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JA Randazzo
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
John Carpenter's most accomplished film
With such classics as "Halloween", "Assault on Precinct 13", "They Live" and so many more under his belt, Carpenter created his best film to date in 1995. "In the Mouth of Madness" is the rarest of horror films, the scary type. Carpenter weaves a great tale of a horror writer whose work causes readers to go insane. Everything he writes happens and it all begins in Hobb's End, New Hampshire. Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow) is a Stephen King-like novelist whose next work is about the end to everything. Sam Neill is an insurance investigator searching for Cane, as instructed by Cane's publisher Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston), who sends the beautiful Julie Carmen to assist Neill.
Well-acted and great direction by Carpenter make this ultimate horror film is you actually want to be frightened.
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (1971)
See For Nostalgic Vincent Price bits alone
At a stop at Kim's Video in Manhattan recently, I was looking through their cult movies section as always and stumbled upon this gem. I picked it up seeing the name Vincent Price and the title wrongly written "The Hilarious House of Frankenstein". I figured it'd be good watching, a nice way to kill 2 hours. It was a nice way to kill about 30 minutes as I found myself fast forwarding the ridiculous b.s. that the tape contained only watching the bits with Vincent Price. For all who want to see this, I suggest you do the same.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
bravado filmmaking (as expected) by David Lynch
In 1990, there was no question on television hotter than "Who killed Laura Palmer?" The master, David Lynch, finally answers the question with this 1992 feature film.
From the opening shot of a television screen with a beautiful jazz score behind it to the final shot of Sheryl Lee's beautiful face, Lynch's film is filled with suspense and cool f'n imagery. This is the way films are supposed to made, and no one does it better.
On the Air (1992)
WORTH SEEING IF ONLY FOR MIGUEL FERRER!!!
Although it sometimes borderlined absolute stupidity, this David Lynch/Mark Frost TV series is definitely worth seeing. It ran in 1992 for only 7 episodes (the first of which was the best), until it was cancelled because it tanked (despite the fact that it was pretty damn good).
I can go on and on about this series, but I'll leave at this....
Whether or not you like the series is irrelevant, this show is worth seeing for Miguel Ferrer's hysterical performance as Buddy Budwaller, an ignorant TV executive (where'd they get that idea?)
For those of you who want to find a video tape or dvd, I don't think its available in the U.S. although Worldvision does have the rights and its on vhs in Japan, in English with Japanese subtitles. If you can get your hands on it, pick it up, its a good way to kill two and a half hours.
La casa nel tempo (1989)
STAY AWAY
Until I saw this film, I thought nothing could destroy the legacy of Lucio Fulci as a master of horror.
Boring....... lame............
Hardcore Fulci fans stay away......
Fulci completists only