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The Masque of the Red Death (1989)
Dramatc action horror story with great action pieces.
I really enjoyed this movie. I thought that Michelle McBride was a refreshing and exciting actress who balanced brilliantly with the other cast. She looks great and boy is she sexy. Frank Stallone made a perfect Duke. He's a great actor; does a fabulous tango - not easy to do. Herbert Lom was fun as the mad King Ludwig and the lovely Brenda Vaccaro gave a sterling performance as usual. The story was good - I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next and the thrills and fears of an old fashioned horror story were certainly there. Some pretty good visual effects and an exciting twist on the original Edgar Allan Poe story by action director Alan Birkinshaw. The scene with the pendulum in the clock was one of the best dramatic scenes from any Edgar Allan Poe movie I have ever seen. It left me clinging to my chair in a cold sweat. I believe Birkinshaw also made the House of Usher and the award winning Punch with Donald Sutherland. All in all, it was an entertaining and exciting piece of cinema. More please. More.
Killer's Moon (1978)
I heard it on the radio
I heard Jo Goode talking about Killer's Moon on the radio with director Alan Birkinshaw, and I thought if Jo liked it, then maybe I would like it too. Being a female, I don't really go in for horror movies, but I enjoy the CSI type programmes on TV, and there's a first time for everything so I bought a DVD. I wasn't sure what to expect, but when I viewed it I was very pleasantly surprised. What a great little horror movie (perhaps it should be terror movie?) this is. I like things quintessentially English, and that is precisely what this movie is. The plot was straight forward but with a difference; the script by Ms Fay Weldon added to the intrigue at least it was intelligently written unlike so much other trash one sees at the movies. And the acting was pretty good. In fact, having heard him being interviewed on the radio, I think the director did a marvellous job. I was frightened when I should have been. I liked the contrast between the goodies and the baddies. I simply loved the doggy. What didn't I like about it? Well, I didn't like it when the dog died. But if they make Killer's Moon 2, I will be queueing up to go and see it at the cinema.