Though 666 The Beast is true to it's predecessor it lacks the originality of it's predecessor and it could have been better so far. Although I did like this film as much as I enjoyed watching the first movie and it had a lot of great moments although it could have been better. This savage sequel to 666 The Child is just great and it had a lot of fascinating moments and this is one of the Asylum's most impressive movies since they're other films like Dead Line, 666 The Child, Freakshow and they're other Horror films. I did like this sequel and I seriously consider this to be a great rip off of Omen III The Final Conflict and it is also better than Omen III The Final Conflict. I really like this film and the plot is also interesting and while the movie still lacks all of the originality of the first movie 666 The Beast still had it's best moments and it normally succeeds as a Horror film. But like Omen III The Final Conflict 666 The Beast shows a lot of improvements over Omen III The Final Conflict. And the plot of this film is really similar to Omen III The Final Conflict because Omen III is about Damien's Armageddon and his job to fulfill his prophecy as the Anti Christ. This movie is just the same and this one is about Donald Lawson fulfilling his destiny as the Anti Christ. I really enjoyed the style of this movie and this is a film for anyone who is a fan of the Omen trilogy. hat's great about 666 The Beast is that the film is really suspenceful and there are a lot of creepy moments in this movie. The scene where Kate hears someone calling her and then she sees some of the people walking in the street looking at her demonically is one of the creepiest moments while the scene where one detective gets killed by the Anti Christ followers is really a tense scene and I think those are some of the greatest parts of the film. What I also enjoy about 666 The Beast is that the film also has a lot of tense moments and there are some suspenceful scenes in this film and I like how the movie is handled well with some fine directing and writing
and thanks to a neat storyline I had a good time with this movie. What I was also fund of this movie is that the film also has the same camera work as the first movie and the camera work in this movie is just as good as the original's camera work and everything about this movie is good from the beginning until the end and I did like the camera work so far. While the movie has some great things the biggest downside of this movie is that the film has a lot of lame rip off scenes from Rupert Wainright's Stigmata and there are some scenes that aren't suspenceful at all and it could have been better because the Stigmata scene is seriously not a good rip off scene in the film although it is way better than the Stigmata scene in Exorcism The Possession Of Gail Bowers because the Stigmata scene in Exorcism The Possession Of Gail Bowers is seriously bad and lame so mainly the Stigmata scene is just great in this movie so far. Now the acting in this movie is great though the acting isn't nearly as good as the acting in the first movie because the acting in this movie is good but it is also decent on certain parts but overall the performances of the casts is great even the actor who played Donald Lawson is just as scary and creepy as Boo Boo Stewart in the first movie so I mainly like the acting in this film but I still like the first movie's acting way better so far. Overall 666 The Beast is an entertaining sequel and it's nowhere near as good as the first movie but at least it manage to beat Omen III The Final Conflict and it is seriously one of the better Asylum movies since the first film, Freakshow, Exorcism The Possession Of Gail Bowers and Dead Line.
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Sunday, 26 August 2012
666 The Child: His name was death and Hell Followed him
The Asylum has some average and ok Horror movies normally most people hate they're films due to they're idea of ripping of a lot of good movies. For me some of they're films are ok not the best but no masterpiece as well but they're all fine sometimes. 666 The Child is a great Horror film from The Asylum and I like how they made a really good low budget rip off of the original Omen and mainly it's not as good as most Horror films and it's nowhere as good as the original Omen and it's remake but for me this is an ok film and it's just a fine movie to me. The plot of 666 The Child is pretty simple and normally I like that the story has some similarities to the original Omen and I normally like it a lot. Everything about 666 The Child is just plain great and it doesn't have a lot of special things that the original Omen had even it's 2006 remake but for the most part 666 The Child is one of the Asylum's better films and it's direct sequel 666 The Beast(which is a low budget rip off of Omen III The Final Conflict)is also good but the sequel isn't nearly as good as this movie but it's also a great film. 666 The Child also has some great ideas and normally this is why I consider this film to be one of the better Asylum films ever made. I really enjoyed watching this movie and it kept me interested from start to finish like how I enjoyed the original Omen and it's 2006 remake. This movie really has everything you need for a Horror movie a lot. What's great about 666 The Child is that the film is full of suspenceful and tense scenes and there are lots of tense moments in the film and this movie has a lot of great ideas and there are loads of graphic and gory kills in the film. The Nun's death scene was really tense and suspenceful and seriously unexpected and it was kinda gory as well and I did like that scene a lot and I also like the way the Nun shows up before getting killed by a car and it was kinda creepy when Donald's adopted father didn't know that she's inside the house so far that was a great death scene. The scene where the dentist and his assistant dies is one of the most gruesome parts of the film and I think that is the goriest and the nastiest part of the film because of the use of gore and graphic violence in that scene and it was also a tense kill scene so far. The scene where Uncle Tony dies is really suspenceful and intense as well plus it was super graphic and gory as well and I like how Uncle Tony gets his fingers chopped off by the lawn