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post #571 of 4937
11/2/09 at 2:58pm
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Hey I won 1st place


Congrats!! Knew you would.
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post #572 of 4937
11/3/09 at 5:43am
Way to go Kenobi, you deserved it!
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post #573 of 4937
11/3/09 at 7:21am
Awesome. Enjoy your gift card!
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post #574 of 4937
11/3/09 at 7:36am
Nice work my friend! I suppose they were afraid to pick anyone else though, considering you already "whacked" a co-worker for nothing more than decorative purposes.
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post #575 of 4937
11/3/09 at 7:58am
I got an email from Amazon, they have shipped my replacement disc of Suspiria. Cant wait!
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post #576 of 4937
11/3/09 at 8:19am
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Hey I won 1st place

Congrats!
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post #577 of 4937
11/3/09 at 8:38am
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congrats Kenobi! How are you going to top that next year?! I gotta see that.
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post #578 of 4937
11/3/09 at 9:27am
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I got an email from Amazon, they have shipped my replacement disc of Suspiria. Cant wait!

Which version did you get? I almost ordered a copy that Amazon reported to have the original Italian audio track with English subs but after a closer look it was the same version I rented which DID NOT have the Italian audio track with English subs. I'd like to find one but if it's too much of a PITA I may wait for blu

wizzack - lol, thanks! I actually already had someone ask me that at work and I thought "damn I dono"... maybe some white pillow cases soaked in blood tied and filled with "parts"... maybe an autopsy table with a satterlee bone saw... torso hanging from hooks? I have no idea but I'll have to one up myself for sure!
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post #579 of 4937
11/3/09 at 9:43am
Here is the description from Amazon on Suspiria:

Product Details
Actors: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett, Udo Kier
Directors: Dario Argento
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 6.1 EX), Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Blue Underground
DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
Run Time: 98 minutes
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post #580 of 4937
11/3/09 at 11:42am
Okay I am thoroughly confused. When I watched Suspiria, I honestly thought they were speaking English as we listened to the Dolby Digital 6.1 mix. It just appeared that it was slightly out of sync with their mouths. Now people are posting that the original track is in Italian and they used English subtitles to go along with it. I thought that I had gone completely mad because I had not noticed that they weren't speaking English and I watched the whole damn thing!!

Well I did a little searching online and found that some of the actors were speaking English (Jessica Harper for one) while others were speaking in their native tongue (whatever that may have been since there were many different nationalities represented in the cast). After they all read their lines in their own language, the soundtrack was then mixed in the language that matched the country where they planned on releasing it. Very interesting, as far as I'm concerned. Is this common procedure when making certain films? At least I don't feel like such an idiot now, but I'm still floored that I didn't notice that some of the people weren't speaking English. Like I said, I just thought the soundtrack was out of sync.

If this is true, it certainly explains why I had such a hard time with the dialog. It was so choppy and unnatural; which makes perfect sense if they were speaking to each other in languages that the other couldn't understand.

Any thoughts/rebuttals on this?
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post #581 of 4937
11/3/09 at 12:06pm
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Okay I am thoroughly confused. When I watched Suspiria, I honestly thought they were speaking English as we listened to the Dolby Digital 6.1 mix. It just appeared that it was slightly out of sync with their mouths. Now people are posting that the original track is in Italian and they used English subtitles to go along with it. I thought that I had gone completely mad because I had not noticed that they weren't speaking English and I watched the whole damn thing!!

Well I did a little searching online and found that some of the actors were speaking English (Jessica Harper for one) while others were speaking in their native tongue (whatever that may have been since there were many different nationalities represented in the cast). After they all read their lines in their own language, the soundtrack was then mixed in the language that matched the country where they planned on releasing it. Very interesting, as far as I'm concerned. Is this common procedure when making certain films? At least I don't feel like such an idiot now, but I'm still floored that I didn't notice that some of the people weren't speaking English. Like I said, I just thought the soundtrack was out of sync.

If this is true, it certainly explains why I had such a hard time with the dialog. It was so choppy and unnatural; which makes perfect sense if they were speaking to each other in languages that the other couldn't understand.

Any thoughts/rebuttals on this?

According to star Jessica Harper since the film was going to be dubbed after principle photography, sound was rarely recorded during shooting. Harper remarked that it was strange to her to be in the middle of shooting a scene and hearing the background sound of a stage hand hammering away on another set in the studio.

Also, in an interview Jessica Harper said that many of the actors on set spoke different languages during shooting. According to Harper most either spoke Italian or German and it would make communicating difficult at times. However since the film would be dubbed for American release it was deemed not to be an issue during filming.

