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Hubert (Hubert)
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Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 178.116.57.137
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 03:03 pm:   

And I don't mean the Rod Serling story
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 194.32.31.1
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 03:48 pm:   

Down here...
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b

Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 213.106.77.123
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 04:18 pm:   

I'm still around, lurking in the crevices. (Don't knock it till you've tried it.)
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.237.187.186
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 06:59 pm:   

I still pop in regularly - but I'm not participating much nowadays. Got lots of things going on - just too busy (and too exhausted) for my own good.

I think all discussion boards seem to be going quiet nowadays. Perhaps everyone is chatting on Facebook now? I must admit I haven't even been there much recently either.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.23.53.182
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:29 pm:   

I've been waiting for months, hiding behind this pillar. Somebody said, in 2012, that we were having a game of RCMB hide and seek...
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David Lees (David_lees)
Username: David_lees

Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 176.248.120.78
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:44 pm:   

I was tempted to play that, but then I started wondering what might come seeking me.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.126.164.88
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 08:30 am:   

Dammit, Gary! I just finished counting!

Okay, start over. One, two, three...
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
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Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 82.145.222.112
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 02:22 pm:   

Well i've just been down the shops. I picked up a spanish horror called shiver, plus two quite cool looking films called Absentia and Lovely Molly. All 3 were a pound each in poundland. They've got the usual halloween selection of horror films in again.
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David Lees (David_lees)
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Registered: 12-2011
Posted From: 176.248.120.78
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 03:08 pm:   

I was quite impressed with Lovely Molly. It was one of the Blair Witch guys who directed it, and definitely one of the best ambiguous haunted house movies I've seen recently. I've heard good things about Absentia too - I really need to get to a pound shop soon if this is the quality of stuff they have in now.
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Mick Curtis (Mick)
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Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.148.133.89
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 09:25 pm:   

Marc - Absentia is a great little film. Very low on budget but high on ideas.
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Mbfg (Mbfg)
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Registered: 09-2010
Posted From: 212.219.63.206
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:13 am:   

I'm here! Popping in and out now and then. Trying not to overstay my welcome. I spend a lot of time lurking in the "What Are You Reading" dept these days.

I will check "Absentia" out.

Cheers
Terry
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Mark West (Mark_west)
Username: Mark_west

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 62.253.243.90
Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 11:13 am:   

Still here every now and again, popping in to see what's happening.
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.37.199.45
Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 01:56 pm:   

Hibernating. Love to all.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.237.187.186
Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 09:13 pm:   

Not a bad idea, Joel, with the winter setting in and all.
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Christopher Overend (Chris_overend)
Username: Chris_overend

Registered: 03-2012
Posted From: 217.33.165.66
Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 03:14 pm:   

I don't know if you remember me, but I was on here two years ago.

I'd just finished writing a story in April 2012 when my mother-in-law died, and along with the load of finishing off my engineering degree while looking after the kids, I had to put down the pen for a bit, as my wife was distraught. I lost momentum, and I've only just picked it up again.

On a lighter note, the story I'd finished at the time was about Bonfire Night, and it won a competition the same November!

Nice to be back.
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 09-2010
Posted From: 86.129.35.208
Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 06:54 pm:   

Wellcome back, Christopher.

And thanks, too, for re-opening this thread which brings to our attention possibly Joel's last public message to us all.
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Christopher Overend (Chris_overend)
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Registered: 03-2012
Posted From: 217.33.165.66
Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 07:21 pm:   

I was sorry to hear about Joel; I know he was a friend to you all.
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b

Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 90.205.195.224
Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 10:41 am:   

Thanks, Christopher. Welcome back.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 194.32.31.1
Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2014 - 02:36 pm:   

Hi, Christopher. Yes, the much cherished RCMB has taken a battering over the last year - and lost its conscience - but it's still the same warm cosy place for us diehard nerds to congregate and talk informed waffle.

"Speak for yourself, Stevie". Oh dear, the voices have started again!

Anyway, I'm currently off the internet, apart from in work, where I'm now unfeasibly busy with actual work (the bastards!), which explains my relative absence over recent weeks.

Nearly finished 'Cutting Edge' (1986) and Straub's petrifying masterpiece 'Ghost Story' (1979). Watching classic Doctor Who, The New Avengers, Twin Peaks, The Twilight Zone (to be followed by my first ever viewing of Night Gallery), and too much other good stuff to mention.

