Some of you may realise I haven’t posted anything here in a while. To cut a long story short, I’m hoping to revive this site and keep it ticking over with new reviews. I say reviews, they’re more like brief thoughts on movies you may or may not have heard about, or at the very least they might offer you a little something different to the usual Hollywood blockbusters. They won’t always be good films that I showcase here, but hopefully there’ll be something to tempt you. I’d love to chat about any of these movies if you’ve seen them, or if I’ve at all piqued your interest, or even if you just want to know where the hell I’ve been for six months, please just sound off in the comments section below.
Afflicted (2013)
Two best friends see their trip of a lifetime take a dark turn when one of them is struck by a mysterious affliction. Now, in a foreign land, they race to uncover the source before it consumes him completely.
Written/Directed by & starring Derek Lee and Clif Prowse who play themselves, Afflicted is easily one of the best horror movies I’ve seen. It’s supposed to be low-budget, using hand-held cameras as the actors film themselves throughout, and this would normally equal a terrible end product. But wow, not only does the shaky-cam technique not irritate at all, it actually makes sense for a change why they would be filming. The fact that it looks so good helps too. I can’t go into the story too much as it would spoil the surprise, but I can say that we see these guys go on one hell of a messed up journey, and I just wish I could see this film for the first time again. It’s dark, bloody, scary, full of tension and shines a whole new light of a certain type of genre. If this is just their debut piece, I can’t wait to see what they cook up next. Honestly folks, I simply cannot recommend Afflicted highly enough.
Backcountry (2014)
An urban couple go camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.
The first of todays bear-themed movie reviews focuses on a young couple Alex (Jeff Roop) & Jenn (Missy Peregrym) who go camping in the Canadian wilderness. Aside from a brief encounter with Brad (Eric Balfour), this film mainly follows the couple as they end up fighting for their lives against a relentless black bear.
Director Adam MacDonald shares that his inspiration for the film came from some of the bear attacks he had read about, and that inspired him to make a kind of ‘Open Water in the woods’ movie. I’d say he has accomplished this. Backcountry is great, I really bought the relationship between our two leads, and I’ve been a big fan of Missy Peregrym since watching her in Reaper a few years ago. It all looked so beautiful and well shot, and of course the most important part of a movie like this is what the bears and bear attacks look like. Backcountry nails that, it all blends together so well. It’s not gory as such, although it has a couple of brutal moments. The effects team did fantastic work here. If you like your movies tense and thrilling you have to give this a shot. Certainly a better bear movie than the one below…….
Grizzly aka Red Machine (2014)
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
I’ve been excitedly checking the progress and looking forward to seeing Grizzly for a long time. Directed by David Hackl who worked on the SAW movies, and with an impressive cast list; James Marsden, Thomas Jane, Piper Perabo, Billy Bob Thornton…… it seemed like this was going to be great fun. Sadly all the delays and lack of proper release normally mean bad things, and I have to admit this film is overshadowed in every department by Backcountry. I was really disappointed, there were a few good parts but little things kept bugging me with this. Why did Piper Perabo’s character need to be deaf? Not that it’s a problem of course, except she was a nature lover so would go out into the woods on her own….. which obviously sets up the danger element. Just felt out of place, the threat would of been relevant whether she was deaf or not. Its a massive bear. Why not cast a deaf actor? I’m rambling. Then we had characters who would turn up then never be seen again when they seemed quite important to the progression of the story. Why was everyone such a poor shot? And the end just seemed like they’d run out of ideas. Sorry to say that this didn’t do a lot for me.
Killers (2014)
A psychopathic Japanese executive accidentally triggers a journalist’s ‘dark side’. They begin to connect over the Internet and make a complicated bond.
Directed by Timo Tjahjanto & Kimo Stamboel (or The Mo Brothers – whose work you may have seen in The ABCs of Death or V/H/S 2) and starring Kazuki Kitamura (Kill Bill, The Raid 2) & Oka Antara (The Raid 2), Killers is right up my street. I’ve been dying to see this, and as soon as the blu ray arrived I told my little girl to just leave me alone and go watch Frozen again for 2 and a bit hours so I could get this watched. Let’s just say I was very happy as it turned out even better than I’d hoped.
Here we have a serial killer who loves what he does and then films it to share with the world, and we have another guy who is very much an accidental killer who finds he enjoys it more than he should. Naturally their worlds collide and we wait for their inevitable meeting.