I believe the plan was to dub the film for which ever market they were selling it to.
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post #582 of 4937
11/3/09 at 12:24pm
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Originally Posted by Airboss View Post

Congrats!! Knew you would.

HOW could anybody compete with that?!?
Completely awesome in every way.
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post #583 of 4937
11/3/09 at 12:31pm
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Apollo I remember thinking something was up with Suspiria the first time I watched it.

In Argento's Four Flies on Grey Velvet the dialogue switched from English to Italian to English right at the end of it. Very confusing.

And then you have the other Euro horror movies where the ridiculous dialogue and dubbing is worth the price of admission on its own.
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post #584 of 4937
11/7/09 at 2:11pm
Well, got my replacement Suspiria disk. Put it in, and again it pixeled up and looked like it was locking up in the FBI warning, but this time it got past it then played okay. Anybody else have this problem?

Anyway, just like in my review of Inferno, i loved Argento's use of color, great sets, great camera angles, super camera work zooming in and out, its a real visual treat.

The movie itself I could have used a little more action, but overall a very enjoyable experience. For the three in the series, i would rate them in this order for my taste:

1-Mother of Tears
2-Suspiria
3-Inferno

Thanks guys for making me aware of Suspiria and Inferno, and also Deadgirl, which I really love.

Oh yeah, as to dubbing, only a couple of times did i really notice a problem with lip synching, overall i would say this was done very well on the disc i got.
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post #585 of 4937
11/12/09 at 8:43pm
Check out DVDTalk Forums October Horrorfest results, the most movies watched was 198.
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post #586 of 4937
11/12/09 at 9:35pm
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Originally Posted by Airboss View Post

Check out DVDTalk Forums October Horrorfest results, the most movies watched was 198.

That's crazy! All the stats listed are interesting. And sponsored by Troma? Now you're talkin'!

Maybe next year we can get a sponsor and change the thread title to AVS Horror Thon or something. Blue Underground anyone?
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post #587 of 4937
11/13/09 at 3:10pm
I finally got around to a couple movies on my list that were sidelined for others. House of 1000 Corpses and Bug... can't believe I hadn't seen either of these before. Bug was soso... interesting shots of Ashley Judd House of 1000 Corpses was pretty wild... pretty hard core, good flick to shock the next company I have over for a gore flick!

wizzack - I agree and hope we can at least get a mod to okay the creating of a new thread for next year.
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post #588 of 4937
11/13/09 at 4:24pm
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I finally got around to a couple movies on my list that were sidelined for others. House of 1000 Corpses and Bug... can't believe I hadn't seen either of these before. Bug was soso... interesting shots of Ashley Judd House of 1000 Corpses was pretty wild... pretty hard core, good flick to shock the next company I have over for a gore flick!

wizzack - I agree and hope we can at least get a mod to okay the creating of a new thread for next year.

Kenobi, wow, you NEVER saw House of 1000 Corpses? Thats a real classic. Its one of my top favorites.

I havent seen Bug as I am not big on insects, but really dont know much about the film. Is it full of bugs or what?

By the way, I just watched Saw 5 and it wasnt as bad as i had remembered it. I bought the dvd, and will buy Saw 6 when that comes out. I really like this series of movies, some people knock them, but there is something about them that i really dig.

I am already looking forward to a thread next October, whether its a new one or just a continuation of this one.
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post #589 of 4937
11/13/09 at 4:39pm
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Originally Posted by General Kenobi View Post

I finally got around to a couple movies on my list that were sidelined for others. House of 1000 Corpses and Bug... can't believe I hadn't seen either of these before. Bug was soso... interesting shots of Ashley Judd House of 1000 Corpses was pretty wild... pretty hard core, good flick to shock the next company I have over for a gore flick!

wizzack - I agree and hope we can at least get a mod to okay the creating of a new thread for next year.

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Kenobi, wow, you NEVER saw House of 1000 Corpses? Thats a real classic. Its one of my top favorites.

I havent seen Bug as I am not big on insects, but really dont know much about the film. Is it full of bugs or what?

By the way, I just watched Saw 5 and it wasnt as bad as i had remembered it. I bought the dvd, and will buy Saw 6 when that comes out. I really like this series of movies, some people knock them, but there is something about them that i really dig.

I am already looking forward to a thread next October, whether its a new one or just a continuation of this one.

I loved "Bug", Ashely Judd was amazing! See my original comments here.
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post #590 of 4937
11/13/09 at 9:11pm
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Kenobi, wow, you NEVER saw House of 1000 Corpses? Thats a real classic. Its one of my top favorites.

