Lela Swift was the most common director on the 1960s Dark Shadows. Henry Kaplan also a Dark Shadows director. Several of my aunts as kids watched that back in the day. They eventually got me hooked on it. It is free on Tubi. So this is a must have for me that I wasn't aware of. Thanks.
I haven’t seen you in a very long time . I like how you’re doing this video outside and the trees of fall as your background. That sounds really cool not really into made for TV movies but it sounds interesting. Kino rarely does region free very nice. People complained there’s not enough physical media being released another way to prove them wrong. But it’s not stuff that they want. That’s why they complain. Tough too bad. 😂
Thanks for watching, Mike, good to hear from you! You're absolutely right, there's such a wide variety of things being released. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the release schedules into the holiday sale season.
The sound levels are all over the place in this video. Anyway, they should have titled that collection "Classic Ghosts - A Broad Overview of 1970's Gothic Television". It looks like those were parts of a series called "The Wide World Of Mystery".
Yeah the sound is because I just used my phone mic. I could have mixed it when editing but you know me! I did read that wide world of mystery thing, sounds like the title of a reality show to me. I meant to mention that these aired on ABC.
There was legit something rustling in the trees behind me, and I was tempted to make a shaky cam selfie video investigating it but I'm a wuss nerd so I ran home 😎
She returns!! And just in time for that Fall foliage, beautiful background! I just picked up some Kino titles at the Barnes and Noble sale and started wondering about your collection! How have you been, Chris?
Always happy to hear from you, Larin! I was just saying today how so many Barnes and Nobles don't even carry movies anymore, but glad kino is in stores. What did you pick up? I have a backlog of the film noir boxes I need to get, hoping the black Friday sale solves that 🤠
I had to pay shipping because I ordered from Amazon Canada to save a few bucks, silly me. So they comped me Amazon Canada credit for the shipping difference. Couldn't replace it because it was out of stock there, but a good friend gifted me a copy after this!
I've never got anything in this condition from Amazon. Best Buys sent me a few movies that had a broken case. One didn't even have a digital code in it.
I've never seen Trapped Alive but watching Chill Factor now as I'm typing lol which is a movie I have loved since I was in my teens... arrow films the ones I have watched haven't let me down so far ill have to check out trapped alive. Just bought chill factor about a movie ago to add to my collection
Omfg I'm so excited I found your oage... someone else who loves horror movies... I started my collection again about 7 years ago and I love horror whether black and white older newer though newer is a bit more computer generated and not that good like they used to be but.....
I bought that blu ray (and returned it). The transfer is grainy as (you know what) and they enlarged it and hacked off the sides to fit your TV screen, what a piece of dog waste ! Don't buy it...a waste of money!
That was funny when she referred to a character as "this dastardly creature". At 10:05 I couldn't tell if that was cluster of cat fur or a pillow feather. I know her cat always hangs around and enjoys a good review or two whenever she makes a video, but that thing looked more like a pillow feather to me (a pretty small one though). The artwork on the cover for "Secret Beyond The Door" is pretty cool, but it's odd that she's looking sort of upward instead of to the left or right or diagonally behind her as if sensing danger.
Upon re-watching my video, it looked like a spider! 😳 When I was filming it, I thought it was dust in the sun and thought "oh that'll look like a ghost on camera."
And all this time I thought she was the Vinegar Viscountess, or was it the Severin Czarina? Maybe the Criterion Contessa? Arrow Empress? Perhaps the Magnet Matriarch at least. I think you've got it right though for sure. Kino Queen sounds optimal.
I'm always impressed with Kino! Really wanna check out these out, especially Secret Beyond the Door! I also thought Bluebeard was a pirate! Haha Thanks for these reviews, Chris, I can't wait to see some more stuff from ya!
How are their subtitles these days still tiny that's so sloppy of them and really annoying for me, if so. I love Secret Beyond the Door, have the old DVD.
Chris!! I saw this movie back in '07 when it was released on DVD! A friend's mom rented it! We were kind of in and out of the room, as I recall. I remember thinking it was pretty f'd up when we were sitting there watching it. Otherwise, I remember nothing and haven't seen it since. Lol I'll have to come back to this review, but that imprint release is so cool!!!
Thanks for the comment, Larin! Yeah, skip the imprint release, I'm hoping we see that kino 4k in the near future. I can't imagine someone's mom watching this, but I guess I'm someone's mom 🙃 hope you've been well, buddy!
Michael Shannon absolutely made the film and the play extremely effective. Without him I doubt it would have been as nuts and paranoid. Hot and sticky the whole thing really is. I’ve heard he makes shoes 👠 for women, he may have a thing for the toes.
