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The Unexplained: Hauntings [DVD] [2005]

The History Channel talks to a variety of experts specializing in the paranormal in this search for the truth about so-called haunted houses. From New Video, Unexplained: Hauntings offers viewers glimpses of psychics trying to contact the other side as well as alleged photographic evidence for the existence of ghosts.

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THE HISTORY CHANNEL, Hauntings,

on September 25, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

from New York ' Ny

"Unexplained - Hauntings" was originally aired on the History channel and runs only about 46 minutes. It takes a unique approach to the paranormal occurrences portrayed in that it presents expert arguments for and against these occurrences. There are three case studies covered here - the first is about the Brown family whose house is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a suicide, an elderly man who hasn't found peace in death. The real-life occupants of the house are featured as is the case in all three stories, and these people truly believe the restless spirit of a previous occupant inhabits the house. At the end of the story, various field experts provide their arguments either in support of or against the haunting.

The second story is a haunting in New Brunswick. A family experiences disturbing paranormal events and most horrific of all ,the hauntings continue to follow them as they move homes multiple times. Here too, experts weigh in at the end with their theories as to whether they believe in the hauntings or not.

The last story is about a family residing in a log cabin in Colorado - they believe their home is a 'portal' to another world where spirits travel through frequently. Here too various field experts - a parapsychologist, a historian, a psychologist etc provide their opinions as to whether they believe the hauntings are authentic or not.

Though this show is interesting, it wasn't as riveting as some other shows especially the "A Haunting" series, and also, the price of the DVD here seems too costly. Other than that, I feel this would engage those who are interested in the paranormal.

What's great about it: If you enjoy documentary ghost stories, you will enjoy this video

What's not so great: a little Overprice but worth the money

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Ju-On 2 [2003]

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Better than The Grudge

on September 25, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

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That's the only conclusion I could come to when I finished watching this film. First off, let me start by saying that the American sequel is NOTHING like the original sequel. This sequel picks up with Yoshimi Kitada and her husband. They're traveling down the road after she had done a show where she'd been labeled as the Japanese horror queen(she had just come from the grudge house). She and her husband are discussing when she'll tell his parents that she's pregnant. Just then, he hits a black cat, killing it. He goes back to look, and as she's leaning out of the car to see, she sees instead a pair of ghostly white legs and bare feet running past the back of the car. He gets back in the car, and they get into an accident that causes her to miscarry.

Flash forward. Husband is still in the hospital, unresponsive. She is on set of a horror movie, filming. The scene is about to end with a bunch of extras coming in and seeing the actress passed out on the floor. One of the extras screams, scaring everyone. She's staring at Yoshimi Kitada, but specifically at her stomach. Kitada goes to the doctor, where she learns that she's about three months along in her miscarried pregnancy. Flash back again as she gets a job going to the original Ju-On house, where weird things happen(even in reviewing the film, I can't keep all the time changes straight). Each person who went to that house as part of the film crew also has weird things happen to them. Weird things and death also happen to people that the film crew love or come into contact with. The extra who screamed had gotten trapped in the house, and weird things happened to her. All of the people died in bizarre ways, except for Kitada, who lived to give birth to Kayako Saeki, who pushes Kitada down some stairs when Saeki is five.

It's a bizarre little film, and the individual vignettes that provide the back story are interesting in themselves. It's almost like watching a series of Night Gallery episodes with a common thread. They used Takako Fuji in this to play Kayako again. They used Ryôta Koyama to play Toshio. The really strange thing is Koyama looks almost exactly like Yuya Ozeki in the American version. The resemblance is uncanny. I can understand why Shimizu dumbed down the originals for American audiences. The lore and superstition surrounding Japanese culture is a little hard to grasp at times. However, I really think that American audiences should invest some time and energy into watching some of these Asian gems in their original forms. They are quite enjoyable, and spookier than standard American haunted house fare.

With the exception of his being at the helm of the "Hollywoodized" (semi-)remakes, it appears that Shimizu-san has concluded his popular and innovative "JUON" series with this fourth installment. I think it was a good run, but I also think Shimizu clearly saw (as most of us had) that the series had more-or-less run its course and that it was time that he looked to other things. I only wish that the "JUON" series could have gone out with more of a "Bang" instead of a champagne bottle "pop."

