Full Moon Classics

Zombie Dude · 03-21-2010, 05:45 AM

Ok so I'd imagine that when people think of the studio Full Moon that the first thing that comes to mind is the Puppet Master movies. The next might be the Subspecies movies. The other night I managed to sit down and watch Head of the Family and had a blast with it. The acting was above what I was expecting, the characters were somewhat interesting and Myron was a rather interesting villain. The effects where decent and I pretty much had fun all the way through.

Personally I think it's a classic Full Moon movie in the same way that Puppet Master is. I was wondering what you guys consider that other classic Full Moon released movies are? I know that some of their films are pretty much garbage as I found out with Killjoy 1 and 2 so I'm interested to see what other people think.

deepred · 03-21-2010, 06:53 AM

Castle Freak for sure ...

Katatonia · 03-21-2010, 07:06 AM

As far as Full Moon's "classics" it's debatable from person to person. These are my favorites, and what I would consider "personal classics" ...at least as far as those that have elements of that classic early FM formula:

Arcade
Bad Channels
Castle Freak
Demonic Toys
Dollman
Doctor Mordrid
Meridian: Kiss of the Beast
The Pit & the Pendulum
Puppet Master 1-5
Subspecies 1-4
Trancers 1-5

I even like "Netherworld" quite a bit, even though it's quite disliked.

Zombie Dude · 03-21-2010, 08:35 AM

Castel Freak is a title I hear mentioned a lot. Stuart Gordon has made some decent films and I rather enjoy his work. I'm also interested in checking out Demonic Toys.

X-human · 03-21-2010, 09:01 AM

Dark Angel: The Ascent is an often overlooked effort from Full Moon and I consider it to be one of their very best. Also Blood Dolls is one of the their better more recent efforts.

I've been meaning to check out Lurking Fear, I saw a trailer for that and it looks pretty cool. Hard to go wrong with Jeffery Combs.

Zombie Dude · 03-21-2010, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by X-human

Dark Angel: The Ascent is an often overlooked effort from Full Moon and I consider it to be one of their very best. Also Blood Dolls is one of the their better more recent efforts.

I've been meaning to check out Lurking Fear, I saw a trailer for that and it looks pretty cool. Hard to go wrong with Jeffery Combs.

I couldn't find much on Dark Angel but I watched the trailers for Blood Dolls and The Lurking Fear and they look pretty decent. Lurking Fear especially. Jeffrey Combs and Ashley Laurence in the same movie!

Erick H. · 03-21-2010, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by X-human

Dark Angel: The Ascent is an often overlooked effort from Full Moon and I consider it to be one of their very best. Also Blood Dolls is one of the their better more recent efforts.

I've been meaning to check out Lurking Fear, I saw a trailer for that and it looks pretty cool. Hard to go wrong with Jeffery Combs.

I agree about DARK ANGEL,one of their more interesting films.Apart from some spotty acting it's rather good.

LURKING FEAR is a (VERY) loose adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft tale.Watchable but not great in my opinion.Combs has a decent sized supporting role.

Stuart Gordon's PIT AND THE PENDULUM and CASTLE FREAK have some good elements (and lots of gore).

Katatonia · 03-21-2010, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Erick H.

LURKING FEAR is a (VERY) loose adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft tale of the same name.Watchable but not great in my opinion.Combs has a decent sized supporting role.

Yeah, it's watchable, but a rather poor Lovecraft adaptation overall. Ashley Laurence won't even admit to appearing in the film to this day.

Does anyone collect the old Full Moon CD Soundtracks? I have just about all of them now.

Erick H. · 03-21-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Katatonia

Yeah, it's watchable, but a rather poor Lovecraft adaptation overall. Ashley Laurence won't even admit to appearing in the film to this day.

Agreed,it's a time killer,that's about it.A faithful adaptation of that story could be fantastic.

Beastus · 03-21-2010, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Katatonia

Does anyone collect the old Full Moon CD Soundtracks? I have just about all of them now.

I only have a few. Subspecies and a CD with Doctor Mordrid and Demonic Toys on one disc. (And also the Moonstone release of Quiet Riot's Terrified). I may have Bad Channels, but I'm not sure.

Do you know how many were released?

Katatonia · 03-21-2010, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Erick H.

Agreed,it's a time killer,that's about it.A faithful adaptation of that story could be fantastic.

