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Sunday, April 23, 2006

'X' The Man with the X-Ray Eyes - movie, 4 stars

During the opening credits, when the 'pinwheel' appears on the screen, stare at the very center of the spiral for the full duration of the sequence!! Once it fades away, look at something else in the room to experience "The X-Effect"!!

It worked really well when I looked at the clock on the far wall in my living room. Quite trippy.

Try it!!

Wishmaster - movie, 2 stars

Ah, Wishmaster.. The potential to make a movie about the fact that modern fairy tales take much of the original stories too lightly is quite good. Unfortunately, this attempt is not. I don't think they were wanting it to be good, just fun for a goregiggle*.

The neat thing about it is that it adds motive to the whole "Genie granting three wishes" story.

My favourite part was when the main gal goes down the hallway with the armed statues.. you know they're going to come alive, but I was expecting some really cheesy makeup effects to all of a sudden pop up.. Turns out the statues I was looking at were already guys in costumes, which it didn't really look like at first.. so.. with that wordiness out of the way, bravo.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the scene where the doorman (Tony Todd) stands up to the Djinn.


*goregiggle ~ the act of chuckling at innards shown to you for no other reason than to get a reaction.

Friday, September 26, 2003

Thom's >50's VHS Fliks - destination, 5 stars

Thomas’ Movie Collection

(a) = animated  (tv) = television (w) = widescreen

Last Updated: April 19th, 2002

Last Video Added:  “X-Files: Season 4”  (DVD)

Last Count: 303 VHS, 61 DVD

2000

-       The St. Francisville Experiment

-       Lost Souls

-       The Massacre of the Burkittsville 7: The Blair Witch Legacy

-       Titan A.E. (a)

-       Final Destination

1999

-       Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (w)

-       Summer of Sam

-       Idle Hands

-       Spawn 3 (a) (tv)

-       The Haunting

-       The Rage: Carrie 2

-       The Faculty

-       Sticks And Stones

-       The Blair Witch Project

-       Curse Of The Blair Witch (tv)

1998

-          Psycho

-       Rear Window

-       Spawn 2 (a) (tv)

-       Gods and Monsters

-       Scream 2

-       I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

-       Godzilla

1997

-       Scream

-       Spawn (a) (tv)

-       Contact

-       Alien Resurrection

-       The Relic

-       I Know What You Did Last Summer

-       Men In Black

-       The Fifth Element

-       Starship Troopers

-       The Lost World: Jurassic Park

-       An American Werewolf In Paris 

-       Conspiracy Theory

-       Spawn

1996

-       The Frighteners

-       Mars Attacks

-       Independence Day

-       The Arrival

-       Mary Reilly

1995

-       12 Monkeys

-       Alien Autopsy (Fact or Fiction?) (tv)

-       Mortal Kombat

-       Mortal Kombat (a)

-       Vampire In Brooklyn 

-       Species

-       Dracula: Dead and Loving It

-       Village of the Damned

1994

-       ED Wood

-       Mosquito

-       Wolf

-       The Puppet Masters

-       Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

1993

-       Fire In The Sky

-       The Crow

-       Jurassic Park

-       Matinee

-       Bram Stoker’s Dracula

1992

-       Alien3 (w)

-       Army of Darkness (w)

-       A Demon In My View

1991

-       Cape Fear

-       Terminator 2: Judgement Day

-       Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1990

-       Night of the Living Dead

-       Predator 2

1989

-       The Abyss

-       Total Recall

-       Ghostbusters II

-       The Burbs

-       Godzilla Vs. Biollante

1988

-       Vampire’s Kiss

-       Satan’s Cheerleaders

-       Frankenstein General Hospital

-       Spaceballs

-       Predator

1986

-       Haunted Honeymoon

-       Night of the Creeps

-       Aliens (w)

-       King Kong Lives

1985

-       Day Of The Dead

-       Ewoks: The Haunted Village (a) (tv)

-       Droids: The Pirates And The Prince (a) (tv)

1984

-          The Terminator

-       The Ewok Adventure

-       The Philadelphia Experiment

1983

-       The Man With Two Brains

1982

-       Frankenstein Island

1981

-       The Black Cat

-       An American Werewolf In London

1980

-       The Shining

-       Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

-       Alien (w)

1978

-       Invasion of the Body Snatchers

-       The Awakening

-       High Anxiety

-       Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes

-       Dawn Of The Dead

1977

-       Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (w)

1976

-       Futureworld

-       Family Plot

-       King Kong

1975

1974

-       Andy Warhol’s Dracula

-          Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein

-          Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

-       The Land that Time Forgot

1973

-       Battle For The Planet Of The Apes

-       Soylent Green

-       Westworld

1972

-       Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes

-       Frenzy

-       Dracula A.D. 1972

1971

-       Escape From The Planet Of The Apes

-       The Omega Man

-       The Night Stalker

1970

1969

-       Beneath The Planet Of The Apes

-       Topaz

1968

-       Rosemary’s Baby

-       Night of the Living Dead / Bread

1967

-       Planet Of The Apes

1966

-       One Million Years B.C.