Hope to get back online next month. Until then... it appears that "ebola" has just become the scariest word in the English language! Which has prompted me to recommend that everyone read 'Earth Abides' (1949) by George R. Stewart [followed by King's masterpiece 'The Stand' (1978)] and then watch Steven Soderbergh's seriously underrated and non-sensationalist sci-fact/horror docudrama 'Contagion' (2011). Sweet dreams, folks.
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Christopher Overend (Chris_overend)
Username: Chris_overend

Registered: 03-2012
Posted From: 217.33.165.66
Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2014 - 05:59 pm:   

I think the last post from Joel may have been on 26/10/2013, under '60 disturbingly creepy images'.

http://www.knibbworld.com/campbelldiscuss/messages/1/6414.html#POST100547
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.126.164.88
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2014 - 03:45 am:   

Hello, and welcome back, Christopher. I think a lot of us have drifted off due to pressing concerns - like stupid day jobs - and life's daily demands - but I always return here, to read mostly Stevie's daily contributions. Want to contribute and respond more, but it seems time's always fleeting. Fleet fleet! I miss the site how it was back when I joined it, exciting, fun, always lots of discussions... and Joel... that was some years ago... I still feel like a newbie here! Facebook has taken over the world, and so has Instagram and others... places I don't go, never did care much for all of that.

Stevie, the scariest book I've ever read on "plagues" - scarier than The Stand, scarier than maybe every horror book I've ever read! - is Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year (1722), an account of the Great Plague that swept England/London in 1665. That book gave me nightmares... and this Ebola thing, has the stuff of nightmares about it, too....
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 194.32.29.1
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2014 - 12:13 pm:   

Thanks for the recommendation, Craig. It's a book I've looked at and wondered about a few times. If it has even an ounce of the immediacy of 'Robinson Crusoe' (1719) - the only work by Defoe I or most people have read - then it must be gripping indeed.

But I still urge you to read Stewart's 'Earth Abides' (1949). As a terrifying and intensely moving fictional imagination of modern society breaking down in the face of an unstoppable contagion it is without equal. 'The Stand' (1978) is the same story written as mystically tinged popular entertainment. 'Earth Abides' is serious Dostoevskian literature and one of the most affecting novels I have read in any genre. It has as much right to be considered "the great American novel" as 'Catch 22' (1961), imho.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 194.32.29.1
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2014 - 12:36 pm:   

On the subject of plagues I just picked up a DVD by a modern Scottish director I rank very highly, David Mackenzie, called 'Perfect Sense' (2011) and I wonder if anyone on here has seen it?

It tells the story of a highly contagious incurable plague sweeping the world through the eyes of a couple just embarking on a new relationship in Glasgow. Kind of the kitchen sink drama approach to apocalypse. This plague sounds fascinatingly original to me. It kills very slowly by stripping the victim of each of their five senses, one-by-one, until they are left helpless zombies struggling in the dark, without sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell. Only the mind, the madness brought by perfect isolation and eventual starvation remain. Sounds inspired and rather scary to me...
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 217.35.85.78
Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 04:16 pm:   

For the record the Great American Novel is 'Moby Dick' (1851) by Herman Melville, imho.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.126.164.88
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 08:40 pm:   

For the "great American," that term seems, yes, it would have to be Moby Dick. Because "great," like big and epic and weighty, doesn't seem to apply to a second-best contender, imho, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. There are those, too, who'd put there, of course, The Great Gatsby.

I will look for that novel - I'm now wanting to read novels from, oh, the 80's and earlier, preferably earlier. I've not yet... but I'm gearing to, all sorts of genres. I'm still wanting to dive into Harvest Home here, but it's sheer bulk intimidates me. Gotta get over it, most of the great novels of the last 100 years are big and bulky and that's just the way it is.

Not so Defoe's Plague Year, which reads like a longish novella, a documentary/journalistic account. I greatly enjoyed it, despite its sheer horror. I've enjoyed all I've ready by Defoe, including Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, his most famous novels. Definitely one of Britain's greats, and one I've been meaning to go back to, his output was prodigious (and most of his books not too long).

