The Woman in Black

Starring:Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker, Pauline Moran, David Ryall, Clare Holman, John Cater, John Franklyn-Robbins, Fiona Walker, William Simons, Robin Weaver, Caroline John, Joseph Upton, Steven Mackintosh, Andy Nyman, Robert Hamilton, Trevor Cooper, Alison King, Peter Guinness, Timothy Block
Director: Herbert Wise
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Black Christmas (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

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A Great Gorefest For All Horror Fans
She's My Famliy Now
Dear God why?
Jingle bells, your fear smells...like Christmas spirit
A Christmas Clunker...

Black Christmas (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Katie Cassidy , Michelle Trachtenberg , Kristen Cloke , Crystal Lowe , and Lacey Chabert
Director: Glen Morgan
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ASIN: B000MM0LIM
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Description

(Horror) A remake of the 1974 horror classic that inspired slasher films like Halloween; A group of sorority sisters are terrorized and murdered, one-by-one, during Christmas Break.

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Needless and unnecessary are two words that have little meaning in Hollywood, especially when you're talking sequels or remakes. Case in point: Black Christmas, the revisionist version of the 1974 horror thriller largely thought to be the proto-slasher movie (this was four years before the first Halloween installment). The original, from director Bob Clark, is still considered a masterpiece of tension, understatement, innovative camera perspective, economic efficiency (a polite way of saying "ultra-low budget"), and killing off pretty young girls in grisly ways without any cumbersome exposition regarding the psychopath's motives. This, by the way, from the same Bob Clark who would soon bring us the beloved Porky's franchise as well as Black Christmas's polar opposite, the sweetly nostalgic classic A Christmas Story. Anyway, as needless and unnecessary as this remake is, it certainly delivers the goods on 21st-century slasher conventions as the sorority sisters of Alpha Kappa are picked off during Christmas break in ever more gruesome fashion. There's nothing wrong with all of this, particularly for fans of impalements, crushed skulls, ripped-out eyeballs, and some good old-fashioned Christmas cookie cannibalism. Writer-director Glen Morgan, who earned his own credibility as co-creator of the Final Destination series and the interesting 2003 remake of Willard adds a few clever visual homages to the original along with the amped-up extreme gore. Clark's device (was he the first to use it?) of creepy, mouth-breathing phone calls from killer to victim remains intact and creepy. He also resurrects Andrea Martin, one of the then-unknown actor victims who, now famous, plays the prim housemother. Another addition, which may not be so welcome to purists of the genre, is a load of exposition and backstory for the killer. Disturbing as these flashback set pieces are, they're also somewhat distracting to the foreboding tone. But you get what you pay for, and lots of people are going to pay dearly to dream of the shocking frights another Black Christmas will bring. --Ted Fry

Customer Reviews:

A Great Gorefest For All Horror Fans.......2007-07-02

Blood, Guts, Sex And An Insane Psychopathic Killer..What More Could You Ask For? This Movie Was Great. The Original Was Better But This One Is Definitely Worth The Money To Buy And Or Rent As Well...As Big Fan Of Slasher Flicks I Wish I Could Give This One AT Least A Nine But We Only Get 5..So..Yeah..If Your The Type That Likes A Good Slasher In The Spirit Of Freddy And Jason And Chucky And All Of The Above Masters Than This Is IT!

She's My Famliy Now.......2007-06-08

this movie was pretty disturbing, it was a very good movie. it was pretty disgusting, espicaily when billy made cookie cut outs of his moms flesh, nasty. well if you like these sort of films then check it out.

Dear God why?.......2007-06-07

I won't say the original was a classic but this, geeze, is the equivalent of a cinematic abortion. It never truly develops, is never given the chance too, and is so stunted in every way (dialogue, acting, directing, storyline) that I feel justified in being pro choice. One can only imagine how much worse this could have gotten if it had actually run a full two hours.

Jingle bells, your fear smells...like Christmas spirit.......2007-06-05

As a lover of horror movies, classy and cheesy, spooky and blood soaked, hair rinsing scary and the subtle terror subplots all intrigue me and this movie had a little bit of each yet all the parts didn't come together as smoothly as I wished.

Few girls are staying at their snow covered sorority house during the Christmas Season only to discover that they are being harassed on the phone by a maniac. As they slowly start disappearing and their numbers dwindle they finally sense that something weird is going on. When blood appears they realize that the house they have lived in hasn't always been a sorority house but a home to a madman, locked away in prison for horrendous crimes that seems to have broken out....

One by one they meet some gristly death, and that's what was actually gory, the death scenes were gruesome, focusing on a certain body part, the eye ball. Much more I dare not say but I enjoyed the creepy beginning as something evil stirs in the darkness and quietly starts to take the house apart from the inside out. The characters were pretty much one dimensional, not likable much and there for great prey for the killer as I can easily say that the not so bright sorority stars who were more likely to be makeup artists than serious scholars almost deserved their fates, that is if they made it all through the night.

The bad parts were the bizarre details, the freaky mother and sister of the killer, the glow in the dark skin, what was that about, what psycho madman glows in the dark? It gave me a few chuckles, the incest scene, brief and pretty much not shown still left a weird taste behind but I liked the twist that reveled itself towards the end and also the fact that the killer wasn't working alone but with someone who seemed to betray them all was a great add on. I really liked the Christmas spirit through the movie, the sorority house was really beautiful and made me miss snow and warm cider, decorations and the resiny scent of pine almost filled my nostrils. There were some cozy and creepy parts but they were broken up by chicks who acted dumb and strange madman behavior that was not explained at times. Overall a good horror flick but I'm still a bit split over it, saying that I'm glad I saw it, as it had a certain quality that fulfilled my horror flick appetite for that night.

If I had to give my own rating and really nit pick, I'd say it's a 3 ¾ star movie but I gave it a 4 because I enjoyed it more than I complained about it so there....

