Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
I barely remember it and didn't feel qualified to rank it. I was expecting it to place higher, too.I thought Children of the Corn would place waaaay higher. Just off my list.
Are you going to list the HM's on the front page for quick reference?
Courtney Gains’ second best role (as Malachai) after Kenneth in Can’t Buy Me Love. Followed by Whitey in Colors.I barely remember it and didn't feel qualified to rank it. I was expecting it to place higher, too.I thought Children of the Corn would place waaaay higher. Just off my list.
Really funny tooEnjoyed this one too and the cast was pretty awesome in it as well. Won't spoil but there were some interesting scenarios on display.#198 - The Menu
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Mark Mylod
2022
Psychological
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 71
RottenTomatoes: 67
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_uTkUGcHv4
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-menu-2022
Voter Ranks
Tick 23
Yambag 74
So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
80's cheesy horror movieSo... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
Obviously it’s dated and won’t actually scare anyone but it’s a good movie. A good drama centered around the occult.#193 - Curse of the Demon
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
Jacques Tourneur
1957
Psychological, Supernatural
United Kingdom
IMDB: 74
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: NA
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy1uUkWjeLM
Streaming:
N/A
Voter Ranks
ilov80s 20
You might not like it if you were to see it now for the first time. A lot of nostalgia involved.So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
This one would have been a fantastic short in an anthology movie.#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
I remember seeing this as a kid and liking it except for the ending. I've seen it since and liked it less. Not timeless, more like a staple of sorts of its eraI thought Children of the Corn would place waaaay higher. Just off my list.
Me? The concept from Stephen King was awesome… then they made a movie based on that concept…So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
The ones I've listed should be your highest priorityOf the 30 movies listed so far:
- I have heard of 9 of them: Split, Child's Play, Doctor Sleep, Frank/Wolfman, I Know what..., Candyman, Gothika, Terminator, Children of the Corn
- I have seen 3 of them (Children of the Corn, Terminator, & Child's Play)
My goal is to have actually heard of 75 of the movies on the list and to have seen 30 of them.
It’s not so good. It does “star” Peter Horton from very few films like Side Out. The remake wasn’t any better imo80's cheesy horror movieSo... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
ETA: One of the few listed so far I have heard of and actually seen
I should have listed all my weird **** higher.
And I will, in annoying detailI should have listed all my weird **** higher.
When this is over and everyone's full list is revealed, you'll have to explain all your weird ****.
Same. Think I had it in the 60s then it ended up bumped.I thought Children of the Corn would place waaaay higher. Just off my list.
And a Great!! kill scene. Original and wtf?!?Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
Yup. We need a video store Renaissance. !!Streaming services are as bad as cable now. Too many of them to afford and the content is spread all over the place.It's really ruining all this horror movie reveal that very few of these are available for free on any streaming services.
Bingo! I actually just saw this for the first time this past October and was not impressed. Guessing it would have been much better seeing it when it came out.You might not like it if you were to see it now for the first time. A lot of nostalgia involved.So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
The mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.Me? The concept from Stephen King was awesome… then they made a movie based on that concept…So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
No. It was pretty universally recognized as a sub-par movie. As a kid I did like it. As an adult, not really.Bingo! I actually just saw this for the first time this past October and was not impressed. Guessing it would have been much better seeing it when it came out.You might not like it if you were to see it now for the first time. A lot of nostalgia involved.So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
I loved them as a kid but looking back now most of them are pretty badThe mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.Me? The concept from Stephen King was awesome… then they made a movie based on that concept…So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
There’s one or two that still hold up IMO, but I don’t want to spotlight them in case they show up later on.I loved them as a kid but looking back now most of them are pretty badThe mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.Me? The concept from Stephen King was awesome… then they made a movie based on that concept…So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
I would find that shocking but I guess one never knowsThere’s one or two that still hold up IMO, but I don’t want to spotlight them in case they show up later on.I loved them as a kid but looking back now most of them are pretty badThe mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.Me? The concept from Stephen King was awesome… then they made a movie based on that concept…So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
#191 - Children of the Corn
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Fritz Kiersch
1984
Occult, King
USA
IMDB: 56
Metacritic: 45
RottenTomatoes: 38
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClKllEv5MU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-the-corn
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 54
Frostillicus 64
shuke 54
Still haven't seen this but have been meaning to.Never occurred to me to include this on a horror list but it is a legitimately great film.The Night of the Hunter
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Charles Laughton
1955
Crime
USA
IMDB: 80
Metacritic: 99
RottenTomatoes: 98
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dX6ZKJe2o
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-night-of-the-hunter
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 36
#191 - Children of the Corn
This one should have been higher up the list.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
The story is great…..the film adaption fell flat on it’s face. I enjoyed the opening scenes and build up and then it went really off the rails.#191 - Children of the Corn
Of those who ranked this, how many have read the short story? I'm not a huge horror movie guy, but I am a big King fan so I watch a lot of adaptations of his works. This is one I have never seen mostly because I have heard so much of the criticism noted here, that it hasn't aged well and is kind of cheesy. I love the story, though. I have a list ranking my favorite King stories (novels, novellas, and short stories) and this sits at #9, the second-highest ranked short story.
#191 - Children of the Corn
Of those who ranked this, how many have read the short story? I'm not a huge horror movie guy, but I am a big King fan so I watch a lot of adaptations of his works. This is one I have never seen mostly because I have heard so much of the criticism noted here, that it hasn't aged well and is kind of cheesy. I love the story, though. I have a list ranking my favorite King stories (novels, novellas, and short stories) and this sits at #9, the second-highest ranked short story.
