Jag är med Barn

AKA:
Father to Be

Written by:
Brasse Brännström
Lasse Hallström

Directed by:
Lasse Hallström

Made in:
Sweden in 1979

Actors:
Magnus Härenstam .... Bosse
Anki Lidén .... Lena
Micha Gabay .... Bosse's pal
Ulf Brunnberg .... Björn
Lis Nilheim .... Secretary

Plot:
Bosse works at an advertising agency while working on the novel of the century. At a burger restaurant he meets Lena, and before he knows it, she is pregnant. Bosse starts thinking that his life is all over, he won't get any more career opportunities, and never again will he have time for late night parties. IMDB

Review:
My first Swedish movie! :)
This was on one afternoon when I was visiting Fredrik in Sweden, and we ended up watching it. I couldn't understand much of the language at the time - only a little here or there, but it was still a good movie anyways! :) And I still really enjoy this movie.

It is funny and sad. I definately recommend it!

I've only seen it in Swedish, there might be subtitles somewhere, or probably dubbed.

A cute, fun movie!

Don't Look in the Basement

Original title:
The Forgotten

Written by:
Tim Pope

Directed by:
S.F. Brownrigg

Made in:
USA in 1973

Actors:
Bill McGhee .... Sam (as William Bill McGhee)
Jessie Lee Fulton .... Jane St. Claire
Robert Dracup .... Ray Daniels
Harryette Warren .... Jennifer D.
Michael Harvey .... Dr. Stephens
Jessie Kirby .... Danny
Hugh Feagin .... Sergeant Jaffee
Betty Chandler .... Allyson King
Camilla Carr .... Harriet
Gene Ross .... Judge Oliver W. Cameron
Annabelle Weenick .... Dr. Geraldine S. Masters (as Anne MacAdams)
Rosie Holotik .... Nurse Charlotte Beale
Rhea MacAdams .... Mrs. Callingham

Plot:
Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives at the isolated Stephens Sanitarium to work only to learn that Dr. Stephens was murdered by one of the patients and his successor, Dr. Geraldine Masters, is in charge and not very eager to have her working there. Charlotte finds her job hard as the patients torment and harass her at every turn. But that's only half of it as Charlotte slowly discovers that Dr. Masters is not who she says she is for the whole asylum has been taken over by the patients bent on murder and mayhem, and Masters turns out to be one of them. IMDB

Review:
Not for everyone. You have to be into old, badly acted movies like this to enjoy this one. The acting is decent, and the plot is good.

Banned in Iceland.

But of course it receives:

Peeping Tom

AKA:
Face of Fear
The Fotographer of Panic

Written by:
Leo Marks

Directed by:
Michael Powell

Made in:
UK in 1960

Actors:
Karlheinz Böhm .... Mark Lewis (as Carl Boehm)
Moira Shearer .... Vivian
Anna Massey .... Helen Stephens
Maxine Audley .... Mrs. Stephens
Brenda Bruce .... Dora
Miles Malleson .... Elderly gentleman
Esmond Knight .... Arthur Baden
Martin Miller .... Dr. Rosan
Bartlett Mullins .... Mr. Peters (news agent shop owner)
Michael Goodliffe .... Don Jarvis
Nigel Davenport .... Det. Sgt. Miller
Jack Watson .... Chief Insp. Gregg
Shirley Anne Field .... Diane Ashley
Pamela Green .... Milly (model)
Brian Wallace .... Tony (downstairs lodger in Lewis' house)

Plot:
As a boy, Mark Lewis was subjected to bizarre experiments by his scientist-father, who wanted to study and record the effects of fear on the nervous system. Now grown up, both of his parents dead, Mark works by day as a focus-puller for a London movie studio. He moonlights by taking girlie pictures above a news agent's shop. But Mark has also taken up a horrifying hobby: He murders women while using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. One evening, Mark meets and befriends Helen Stephens, a young woman who rents one of the rooms in his house. Does Helen represent some kind of possible redemption for Mark - or is she unknowingly running the risk of becoming one of his victims? IMDB

Review:
Fantastic!
A very different movie, with a great plot.

Not everyone will like this movie - it is old and British, and it might lose a lot of people. But you've got to try it! This movie is all about the psychological aspects and thoughts of a killer.

Once banned in Sweden and Finland.