- Kasia S.

A Christmas Clunker..........2007-06-03

My husband and I went to see this in the theater during the holidays and I LOVED the original. I enjoy horror movies , especially holiday-themed horror, and I wanted to like this movie. But we got up and left within 15-20 minutes after the movie started. It was extremely disappointing.

I highly recommend the original Black Christmas however---it's scary and atmospheric and it's one you don't want to miss!

Average customer rating:

keep away
kinda lame

Black Christmas (Unrated) [HD DVD]
Starring: Kristen Cloke , Andrea Martin , Michelle Trachtenberg , Lacey Chabert , and Oliver Hudson
Director: Glen Morgan
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
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ASIN: B000N3AXQ0
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Description

(Horror) A remake of the 1974 horror classic that inspired slasher films like Halloween; A group of sorority sisters are terrorized and murdered, one-by-one, during Christmas Break.

Customer Reviews:

keep away.......2007-06-22

I was looking at this mostly because I've enjoyed the actresses in this film's previous work. But this movie never game them a chance to act. I was lost through most of the movie as to why things were just now happening. The only noteworthy feature is that it has a True HD audio track.

kinda lame.......2007-06-14

This movie drags... It does however have some good parts where you jump and a few gross parts but not enough...
To me its soft core horror.. def not gross like hostel or the saws, even wolf creek was better...
If its on cable its worth watching.... but dont buy it.

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3D is technically possible
Best monster movie
On a Tributary of the Amazon
Julia Adams as the Beauty.
In the beginning.......

Creature From the Black Lagoon
Starring: Richard Carlson , Julie Adams , Richard Denning , Antonio Moreno , and Nestor Paiva
Director: Jack Arnold
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: 0783240953
Release Date: 2007-07-24

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Jack Arnold's horror classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon spawned not one but two iconic images: the web-footed humanoid gill-man with a hankering for women and the leggy, luscious Julia Adams, the object of his desire, swimming the lagoon in a luminous white bathing suit. Not since King Kong has the "beauty and the beast" theme been portrayed in such sexually charged (though chaste) terms. Arnold turns an effectively B-movie plot--a small expedition up a remote Amazon river captures a prehistoric amphibian man, who escapes to wreak havoc on the team and kidnap his bathing beauty--into a moody, stylish, low-budget feature. The jungle exteriors turn from exotic to treacherous when the creature blocks their passage and strands them in the wilds. Much of the film is shot underwater, where the murky dark is animated by shimmering shards of sunlight, creating images both lovely and alien (the studio-built sets of the creature's underground lair are far less naturalistic, but serve their purpose). As with most of Arnold's '50s genre films, he's saddled with a less than magnetic leading man (in this case the colorless but stalwart Richard Carlson) and a conventional script, but he overcomes such limitations by creating a vivid and sympathetic monster (helped immeasurably by a marvelous suit of scales and fins) and establishing a mood thick with atmosphere. The film was originally shot in 3-D. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

3D is technically possible.......2007-05-27

It is not true that a special projecting procedure is necessary to view this film in 3D. It was broadcast once in the 80ies in German TV and 3D glasses were given out for free at the newsstands the days before. Maybe the effect is not as good as watching it in a cinema, but I still remember very good how I saw air bubbles emerging out of the ground in front of me sitting in my armchair :) So I will definitely wait for the 3D version on DVD!

Best monster movie.......2007-02-16

This is a classic. A monster movie that you sympathise more with the monster than with anybody else. Kind of in the footsteps ofthe original King Kong (not the remakes). The photography is superb and so is the directing. This is a must see and must have movie so you can watch it again!!

On a Tributary of the Amazon.......2006-10-16

We had the pleasure of seeing this the other night in San Francisco at the Castro Theater, in dual projection 3-D against a silver screen. Flimsy little glasses were provided to help blend the images poppped out onto the screen by the twin projectors. It must have cost a mint just to stage this show, but happily the event was packed with like minded Creature lovers and everyone cheered, ooeh and aahed as soon as the Brazilian diggers uncover, in a solid block of limestone, the skeletonized hand of a long dead Creature, its webbed fingers beckoning right out over the audience's heads! It was a powerful punch to the solar plexus and a reminder that even archaeology has its thrills.

The 3-D effects are more subtle than you'd think. There's nothing else, for example, as in your face as the ping pong ball that jumps repeatedly off the screen in HOUSE OF WAX. Here, director Jack Arnold seems to be trying really hard to give flesh and blood to his two pprotagonists, Richard Carlson and Richard Denning, showing them off as the brain and the emotions, while Julie Adams plays sensitively and sympathetically to both. Is she sort of trying to figure out which side of the bread her butter's on? The doctor tells her that she repaid any debt she owed Richard Carlson long ago--she doesn't owe him anything anymore her playing Pygmalion to her untutored Galatea.

So in a way it's hard to tell upfront which man she's going to wind up with. The Creature I found sympathetic in a way, but I think the performance must be docked a wee bit because of the different actors playing the part. Up on top it's the sensitive, tortured Ben Chapman, while down below, Ricou Browning's frisky balletic style. like Harold Land underwater, makes him seem more fancy free.

To top it off Julie Adams and Ben Chapman were there, discussing the complex dynamic of the "beauty and the beast" scenario producer William Alland dreamed up on a South American jaunt with Orson Welles. Miss Adams has got to be in her 70s surely, and yet she is still heart-stoppingly gorgeous and lovely. She spoke to anyone who approached her, seemingly grateful to the fans who have kept the "Creature from the Black Lagoon," and the woman he loved, alive in cultural memory for more than fifty years now. It was an enchanted evening--in dual projection 3-D no less.

