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Post by slayrrr666 on Dec 14, 2005 14:21:52 GMT -5
He really is, I have to admit.
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 21, 2005 4:28:46 GMT -5
After comedic episodes from Dante and Landis we get a very gritty, 100% horror story from John Carpenter. It will make you jump, it will make you squirm, it will surprise you. Yes - Carpenter can still make good movies.
Cigarette Burns is Carpenter's best film since... hell... The Thing? It's also one of the boldest additions to Masters Of Horror - the atmosphere of terror is THICK here. My third favourite episode so far - and it would be even higher if only the conclusion had been more surprising. 7,5/10
1. Argento
2. Coscarelli
3. Carpenter
4. Landis
5. Gordon
6. Dante
7. Garris
8. Hooper
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Dec 22, 2005 17:35:46 GMT -5
When the series makes it to dvd I'll have to come back to this thread to see which episodes to watch & which ones to skip.  |
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 23, 2005 6:10:03 GMT -5
Bad news is the series will not appear in a box set that would contain all the episodes. Or at least at the beginning it won't. Turns out they decided more money can be made if they release each episode on a separate DVD with the price of around $16. Some episodes will appear on a double DVD with some other episodes (around $27 for those). They will not be released in the order they are getting to the screens. Worst trick? Not all episodes will be released! - perhaps with the hope of putting them on a specially priced box set a year from now. Sucks, doesn't it?
The above news concerns the announced March DVD edition.
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Post by frankenjohn on Dec 23, 2005 6:39:08 GMT -5
Bad news is the series will not appear in a box set that would contain all the episodes. Or at least at the beginning it won't. Turns out they decided more money can be made if they release each episode on a separate DVD with the price of around $16. Some episodes will appear on a double DVD with some other episodes (around $27 for those). They will not be released in the order they are getting to the screens. Worst trick? Not all episodes will be released! - perhaps with the hope of putting them on a specially priced box set a year from now. Sucks, doesn't it? The above news concerns the announced March DVD edition. If the seperates make their way into my Blockbuster, I'll rent them, and wait for a boxed set to buy. |
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 23, 2005 6:42:38 GMT -5
Sure, that's a good thing to do. The pity is not all of them will be released in March.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Dec 23, 2005 16:42:11 GMT -5
Turns out they decided more money can be made if they release each episode on a separate DVD with the price of around $16. 16 bucks for one freakin' episode? That's just wrong...it's all about the almighty dollar these days.  |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jan 3, 2006 14:38:35 GMT -5
Well, for the last two weeks, there's been no new episodes due to the holidays, but this week, another new one. Am really looking forward to see who's it is.
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Post by Bartwald on Jan 3, 2006 18:21:06 GMT -5
Did you like Cigarette Burns, slayrrr? You didn't tell us this yet.
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jan 3, 2006 20:50:14 GMT -5
Thought I did. My review: Okay entry. Had some great moments that were classic Carpenter shots, and the mystery about the tape was pretty great. Didn't have enough "jump" moments as the others had, and the serious tone really impeded the goofy tone it could've had. Better than "The Ring" movies it was said to have been inspired by, decent gore and a great conclussion wrap up a solid episode.
Series stacks up now:
1. Argento
2. Gordon
3. Landis
4. Coscarelli
5. Carpenter
6 Dante
7 Hooper
8 Garris
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jan 7, 2006 13:53:45 GMT -5
Masters comes back last night, merely with a short whimper as William Malone (I know he was filling in for somebody else, but can't remember the name, please help with this) did a routine thriller. A couple kidnap a 13-year old girl and force her to become their daughter, but strange events lurk in the house. Nice turns by Lori Petty, playing the mother and newcomer Lindsay Pulsipher as Tara, the kidnapped girl, and it had some nice moments in it (the backstory of how the couple came to be childless, the hanging kid in the basement, and the initial kidnapping) where great scenes, and the few dream scenes we get are pretty good, but the film really slows down in the middle section. The last half was pretty good with all the chasing and running around, but we don't get the usual jumps or terror that we usually do in this series. I will say this though, two great false endings that come out of nowhere and really take you by surprise. Not nearly as gory as others, one of the drier eps so far. Better than Garris', but not Carpenter's. The way it's shaping up for me:
1. Argento
2. Gordon
3. Landis
4. Coscarelli
5. Carpenter
6. Dante
7. Malone
8. Hooper
9. Garris
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Jan 12, 2006 17:04:53 GMT -5
DVD NEWS...from horrorchannel.com
So we finally got on the horn with Anchor Bay today and confirmed the specs we've previously announced for the first two Masters of Horror DVDs, Stuart Gordon’s "Dreams in the Witch House" and John Carpenter’s "Cigarette Burns," are, in fact, the real deal.
