Rate the last movie you've seen

[shootemindehead]

I wasn't quite sure about it when I first saw it as a teen, but Day might be my all time favorite zombie movie too. It seems to get better with every viewing. Even the soundtrack works for me. Absolutely nothing has ever touched it AFAIC. And I don't think it'll ever be bettered by anyone else. It's both gory and also grim and creepy too. There's not many films out there that achieve that. It's usually one or the other. But I think Romero crafted a film that's just so relentless in its despair. From the terrifying opening, through everything that happens within the mine, it's a horrifying vision that doesn't let up and its lack of silly humour is quite admirable. There are several scenes that are just chilling. The opening "Hello..." scene, the moan of the zombie when John says "14 mile tombstone" and the elevator descending with all of the dead on it after Miguel decides to end it all. There's no stupid pie fights here. I've never understood the cold reception it got. It's Romero's masterpiece and now it always will be.

[MinionZombie]

I've always loved Day of the Dead. I remember the first time I saw it I was blown away. I'd never seen anything so gory (or sweary), but as the years went on I found more things to love about it as the true vibe of the film became clearer to me and affected me more deeply. It's all the more impressive considering that Romero had to make significant changes to his original script in order to make it affordable on the new budget requirements. While there's plenty in the original script I would have liked to have seen (although some of it turns up in Land in one form or another), I think Day - as per the original script - wouldn't have been as good as the Day we actually got, if that makes sense? Dawn will always hold a very special place in my heart, but objectively speaking, Day is the better made film that has also aged far better. Dawn has become a time capsule film, whereas Day feels like it continues to be up-to-date relevant. Gotta love that soundtrack, too. It simultaneously stands out as unique, but fits so well with the film itself.

[shootemindehead]

I think his original script would have been a much, much, poorer film. Strangely enough, it was the original script that first brought me to this site, around 97 or 98. Feck me if that time hasn't flown by.

[MinionZombie]

I think his original script would have been a much, much, poorer film. Strangely enough, it was the original script that first brought me to this site, around 97 or 98. Feck me if that time hasn't flown by. haha, yeah. I remember it was through HPOTD that I read the original Day script, too, that classic music repeating in the background.

[beat_truck]

I would really like to have seen Romero put the original script to film, but then we wouldn't have gotten the version we have. I don't remember where I found the original script. It might have been here. It was the late 90s for me, too. We didn't even have internet yet. I was on the computer at my dad's office. I have it saved on my external HDDs, not that there aren't copies floating around on various sites.

[Neil]

I don't remember where I found the original script. It might have been here. Took me ages to type it all in! - https://www.homepageofthedead.com/films/day/script.html

[Moon Knight]

Day of the Dead isn’t my favorite Romero film but it’s quite easily his best.

[MinionZombie]

Savage Streets Second time viewing of this, been many years since I saw it on the Horror Channel. Watched it on Prime last night and I'd forgotten just how sleazy it is, haha. It's no wonder that Danny Steinman (who also directed Friday 13th #5) was also a porn movie director! Standard 80s rape/revenge fare with a fascination for lawlessness and a youth made up of thugs and miscreants, as was the time. One thing - the copy on Prime (seemingly an old release by Code Red) has a woeful soundtrack on it, the quality of which is atrocious ... much of the music and effects tracks sound like they've been strained through a low-fi swirling tin can. It's particularly bad during an extensive scene in the MX club where the music is so aenemic you can actually hear the extras' feet hobbling about on the dance floor on the dialogue track. The Dead Pit Another one on Prime, otherwise known as "Re-Animator Hospital". I'd not seen this before, and it's pretty much a mess of mental asylum tropes, pop-psychology, and re-animated dead folks besieging said asylum. It's far too long to sustain itself and the only reason to watch the first half is, frankly, Cheryl Lawson who keeps walking around the asylum in a rather skimpy outfit, and the only reason to watch the second half is some zombie action (and a pretty obvious model shot climax). I didn't know what to expect really, but I kinda expected a bit more than what I got. Day of the Dead isn’t my favorite Romero film but it’s quite easily his best. That's quite a good way of putting it. Although, I have to say that already beginning at a position of loving Day when I first saw it, my love for it has only grown over the years as my appreciation of the film has expanded with each viewing. It works so well that movie, it feels like one of those films which have the vibe of a symphony that's all in-synch and playing along beautifully. When, say, I feel that the combination of the dialogue, the sound effects, and the score all come across like a symphony playing in harmony, that is, for me at least, the sign of a movie that is just green lights all the way ... to make a rather mangled mixed metaphor. I'm mightily looking forward to Second Sight's super duper Dawn release that comes out in less than two weeks, but it'd be awesome if they were able to do something similar for Day (loads of new extras, different versions of the film - IIRC there are some audio differences between certain cuts of the film - include the full soundtrack, and public the original script as a book to go along with it (much like the novelisation of Dawn is included in that upcoming release).

