycarp): It is amazing to see how far some actors have fallen. Given when I grew up, I loved Michael Pare in Eddie and the Cruisers, even part 2. World Gone Wild with him Adam Ant and Bruce Dern is one of my all time favorite cult classics. But, Kinky Killers is a definite miss. A sad attempt at a psychological thriller with a tantalizing cover that really has nothing to do with the film. A psychologist's patients are being murdered conveniently after having sex with the shrinks kept boy. Pare is a detective on the case. About half way through the movie, characters start spouting religious scripture. Huh? With a title like Kinky Killers? No thanks.

Watchmen: Not a hardcore fan by any means. Recently picked up the graphic novel and was only on Chapter 3 when seeing this. From what I read and saw, it held fairly true to the novel with just slight alterations. While I am glad I saw it on the big screen as it is a spectacular vision, it's not necessarily something I feel the need to see again. The film is great eye candy, including a fairly steamy scene toward the middle; however, it was also a tad predictable.

Quarantine: Pretty fun but I found it a bit predictable. Interesting premise and am intrigued enough to try to find the film it was based on as I'm thinking it may have been dumbed down a bit for American audiences.

Appleseed Ex-Machina: This time it's not just the bioroids in jeopardy by humans and cyborgs alike. People are being taken over by radio signals. Good follow up to the first film.

Firefly: Yes, I know I suck for not having watched it before now. But, wow. Didn't think it was possible for my Nathan Fillion fascination to be worse. But, yeah. Don't think there was a single bad episode. Really wish they had done more with this. Don't really think that watching Serenity hurt anything, but more of Serenity definitely makes more sense now.

Mass listing of the movies simply because I have not been keeping up with posting.

Disturbance: Straight to video sci-fi cheese. A blatant rip off of The Hidden but done with a $100 budget. Aliens come upon Earth because their planet is dying but the only way to them to live on Earth is to take over human bodies. Most decide that is not worth it but a few come to earth anyway and body jump (neon green slime passed between mouths). One alien decides to help earth and is placed in the body of a serial killer.

Live Feed: American tourists are entertainment and meal for a Triad gang. Sex clubs rooms have videos leading to a screening room. After their sexcapades, they are killed, cooked and served to the Triads and their friends.

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: Didn't get nearly the hype of the first film. Not sure of how well it holds the story, but is an enjoyable fantasy film. While there are quite a few battle scenes, it's not terribly bloody. The four children return to Narnia when the horn is blown by Prince Caspian who is fleeing his kingdom since his evil uncle wants to kill him. Upon their return, they find that the Narnians were driven to near extinction.

The Golden Compass: Again, I lack in having not read the book. This was a pretty good story but I can definitely understand why the church had it's panties in a twist over the concepts. A bit annoying that it simply kind of ends in the middle of the story while things are still progressing but hopefully a second installment is on it's way soon.

Nightfall: Early 90s film adaptation of the story by Isaac Asimov. Civilization that lives on a planet surrounded by 6 suns so it is always in constant light. Speculation about darkness 1000 years ago with different view points by the scholars and the religious fanatics.

Hercules & Xena The Battle for Mount Olympus (animated): Totally cheesy. Reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s based on some of the animation styles. Zeus kidnaps Hercules mom and Hera gets pissed and frees the Titans. Xena tries to help the gods fight since Hercules is sulking and only interested in saving his mom.

Wow. So incredibly brutal. A photographer is trying to capture the essence of the city. He delves into the subway stations and finds the images he has been looking for and more. While he manages to save one woman from a gang of thugs, it is only for her to meet a far worse fate on the "meat train". Adapted from a short story by Clive Barker. It's a must see for any Barker fans.

Recycled Punisher. It was a bit difficult to follow at first as I didn't know if the wings were truly a paranormal phenomena or simply a hallucination. The effects were pretty well done. Decent storyline, but nothing that hasn't been done to death.

Basically, cop's family is killed. His career goes downhill as his only focus is in trying to find the killer. Finally, after 3 years, the pieces come together.

Two Thousand Maniacs!: I'm a bit spoiled from seeing the remake 2001 Maniacs. But for an older gore flick, this wasn't too bad. The idea is solid and the "festivities" are quite gruesome. By today's standards a mannequin arm with a little blood isn't that terrifying but it was a great predecessor for the gore films of today.

Saw V: A bit of a let down as it was entirely too predictable. But, these are guilty pleasures as I enjoy seeing the new and inventive ways to kill people.

Videodrome: Wow. Croenenberg is simply disturbed. His works are so incredibly creepy and it comes out of nowhere sometimes. James Woods and Deborah Harry are great. Can see some of this as influence to some Japanese films with weapons fusing with flesh. A definite must see.

Neither of these really deserve their own review, so combined it is. These are basically kung fu movies that happen to have a stray zombie. And, for some reason, zombies hop. Who knew?

Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: 2 students from the same kung fu school have different views of how to lay souls to rest. They fight. A boy accidentally eats a soul and ends up giving birth. Zombies hopping in formation and a virgin army of little boys doing choreographed fight sequences.

