Last Monster/Horror/Sci-Fi Movie/Show You Watched

[Scatter]

Ugh...Rob Zombie's movies disgust me...his lack of ability to have one line of dialogue with out an F bomb...and his moral depravity and absence of anyone resembling a normal person just sickens me (and I am by no means a prude, I love the Friday the 13th series for instance)

Perfectly stated.

[marsattacks666]

Satan's Cheerleaders. For those who have not seen this classic shlock film,
watch it soon. Fun for the whole FAM. PG rated too.

[king_ghidorah]

Hmmmm (strokes chin thoughtfully)

Anyway; Island of Lost Souls.  Laughton steals every scene he is in.  Masterful.

If he is lol that'd be cool.  I love his music, Hellbilly Deluxe was one of the first CD's I ever bought.  Oddly, the one movie of his that I really like is the one everyone else seems to hate...Halloween 2.  A very, fresh take on the slasher genre...plus it shows that Rob CAN do normal characters and really make the audience care for them, I really liked the Sheriff in the film.  Plus, I like Hobo Michael Myers lol. 

It'd be cool if someone eles did the opposite take on Michael Myers now...normal sized guy, maybe even has a wife and kids, but one night a year...he puts on a mask, and well...you know...

[frankenstein73]

KING KONG (1933) It would have been an experience seeing this in a theater for the first time in 1933. mind blowing!

Hmmmm (strokes chin thoughtfully)

Hmmmm.....46 

[Scatter]

I fail to see how Zombie being a fan of Uni horror/B horror makes liking his films somehow expected of other Uni/B fans. t's CERTAINLY not like he's doing ANYTHING even REMOTELY resembling the classic Uni/B films. Those films were skillfully made to make you care something about the protagonists, or the monsters, or both.

In Zombie's movies, it's a race to define who you care LESS about. There's no shock or horror to the killing and mayhem any more than you would be shocked or horrified if Charles Manson murdered Jeffrey Dahmer. Who would give a flying crap if one chunk of human garbage killed another load of human excrement?? And that's exactly the feeling Zombie creates in his films, because both protagonist and antagonist are presented as scumbags of the lowest order. Who freaking CARES who "wins" or "loses"?? It makes for cinematic tedium that neither atmosphere nor technology can dissipate.

[king_ghidorah]

Lol...Scatter calls em like he sees em lol.  I respect that.  And, I agree with your post man. 

That being said, I still kind of like Halloween 2, Rob's Music, and his design choices with his take on Michael Myer's look throughout his two films. 

[Scatter]

Lol...Scatter calls em like he sees em lol.  I respect that.  And, I agree with your post man. 

That being said, I still kind of like Halloween 2, Rob's Music, and his design choices with his take on Michael Myer's look throughout his two films.

My post was too long. Shortened it to give Rob some slack. It's been so many years since I've seen Halloween 2 that I'll have to defer to you on that point for now. 

[Moonshadow]

I watched Frank Darrabont's "The Mist" this afternoon.  Besides having to put up with Marcia Gay Harden's performance as a fire and brimstone loony, the ending of this movie was so bleak, so thoroughly devastating, that I became somewhat depressed. I needed something to pick me up. I then threw on -

"Mighty Joe Young" -the original of course, in all its glory. This is just a fun movie. It has been a long time since I saw it. I completely forgot that the orphanage fire sequence was filmed with a red tint or filter over the entire thing. That was kind of interesting. I was impressed (as always) with the expressiveness of Joe, as created by Ray Harryhausen, the legend. Joe's personality comes through in every frame. Beautiful stuff.

[king_ghidorah]

My post was too long. Shortened it to give Rob some slack. It's been so many years since I've seen Halloween 2 that I'll have to defer to you on that point for now.

I liked your original post man...good stuff that!  I'm giving Rob a lil slack just because I don't like going after directors or artists of any sort, without trying to find something positive in it (unless I am talking about Michael Bay) lol.  I try to not say anything about an artist that I wouldn't say to their face...and I'm a nice enough guy for the most part so I don't really go after artists.

That being said, I'm not defending the whole film that is Halloween 2.  It is a mess of a film but watchable.  There are things in it that I find absolutely unnervingly stupid, and cold on Zombie's part...Laurie having picture of Charles Manson adorning her room is f'n stupid and I hate that Rob felt the need to inject a real life killer into his movie like that.  And, it just makes no sense as far as Laurie's motivation goes...you'd think that she'd be trying to block out the darkness, and the last thing she'd do is glorify a serial killer when her family and friends were murdered by one. 

Oh, and I hate all of his movies are populated almost entirely by white trash lunatics. 

See, Scatter, you retracted your comment and I like it so much that I wanted to get the ball rolling again.   

[king_ghidorah]

The Mummy (99)

I like this film, even more than the original...yeah I said it ya wanna fight about it?   

