Michael-Bay Movie Reviews

Someone suggested this movie that I might normally would not have chosen. It took a few scenes before I warmed up to it. This is a very funny and grimy movie. If you are as squeamish as I am, it can make your skin crawl, but it compensates with some very good acting and a creative script that must have been adapted from a play. If you need cheering up and you are the perky sort, this might not be the pick-me-up you need, but it can be a hoot. Richard E. Grant always challenges my disbelief. He has that angelic face that can really take you for a ride. Paul McGann is good as well as the other character actors. It is not a favorite movie, but I highly recommend it if you have not seen it already.

Probably one of my favourite movies of all time. I purchased this DVD after my VHS copy had come to the end of its useful life. The movie is there in all its glory including some vocal touchups (that my tape didn't have)on account of the sound being so awful, many people had trouble hearing what was said. The DVD is fairly well stuffed with Withnalia but I'm left with the feeling that the DVD would have better if both the sound and vision had been overhauled extensively to present this low-budget movie in the manner that is deserving of it.

This film is a masterpiece. The script and dialogue are extremely well written and both lead actors give outstanding performances. If you're English, this film is probably one you've watched numerous times. If you're not, it's a hilarious insight into some of English people's quirks through the eyes of two out of work actors. Some of the lines in this film have become legendary and fallen into British everday lingo. Nice extras on this DVD edition too.

I have only studied a small amount of the rich history of Mohammed, the Koran, and Islam, so I cannot vouch for the historic accuracy or even the message delivered by the movie. All prophets of peace are, of course, needed badly in this world.
As a movie, however, this leaves much to be desired. The writing is stilted and tedious, the acting only passable (even by fine actors), and the movie suffers from prophet-worship. Mohammed is portrayed as a disembodied figure and the other actors either stick their faces into the camera for very one-sided conversations or simply announce to each other what the prophet said.
Movies about Moses, David, Jesus, and other religious figures portray their subjects as human, keeping God as the disembodied voice or burning bush or what-not. In this movie Mohammed takes this invisible form, instead of being humanized by an actor, and therefore is equated with God.
If The Ten Commandments had shown Moses-the-disembodied-voice telling Pharaoh to free the slaves, or if films about Jesus portrayed him only as a golden light (the way a recent Disney movie did Mohammed), the producers would have been accused of deifying those characters. It would be better to show the Prophet as a man than to make him the equivalent of the burning bush.
Also, it makes the script very ponderous, difficult for the actors, and quite repititious: "Hey, Mohammed says God said this!" Hey, the Prophet says God said that!" is heard over and over again. The Message would be better served by having Mohammed come to the people directly and telling them what God said, and leave out the middlemen.

Asslaamu Alaikum! This is Arabic for what Muslims believe are 'elemental,eternal & Universal' greetings of Peace & Blessings to all Mankind...that's includes anyone including YOU on the Net Muslim or non-Muslim alike! The MESSAGE...is One and Only (to date) BEST Classic Religious epic ever made!!It beautifully captures the 're-birth' of Islam in 7th Century Arabia and the character of the Blessed & Last Prophet of God,'Muhammad' (arabic meaning 'The Praised One'. And here is the main reason of its Uniqueness from All Other Films ever Made!! It brilliantly portrays the HERO of this Historical Film without even showing a glimpse of the Hero...ie Prophet Muhammad...Why? & How? You Ask??...WATCH IT & See for Yourself!..Why the underlying Message of this Film is as beautiful & controversial as it was over 1,400 years as it is is today approaching the second Millenium!! Love, Peace & Brotherhood! Brother Nadim...(14/12/98) (1419 AH Islamic Calendar)

