B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - THE WILLIES (1990)

A BIG favorite around here, a total B-movie horror anthology classic. Sean Astin and his pals are sitting around a campfire and start to tell each other stories that grossly creep them out. After starting off with several short doosies, the two main stories follow - one about a monster inside the elementary school (with Kathleen Freeman & James Karen.) And the tour de force - the roughly 40 minute long Fly Boy story which is amazing and features a cameo by none other than Clu Gallager. Yes, this movie will certainly give you it's title, But it's does so in a such a fun and not taking ourselves too seriously way, you can't help but love The Willies. Streams on Tubi and is rated PG-13 so older kids will dig this one big time. 2.75 stars/2.75

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

HORROR REPOST WEEK - THE UNOFFICIAL 4th COLORIZED VERSION OF "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" (1968) - AND IT'S VERY GOOD

 

Greetings all - If you love all things Night Of The Living Dead related like I do then you might be interested in this new version produced by a place called Lost & Found. 

I rather like it and it has a lot of improvement over the Off-Color produced version which was the 3rd colorized and is most widely available on Tubi, etc. 

The farmhouse interiors on this new version are vastly superior to the old ones. One of my biggest complaints about the Off-Color version has been the ugly unnatural blues and pinks all over the interior shots but this one they're gone. However, and it's a big however - whatever software/system this guy used the hues are changing a lot more than they should. The shots where characters don't move around a lot are lovely but when there's lots of movement the hues change. It's going to depend on your eye whether that bothers you or not but I found it not to be a dealbreaker, you can be the judge! 

And as a bonus/comparison, here's the very first colorized version which was done literally the first year that VHS tapes started hitting the mass market, about 1986. It's not very good lol. 

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