I have nothing to add regarding this movie, since I've not seen it, but I have seen the 1975 film of the same name. My friend Chris (different Chris) from the past rented Bug (2007) and a movie called Shrooms on the same day and said they were very similar films. If you've seen both, is that true? Uh-oh! I now know that Xtine is one of those people that calls purple onions red onions. That's okay though. She's still cool. It sounds like this movie is for intellectuals and brainiacs, so it's a good thing I never tried watching it. At least it sounds like it might make 2% more sense than Possession (1981) at least. Wow! Thank you so much for the 3-D segment at 35:00 . It made my day :) Anyway, what a super in-depth review/commentary.
I haven't seen Shrooms, but I know exactly what you're referring to. You know, I called the onion red because Friedkin called it that. I'm not sure what I would call it without his outside influence, I think I use both terms interchangeably. I wouldn't say this movie is for intellectuals, there's a lot going on at face value. I thought you'd like that 3-D 😎 thanks so much for watching, Kelley, hope you're well!
Nice job with the review! This was officially the first Imprint blu-ray that I bought and the movie itself is pretty underrated and seems to be overlooked by most people.
At last - a critical review! Massively overrated, and it’s mystifying how most critics have fallen for such a shallow film. I found the whole thing unbearably smug, fake (oh, look how shocking, super-smart and cool we are unlike those Christian squares), and every bit as emotionally manipulative as standard Hollywood entertainment, especially from the point when the father drives off, supposedly without the kids. So boringly stupid and predictable that they’d all pop up from the back of the bus - and just at the right moment to guarantee us a quirky, ‘heartwarming’ ending. Disturbingly abusive father - worse, arrogant and cruel the way he humiliates his nephews in their own home so he can force his own supposedly independent, critically-thinking little ‘philosopher king’ kids to perform their superiority…. Hideously unsubtle film without an ounce of the sensitivity shown by films like Leave No Trace. I had a bad feeling about it even before watching, just from the title and cheesy poster - it claims to be indie but felt more like cynical mainstream Hollywood fare packaged to look like that. All it does is confirm the prejudices and stereotypes many have about home-schooled children; I don’t, as I’ve taught several and have friends who home-school their children, and all for different reasons. Other film treatments and storylines were possible…..if only the screenwriters had any integrity. On the plus side, it was never boring, I can’t fault the children’s performances (George Mackay is always superb), and as a British viewer, I loved the landscape shots.
take it a step further and realize the movie doesn’t wholly endorse Ben. there’s good aspects to his parenting, but also very troubling ones. that’s why he changes at the end of the movie. he realizes he’s wrong, and finds a healthier balance.
Thank you so much for the comment, I very much enjoyed it! I like how you pointed out that the dad was abusive, because that's very true. Definitely another example of slighting homeschool parents. Thanks for the watching!
I agree. The father is an abusive ideological fanatic who indoctrinates his kids. The movie does not successfully punish him for his abuse of those children. In the end, the older one doesn’t even end up going to college the way his mom intended. The father is rewarded for all his bad behaviour. This film is at best propaganda and viewers should be wary of the themes within it.
This is a very difficult to follow critique. I do not share your views I'll try to unpack it piece-by-piece. Start at the top. "Cynical mainstream Hollywood fare". This comment needs some definition. It seems like you are saying that because "all it does is confirm prejudices... about home-schooled children". Since it's release, how many movies have even seen widespread release that have any commentary on homeschool children? It's basically a near zero population. And even if I were to project what a Hollywood portrayal would be, the kids would hypothetically be nowhere near as capable. Cannot agree with you less on this point. Next, arrogant and cruel. You state that he embarrasses his nephews so he can force his own philosophy. As I recall, in that scene he is being confronted on the adequacy of the education his children are receiving. He's demonstrating and asked very nicely to both his own daughter and to his nephews. Secondly, I disagree that the nephews felt embarrassed. They both seem unbothered and it's more the reaction of the mother. If it's cruel to ask politely for someone to answer a question they should properly know, then it's cruel to test children at all. Next, predictable ending. I'm of mixed feelings on this. He really doesn't pay much of a price personally for how he's raised his children. The price is paid by the children (as is truly the case in the real world via alienation with regular people). The only other argument for a price is that he gives up a part of his ideology, difficult for many to do, and realizes the error of his ways. A predictable ending doesn't make it bad. Partial agreement on the predictability but disagree that it should have been something else. I also do not think it's constructive to say a movie that was released earlier does not handle things as well as a movie that was released later. For all we know, this movie may have informed the other.