Hemoglobin (aka Bleeders) is pretty good, and loosely based on the story. Co-written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett (of Alien fame)

Dark Heritage: The Final Descendant is admirable as a very low budget film, and again loosely based on the Lovecraft story.

Katatonia · 03-21-2010, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Beastus

I only have a few. Subspecies and a CD with Doctor Mordrid and Demonic Toys on one disc. (And also the Moonstone release of Quiet Riot's Terrified). I may have Bad Channels, but I'm not sure.

Do you know how many were released?

I'd have to count them, but these are the ones I can think of off hand:

Bad Channels
Doctor Mordrid
Meridian
The Pit & The Pendulum
Puppet Master 1 & II CD
Robot Wars
Shrunken Heads
Subspecies

I'm sure there's probably a few others. And then Intrada later released a few like Castle Freak and Crash and Burn.

Body Boy · 03-21-2010, 03:05 PM

Do you consider Intruder a Full Moon slasher? Because that one confuses me. Advertising, yet Wizard Ent. on the DVD. Hmm...

Personally, aside from a few, it's hard to look at Troma or Full Moon or ones like them as classic-makers, cuz generally...even the best are mediocre.

Zombie Dude · 03-21-2010, 10:59 PM

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Personally, aside from a few, it's hard to look at Troma or Full Moon or ones like them as classic-makers, cuz generally...even the best are mediocre.

Yes but they have their own types of classic films. Not one expects top quality stuff from them.

Katatonia · 03-22-2010, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Body Boy

Do you consider Intruder a Full Moon slasher? Because that one confuses me. Advertising, yet Wizard Ent. on the DVD. Hmm...

Not really, the film pre-dated Full Moon by a couple of years and doesn't really follow the Full Moon formula too much.

03-21-2010, 05:45 AM	#1
Zombie Dude HackMaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,208	Full Moon Classics Ok so I'd imagine that when people think of the studio Full Moon that the first thing that comes to mind is the Puppet Master movies. The next might be the Subspecies movies. The other night I managed to sit down and watch Head of the Family and had a blast with it. The acting was above what I was expecting, the characters were somewhat interesting and Myron was a rather interesting villain. The effects where decent and I pretty much had fun all the way through. Personally I think it's a classic Full Moon movie in the same way that Puppet Master is. I was wondering what you guys consider that other classic Full Moon released movies are? I know that some of their films are pretty much garbage as I found out with Killjoy 1 and 2 so I'm interested to see what other people think. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

03-21-2010, 07:06 AM	#3
Katatonia Hellbound Heart Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 15,903	As far as Full Moon's "classics" it's debatable from person to person. These are my favorites, and what I would consider "personal classics" ...at least as far as those that have elements of that classic early FM formula: Arcade Bad Channels Castle Freak Demonic Toys Dollman Doctor Mordrid Meridian: Kiss of the Beast The Pit & the Pendulum Puppet Master 1-5 Subspecies 1-4 Trancers 1-5 I even like "Netherworld" quite a bit, even though it's quite disliked. __________________ "The machines are faster and the bombs are worse, as we're all sucked into this unholy curse." - Saint Vitus - War Is Our Destiny DVD Profiler Collection

03-21-2010, 08:35 AM	#4
Zombie Dude HackMaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,208	Castel Freak is a title I hear mentioned a lot. Stuart Gordon has made some decent films and I rather enjoy his work. I'm also interested in checking out Demonic Toys. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

03-21-2010, 09:01 AM	#5
X-human I ate my keys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 6,319	Dark Angel: The Ascent is an often overlooked effort from Full Moon and I consider it to be one of their very best. Also Blood Dolls is one of the their better more recent efforts. I've been meaning to check out Lurking Fear, I saw a trailer for that and it looks pretty cool. Hard to go wrong with Jeffery Combs. __________________ The combined weight of the horrors I have authored wrought would crush your carbon hearts into perfect diamonds of terror! A Few Ants Short. And what the hell, check out my DVD Collection won't you?

03-21-2010, 03:05 PM	#13
Body Boy HackMaster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia Posts: 1,448	Do you consider Intruder a Full Moon slasher? Because that one confuses me. Advertising, yet Wizard Ent. on the DVD. Hmm... Personally, aside from a few, it's hard to look at Troma or Full Moon or ones like them as classic-makers, cuz generally...even the best are mediocre. __________________ www.oh-the-horror.com... ...DVD Collection (most of it)

03-21-2010, 06:53 AM	#2
deepred Stalker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 389	Castle Freak for sure ...

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