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Dude Bro Party Massacre III - A dumb, stupid and silly slasher that pokes fun at the worst of the 80's slashers ever made. It's intentionally made to look like a mid 80's VHS slasher (with gritty quality and everything) made on no budget whatsoever. Thoughts went to films like The Nail Gun Massacre and Splatter University, in other words total fucking garbage. But it's fun garbage! Dude Bro Party Massacre III is a lot sillier than the two mentioned films and a bit different, but it has that same feeling of a total lack of talent. But it's flawed. It's just way too long clocking in at 90 minutes. 70-75 would've been just enough, and would've made it a lot better. But if you like trash horror at its very worst, then there's no reason why you shouldn't buy a six-pack, make a pizza, invite a friend or two over and watch this. You're sure to be entertained! I promise you that. And as stupid and awful as the title is, I chuckle at it every single time I read it. Jesus.

Tales of Halloween - Fun anthology horror consisting of 10 short films clocking in at 90 mintues, made by 11 directors. All 10 stories take place in a suburban American town, and several characters are seen in more than one of the film, which I thought was a really cool touch. The films differs in both quality, feeling and atmosphere, but aside from one poor segment I thought all were really cool. Among the directors here you'll find a few "familiar faces" that should be known to many horror fans: Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV, Repo! The Genetic Opera) Andrew Kasch (Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy) Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) Lucky McKee (May, All Cheerleaders Die) Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!) So there's a few familiar names here, and some familiar faces in the cast as well with some small, cool camoes by Joe Dante, John Landis and Adrienne Barbeau. The latter is a radio host here, just as she was in The Fog and it's an obvious homage. And speaking of homage, the film pays homage to plenty films here, especially John Carpenter films. I'm not gonna go through the films like I usually do, but every single film, with the exception of one, ranges from 7 to 9. High quality stuff with lovely stories, great atmosphere and nice special effects. Hard to pick any favourites here, though. Sweet Tooth, Trick, This Mean War and Friday the 31st are my favourites. Thought all of these were great. Really liked the silliness of This Mean War, which is see as a old school (60's and earlier), atmospheric horror VS modern violent and bloody horror (70's and newer). Was very cool! My least favourite is Darren Lynn Bousman's The Night Billy Raised Hell. While all films differ in tone and overall feeling, this comes off as a pathetic joke. Out of place, boring and annoying. Anyway, totally recommended! Bloodsucking Bastards - Horror-comedy that's silly, over the top and fucking stupid. It starts slow and shit just takes too long before it gets going, but when it gets going it truly does get going. A few parts I wish was a bit different, but there's lots of blood and shit, and tons of jokes. Some awfully funny too. It's not a masterpiece, but I surely was entertained. I thought both Fran Kranz and especially Joey Kern were great. The latter was hilarious throughout the film. Flawed, but enjoyable!

I've got two questions concerning Borderlands I & II (on PC): Can you play with a Xbox 360 gamepad? Is local co-op a possibility (split-screen)? Add the first question to The Walking Dead game as well. Is it possible to play it with an Xbox 360 controller?

Turbo Kid - The coolest film from 2015 that you've never seen. Turbo Kid plays out as a big, fat homage to 80's pop culture, and it works so well. Post-apocalyptic actioner with a shitload of blood and gore, beautiful practical special effects, and even more blood and gore. And more blood and gore. And some more. It's 95 minutes of blood, gore and refrences to the 80's/early 90's, and I couldn't stop enjoying myself. It's obviously low-budget, but the people behind it have gotten a lot for their money. As a whole the film felt like a mix between Mad Max: The Road Warrior, BMX Bandits and Megaman, something which is really fucking cool. Cheesy, silly and over the top! Apple was a beautiful character. Fucking loved her, and she might have been the ultimate highlight of the film, beside the magnificent soundtrack by the Canadian electro-duo Le Matos.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad - 16 year after Columbia Pictures first allowed SInbad out on an adventure, they let him go out on an adventure again and what a damn good fantasy-adventure we have on our hands here. It's not quite as good as the first one, though. John Phillip Law takes over the role as Sinbad from Kerwin Mathews, and he's not nearly as good, nor is the character as well-written. He's cheekier and less sympathic, as well as a bit rougher. Which is almost the only disappointment here, as well as the fact that none of the characters are fleshed out enough. They're too one-dimentional. The rest is top notch, and the story is almost as good as in the first one. Proper light-hearted adventure for both the young and old. Tom Baker is amazing as our villain and Caroline Munro as a slave girl/ex-slave girl is as fantastic as she is beautiful and sexy. What a woman! But at the same time her clothes is much of the reaosn why this feel a little less classy. Heh. But the real highlight of the film is... wait for it... wait for it... wait for it... RAY HARRYHAUSEN! For this one they decided to change the name of the animation from Dynamation to Dynarama to get more attention around it, and if it worked or not I do not knoow. What I do know is that the special effects are imaginative and god damn great. Ray Harryhausen is once again the star of a film. Beautiful stop-motion whenever it's needed. This guy was a real start. Never on screen himself, still always apeared as the star. Unique! Oh, and there's not a single kiss between Sinbad and Margiana, which I thought was really cool. I expected a kiss, so not getting one was awesome.