Julia Adams as the Beauty........2006-02-01

The Creature has a good reason for wanting Julia Adams for his own! She wears this hot bikini thoughout most of the movie, revealing much of her legs and figure. A dicription of her throughout the movie would be, Long black beautiful hair, small tight frilly bikini revealing her breast figure, most of back is naked , and so are shoulders. The bathing suit comes up short on her hips revealing both legs. Barefoot throughout the whole movie. You might say half naked! If you are looking for a movie with true American beauty, watch Julia Adams in {The Creature From the Black Lagoon}

In the beginning..............2006-01-30

The 1954 classic available for your own collection! This is more than just another talkie. This is sort of a peice of cinema history. The classic beauty and the beast story is told in a wonderul way! With great underwater shots and fairly good special effects, this is a wonderful item for anyone to own. I think what I liked most about it is that it was a little bit different than all the other monster flicks. Beacuse you really feel sorry for the Creature when he gets shot. I think one of my favorite scenes was when he bust's the cage and and escaped the ship. There are just so many wonderful things about this movie. Like how well Rieu Browning swam in that heavy suit, and the classic scene where Julia Adams decides to go take a swim, not knowing that the Creature was trieing to get her attention below. And Finally after a bunch of lousey attemps to steal his precios beuaty, he sneaks on the boat and walks up behind her, puts her over his shoulder and carrys her down to his watery home. Let me point out that Julia Adams is lousey screamer for monster movie's! Not very important considering she is so beautiful throughout the movie, but definetley no Fay Wray. One of the best clips is when the Gill Man lifts up his hand out of the water and almost grabsthe girls foot, but she moves in the nick of time! The first time I ever saw this however, I was a little disapointed with how sort of sudden it ended. Right after the guys come to Julia's rescue, they shoot him and he wobbles back into the ocean and die's.Maybe a little too breif I thought. However there are two sequels after the original, that showed the Creatures sad encouters with mankind and civilization. This will always be one of my favorite movies and Im sure you'll enjoy it if you havent already seen it. Seen it or havent, it is a spectacular movie to own, and I also reccomend the two seqeuls.

Review by Michael Peters.

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It's In The Eyes
Boo!!
Why do so many people think this is a real scary movie???
Disappointingly weak beer
BORING!!!!!!!!!

The Woman in Black
Starring: Adrian Rawlins , Bernard Hepton , David Daker , Pauline Moran , and David Ryall
Director: Herbert Wise
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ASIN: B00004UEEU
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Customer Reviews:

It's In The Eyes.......2007-04-13

Creepy. A really scary ghost with awful eyes (they'll haunt you) a hidden secret and very bad energy haunts an English village killing off its children and making life especially terrible for a reclusive elderly lady who lives alone in a house that literally almost disappears into the sea come high tide. Enter a truly likeable family man with beautiful kids and a loving wife to tie things up after the death of the lady and things go horribly wrong.

Like THE HAUNTING, sound effects make for a tremendous part of the spooky goings-on, allowing one's imagination to make up for what's not explicitly visible. Save for one top-notch all-stops-pulled-out scene that literally blows you out of your seat. (Great fun.) The "jump" factor is here in spades. I kept anticipating something awful was about to happen the whole film through. This made for an honestly unsettling experience. And awful things do happen, too. The ending, for lack of superlatives, is exceptional. Devastating but not entirely unexpected.

It's easy to understand how this developed into the cult classic that it has. I was struck by the quality of this production, (especially the extreme historical accuracy and detail -- which I am a meanie old stickler for) if not so much the quality of the VHS. Though the VHS, I've been told, is far better than the DVD version, done at the wrong speed making for problems with the audio. But the lack of tape quality, that bit of fuzziness around the edges, adds to the edginess of the entire viewing experience. Like a friend of a friend made you a copy from his copy and handed it over with the warning to take good care of it because it's very hard to come by. Although pirating is expressly illegal. So don't. (Although pirated copies of this film have been sold at exorbitant prices. Which goes to show how good, really, this film is.)

Just *watch* it.

Boo!!.......2007-02-11

Very much in the tradition of M R James this was a TV adaption from a Susan Hill story done in the 80's which caused me a sleepless night twenty years ago and still has the power to disturb even now. Directed by Robert Wise famous for the origonal "The Haunting" it's a terrific linerging, slow burner with only two or three real "jumps" but when they happen get that cushion ready! Flat weak colour (I think it was on tape origonally) just let the curling cold mist more than make up for it.
Nasty and no stupid jokes to lighten the mood...fantastic!

Why do so many people think this is a real scary movie???.......2006-12-12

I have this movie on VHS. I remember about4 years ago I would always see this movie listed in great ghost movies from different websites. I thought maybe I need to see if I can find it somewhere. So i did, it took me probably 2 years before I got it. Anyone who has ever tried to buy it on the net anywhere knows that the asking prices for it are totally absurd! Just look at what it selling for from different sellers here!I think I got it for 15.00 somewhere on ebay eventually. That was really low compared to the asking prices you usually see for it! Well, let me tell you after I got it, I couldn't wait to see it. After I did watch it, I thought what in the world is so scary about this movie!!! It never really shows anything overly frightening. I will say towards the end there is one decent scare dealing with the Woman in Black dangling over the main character in the movie. Also, the ending isn't that bad. But overall as a whole, the movie lacks big time in the scare department! I give the movie a 2 out of 5. I would not have ever had paid the $15 for it if I had known what I know now about the movie being what it is. So for the asking prices you usaully see for this movie, all I have to say is, Ha! KEEP IT! Because it isn't worth it, not even close!

Disappointingly weak beer.......2006-11-02

The screenplay for this production was written by Nigel Kneale, of "Quatermass" fame, and in some ways is a reworking of his own "ghost story", "The Stone Tape", although it is somewhat-loosely based on a novelette by Susan Hill. Oddly, Kneale even decided to change the name of the protagonist, who in the story was named "Arthur Kipps", in an homage to the H.G. Wells semi-autobiographical novel "Kipps". Here, he becomes the scaredy-cat cypher Arthur KIDD. I stand second to none in my admiration of Kneale's work, as a survey of my reviews would show. And I am definitely a fan of the British classic ghost story, especially those of M.R. James, and still believe that the most effective scares are those that are suggested, rather than the bucket-of-blood variety.