What's great about it: Better than The Grudge

What's not so great: The Potential Greatness Of The Ju-On Concept Is Fully Realized

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Ju-On [DVD] [2003]

Ju-on, one of the most critically hailed Japanese horror films and the basis for The Grudge, gets this surprisingly deluxe, high-quality stateside DVD release from Lions Gate Home Entertainment. The feature, presented in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio, offers glorious picture quality, rich darks, and vivid colors. Further sucking viewers into the film's frightening world are superb audio tracks presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 for the Japanese-dialogue version and 2.0 for the English-dubbed version. For those not wanting to hear the poorly dubbed English, both English and Spanish subtitles are available. A standout attraction on the disc is the audio commentary by director Sam Raimi and his friend, director Scott Spiegel. Raimi, who also helped bring the remake to American audiences, admits early on that not only is it his second time watching the film, but he feels as if the film is teaching him how to properly make a horror film. The fact that both Raimi and Spiegel are still scared by many of Ju-on's freakiest moments makes listening to this hilarious and intelligent audio commentary a real treat for fans. From there, the DVD offers up a treasure chest of extras like several interviews with the cast, behind-the-scenes footage, and an insightful interview with the film's gifted writer and director, Takashi Shimizu. Shimizu discusses the long history of the Ju-on film series, the distinct style of Japanese horror films, and scary haunted houses in depth. The interview is thankfully subtitled in English. A group of not-to-be-missed deleted scenes with Shimizu commentary and an American-made trailer for the film round out this first-rate DVD release.

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A genuinely frightening masterpiece!

on September 25, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

from New York ' Ny

let's face it . . . Asian Horror accomplishes what American Horror rarely does (even the best of it) . it gives its audience "the creeps." It exploits every iota of the uncanny . leaving its audience a sweating, quivering wreck. Nonetheless, often times, you will find a delayed reaction to these films . you'll be driving home from work and instantly feel a cold shiver . . . "Toshio? Is that you?" or worse, they appear in our nightmares . . . "Toshio? Is that you, again?" They work on a VERY deep, VERY subconscious level. Understand, there are rarely the "cheap thrills" that you find in American Horror, rarely the predictable scares . . . instead, the tension in these works builds to a skin-crawling crescendo. And Ju-On certainly is the quintessential example. (This film will show you why hiding under your covers is a VERY bad idea!!)

The prologue shows us what led to the house becoming haunted; a man who believes his wife had an affair kills her in an uncontrolled rage then kills himself. The couple's young son, who witnesses the savage act, disappears and is never to be seen again. Fast forward several years: the house is now inhabited by the Tokunaga family of three, a husband and wife and the husband's old frail mother. While husband and wife are away on a trip, the nearby welfare center sends volunteer social worker Rika to look after the house and the old mother. While cleaning the house, she witnesses ghostly apparitions that drive her away from the house. Soon after, when the tenants of the house return from their trip they too are terrorized by the vengeful spirits of the dead family.

Several factors are responsible for making "Ju-On" such an utterly scary film. Director Shimizu for one is a master at building intensity in a scene through the use of rising ominous music and creepy visuals. But the way he does it is very unique. In the vast majority of haunted house movies, it usually involves one character seeing a supernatural entity and then said supernatural entity disappearing before anyone else can see it therefore making the witness appear crazy. Not here. The ghosts here can be seen by ALL no matter what, making them seem all the more dangerous and frightening. Also, the viewer is always kept on edge since the ghost of the little boy keeps appearing in all sorts of unexpected places like in windows, mirrors and myriad reflections and corners of the screen. And then there is the house, this is just a regular-looking house in a suburb, giving the film an element of realism seldom seen in these types of movies. I find that setting the events in your average suburban house is a much more effective scare tactic since after all how many of us have ever lived or visited a giant gothic mansion? This hits much close to home.

Ju-on weaves a complex storyline with numerous continuity jumps and gaps that give it a certain Lynchian feel. Those continuity jumps are very confusing for the first-time viewer (Huh, does Rika die twice?) but it's also one of the things that makes the film stand so well to repeat viewings because it does make sense the second time around. Which is not to say the film is without its problems. Although I found very few flaws with the execution of the film, certain things simply don't make much sense such as the spirits following people in places outside of the house and also if the house is history to so many people dying of fright because of ghosts how come new tenants keep moving in? It must have a very convincing real estate agent looking after it! Still, minor misgivings for a tremendous horror film. As for the remake I'll welcome it with open arms; many on the internet have addressed resistance about the casting of Gellar as the central character. I for one believe she'll be fabulous. This is a role where looking scared is of paramount importance and Gellar has shown us time and time again in Buffy how convincingly she can put a frightened face on. And besides with original director Shimizu at the helm, what could possibly go wrong?

