House Of God - King Diamond

Bleak House?

Advantages: Interesting characters, great second half.
Disadvantages: Detached narrative style, characters dont get time to develop, not much Straub.

Children are being abducted and murdered in a brutal fashion in French Landing. Dale, the town's helpless Police Chief fears for his town and his own son's safety. These murders are becoming more frequent and gruesome and the tauntings of the infamous killer nicknamed "The Fisherman" are driving the towns inhabitants insane. Dale turns to the prematurely retired LA Detective Jack Sawyer. He has come to this quiet little town as a means of escape. Touched by a magical "Talisman" as boy, he has a gift that he hides away from but when it turns out that this is more than just your average psycho surely he has to stop running? "Black House" is the second collaboration between two masters of horror in Stephen King and Peter Straub. The massively successful "The Talisman" was an epic quest of a twelve-year-old boy, Jack Sawyer and his quest ...

Shortsharpshock 07.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Black House - Peter Straub, Stephen King

A Diamond of a Comedy!

Advantages: Great story, Excellent acting, very funny
Disadvantages: none

Kirk Douglas starts in this film playing the role of Harry. He was once known as the ?Polish Prince? when he was a prize fighter but now in his old age he has suffered a bad stroke and is trying to get his body working again and his speech back. Harry has a son called Lance who he does not get on with to well. Lance and his son pay a visit to Harry at his brother house and Michael, the grandson, soon takes a liking to his Grandfather and suggests to his Dad that they take him on an adventure. Harry talks to Michael of a fight he once threw in payment for a bag of giant diamonds but he never got the diamonds and they are now hidden in the house of the man who offered them to him. Michael tells his Dad this tale but he thinks Harry is making it up but soon Michael has talked his Dad into taking them on an adventure to see if there ...

sewbizzie 25.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Diamonds (1989) (DVD)

Thank You God!! My Animal House review

Advantages: Smartly written and incredibly entertaining
Disadvantages: Might seem a little dated to the modern viewer

Animal House (1978) 109 minutes Dir: John Landis Written by: Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney Starring: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Tom Hulse, Stephen Furst Before Porkies, Old School and American Pie, there was Animal House..the granddaddy of all coming of age comedies. My first memories of this movie are fixed into my mind. I was 12 and it was 1989.My friend was so enthusiastic about this film that I was hooked from the outset. After borrowing the video tape I was a convert too. I couldn?t wait to go to University, where life would be a never ending cycle of parties, available women and drunken hi-jinx. The following six years wouldn?t pass quickly enough. How wrong was I?? My years away at Uni certainly didn?t live up to expectations, but this film still makes me look back with fondness. It ticks all the boxes ...

runningman77 18.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of National Lampoon's Animal House (DVD)