For the movie:









And because I admire it so much:

The Ring 2

Original title:
The Ring Two

AKA:
Samara (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)
The Ring 2 (International: English title) (alternative spelling) (UK)
Samara: Ring 2 (Philippines: English title) (informal title)
Samara: The Ring Two (Asia: English title)

Written by:
Kôji Suzuki (novel)
Hiroshi Takahashi (1998 film Ringu)

Directed by:
Hideo Nakata

Made in:
USA in 2005

Actors:
Naomi Watts .... Rachel Keller
Simon Baker .... Max Rourke
David Dorfman .... Aidan Keller
Elizabeth Perkins .... Dr. Emma Temple
Gary Cole .... Martin Savide
Sissy Spacek .... Evelyn
Ryan Merriman .... Jake
Emily VanCamp .... Emily
Kelly Overton .... Betsy
James Lesure .... Doctor
Daveigh Chase .... Samara (archive footage)
Kelly Stables .... Evil Samara
Cooper Thornton .... Father of Emily
Marilyn McIntyre .... Mother of Emily
Jesse Burch .... Male Reporter

Plot:
Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) have relocated to the quaint mountain town of Astoria, Oregon, where Rachel has found a new job at the local Astoria Gazette, working alongside reporter David Rourke (Simon Baker). The discovery of a local teenage homicide whilst scanning the electronic Astoria Police archives prompts Rachel to uncover the truth behind it. Before long, Rachel has linked the homicide to the mysterious video tape. When Rachel is within reach of uncovering the secret, she finds and then destroys the killer videotape. Bad move. Soon after, Aidan is hospitalized; unconscious, perilously cold, and bruised. Rachel suspects this is the act of the vengeful ghost Samara Morgan, but the local physician, Dr. Emma Temple, suspects otherwise. Having being blamed for child abuse and looking guilty as sin, Rachel returns to Seattle to dig deeper into the past of the ghostly Samara who is apparently trying to re-enter corporeal existence by using Aidan as a conduit/host. Will the secrets Rachel uncovers solve problems, or will they end more lives? IMDB

Review:
A bad movie.
More of the first movie. The only interesting thing in the movie was Sissy Spacek, and her role was so small that it didn't help enough in the movie.

The movie is just like the first one - except in a different town. The story is not carried on nor do you learn anything new about the situation. And a whole bunch of stuff happens without explaination of why, and a whole bunch of stuff happens that is unbelievable - even for a movie like this.

It is dull and boring.
Don't watch this one. If you want to watch more movies like The Ring - especially to learn more about the complete story, which this movie doesn't do, then skip this one and go find yourself the Japanese originals.

For a lack of a story, the same story as before, and lack of scare:

The Devil's Advocate

AKA:
Devil's Advocate (USA) (DVD box title)
Im Auftrag des Teufels (Germany)

Written by:
Andrew Neiderman (novel)
Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay)

Directed by:
Taylor Hackford

Made in:
USA & Germany in 1997

Actors:
Keanu Reeves .... Kevin Lomax
Al Pacino .... John Milton
Charlize Theron .... Mary Ann Lomax
Jeffrey Jones .... Eddie Barzoon
Judith Ivey .... Mrs. Alice Lomax
Connie Nielsen .... Christabella Andreoli
Craig T. Nelson .... Alexander Cullen
Tamara Tunie .... Mrs. Jackie Heath
Ruben Santiago-Hudson .... Leamon Heath
Debra Monk .... Pam Garrety
Vyto Ruginis .... Mitch Weaver, Justice Dept.
Laura Harrington .... Mrs. Melissa Black
Pamela Gray .... Mrs. Diana Barzoon
Heather Matarazzo .... Barbara
George Wyner .... Meisel

Plot:
This is a movie about a young, seemingly unbeatable lawyer from a small town in Florida. When he gets an offer to go to New York and work for a large firm, him and his wife Mary Anne jump at the opportunity. Soon, Mary Anne begins to dislike the city and Kevin's job. She urges him to quit and go back to Florida but he sees her as insane. The longer he works however, the more his wife makes sense, but is it too late? IMDB

Review:
An incredible movie!
Another must-see.
I'm not sure why Keanu Reeves was cast for this movie - but it works! He does a great job.

The plot is great, everything is great! One of the best movies ever produced, IMHO.