-       Torn Curtain

-       Fantastic Voyage

1965

-       Jaws Of The Alien

-       Gidrah The Three Headed Monster

-       The Avengers: The Cybernauts

1964

-       Outer Limits: Demon With A Glass Hand (tv)

-       First Men In The Moon

-       Marnie

-       Hercules Vs. The Moon Men

1963

-          The Terror

-          The Sadist

-       The Trial

-       The Birds

-       Outer Limits: The Man With The Power (tv)

-       Crash Of The Moons (Rocky Jones)

-       The Raven

-       “X” The Man With The X-Ray Eyes

1962

-       Mothra

-       The Day Of The Triffids

1961

-       Cape Fear

1960

-       Village Of The Damned

-       The Little Shop Of Horrors

-       Psycho

1959

-       Giant Gila Monster

-       Anatomy Of A Murder

1958

-       Vertigo (w)

-       Frankenstein 1970

-       Monster From Green Hell

-       The Blob

1957

-       Horror Of Dracula

-       From Earth To The Moon

1956

-       It Came From Beneath The Sea

-       The Wrong Man

-       Rodan

-       The Creature Walks Among Us

-       Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers

-       Man Beast

1955

-       The Man Who Knew Too Much

-       Revenge of the Creature

-       Tarantula

-       The Trouble With Harry

1954

-       THEM!

-       Godzilla: King Of Monsters

-       Creature From The Black Lagoon

-       Rocky Jones: Space Ranger: Beyond The Curtain Of Space

-       Killers From Space

1953

-       House of Wax

-       Abbott & Costello Go To Mars

-       It Came From Outer Space

1952

-       War Of The Worlds

1951

-       The Day The Earth Stood Still

Thom's <50's VHS Fliks - destination, 5 stars

1950

-       Flying Disc Man From Mars (serial) (tv)

1949

-       The Third Man

1948

-       Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

-       Rope

1947

-       The Red House

1946

-       Shock

-       Angel On My Shoulder

1945

1944

-       The Invisible Man’s Revenge

-       House Of Frankenstein

1943

-       The Phantom of the Opera

-       Ghosts On The Loose

1942

-       The Corpse Vanishes

-       Saboteur

-       Shadow of a Doubt

1941

-       The Wolf Man

-       Hold That Ghost

1940

-       The Invisible Woman

-       The Devil Bat

1939

-       The Gorilla

-       The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

1938

-       The Lady Vanishes

-       The High Command

1937

1936

-       The Secret Agent

-       Things To Come

-       Flash Gordon…  Space Soldiers Conquer The Universe (serial) (tv)

-       Sabotage

1935

-       The 39 Steps

-       The Raven

-       The Bride Of Frankenstein

1934

-       Evil Mind

-       The Black Cat

-       The Man Who Knew Too Much

1933

-       King Kong

-       The Invisible Man

-       Vampire Bat

1932

-       White Zombie

-       The Mummy

1931

-       Rich & Strange

1930

-       Murder

1929

1928

1927

1926

-       Metropolis

1925

1924

1923

1922

-       Nosferatu

1921

1920

1919

-       The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

Thom's DVD Fliks - movie

DVD Titles

-       Nosferatu: The First Vampire (1922)

-       The King and I (1956)

-          The Fly & Return of the Fly (1958 \ 1959)

-          Roger Corman’s Creature Movies

o         Creature form the Haunted Sea (1961)

o         Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)

o         The Wasp Woman (1960)

-          Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

-          Carrie (1976)

-          Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

-       The Evil Dead (1982)

-       Ghostbusters (1984)

-       Highlander (1986)

-       Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

-       The Nightmare Before Christmas (a) (1993)

-       El-Mariachi \ Desperado (1993 \ 1995)

-       Interview With The Vampire (1994)

-       The Mask (1997)

-       Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

-          Lost in Space (1998)

-          Lock, Stock and TWO Smoking Barrels (1998)

-       The Matrix (1999)

-       Analyze This (1999)

-       House On Haunted Hill (1999)

-       Stigmata (1999)

-       The Sixth Sense (1999)

-       Sleepy Hollow (1999)

-       Scream 3 (1999)

-       The Mummy (1999)

-       Fight Club (1999)

-       Chicken Run (a) (2000)

-       Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

-       Gladiator (2000)

-       X-Men (2000)

-       Fantasia 2000 (a) (2000)

-       Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

-       What Lies Beneath (2000)

-       Dune (tv) (2000)

-       Topsy Turvy (2000)

-       Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

-       Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

-       Snatch (2000)

-       Shrek (2001)

-       Planet of the Apes (2001)