That said - this was a seriously disappointing film. The back story suffers immeasurably for its under-development - there simply is no basis for the "evil" or "curse" of the haunting figure. A pivotal scene is not even depicted, and subsequently glossed over. The behavior of the protagonist *starts* at the rankest cowardice, and descends not so much into madness as idiocy. And the ending.....well, I could only shake my head. What we have isn't so much a solid, coherent story as a series of eerie vignettes, loosely strung together. SO loosely that the overall impact is lost after the few and far-between "BOO!" scares tossed out. (In fact, the biggest "scare" in the film is a watered down rif on a scene from the Vincent Price "House on Haunted Hill", if you can believe it.) This doesn't provide any competition at all to serious classics such as the Robert Wise version of "The Haunting", or any of the Val Lewton pictures.

The DVD itself is also disappointing. Colors are muted, and the picture is fuzzy, but I suppose the fact that it was intended only as a made-for-British-television production could be the reason. Production values were very high, with excellent period settings and costumes.

Sorry, but a thumbs-down.

BORING!!!!!!!!!.......2006-10-26

This is the worst horror movie i have ever seen. Was it supposed to be scary???? The Blair Witch was scarier. I wonder if i saw the same movie that all these others are talking about.

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Blaxploitation Cheese from Al Adamson!
"KICKIN'!"
So bad it's good!

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Blaxploitation Cheese from Al Adamson!.......2004-06-14

Here's a slice of '70s Blaxpoitation cheese that manages to pack a sizeable wallop for its miniscule budget. Tough African-American detective Kicks Carter (Timothy Brown) is out to break up a pair of bottom-feeder crooks and stop a guns-for-drugs trade organized by a black mobster improbably named Guido. Along the way there's plenty of clumsily choreographed (and often poorly-lit) fight scenes and shoot-outs, a smattering of sex and nudity (like when Kicks makes sweet love to his TV reporter girlfriend Tanya Boyd), a fair amount of sleaze (like when a woman with a gambling problem is gang-raped by four sweaty redneck card sharps; the fact that this woman resembles a young version of "That '70s Show"'s Debra Jo Rupp only adds to the scene's nastiness) and stilted dialog so awkwardly peppered with jive talk it's obvious the script was written by white people. Still, schlock director Al Adamson is in peak form with this one, keeping the action moving and making sure to hit all the right buttons to please his audience--even including a little bit of lesbian action, again involving our hapless gambling addict. The cast also includes Adamson regulars Russ Tamblyn (who plays a bug-eyed, low-rent mobster named Ziggy) and aging blond bombshell (and Adamson's wife) Regina Carrol. The movie runs out of steam by the final ten minutes, but all in all, "Black Heat" is pretty hot. Just don't be fooled by the updated cover art on the DVD: "Black Heat" is a '70s movie through and through, from Timothy Brown's huge afro down to his crotch-molding, (...) tight jeans.

"KICKIN'!".......2000-03-26

Black Heat is not as hard to find as one might think. I was in Hollywood video browsing the action section and it jumped off the bottom shelf and kicked me in the shin. It hurt like a muther!

So bad it's good!.......1999-07-28

Yet another pick from classic 1970s blaxploitation. It's definitely not Dolemite, but it had enough action to keep me occupied for all 96 minutes. This one's hard to find in regular video stores. Amazon is about the only place I know that even carries this film. A great addition!

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A Great Gorefest For All Horror Fans
She's My Famliy Now
Dear God why?
Jingle bells, your fear smells...like Christmas spirit
A Christmas Clunker...

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Starring: Katie Cassidy , Michelle Trachtenberg , Kristen Cloke , Crystal Lowe , and Lacey Chabert
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ASIN: B000MM0LIW
Release Date: 2007-04-03

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Description

(Horror) A remake of the 1974 horror classic that inspired slasher films like Halloween; A group of sorority sisters are terrorized and murdered, one-by-one, during Christmas Break.

Customer Reviews:

A Great Gorefest For All Horror Fans.......2007-07-02

She's My Famliy Now.......2007-06-08

Dear God why?.......2007-06-07

Jingle bells, your fear smells...like Christmas spirit.......2007-06-05

A Christmas Clunker..........2007-06-03

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Not as Bad As It's Made to Be
Horrid thriller!
Brilliant
Very Underrated Dark Comedy
Remember 'Misery'?; See for Tilly's Over-the-Top Acting

Hide and Seek
Starring: Daryl Hannah , Jennifer Tilly , Bruce Greenwood , Vincent Gallo , and Johanna Black
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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ASIN: 1573628697
Release Date: 2000-05-23

Customer Reviews:

Not as Bad As It's Made to Be.......2006-07-04

Hide and Seek" is a movie that most people will never see and that's not only because it's now going to be confused with the Robert De Niro-Dakota Fanning film of the same name. The reason I saw this movie was because I'm a huge fan of Vincent Gallo and wanted to see more of his acting work (I've seen his two directorial efforts, Buffalo 66 & The Brown Bunny, and two other films he acted in called Palookaville and The Funeral). I'm not positive, but I think this movie was straight-to-video; I heard someone say that, but it doesn't have the "direct-to-video" feel to it. That's not to say it's not a bad movie, because it kind of is...But, whatever. The movie stars Daryl Hannah and Bruce Greenwood as a happily married couple named Anne and Jack who desparately vie to have a baby. It seems they've succeeded, but the clinic tells them that they're not pregnant. Jack goes on a business trip, leaving Anne alone and in the middle of the night she's kidnapped. When she wakes up, she's handcuffed to a bed in the basement of a house. At first, Anne is confused, not really noticing she's handcuffed and an odd woman named Helen (Jennifer Tilly) is trying to get her to eat. When she starts reacting, Helen's husband Frank (Gallo) comes downstairs and explains she's been kidnapped. Frank then calls Jack and asks for ransom. The latter is merely an excuse to make the movie longer, because Helen reveals that they're holding her to have her baby, so they can take it for themselves. Frank works at the clinic where Anne had a pregnancy test and he forged it and then faked her death so no one would be looking for her. When Jack returns to discover his wife missing/dead he doesn't believe it and goes looking for it, hence...Hide and seek. The plot of the film and Tilly's character owe a lot to the movie "Misery." In that movie, an insane woman takes an injured writer hostage in her house. In this movie, a man takes a pregnant woman hostage for his insane wife. Helen is very childlike and annoying and, we later find out, pretty sadistic. This movie tries for some chills and thrills, but the only thing remotely disturbing is Gallo's demise in the movie. If you are a Gallo fan (and most people aren't), you can feel OK passing this movie up. I am giving it four stars, because it wasn't dull. It did keep me entertained for the 100 minutes, but it was a pretty stupid movie. Why does it never occur to these characters to just adopt? Who does it seem that Helen runs Frank's life? Why does Vincent Gallo look like a hippie? There's a lot of unanswered questions left with us. If you're looking for a movie you're going to enjoy and recommend, I'd see something else. But if you, for some odd reason, have this movie in your house; It's not a complete waste of time.

GRADE: B-
DESERVES MORE LIKE A: C+

Horrid thriller!.......2006-06-17

The generated anguish for having a baby, will make a couple break the rules of the ethic or sanity, to get by all their means, this goal. And their immediate objective will be to kidnap a woman at the eve of become a mother, in order to steal her expected creature.

A sensible and awful drama that will not let you disappoint you. Sidney Furie directing , Jennifer Tilly and George Gallo as the desperate couple and Daryl Hanah as the kidnapped pregnant work out in superlative grade.

Brilliant.......2005-08-29

not really that scary but the story line was brilliant and thrilling. Dakota fanning is definately the most talented in this movie

Very Underrated Dark Comedy.......2005-07-13

This is a fun movie to watch with your sicko friends. Jennifer Tilly's performance was an absolute scream, and it looks like the actors had a really good time making it.

If you're the kind of person who gets the humor behind obsurd cult movies like Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 or Peter Jackson's Dead Alive, you'll probably get a kick out of this one. Don't listen to the humorless simpletons who took this one too seriously and berated it in their reviews for the wrong reasons ("bad acting", etc.) Just because they didn't get it, doesn't mean it's not a great movie!

BTW I can't believe how some people could be dumb enough to sit through this and not figure out that it was *supposed* to be over-the-top. Kinda makes me feel superior somehow! :-)

Remember 'Misery'?; See for Tilly's Over-the-Top Acting.......2005-04-24

AKA 'Code.' Not to be confused with another 'Hide and Seek' (2005) starring Robert DeNiro and Dakota Fanning.

This is a Canadian straight-to-video psycho-thriller, and stars Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Vincent Gallo, and Bruce Greenwood. The director is Canadian B-film master Sidney J. Furie. I don't know how you feel hearing his name, but I believe he is more talented than some people would think, and with decent budget and script, he could have done better films, far better than, say, under-financed 'Superman IV.'

The film is about a pregnant woman played by Hannah suddenly kidnapped by thick-bearded Gallo. Gallo, it turns out later, does this for his 'baby' Tilly, and locks Hannah up in the dark basement room of his house, and chains her to the bed, nad fakes her death to cover his crime. Greenwood is Hannah's hubby who seeks for his missing wife.

So 'Hide and Seek'? A suspence, huh? Yeah, it sounds like 'Misery' or 'The Collector,' but probably before you feel any thrills, you will be either immensely entertained by or absolutely disgusted with Jennifer Tilly's over-the-top acting. I regret that my poor English cannot fully express the joy of watching campy acting from her, but let me only say that her constant yellings, ultra-heavy make-ups, silly dialogues are hilarious enough to outshine ten Sharons and Halles in the wretched 'Catwoman.' I'm not blaming her for giving poor acting. It's like watching the younger version of Kathy Bates (who was Oscar nominated for 'Misery' you know that), and the more I watch her, the more I admire her.

As to Gallo, no comment is the kindest comment I can make, and as to Daryl Hannah, probably she has already had this entry erased from her CV circulated among the studios. I can hear her say, Thank you Quentin Tarantino, you saved my life.

At times the film is very nasty (how can you call it entertainment when you have to see a kidnapped pregnant woman forced to eat through a tube strapped to her mouth?), and its story is never convincing (why kidnap a pregnant woman, not a baby?), and most of all, hey, Ms. Hannah played a replicant in 'Bladerunner' who nearly killed Harrison Ford! Can you kidnap her? No kidding!

So two stars are the best I can give to this film, both for Ms. Tilly for giving one of the most bizarre acting that I have ever seen. I really like her, but for once, please, someone give her something different.

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Ya gotta love it!
Wonderful Work In The Making
Wonderful, hilarious trash.
Really dumb,but if you like Madison.....
A Waste of Time...and Money

Evil Toons
Starring: David Carradine , Arte Johnson , Dick Miller , Monique Gabrielle , and Suzanne Ager
Director: Fred Olen Ray
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ASIN: B00005PJ73
Release Date: 2001-10-09

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Ya gotta love it!.......2005-09-22

This may be a B-movie, but I give it an A all the way! True, it's just an excuse to show T&A, but it's laced with humor all the way through! Anyone who takes this movie seriously or makes fun of the storyline or effects needs to have their head examined! Anyone can tell it's a low budget movie made to get cheap laughs. In the scene when Roxanne is stripping and she throws her shirt, the sound of breaking glass after the shirt flies offscreen kills me! Add to that the "jiggle" noise when she turns around and shakes her but and you HAVE to laugh! The monster (a Tazmanian Devil look-a-like) is just as funny with his reactions to Roxanne!

