its pretty much the same one as last year except that with this year being a leap year it means i gotta try and squeeze in an extra film!
but after failing badly last year im gonna give it another try this year, hopefully with better results.
No.1. return to horror high
a supposed horror spoof that was in fact just a bad horror film hoping it was gonna fall into the so bad its good category, unfortunately it was just bad.
No.2. Hellraiser
classic, shame it was ruined by too many sequels, i think they are upto 8 now and a remake on the way too!
No.3. Hellbound:Hellraiser II
speak of the devil! but in fairness this one at least starts well with a gloomy oppressive atmosphere controlling the first half of the film, it all goes a little silly and over the top towards the end and it pretty much ruins all the good effort the first half of the film went to great lengths to do!
No.4. Treasure Island
i guess a tv movie technically but this 4 hour monster production was great fun, and a wonderfully faithful retelling of a classic story.
No.5. Hellraiser III:Hell on Earth
its here that bad fetishsm and tacky latex start to overtake anything resembling a story in the hellraiser universe.
with some better special effects and a noticably higher budget than the second film (amazing really all things considered) it fails to create any atmosphere other than cheap exploitation and pointless perverted thrills.
No.6. Black Christmas
apparently a classic and fore runner of the slasher genre.
fore runner obviously since it was made in 1974! but the bare bones of the genre it inspired were perfected in much much better films than this!
add in a truly rubbish ending with no real conclusion to the story and its a very disappointing watch.
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