What's great about it: Scary and Disturbing,

What's not so great: To scary

I would recommend this to a friend!

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The Ring Two [WS] [Unrated] [DVD] [2005]

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Samara's Wellspring Deepens

on September 25, 2009

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"The Ring Two" stars Naomi Watts and David Dorfman reprising their roles as Rachel and Aiden Keller, a family plagued by Samara Morgan, a demon child that created a video tape after death that showed horrifying images and killed the viewers seven days after they watch it. The original was met with great praise, labeled by critics as the scariest movie since "The Exorcist" and "Rosemary's Baby", even though I didn't find it scary at all, just a good mystery. In "The Ring Two", Rachel and Aiden have moved to a new town, and evidence arises that a local death may have been caused by a mysterious video tape. This inspires Rachel, a reporter, to investigate.

As for the story, you have Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorman) leaving Seattle and moving to Astoria, Oregon shortly after the events of the first movie played out (it's supposedly six months later, but Hideo Nakata says two years in the production notes). Rachel is still suffering somewhat from a sense of guilt (over passing the tape on to other innocents in order to save her son), but she and Aidan are both trying to start their lives anew and forget about Samara. That's all well and good, but Samara has not forgotten about them. That's obvious after a local youth dies a horrible death under mysterious circumstances - and Rachel is quickly left with no doubt whatsoever that Samara has found them. We quickly move beyond the cursed videotape, however, as Samara works to exploit her unique connection to Aidan. This time around, Rachel cannot save her son through anything approaching conventional means, nor can she rely on the help of anyone else, now including her son. Increasingly desperate, she decides to trace Samara's history before her adoption by the Morgans, eventually finding and speaking to the girl's actual birth mother (Sissy Spacek in quite a memorable cameo). It looks like all the drama is leading up to a fairly predictable ending - but just remember that a film is never over until it's over.

Naomi Watts basically carries this movie on her back, as she is the filter through which we view everything that happens. Up until now, I never really appreciated Watts as an actress, but I do now. David Dorman is another story for me, though. While he is able to deliver some very effective scenes, at times I can't help but think that he attended the Hayden Christensen school of acting. Sure, he's a little creepy, but now it's in a televangelistic way - to me, he looks like a combination of Jim Bakker and a young Macaulay Culkin. I love Samara, though; thankfully, Nakata chose not to go the CGI route with her at all (even still, she's not half as creepy as her original Japanese counterpart), which would have made a mockery of the whole creep factor. CGI is used, unfortunately, on the deer that dominate one memorable scene. I can understand how real deer could not be used, but this particular scene, after starting out very effectively indeed, is ultimately ruined by the ridiculous obviousness of the CGI animation.

Unlike The Ring, The Ring Two is packed with special features (although we still don't get a commentary, unfortunately). Easily the best of the bunch is a short film called Rings, which is sort of a prequel to The Rings Two. I really liked the idea played with over these 15-20 minutes - that of an underground network of teens who have watched the videotape, recorded their increasingly disturbing experiences for as long as they could stand it, and then passed it on to a fellow newbie before their seven days were up. Along with this impressive short film, you get a series of excellent making-of featurettes featuring a surprisingly lengthy set of production notes, information on the cast and crew, and some nineteen minutes of deleted scenes. Altogether, it's an impressive package for a truly excellent and, to some degree, misunderstood motion picture.

What's great about it: Much closer to "Ringu" then "The Ring" ever was

What's not so great: wish it would be available on Blu Ray

I would recommend this to a friend!

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The Grudge 2 [Unrated Director's Cut] [DVD] [2006]

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A lot of potential that it doesn't live up to

on September 25, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

from New York ' Ny

Not remotely the same as the Japanese "Ju-On: The Grudge 2", this movie picks up from the same point ("The Grudge" and "Ju-On" were almost identical anyway) but heads off in a completely different direction, with mostly different characters from "Ju-On 2" and different concepts. It's not on par, in my opinion, with "Ju-On 2" but it is a very good movie in its own right, above both the first "Grudge" and the first "Ju-On" and introducing new ideas that beg for further follow-up.

