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Salems Lot (1979)
A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
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A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
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Outpost (2008)
In war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there. A fight with supernatural forces of a different kind. First of the trilogy, next up Outpost: Black Sun...
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In war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there. A fight with supernatural forces of a different kind. First of the trilogy, next up Outpost: Black Sun...
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Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
The year is 1945, the closing stages of WW2, and a German scientist by the name of Klausener is working on a frightening new technology that has the power to create an immortal Nazi army.
More polished with a larger budget, higher production quality, yet lost some of the rawness of the original Outpost. Still not bad for the genre.
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The year is 1945, the closing stages of WW2, and a German scientist by the name of Klausener is working on a frightening new technology that has the power to create an immortal Nazi army.
More polished with a larger budget, higher production quality, yet lost some of the rawness of the original Outpost. Still not bad for the genre.
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John Carter (2012)
A war-weary former army captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions.
Based heavily on A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs first novel of his Barsoom series. Is pretty decent yet bombed at the box office. I think Disney self-sabotaged the film with a lacklustre launch, weak marketing combined with a title that resonated with nothing & nobody. The obvious title would have been A Princess of Mars, but Disney being Disney.
The film should have done a lot better, maybe too manly for modern Disney, who knows. Certainly, a lot better than much of the garbage Disney pumps out today. Give John Carter a spin and you'll be transported to Barsoom...
John Carter 100 Years in the Making on YT:
Full length version: Here
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A war-weary former army captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions.
Based heavily on A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs first novel of his Barsoom series. Is pretty decent yet bombed at the box office. I think Disney self-sabotaged the film with a lacklustre launch, weak marketing combined with a title that resonated with nothing & nobody. The obvious title would have been A Princess of Mars, but Disney being Disney.
The film should have done a lot better, maybe too manly for modern Disney, who knows. Certainly, a lot better than much of the garbage Disney pumps out today. Give John Carter a spin and you'll be transported to Barsoom...
John Carter 100 Years in the Making on YT:
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Containment (2006)
Recommended by a friend when released. Never got round to watching, being long forgotten in a box for best part of 15 years, was still in the plastic wrapper LOL. Very much a budget film that I'm certain most are unlikely to have come across.
Not going to say anything negative as you can see a lot of heart & soul went into the production on a budget of a well-used car LOL. I'm just going to leave you with the directors (Chris Schwartz) comments on IMDB circa 2007;
"Actually, your perceptions are correct. About half of the cast/crew was composed of high-school students. We're a huge supporter of new talents, and though this reflects poorly on us at times, we believe that we'll find that undiscovered talent someday. Unfortunately, our budget was "high-school" level as well. And I don't like to film with a tripod, because I like the organic feel of a free cam. It more closely resembles life, which isn't mounted on 3 steel legs, and is barely ever stable (how's that for symbolism?). Yet, I understand that it looks unprofessional...hell it is unprofessional, but I like it. Oh, and we did use a consumer cam for the picture. We all agreed that the grainy, horrible quality fits this kind of production... guess we were wrong on that too. Good to know though.
In any case, I recommend watching this movie for the plot, story, and gore, not acting and technical aspects that unfortunately require more funding than we had. We were contracted to do a graphically situated B-movie with an interesting plot twist. I think we hit it. Follow the plot and gore.. It throws in some twists that you never saw coming, I'm sure of that.
Bear with us through the technical limits if you can. The acting gets better, if you get a headache, then take a break or take a Tylenol and come back. If you make it the whole way through, we'll give you a cookie, just for being a good sport....seriously
But I feel the real treat is in the story alone. Though that doesn't make a great film, at least you can follow the plot. Look at some of the other indy films out there...I suggest watching the movie the whole way through first, before condemning it. We had less than 1/3rd of the funding that the Blair Witch Project rode on. Please watch the 2 and compare. Then come back, if you made it through the BWP without tearing your eyes out. So try not to compare us with the million dollar or even $100k+ films. We're just another small company making a jump from commercials to film. And Steven Spielberg was out of the office during production
If this is the worst movie you've ever seen, I invite you to send me an e-mail, and I'll get back to you with a list of productions that fall way behind ours. If this is the worst movie you've ever seen, go rent 100 indy HORROR flicks with budgets under 100K and come back. Then when you whine about how bad it is, I'll listen. And hey, it's not the worst movie in the world...but it is funny how every "attempt" suddenly becomes the "worst movie ever" go look at the reviews on here. Just about every film is "the worst movie ever" in someone's opinion.
But thanks for the comments. We'll keep working on making better films. That's all I can offer until someone coughs up 1/2 a mil to fund us. Then I'll give you $50 to refund you if you still hate it and feel like it was a waste of your time."
