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Amadeus (1984)
Dec 4th
25 Years Later; Still Being Rocked by Amadeus
Rated: R (Director’s Cut; nudity), PG | Review date: 4-Dec-2009
Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus is the dramatization loosely based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s last 10 years of his life as told through the accounts of the much envious and aging Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) from an insane asylum. The epic masterpiece spans the better part of 3 hours (director’s cut), which to some might sound like a snooze fest. However, Milos Forman’s scary ability to choose the perfect musical companions to each scene is sure to wake up any dozing viewer. Tom Hulce’s haunting More >
Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
Nov 22nd
Rated: R | Review date: 22-Nov-2009
Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is synonymous with the horror genre. Many hold it solely responsible for reinventing the genre as a whole, just as Hitchcock’s Psycho did in the decade prior. Thirty-five years later the film’s reputation still precedes it, and few films have come close to achieving its level of notoriety. Being so unfortunate as to not have grown up during such a profound era for such raw and innovative film-making, I’m sure my experience could never measure up to viewing this piece at its initial release. Even so, after watching More >
Last Man on Earth, The (1964)
Oct 13th
One of the best performances on earth
Rated: n/a (mild violence) | Review date: 13-Oct-2009
Horror meister Vincent Price stars in 1964′s The Last Man on Earth, based on Richard Matheson’s novel “I Am Legend.” Price stars as the lone survivor, scientist Dr. Robert Morgan, of a mysterious airborne plague that has spread across the world, even affecting his family. We’re shown that he’s been living in this post-apocalyptic world for roughly 3 years, mostly trying ferociously to kill off all of the infected.
Most of Price’s dialogue in the first half of the film is through his poetic narration. A better More >
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)
Oct 12th
aka Death House
Rated R | Review date: 13-Oct-2009
In spirit of Halloween being around the corner, I plan on releasing nothing but horror reviews for the remainder of October. To start things off, I’ve pulled a cult classic, Silent Night, Bloody Night.
Silent Night, Bloody Night was directed and written by the late Theodore Gershuny, and it was his last feature film (he only directed three in his career). What he left us with was a low-budget horror masterpiece. The movie opens up with a narration by Diane Adams (Mary Woronov; The Devils Rejects), setting the tone for this creepy chiller. The More >