@@XtineFeaturette I'm sorry I don't follow this whole "another example of slighting homeschool parents". This character resembles almost nothing of homeschooling parents. If anything, the homeschooling aspect is cheered on as all the children are shown to be very capable thinkers. The downside of his approach is not from the homeschooling but rather the extreme isolation they live in. Homeschooling is not about anywhere close to this level of isolation.
I love this movie. I friend of mine introduced me to it because he was a big Ozzy fan. I grew up during the Satanic panic of the 80's so i love how this movie plays up every stereotype from that time. I'm not sure why he's called Ragman but i do know that in foreign markets this movie was released under the title Ragman.
I was a huge fan of 80's metal, and always thought how cool it would have been to experience that! Ragman would have been a better title, I'm my opinion, Trick or Treat is so generic. Thanks for the comment!
Glad to see that Xtine from the raw rock band X is now reviewing films. But what I was really shocked by was how she has almost supernatural recall of tons of goofy character names from all the movies. After Rhett Butler, I'm pretty much done.
It's too bad hearing this, especially because I love Doug Liman. Were you bothered by CGI in the fight scenes? I heard there are some weird digital effects. The original is ridiculous and unapologetically silly, but charmingly so, I think, partially because Swayze is likable and plays it straight. I never felt like it was trying too hard to be anything than what it is, if that makes sense. It wants to deliver a good time and you can tell everyone involved had a good time making it. It's definitely a product of its time. I hope you give it a whirl, as I'd be curious to know how it compares. I talked to someone the other day who had a similar reaction you did to this one and then watched the original and liked this new one even less. Anyways, fantastic job as always! I enjoy your in depth and refreshingly honest takes on what you watch.
Yeah, specifically, during the fight scenes, when the action was sped up. The unnatural movements bothered me. Funny you say the original isn't trying too hard to be anything other than what it is, because I felt like this one was trying super hard to be so many things, and it couldn't land on any of them. I think I will watch the original, now, based on the reaction here! Thanks for watching, Lee, hope you're doing well!
Wow! I'm glad she told us that the microphone was SOMETHING (2:09). I had no idea. I kept thinking, "Why is that thing there when it's actually absolutely not there?" I'm not sure if I would've had the courage to watch any further, had she not stated that it was something. Was this review done inside a hotel room? Not a DVD, Blu-Ray nor VHS in sight anywhere behind her, just a lonely lamp being caressed by a scoundrel of a plant. Anyway, Connor thought he was in a comedy. That silly walk of his too. He was hilarious. His character, Knox, was like Bluto (from Popeye cartoons). Also, he was way too durable, but so was Dalton. I kept thinking that it would be great if someone were to make a movie in which Knox and Marv (from Sin City) had to face off against each other. They’re both nearly unstoppable mega-brutes who have no problem with battle and are never short on adrenaline. Weird fight CGI and filming/editing/angles. The existing bouncer (which I couldn’t tell was a bouncer) and recruit were just sort of forgotten about for a long time until almost the end of the flick. No Sam Elliott equivalent character in this one, plus it seemed like all the bands/singers could see their audience and no throat-rippings, so so much for any references or nods to the original film. It didn’t turn into a horror movie at the end like the original movie. Who was the guy cleaning up at the pool? I thought it looked sort of like the business partner from earlier scenes like on the boat, but that wouldn’t make sense for him to have just been hanging around the pool, cleaning things up like that. I guess he was just some random cronie of the villain that likes being by himself and is a neatnik. Jake just doesn’t belong in this movie; couldn’t help but think of Prince of Persia while watching this, because he was so wrong for that movie too. You said that “Don’t Fear The Reaper” was playing at one point in the movie. I don’t remember that at all. I never got the impression that Dalton was interested in Charlie (the bookstore girl) at all. The whole jailed dad character references made it seem like he’d eventually show up in the movie, but that never happened. Didn’t find the piano lines funny like you did, but I did chuckle when the reluctant biker gang member said to Dalton, “Good to see you again” while he was tangling with his own opponent during the first Connor/Dalton/bar fight scene. I didn't think the was that bad. I'd heard lots of bad things said about it too. I just think it was longer than it needed to be. But it wasn't boring really, thanks to Connor.
I forgot to mention! Recorded in the old abandoned guest bedroom, because it was the only quiet place in my house! I'm glad you mentioned Prince of Persia. This definitely had the same out of place feeling for Jake. And I didn't like the line about the piano. Just thought it was abrupt that they made one cheesy joke like that, and no other jokes in that fight. Usually movies go overboard and pepper the cheesy lines all throughout fight sequences, if that's what they're going for. But it was definitely longer than necessary. So much could have been cut. Honestly, the whole premise about the girl who owned the roadhouse wasn't that important.