Gosh, that movie sounds dismally depressing, Stevie... how was it?
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Christopher Overend (Chris_overend)
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Registered: 03-2012
Posted From: 109.154.251.141
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 11:21 pm:   

Cormac McCarthy is a good contender for a modern classic. Just about anything he's written is incredible.
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Tony (Tony)
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Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.155.222.136
Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 03:04 pm:   

Facebook. :-(
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Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 106.1.224.42
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 09:51 pm:   

I think you're right, Tony. It'd be a shame if this board died out. I just had a brief exchange with Stevie on FB and realised how much I missed this place!
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Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.155.221.254
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 12:56 am:   

Sadly his first interaction with me on getting back sent me running. :-(
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 82.132.230.202
Posted on Friday, December 11, 2015 - 04:48 am:   

How come, Tony? Reasoned debate is good for the soul. It's what I've missed about this site too. Intelligent and informed like-minded horror fans shooting the shit, giving their opinions, sharing experiences, making recommendations, agreeing, respectfully disagreeing, etc.

Good to see you back, Huw. Can you believe I've only been to the cinema four times so far this year! And they were:
'Jurassic World' - watchable but slight popcorn entertainment. An inessential addition to the franchise, imo.
'Crimson Peak' - beautiful to look at but dreadfully disappointing as a return to supernatural horror for Del Toro.
'Spectre' - great fun, mindlessly spectacular entertainment and the best Bond since 'Casino Royale'. But Connery still rules!
'Black Mass' - great old-fashioned ultra-violent gangster epic that I thoroughly enjoyed. The best of its kind since 'The Departed'.
Now roll on 'Star Wars'!!!!

As for reading... I'm on my sixth Stephen King novel in a row, as discussed on the "what are you reading" thread. Nearly finished 'Under The Dome' and really, really enjoying it.
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Craig (Craig)
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Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.153.254.41
Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 07:14 am:   

I hope Spectre isn't "mindless" - I think the Bond films have been the closest things to contemporary mythology/mythological themes our culture has! The last Bond film was pure brilliance... I have high hopes for this one....

Black Mass looks great! Another I'm looking forward to!
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 2.121.67.181
Posted on Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 10:35 am:   

You're guaranteed to love 'Spectre', Craig. A great big daft action blockbuster with everything we want from the Bond franchise x10. I thought they handled the long overdue introduction of Blofeld and Spectre impeccably. I could pick holes aplenty in the plot and the continuity but the film is just such rollicking great entertainment it would be churlish to do so. 'Casino Royale' and 'Spectre' approach classic status, imo. 'Skyfall' was very, very good. 'Quantum Of Solace' was awful.

I've always loved your metaphysical take on Bond, Craig, and look forward to your analysis of this one.
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Craig (Craig)
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Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 08:18 am:   

Stevie, Quantum of Solace was part II of a nearly six-hour Bond film, that is both parts I & II. It can't rightly be separated from the first; to do so, is to damage it. Watch both again, back to back... you might change your mind.

I'm glad to hear Blofeld makes an appearance! I had no idea! It's worth that slight spoiler-alert... makes me want to see it even more....
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted From: 109.155.221.254
Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 09:46 am:   

I preferred QOS to Spectre, which I found agonisingly slow and repetitive at times.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 12:26 pm:   

Craig, the title 'Spectre' refers to Blofeld's notorious criminal organisation, SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion), as featured in the films; 'Dr No' (1962), 'From Russia With Love' (1963), 'Thunderball' (1965), 'You Only Live Twice' (1967), 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (1969), 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971) & 'For Your Eyes Only' (1981). I thought you realised that. Sorry for the "spoiler".

I recently added all the Connery Bonds (only) to my DVD collection. For me they are the true Bonds with all other films in the series acting as inessential yet ever entertaining asides.

Tony, for me the sense of adventure mingled with dense mystery and almost supernatural level of threat in 'Spectre' made it a marvellous throwback to the comicbook integrity of the Connery era. What ruined 'Quantum Of Solace' for me was the nauseatingly frenetic editing and near incomprehensible storytelling ineptitude. Just my opinion and, therefore, as worthwhile or worthless as anyone else's. Of course, in Stevieworld, it happens to be the only correct opinion.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 03:27 pm:   

I know what you mean. Spectre just felt a bit flabby, padded.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 82.132.235.82
Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 04:42 pm:   

I'm strangely tempted to go see 'Krampus' as I see it was directed by the guy down 'Trick 'r Treat' (2007) and it's a Cert 15. Something to put me in the Christmas mood, perhaps?

But I'm shamefacedly beside myself with excitement at the thought of 'The Force Awakens'. Here's hoping Abrams has done as inspired a job as he did with the 'Star Trek' reboots. They were ridiculously good, imho.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 5.68.175.75
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 04:06 pm:   

We went to see 'Krampus' last night and it is my joy to report an absolute A1 stone cold Christmas classic that will be getting shown for decades to come. Director, Michael Dougherty, has proved that 'Trick 'r Treat' (2007) wasn't just a one-off cult classic.