Now the two sequels suck donkey doo doo though lol

[frankenstein73]

Are you kidding me? He pays homage to the movies he loves  in his music, as well as in his movies. If you cant see that then you aren't really watching. and  I can't think of another movie (frankenstein) where you felt sorry for homicidal maniacs in the end, and wanted them to get away from the real monsters. us "normal" people! (Devils rejects)  And you can't tell me the victims in all his movies were scum? Police,cheerleaders,teenagers,country singers. What does a victim have to be upper class to get you to have empathy for them? He has made a living doing what he loves the most, and he does it well! I applaud him for that. I would gladly trade him places. I guess you either like his movies or you don't. I know I enjoy them and feel they are the best this and the last decade have had to offer. For those of you who don't, I understand. You always have Twilight. Oh and as far as doing a remake for any iconic movie good luck on pleasing everybody. Especially here! Just ask Peter Jackson.

[Scatter]

I liked your original post man...good stuff that!  I'm giving Rob a lil slack just because I don't like going after directors or artists of any sort, without trying to find something positive in it (unless I am talking about Michael Bay) lol.  I try to not say anything about an artist that I wouldn't say to their face...and I'm a nice enough guy for the most part so I don't really go after artists.

That being said, I'm not defending the whole film that is Halloween 2.  It is a mess of a film but watchable.  There are things in it that I find absolutely unnervingly stupid, and cold on Zombie's part...Laurie having picture of Charles Manson adorning her room is f'n stupid and I hate that Rob felt the need to inject a real life killer into his movie like that.  And, it just makes no sense as far as Laurie's motivation goes...you'd think that she'd be trying to block out the darkness, and the last thing she'd do is glorify a serial killer when her family and friends were murdered by one. 

Oh, and I hate all of his movies are populated almost entirely by white trash lunatics. 

See, Scatter, you retracted your comment and I like it so much that I wanted to get the ball rolling again.   

Notice that I didn't go after Zombie's MUSIC. So I'm not going after him as an ARTIST, but as a filmmaker only. It's like Michael Jordan going from basketball to baseball..........It's not going after him as an ATHLETE to say he stunk up a baseball diamond, because he was still preternatural on a basketball court.

It's merely a recognition of the fact that an athlete, no matter how gifted in one arena, isn't necessarily going to be able carry those gifts into another athletic arena............just as an artist like Zombie, no matter how gifted in one arena (music), isn't necessarily going to be able to translate that artistic gift into other arenas (like film).

He remains an artist despite his failures in film just as Jordan remained an athlete despite his failures on the diamond. The upside for Zombie is this.......he still has opportunities to learn his craft. Not endless opportunities, but he's not at the point yet where Jordan was when the brass realized he was never going to hit a fastball like a legit MLB player. Fortunately,Zombie still has some at-bats ahead of him. And, just as Jordan could always fall back on basketball, Zombie still has his music.

And I would definitely say the same thing to him if he asked me. If you knew me better, you'd know that.    I wouldn't walk up to him off the street and assail his talents as a filmmaker like an obnoxious ass, but never ASK Scatter something unless you really want the answer.

[Scatter]

Are you kidding me? He pays homage to the movies he loves  in his music, as well as in his movies. If you cant see that then you aren't really watching. and  I can't think of another movie (frankenstein) where you felt sorry for homicidal maniacs in the end, and wanted them to get away from the real monsters. us "normal" people! (Devils rejects)  And you can't tell me the victims in all his movies were scum? Police,cheerleaders,teenagers,country singers. What does a victim have to be upper class to get you to have empathy for them? He has made a living doing what he loves the most, and he does it well! I applaud him for that. I would gladly trade him places. I guess you either like his movies or you don't. I know I enjoy them and feel they are the best this and the last decade have had to offer. For those of you who don't, I understand. You always have Twilight. Oh and as far as doing a remake for any iconic movie good luck on pleasing everybody. Especially here! Just ask Peter Jackson.

The snarkiness is unnecessary. Or is that YOU Rob?? To suggest that unless we accept his parade of white trash ignorami as sympathetic and fully orbed characters we "aren't really watching", or that we haven't the acumen you obviously feel you possess unless we accept your premises, is simply not worth commentary.

For me, (and I'm hardly alone as 15 seconds on Google may illuminate for you) it's like watching a maniac hack up cardboard cutouts and wondering why I don't give a crap.

Further, to suggest that anyone who recognizes Zombie's widely recognized flaws as a filmmaker is rendered a "Twilight" fan is so far beyond irrational, and so obviously driven by fanboy fervor, that it was all I could do to stifle my laughter.
But at least the mystery of your devotion to Jackson's "Kong" travesty is finally clear.

No one here suggested that YOU (or anyone else who enjoys Zombie's films) were either ignorant or fatuous, nor was there the suggestion that if you LIKED his films you must be a devotee of such tripe as "Twilight", as if Rob Zombie defined who the "real" horror fans are.

A shame you couldn't afford the same courtesies and latitude to those who disagree with YOU.

[Scatter]

The Mummy (99)

I like this film, even more than the original...yeah I said it ya wanna fight about it?   

Now the two sequels suck donkey doo doo though lol

I don't know...........it's crossing genres to me. Mummy '99 is as much a horror film as Mary Poppins.And just about as scary.

That said, the original "Mummy" is my least favorite of all the Uni horror classics.

[neonnoodle]

I just watched Demolition Man...never seen it before, and rather enjoyed it.  Action comedy satire sci-fi.