I have seen both the Arabic version, and the English version. This movie was not dubbed from English to Arabic or from Arabic to English. A movie was created for each language with different cast both movies are very accurate and extremely well executed. The movie depicts Islam in its true form. Islam is about peace, equality, and freedom, war is only a last resort to free Muslims from persecution and oppression. The movie also shows the bond that exists between Islam and other religions. There is a lot more to Islam than what the movie shows but it's a good overall introduction to how Islam started and what it stands for. I highly recommend this movie to Muslims and non-Muslims. Movie buffs will love the movie because of the performance of the actors as well as the scenery; this movie was filmed in Morocco and Libya. You are in for another treat if you watch the director's commentary after the movie, it shows how the movie was made and to what great length Moustapha Akkad went to in order to preserve authenticity, you will also get a brief look at Muslims from around the world. (Currently the majority of Muslims are from non-Arabic descent)

What a treat this movie was! Especially seeing Daniel Radcliffe's first role here before he hit puberty! I was also pleasantly surprised to see Maggie Smith (she plays Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies) here as well; she was excellent as David Copperfield's no-nonsense, but loving, caring great-aunt. I laughed at Betsy's crowing *No donkeys here* to shoo away the donkeys from her yard. Daniel did a wonderful, shining job here as young David Copperfield; you can actually tell David's really suffering under his cruel stepfather's rule and Daniel does a fine job portraying the anguish. Daniel really did a good job with the weeping scenes, esp. when he cries at the scene of finding out that awful Murdstone's his new stepfather; you can actually see tears in his big eyes. I just loved the sad-eyed, slanted-browed look Daniel perfected in this movie; it made me just want to hug him. Daniel's sooo cute and I love how dramatic he is! The scenes were historically accurate too, esp. the blacking factory and the debtors' prison and the squalor of those places is very vivid too. They do a good job also making Daniel a nice mess working in the blacking factory and when he arrives at his aunt Betsy's house; you could see that poor David's been through hell and back. Just seeing this movie endears me to Daniel Radcliffe even more; Daniel's a very interesting person I'm curious about. Well done!

This is a magical, heartwarming version of the Dickens' tale from Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre. David Copperfield is a young English boy living a life of happiness, but sometimes pain. The pain from his wicked step-father and the London school teacher (whom also gives a comedic twist to the movie at points). The happiness from his maid and mother and the joyful man who takes him in (Bob Hoskins). After being taken in by this man, David runs away into the country and encounters his aunt who hates boys but learns to love them when she takes in David.

Tape 2 brings us to face David's adult years in which he falls for his first love. Tape 2 is a wonderful tape and gives us a villan to overcome our fears by.

**************************************************************** This is a very heartwarming tale about love, kindness and the feelings you should give to people who are nice back at you. The cast is very well chosen, the plot is just wonderous and the moral that it gives you is good too. Purchase this video, guys. You'll cherish always.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF MASTERPIECE THEATRE: Moll Flanders, Oliver Twist, 'Upstairs, Downstairs.'

The BBC adaptation of David Copperfield is nothing short of excellent. The one thing that makes it so terriffic is the role of young David played by Daniel Radcliffe. Daniel is more recognized as the beloved wizard Harry Potter. This movie was a wonderful start to his career. The movie also has some great names sharing the credits including Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins and Zoe Wanamaker. If you want to see a movie with Britan's finest in action, see David Copperfield.

This is a critics' darling. Don't get me wrong, I love great films and count Godfather Part I, Citizen Kane, La Strada, and Schindler's List among my favorites. However, this film has a serious problem with pacing, which is essential to make a film great. The pacing is undeniably tedious. Yes, the film is beautiful to look at, but it is difficult to connect with or feel for the characters. For a vampire film, there is no action and zero suspense. Herzog may have been going for a dream-like state. However, that doesn't render his decision a good one. The film is a bit self-conscious and pretentious. Not very good at all.