[shootemindehead]

^ Well, there certainly needs to be a better blu of Day put out. Of the three that are out there, one has a greenish hue (Anchor Bay) to it and the other looks red (Shout). The Arrow from 2010 is really dull/lifeless and also has problems with the soundtrack. The colour timing needs to be engineered by someone who isn't biased either way. Hopefully we can get a truly definitive version soon.

[beat_truck]

Slumber Party Massacre (1982) 4/10 Pretty much crap. Not even a "so bad it's good" type of movie. Not very suspenseful. Not acted that well. Dumb dialogue. High school kids that looked thirty something. I should have just watched Halloween for the 100th time instead. - - - Updated - - - The Dead Pit Another one on Prime, otherwise known as "Re-Animator Hospital". I'd not seen this before, and it's pretty much a mess of mental asylum tropes, pop-psychology, and re-animated dead folks besieging said asylum. It's far too long to sustain itself and the only reason to watch the first half is, frankly, Cheryl Lawson who keeps walking around the asylum in a rather skimpy outfit, and the only reason to watch the second half is some zombie action (and a pretty obvious model shot climax). I didn't know what to expect really, but I kinda expected a bit more than what I got. That's about how I remember it. It was pretty bad. I had it on VHS at one point, and I think I have it on my HDD. I should just delete it because it's wasting space and I doubt I will ever watch it again.

[MinionZombie]

Slumber Party Massacre (1982) 4/10 Pretty much crap. Not even a "so bad it's good" type of movie. Not very suspenseful. Not acted that well. Dumb dialogue. High school kids that looked thirty something. I should have just watched Halloween for the 100th time instead. Although, SPM is a comedy horror, really, when all is said and done. It's all done tongue-in-cheek. It's part cash-in, part parody, part standard slasher.

[beat_truck]

Although, SPM is a comedy horror, really, when all is said and done. It's all done tongue-in-cheek. It's part cash-in, part parody, part standard slasher. Really? I didn't think it was meant to be funny at all. It looked like it was meant to be serious, but just extremely poorly done. Cash in was pretty much a given, and I assumed that before I put it on. I've watched a lot of crappy movies that were at least entertaining, but this one just didn't do it for me.

[Mike70]

Greyhound (2020). 90 mins. 7.5/10. Tom Hanks is his usual solid, dependable self in this tight, tense story of 4 escort warships (1 American, 2 British, 1 Canadian) holding off an all out assault by a wolfpack in the area of the Atlantic where air cover is not available. I really, really like this movie. It's sleek. It' doesn't bullshit around. It has lots of action and a serious tone. BUT 3 gripes - 1. Elizabeth Shue is wasted in this. It's little more than a cameo. WAY more could have been done with her. 2. This movie goes from one tense action sequence to another without much of a story filling in the spaces between. 3. THE GERMANS - Extending this movie by 20 mins and using them to introduce us to Greywolf's captain and crew, get to know them, and contrast their story with Greyhound's, would've made this movie incredible. Greywolf as a faceless enemy and a mocking voice on the radio doesn't work for me. This is a story about a Greyhound and a Grey wolf. Only the hound's story is told. I'd rate this probably at a 9 if the wolf's story had been covered even a little bit.

[EvilNed]

Greyhound (2020). 90 mins. 7.5/10. Tom Hanks is his usual solid, dependable self in this tight, tense story of 4 escort warships (1 American, 2 British, 1 Canadian) holding off an all out assault by a wolfpack in the area of the Atlantic where air cover is not available. I really, really like this movie. It's sleek. It' doesn't bullshit around. It has lots of action and a serious tone. BUT 3 gripes - 1. Elizabeth Shue is wasted in this. It's little more than a cameo. WAY more could have been done with her. 2. This movie goes from one tense action sequence to another without much of a story filling in the spaces between. 3. THE GERMANS - Extending this movie by 20 mins and using them to introduce us to Greywolf's captain and crew, get to know them, and contrast their story with Greyhound's, would've made this movie incredible. Greywolf as a faceless enemy and a mocking voice on the radio doesn't work for me. This is a story about a Greyhound and a Grey wolf. Only the hound's story is told. I'd rate this probably at a 9 if the wolf's story had been covered even a little bit. I want to see it and I think it'll be a film in my taste. But I saw the "german mocking"-thing over the radio and thought - why the hell would they do that? What good could it possibly do the germans and I doubt the german seamen would feel the need to mock their foe like that. Unless it's to get the americans to abandon their ships? I haven't seen the film, but maybe that would make sense...

[shootemindehead]

'Greyhound' is on my list too. But, you'll probably never beat 'Das Boot' for seeing the German side and 'The Cruel Sea' for the Allied side in the Battle of the Atlantic. Both productions deliberately leave out showing the enemy to any real degree. Which, to me, is a good thing as either side rarely saw each other at sea. At least not for any real length of time. Most U-Boats went down with their entire crew and they stopped surface attacks because of the Q Ships. The "mocking" thing in 'Greyhound', frankly, sounds dumb though. The only time a U-Boat would make its presence known is when it fired it torpedoes, especially during the period in question.