mower and that was a nasty scene to watch while the rest of the kills are sometimes similar to the original Omen. The other great things about 666 The Child is that the film also has a lot of great camera work and there's some atmosphere on certain parts to keep viewers interested from watching the film a lot. Now the acting is great the performances from the casts even Boo Boo Stewart in his first role did a great job with his performance in the movie and I think this is one of Asylum's films that has great acting because the other Asylum Horror films have a lot of bad acting and take Halloween Night as an example and the range of the acting in this movie ranges from mediacore to incredible acting and I like the performances of the casts so far. This is still not one of the best Horror movies due to some weak editing but it's at least entertaining so far and it's a great Asylum movie as well and it is also one of the better Asylum films since it's sequel, Freakshow, Dead Line, Evil Eyes and Exorcism The Possession Of Gail Bowers. Overall 666 The Child is an entertaining Horror film from The Asylum and I hope that they don't make any bad Horror movies because they really handled this film well.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
The Omen(1976): Satan's son is now on Earth
The Original Omen is one of the best Horror films in the 70's since Jaws, Halloween, The Exorcist and Poltergeist. I've seen the 2006 remake and I've made a review of it as well. Now since I've watched the original Omen I have to say that this is the best Horror film ever made and it is the best in the Omen trilogy since the 2006 remake(which everyone calls the worst Horror film ever made but for me it's not the worst remake it's a good remake)and this movie seriously has everything that every Horror fan needs. For the most part this is a really good Horror film and I seriously enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the 2006 remake as well. For the most part the plot is also the same as the 2006 remake but the only difference is the style of the death scenes and the other thing that's different about the 2006 remake is the style of the movie and the new scenes that were not in the original Omen. This movie is really good and it really has all of the suspense and tension plus this movie has a lot of originality. What's great about the original Omen is that the film is full of suspenceful and tense moments and the whole movie is really scary and dark and the genuine suspense and scares are really good and it makes the movie look good as well. There are lots of suspenceful scenes in this film. The Nanny's death scene was creepy and really unexpected as well and I think that death scene is just the same in the 2006 remake the only difference is that after the Nanny hangs herself on the roof the Nanny crashed herself as well in the window while in the 2006 remake after the Nanny hangs herself her shoes falls on the bowl of punch so far both scenes are the same done only in a different style. While the film has a lot of impressive and genuine scares and spooks the film also has an amazing soundtrack thanks to Jerry Goldsmith's score and I did like the music in here just as I enjoyed the music in the 2006 Omen remake although I think both songs in the original and the remake are both good but the only difference between the songs in the film is mainly they're own style. The soundtrack's style in the original creates suspense, tension and genuine scares and spooks and thrills while the 2006 remake's song by Woman In Black and Scream trilogy composer Marco Beltrami creates a really deep and dark tone with atmosphere as well and I think both soundtracks are great the only difference is that the 2006 remake just creates a really deep and dark tone with atmosphere as well. Though the original Omen lacks atmosphere it's still a great film and the movie is just full of suspense and tension though it lacks the atmosphere of the 2006 remake there are some atmospheric parts in the film but it's not enough to make the atmosphere of the film. The other things I did like about The original Omen is that the death scenes are really intense and they're the same as the 2006 remake only done in a different style. The priest's death scene in this film is great the only difference with that scene is that it's done in a different style mainly because the way the priest died in this version uses suspense music instead of the atmosphere that was done in the 2006 remake. Because the priest's death scene in the remake is really atmospheric and that scene uses atmosphere while here in the original Omen it uses suspense music to create tension and suspense and I think that was a great idea so far. I also like the decapitation scene in the Original Omen and it is also done in a different style and the only difference with the decapitation scene in the original Omen is that the scene is repeated 5 or 6 times to scare the audiences while the one in the remake is just once and I think both decapitation scenes are done in a Final Destination like style and I did like that idea so far. Now the acting is great the performances of Gregory Peck, Harvey Stephens and Lee Remick are really good and I think Harvey Stephens did a good job with his role as Damien Thorn and he looks scary and creepy at the same time although my toughest decision is that I should choose whose the scariest among the two actors who played Damien Thorn either Harvey Stephens or the kid in the remake plays Damien perfectly mainly I think I chose Harvey Stephens because Harvey Stephens looks scary and creepy at the same time from what I can tell from his face and he looks super scary in this movie so far. Director Richard Donner and Writer David Seltzer did a good job in creating a really suspenceful Horror film with lots of genuine scares and thrills I just felt bad that the next two sequels to this movie aren't as good as the original Omen and I wish it could have been better and the first two sequels could have been a lot better if both films follow the same path as the original and the remake. Overall The Omen is a really suspenceful Horror film with lots of genuine scares and spooks that keeps audiences scared in watching and this is the best 70's Horror film since Jaws, Halloween and Poltergeist along with The Exorcist.
