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Attack of the Crab Monsters - Hilarious big monster "z-film" from the 50's. The whole film's a mess to be honest. The monster looks ridiculous, the story's poor and the acting's really bad. But it's such an enjoyable film nonetheless and it works perfectly with a few beers. I loved it! I, Robot - A great, really underrated film. It has its flaws, especially the CGI which often looks dated, but that's normal with CGI. The story is great! The Mechanic - A remake of the classic 1972 film of the same name with Charles Bronson. This time we get Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop and he does a good jobb. Statham is himself and you know exactly what you get with him. Nothing spectacular and not a film I'll watch twice (the remake however can be watched a lot!), but I was entertained.

Kyo's the only that doesn't look stupid nowadays.

I'd recommend you to take a look into their older stuff too, though it depends a little on what you enjoy. It's not like their earlier albums are only "hail the white race kill the niggers 1488!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or anything like that. But you'll find a song here and there that includes that kind of stuff. Nechrist are their folkiest album, but it never gets over the top jolly and it's a dark and hard album. It's very balanced and the folk music never takes over. I love it!

It's gorier and more of a horror film, but the original is without a doubt the better one. More sci-fi over it than horror. It's a really great film and Steve McQueen's awesome.

May - Woah, this one catched me off guard. A really weird horor drama with a lot of black comedy which goes a lot deeper than just your regular scare flicks. The film is both creepy, disturbing and sad and left an impession on me. Recommended!

What are people's thoughts on Nokturnal Mortum? I expect most people to be rather negative towards these guys because of their NS-connections, which has been a part of the bands lyrics since the begining. They've dropped most of it now though. Great bands who's done a lot of different things through the years. Folk black metal, symphonic black metal, viking metal and so on. On their last album you'll find a lot of Bathory, Moonsorrow and even Pink Floyd influences. Brilliant band IMO! 1. To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire / Nechrist 10/10 2. Goat Horns 9/10 3. The Voice of Steel 9/10 4. Lunar Poetry / Twilightfall 8/10 5. Return of the Vampire Lord / Marble Moon 8/10 6. Мировоззрение 7/10 To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire are one of my all time favourite symphonic black metal albums. The black metal are brutal, and the symphonic parts are so well done. It's a shame only a few bands such as Nokturnal Mortum, Anorexia Nervosa, Obtained Enslavement, Obsidian Gate, Diabolical Breed and a few others dare to make symphonic black metal this way. Brutal and crushing! Don't get me wrong, I love plenty of symphonic black metal, even lenty of Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir, but few dare to make it as crushing and brilliant as these bands. Even the symphonic parts of the first mentioned bands are made with o much class and finesse that few others can match 'em. Brilliant!

Great to hear, guys. And I can't wait for Escape Plan myself. Looks like a 80's throwback film. Looks lovely! Th Children - An absurd horror film which was quite shocking at times. never expected some of the stuff that happened to happen. Felt very brutal and stuff, desite not being too bloody or violent. It's the content and the way they did things that was so well done. Had to think a few days though to decide if I liked it or not. Hehe.

I have yet to be impressed with Ereb Altor's last two outputs. I wish they'd drop the black kmetal influences and go back to worshipping viking-era Bathory and Scald with their epic doom/viking metal. Really miss the epic doom metal sound they had on their two first albums. All three are members of Isole, and it was like Isole's epic doom meets Bathory's viking metal. Two great, great albums! Really looking forward to Moonsorrow's 14x LP box planned for a release next year. I have no idea what they are gonna fill 14 LPs with, but I am looking forward to it. It'll burn a whole in my wallet, though.

I have only seen "The Royal Scandal", but that was a good one. Not close to being as good as Sherlock or any of the classic Sherlock Holmes series/films, but definitely worth checking out for fans of Sherlock Holmes, even though there's other places they should start.

People have either stopped watching films or I killed the thread with my "reviews". The Monster That Challenged the World - Another 50's sci-fi/horror flick about horrendous monsters that grow huge because of something, and this time it's because of radiation... again. This is another solid big monster flick, and while there's nothing new under the sun here, it does what it does so well that there's no reason for a complaint. Unoriginal, but great big monster flick on par with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and It Came from Beneath the Sea.

This. How they have managed to convince the likes of Rob Halford, Tech N9ne, Max Cavalera, Jamey Jasta, Kyo, Kokane and Rob Zombie to participate on their songs are just beyond me. The band's bloody awful.

