tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877722433362186484.post4305659033584373566..comments2024-03-25T10:30:09.319-07:00Comments on Film Thoughts: Halloween 2017: September 20Bonehead XLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545161927886923285noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877722433362186484.post-15325294644318259952017-09-21T05:18:25.722-07:002017-09-21T05:18:25.722-07:00For years I'd been avoiding watching the mini-...For years I'd been avoiding watching the mini-series "It" because I didn't want it to spoil my first reading of the King novel. So what did I do? I caved and went to see the 2017 movie. I did manage to make it through the first couple of hundred pages of the book. The new movie was fun but I wasn't as impressed as many others. Now more than ever, I want to finish the book and my viewing of this mini-series will probably never happen.<br /><br />"Die, Monster, Die!" has a great premise with a meteor that crashes and mutates plants and animals. There are a couple of intriguing shots and sets, one is what appears to be mutated animals in a greenhouse, and the other is the holding pit of the meteorite in the basement of Nahum (Karloff). It's too bad that the movie is slow beyond words and takes place mostly in a mansion where people do nothing but plead with each other not to do this or that.<br /><br />All of the acting here falls flat, including Karloff's. The characters, especially Stephen played by Nick Adams, are uninteresting. The most disappointing thing is there is something otherworldly happening in that greenhouse and we get only a few seconds to explore it. <i>3/10</i><br /><br />I've never seen any of the "Masters of Horror" episodes, probably because I've really only been consuming Horror the last decade or so. Here's the thing with me and Horror...I'm almost never scared by it but am intriguiged by monsters, kaiju, and beasts of all sorts. "The Damned Thing" seems like it features one of those strange beasts but it sounds like the episode's purpose is to show gore. I don't avoid gory movies if the gore occasionally is the result of some terrible force . But if showing blood and guts is THE reason for the movie's existence, I just avoid it (see "Frankenstein's Army", "The Signal" or "The Void", which I mentioned yesterday). I am interested in seeing some of the "Masters of Horror" stories, though. Maybe you'll cover some that I'll want to watch.<br /><br />I'd never even heard of "Perversions of Science". Of course, now you've made me curious and perhaps I'll buy what you're selling once I've read a few of your reviews. Hopefully it's better than the over-preachy, bleeding heart "Masters of Science Fiction" series that Stephen Hawking opened for in 2007.whitsbrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171082058163775614noreply@blogger.com