Black Water - Half-decent, but very, very diappointing killer crocodile horror. It come off as very realistic, but it' just too long for its own good and the lack of atmosphere, suspense and/or blood/gore doesn't work too well for me. Could easily have been cut 20-30 minutes without anyone noticing a damn difference, and the dialogue isn't good enough to carry the film as much as it's supossed to, and the acting is for most part sub-par. Stay away. There's better animal horror and killer crocodile films out there, even though most of them aren't nearly as realistic as this. But on the positive side there's a limited amount of CGI in the film. The crocodile are for mot part the real deal, with some practical special effects now and then. That's awesome!

http://sorrowplagues.bandcamp.com/album/sorrow-plagues Check that out, guys. Atmospheric/depressive black metal drowned in synth in the vien of (newer) Woods of Desolation. Three tracks in it sounds very good.

Shit, that halftime show was awful. Now I'm not one to usually like the pause shows too much (even though I like lenty of the artists), but most are fun/cool/interesting to watch. This was nothing of those, nor did it sound any good. It also looked so cheap and uninspired compared to previous years. Jesus.

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Finished Insanity's Blade with my girlfriend today. It's pretty easy and straight-forward, you just run through each level throwing knifes/throwing enemies around, jumping and climbing, but it's an insane amount of fun for the few hours it takes you play through it. Lovely retro feeling, and it both looks and sound amazing. What a oundtrack, guys! The gameplay was fun and all, but the soundtrack alone is good enough to keep you going. You should buy this soley because of the soundtrack. The rest of the game jut feels like a great bonus. 8/10 https://soundcloud.com/causalbitgames/insanitys-blade-soundtrack-medley-02-heosphoros?in=causalbitgames/sets/insanitys-blade-the-8bit

You guys are fucking crazy. The House of the Devil is the shit! And I think Identity is great. The entire film feels like an Agatha Christie story on drugs or something. A modern dark & stormy night-film that does it for me.

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Classic adventure film the way adventure films was supossed to be. It's a proper adventure from begining to end, and a real treat to fans of adventures. It's the first in Columbia Pictures' Sinbad trilogy and easily the best one, even though all three are fantastic. Everything from the directing and cinematography to the score, actors, characters and all is fantastic, but the real star here is, like he always was in the films he contribuated, is Ray Harryhausen. He does everything right as usual. The special effects, called Dynamation here (as animation was seen as childish during this time), is special indeed. Magical. Not only does the figures looks great, but the way they move and act - the way Ray Harryhausen gave them all personalities. No matter how little screen time they got, they all have different personalities. He made them real, as real as every single actor in the film. A fantastic adventure topped by crazy-good special effect by maestro Ray Harryhausen. A must-see! A masterpiece! The two other films came much later and while they have a proper adventure feeling, they're a bit different. Being mad ein the 70's they're not nearly as classy as this. Much sexier and sleaxier, but I don't mind that. Heh. Hitman in the Hand of Buddha - Fun martial arts film where Jang-Lee Hwang actually plays a good-guy. I think he'd played in soemthing like 30 films before this, but never had he been a good-guy. He's alway been a villain, but here he's a good-guy and that's very cool. He's so cool, and he's a master-kicker. Some of his kicks are unbelieveable. To be honest, this film is 95% about the kicks. Good film!