-       Robotech 5: War & Peace (a) (tv) (1985)

-       Wedding Bells

-       The Messenger

-       Force of Arms

-       Reconstruction Blues

-       Robotech Masters

-       Viva Miriya

-       Robotech 6: Final Conflict (a) (tv) (1985)

-       Khyron's Revenge

-       Broken Heart

-       A Rainy Night

-       Private Time

-       Season's Greeting

-       To the Stars

-       Robotech E3: The Sentinels (a) (tv) (1985)

-       Golo 13: Queen Bee (1998)

-       Ghost in the Shell (1995)

-       Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

-       Clerks: Uncensored (a) (tv) (2000)

-       The Powerpuff Girls: Powerpuff Bluff (a) (tv)

-       Cat Man Do

-       Uh-oh… Dynamo

-       Mr. Mojo’s Rising

-       Powerpuff Bluff

-       Bubblevicious

-       Monkey See, Doggy Do

-       Mommy Fearest

-       Telephonies

-       Mime for a Change

-       Bare Facte

-       The Powerpuff Girls: Down ’n’ Dirty (a) (tv)

-       Birthday Bash

-       Beat Your Greens

-       School House Rocked

-       Los Dos Mojos

-       Stuck Up, Up and Away

-       Dream Scheme

-       Just Another Manic Mojo

-       Down ‘n’ Dirty

-       Mo Job

-       Major Competition

-       The Powerpuff Girls: The Mane Event (a) (tv)

-       The Mane Event

-       Boogie Frights

-       Slumbering with the Enemy

-       Ice Sore

-       Twisted Sister

-       Something’s a Ms.

-       Helter Shelter

-       Power Lunch

-       Whoopass Stew!: A Sticky Situation

-       Spongebob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense / Sponge Buddies (a) (tv)

-       Ripped Pants

-       SB-129

-       Texas

-       The Graveyard Shift

-       Something Smells

-       Jellyfishing

-       Dying for Pie

-       Wormy

-       F.U.N.

-       Club Spongebob

-       Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series

-       Escape from Tomorrow

-       The Gladiators

-       The Trap

-       The Good Seeds

-       The Legacy

-       Tomorrow’s Tide

-       The Surgeon

-       The Deception

-       The Horse Race

-       The Interrogation

-       The Tyrant

-       The Cure

-       The Liberator

-       Up Above the World So High

-       Stargate SG-1: Season 1: Volume 1 (tv)

-       Children of the Gods

-       The Enemy Within

-       Emancipation

-       Stargate SG-1: Season 1: Volume 2 (tv)

-       The Broca Divide

-       The First Commandment

-       Brief Candle

-       Cold Lazarus

-       Thor’s Hammer

-       The X-Files: Season 1 (tv)

-       Pilot

-       Deep Throat

-       Squeeze

-       Conduit

-       The Jersey Devil

-       Shadows

-       Ghost In The Machine

-       Ice

-       Space

-       Fallen Angel

-       Eve

-       Fire

-       Beyond The Sea

-       Gender Bender

-       Lazarus

-       Young At Heart

-       E.B.E.

-       Miracle Man

-       Shapes

-       Darkness Falls

-       Tooms

-       Born Again

-       Roland

-       The Erlenmeyer Flask

-       The X-Files: Season 2 (tv)

-       Little Green Men

-       The Host

-       Blood

-       Sleepless

-       Duane Barry

-       Ascension

-       3

-       One Breath

-       Firewalker

-       Red Museum

-       Excelsius Dei

-       Aubrey

-       Irresistible

-       Die Hand Die Verletzt

-       Fresh Bones

-       Colony

-       End Game

-       Fearful Symmetry

-       Dod Kalm

-       Humbug

-       The Calusari

-       F. Emasculata

-       Soft Light

-       Our Town

-       Anasazi

-       The X-Files: Season 3 (tv)

-       The Blessing Way

-       Paper Clip

-       D.P.O.

-       Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose

-       The List

-       2Shy

-       The Walk

-       Oubliette

-       Nisei

-       731

-       Revelations

-       War of the Coprophages

-       Syzygy

-       Grotesque

-       Piper Maru

-       Apocrypha

-       Pusher

-       Teso Dos Bichos

-       Hell Money

-       Jose Chung’s “From Outer Space”

-       Avatar

-       Quagmire

-       Wetwired

-       Talitha Cumi

-       The X-Files: Season 4 (tv)

-       Herrenvolk

-       Home

-       Teliko

-       Unruhe

-       The Field Where I Died

-       Sanguinarium

-       Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

-       Tunguska

-       Terma

-       Paper Hearts

-       El Mundo Gira

-       Leonard Betts

-       Never Again

-       Memento Mori

-       Kaddish

-       Unrequited

-       Tempus Fugit

-       Max

-       Synchrony

-       Zero Sum

-       Elegy

-       Demons

-       Gethsemane

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