It Came from Beneath the Sea - Another 50's big monster flick, caused by nuclear radiation. Great, great sci-fi/horror with special effects by the one and only Ray Harryhausen. The animation is, for the most part, as smooth as a baby's ass. It's brilliant, but they had some problems with the budget so Harryhausen was only allowed to make an octopus with six legs - THE FUCKING SIXTOPUS! Heh. The're so questionable acting here, but not much, and beside that there's not much to put your finger on at all. It's a great piece of sci-fi/horror and should be enjoyable for everyone with an interest in big monster films. It's on par with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.

Briliant band! Well, their older stuff at least. Their two last were kinda disappointing, especially the last one. And I wouldn't call them folk at all. Experimental black metal with some sympohnic black metal and lots of psychedelic rock. As for inspiration, I think their biggest inspiration is Hawkwind (covered a song and have had several Hawkwind members guesting their albums, Huw Lloyd Langton plays on many of their albums), Venom, Sigh, the Italian black speed thrashers Bulldozer and lots and lots of punk bands. They've covered bands such as Doom, Hellbastard, G.H.B., Discharge and so on. Their two first albums are my favourites, but I dig everything done before The Murder of Jesus the Jews, which also was a good album. BESTIAL CURSE Bestial Curse play black metal in the vein of 80's black metal acts such as Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Venom. It's straight forward and evil, yet catchy black metal without any silly gimmicks, female vocals or synth. Just straight to the point muscle rock from hell with devilish vocals and a bad fucking attitude. There's really not much else to say here. If you enjoy any of the mentioned bands you most likely won't be disappointed by Bestial Curse.

I have tried, but always failed. This is something I should learn, though. Would come in handy on weekly basis in my job.

The Collector - Mediocre torture porn in the vein of Saw, which should come as no surprise as this was intended to be a Saw sequel. A lot of cool stuff, but it doesn't hold in to the finishing line. The first half is a lot better than the second. Tarantula - Another big monster sci-fi/horror flick from the 50's, but this time it isn't created by nuclear radiation or anything, nor is it created by a mad scientist. It's just a man who wants everything well who's a bit unlucky. But the film itself is brilliant, and almost as good as Them!. It's not as complex, but it used some of the same tricks, such as using the desert to their own advantage to create a brilliant atmosphere. And I fucking hate spiders more than anything, so this scared the living shit out of me and I won't be able to sleep well for the next 10 years. Jesus! They just were so much better at making both horror and sci-fi back in the days. The evolution in both these genres are really sad.

I wasn't impressed by "Time I" either. Not in the slightest. Overproduced to the point where everything sounds synthetic, and the actual riff that were found on the debut are replaced by annoying chugs and layers on layers of synth, and the vocals are, most of the time. so damn out of lace here. Just doesn't fit at all. I wasn't disappointed by the album as I had no expectations to begin with, but I am not impressed anyway. Thought the debut album is alright. A bit up and down, but I guess I'd give it a 6,5/10. Brilliant at times, but not very consistent and it goes from brilliant to mediocre and back to brilliant a lot.

It's not folk metal but Falkenbach released a new album this year. After the very uninspired and disappointing Tiurida they seem to be back on track. They've gone more back to their roots this time and included way more black metal in the sound again. This might be their best albums since ...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri..., but I need to give it time and see how it stands the test of time. Thyrfing isn't folk metal either, and isn't really a viking metal band anymore either. They've included more viking metal in their sound this time than on the past two album, but I thought De ödeslösa was a bit of a disappointment. It's not bad, it's just not all that great either. And after releasing their two best albums to date in form of Farsotstider and Hels Vite I expected way more than what we got this time. Another bands that isn't playing folk metal is Graveland and he released his new album this year and continued his run of releasing solid albums. There's nothing new here at all. It's just moreof the same, but when you do what you do as good as Rob Darken there really isn't a need for changes. Just continue doing what you do so well. A good album. Skagos is a canadian atmospheric black metal band that blends in some folk metal and post-rock influences, who released their new album this year. It's a superb album, really. Very atmospheric and soothing music. It's not your jolly folk metal band but it's very much recommended. Mael Mórdha is a Irish folk/doom metal band in the vein of Primordial and Thyrfing, just doomier, and not Turisas, Ensiferum, Finntroll and those bands, and they released a new album this year called Damned When Dead. It's a decent album with very good atmosphere.

Didn't Licker have a couple of female members? The vocalist and drummer, if I am not mistaken. Great band. It's a shame they disbanded.

