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I can’t think of anything that would upset them other than some scenes of a baby in (mild) danger, along the lines of Ghostbusters 2. There’s a childbirth scene, but it’s tamer than the one in Look Who’s Talking. There’s a death scene where everyone is sad for a couple minutes, although there are worse in the X-Men movies.

Honestly, Superman has more disturbing scenes, and it’s still very family friendly.

We went and saw it today and my daughter (8) had to suddenly go to the bathroom during the scene on Galactus' ship- I think she got a bit spooked/overwhelmed but masterfully covered it with an excuse, lol.

My son (10) was leaning forward in his seat for almost the entire movie, so I think that was a pretty good review right there.

Galactus do be intimidating and stuff, but on the other hand sometimes people do need to use the potty. Hard to say.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Yeah, anyone that unironically likes the sequel Trilogy has no business calling TDK a bad comic book movie (sorry MDG )

It's all that crappy Horror sludge they've been intentionally watching. It's caused some damage.

Nonsense! My tastes are grate!

Narrator: "His tastes, in fact, were not great."

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Nonsense! My tastes are grate!

More like they were shoved thru one.

…sorry, the typo made me do it.

Wasn’t a typo :p

I love my taste in movies. Good ‘uns, Bad ‘uns, Brilliant ‘uns, Bloody Awful ‘uns.

Provided it’s a horror, I’m probably gonna enjoy it. Because even bad horror is usually good for a laugh.

Except that one I saw years ago, which mercifully I can’t remember the name of. Clearly made by film students/film school drop outs. When the killer randomly killed a bus full of people pretending to be special needs kids? It was a step too far. Especially as every kill had the exact same sound effect used.

Oh, and the Terrifier movies. First one was ok. Second one I still can’t finish watching. Not gonna bother with the third.

@MDG

Do you like all horror or just a specific subset? Your reviews seem to be exclusively British and American horror of the low budget schlocky kind. While those can be quite entertaining, do you have the same feelings towards other forms of horror, such as elevated, surreal or existential?

I’d love to get your thoughts on weird horror like (Japanese) House (1977) or Suspiria (1977), or even Valerie and her Week of Wonders (1970, but which I couldn’t finish watching with my son). Or existential horror, like Rabbits or Eraserhead. Or stylized non-Anglophone schlock, like Alucarda (1977) and Tenebrae. I used to watch pretty much only John Carpenter horror and the big franchises like Freddy and Jason, but I feel like there’s more to talk about with this wider range of horror and no one else here to talk about it with.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I’d love to get your thoughts on

You fool! You've doomed us all!

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
@MDG

Do you like all horror or just a specific subset? Your reviews seem to be exclusively British and American horror of the low budget schlocky kind. While those can be quite entertaining, do you have the same feelings towards other forms of horror, such as elevated, surreal or existential?

I’d love to get your thoughts on weird horror like (Japanese) House (1977) or Suspiria (1977), or even Valerie and her Week of Wonders (1970, but which I couldn’t finish watching with my son). Or existential horror, like Rabbits or Eraserhead. Or stylized non-Anglophone schlock, like Alucarda (1977) and Tenebrae. I used to watch pretty much only John Carpenter horror and the big franchises like Freddy and Jason, but I feel like there’s more to talk about with this wider range of horror and no one else here to talk about it with.

Dude, I'm like standing right here!

Of course, my memory is not as good as it used to be. I do love me some Italian/Euro horror like Suspiria (and other Argento works) and Giallos. I love Euroshlock with Vampires, Werewolves, and Witches flicks too. If it has Barbara Steele in it.... I will watch it. However, sometimes they are hard to talk about because they have so many different cuts, alternate titles, or just titles that sound alike. I don't get to watch them as much as I used to for various reasons, but I would be glad to chat about them.

I have to say Asian Horror is out of my current league though. Just not enough time to see it all I guess.

What next, will Bob claim there is no one around here to talk about the Bronze Age and Phoenicians! Jeez. I feel like chopped liver! LOL!

I do enjoy Italian Giallo, Zombie and Cannibal movies, mostly because the latter two are almost universally goofy and internally inconsistent.

I’ve a great fondness for Japanese Horror, first getting into it around 2000 or so. But I must admit to being remiss in more recent decades, and I don’t think I’ve any in my current collection. Ring, Dark Water and Ichi the Killer will be going in a shopping cart near me soon!

But my main love, because I’ve learned a bit about the censors of the relevant eras, has to be British Horror. To see boundaries inched ever backwards, whilst still be restrained. Because as much as a good splatter flick is fun? Give me effective lighting, soundtrack and dialogue first and foremost.

As I’ve wibbled about before, I do miss stricter censorship. In my opinion, once the brake came off entirely, all subtlety and craft went out the window, focussing on Shock rather than Horror. Though I’ll freely admit the Insidious and Conjuring series do build a terrific atmosphere, and lazily made.

Got a bunch more Blu-ray on order too. Which given I’ll be without home internet for a few days in a couple of weeks, I’ll save for then.

To be absolutely fair, many of my recent reviews were chronicling my adventures and misadventures through 88 Films Slasher Collection, hence predominantly low budget silliness, with the occasional really good example.



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I’ll need to track down Suspiria and that too. I’m aware of them, but mostly from pre-streaming days, when try as I like I couldn’t find them in-stock in shops.

Ehh, ehh, d’you remember shops? D’you? Shops? Remember them! They’re all dead now, breaks yer heart.

 Easy E wrote:

Dude, I'm like standing right here!

But you’re not talking much in the mini movie thread. MDG certainly is.

What next, will Bob claim there is no one around here to talk about the Bronze Age and Phoenicians! Jeez. I feel like chopped liver! LOL!

That reminds me that I received as a gift the Phoenician book you recommended months ago and still have yet to get around to it. And I’ve missed, like, a score of History With CY episodes. It’ll be a while, too; we’re still working on the history and weird history of the Pacific Northwest in anticipation of our road trip. But after that, lots to talk about.

Sorry to derail the Italian horror convo, but I have a serious question.


Is Galactus a kaiju?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Sorry to derail the Italian horror convo, but I have a serious question.


Is Galacticus a kaiju?

Certainly fits the "strange creature" translation but I think "giant monster" is a bit more questionable as I don't think "monster" quite fits. So to answer the question: maybe?

He is absolutely a kaiju.

Yeah, I’d agree he’s a Kaiju.

Does it matter?

 Easy E wrote:
Does it matter?

Yes. Lives depend on it.

(Lives in an RPG, but lives nonetheless.)

Because - if Galactus is a Kaiju, then that means the greatest Kaiju hunter of all time (Ultraman) would be able to dispatch him, saving our parallel universe!

Well, if that is what needs to happen.... Make it so!

Ultraman. Good times.

Just got back. Annoying teens kicking seats aside it was okay.

Some off bits of CGI baby…these stood out as in the same scene them looked to have used a real baby…

Wasn’t wildly keen on the actors for Richard and Johnny, but I liked Ben.

I thought Johnny was good, and while I like Pedro, he just didn’t radiate Mr Fantastic energy to me.