Horror Hotel

Original title:
The City of the Dead

AKA:
Horror Hotel (USA)

Written by:
George Baxt (screenplay)
Milton Subotsky (story)

Directed by:
John Llewellyn Moxey

Made in:
UK in 1960

Actors:
Patricia Jessel .... Elizabeth Selwyn/Mrs. Newless
Dennis Lotis .... Richard Barlow
Christopher Lee .... Prof. Alan Driscoll
Tom Naylor .... Bill Maitland (Tom in Creidts)
Betta St. John .... Patricia Russell
Venetia Stevenson .... Nan Barlow
Valentine Dyall .... Jethrow Keane
Ann Beach .... Lottie
Norman Macowan .... Rev. Russell

Plot:
A young coed (Nan Barlow) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood. He originally cam from that village so he also recommends she stay at the "Raven's Inn," run by a Mrs. Newlis. She gets to the village and notices some weird happenings, but things begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself "marked" for sacrifice by the undead coven of witches. It seems that the innkeeper is actually the undead spirit of Elizabeth Selwyn, and the "guests" at the inn are the other witches who have come to celebrate the sacrifice on Candalmas Eve. As one of them said when Nan (Venetia Stevenson) walked away, "HE will be PLEASED." IMDB

Review:
A great movie! By Hurly's standards. :)
Great actors and a very simple plot.

Most people would probably find it very boring and dull, but it is one of my favorites!

The Ring

AKA:
Ring (USA) (pre-release title)
Seven Days (USA) (working title)
Static (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Kôji Suzuki (novel)
Ehren Kruger (screenplay)

Directed by:
Gore Verbinski

Made in:
USA in 2002

Actors:
Naomi Watts .... Rachel Keller
Martin Henderson .... Noah Clay
David Dorfman .... Aidan Keller
Brian Cox .... Richard Morgan
Jane Alexander .... Dr. Grasnik
Lindsay Frost .... Ruth Embry
Amber Tamblyn .... Katie Embry
Rachael Bella .... Rebecca 'Becca' Kotler
Daveigh Chase .... Samara Morgan
Shannon Cochran .... Anna Morgan

Plot:
Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is a young journalist with a divorced husband, Noah (Martin Henderson), and a son, Aidan (David Dorfman). Her niece was recently found dead with a look of pure shock embedded in her face as if something scared her to death. Upon learning that her niece's three friends died at the same time, too, and hearing about a disturbing videotape that is said to kill you seven days after watching it, Rachel comes into the possession of that same tape. Now, as time grows short, Rachel and Noah race to save their lives from impending doom and discover what the tape has to do with a tragedy-stricken horse ranch and a very strange little girl named Samara (Daveigh Chase)... IMDB

Review:
An awesome movie! A must-see! :)

This American remake of the Japanese novels and movies was a success!

This movie is pretty much a put-together of all of the Japanese Ring movies. The story that is told in those 3 (technically 4) movies, pretty much all takes place in this one movie. And it works - well!

I definately recommend this movie! Very scary, very creepy, and great actors!

The Ninth Gate

AKA:
Neuvième porte, La (France)
Novena puerta, La (Spain)

Written by:
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel)
John Brownjohn (screenplay)

Directed by:
Roman Polanski

Made in:
Spain, France, & USA in 1999

Actors:
Johnny Depp .... Dean Corso
Frank Langella .... Boris Balkan
Lena Olin .... Liana Telfer
Emmanuelle Seigner .... The Girl
Barbara Jefford .... Baroness Kessler
Jack Taylor .... Victor Fargas
José López Rodero .... Pablo & Pedro Ceniza/1st & 2nd Workmen (as Jose Lopez Rodero)
Tony Amoni .... Liana's Bodyguard
James Russo .... Bernie
Willy Holt .... Andrew Telfer
Allen Garfield .... Witkin

Plot:
Rare book sleuth Dean Corso has been hired to find the two other existing copies of the seventeenth-century Book of the Nine Doors to the Kingdom of Darkness, reputed to hold the key to conjuring Satan. He travels from Madrid to Paris in search of the Book of the Nine Doors. IMDB

Review:
One of the longest pre-credit movie introductions ever. :/

Johnny Depp did okay in this movie. And the movie itself is pretty okay, too..
It is just the end of the movie that is really bad. :/

I think I expected a little too much from the movie.
But it was a good role for Johnny Depp. A very different character.
I really liked the plot ... but after he found the 3rd book, it just went downhill from there. :/

For the majority of the movie:










For most of the actors and the ending of the movie:

The Time Machine

Written by:
H.G. Wells (novel)
David Duncan (earlier screenplay)

Directed by:
Simon Wells

Made in:
USA in 2002

Actors:
Guy Pearce .... Alexander Hartdegen
Mark Addy .... David Filby
Phyllida Law .... Mrs. Watchett

Plot:
Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, "The Time Machine" stars Guy Pearce in the role of scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, who is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter - and the hunted. IMDB

Review:
This is not a good remake! Instead of watching this one, get the original.