If you love movies like I Saw The Devil, Oldboy, The Raid (which to be honest everyone should, they are incredible movies!) then you’ll have no complaints with Killers. If I was to be critical it’s not quite as good as those films I mention, but it’s so close. A definite 8/10 easy, pushing a 9. Needless to say it’s bloody and not for the squeamish, but what else would you expect with a name like Killers? Something starring Katherine Heigl & Ashton Kutcher? Come on now, that’ll never happen…….right?
Gareth Evans, who found fame with his Raid films produces this, and maybe it’s thanks to him (his name is all over the posters & artwork) this is even out in the UK. I hope they all continue to work together and I look forward to what they all concoct next.
Time Lapse (2014)
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24hrs into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
Sci-Fi, time travel, whatever this movie would be classed as normally isn’t my kind of watch. There’s no horror as such, no real nudity or gore, but there was enough tension just about to keep me entertained until the end. Which, credit where its due, was a clever ending. Any one watching this will probably try to think what they would do with this device, and I’m sure we would all recognise the traits that the characters on show here do. Greed, love, lust, hope……..if you found a device that predicted the future how would you react? I think the three leads here were believable and at least two of them were likeable, although I didn’t really buy the threat that entered their lives a little later on. The most unconvincing gangster I’ve seen would be putting it mildly.
Apparently this comes out in the US next month, but I saw this on UK TV last year and I look forward to seeing what people think of it now more will actually see it. Personally I thought it was a decent film, nothing spectacular but some clever touches in there. I wasn’t aware of any of the cast beforehand, but at least Danielle Panabaker was good to look at so that’s always a plus.
Under The Skin (2013)
A mysterious woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. Events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
All I’d ever really heard about this was that it was fantastic, Scarlett Johansson gets naked and skins humans. I figured it sounded like it was worth a watch, but I have to be honest it didn’t quite resonate with me like it seems to have with others. I’ve never really seen Johansson in anything that I came away thinking how amazing she was, plus I don’t really find her attractive to look at (sorry Scarlett if you’re reading this) and again here I just felt nothing towards her. I wasn’t engrossed in her journey, and it just felt so repetitive and ultimately un-rewarding. Plus it’s all filmed in Scotland so it was tricky to know what the hell people were saying, since a lot of it was supposedly filmed with hidden cameras in order to get real reactions. I’d rather just watch Impractical Jokers.
Director Jonathan Glazer likes to take his time choosing his projects it seems, but back in 2000 he gave the world one of my all time favourites Sexy Beast. Sadly for me Under The Skin doesn’t even come close to being as good. It’s slow, nothing really seems to happen, and nothing is explained or fleshed out. To some people that’s probably my fault for not reading enough into it. I would say its a little shallow and pretentious. I’ve had more fun reading other people’s reviews and theories than I did watching the film. Maybe a little above my head this one. The scene on the beach was heartbreaking though I have to admit.
Hottest girls from this months movies:
Bubbawheat
/ April 19, 2015Hell yes I’d like to know where you’ve been! Glad to see you back! Funny that you chose one if the most plain looking pictures of ScarJo. Loved Afflicted, great film. I think most of the trailers give away the premise, but really well done.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 19, 2015Haha, hey Bubba! I figured you might. I lost everything man, emails, site passwords, twitter etc all got taken. It sucks, and it meant I lost everything and all contact to people. I was gutted, annoyed, ashamed as it meant apologising to you kind folks helping me on the new venture. Then my banking got hacked and I lost money, just a really shitty time. So I took time off everything internet-y and until now I’m back on this old blog. With zero email contacts and zero followers, hence trying to find people again and re-connect. Slowly but surely I’ll get there again.
Glad to see you still doing your thing, hopefully Ill get more time now to check your stuff regularly.
I picked that photo of her on purpose, although I dont think shes attractive in any form 🙂
Glad you have seen and loved Afflicted. It was the trailer that got my attention but as a rule I hate trailers, hence why I didnt include them. Spoil so much. Best not knowing what the threat is, genre etc. Just going in blind is the best and most rewarding way.
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Bubbawheat
/ April 20, 2015That sucks, hope you get things back on track!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Me too, gonna be a long road with my 5 followers now but onwards and upwards 🙂
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Kim @ Tranquil Dreams
/ April 20, 2015Hey Tyson! Nice to see you back. I was reading the comment up there. That really sucks! Always look forward to what you have to say about movies.