The DVDs will be available both separately and in a box set on March 28th, 2006, with more releases to come pretty much every month thereafter. Keep your horror-loving eyeballs glued here because we should have your fist look at the box art for one, if not both, episodes anyday now, and we’ve been promised they’re not what you would expect! Here are those specs again in case you’ve forgotten:
"Cigarette Burns"
"Celluloid Apocalypse: An Interview With John Carpenter"
Behind The Scenes: The Making of "Cigarette Burns"
Audio Commentaries with director John Carpenter and writers Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan
Trailers
Still Gallery
John Carpenter Bio
Original Screenplay (DVD-ROM)
Screen savers (DVD-ROM)
"Dreams in the Witch House"
"Dreams, Darkness and Damnation: An Interview with Stuart Gordon"
Behind The Scenes: The Making of "Dreams in the Witch House"
SFX: Meet Brown Jenkin
Audio commentary by writer/director Stuart Gordon, Actor Ezra Godden, and DVD Producer Perry Martin
Trailers
Still Gallery
Storyboard Gallery
Stuart Gordon Bio
Original Screenplay (DVD-ROM)
"Dreams in the Witch House" by H.P. Lovecraft (DVD-ROM)
Screen savers (DVD-ROM)
*Update!* In addition to all that goodness, each disc will also contain a tribute piece for each respective Master called "Working WIth a Master". It will be interviews with actors, writers, and producers who have worked with that director over the years. Great stuff!
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jan 14, 2006 15:34:15 GMT -5
Just saw the Lucky McKee entry, and it was a pretty solid one. Genre star Angela Bettis stars as an entomologist who is a closet lesbian who starts having a relationship with a woman she meet in the lobby where she works. (They said it was Erin Brown, but I could've sworn it was porn star Misty Mundae. Confirm this someone.) After having a torrid relationship with each other, things begin to go downhill when a deadly bug Angela had goes missing. The first half was pretty dull as they had to build up the relationship. A couple of nude scenes helped, and they also kept the gore down in this one, relegating it to only one or two scenes near the end. Good FX, pretty intriguing story and some nice performances help out. Here's how it now stacks up for me:
1. Argento
2. Gordon
3. Landis
4. Coscarelli
5. Carpenter
6. McKee
7. Dante
8. Malone
9. Hooper
10. Garris
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Post by frankenjohn on Jan 14, 2006 20:36:11 GMT -5
Just saw the Lucky McKee entry, and it was a pretty solid one. Genre star Angela Bettis stars as an entomologist who is a closet lesbian who starts having a relationship with a woman she meet in the lobby where she works. (They said it was Erin Brown, but I could've sworn it was porn star Misty Mundae. Confirm this someone.) After having a torrid relationship with each other, things begin to go downhill when a deadly bug Angela had goes missing. The first half was pretty dull as they had to build up the relationship. A couple of nude scenes didn't help, and they also kept the gore down in this one, relegating it to only one or two scenes near the end. Good FX, pretty intriguing story and some nice performances help out. Here's how it now stacks up for me: 1. Argento 2. Gordon 3. Landis 4. Coscarelli 5. Carpenter 6. McKee 7. Dante 8. Malone 9. Hooper 10. Garris It was Mundae. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Jan 14, 2006 20:40:32 GMT -5
So you saw it then? What did you think of it?
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