...the most effective and powerful film based on the Dracula legend. Herzog fills the screen and ultimately, the viewer's senses with a dreamy landscape that though not terrifying, is almost unbearably creepy and penetrating. Klaus Kinski gives an understated and moving performance as the lamentable Nosferatu, a creature seemingly at serious odds with his vampiric nature yet unable to change it, forever trapped in his isolation and doom. What can be said about the flawless Isabelle Adjani, except that she is absolute perfection as Lucy. Fragile and almost unbearably beautiful, she is to all appearances frail yet determined to bring an end to Dracula's pestilence. The surrealistic scenes are very memorable with Popol Vuh's score adding immeasurably to the atmosphere of corrosion and misery. Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night is not unlike a wicked dream, irresistible and hypnotic, it distracts the viewer with incredible images while it burrows deep into the mind and the bone. My one and only complain concerns Renfield's incessant and incredibly annoying cackling. Fortunately, he is not on screen too often so my quibble is very minor, indeed. Forget Coppola' beautiful, yet everything-but-the-kitchen-sink version or even Tod Browning's original masterpiece with Lugosi as the unforgettable bloodsucker. Herzog's approach is far more subtle and intelligent than anything done before or since. The pacing is dead on, the performance's are uniformly excellent, the cinematography beautiful, though bleak and the direction beyond reproach.

Werner Herzog's remake of the 1922 classic is an epic masterpiece in movie making. Beautifully filmed with glorious music, knock-out performance by Klaus Kinski as the flambouyant Count Dracula. Only one other film in history has impressed me this much with unforgettable scenes of the true nature and feeling of vampires. This isn't an ordinary vampire movie, it doesn't have any scares, it doesn't have any bloody scenes either, it's not made to scare or gross the audience, it's made to give the audience remarkable visions of vampires, so masterfully done that they are impossible to forget. Nosferatu The Vampyre remains poignant to this day and stands as one of the greatest films in history.

This is an emotionally-wrenching, beautifully-directed interpretation of the play many believe to be the finest ever written by an American. Unlike many theatrical adaptations, this one abounds with visual inventiveness and never feels "stage-bound." Schlondorff has found perfect visual equivalents to Miller's surreal stage directions,all while keeping this magnificent play intact, scene-for-scene, word-for-word.

And the acting! Kate Reid is simply overpowering as Linda---a role which too often is played subserviently and "mousily." This woman is a survivor, a wife who has devoted her life to her husband quite literally for better or for worse---and this story is about the "worse." Stephen Lang exudes just the right amount of amoral obliviousness as Happy. And John Malkovich, while physically wrong for Biff (especially next to the much beefier Lang), gives a performance of extraordinary anguish and intensity, making the climactic confrontation between son and father almost too painful to watch.

But...this may border on blasphemy, but for me, Dustin Hoffman proves jarringly mediocre as Willy Loman. He struts, he rants, he yells---but he is just never convincing in the part. Every time he moves, it appears "studied": he does not move like a tired old man, he moves like a vigorous young man who has learned to imitate a tired old man. His performance is filled with the kinds of little gestures and tics that Method actors learn from observation, but in this case they are never internalized, never built into a coherent performance. Indeed,this is a performance of "moments," and Hoffman is best in the quiet ones, when he is sitting out on the porch asking his wife if she remembers what things used to be like. At such times, he loses the gimmickry and becomes movingly human. But in the "big scenes," he mistakes volume for power, shrillness for emotion. With a weaker supporting cast, his limitations might not have been quite so noticable. But in the face of the extraordinary actors on view here, Hoffman all but disappears.

It is a serious problem, but Schlondorff's film largely overcomes it through visuals, montage, and the power of the rest of the cast. As it is, this film is not quite a classic, but it comes close. Very highly recommended.

This 1985 version was actually a TV movie using most of the original cast from the 1984 version of the Broadway play first written by Arthur Miller in 1949. Since then it has been performed many many times with a variety of different casts. A million years ago I even remember studying it in college. I have always wanted to see the play and was thrilled that I discovered this video.

Dustin Hoffman stars as Willie Loman, a fading traveling salesman who has made all the wrong decisions in his life. A young John Malkovich plays his son, Biff, a jobless loser. Steven Lang, is cast as his other son, Happy; Linda Reid plays Willie Loman's wife; and Charles Durning plays his neighbor, Charlie. All have been nominated for a variety of awards and Dustin Hoffman won a Golden Globe for best actor that year.

