What To Watch Today: Online or On Demand!

What To Watch Today: Online or On Demand!

What To Watch Today: Online or On Demand!

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Tue, 07/24/2012 - 2:54pm — rayw
Movies on FEARnet

Today I'm thinking online... http://www.fearnet.com/movies/web-movies

Available are:

 

Two Evil Eyes (1990) Due occhi diabolici (original title)
Ratings: 5.9/10 from 2,740 users 
Genres: Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller
Budget: $9,000,000 (estimated)
"Two Evil Eyes (Italian: Due occhi diabolici) is a 1990 double feature horror film written and directed by the Italian Dario Argento and the American George A. Romero. The two had previously worked together on the immensely popular Dawn of the Dead in 1978."
 
 
Boy Eats Girl (2005)
Ratings: 4.9/10 from 2,297 users
Genres: Horror Comedy
Budget: $5,000,000 (estimated)
"Boy Eats Girl is a 2005 horror film directed by Stephen Bradley and starring Samantha Mumba, produced and shot in Ireland. The plot tells of a teenage boy who comes back to life as a zombie, similar to the plot of the American film My Boyfriend's Back."
 
 
Love Object (2003) 
Ratings: 6.4/10 from 2,192 users
Genres: Drama Horror Romance Thriller
Budget: $1,000,000 (estimated)
"Love Object is a 2003 film written and directed by Robert Parigi. Kenneth (played by Desmond Harrington) is an efficient but socially awkward technical writer who develops an obsessive relationship with Nikki, a realistic sex doll he purchases."
 
 
I'm getting tired of b!tching about stupid stories.
I'll shoot for 'Love Object' today, the George Romero one maybe tonight or tomorrow, just for history/context's sake. The cr@pfest goes on the back burner - just to see A) how bad sucky it is, and B) what $5m down the hole looks like.
 
Laters
 
 
UPDATE:
Yay! A fourth web film has been added!
 
Wolf Moon AKA Dark Moon Rising (2009)
Ratings: 4.1/10 from 289 users
Genres: Crime Horror Romance Thriller
Budget: $3,000,000 (estimated)
"Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town."

 

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rayw on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 9:53am

A fifth added, as well!

 

Hard Candy (2005)
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 76,421 users
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Budget $950,000
"... thriller film focusing on the torture of a sexual predator by a 14-year old vigilante Hayley Stark, portrayed by Ellen Page.
The film, an independent production, was directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson, and stars Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page. It was the first feature film for Slade, who previously had worked mostly in music videos."
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rayw on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 11:48am

Alright. FEARnet's gotta whole new short-batch 'o shows! 

http://www.fearnet.com/movies/web-movies

 

 

Opera (1987) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093677/  Oooo! It's "unrated"!
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 6,013 users 
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Budget: $8,000,000 (estimated)
 
"... a 1987 Italian giallo horror film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini and Ian Charleson. The film's score was composed by Brian Eno and Claudio Simonetti. The film was released in the United States under the title Terror at the Opera. The film was one of Argento's most commercially successful films having 1,363,912 cinema goers in his native country Italy." Wiki
 
 
Ratings: 7.7/10 from 167,903 users
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Budget: $1,200,000 (estimated)
Box office: $103 million
"The screenplay was written in 2001, but after failed attempts to get the script produced in Wan and Whannell's home country, Australia, they were urged to travel to Los Angeles. In order to help attract producers they shot a low-budget short film from a scene out of the script. This proved successful in 2003 as producers from Evolution Entertainment were immediately attached and also formed a horror genre production label Twisted Pictures. The film was given a small budget and shot on a short schedule of 18 days." Wiki
 
Wanna see the low-budget short film?!!
 
 
Ratings: 6.0/10 from 37,564 users
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller (I guess the mystery is gone by now. Waaaaa.)
Budget: $11,000,000 (estimated)  (LOL! Nearly ten times the original's cost, cr@ppier reviews, and.. )
Box office: $68.2 million (... barely squeeking out a profit.)
"[The director] Greutert said that the victims in traps would be more one-on-one with the trap and would be more personal to them. This was compared to Saw IV and V, which most of the traps were set in big rooms and involved several people at one time." Wiki
 
(FWIW, I really don't care for psycho madmen stories. Prolly won't watch any more of this franchise, of which I've only seen I & II.)

