tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post2635559786310732368..comments2024-03-27T12:35:33.631-04:00Comments on The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense: HuggabunchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-49018163442477859892010-04-02T12:26:44.755-04:002010-04-02T12:26:44.755-04:00Hm. I wouldn't begrudge a remake, but that'...Hm. I wouldn't begrudge a remake, but that's mostly because in my opinion, there's just no such thing as too many evil minors onscreen. It would be confusingly titled film though as last year already had Tom Shankland's The Children (which I HIGHLY recommend Jeff). Still, as long as any film retained to tone deaf weight lifter, I'd be totally cool with another one!deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-2762163880499049612010-04-02T08:48:16.034-04:002010-04-02T08:48:16.034-04:00I love The Children - one of my all-time favorites...I love The Children - one of my all-time favorites! I was terrified by the TV spots when I was a kid and then when I finally saw it a few years later on USA's Saturday Nightmares, I thought it was hilarious. It's ripe material for a remake, in my opinion.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-39411298862433165612010-03-31T22:27:29.710-04:002010-03-31T22:27:29.710-04:00Wow Bryce, The Children on 35mm at 4AM is all sort...Wow Bryce, The Children on 35mm at 4AM is all sorts of amazing. I imagine those hand chops would be even better on a big screen!<br /><br />I totally forgot about the music Carl! It's a total Vanilla Ice to Queen move, only as you said, he ripped off himself!deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-65482976057003579002010-03-31T22:13:18.847-04:002010-03-31T22:13:18.847-04:00I was out on this one, though I found it hilarious...I was out on this one, though I found it hilarious that Harry Manfredini ripped himself off for the hundredth time by stealing the theme from F13thI Like Horror Movieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851268002582984544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-43651768059023443972010-03-31T17:09:02.244-04:002010-03-31T17:09:02.244-04:00One of my favorite terrible movies. Great write up...One of my favorite terrible movies. Great write up!<br /><br />Actually got to see this one in 35mm at The Aero's Annual Dusk Till Dawn Festival. It played at like four in the morning, I think I might have actually tripped over the border of sanity for a few minutes there.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-44568140803181362232010-03-31T14:29:40.672-04:002010-03-31T14:29:40.672-04:00The hand cutting rivaled Revenge of the Sith! It w...The hand cutting rivaled Revenge of the Sith! It was incredible! And I actually picked up on the campiness as soon as that bodybuilder dad was introduced and constantly referred to his wife as "My sweet." I want that guy to act more.<br /><br />Strange, the nighttime shots were just so much better executed. Some of those visuals--like the reflection of the kids in the glass window--just unnerved me, and watching the kids get shot and pop back up was so nastily macabre.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-72758675040428807762010-03-31T14:12:13.425-04:002010-03-31T14:12:13.425-04:00I just watched The Children a few weeks ago and qu...I just watched The Children a few weeks ago and quite enjoyed it! It's odd because it doesn't even come off as overly campy until the children show up and get their paws on their victims. I loved the way they smiled when they attacked the adults and the hands getting cut off was simply amazing! <br /><br />And I think you are right about the film coming off as slightly more creepy in the evening hours. Cheesy and all, the later half of the film is somewhat scarier looking and I think some of that has to do with the time period and setting. Low-budget, nighttime set horror flicks often seem to have a certain eeriness to them.Matt-suzakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215962688591291944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-60601558749214934482010-03-31T11:05:46.641-04:002010-03-31T11:05:46.641-04:00Vicar, I can totally see the dark implications of ...Vicar, I can totally see the dark implications of the method of death. I shall seek out your Traumafession soon! It's part of just why killer dolls and toys unsettle me so: these things are supposed to be your true friends with no loyalty or needs outside of making you happy. When they want to kill you, you're truly alone. It's similar with the idea of killing your children. As a parent, your entire life is supposed to now be redirected to protecting your child. To have to kill it--like in this film or the 2008 film of the same name or my favorite, Who Can Kill a Child?--violates every law of nature.<br /><br />My memories were always more of the "oh no! there's fog! my fingernails will turn black!" sort, but that's possibly because I watched this with my mom as a really little kid and that's what she would replay driving on misty days.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-19680719354565002502010-03-31T09:22:20.582-04:002010-03-31T09:22:20.582-04:00THE CHILDREN is a movie that really messed me up w...THE CHILDREN is a movie that really messed me up when I was a kid, so much so that I wrote a Traumafession for our friends at Kindertrauma.com on it! My analysis of my youthful horror settles on two things: one, the idea that a loving parent, worried for his/her child, would be so overjoyed and finding said child and rush in to a comforting embrace only to received SCREAMING CHEMICAL DEATH, really hit me hard--I had a great childhood and a very loving family, so that turned the whole affection thing on its head in a scary way. Also, the idea that parents might have to KILL THEIR OWN CHILDREN in order to survive--and furthermore would do so!--messed with me to no end. <br /><br />I rewatched it when the DVD came out and enjoyed the cheesiness and laughability of it all, but those parental melt-down scenes still packed an emotional punch for me. I guess your state of mind/age when you see a movie the first time really cements how you'll think of it forever, and THE CHILDREN caught me at just the right (or wrong) time.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com