Kung Fu Zombie: Really bad video quality. From the 70s maybe. Ex-con wants revenge on the person that put him in jail. Ends up dying. As a ghost, haunts the sorcerer that was supposed to help him and now has him searching for a body. More comedy fighting than anything.

Teeth: While I had been quite amused when I heard of this some time ago. I'm very glad I chose not to see it in the theater. I generally have a hard time watching movies that involve rape. Especially movies that try to make light of it. This was enjoyable for the sheer girl power as the girl with vagina dentata wreaks her havoc upon the males that wrong her.

No Man's Land: Rise of Reeker: Another installment from Ghost House Underground. Story revolves around a sheriff who is a local hero for catching a notorious serial killer. Of course, he didn't really catch him as much as the guy simply surrendered. However, there's supernatural forces at work at the killer comes back briefly to settle the score. Pretty neat twist to the end of trying to rationalize the killings without thinking it was done by a ghost of a serial killer.

Brutal Massacre: Pretty good dark comedy. A down and out horror film director is trying for one last great film and is met with obstacles at every turn. There seems to have been a death on the set of each of his movies and this newest is no exception. There is an ever revolving door of sound guys and incompetant others. The film doesn't even get to be completed due to legal problems but is released anyway.

Dark Floors: Part of the Ghost House Underground film series. Decent horror flick about a young autistic girl in the hospital. The testing equipment goes crazy and her father decides to remove her from the hospital. The elevator malfunctions also and they are trapped for a moment with a few others. The doors open upon an empty hospital. Empty accept for the demons from the girl's drawings.

Night of the Demons: Yes, again I am lacking in my old school horror, so sue me. I greatly enjoyed this as it had a bit of the camp of Return of the Living Dead but was still quite gruesome for its day. Basically group of high school kids decide to party in a haunted house on Halloween night. A few of the kids become possessed and start killing the others. Stars Linnea Quigley, who of course, gets naked although the whole lipstick thing was quite stupid.

Buried Alive: Another Dimension Extreme release. Group of college kids goes to an ancestral home that belonged to a gold prospector. There are rumors that he killed his first wife by burying her alive with some of his gold. Supernatural craziness with an axe begins. Tobin Bell from Saw stars as a crazy redneck caretaker intent on finding the gold himself.

Afro Samurai: Never caught this on Spike, but it's a pretty decent storyline with lots of blood as any good anime should have. Afro sees his father killed for his number one headband and is determined to get revenge. Only the person possessing the number 2 headband can attack number 1. I liked how this went back and forth in the story to show what events lead the Afro Samurai to his path.

I'm gearing up for Nevermore next weekend so will be watching quite a few movies so will be combining multiple watches into one post as to not clutter your friend's page too much.

Phantasm: Yes, I know I'm probably one of the only people to have never seen this. I really need to catch up on a lot of old school stuff I missed. Had I watched this back in the day, I probably would have been impressed. By today's standards, not so much. Honestly, I kept rooting for the stalker little brother to be killed.

Murder Party: A fun little horror comedy. A group of aspiring artists plan a "Murder Party" to kill someone by art in order to impress a guy who has the ability to dish out grant money. So fabulous in it's portrayal of wanna be artists. A loser of a guy happens upon the invite and the trap is set. Unfortunately, the artists end up dying instead of the intended victim. Good stuff.

Since I'm on a foreign film kick at the moment, I finally got to sit down and watch this. Del Toro is simply fabulous. This is such a great story. An orphan goes back to where she grew up to reopen the home. She is now an adopted parent of an ill child. The orphanage though saw tragedy after Sarah was adopted and several of the children now haunt it. Incredibly creepy and terribly sad.

Wow. I had been putting this off because I haven't really been in a mood to watch something foreign that I had to concentrate. I'm so glad I waited until I could give this my full attention. Quite simply this is one of the most brutal films I've seen.

Set amongst riots in Paris due to recent elections, a group of friends pull a heist so that they can leave the city. They are split up with one group going to a hostel, the other to a hospital to meet with the first group later. Of course, the hostel is operated by a sick Nazi intent on raising a "pure blood" family. However, their "children" have been coming out wrong and are now cannibals locked up in the mine tunnels beneath the house.

The heroine of the film is simply stunning. Her portrayal gave me chills as you can see the shock setting in of all the gruesome sights around her.

From the Troma label on the cover, you know it's bad. Pretty cheesy not really worth the effort IMO. Vampire rock star has a renfieldesque character, Reed, doing his dirty work and disposing of bodies. Reed is a sick little puppy and plays dress up with the cadavers before getting rid of them. Of course, there's a Van Helsing tracking the vamp. She kills his two band mates then comes for him. He bites her and she surprises him to say she has HIV. Evidently vamps are not immune and the disease destroys their digestive system so they die a slow death while technically remaining alive.

Can't say I saw the original release of this so unsure as to any extras. It has a bit of a slow pace but is a surprisingly good supernatural thriller much in the lines of the Serpent and the Rainbow. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the guy playing the dust devil is fairly decent eye candy.