This is what I've seen the past week or so: Parents - Semisurrealistic black comedy/horror from the end of the 80's. A bit bizarre and jolly to be honest, much due to the sitcom-like music that's part of the soundtrack. I enjoyed it a lot. Secuestrados - Great psychological horror/thriller from Spain. Home invasion flick without many surprises or anything, but still great. The violence was superb btw. So well done. At times we're served splitscreen as well that works really well. All in all there's only 12 long shots in this film. There was especially one part of this film that made it stand out and I'll put that in a spoiler tag. Psychomania - Old semipsychedelic biker flick with the right attitude and mode. I've seen it before and it's just superb! Some of the cinematography in this film is nothing but stunning (the fog scenes in particual). Mind blowing scenes. The funeral scene is awful and the film lacks some blood, but I don't mind that because the rest of the film works so well. Maximum badassery! Willow - Good fantasy flick with a great atmosphere. Nothing original or mind blowing, but very enjoyable. I don't get the hate at all. The Others - Great, chilling horror film that take its time to build atmosphere, rather than rely on cheap, boring scares. The atmosphere is ice cold and chilling. It's a great, great film! Seen it before and enjoyed it even more now. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms - One of the most important big monster flicks ever made. While there was made a few ones before this, this one just kicked off something completely new within the genre with the whole "atomic monster" plot. Well written, well directed and well acted, and both the sets and special effects are amazing. Ray Harryhausen were in charge of the special effects in this one, and if you're a fan of sci-fi/horror you know exactly what that means. Mind blowing effects in a mind blowing film! I've seen this before and once mroe I was just blown away by the smooth animation. Superb! Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster - I fucking loved this! The only actual quality that has to do with this film are the great poster and the awesome title. Everything else are pretty bad. The plot is almost missing, the acting is bad, the make up and effects are horrible and there's about 20 minutes of stock footage used here. And on top of that the film has nothing to do with Frankenstein or his monster. Frankenstein(s monster) is mentioned once and that's it. It's a good-bad-flick. Awesome! Them! - One of the first "atomic monster" flicks, and probably the first "big bug" film ever made. It's a way mroe complex film than The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and also a lot better. It's a unique film in the way that it starts off as a suspense thriller before it changes its mood completely after a while and becomes a suspense sci-fi/horror film. Chilling stuff, much due to the looks of the monsters. They look amazingly creepy! Superb film!

I love this thread, especially Des' posts. He/she puts some effort into his/her posts, and even though I often find myself disagreeing with his/her mini-reviews I love reading them. Good work! I'll come back with a few mini-reviews of the last few films I've seen later today as I am a bit busy now. This is a thread which deserves activity.

Awesome! Of course youcan't promise anything, but it is worth a try and I am sure you'll find something to enjoy about the series. It is very true to the original stories despite being modernized and can't be compared to Elementary, or the recent Sherlock Holmes films. It's way closer to the original source. And if it doesn't work out for you you can always go back to watching The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) and the other classic Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce films, but these two mentioned are the best ones. Or Sherlock Holmes (series, 1954) or The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. But it is worth a try and I am sure you'll enjoy it, despite not knowing anything about your taste at all. The films and series I mentioned are recommended by the way. Great, great adaptations worthy of everybody's time.

I could go on forever here, but I'll limit myself to just one soundtrack this time - and that is the soundtrack to the retro fuck 'em up-game Hotline Miami. Not only is it one of the best games made since 97, it's also topped off with an amazing soundtrack. It's great on its own and even better while playing the game. Turn off the lights and turn up your volume and play this game for a coule of hours. It's so hypnotic and mesmerizing. Amazing!

Everyone's entitled their opinion and that's cool. And I'm a bit like you. I'm not too fond of "modernization" either, but every now and then it works out just fine, and this is one example on this. Sherlock is truly an excellent series, and while not on par with some of the films and earlier series, still amazing. The reason for "modernizing" are obviously the fact that there's already half a million films and TV-series based on Sherlock Holmes. It was time for something new. Despite not being a fan of "modernization" just like myself I would recommend you to check out. It's brilliant. Truly is. The chemistry between Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman are excellent and the acting is great for most part, it's well written and well directed. There's just not much to put your finger on here. If I have to put my finger on something "weak" I would have to say "The Hounds of Baskerville". Not a bad episode at all, just not on par with the rest of the series. And about the ending (BEWARE! SPOILER!): I've only seen the last season once as soon as it came out so I might be a bit off here, but the big truck and the man on the bicycle are the main things to watch here. I'm sure Sherlock fixed some help and landed on something soft in back of the truck, and while this happened a bicyclist jolting against Watson made him miss it and it all seems real. I'm also sure he used the of the small balls seen earlier in that episode (or the previous?) one to stop his puls. Hide a ball under your armpit and squeeze and you're making it hard for the blood to come through as one of your major arteries is there, your pulse will gradually slow down and then completly disappear. I'm not sure as I am not an expert, but I believe this might be the thing. I gotta rewatch both seasons soon enough, though. I might be far off as it is almost two years since I watched the episode, but that's how I remember it at least. Elementary is awful by the way. Godawful series.