I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
I agree, there are no good movies in this franchise. There are 11 movies, and I can't remember enjoying any of them. The short story is really good and the premise, as I have said before, is great.The story is great…..the film adaption fell flat on it’s face. I enjoyed the opening scenes and build up and then it went really off the rails.#191 - Children of the Corn
Of those who ranked this, how many have read the short story? I'm not a huge horror movie guy, but I am a big King fan so I watch a lot of adaptations of his works. This is one I have never seen mostly because I have heard so much of the criticism noted here, that it hasn't aged well and is kind of cheesy. I love the story, though. I have a list ranking my favorite King stories (novels, novellas, and short stories) and this sits at #9, the second-highest ranked short story.
Yes it has not aged well at all. The sequels were all pure straight to video crap.
But Kings story is diabolical indeed. I would like to see a true and better film adaption
There are 11 of those movies?!? After a while you'd think those kids would get tired of all that corn.I agree, there are no good movies in this franchise. There are 11 movies, and I can't remember enjoying any of them. The short story is really good and the premise, as I have said before, is great.The story is great…..the film adaption fell flat on it’s face. I enjoyed the opening scenes and build up and then it went really off the rails.#191 - Children of the Corn
Of those who ranked this, how many have read the short story? I'm not a huge horror movie guy, but I am a big King fan so I watch a lot of adaptations of his works. This is one I have never seen mostly because I have heard so much of the criticism noted here, that it hasn't aged well and is kind of cheesy. I love the story, though. I have a list ranking my favorite King stories (novels, novellas, and short stories) and this sits at #9, the second-highest ranked short story.
Yes it has not aged well at all. The sequels were all pure straight to video crap.
But Kings story is diabolical indeed. I would like to see a true and better film adaption
Watched it once and thought "meh" but maybe I should try again.I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
It was much better as a theater experienceWatched it once and thought "meh" but maybe I should try again.I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
I got to see this as a double feature with that intentionally-bad "aliens invade this rural community" film (Planet Terror). That was seriously a lot of fun. Campy, but fun.It was much better as a theater experienceWatched it once and thought "meh" but maybe I should try again.I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
Pretty sure one of them had zero kids in it.There are 11 of those movies?!? After a while you'd think those kids would get tired of all that corn.I agree, there are no good movies in this franchise. There are 11 movies, and I can't remember enjoying any of them. The short story is really good and the premise, as I have said before, is great.The story is great…..the film adaption fell flat on it’s face. I enjoyed the opening scenes and build up and then it went really off the rails.#191 - Children of the Corn
Of those who ranked this, how many have read the short story? I'm not a huge horror movie guy, but I am a big King fan so I watch a lot of adaptations of his works. This is one I have never seen mostly because I have heard so much of the criticism noted here, that it hasn't aged well and is kind of cheesy. I love the story, though. I have a list ranking my favorite King stories (novels, novellas, and short stories) and this sits at #9, the second-highest ranked short story.
Yes it has not aged well at all. The sequels were all pure straight to video crap.
But Kings story is diabolical indeed. I would like to see a true and better film adaption
Same. I enjoyed them as a piece. Separately they are campy fun, but they shine as a double feature.I got to see this as a double feature with that intentionally-bad "aliens invade this rural community" film (Planet Terror). That was seriously a lot of fun. Campy, but fun.It was much better as a theater experienceWatched it once and thought "meh" but maybe I should try again.I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
Voter Ranks
IvanKaramazov 48
UncleZen 48
I'm not enjoying it at all.Enjoying the differing opinions so far.
I agree Corn wasn't the greatest adaptation, but it wasn't the worst either. I think the actor who played Isaac was great and creepy as hell. It helped that he was actually 23 years old at the time, but he had a growth hormone deficiency so he looked like an elementary/middle school kid, but had a voice of a high school/college age guy. The guy who plays Malachai does a good job, too. The movie certainly could have been better and falls short in several areas, but it does give off an eerie atmosphere at times and has some semi-spooky moments. I was a senior in high school when it was released in the spring of '84. I think the movie worked better during that time/era, and for its target market at the time.The mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.
Yeah I was 14......and I did like the first act..things kinda fell apart after the reveal.I agree Corn wasn't the greatest adaptation, but it wasn't the worst either. I think the actor who played Isaac was great and creepy as hell. It helped that he was actually 23 years old at the time, but he had a growth hormone deficiency so he looked like an elementary/middle school kid, but had a voice of a high school/college age guy. The guy who plays Malachai does a good job, too. The movie certainly could have been better and falls short in several areas, but it does give off an eerie atmosphere at times and has some semi-spooky moments. I was a senior in high school when it was released in the spring of '84. I think the movie worked better during that time/era, and for its target market at the time.The mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.
Yes same here....it definitely helps watching that as a double feature. They went for the entire 70's schlock drive-in fare with these two flicks.I got to see this as a double feature with that intentionally-bad "aliens invade this rural community" film (Planet Terror). That was seriously a lot of fun. Campy, but fun.It was much better as a theater experienceWatched it once and thought "meh" but maybe I should try again.I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.#192 - Death Proof
Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
Quentin Tarantino
2007
Thriller, Action
USA
IMDB: 70
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 65
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/death-proof
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