Cheers! Oh, and to address the source material for Deathtrap it was a play...by Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, etc.)! So that explains why the suspense aspect was so well-done.
Just take a look at the amazing ensemble cast of Noises Off... and that might convince you to check it out. :)
And speaking of John Carpenter, who has made some of my favorite horror/genre films, but quite a few turkeys as well, but my favorite commentary tracks are those with Carpenter and Kurt Russell. You can tell they're sitting in the same room, having fun telling stories about the making of their films, and best of all, imo, I really got the sense that they truly not only respected, but really liked each other, so that really shines through and makes their commentaries extra enjoyable.
I do my best to keep my comments at least movie-adjacent, but since you mention Idiocracy, I'll second your comment about its affect on movies, but it seems, along with 1984 to be influencing more than just movies, alas.
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As a big horror fan, I'm pretty stingy with my 10/10s and have only rated two that in the genre: one was The Exorcist, the other Carpenter's The Thing. And Carpenter also had the handicap of a lit cigarette dangling from his mouth while doing all that.
I loved First Blood and I love Kirk Douglas, so that's getting watched soon, thanks!
The ...Devil is now on my radar, but another forum I vibe [with] wasn't too enthusiastic about it. That hasn't stopped me before, however...
Alas, I tend to agree with you on current Hollywood output, but are you familiar with S. Craig Zahler? He's my latest favorite indie genre film writer/director, with only three under his belt so far, my favorite is Bone Tomahawk (2015), but see all three. Very against the Hollywood of today's grain. "Gritty" is an understatement.
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Blatty's original book and Friedkin's original film were both amazing and the film still terrifies me after dozens of viewings. I pretend II: Heretic doesn't exist. Have read Blatty's book Legion, seen and own his theatrical cut of Ex III, have a fanedit called Legion, and own Blatty's recut film by the same name. The fanedit and Blatty's Legion are quite similar. They both do away with the studio-imposed exorcist played by Nicol Willimson, through no fault of his own, just didn't belong. Yeah I love III no matter what, and as no fan of jump scares, contains possibly the best one I've seen.
And I love First Blood for the plot and characters, especially justice/revenge, the gore/action was just icing, so really looking fwd. to Lonely...
I never said "trash" ...Devil, but perhaps it's more deliberately-paced than some are accustomed to. I don't mind that, as long as it's well done and worth it.Kudos for stretching $1M and 8 shoot days in to something you liked. Oh, I just saw Lobo worked on Dave Made a Maze which I liked.
I feel the same way about Zahler, he got that outstanding cast to work in uncomfortable conditions for 21 shoot days for $1.8M. Even Concrete was only $15M. And by anti Hwd., I meant more not afraid to offend any SJW types. All his characters suffer a lot.
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