If you're a fan of low budget horror mixed with off beat comedy and have never seen this movie, you need to beg, borrow or steal a copy so you can sit down for some laughs! Better yet, just buy a copy off Amazon.com while you're here!

Wonderful Work In The Making.......2004-08-01

Just like the other reviewers, I've got to say the first time I saw this bit of "B" movie perfection was late night on The Movie Channel. Even at that time this movie was hacked to pieces by the channel that was airing it! However there are so many reasons why anyone who loves cult horror films must own this!

Here's your plot, and the basis for my love of the film. Take four young beautiful coeds who are in charge of cleaning a large mansion (that strangely looks identical to the one in sorrority house massacre II and slumber party massacre) and have them find an old book of spells. One of the spells just happens to release a demon into the house, but instead of a disgusting slimy rubber demon we get a cute and crude cartoon demon superimposed on the screen! Talk about the X-rated version of Roger Rabbit! From then there's nothing but stripped girls, bloody deaths, and crude language from a raunchy cartoon demon! Couple this with David Carrodine running around outside and you've got a 90 minute piece of cult horror history.
And the best part to finish off has to be the cast. You will see Kung-Fu and the recent Kill Bill's David Carrodine, known for his late 80's and early 90's "B" film roles as either a pimp, a strip club owner, or some wierdo who hangs out with hot chicks (and this is the role he plays in this movie). The next would be the four girls in this adventure: Monique Gabriel, Suzanne Ager, Madison Stone, and Barbara Dare. If you don't know their names you may know their faces...provided you indulged in adult cinema in the 90's. They're all porno stars! This film does go out of its way to prove this fact as well.

This movie was IMPOSSIBLE to find at video stores and I'm almost sure never hit store shelves on VHS, but it is now availible (and only here, I think) in all its digital glory (and with special features) and I can't find a single reason why any fan of cult horror wouldn't want to own this and share with all of their buddies over a case of beer!

Wonderful, hilarious trash........2002-07-21

I had first accidentally stumbled upon this movie several years ago late one night on cable t.v. Within an instint, I fell in love with the atrocious acting, worse dialog, and sleazy nudity. EVIL TOONS is truly, as far as I'm concerned, a modern classic in cult/trash cinema. Thus, it seemed only appropriate to own this title on DVD.

The disc contains a nice looking widescreen picture, however, the sound is mono. The DVD has some interesting bonuses such as a trailer, a 10 minute "behind-the-scenes" commentary with the film's director, Fred Olen Ray, and a funny intro to the movie with the director, his wife, and naked women chained to the wall.

I recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys nudity, schlock, and a good laugh.

Really dumb,but if you like Madison............2002-04-04

It probabally goes without saying,but this movie is a very cheap,
very bad "horror" movie with cheesey bits o' comedy.The only reason to watch it(or buy it) is because of former porn star Madison.She's very hot and does a sexy strip dance;you get to see
her big breasts on a couple diffrent occasions.Only die hard Madison fans would buy this video;fortunatly or unfortunatly,I'm one of them!

A Waste of Time...and Money.......2002-03-31

What a disappointment. I expected a silly, low-budget corny flick, but this was stupid and could have been produced, directed and filmed by my 16-year-old son with my Sony minicam. It has no substance, no humor, the cartoon monster looks like the early renditions of Mickey Mouse (1930's)...and the sound is pitiful. The only reason I gave it one star was for the brief sequence when Monique Gabrielle undresses in front of her bedroom mirror. Granted, many of these types of films are known for casting buxom young girls, but Monique is beautiful. What disturbed me most was that every young girl in the film is depicted as being a total airhead. The blood and gore effects you can buy at K-Mart this Halloween...and the makeup artist is clearly not an "artist". Maybe I'm being too harsh, but I expected much more. Buy this film only if you enjoy stupidity, T & A, a horrendous script...and a closing line from busty Monique..."...but all of my friends are dead." This movie dies during the first 10 minutes...and so will you and YOUR friends if you invest a single dime.

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Dark Comedy Where Fate Brings Wealth & Death...
Surprising, funny, with a profound message about greed
One of the better Thai movies I've seen
stupid movie trying so hard to be cool

6ixtynin9
Starring: Black Pomtong , Lalita Panyopas , Sirisin Siripornsmathikul , and Tasanawalai Ongarittichai
Director: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
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Last Life in the Universe
Nang Nak
Bangkok Dangerous
Dolls
The Legend of Suriyothai

ASIN: B0006J289Q
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Description

Shortly after losing her job, Tum finds a mysterious noodle box full of money on her doorstep. The clever beauty attempts to hold on to the loot and soon finds herself at the center of a thrilling, high stakes caper between Thai boxing gangsters, corrupt executives and the bungling authorities.

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Dark Comedy Where Fate Brings Wealth & Death..........2005-02-15

Fate is in the hands of those who chose, as choices are the ultimate tool for a person's destiny. Yet, destiny can be skewed in different directions, as others' choices can influence the parties involved in the choice. Moments where choices of others influence involved parties and have a negative effect on the people involved can have devastating affects on individuals. In some instances where the choices of others have negatively affected people it has led to self-doubt, anxiety, poor self-esteem, depression, and suicide. In 6ixtynin9 Tum (Lalita Panyopas), who works in bank, finds out that three people are going to be fired. Instead of the regular policy employed here in the western world, Tum is pulled into a lottery where the winning sticks get them fired. Tum happens to draw one of these lottery sticks.