This marvellously entertaining film works perfectly as a charming, laugh-out-loud funny and very scary dark fantasy for much older children and adults alike, that would be guaranteed to traumatise the very young (so parents beware). I'd put it in the same rare category as subtly subversive "children's" films like; 'Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory' (1971), 'Gremlins' (1984), 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993) or 'Rare Exports' (2010) but with a grimmer, much more horrific tone and a brilliantly judged balance of fairy-tale sentimentality and the stuff of our darkest childhood nightmares, in which naughtiness is poetically judged and punished with terrifying zeal. We laughed, we jumped out of our seats, felt the hair bristling on the back of our necks and absolutely loved, loved, loved this great wee movie!! Go see it and get the Christmas hols off with a bang and a shudder. Wonderful filmmaking, imho.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted From: 86.185.27.40
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 05:06 pm:   

Campus was ok, Force Awakens completely unnecessary and flat. No story should ever be prompted by fan tickboxes alone. :-(
The humour in Krampus was more successful than the horror.
Krampus, spellchecker.
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Craig (Craig)
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Posted From: 99.153.254.41
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 05:49 pm:   

I loved Trick R Treat, so this review makes me excited for Krampus, Stevie. So which holiday's next for Dougherty?...

You saw Force Awakens, Tony? And it was overrated? I can believe that, sadly.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 93.97.134.20
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:16 pm:   

Something about a man-eating Easter Bunny perhaps?

I thought the monster and its demonic cohorts were brilliantly imagined and seriously scary - too much so for the very young, no doubt - and the tone throughout was unremittingly dark and cynical. The ending, in particular, was sublimely haunting and ambiguous, despite the relentless black humour, imho. It was especially pleasing to see old school effects and make-up used, for the most part, with the CGI done sparingly and very well. There was also an utterly brilliant Seleckian stop motion animation interlude that just oozed atmosphere and added to the otherworldly quality of the picture no end. I truly rank it as a well nigh perfect Christmas horror/comedy. Great stuff!

It'll be next week before I get to see 'The Force Awakens' and will be hugely disappointed if Abrams hasn't done the franchise proud, given his miracle working with 'Star Trek'. Watch this space...
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:29 pm:   

Think 'Killer Klowns From Outer Space' (1988) and, imo, 'Krampus' was at least as good and weirdly disturbing, for all the belly laughs.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
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Posted From: 92.239.61.211
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 10:25 pm:   

Yay! Stevie tells me the old RCMB is coming back to life again! Much better than Facebook. I'll try and pop in here every now and again.
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
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Posted From: 90.205.103.116
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 10:44 pm:   

Just been watching some of the 1984 BBC adaptation of The Box Of Delights with Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens. Magic, creepy villains and some truly haunting dialogue. 'The wolves are running...'
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 11:35 pm:   

That's a great series.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 11:37 pm:   

Imhotep! THAT'S why I keep thinking of the Mummy when I come on here!
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Craig (Craig)
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Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 12:47 am:   

Gosh, it sounds superb, Stevie. If it's just as good as Trick R Treat, I'll be satisfied.

Oh hey - did you ever catch the latest Child's Play? I had no idea they even made one, and finally saw recently on Netflix. Me, I loved it - it was part reboot, part re-imagining, part prequel, part sequel; it took a stab at black humor, at serious horror, and at sheer wicked glee. It was something comfortably familiar, and wholly apart from every other version. The only real disappointment I had, was that it hit every single note and convention of the series, except one... which I won't give away... but it was missed. Except, I know why they couldn't - but anyway. I delighted in it. But I think, damn, it's two years old now... I have a feeling it might end up being the last... I hope not...
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Craig (Craig)
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Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 12:48 am:   

Life is stirring again here, Caroline... the dead shamble....
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Craig (Craig)
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Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:26 am:   

Finished Scream Queens. Even though I've seen very few of the 409 scripted shows that appeared in 2015 (that's right... between TV & streaming, there were apparently that many scripted shows out there!!), I'm still declaring SQ the best new show of the year. It was like a comedic Fargo (i.e., the TV show - great too!) more than a "lighter" American Horror Story, though it was that, yes. Subversive, outrageous, bonkers, bloody, and fun. Must see!
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted From: 86.185.27.40
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 10:24 am:   

I LOVED the last Child's play! Me and my son think it might be the best, or second best.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

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Posted From: 5.68.175.75
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 01:59 pm:   

Great to see you back here, Caroline! Feels just like old times. Onward and upward.

