I think it's a great movie, and I know people who have this as their favourite movie ever. However, maybe it's a movie of its time, great then, not so great now. I'll put it on my roster to watch, which means probably next month (I already have about 30 movies lined up ready), and give you a take, but to be honest, it's probably going to be very nostalgia tinged. I actually went to see this at the cinema when it came out, I'm that old.

Did the transformation scene hold up for you?

005 Paperhouse 7/10 this is a weird and subtle British horror movie that is really about a child's dreams. The acting is generally quite poor from the children (who are essentially the leads), but it static quality actually works fine in this movie, whose qualities come out really in the visuals and sound design, especially (but not entirely restricted to) in the dream sequences. More subtle and Lynchian than, say, Freddy Krueger in its exploration of dreams. Recommended.

Ummm I am struggling to recall.
I must be 5-10 years younger than you.
It just did not seem horrific for me.
Top put it in perspective - I remember going to an older neighbourhood friend's place to watch Friday 13th (8-11yr group) and it scared the *&^*&^ outta me - and that was the popping of my horror cherry....and I think I watched one of its series in the last year and I found it kinda scary even though I could anticipate most of where the plot was going.
So I would imagine if I went and watched it again I would expect that I would like it more than AMIL.

Which also means, that I can see how nostalgia can have a big impact. Although I think I had seen AMIL before.

006 The Haunted Palace 7/10 Rather fine, and I think a little forgotten, Roger Corman movie with Vincent Price. The film looks really crisp and lush, and Corman knew how to stretch the dollars to keep the film looking classy, but kept it cheap by running the smoke machines for every single exterior shot. Price isn't too hammy here, and gives a fine performance. What is funny is that Corman is trying to sell this as being an Edgar Allen Poe-based movie when it's clearly an H.P.Lovecraft story. There's mentions of the elder gods, Yog-Sothoth, and some very fine imagery going on here, with a story of a wizard burned for mating young girls with beasts from the other dimensions, cursing the whole village to horrible mutations, and then resurrected into his own ancestor. Enjoyable shennanegins.

007 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter - 54/100 pretty weak entry, with very little tension or decent dialogue, but bolstered by Marty McFly's dad, and a pretty good final act where a kid takes the war to Jason - AND THAT KID IS COREY FELDMAN WITH A SHAVED HEAD!

008 Night of the Creeps 7/10 This was a lot of fun, and definitely at the top end of 80s B-movie horror. Witty, self-knowing script (in a good way), some good effects (and bad effects), and some really decent setups/payoffs. It thrilled me.

Speaking of horror movies, I would be curious to see what you think of Haunter... The movie has me intrigued, for I am a fan of the director, Vincenzo Natali, and believe the movie is up there and underrated as far as the genre goes... But have gotten no feedback so far.

Cheers friend, thx for the reviews.

009 X The Unknown 7/10 - Rather fine 50s scifi that is very Quatermassy (it was intended to be a sequel to the original Quatermass movie, but Hammer couldn't get the rights), and rather good. It has a creature reminiscent of The Blob, and the effects in this film are better than The Blob, actually. Dean Jagger does a really good job as the American scientist in Scotland - good character actor. Very enjoyable scifi from Hammer before they concentrated so much on horror.

010 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 3/10 wow this is rank. Every single character exists only to die in a usually cursory and unconvincing way, as they meander through dialogue that exists only to bridge the bodycount. Even the motivation of this new "Jason" is utterly ridiculous. A couple of the deaths had a little frisson, but that about it. The very beginning, with Corey Feldman, was maybe the only decent part.

011 The Quatermass Xperiment 8/10 Damn fine British scifi, made by Hammer before they went full-horror, with Brian Donlevy doing a great scientist-as-sociopath in his portrayal of Bernard Quatermass, and Richard Worsworth doing a great turn as Victor Caroon, a man slowly being overtaken by an alien intelligence in a performance often (rightly) compared to Karloff's performance in the original Frankenstein. Some great touches, including rising tension in a zoo where the off-camera monster lurks, followed by the sight of dead, desiccated animals throughout the zoo the next morning, fine music, a documentary style that really serves to make you uneasy. One of the great scifi movies of the 50s.

you know... british sci fi's are very entertaining and are completely different from american sci fi's as america's are from Japan's.

did you ever see the one with the the grasshopper like insects that were long extinct but their space ship was still resonating the life force from the species in the form or hallucinations and madness to humans?

let me try and find the name

Quatermass and the Pit.

I'm on a podcast in a few weeks, covering the Quatermass movies, so will be covering them all in the next week.

012 Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives 6/10 A definite improvement on all the sequels (especially the terrible 5th one), this has some talent, wit and decent ideas going on, with some nice tension and jumpscares. I liked this Frankensteinian Jason, who walked fast, and seemed relentless.

013 Macabre (1980) 6/10 Odd Italian thriller/horror that suffers the usual problem in Italian horror, in that the motiviation and speech of the characters seems slightly skewed compared to the narrative drive. The main actress was pretty committed, and the ending was pretty good (except the last 5 seconds), and it was fun, with a few atmospheric moments. The central relationship between a woman and a severed head doesn't bear too close an examination.

Book: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert 70/100 more fremen/Atreides/Harkonnen shennanegins from the impressive mind of Frank Herbert. Having read all these before, I see this as a path between the two best Dune books, the original and God-Emperor of Dune, but it's solidly written, with a healthy dose of Herbert's own philosophical/social/political musings. Enjoyable.

I just realized you were answering me... I spent all day looking for the damn movie to. 5 million miles to earth... aka Quatermass and the Pit

That's kind of funny, considering I answered you within 3 minutes

I will be getting to that movie in the next few days, by the way.

014. Quatermass 2: another great British 50s scifi, dealing with mature themes of government conspiracy and control. It has something akin to the podpeople in Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, but these podpeople are ahead of the curve, and have already taken over government. It really packs a lot into its 80 minute running time, so has some narrative shortcuts that are really massive coincidences, but there's some great stuff here...the police inspector about to tell all to someone in power, and noticing the alien scar and quickly changing the story, the sinister guards in gasmasks and helmets wielding machine guns, and the realisation the aliens are blocking the pipes with human bodies to stop oxygen poisoning them. A great paranoia piece of the time.

015 Midnight Movies - A fascinating documentary giving us in the 21st century an insight into the 'midnight movie' phenomenon of the 70s, .starting with El Topo and finishing with Eraserhead. Some fine talking heads, insights and period footage made it engaging and funny

016 The Poseidon Adventure 8/10 Despite a few cheesy moments (especially in the build-up to the tidal wave), this was pretty damn thrilling. Everyone seemed to be giving it their all, and it kept me totally engaged from the point the tidal wave hit, right through to the end. The part where the old fitness guy helps the young singer to leave her dead brother was quite touching.

017 Friday the 13th Part 7: New Blood 5/10 - ridiculous sequel where, even though people find corpses throughout the woods, they act as if nothing has happened and decide to get some air in the same woods. It's not completely without charm though, as Kane Hodder's reanimated Jason gives us a steady stream of kills, and the premise of Jason vs Carrie is a decent one, even though the film doesn't really deliver on it.

018. Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan 6/10 decent entry into the Jason tales, with some creative deaths and a little tension, but needed to spend more time in Manhattan to be properly fun. Enjoyable enough though. Best kill: Jason punching a guy's head off.

019. Quatermass and the Pit aka Five Million Years to Earth 8/10 another great Quatermass film, with some fine tension building, acting and set pieces. PS. WE ARE THE MARTIANS.

What podcast db?