Jobless and stranded in her apartment Tum contemplates the different ways she could possibly kill herself, as she is aware of her bleak future in a country that is notorious for it's heavy level of prostitution. No income means that she cannot buy food, as she turns desperately to shoplifting. Tum has no savings as she has sent her money home to help support her mother, and the future as a bank employee appears to be very rough, as many others in other banks have also been laid off. When her thoughts are dark and she sees no possible way of getting out of her situation, she finds a small cardboard box outside her door.

What would you do if you found a box with an obscene amount of money inside? The same thoughts are crossing Tum's mind, as she calls her best friend for advice. The origin of the money also concerns her, but she does not have to wait long until two ruffians from a kick boxing school arrive asking for a box that was outside the door. First they leave, but then quickly return to retrieve the money that they suspect Tum has in her possession. During the two thugs' search for the money Tum smashes in the head on one of them, as he discovered the money that leads to a physical struggle between her and the other thug. Tum gets away shaken and disturbed by the situation, as she has killed both of them.

The thought of being unemployed has long disappeared at this point for Tum, but now she struggles with the idea of going to the police and the guilt she is experiencing. Eventually Tum decides to go to the police, but at the police station she sees how they treat criminals in the jail, which causes her to change her mind. This means she must find a way to deal with the corpses and maybe other thugs looking for the lost money. As she dwells on her predicament the situation is about to get worse, much worse.

6ixtynin9 is an interesting film in many aspects. One of the first and most evident reasons why 6ixtynin9 is interesting is because it is from Thailand, and visually it brings some of the culture to the story. It also has an appealing affect on the audience, as it is a lighthearted comedy with a very dark theme. One question is how could someone make it funny to cut off a male organ, and then ground it in order to serve it in a meal? Well, 6ixtynin9 provides some very bizarre humor, which works very well as the timing is right. Yet, besides the humor the director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang has succeeded in inserting moral and spiritual elements into the story, which also work well. The only thing that seems to be a little too much is the overacting by some of the characters, but maybe that is what Pen-Ek Ratanaruang wanted. Despite the overacting in the film, 6ixtynin9 offers a truly fun and energetic experience with much to ponder.

Surprising, funny, with a profound message about greed.......2005-02-01

This is the first Thai movie I've ever seen, and I was skeptical about watching it after seeing the previews for it. After all, Thailand isn't known for its film industry. As I watched it, I was surprised at every turn, as this movie is quite sophisticated in playing with your expectations from the get-go and going in a completely opposite direction. Just when you think you know what's going to happen next, something else happens instead. I suppose that's to be expected from the title of the film ("6ixtynin9"). Don't let that fool you, its nothing more than a marketing gimmick to play with your expectations of what that number represents. The actual "Thai language title" of the film is "A Comedy about the numbers 6 and 9."

The film is about a woman (Tum) who is laid off from work and one morning finds a mysterious box outside her apartment door. Since her apartment number is a 6 that keeps falling around to the number 9, this sets off a series of comedic capers when she takes the box in and discovers that its full of Thai baht, the equivalent of $25,000. She calls her best friend and speaks hypothetically to find out what her friend would do in such a scenario. Tum decides to keep the money and that's when things are thrown off kilter. Two guys come looking for the money, and we learn the money is for fixing a Thai boxing match, and once it has gone missing, everyone starts looking for it, and the dead bodies that keep piling up as a result.

What makes this film a surprisingly entertaining and absolute joy to watch are the talented cast of off-beat characters, most especially the nosy downstairs neighbor. She is a riot, with her exaggerated facial expressions and manner of speaking, you just can't help but love her. This film perfectly captures Thai society, with the bribery system and how much money plays a role in people's lives. The caper keeps upping the ante with new twists, as you don't know who's bad or good in this, other than the woman who started the movie by keeping the money. Its vaguely reminiscent of the Tom Hanks film "The Man With One Red Shoe", as Tum isn't completely aware of all the bad going on around her. By the movie's end, you get to see what happens when an obscene phone caller sets off a roomful of trigger happy people, and the ultimate message of all...how greed ruins many people's lives. Its simply profound, symbolic, with hints of the Thai buddhist culture, fantastic acting, funny situations, and an overall message that could just as well speak to our country's obsession with money. There are several "artistic" scenes of absolute brilliance (such as when the screen is all red when Tum does a deed she hates doing and imagines someone else doing it for her). All in all, a great surprise and simply one of the best foreign language films I've ever seen, period. It is worth seeing, and well worth owning for any serious fan of foreign films.

One of the better Thai movies I've seen.......2005-02-01

This movie was reminiscent of the style of film you'd see from Guy Richie ( Snatch). If you liked movies like Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels... this movie is definitely for you.

The Dark humor made me laugh many times. As did the excellent performance put on by Lalita Panyopas. She's a natural beauty, who didn't need special makeup or any effects. Her acting not to mention was terrific as well.

The film was fast paced, and left little to let the mind wander. The script was well done, and the characters were definitely original. The camera angles were great and really impressed me for a Thai film. In the past most Thai films never had this level of artistry but this is a new beginning.

I highly recommend this film to anyone who loves dark comedy, action and cute girls stuck in quirky scenarios.

stupid movie trying so hard to be cool.......2005-01-28

watched like reading a comic book. so many murders for so little money. corpses never turned stink in the thailand humid and hot temperature. lousy acting, directing and totally stupid screenplay with twisted to the limit ridiculousness and impossibility. a story so bad that turned into a disturbing watch. boasted with awards and high praises for the primitiveness or roughness of the poor plot and scenario? give me a break!