There is no doubt that this is a play, not a movie by the way it is staged. Flashbacks are achieved, for example, by the character Biff, coming on stage in a High School sweater. The characters often seem to be speaking directly to the audience also. I found all this refreshing after watching so many movies where computerized cinematography and special effects are everything.

This play doesn't need special effects. It is all in the words and the acting. And what fine acting it is! I forgot how good a play can be! Especially one by Arthur Miller. The Director, Volker Shloendorff, made his American debut with this production, his prior experience being only in France and Germany. For drama at its finest, I definitely recommend this video.

This 1985 film of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, directed by Volker Schlondorff, recreates Arthur Miller's original casting ideas for the three principal characters. Miller had originally envisioned Willy Loman, the unsuccessful traveling salesman of the title, as a physically small man with a big wife and two big, strong sons; in this film, that is exactly what we get: Dustin Hoffman as Willy, Kate Reid as Linda, John Malkovich and Stephen Lang as Biff and Happy. Whereas the original Willy on Broadway, Lee J. Cobb, was large and imposing, Hoffman's Willy is a ridiculous little man with impossibly high ideals. His is a humorous and pathetic rather than a tragic interpretation, but this is perfectly valid - there is, after all, more than one way to "be" Willy Loman. And viewers should keep in mind that Miller himself praised Hoffman's characterization, naming him among his three all-time favorite Willys (the other two being Cobb and Warren Mitchell, the British actor who played in an acclaimed London revival).
Kate Reid gives a strong performance as Linda, Willy's loving and suffering wife. She is vicious in her defense of Willy to her sons, especially at the end, when she orders them to
"get out of this house...get out of my sight." John Malkovich, with his soft-spoken voice and timid manner, might seem unsuited to Biff, the "all-American football hero" -
but I don't think so. To me, Malkovich's halting delivery suggests that Biff is a confused young man who thinks deep thoughts but lacks the education to be able to articulate them well. Malkovich's performance is a revelation in many ways: in the restaurant and final "confrontation" scenes, for example, we sense that Biff now sees Willy realistically for the first time in his life, and is therefore able to act more fairly towards him. The tragedy, of course, is that Willy is still unable to see reality and Biff is unable to MAKE him see it.
Stephen Lang is unobtrusively excellent as Happy, Biff's neglected younger brother. Charles Durning also does an excellent job as Willy's prosperous neighbor, Charley, who has no illusions about Willy (I always laugh when Willy sneaks a look at Charley's cards during the card game scene, and Charley, without a word, turns the cards over so that Willy can see them.). Joseph Polito is fine as Charley's successful son, Bernard. The small roles are all done well, particularly Tom Signorelli as Stanley, the waiter in the restaurant and an old family friend of the Lomans ("Sure, you look...all right."). Schlondorff's direction is great, with so many telling and memorable moments. The hotel-room confrontation between Willy and Biff is affectingly done: Malkovich is touchingly vulnerable, his last cry to Willy of "You fake!" heartrending. The final confrontation between the two was filmed in several "takes," making the viewer feel that he/she is caught right in the middle of a terrifying family argument. Last but not least, the music - especially Willy's idyllic "flute" theme -is very helpful in conveying mood.

... he'd be a happy man!
I just finished watching the DVD of "The Stunt Man." It's still a smart, amazing, funny, scary, exhilirating experience. This is what great movie making (and great acting) is all about. Richard Rush's direction, the acting from Peter O'Toole and the rest, the terrific screenplay, the great music ... it's just ... perfect. As fresh now as the day it rolled out of the camera.
It's a shame Rush hasn't been able to make more films, but with this classic to his credit he can rest assured that his place in cinema history is complete. Thanks, Mr. Rush!
And Peter O'Toole ... nothing will top his work in "Lawrence of Arabia," but this comes darned close. Eli Cross is the classic "film director as god." O'Toole makes him more than just a petty movie-set tyrant. Cross is sly, witty, mysterious and all-knowing. He's frightening but fascinating. You wouldn't want to introduce him to your mother but you would want to take him out to dinner just to listen to him spin his stories. When he descends from above in his camera crane you'll begin to think he's god incarnate ... just as the stunt man does.
And the plot? That's what made "The Stunt Man" such a hard sell to the movie studios and what makes it a classic. What is reality and what isn't? Are we in control of our lives or aren't we? How do we know what's really going on and what it all means? Is Eli trying to kill the stunt man or just trying to finish his movie on time?
Anchor Bay's DVD transfer is superb. The "Limited Edition" includes Rush's documentary on the making the film. Don't miss it!
If you've never seen this film, get it FAST and enjoy! If you haven't seen it in a while, rediscover why it's so great.
Amen!