The story picks up immediately after the events chronicled in The Grudge, as Aubrey Davis (Amber Tamblyn of Joan of Arcadia fame) is dispatched to Japan to bring her sister Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) home. Gellar turns in a memorable cameo appearance, but the Grudge mantle is quickly placed solely around the neck of Tamblyn as she tries to figure out what happened to her sister. With no one but an interested journalist (Edison Chen) to help her, she eventually succeeds in learning much more than is healthy about "the house" and the curse associated with it. At the same "time" (remember, this is "Grudge time"), you have three young girls who make the mistake of visiting the ghost house; it's basically a prank by two cool girls to scare new girl Allison (Arielle Kebbel) - scare her they do, but let's just say this prank really, really backfires. It makes for a great, really creepy opening to the film and supplies some great moments the rest of the way. Then you have yet another story arc playing out that has the creepy little Japanese boy doing double duty in a Chicago apartment building. Following the arrival of a mystery guest next door, things take a very bad turn for the family of a little boy who is just far too curious for his own good. I didn't really care for this storyline, as it just seemed to interrupt all the good creepy stuff going on in Japan, the changes in family behavior happen far too drastically, and, most importantly, it's hard to put this aspect of the plot into context until the very end.

Finally, the thing that simply annoyed me was the fact that nearly everything and everyone in the movie was American. The three schoolgirls consisted of two Americans and one Japanese native who for some reason seemed to be attending a basic kanji class. Even the school counselor was American. The main character goes to a little run down village and meets an old Japanese mystic who speaks perfect English. I almost forgot that much of the story was taking place in Japan.

What's great about it: Disjointed Storytelling! The Theme of The Grudge

What's not so great: This was good at the same time disappointing

I would recommend this to a friend!

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The Grudge [DVD] [2004]

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Scary, scary, scary.... and scary.

on September 25, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

from New York ' Ny

To date, director Takashi Shimizu has made 6 JU-ON/GRUDGE films. What is interesting is that each one contributes something new to the "Grudge Mythos." None of the films are merely "remakes" of another one. Although I personally find the first theatrical JU-ON film to be the cream of the crop, I think that this American version stands up well in its own right. It's a fantastic horror film, brimming with interesting ideas, unforgettable imagery and fine performances.

If you are a Grudge enthusiast/completist, or if you've simply been meaning to pick-up a copy of the film, this Unrated Director's Cut is worth adding to your collection. The added footage is welcome, as are the excellent extras.

The feature commentary by director Takashi Shimizu, producer Taka Ichise, and actress Takako Fuji (who plays the iconic, long-haired ghost, Kayako) is a pleasure from start to finish. It's exactly what a commentary should be, a combination of information and entertainment. The three are obviously having a ball doing the commentary and there are times when they sound as though they're giving their film the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" treatment. I was laughing out loud at times. In addition, Shimizu offers some interesting insights on the film's imagery, what it was like working with an American cast, etc. This commentary alone is worth the price for Shimizu fans.

Also included in the Extras is a generous helping of deleted scenes. GRUDGE fans will enjoy comparing and contrasting these scenes with the earlier films in the franchise, especially the two original made-for-Japanese-television JU-ON films. As a welcome bonus, Shimizu, Ichise and Fuji offer interesting commentaries on all of the deleted scenes.

This DVD edition also contains two early, very short (about 3 minutes apiece) Shimizu films based upon his "Grudge mythology." What is interesting about these shorts is that they both relate to events which occur in the original made-for-TV JU-ON films.

For my money, the original JU-ON is the gold standard of horror cinema, and Takashi Shimizu is the reigning king of cinematic horror. I believe that, given the compromises which were forced upon Shimizu by his American producers, he still created a very worthy entry into the "Grudge mythos" -- and a brilliant film, period -- with his American version of the story.

If you want THE GRUDGE in your movie collection then buy this

What's great about it: A Psychological Thrill Ride That Will Keep You On the Edge Of Your Seat From Beginning To End

What's not so great: Not better then Ju-on

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Child's Play [WS] [Blu-ray/DVD] [1988]

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Childs play gets the royal treatment it deserves

on September 20, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

from New York ' Ny

CHILD'S PLAY is simply one of the most effective horror films released in the 80's. , It benefits from a solid screenplay, a great cast, a great director and special effects that are a wow! Before CHILD'S PLAY, director Tom Holland gave us another 80's classic FRIGHT NIGHT and I must say this was a director in the top of his game.

Little Vincent (Andy Barclay) lives with his single mom (Catherine Hicks) who works hard to make ends meet. He is sad because he wants for his birthday a Good Guy doll (a doll after a popular TV show). The dolls are great: they talk, each one has its own name... and they are very expensive. But mom (knowing her son is sad) finds a street seller who happens to have a Good Guy doll for sale - a doll he stole from a toy store where something horrible happened...