As for the movies, Under the Skin and Backcountry are two I’ve been wanting to see. The former is on Netflix, I just haven’t been in the mood for it yet.
While Time Lapse, i saw last year when it premiered at the Fantasia Festival here in Montreal I was possibly the best movie among all the movies I saw in that festival. It was pretty intense and I loved it (probably more than you did). Haha! But then, as I always say, my standards for movies are relatively lower than all you horror connoisseurs.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Hey Kim! Thank you, been a crappy time but glad to be back.
Hope you like Under The Skin more than I did. It’s a weird one, lots of love for it out there. I did like Time Lapse, just wasn’t blown away with it. I think the annoying friend and the terrible enforcer took me out of the moment, but as I mentioned above the ending was well done. I need to get to a festival, so jealous! 🙂
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Kim @ Tranquil Dreams
/ April 21, 2015I loved going to the Fantasia Festival, even TIFF, the one year that I went but its really tiring. It was like an extra long day after work and then heading home at like midnight…but maybe its just crazy hours that the movies I wanted to see was. But it was worth it 🙂 Talking about the festival, I really want to see what you will say about Unfriended (was called Cybernatural when I saw it at the Festival).
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015I want to try and hit the horror ones we get here in the UK but it’s always weekends and I struggle to get time off work. One day though.
Unfriended – is that the one that’s just hit cinemas in the U.S.? Be a while till we get it probably. Did you like it?
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Kim @ Tranquil Dreams
/ April 21, 2015I did like it quite a bit. Not quite as much as Time Lapse but the concept and the premise was well done. There was a few little details that annoyed at first but its pretty well done for a found footage sort of horror but through webcam 🙂
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015I wasn’t sure how much a film would work all being through webcam, but Ive just seen an episode of Modern Family all done through Facetime that worked well, so maybe a film will too! Its actually out here May 1st so I might try see it. Otherwise it’ll be on blu ray not long after no doubt.
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Kim @ Tranquil Dreams
/ April 21, 2015Just take my word for it – don’t watch the trailer 😉
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Your word is all I need!! And if it’s terrible I’ll forward you my address so you can refund me 😉
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Kim @ Tranquil Dreams
/ April 21, 2015Haha! Well, I can’t guarantee you liking it but not watching the trailer will at least let you enjoy it just a little bit more 😉
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Tom’s commented a little further down that this film was lame. Weird you both mentioning it but good that opinions differ. I’ll be the judge 😉
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Kim @ Tranquil Dreams
/ April 21, 2015Either way, I look forward to what you have to say about it. You might not like it..I mean, I feel like I have pretty low standards for horror in general. haha! It comes from not having seen enough of it. I just hope you don’t hate it because then I’d feel bad….
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015It’s funny, looking at this on imdb made me realise a few months ago a friend of mine who hates horror saw a trailer for this film on twitter and asked if we’d go see it. So if he’s still up for it I might see it very soon. The name didn’t click until now!
Even if I hate it you shouldn’t feel bad, there’s probably loads of films Ive recommended to folks that they hated. All part of the fun!
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table9mutant
/ April 20, 2015Hmm. I like the sound of Time Lapse. Sorry you didn’t like Under The Skin so much – I loved that one. Good to have you back, Tyson! 🙂
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015As Kim mentioned she loved Time Lapse, and I did like it just maybe not quite my thing, might be right up your street! Ive seen a lot of love for Under The Skin (and some hate I guess) I was just in the middle, didn’t really do anything for me, not something I’d want to watch again. Have you reviewed it? I’d be interested to see what you loved.
And thank you 🙂
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table9mutant
/ April 21, 2015Yes I reviewed it. I dunno… I’m always kind of a sucker for the artsy fartsy crap. Lol 😉 I really enjoyed it. I just like things that are a little bit “different” sometimes. 🙂
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Haha, fair enough. You arent the only one, lots of people love it. Different it certainly is, but I just found it a little shallow…..anyway I’ll swing by and read your thoughts. 🙂
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Cindy Bruchman
/ April 20, 2015Sorry to hear about your troubles! Welcome back. I have a soft spot for survival films. Back Country looks pretty good.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Thanks Cindy, great to see you. 🙂
Backcountry was really surprisingly good. Hope you get chance to check it out. I love a good survival film and watched quite a few recently. This was by far the best of them.
