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Gary said:

I don't know what to think of this. It's obvious that you couldn't get the original in theaters today, and it largely seems like a commentary on online content and censorship that also looks like the kind of thing Shudder gives wide release (which means it'll either be good or mediocre). As I said before, I've never seen the originals or unofficial spinoffs. I just knew they existed because they were in video rentals/were loved by those kids that drew fucked up pictures in their notebook. That and later finding out that some of the "Traces" movies had CD soundtracks that among other things, helped Mortician find a bigger audience (they were also in the soundtrack for Gummo, and they haven't released an album since October of 04. Anyways, I digress...)
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My gut feeling is it largely ends up being mediocre with exploitation being the "draw" behind the marketing. The framing device looks pretty bland and out of an early 2000s movie tbh just dressed up behind a known IP.

I watched the original Faces of Death when I went on a binge of "extreme" horror way back in like the late 2000s/early 2010s and it wasn't that memorable outside of a few scenes.
 
Late response, but
Brocklock said:
7 is middle of the pack for me, but I do like it. Tina is one of the better protagonists, her mom has a fantastic mullet, and Terry Kiser plays a great scumbag.

Speaking of Friday scumbags, the highlight of Takes Manhattan for me is the grade A asshole performance from the guy playing Charles McCullough. Shame he gets a really stupid and lame death.
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1.) Terry Kiser being in Part 7 makes me imagine a world where we got a Friday the 13th/Weekend at Bernies crossover. Complete with a scene in which Jason is really confused as to why these guys are hanging out with a dead guy

2.) Part 8 also feels like it could have been written by cocaine. It's also the worst one.
 
Takes Manhattan is too long. I think it runs around 100 minutes and is the longest movie in the franchise. The rest of the movies are in the 80 to 90 minute range. It's so boring and the leads are some of the dullest in the entire franchise.
 
Takes Manhattan is way better if they don't call it that, too. You just keep waiting, consciously or not.
 
I love Kane and I've met him at a convention where he's a class act, but the two scariest Jason's imo were Richard Brooker from part 3 with the creepy Jason permanent smile the makeup team made for him, and Ted White from 4 who moved very menacingly and had a scarier maskless design too.

I thought Jason looking like a reptile monster man when unmasked starting with Part 6 or so was always silly.
 
As Gary mentioned earlier Part 5 was directed by a former porn director, The lead actor who played Tommy was a born again Christian and refused to curse in the film and did not like the sexual stuff throughout the movie. Drug use was rampant on set. The guy who played Roy bad mouthed the director as well and said he disliked the filming experience.
 
Been trying to get through Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen on Netflix. I really hate the lead characters so that's making this a bit of a chore to watch. Is it worth trying to finish? I'm only 2 episodes in lol.
 

This, like everything Eli Roth has directed, is either going to be something I enjoy ("Cabin Fever", "Thanksgiving" and his "Hostel" movies) or terrible (everything else-don't get me started on "The Green Inferno")
 
I might consider going to the theaters for a new Chucky movie, although I hated the last theatrical Chucky movie (Seed) but I can admit that it's just not my thing. I love camp, but sometimes things teeter more towards really annoying instead of fun, and that's where Seed landed for me. Parts of the show seem that way too, but I did really like Curse Of Chucky a decade ago. I imagine this is going to be more towards the camp of Bride/Seed/Cult/The TV series instead of the more serious tone of the first three and Curse.
 
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