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rayw on Monday, August 6, 2012 - 3:15pm

Alright! Got a whole new batch of rotted meat!

http://www.fearnet.com/movies/web-movies

 

 

Ratings: 6.2/10 from 11,571 users 
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Country: France | Switzerland
Budget: $3,000,000 (estimated)
 
"It was intended to be one of the 8 Films to Die For at Horrorfest 2007, but due to the MPAA giving the film an NC-17 rating, it instead hit a limited number of 10 US theaters unrated for one weekend where it grossed $9,913 before being released on DVD the following week." Wiki
 
 
 
The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008) http://www.fearnet.com/movies/legend-bloody-mary-0
Ratings: 2.9/10 from 371 users
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Budget: $1,000,000 (estimated)
 
"Critical reception
The film has received negative reviews. Tom Becker of the DVD Verdict said, "The film is guilty of being a bloody bore. The accused are sentenced to stand in front of a mirror chanting, "I believe in Ed Wood," until they learn that bad movies can be entertaining, too". Horror Movies and Stuff give half a star out of 4, saying: "Lame antagonist, boring script, hardly any blood and gore, cheap scares, and bad acting by most of the cast". Movies Made Me give 4.4 out of 10. Eat Horror said: "This is a muddled story with plot holes aplenty and terrible acting even by low budget horror standards. The direction is all over the place with too many hand-held shots and the meagre effects are cheap and terrible. You would think the Bloody Mary story would eventually spawn a decent horror film but this isn't it". Home Theater Info rated B+ giving 7 out of 10." Wiki
 
 
 
Zombie (1979) Zombi 2 (original title) http://www.fearnet.com/movies/zombie
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 11,986 users
Genres: Horror
Country: Italy
Budget: ITL 410,000,000 (estimated) = $262,000 USD
 
"Zombi 2 (also known as Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie Island, Zombie Flesh-Eaters and Woodoo) is a 1979 zombie horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is perhaps the best-known of Fulci's films[1] and made him a horror icon. Though the title suggests this is a sequel to Zombi (the Italian title of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead), the films are unrelated. When the film was released in 1979 it was scorned for its extremely bloody content, notably by the UK's Conservative government." Wiki
 
 
 
And FWIW, I actually enjoy watching some of the more poorly rated films just to keep a regular tab on where the "bad" threshold is. Foreign films especially have a difficult time finding any respectable appreciation by lazy-@ss American audiences. And it's not like many of the well rated films of any nation of origin I don't find less than entertaining.
While many people find the mere presence of blood and guts "entertaining" I do not, and instead more on the story's sensible construct irregardless of guts and gore - and always understanding of budget limitations, directorial experience, and any cultural gaps to bridge.

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rayw on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 7:47pm

Alright!

Got a couple of cheapies in deck - FROM THE SAME WRITER/DIRECTOR!

* * *  Low on budget! Lower on ratings!  * * * 

 

 

Curse of the Zodiac (Video 2007) http://www.fearnet.com/movies/curse-zodiac-0
Ratings: 1.4/10 from 671 users 
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Budget: $2,000,000 (estimated)
 
"Curse of the Zodiac is a 2007 American horror film from Lionsgate, written and directed by Ulli Lommel, inspired by the true story of the hunt for a notorious serial killer known as "Zodiac" who claimed responsibility for the still unsolved murders.
 
It stars Cassandra Church and Jack Quinn, and was released directly to DVD." Wiki
 
 
 
Ratings: 2.1/10 from 290 users 
Genres: Crime | Thriller
No budget provided, but shot on DV, like many of the writer/director's films in the past decade, primarily focussing on serial killers and receiving extremely low ratings.
I'm going to guess the budget's around $500k, give or take a $100k.
 
Director Ulli Lommel may be more interesting than his films!
 
Headzup! He's also the writer/director of  FEARnet.com's upcoming 'Ulli Lommel's BTK Killer!' and 'Dungeon Girl' to be released who knows when, but it shows up on a site search for the director's name.
 
If you felt compelled (and I might be next week) you could watch all four back to back to get a good feel for a director's particular style with an understanding of budget and resource constraints.
 

 

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