When a fugitive on the run turns actor (Steve Railsback) ends up in a movie set control by a Christ-Like Hollywood Director (Oscar-Winner:Peter O'Toole), who become the man's mentor. Which the hollywood director sheltered the fugitive from a sherrif (Alex Rocco). While the fugitive starts to fall in love with a famous attractive actress (Barbara Hershey).

Directed by Richard Rush (Color of Night, Psych-Out) made a standout, outragerous, dark comedy. Which is unique and it's offers something different for everyone. Winning Performances by Railsback, O'Toole and Hershey. DVD's has an good anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Digital 5.1 Expanded Surround Sound. DVD Extras has an induction by the Director, Trailers, Two Deleted Scenes and more. This film recieve three Oscar nominations, which are:Best Actor-O'Toole, Best Adapted Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus and Director:Rush, and Best Director. This is a marvelous and unique exercise in meta-cinematic manipulation. This is a great film, which makes Reality and Make-Believe blur. Grade:A.

Most films that rely heavily on stunts don't provide much of interest in between the airbag falls and vehicle pile-ups - Hooper, Cannonball Run, The Blues Brothers and their ilk being prime examples, and even the revered likes of Bullitt tend to sag a bit when the protagonists get out of the car. Fortunately this overlooked gem manages to mix stops-out stunt sequences with a borderline-pretentious paranoia plot to cover all bases with ease. Jobbing greenhorn Steve Railsback gets a job in the stunt team of Peter O'Toole's director's World War One action romance, falls for the leading lady, has his every waking moment interrupted by O'Toole on an ace crane-mounted director's chair, and finally takes on the escape from a sinking car stunt that killed his predecessor. There's plenty of elementary-grade symbolism thrown at it (O'Toole's messianic character is called Eli Cross, in true ramming-the-point-home style), and the whole "What is reality after all? Eh? Think about it" ethos of the film won't impress everyone, but it's all done with a light touch, and you really won't see anything like this anywhere else, and the set-pieces, particularly the rooftop gun battle and aerial dogfight, are brilliantly staged.

John Ritter is certainly under-rated and under-appreciated. As a physical comedy actor he has few peers. His timing, honed on TV's 'Three's Company,' is spot on.

But NOTHING will prepare you for the scene in the middle which is shot entirely in the dark. Even if you've had a hint of it from other people, ignore them and laugh your head off. One of the funniest in any movie, ever. Several other scenes and lines are pretty funny, too, like Zack trying to walk and drive after getting a shot from his dentist. Nobody does it better than Ritter.

The film has a message, of sorts, about taking personal responsibility and growing up. The way Blake Edwards tells it, that's not as much fun as it might seem. Still this does not validate the hedonistic lifestyle, and Zack gets his comeuppance in the end.

Whether you're a fan of John Ritter or not, see this film. Not a great movie, but better than most of those you'll rent and forget as soon as the credits roll.

Put the kiddies to bed, dim the lights, bring your bowl of popcorn, and don't let anyone interrupt the scene in the dark. You can clean up the spilled popcorn later...

This movie is very funny. At the same time, it has a very incisive statement regarding personal responsibility - in this case, alcoholism. I will never forget the "dueling condoms" scene, and there are several classic comedy bits that make this film one of the minor (at least) classics of film comedy. I laughed at the condom scene. I hurt myself laughing at the scene of John Ritter trying to escape with a novocaine-filled leg. I look forward to viewing it again, and often.