The Den - Decent found footage horror about a woman studying web cam chat users, and most of the film takes place on computer and cellphone screens. It's got a original feeling to it, but it's very uneven and at times I found myself wondering if they could've done something a bit different. I liked the sinister atmosphere, and I was enjoyed. A bit lackluster, but decent enough. High Lane - A fairly standard but entertaining horror flick where the first half is a thrillign thriller and the second half a standard backwoods-horror. Nothing new, but entertaining for what it is.

Mgla is nothing less than a FORCE live. Saw them live in 2014 or 2015, and it was impressive. I mean, everything from their stage pressence to the sound to the music itself and to the attitude was spot on. It was one hell of a concert! I'm seeing the band live again in mach on a local black metal mini-festival, Laudata Nex Magicka II. Last year offered Cult of Fire, Urfaust, Mare, Vemod, Bölzer and Sortilega over two evenings and all bands were fantastic live. This year we'll get Mgla, The Ruins of Beverast, Execration, Dark Sonority, One Tail, One Head and Slagmaur. I doubt this years festival will top last year (Cult of Fire SLAYED! One of the best concerts I've been to!), but it should be fun. I've seen four of the bands live before (Mgla, Execration, One Tail, One Head and Slagmaur) and two of them will surely deliver. One Tail, One Head was mediocre when I saw them some years ago and Slagmaur were poor in 2014 or 2015. Hope both do better this time around. Dark Sonority, which is pretty much a continuation of Kaosritual, have been hailed by black metal fans for their beyond good concerts, so I am looking very much forward to that. The band consists of members and ex-members of bands such as Kaosritual, Vemod, Mare, Behexen, Black Majesty, Celestial Bloodshed, One Tail, One Head and more. So we're talking extremely experienced members. Looking forward to the gig. The Ruin of Beverast is one hell of a band, and along with Mgla the band I am looking forward to seeing the most. Unique atmospheric black/doom metal. The solo project of Alexander von Meilenwald, previosly of the german black metal band Nagelfar (not to be confused with the swedish melodic black metal band Naglfar!). Can't wait! The lead at 1.40 pretty much sums of this band. Powerful!

Shocking! Just shocking, mate. Watch The House of the Devil right fucking now! A slow-burning, occult horror-throwback to the late 70's/early 80's. The entire film, from the way it's directed, shot, acted and played out is 100% late 70's/early 80's. The tension, the atmosphere It's as authentic as it gets to be honest, and a god damn masterpiece. I think that if you like films like Rosemary's Baby and The Omen, and you've got patience, you'll like this. A 10/10 for me, and one of the 10 best horror films ever. A bit too slow for many, though, but it's all about atmosphere and if you can get into the atmosphere you'll love it. The Innkeepers is a must too. Looks and feels more modern than The House of the Devil, but if you enjoy classics like The Changeling (1980) and The Haunting (1963), there's no reason not to check it out. Great film!

Was listening to mid-era Running Wild (pirate themed power/speed metal) earlier this week and felt and urge to watch some pirate films/series, but I couldn't find too many series so I started watching Black Sails and finished the first season in a day or so. There's some boring characters, corny dialogue and iffy acting at times, but overall I enjoyed it and I sense a geat potential buried underneath it all. Can see this turning into a masterpiece within a few seasons. I wish it was a bit more gritty, though. Darker and with meaner pirates. Gets a huge plus for some great violence and blood, as well as nudity. Yay for tits! Visually, and with it's simple but effective battles, it often reminds me of a lesser Game of Throne with pirates. Stylistic it seems to be very inpired by Game of Thrones. Far from the same quality, though. Great theme song too. Superb actually! Will continue with season 2 next week.

