icyjones' movie mayhem: #27-#30

House (1977)

Japanese film about a group of girls who head to a house. You guessed it, turns out it is haunted.
This movies is really fun. Seeing all of the stuff in this movies makes me appreciate where the classic Japanese type stuff we see probably originated.
Examples include girls in school outfits, melons, random kung fu, etc..
At it's heart, this movie is a pretty traditional Japanese ghost story.
This one is so all over the place from comedy to horror, it makes it a really entertaining watch.

Remake of a film from 1942
Lots and lots of sexual themes here. And plenty of nudity to go with it.
Gore is few and far between, but delivers when it is on screen.
Really weird seeing Malcolm McDowell with so much hair, and not being in A Cockwork Orange.
Interesting concept for the ending.

Horror anthology. A group of terrible people plan on stealing a VHS tape with something valuable on it. They find a bunch of tapes with creepy shit on them.
This one had me hot and cold. Really liked some of the stories, didn't care for some of the others.
Some really good FX and TnA though.
The haunted house story and the killer in the woods story were the best two in my opinion.
Better concept than execution.

Found footage film. A news person follows a team of fire fighters to a call. They find some people who have decided to eat other people.
A Spanish film. It was remade in the states as Quarantine
Really good effects. The scares were on point, and I cared about the characters.
I liked the science in this movie. Very plausible.
The ending was shocking, and great.