TBH I don't feel that Chris's comments were too far off the mark. I think Containment resonates with me just for the sheer effort and the backstory of the disk. Have grown to like the film more over the years, one I don't skip. The association with my friend is also likely a factor who was probably fully loaded with the very finest gin of the day, so Containment gets the pass...
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Recommended by a friend when released. Never got round to watching, being long forgotten in a box for best part of 15 years, was still in the plastic wrapper LOL. Very much a budget film that I'm certain most are unlikely to have come across.
Not going to say anything negative as you can see a lot of heart & soul went into the production on a budget of a well-used car LOL. I'm just going to leave you with the directors (Chris Schwartz) comments on IMDB circa 2007;
"Actually, your perceptions are correct. About half of the cast/crew was composed of high-school students. We're a huge supporter of new talents, and though this reflects poorly on us at times, we believe that we'll find that undiscovered talent someday. Unfortunately, our budget was "high-school" level as well. And I don't like to film with a tripod, because I like the organic feel of a free cam. It more closely resembles life, which isn't mounted on 3 steel legs, and is barely ever stable (how's that for symbolism?). Yet, I understand that it looks unprofessional...hell it is unprofessional, but I like it. Oh, and we did use a consumer cam for the picture. We all agreed that the grainy, horrible quality fits this kind of production... guess we were wrong on that too. Good to know though.
In any case, I recommend watching this movie for the plot, story, and gore, not acting and technical aspects that unfortunately require more funding than we had. We were contracted to do a graphically situated B-movie with an interesting plot twist. I think we hit it. Follow the plot and gore.. It throws in some twists that you never saw coming, I'm sure of that.
Bear with us through the technical limits if you can. The acting gets better, if you get a headache, then take a break or take a Tylenol and come back. If you make it the whole way through, we'll give you a cookie, just for being a good sport....seriously
But I feel the real treat is in the story alone. Though that doesn't make a great film, at least you can follow the plot. Look at some of the other indy films out there...I suggest watching the movie the whole way through first, before condemning it. We had less than 1/3rd of the funding that the Blair Witch Project rode on. Please watch the 2 and compare. Then come back, if you made it through the BWP without tearing your eyes out. So try not to compare us with the million dollar or even $100k+ films. We're just another small company making a jump from commercials to film. And Steven Spielberg was out of the office during production
If this is the worst movie you've ever seen, I invite you to send me an e-mail, and I'll get back to you with a list of productions that fall way behind ours. If this is the worst movie you've ever seen, go rent 100 indy HORROR flicks with budgets under 100K and come back. Then when you whine about how bad it is, I'll listen. And hey, it's not the worst movie in the world...but it is funny how every "attempt" suddenly becomes the "worst movie ever" go look at the reviews on here. Just about every film is "the worst movie ever" in someone's opinion.
But thanks for the comments. We'll keep working on making better films. That's all I can offer until someone coughs up 1/2 a mil to fund us. Then I'll give you $50 to refund you if you still hate it and feel like it was a waste of your time."
TBH I don't feel that Chris's comments were too far off the mark. I think Containment resonates with me just for the sheer effort and the backstory of the disk. Have grown to like the film more over the years, one I don't skip. The association with my friend is also likely a factor who was probably fully loaded with the very finest gin of the day, so Containment gets the pass...
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Very relevant in these days. Great acting, although I am not familiar with any of the actors. Movies that pretty much only takes place in a single locale, requires great scripts, and I think this one achieved it.
One of the most original stories I have seen in ages. Well done, acting was alright. Funny seeing a Brit play the President and the Secretary Of Defence but both very good. I like the way it ended too. It is on Netflix now.
House of Dynamite (2025 Netflix)- Military doomsday thriller about an ICBM flying at the US from an uncertain foe does one thing well, illustrates how close we are to self annihilation. Excellent tension since FailSafe. This theme was big during the Cold War. We just don’t think about it now. However the ending is frustrating because I did not want to watch this scenario 3 times from different perspectives and everything about the ending is unknown other than it can perceived to be bad, but I’ll leave that for you to decide.
I beat you to it lol! I enjoyed it and I like the ending, leaves it open for you to decide. But it was well done I thought. Found it funny that they had Brits play the President and Secretary Of Defence, although extremely capable actors both.
Candyman (1992)
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a sceptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Excellent portal of horror, typically an inferior remake was produced, watch the OG you won't be dissaponted...
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The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a sceptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Excellent portal of horror, typically an inferior remake was produced, watch the OG you won't be dissaponted...
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From Seinfeld (Season 8, Episode 18: “The Nap”) referencing The Omen (1976):
Elaine: “Hey, Kramer, listen… you’ve seen The Omen, right? What exactly was that kid?”
Kramer: “Who, Damien? Nothing — just a mischievous, rambunctious kid.”