I havent seen Bug as I am not big on insects, but really dont know much about the film. Is it full of bugs or what?

By the way, I just watched Saw 5 and it wasnt as bad as i had remembered it. I bought the dvd, and will buy Saw 6 when that comes out. I really like this series of movies, some people knock them, but there is something about them that i really dig.

I am already looking forward to a thread next October, whether its a new one or just a continuation of this one.

It is it all it sounds from the title. If you have Comcast it is free OnDemand HD right now and is worth a watch. I enjoyed it more than I expected but I watched it right after House of 1000 Corpses the same night so my senses may have been a bit numb I agree with Airboss, Ashley Judd did give one hell of a performance.
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post #591 of 4937
12/14/09 at 7:17am
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I finally got to peep The Girl Next Door over the weekend (missed it on my list). It was on Chiller and probably edited to death.

Even still, it was one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw the TV cut!

For me it felt like a mix of Frailty, Children of the Corn, and _________(insert your favorite torture flick).


Thanks for the recommendation guys. Or not!
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post #592 of 4937
12/14/09 at 7:26am
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I finally got to peep The Girl Next Door over the weekend (missed it on my list). It was on Chiller and probably edited to death.

Even still, it was one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw the TV cut!

For me it felt like a mix of Frailty, Children of the Corn, and _________(insert your favorite torture flick).


Thanks for the recommendation guys. Or not!

Glad you enjoyed it. I have the dvd, I dont know what they may or may not have cut out of the movie to put it on tv. The dvd is really disturbing. Quite a watch for sure!

I have to thank you guys for giving me a heads-up on two train movies - TRAIN and MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN.

Last week i watched both on dvd and they were great.

Train, while knocked a lot by many who didnt care for the plot, really hit my spot well. I thought the train they were on was creepy as helll, the whole movie kept me in a tense atmosphere, there were great scenes of gore, i loved this movie.

Midnight Meat Train was really a much higher budget movie than Train. Fantastic effects on some of the gore, really unique shots of brutality that I think would be great in a 3D movie, but they were great in 2D. The whole movie was excellant, and finishes up with some surprises.

Both train movies really held my interest and i am so happy i ordered them.

Now i am waiting for PIECES to come, i have never seen that, and its on order from Amazon. I am in a bad habit of not renting, i just buy, and thats really stupid on my part. I gotta get involved with Netflix or go to Blockbuster or something. My wife just doesnt want another monthly bill. Of course, she doesnt look at how much a dvd costs to buy, which is what i have been doing. Ah, women........
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post #593 of 4937
12/14/09 at 8:57am
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Both train movies really held my interest and i am so happy i ordered them.

Now i am waiting for PIECES to come, i have never seen that, and its on order from Amazon. I am in a bad habit of not renting, i just buy, and thats really stupid on my part. I gotta get involved with Netflix or go to Blockbuster or something. My wife just doesnt want another monthly bill. Of course, she doesnt look at how much a dvd costs to buy, which is what i have been doing. Ah, women........

yankeeman, you'll like 'Pieces'. Another one I know you would like is titled "Murder-Set-Pieces" and if you haven't seen it put it on your list of movie to see (be sure to watch the original 105 min. version or the 91 min Director's cut, not the very edited 83 minute version)!

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....I am in a bad habit of not renting, i just buy...

I know what you mean, I have the same problem.
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post #594 of 4937
12/14/09 at 9:34am
Thanks Airboss, I hadnt heard of Murder-Set-Pieces.
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post #595 of 4937
9/13/10 at 11:44am
Who else is thinking about their 2010 list
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post #596 of 4937
9/13/10 at 12:09pm
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Who else is thinking about their 2010 list

I've been thinking on it.
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post #597 of 4937
9/13/10 at 12:15pm
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Who else is thinking about their 2010 list

Too much of a happy ending :P
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post #598 of 4937
9/13/10 at 12:37pm
Yes, I have been thinking what I want to watch, I am getting pumped up for October.

Now if i could figure out how you do a link so i could link to one post with a master list of my reviews as i watch them instead of having to re-do the list each time i post........
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post #599 of 4937
9/13/10 at 1:13pm
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I am insanely pumped this year. The weather is finally starting to cool off here in Dirty Jersey. Soon it will be time for good beers and entrails!

October 1st is a Friday - that could be dangerous.
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post #600 of 4937
9/13/10 at 1:20pm
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I am insanely pumped this year. The weather is finally starting to cool off here in Dirty Jersey. Soon it will be time for good beers and entrails!

October 1st is a Friday - that could be dangerous.

I feel a double, maybe triple feature coming on... Airboss style!
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