...And this is just the beginning because inside the doll is the spirit of a murderer (Brad Dourif) who managed to transfer his soul to the doll before getting shot by Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon). So the doll will kill his way to Norris in search of revenge.

Child's Play gets a quality Blu-Ray release. I've always been a fan of the Chucky series and I was not disappointed by Child's Play on Blu-Ray. The picture quality is good . This is an older film so it's not as stunning as a more recent release but the picture quality is a big upgrade when compared to previous releases of the film. The audio quality is also solid with a lossless audio track included. The Blu-Ray also includes the standard DVD version of the film. This is the definitive edition of Child's Play. If you're a horror fan you're gonna want to have this in your collection.

here are the full Specs:

Audio: English: Dolby Surround, 5.1 Dolby Surround, 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio / Spanish: Dolby Surround / French: Stereo, Dolby Surround
Language: Dubbed: English, French & Spanish / Subtitled: English & Spanish
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 1.85:1

Episodes-Bonus Features:Disc 1: Widescreen Feature Film Blu-ray

**Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and "Chucky" designer Kevin Yagher
**Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
**Select Scene Chucky Commentaries
**Chucky's Thoughts
**The Advantages of Being Chucky
**Chucky on Filmmaking
**Up close and personal with Chucky
**Evil Comes in Small Packages
**The Birth of Chucky
**Creating the Horror
**Unleashed
**Chucky: Building a Nightmare
**A Monster Convention
**Vintage Featurette
**Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
Chucky's Back
Designer Toy

Disc 2: Widescreen Feature Film DVD

so for the price of $1 you get two Feature films, don't miss out on this amazing offer

What's great about it: one of the greatest horror films of all time

What's not so great: nothing

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The Messengers [Blu-ray] [2007]

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Delightful horror movie that is worth your time

on September 19, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

from New York ' Ny

Most people have probably heard of the idea that babies and young children can see and hear things that older people can't, or have lost the ability to. That a baby in a crib gurgling and laughing at the ceiling, for example, is actually talking to a spirit there. It's a fascinating premise, whose application to a horror movie is a stroke of genius.

In "The Messengers" a family moves into an old farmhouse where something very bad once happened. Only Ben, the little toddler of the family, can see the supernatural prescences in the house, and he appears more delighted with them than afraid. When his teenage sister Jess also starts encountering unusual occurences - this time of an apparantly non-benevolent nature - she also begins noticing Ben's unusual behavior as well and realizes that he too is experiencing something out of the ordinary; the hard part after that is getting anybody else to take her seriously. The movie utilizes much more atmosphere than action, and the cast has to carry off a lot the show by reacting to very subtle (Most of the time), slow-paced, occurences, in a way that makes it feel real and frightening. The actors and actresses were well picked for their parts, and Kristen Stewart as Jess and twins Evan and Theodore Turner as Ben, playing the characters who experience most of the strangeness in the movie's early, slower-going, parts, are especially impressive. All the production values necessary to make this kind of atmosphere work - the light and shadows, the subtle use of sounds, the camerawork, etc. - are all handled very well too.

Outstanding performances are given by all the leads, especially from the two male actors McDermott ("'Til There Was You") and John Corbett ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding"). I'm not accustomed to seeing these romantic comedy hunks in a horror film. Corbett proves that he is a talented actor. The adorable, perky Miller is great, as always, as the distressed heroine ("The Relic").

Kristen Stewart gives a really incredible performance. She's got some serious acting chops regardless of her youth. I believe she was 15-16 when she filmed this movie. Her eyes and face truly expressed her horror, anger and isolation as the script dictated

In the last one third or so of the movie, as things start to speed up and secrets come to light, I guess you could say that there were too broad directions it could have gone in, that it had to choose from. Myself, I would have chosen the route the movie didn't take, but it handles the path it chooses so well that it avoids slumping into a letdown. (I am still curious, though, what it would have been like if they had gone that other way) It's worth noting that when it ended I was rather taken aback that it was over so quick. Its running time is something like 85 minutes, but it felt like it came it at under an hour - and that's even in light of the slowly building pace it maintained. It must have been doing something pretty right to make time fly like that (on the other hand, I've seen other movies of about the same length that seem to drag on for hours). "Messengers" could have actually been quite a bit longer without hurting itself one bit; and as good as the ending turned out to be it may have been even better if it had gone on that different turn, but there's no point in complaining with something this good.If you enjoyed, "The Messengers," you may want to watch "The Amityville Horror," both classic original and modern remake. "Christina's House" has similar themes and is also recommended. but i would Highly, highly recommended for fans of "Dark Water", "The Eye", "Haunted", "The Sixth Sense", "Pan's Labyrinth" and other atmospheric horror movies.