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Mr Rumsey
/ April 20, 2015Hey Tyson,
Caught wind of what happened from your reply to Bubba up above. Really sorry to hear about that my friend. I hope things are getting back on track for you now!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Hey Rumsey, yeah it sucks but its nice to be back. Was a shitty thing to go through but at least this old site remained. Just need to get it back going again! Nice to see you and your blog still going strong 🙂
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Mr Rumsey
/ April 20, 2015Thanks, it’s a very good thing to see you back in the blogging world again!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Too kind. Did you ever interview Briana Evigan? I remember being insanely jealous about that.
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Mr Rumsey
/ April 21, 2015Haha that interview fell through actually due to some bad luck and timing, so no need to be too jealous!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Damn, unlucky. I just wanted you to ask her if those leaked photos were really her last year. I hope not, shes too classy for leaked smutty photos 🙂
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Mr Rumsey
/ April 21, 2015Haha well if it ever gets going again (which is possible but unlikely) I’ll be sure to ask her for you!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Good man! 🙂
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mikeyb @ screenkicker
/ April 20, 2015Hey asshole, where the fuck have you been?! 🙂
It’s great that you’re back though, and i love this post. I’m definitely going to check out Killers now as i’m a big fan of Gareth Evans and if he’s involved in anyway i think i’ll enjoy it.
Great to see you back mate.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Hey buddy, I knew you’d miss me! Been too long…….
Killers is fucking brilliant, dark and just everything I want in a movie. Some twisted minds out there and some weird parts in the film but hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. Look forward to catching up with what you’ve been up to, slowly making my way round re-following everyone.
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mikeyb @ screenkicker
/ April 20, 2015Well it great that you’re back
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Hopefully for good, not going to get distracted with lofty ambitions and bigger more expensive sites, gonna stick it out here and its like starting from scratch anyway. 🙂
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vinnieh
/ April 20, 2015Excellent post Tyson, so glad you’re back. Appreciate the photos of the hot babes, always a winner in my book.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Cheers Vin, yeah thought I’d mix it up and add some photos. Next time I should add some men really for sexual equality and all that 🙂
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vinnieh
/ April 20, 2015I’ve been doing that on photo posts, it appeals to both sets of readers and makes it more fair.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Next time. I just need a Jared Leto movie to review so I can use his photo 🙂
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vinnieh
/ April 20, 2015Oh yeah, I remembered he was your man crush. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on my blog. Gotta sign off now, but talk to you soon mate.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Lol yeah I should really try and hide that a little better. When I get home from work I’ll be sure to swing by, catch you soon buddy.
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vinnieh
/ April 20, 2015Thanks Tyson, just need to catch up on my sleep a bit. Today has been a good day though, my blog turned 3 years old.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015That’s great, congrats! I’ll be sure to check that out and heap more praise on you! Well done dude 🙂
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vinnieh
/ April 21, 2015Cool, look forward to hearing from you Tyson.
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vinnieh
/ April 20, 2015Was just reading one of the comments above and I wanted to say sorry to hear about your troubles man. Hopefully many good things lie in store for you in the future.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Yeah I was going to do a whole post about it but then felt I’d be playing the sympathy card and wanted to get straight back with some reviews. Then I replied in a comment anyway so at least people know why I vanished for 6 months! Wasn’t much fun but at least I’m back to semi-normality now. Hopefully 🙂
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vinnieh
/ April 20, 2015It’s good to have you back buddy.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Thanks again buddy
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GaryGreg828
/ April 20, 2015When you disappear like that, without a trace, and make no contact for so long, etc. then losing your followers and passwords, etc. is great news! 🙂
It could have been something much worse (maybe i watch too many horror and drama films), so am glad you’re alive and well, and your family and Ava are, as well. Which reminds me, we need to see an updated pic of Ava when you get a chance. 🙂
*Don’t worry about the subscriptions & followers; you will get them back. Just glad to know everything else is good. (by the way this is Gary Lee, in case you weren’t sure; had to change my online handle.)
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015I know, I had nothing, no contacts or anything. Shows in this cyber age how terrible my memory is and how I rely on it. If I lost my phone I wouldnt be able to call anyone either, I literally remember nothing important!