Funniest film in ages. Laugh-a-minute spoof on a famous pianist with a wandering eye.

I was 16 or 17 when I saw this movie and I loved it. If you are looking for a deep, serious, modern, adult, tear-jerking drama, you don't want this. Having said that, this is an otherwise very cool movie! It is one of my favorite movies of the 80's (top 20) and an early masterpiece for Charlie Sheen. Hero ghost comes back and gets revenge, scores points with the girl, and sets up his bro with a hot supernatural car... sounds a little cheesey? Hey, it's a 1986 action movie about a ghost coming back for revenge! But, for it's time it is EXCELLENT! I recommend it. The car is incredible and yes, I want one. To this day (I'm 32 now) I look for photos of it on the web. The Dodge Turbo Interceptor. Anyway, the movie is a good action/revenge movie with a hint of comedy and an awesome soundtrack. "Where's the Fire" by Tim Feehan is fantastic and ahead of it's time!

When I was a kid, this movie had me and my friends talking for weeks. The car featured in this flick was way ahead of anything we'd seen on the road back then, and we all of course wanted a car just like it when we grew up. Still haven't got one yet, but watching this DVD makes me want a kick-a** ride like that, even after all these years. A great and (sadly) long forgetten diamond-in-the-rough film about a guy using his tricked-out wheels to get the ultimate revenge on the adolescent bullies who killed him.

The Wraith is awsome!

the movie is about a kid named Jamie Henkins who gets killed by a car gang led by Packard. the rest of the gang includes Oggie, who drives my favorite car, Minty, Clint Howard (forgot his character's name) and my two favorites, Skank and Gutterboy.

a new kid suddenly shows up to town named Jake, who is really Jamie in his new form and comes back to take back his love, Keri Johnson.
from here, the action begins. the car the wraith drives, from what i heard, is a Dodge Turbo Interceptor, custom, and awsome! the best car in the movie.
after racing Oggie and Minty and getting his revenge on them, he then runs head on into their warehouse where they kill the lively duo of Skank and the Gutterboy. these two are hilarous and if for not the cars, then these 2 hooligans will keep you watching this film over and over.

Packard, after denying that Jamie, the wraith has come back for him, Packard is confronted by the wraith in a cemetary where Pack sees his own grave! in one last brilliant race, the Wraith and the Turbo race Pack and his corvette. the ending is brilliant. head on crash, ball of fire, just flat out awsome. this movie is awsome!

movie stars Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard, and Sherilyn Fenn. great movie.

Horror novelist Roger Cobb (William Katt) has been having problems trying to forget the past life he had since his son has disappear and his wife just left him. Since his aunt killed herself in her own house. Roger moves back to his aunt house to finish his new book about his trumatic experiences in vietnam. Since roger is now living in the house of his aunt. Strange things has been happening to him and in every sense in a bizarre way of things.

DVD`s has a fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Transfer and clear Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sound. This has fine running commentary track by director:Steve Miner (Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3, Forever Young), Writer:Ethan Wiley (House 2:The Second Story), Producer:Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th, Jason Goes to Hell:The Final Friday) and Actor:William Katt (Carrie). House was an box office surprise back in 1986. This film has an good tongue in cheek humor and it`s unexpectedly impressive, imaginative and ambitious black comedy for a horror movie. Entertaining film. Grade:A- 25 years ago, Jesse (Arye Gross) parents has been murder by a mystery man. He returns to the house, where his parents were murder with his girlfriend (Lar Park Lincoln) and then his friends Charlie (Johathan Stark) and his girlfriend (Amy Yasbeck) are moving in the house also. Jesse discover, there`s something missing in the house and he find out a missing skull, which it`s worth money. Jesse & Charlie discover the skull could be bury in the cementary of Jesse`s great great grandfather named also Jesse (Royal Dano). Once they dig up his grave, Jesse & Charlie find out his still alive, because of the magical skull. Once Jesse & Charlie bring Jesse`s great great grandfather back to the house. Everything is starting to break loose another people from different dimensions of time, want to take the skull back in thier time. The three have to protect the skull from anothers.