'The Box Of Delights' was one of those renowned genre TV shows that sadly passed me by at the time.

As for the 'Child's Play' franchise I only loved the first one - a seriously good straight horror film - and never really bought into the neverending series of comedic sequels. A bit like what happened with 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'. Perhaps it was my loss? Oddly I had more time for the blatantly silly 'Leprechaun' series but that was mostly due to the charisma of Warwick Davis's OTT performance. For me horror-comedy works best when that was always the intention.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted From: 86.185.27.40
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 - 04:34 pm:   

A few of the Chuckys are classics. Bride is a masterpiece of fun cinema. The last is more serious and dark.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 82.132.237.146
Posted on Sunday, December 20, 2015 - 12:38 pm:   

I love the sound of 'Scream Queens', Craig, and will be getting the box set when it comes out. I read a brief synopsis and it sounds to me like they've done to the 80s slasher genre what 'The Walking Dead' has done for Romero's zombie apocalypse... nailed it forevermore.

We will be starting Season 2 of 'American Horror Story' very soon.
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Craig (Craig)
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Posted From: 99.153.254.41
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2015 - 05:14 pm:   

I kinda think it might be your loss, Stevie. The Chucky films are campy fun, and they end up being in their way crazily creative - one of the delights in the film is the recurring Jennifer Tilly, who plays herself in one of the better entries. Seriously, give it a chance if you get a chance, watch them in order... that last one may win you over like it won me and Tony. (But you do have to watch them in order to get the maximum out of it.)

I have a soft spot in my heart too for the Leprechaun series... don't tell the Leprauchan that!

I'm going to finally make a venture into Walking Dead this Xmas season, I know S1 is a short one, and they say addictive. Enjoy AHS:2, which I thought the best of them.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted From: 5.80.185.154
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2015 - 06:34 pm:   

Walking Dead is incredibly infuriating. It veers from high art to bad b movie then masterpiece to shit. It's impossible to have one opinion of it.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted on Monday, December 21, 2015 - 06:37 pm:   

And sometimes it's SO boring. My son keeps dipping in and out; 'Tell me when it gets good again,' he'll say.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 82.132.247.181
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2015 - 09:01 pm:   

Couldn't disagree more, Tony. Again lol. For me the investment in the characters and their predicament, along with the unpredictability of events, makes 'The Walking Dead' absolutely riveting entertainment. The slow character driven interludes are what make the show, imo. Then when the violence and horrible moral dilemmas come along, as they inevitably would in any apocalypse scenario (supernatural or not), the terror factor for their fates gets ramped to the absolute max. Watch it, Craig, and if you don't find yourself hooked I'll be genuinely surprised. The horror genre has NEVER been better served on television.
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 01:14 am:   

No, really, sometimes it is slackly crafted. It's not a problem really.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 06:46 pm:   

Four seasons in and I honestly don't think they've put a foot wrong, Tony. In terms of production values, characterisation, narrative drive, emotional resonance, sheer excitement, unpredictability, and giving us horror fans exactly what we want, 'The Walking Dead' is the best thing on television, imho.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 5.71.76.214
Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 01:25 pm:   

At last!! We're off to see 'The Force Awakens' today and I can't fecking wait!! All the reviews I've seen and mates I've talked to so far give it a resounding thumbs up. Here's hoping...
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted From: 94.118.142.181
Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 04:26 pm:   

An hour and a half to go... I can almost hear the music already. I remember getting this ridiculously excited before going in to see 'The Phantom Menace' (1999) as well, but the least said about that overcooked curate's egg the better. Come on J.J. - deliver the goods!!
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 06:44 pm:   

It made me appreciate the prequels MORE. But I'm in a very small minority.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 09:39 pm:   

Well we're just out and on our way home. Quite a lot to digest there. I really enjoyed it but with some reservations. More anon...
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Tony (Tony)
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Posted From: 86.181.138.8
Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 10:53 am:   

All people who liked it say ' at least it FELT' like Star Wars. Is that really all they wanted?
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
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Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 07:23 pm:   

I know what you mean, Tony, and would tend to agree. Just posted my thoughts on a new thread. They are only to be read by people who have already seen the movie. It was great entertainment but flawed filmmaking, imo.

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