I’ll try squeeze a photo of her in the next post, but she is perfect, just amazing, thank you!
Yeah I figured you’d changed names, like I have, did you ever get your blog up and running? Your name takes me to a blank page?
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GaryGreg828
/ April 20, 2015You need to have a piece of paper tucked away in a safe place with passwords, email addresses and phone numbers, etc. *Also, learn to create passwords in the form of a sentence that are unique and easy for you to remember; like “I like to watch movies all night”. It could be EYEl2wM35. 3 for letters in all and 5 for letters in night. Etc.
I didn’t create another blog. I decided to develop a YouTube channel instead. Still working on that.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015I now have different passwords for everything, with reminders hidden away everywhere. 🙂
YouTube channel eh? Discussing movies etc on it? When you thinking of unleashing that on the world? Good luck!
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GaryGreg828
/ April 21, 2015I will be discussing a lot of topics on multiple channels; hopefully start making videos late May/early June.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Sounds good, can’t wait to see what you do.
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GaryGreg828
/ April 20, 2015I’ve got to see Backcountry – Ryan over at Rhino’s Horror also recommended it. And now I want to see Killers, as well. Sounds intriguing.
I agree w/ you about Scarlett Johannson. I mean, I think she looks attractive at times, but honestly I think Piper & Missy (from your pics) blow her away! I like Jessica Alba and Olga Kurylenko.
I also agree with you about Under The Skin. I didn’t think it was great, either, but I appreciated that it dared to be unique. Oddly enough, Mark Hobin, who runs Fast Reviews Blog, and is very opinionated and detailed in his assessment of films, ranked Under The Skin #1 in his top 10 films of 2014. I couldn’t believe it. And actually, I don’t think he could, either. He said the film just got “under his skin” and he could not get it out of his head; he was just captivated by it.
I was, too; when I woke up from the nap in the second act! lol.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Did he? I’ll have to check out his thoughts on it. Killers is brilliant if you like those kind of films, different but definitely memorable.
Just never found her attractive, in the same way she might not think I am. To each their own. Might have to review a Jessica Alba film next time so I can use a photo of her 🙂
Unique is definitely the right word for Under The Skin. I’ll have to check out Mark’s thoughts. I know Mark Walker loved it as Ive spoke with him about it. Top 10 is high praise, but then again No One Lives would probably have been in mine and you weren’t too keen if I remember rightly!
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GaryGreg828
/ April 20, 2015I liked “No One Lives” okay. I just thought it was a bit over-the-top which is to be expected from a WWE film. I didn’t think it was bad, though. I thought Luke Evans was good.
My top film of 2014 was “Starry Eyes”. That’s probably my top film since “The Hidden Face”.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Starry Eyes? Wow….. We’re gonna have to chat about that one. Very good film, loads to process and take in. Weird film that’s for sure!
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V
/ April 20, 2015YAY! WELCOME BACK! And great post to return with. So sorry to hear about all the internet-y troubles you’ve been having. Aside from that, I hope life is treating you well and the family are all good. Great to see you. 😀
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 20, 2015Hey V!! Great to hear from you, hope you’re well. I’ll be sure to stop by and catch up, got lots of reading to do! Everyone at home is great thankyou, I’m just glad to be writing again and catching up with everyone. 🙂
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theipc
/ April 20, 2015Dear TyTy,
I saw this post last night, so I’m still following proper, but last night we were preparing for tornadoes so things weren’t wicked for getting on the laptop. Then, today I was busy as fuck at work.
Great post, Chief! Out of all of these I’ve seen Under the Skin and I think it’s a good movie but I didn’t get most of it. Backcountry is out here but I have been hesitant about it. Preservation really rubbed me the wrong way.
I hope the wife is still kissing that picture of me on her dresser before bed and I hope you’re still rolling in the Pounds Sterling I helped bring to your blog a while back. The U.S. Postal Service has developed a way to make it easier and cheaper for poor people like me to send things overseas, so, now that you’re back and in my thoughts, I’ll go looking for something to send your way, you bastard!
Love,
eric
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GaryGreg828
/ April 21, 2015Isaacs, you watched “Preservation”? Why didn’t you caution me about it BEFORE i watched it?? You’re slacking on the job! lol. I think Preservation has OFFICIALLY the dumbest horror character I’ve ever seen!!! The husband takes the cake!