Friday, 24 August 2012
The Omen(remake): Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it's the number of a man and his number is 666
The 2006 remake of the 1976 film of the same name is just as good as the original Omen. For the most part I really enjoyed this film and everything about The Omen is just great. I seriously like this film and I've seen the 1976 version as well and I think that both films are great and I really like watching both films so far. This is a great Horror film that shows a lot of really hard work that most remakes lack now a days. Mainly that is true just don't listen to what most critics say because a lot of people say that this is a movie only for those who never watched the original Omen and for those who are only afraid of mediacore Horror films and this is not a mediacore Horror film and a lot of people really need to wake up in watching Horror films and in order to understand the rules of Horror they really need to know many things so far. I find this film to be a really suspenceful remake and it's just like the original Omen but with some new and different things like dark and deep tones plus this movie also has a couple of atmospheric scenes that the original lacked and there are also a lot of improved scenes over the original. Like the original the remake shows a lot of really dark details about Damien Thorn's real mother and it also shows a couple of disturbing and scary dream sequences plus there's more body count in this movie than in the original I'm saying it's not more than 7 or 8 but they just added a couple of new death scenes while the rest remains the same but done in a different style because like what I said in my review of The Thing prequel "What was done in the original cannot be done in the same way in the 21st century." because Horror seriously needs to think of bigger ideas and something that can improve the audiences and to entertain them with many big ideas. The fascinating thing about the remake is that the film's background history on Damien Thorn is really entertaining and the movie isn't boring and it really doesn't disappoint the fans of the original Omen and the ideas of this film is just interesting and I like the idea of this movie a lot. Normally I did find this film to be a scene for scene movie because the film's sequences are really nice and the scene for scene idea is just great and I was fund of the idea a lot. Now the other things that also impress me is the soundtrack of the film. The film's soundtrack creates a really deep and dark tone plus it also creates the atmosphere in certain parts and this is the only Omen film that uses atmosphere because the original Omen uses suspense other than atmosphere and thanks to Scream composer Marco Beltrami he really did a good job with his work on the soundtrack of this movie and I was so impressed with his song in the film and I think this is Marco Beltrami's best score since The Woman In Black and I like how the music was well used in this film a lot. The other fascinating things about The Omen is that the film also has the same kills but there are some new kills in the film. The ambassador's death is new in this movie. While there are some improved kill scenes that were in the original film mainly that's the priest's death scene and the incredible decapitation scene. The priest's death scene is really atmospheric in this film and I remember when I watched the original Omen the way the priest died isn't really as atmospheric as the way the priest died in this film because in the original the way the priest died uses suspense music just to scare the audiences while in the remake the death scene feels the same but it's a bit more darker and the atmosphere just makes the audience feel the dark and deep tone of the film and I was really fund of the idea a lot. While the decapitation scene is much more improved than before and the style of the scene in this movie is more of a Final Destination like style in which if there was a Final Destination 6 I think they should use the idea if there is a Final Destination 6 and they need a really nice decapitation scene then they should use the style of either the decapitation scene in this film or the original 1976 classic I should seriously wait for that idea if there is a Final Destination 6. There are also a couple of suspenceful scenes that I did like in the film and that is the scene where Damien rides his scooter and goes after his mother and he makes her fall on the top of the house which causes her to break her bones and be sent to the hospital is really good because the music in that scene is well used and I really enjoyed that scene a lot compared to the scene in the original 1976 classic while I also enjoyed the scene where the evil Nanny attacks Robert Thorn and that is also a really good scene in the film as well. Now the acting is great all of the casts even the new actor who played Damien in this film did a fascinating job with they're roles in the movie. Director John Moore does a unique job to create a really suspenceful remake and he knows how to handle a good Horror movie a lot and other than that he handle his directing really well just like how Richard Donner handled his directing in the original 1976 classic and I'm hoping that John Moore will direct more good movies in the future. Overall The Omen is a fascinating remake that keeps the fans of the original Omen entertained rather than being disappointed. And I also like the release date of this movie back in 2006. Because this movie was released in June 6, 2006(which stands for 666 the number of the beast or the devil.)
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