First up tonight Bill Rebane's 1984 film The Cold from the Chilling Classics 50 Movie Pack. Originally title The Game, this Wisconsin made horror flick is poor and silly, but it made me laugh once in a while. And this is my second viewing. I had gotten past this disc in my viewing, but nor reviewing. The premise has three rich characters bring 9 people to a house and offer a million dollars to the last person standing after a weekend of fear. This is their annual game and it starts with spiders in the soup. The movie is set in a resort that's just closed for the season. It's The Northernaire in Three Lakes Wisconsin. Still there, but I could find no good pictures on the net. People start disappearing and then they start dying. The actors aren't great but neither is the material they have to work with. There are several things to laugh about in the movie but that's not enough to make it a great bad film. It's just an average bad film. Rebane did most of the work on the film, directing, cameraman, editor, etc. He's not so good, some of the choices he makes for shots are truely wonderous. Rebane made several other movies. The Demons Of Ludlow is also in the Chilling Classics 50 Movie Pack. It's worse. When I was at BestBuy on Wednesday to pick up the second season dvd of The Adventures Of Pete and Pete I saw two new 100 Movie Packs. There was a Western one and a Combat one. When are they going to have the 500 or 1000 movie packs? Sperhauk ordered the Drive In 50 Movie Pack and I am interested in their new Terror 50 Movie Pack, but I am waiting for the price to drop.
Next up, Maria Bava's Blood and Black Lace. It's an Italian murder movie from 1964. A faceless brute strangles a model and that starts the ball rolling. More murders follow as the cops investigate. It's a nice looking film and there is more film making talent displayed in just about any scene in this movie when compared to the whole of The Cold. But it's still a guy killing some models for money. Not a story I care much about and Sperhauk who had picked up the dvd used was thinking of selling it at DreamHaven. I myself put 47 tapes out for sale last week. I wonder how they are doing. Many were very cheap. That's more than a whole paper box full of plastic gone from the house. That's my basic stand of measurement, a box that ten reams of paper come in, 11 by 17 by 10 inches. I have many. And since I am interested in getting rid of things I don't think I'll be picking up a copy of B&BL.
Comments