It was okay, not saying it was bad. But it wasn't worth the time.

L' Enfant Sauvage

AKA:
The Wild Boy (UK)
The Wild Child (USA)

Written by:
Jean Gruault
Jean Itard (novel)

Directed by:
François Truffaut

Made in:
France in 1970

Actors:
Jean-Pierre Cargol .... Victor, l'enfant sauvage
François Truffaut .... Le Dr Jean Itard
Françoise Seigner .... Madame Guerin
Jean Dasté .... Professor Philippe Pinel
Annie Miller .... Madame Lemeri
Claude Miller .... Monsieur Lemeri
Paul Villé .... Remy
Nathan Miller .... Baby Lemeri
Mathieu Schiffman .... Mathieu

Plot:
1798. In a forrest, some countrymen catch a wild child who can not walk, speak, read neither write. The Doctor Itard is interested by the child, and starts to educate him. Everybody thinks he will fail, but with a lot of love and patience, he manages to obtain results... This is a true story. IMDB

Review:
I watched this movie in French class at University. It is a great movie!

I saw it in French, but I know there is probably a dubbed version or probably a subtitled version out somewhere.

The movie is a lot of fun, I definately recommend it.

House of Wax

Written by:
Charles Belden (story)
Crane Wilbur

Directed by:
André De Toth

Made in:
USA in 1953

Actors:
Vincent Price .... Prof. Henry Jarrod
Frank Lovejoy .... Lt. Tom Brennan
Phyllis Kirk .... Sue Allen
Carolyn Jones .... Cathy Gray
Paul Picerni .... Scott Andrews
Roy Roberts .... Matthew Burke
Angela Clarke .... Mrs. Andrews
Paul Cavanagh .... Sidney Wallace
Dabbs Greer .... Sgt. Jim Shane
Charles Bronson .... Igor (as Charles Buchinsky)
Reggie Rymal .... The barker

Plot:
A sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his partner proposes setting fire to the unpopular museum in order to collect the insurance money. As the wax figures melt amid the blaze, the two men have a fight. The sculptor is knocked out in the scuffle and left to "perish" among the flames. He resurfaces many years later for the launch of his own wax museum. The opening coincides with the sudden disappearance of some dead bodies from the city morgue. His assistant begins to suspect his boss of foul play, especially after the deranged wizard of wax begins eyeing his assistant's lovely girlfriend's friend as a model for a waxed figure of Marie Antoinette. IMDB

Review:
A classic! Vincent Price at his best (like always). You can't find movies made like this any more. A must-see for everyone.

No less than:

Satan's School for Girls

Written by:
Arthur A. Ross

Directed by:
David Lowell Rich

Made in:
USA in 1973

Actors:
Pamela Franklin .... Elizabeth Sayers
Kate Jackson .... Roberta Lockhart
Lloyd Bochner .... Prof. Delacroix
Jamie Smith-Jackson .... Debbie Jones (as Jamie Smith Jackson)
Roy Thinnes .... Dr. Joseph Clampett
Jo Van Fleet .... Mrs. Jessica Williams, Headmistress
Cheryl Ladd .... Jody Keller (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor)
Frank Marth .... Detective Lt. Harry Grimes
Terry Lumley .... Martha Sayers
Gwynne Gilford .... Lucy Dembrow
Bill Quinn .... Gardener
Ann Noland .... Kris
Bing Russell .... Sheriff

Plot:
A young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a satanic cult. IMDB

Review:
A very good movie! Most might not like it, but it is definately my kind of movie. Good twists here and there. Not perfect, but better than most stuff produced today.