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theipc
/ April 21, 2015Hello… That was the beginning to SHITFEST 2015!!!!!!
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GaryGreg828
/ April 21, 2015What’s disappointing is “Preservation” had the potential to be really good; it had a good setting and creepy villains – until they reveal too soon who the villains are. Then mix in the stupid characters and it turns the movie into a comedy. Such a waste! I wouldn’t put “Preservation” on my shitfest list; that would go to “The Secret Village”. LOL. Which would make a fun shitfest social. It’s about time for another one soon I think. 🙂
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theipc
/ April 21, 2015We did The Secret Village HAHAHA!!! I think it was the first Shitfest Social! It was AWFUL!
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GaryGreg828
/ April 22, 2015ARE YOU SERIOUS??? LOL. How did I miss that before?? I came across it on netflix a couple months ago and thought it may be good, but 5 minutes in was disappointed and started skipping around scenes just to laugh at them. I liked the visions of that scary-looking ghost she kept having! lol.
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theipc
/ April 22, 2015It was absolutely awful……… but the experience was fun : )
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GaryGreg828
/ April 28, 2015Oh, I missed it! I didn’t look at shitfest very closely last time around. I did see the “Boyhood” submission that really gave me pause after I was already hesitant to watch. I was going to watch that and “Birman” before compiling my top 10 list of 2014. I managed to get through “Birdman” somehow but just don’t think I can do “Boyhood” and will have to compile my list w/out it. I need to post that list.
By the way, Isaacs and Tyson, do you guys have a top list for 2014? I know it’s late now, but who cares, Better late than never. I already made mine. I just need to post it. I want to see yours, as well, to compare. 🙂
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theipc
/ April 28, 2015I don’t know if I could scare up a top ten but my favorite movies of the year were Coherence, Housebound, Bad Turn Worse and Dead Snow 2….
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GaryGreg828
/ April 28, 2015“Starry Eyes” didn’t make your top fave list?
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theipc
/ April 28, 2015Yeah – that would be up there too!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 29, 2015I’m in the process of moving house and without internet for 2 weeks. My replied may be slow but Starry Eyes wouldn’t be in my general top 10, it might make horror top 10 but I missed out on loads. Wolf creek 2 was #1 🙂
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015I’m glad the refollow worked so I didn’t need to hassle you about checking out the post!
Tornadoes? You always get the most exciting weather!
What is this Preservation? Backcountry is a good watch, but might not be enough nudity for you. You have to see Afflicted though, id love to see your thoughts.
She needs a new photo of you actually, work the last one out. I could do with you bringing me some more money, I’m moving house in next few days so I need it!
All I need you to send me is your love and 40,000 clicks per day, that’s better than any gift. Unless you find more anchorman bobble heads! Thank god Anchorman 2 came out so I could finally buy a talking Ron!!
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Tom
/ April 21, 2015Eric Isaacs, a.k.a. a much prettier Dorothy. I keep forgetting you live in the midwest you muckstick.
😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😛 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉
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theipc
/ April 21, 2015LOL – it’s true! #tornadoseason
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Tom
/ April 21, 2015I’ll echo everyone else’s thoughts and say it’s wonderful having you back with us man.
It’s also funny, I got back a little while ago from seeing a new (and in my estimation rather lame) found-footage horror called ‘Unfriended.’ It’s all about the tricky business of having an online presence in this day and age. It had some interesting sequences but it’s ultimate denouement had me a little pissed to say the least. 😉
What you went through sounds just as scary honestly. That really sucks that had happened but glad to hear you’re slowly but surely bouncing back. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for new posts!
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Thanks Tom 🙂
It’s funny, Kim just recommended this film a little higher up!
It was a crappy experience tech wise but it’s nice to be back. Hopefully the break recharged me. I certainly got time to watch a lot of films so I have plenty to write about.
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GaryGreg828
/ April 21, 2015Tyson, you get a new Twitter yet? If not hurry up and get on it. 🙂
“Preservation” is a low budget indie horror on netflix; the husband may possibly be THE dumbest horror character I’ve ever seen and that’s saying a LOT! The premise is actually good and the antagonist is strong, but gets ruined halfway through. It could have been much better. You just need to check it out for yourself and see what you think; at the very least it will be humorous for you.