The vast majority of bands around the world don't earn shit on their music and have to keep regular jobs on the side, making music just a hobby and passion, witch bands usually are more than fine with as they aren't in it for the money to begin with. They're in it for the music and fun of it all, not the money itself, and most hobbies tend to cost a lot of money. It's not unsual for bands to spend a shitload of money on their band without getting nearly as much back in form of money. All musicians want to live off their music, but only a very small percentage gets to do it. Bands that disband because they didn't get popular enough, fast enough, to live off their music are simply in it for the wrong reasons IMO. I'm under the impression that it's more usual for newly formed, small VK bands to disband becaue they didn't get big enough fast enough to keep living off it, than it is for bands outside of VK. Weird enough. But I might be wrong. But for big(ger) bands I am sure there's often other reasons as well as the money issuses. If you've been in a band for 10+ years I can totally understand that you want to do something new and different, walking down a different path. And I assume it's easy to get a feeling that you've given all you have and that you simply don't have anything more real to give under that name. I don't don't know.

I agree about Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon being better. Unique and absolutely fantastic film. I love the film! T he Sacrament was a huge disappointment to most people, also me as I consider Ti West's The House of the Devil to be one of my all-time favorutie horror movies and I absolutely adore The Innkeepers as well, but I liked The Sacrament quite a lot anyway. Thrilling stuff despite its flaws.

I'm not a big fan at all and don't know shit about it, but here's some stuff I appreciate Alice Cooper - Trash Quiet Riot - Mental Health Ratt - Out of the Cellar Pantera - Metal Magic Pantera - Projects in the Jungle Pantera - I Am the Night W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol Kiss - Destroyer Kiss - Rock and Roll Over Kiss - Love Gun Stryper - Soldiers Under Command These W.A.S.P. and Kiss albums probably doesn't belong in this thread, but fuck that, I'll include them anyway since most people think of both bands when thinking of glam rock/metal. A bit insecure about Stryper, but they're heavily connected to the genre too. And the title track is fucking immense!

By the way, Tokage, you seen Creep, Lake Mungo, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and The Sacrament? Highly recommended shit.

I also watched The Taking of Deborah Logan. Was supossed to watch it last weekend, but didn't have the time and had to wait til this weekend because my girlfriend wanted to watch it too. I am also a fan of the found footage/faux docuentary-style horror genre. A genre that's got a lot of undeserved criticism because it's such a "simple" genre, and suddenly "everyone" just picked up a camera, filmed some shit and got it released no matter how god-fucking-awful it was. The Taking of Deborah Logan - Like Tokage said, nice, likeable characters, great atmosphere all over. Nothing not to enjoy here. Great film! The scene where the guy takes a look at the pictures were so god damn effective. So simple, yet so effective and bone-chilling. Will watch some more films like this later. The Den, Willow Creek, The Tunnel and more. Fun genre!

I'm sure more or less everyone who isn't fuck-deep into the genre won't notice a single difference at all, but for the trained eye there's a huge difference. But I am also a huge ffan of Yuen Woo-ping, both as a director and action choreographer, and he's a great choice as well. Never as innovative as Sammo Hung, but his fights are always packed with great power and flair. Back in the 70's and 80's he took the genre to a new level, not only with his innovative action choreography, but his entire approach to the genre both as a director, choreographer and actor was fresh and he offered something new. His choreography was highly technical and smart, but at the same time he offered a lot of humor adding new elements to his fights and films all the same.Serious, yet often so over the top and silly at the same time, but always without losing t he power of the fight. A very talented man. A real pioneer and trend-setter in the world of Hong Kong cinema. One of the biggest names in cinema to me.

Ip Man are one of the best choreographed (martial arts) action films in the history of films, and along with films such as Ong Bak, The Raid 1 & 2 and Chocolate, one of the martial arts films one must see from the past 15 years, and this I base on the fights alone, something which says alot because I know my martial arts films. And on top of that Ip Man is alot more than just fights. Ip Man is choreographed by Sammo Hung, one of my personal favourits (as an actor, director and choreographer) and he's not gained that status without a proper reason. Often considered the best fight choreographer in the world, and I tend to agree and Ip Man was just another film to prove his brilliance. The choreography is so smooth, so slick, so powerful and so beautiful, and Donnie Yen is one to really pull it off with conviction. The fight with the Japanese unit is more than fucking brilliant. Can watch that over and over and over, and I just won't get tired of it. So good.

It looks almost like you copied my post about the film, beause I had the EXACT same complaints. The ladyfight was so out of character and even more out of place. It awful! It was made by a rookie director and all, but his budget was twice what James Wan's budget for Insidious: Chapter 2. Should've done better.