Satan's School for Girls (remake)

Written by:
Arthur A. Ross (1973 teleplay Satan's School for Girls)
Jennifer Maisel (story)

Directed by:
Christopher Leitch

Made in:
USA in 2000

Actors:
Shannen Doherty .... Beth Hammersmith/Karen Oxford
Julie Benz .... Alison Kingsley
Daniel Cosgrove .... Mark Lantch
Richard Joseph Paul .... Nick Delacroix
Taraji P. Henson .... Paige
Aimée Castle .... Courtney
Mandy Schaffer .... Hillary
Victoria Sanchez .... Lisa Bagley
Kate Jackson .... Olivia Burtis
Irene Contogiorgis .... Jenny Hammersmith
Alan Fawcett .... Ruben
Jessica Goldapple .... Kim
Christian Paul .... T.J.
Adam MacDonald .... Blake
Jonathan Stark .... Mr. Hammersmith

Plot:
Beth, under an alias, enrolls at Fallbridge College for Girls to probe the apparent suicide of her younger sister who attended school there, and soon battles against a secret group called "The Five" who are in fact a Satanic cult of witches and have chosen Beth, a natural witch herself, to join the cult as the fifth member to consolidate it's power for world domination. IMDB

Review:
No! No! No!
Don't watch this and go get the original version.

The Dead Hate the Living!

Written by:
Dave Parker

Directed by:
Dave Parker

Made in:
USA in 2000

Actors:
Eric Clawson .... David Poe
Jamie Donahue .... Topaz
Brett Beardslee .... Paul
Wendy Speake .... Shelly Poe
Benjamin P. Morris .... Eric
Rick Irwin .... Marcus
David Douglas .... Chas
Matt Stephens .... Dr. Eibon
Kimberly Pullis .... Nina Poe
Andre 'Doc' Newman .... Maggot
Matthew McGrory .... Gaunt
Ariauna Albright .... Ellie Eibon

Plot:
When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital. IMDB

Review:
This movie is really, really bad. :/ And in some way - I sorta think (and hope) that they wanted it to be so bad.. :/

It is a movie within a movie ... and when it is the actual movie - some of the effects really aren't that bad. But some of the acting is just.. SO bad.. :/ That the movie is unbearable. :/

It doesn't even qualify for a Hurly rating .. it was so bad. :/ Some of the effects were good, most were bad. All the acting was bad. And the plot was just horrific. :/

And it is super embarassing for this movie to be from 2000. :/ At least older movies have excuses, this one is just lame.

Avoid this movie at all costs!

Dead Calm

AKA:
Dead Calm: A Voyage Into Fear (USA) (poster title)

Written by:
Charles Williams (novel)
Terry Hayes (screenplay)

Directed by:
Phillip Noyce

Made in:
Australia & USA in 1989

Actors:
Nicole Kidman .... Rae Ingram
Sam Neill .... John Ingram
Billy Zane .... Hughie Warriner

Plot:
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems. IMDB

Review:
I loved this movie the first time I saw it! A very simple movie with a great story. The three main actors do a wonderful job - if only all movies could be so simple and yet fulfilling.

And why did Nicole Kidman ruin her face with surgery?? I wish she looked like she did from this movie.

Sam Neil - a great actor. Even though I have nightmares of him trying to kill me.. :/ :D

I definately recommend this movie! Not many movies out there that show that a movie doesn't have to be complex and expensive to be awesome!

H2O

Original title:
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

AKA:
Halloween 7 (USA) (working title)
Halloween 7: The Revenge of Laurie Strode (USA) (working title)
Halloween: H20 (USA) (promotional title)
Halloween: H20 (20 Years Later) (USA) (promotional title)
Halloween: The Revenge of Laurie Strode (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Debra Hill
John Carpenter

Directed by:
Steve Miner

Made in:
USA in 1998

Actors:
Jamie Lee Curtis .... Laurie Strode/Keri Tate
Josh Hartnett .... John Tate
Adam Arkin .... Will Brennan
Michelle Williams .... Molly Cartwell
LL Cool J .... Ronald 'Ronny' Jones
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe .... Sarah Wainthrope
Adam Hann-Byrd .... Charles 'Charlie' Deveraux
Janet Leigh .... Norma Watson
Joseph Gordon-Levitt .... Jimmy Howell
Nancy Stephens .... Marion Chambers Whittington
Brandon Williams .... Tony Allegre
Beau Billingslea .... Detective 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Matt Winston .... Detective Matt Sampson
Larisa Miller .... Claudia
Emmalee Thompson .... Casey

Plot:
Laurie Strode (from Halloween I and II) is now the head mistress at a prestigious private school, which is attended by her 17 year-old son. On the 20th anniversary of the events that occurred in Halloween I, Laurie begins having nightmares, flashbacks, and visions of her evil brother, Michael Myers, coming to kill her. Myers shows up at the school on Halloween night, setting the stage for a "final" battle between Myers and Strode. IMDB

Review:
A very decent movie! I enjoy watching it and I would recommend it. But of course.. it has Jamie Lee.... :)