What's great about it: Great Atmospheric Horror Movie With A Real Creepy Vibe

What's not so great: movie feels to short

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers [Special Edition] [DVD] [1988]

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Probably The Best Sequel in The Halloween Series,

on September 6, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

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In Haloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers, (as suggested by the title) Michael Myers returns (Halloween III having been a completely separate movie and not featureing Michael Myers). It has been 10 years since the events of Halloween and Halloween II and Michael escapes once again, this time while bein transported between institutions in an abulence, this time determined upon killing his niece, Jamie.

Lorrie (Jamie Lee Curtis) in not in this movie. We are instead introduced to her daughter, Jamie, neice of Michael Myers, a girl who is about 7 years old and has horrible nightmares about her Uncle and is teased by the kids at school because her Uncle is "the boogeyman".

Naturally, Donald Pleasance gives an excellent performance as the fire-scarred Dr. Loomis. The real star, however, is Danielle Harris who portrays sweet little Jamie Lloyd. It is quite nerve wracking to see her being relentlessly pursued by Myers. There is quite a bit of grisly violence throughout this Halloween night. The most memorable scene is when Myers slaughters a truck full of rednecks.

The ending of Halloween 4 was quite well-done and chilling. Besides the original Halloween this one had the best ending. There were many of the best moments of the series to be found here, it's easily to see why many are calling this one of the best Halloween films of all time

What's great about it: Nearly as good as Halloween 2

What's not so great: Can't think of anything

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Halloween 2/Halloween 3: Season of the Witch [2 Discs] [DVD]

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One great sequel and another great installment

on September 4, 2009

Posted by: Animeboy413

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"Halloween II" is about the same night of October 31st 1978, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been hospitalized and Michael Myers is still on the loose. Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) is still hot on his trail to stop him as he discovers what is the truth behind Michael Myers's intentions as the killer is in the halls of the hospital killing whoever is in his way to get to Laurie. Onward to "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" goes beyond Haddonfield as it goes into Southern California where a doctor named Dr. Daniel Cahills (Tom Atkins) is puzzled by a strange old dying toy salesman who babbles about some mysterious conspiracy that will happen soon then he dies later on. After the death of the toy salesman, Daniel discovers a strange mask as evidence for it could be the link and key to his death as she joins up with a woman named Ellie (Stacey Nelkin) to a small California town called Santa Mari which is the home of the popular novelty/mask/toy company called "Silver Shamrock". The owner Colnal Cochran is a modern warlock that wants to murder all children on Halloween night using special technologically advanced magic masks.

"Halloween II" is an excellent follow-up to the immortal John Carpenter masterpiece that is just as fun, scary and thrilling as the original but with some added gore in it including a scene where a guy is hammered to the skull or a syringe to the eye. "Halloween III" is the misunderstood installment of the franchise for Michael Myers was abscent in it well because John Carpenter who produced part 2 and this installment decided that Michael's story is done with part 2 and wanted to make a "Creepshow" and "Twilight Zone"-esque anthology of different horror stories about Halloween every year instead of Michael but fans didn't accept it.

For it's unbeatable price it's worth checking out.. i only wish John Carpenter Halloween 2 would be release on Blu Ray

What's great about it: Great Deal for it's unbeatable price

What's not so great: nothing

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Xbox 360

ODST?

Does ODST have the halo 3 game in it?

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Animeboy413

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Xbox 360

strategy games

Which should i get:
1.Civilization Revolution
2.Halo Wars
3.Endwar
4. any opinions on fourth if not any of these

I heard Halo Wars was a very good game. it has sold really well. mostly the halo bashes made criticisms towards it. so you should get it, if you really want to play a difference type of Halo. but you can't go wrong with Civilization Revolution. it's one of the best strategy games, in stores today. won many awards

14 years, 8 months ago

Animeboy413

New York ' Ny

PlayStation 3

How is the game skate 2 for ps3?

i like Skate 2 so much more due to its added features!,

personally, i think that skate has better graphics. i also love how in skate 2 you can kick your board away in the air and move your body in different shapes to get the nastiest wipeout you can. Then you get money for crashing hard. So, if you want to go for graphics and basic tricks, get skate. if you want to wreck hard and do crazy tricks, go for skate 2. my personal favorite is skate 2.

14 years, 10 months ago

Animeboy413

New York ' Ny