I watched “Afflicted” a while ago and I thought it was good, but I wasn’t blown away since I felt like I had recently seen a couple other films with similar premises. I felt it was a lot like “Contracted”. I can’t remember if you saw that, but that’s one I disagree w/ Ryan & Isaacs, as they both hated it, mostly b/c of one scene. But me, I loved “Contracted”. I saw it BEFORE “Afflicted” so that’s probably why I liked it better.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 21, 2015Nah, not sure I’m gonna bother with Twitter/Facebook again. Had about 4000 followers and cant be bothered restarting that. Hard enough getting people to re-check my blog out here 🙂
I’ll look out for Preservation, never even heard of it but I see it has the guy from Orange is the new black in. I love that show.
I’ll be sure to hunt down Contracted too, dont think Ive heard of it and will see how that plays out. If its anything like Afflicted that can only be a good thing,
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GaryGreg828
/ April 22, 2015But if you have a twitter, you can link the new blog site to it and we can retweet your reviews so that your old followers will know you’re back; plus, since I don’t have a blog of my own, I don’t usually go to blogs anymore – I just click on the reviews when they’re posted on twitter. Twitter will help build your blog and will put you back in touch with most of your subscriber base.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 22, 2015Alright I’ll set one up 🙂
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theipc
/ April 24, 2015I just watched Backcountry and I really liked it. Kind of petered out towards the end but it was much better than I thought it would be : ) Good call, Chief.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 25, 2015Hey that’s cool, glad you liked it! Very fortuitous end in a way in terms of ‘location’ but one of the best bear films I’ve seen 🙂
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theipc
/ April 25, 2015It’s probably the best bear film I’ve ever seen but I’ve only seen two that I can think of.
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GaryGreg828
/ April 28, 2015I just watched it last night, and I liked it, as well. That bear was freakin’ huge!!
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theipc
/ April 28, 2015It was one of the better films I’ve watched lately : )
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atothewr
/ April 26, 2015Welcome back! Sorry to hear about your troubles with the hacking stuff. That really sucks. Hope you got it worked out. Looking forward to seeing you around again on here. Need me to help with anything, give me a nod.
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Tysoncarter182
/ April 26, 2015Thanks Anthony, appreciate it. Hope things are all good with you.
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atothewr
/ April 26, 2015They are – still blogging along.
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Todd Benefiel
/ April 30, 2015Welcome back, Tyson! We already spoke via e-mail…I’m glad you found me again, and I’m proud to be one of the five followers! But it pisses me off that you go away for six freaking months, and your first day back, you have 80+ comments on your site…more than what I have on my ENTIRE site! And of the movies reviewed above, I’d say I’m most interested in ‘Afflicted’. And I love the poster for ‘Inglorious Basterds’…oh wait, it’s ‘Red Machine’. Never mind.
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Tysoncarter182
/ May 12, 2015Lol: thanks Todd. Although I picked a shitty time to come back as I’ve moved house so without Internet 🙂
I’ll catch up with you soon. And yeah that poster is a huge copyright issue I’m sure. Sure there was an Anthony Hopkins horror movie with one similar…….some possession thing……
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The Vern
/ May 19, 2015Killers looks really awesome especially since you compared it to Oldboy and I saw The Devil. I can totally understand why you didn’t like Under The Skin, and I would have felt the same way if I didn’t see it in theaters. That opening shot was among the best openings I have ever seen. BTW I nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award https://videovortex.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/the-vern-honors-some-great-online-critics/
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Tysoncarter182
/ August 14, 2015Wow……I’m ashamed to reply so late to this. But thankyou Vern 🙂
I hope you got to see Killers, and if you did I hope you liked it.
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Jay
/ June 8, 2015I think I had a weird squashed version of Under The Skin so it made Scarlett even less attractive, but also kind of funny.
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Tysoncarter182
/ August 14, 2015Sorry for the super late reply. 😦
I can’t imagine her looking even less attractive. I’m annoyed I forked out for the blu ray of this. What a waste.
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alexraphael
/ August 20, 2015That last girl is gorgeous. I’ve seen her in quite a few TV shows. Shark and Arrow among them. Great to see you back on here 🙂
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Tysoncarter182
/ August 25, 2015She sure is 🙂
And thank you. Back to trying to build up a following again now though, it would help if I posted more I suppose!
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alexraphael
/ August 20, 2015Oh and sorry to hear about the hacking stuff.
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