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WANT TO SEE A MAN SCALPED ALIVE? WATCH NURSE BETTY
THIS IS A STRANGE, BUT GREAT MOVIE!
"A Reason To Love"
Love Is Blue.
terrific satire

Nurse Betty
Starring: Morgan Freeman , Renée Zellweger , Chris Rock , Greg Kinnear , and Aaron Eckhart
Director: Neil LaBute
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A frenzied, screwball comedy with a lighter-than-light touch, Nurse Betty is a radical departure for director Neil LaBute, who helmed the vitriolic In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors. Betty (Renée Zellweger) is a perky Kansas waitress whose sole happiness comes from her obsession with the television soap A Reason to Love, starring dreamboat doctor David Ravell (Greg Kinnear). When her slimy car-dealer husband (Aaron Eckhart) enters into a drug transaction that goes horribly awry, Betty inadvertently witnesses the carnage and, in shock, becomes Nurse Betty, determined to reunite with her long-lost love, Dr. Ravell. Tailed by two hit men (Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock), Betty heads to L.A. a determined woman, unaware she has their huge drug stash in tow. Though it takes a good half-hour to get going, once LaBute and the movie hit top speed, it's a surreal, often brilliant ride, as Betty's fantasy and reality collide, with unexpected (really unexpected) developments. The screenplay (by John C. Richards and James Flamberg) is wickedly inventive, and like his previous films, LaBute has assembled a peerless cast. Zellweger is charming and daffy in her best performance since Jerry Maguire, and Freeman is by turns menacing and touchingly romantic in his obsession with Betty. Kinnear is the epitome of self-serving shallowness (and makes us love him all the more for it), and Rock finally shakes his standup persona and emerges as a great comic actor. Look also for a scene-stealing Allison Janney as the producer of Kinnear's soap. Most movies rarely get such talent operating at full capacity, and Nurse Betty soars because of it. --Mark Englehart

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WANT TO SEE A MAN SCALPED ALIVE? WATCH NURSE BETTY.......2007-03-20

THANKS NURSE BETTY AND NEIL LABUTE, (DIRECTOR). I now know what it looks like to see a human being scalped alive with a sock stuck in his mouth, then shot in the back while scuttling across the floor like a beetle bug for his life. I can't tell you how much invaluable insight this has added to my life experience.

Thanks for the nauseating "punched in the stomach" feeling I had in my gut and the two days of reliving the gruesome, grisly scene. The story line could not possibly have survived without the vivid detail and it was so well done, down to the last spatter of blood.

Thanks for the R rating you gave it. If it had been given the X rating that it deserved for graphic violence, I might not have rented it. Thanks for calling it a comedy. Though it might have started out seeming like it was going to be one, if I had known what it really was, I might not have rented it and thus deprived myself of this wonderful piece of filmmaking and storytelling, so full of insight, so uplifting, so cleverly executed. Did I say executed? That you did very well.

BARF!

THIS IS A STRANGE, BUT GREAT MOVIE!.......2007-03-14

At first look you would think that this film is a romantic comedy/drama?? It is very funny at times and has some drama,but it also has one of the most horrific murders ever put on screen! I really liked this film and everyone in it plays there part to perfection. The DVD transfer is good.

"A Reason To Love".......2007-01-27

The soap within the movie, "A Reason To Love", is in its entirety on the dvd: this alone makes it worth it! And it makes the movie make more sense.
Excellent film to start with, but the bonus features make it better!
Just watch it with an open mind: Neil LaBute got great performances outof everyone!

Love Is Blue........2006-10-04

The first time I saw this movie (can't believe it was over six years ago), I wrote that Nurse Betty was delightful -- not the movie, but the character. It's too bad Renee changed too much since her naivete in this silly film within a film. Lots of things have changed in six or seven years -- I know I have, that's for sure. When I found this tape, I was shocked, thinking either I have changed or watching it in a theater added a bit of magic lacking on the tape. Nobody is that un-sophisticated. Perhaps her "unknowing" character was the story (may be every girl's fantasy) takes her on a journey into the world of soap operas. She was too sweet to be true. We don't all get what we wish for; this is a modern fairytale like 'Born Yesterday.'

Here, now, is Wink's "A Reason to Love." He must have found this same tape in April out there when he accused another Betty of creating a soap opera. Chuck is no Greg Kinnear. All Bettys are not so dumb as to travel to California while in a dream state caused by Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. She becomes the character and fascinates Dr. David as she dresses like a nurse and successfully lands a job in a real hospital.

Betty was damaged emotionally by the sight of her real-life, abusive husband after he was savagely murdered. Suddenly, she's free to be herself and spend some time in fairy land out in Los Angeles. They found her charming and relentless, but she is not a Southerner. After a foray into a world she does not understand, she lost her spontenanity and is devastated when her idol proves to be less than a god -- when he calls her crazy or deranged. Later, he changes his mind. Greg Kinnear is as handsome in this role as our George Clooney, only better. She had told him "If you were any handsomer, it'd be a crime; it's too bad you're such an -------."

He inadvertendly sends Del's killers to her before she can safely get away in the car which has their drugs in the trunk. The publicity of the ordeal at which both father and son murderers died gained her dream come true. She and David were together for sixty-three episodes. After that, she is alone in Rome among the pigeons, not recognized by the Italian waiter at the outdoor cafe.

terrific satire.......2006-03-20

This is a brilliant satire on the blurring of the line between TV and reality.

When life has become so dull and tame that millions fixate on TV as an alternate, this is precisely the kind of medicine we need.

Betty is a downtrodden but ever-optimistic waitress whose life shuttles between the humdrum (her job) and the abusive (her husband).

Her only refuge is a medical soap, which seems not only better but more real than her own.

When her husband the abuser himself is abused--right out of the picture--she cracks, and pursues her dream: the soap opera, which she now thinks is real.

Miraculously, she gets her foot in both the real medical world and the soap opera world (she can't tell the two apart).

Eventually, reality catches up, destroying her delusions, but (in the way of all good romance and comedy) allowing her to make her illusions real.

Interestingly, the most hard-bitten and seemingly realistic characters, the hit men, turn out to be the most deluded and fantasy-obsessed.

First-rate satire throughout.

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