DVD`s has the same Widescreen anamorphic transfer and the sound also for the film. There`s an amusing commentary track from the director:Ethan Wiley and Producer:Sean S. Cunningham. Which is much better in the commentary than the first film. This is well made entertaining film has nothing to do with the first film. Great fun. Grade:B+.

I was so happy to find out that "House" was finally coming to DVD. This is one of my all time favorite horror movies. In fact, this was the very first horror movie I ever saw when I was little.

William Katt plays a writer who is stuggling on a current project. When his aunt passes away, he decides to move into her house, being that it was the same house that he grew up in. It was also the house he lost his little boy in. He's about to find out that moving into the house was a BIG mistake.

Katt realizes the house is haunted and is trying to kill him, sending monsters, ghouls, and killer household applainces after him. But Katt isn't going to surrender that easily. He decides to take the house head on, and hopes to find his lost son.

The picture quality of the movie is fantastic. I did not expect to see so much sharpness and color from such an old film. The sound is also great, even though it's dolby digital mono. It sure doesn't sound mono!

"House" is a classic horror film, and is one of my favorites. Forget about "Scream" and all of those other horror flicks. This is an all time classic, and is a must have for anyone who enjoys scary films. Filled with horror and comedy, "House" is an easy five out of five stars.

If you're a fan of Return of the Living Dead 2, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Dead Alive, and Silence of the Lambs then this horror comedy is for you. It's not a movie it's art. It so funny and violent, and everything a film like this should be. Forget that dumb movie Cabin Fever and see some real horror/comedy like this. The plot is about Roger Cobb who is working on his latest novel a recount of his days in Vietnam. When his Aunt days, committing suicide in her house. Where Roger grew up actually and where his son disapeared. He decides to move in there for some "solitude" (stupid huh?) and get cracking on his novel. And then because of one of his Aunts paintings he is prompted to check out her closet. And it just gets zanny and cool after all that. It's just fun. I can watch it again and again. AMAZING!

Horror novelist Roger Cobb (William Katt) has been having problems trying to forget the past life he had since his son has disappear and his wife just left him. Since his aunt killed herself in her own house. Roger moves back to his aunt house to finish his new book about his trumatic experiences in vietnam. Since roger is now living in the house of his aunt. Strange things has been happening to him and in every sense in a bizarre way of things.

DVD`s has a fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Transfer and clear Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sound. This has fine running commentary track by director:Steve Miner (Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3, Forever Young), Writer:Ethan Wiley (House 2:The Second Story), Producer:Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th, Jason Goes to Hell:The Final Friday) and Actor:William Katt (Carrie). House was an box office surprise back in 1986. This film has an good tongue in cheek humor and it`s unexpectedly impressive, imaginative and ambitious black comedy for a horror movie. Entertaining film. Grade:A- 25 years ago, Jesse (Arye Gross) parents has been murder by a mystery man. He returns to the house, where his parents were murder with his girlfriend (Lar Park Lincoln) and then his friends Charlie (Johathan Stark) and his girlfriend (Amy Yasbeck) are moving in the house also. Jesse discover, there`s something missing in the house and he find out a missing skull, which it`s worth money. Jesse & Charlie discover the skull could be bury in the cementary of Jesse`s great great grandfather named also Jesse (Royal Dano). Once they dig up his grave, Jesse & Charlie find out his still alive, because of the magical skull. Once Jesse & Charlie bring Jesse`s great great grandfather back to the house. Everything is starting to break loose another people from different dimensions of time, want to take the skull back in thier time. The three have to protect the skull from anothers.

DVD`s has the same Widescreen anamorphic transfer and the sound also for the film. There`s an amusing commentary track from the director:Ethan Wiley and Producer:Sean S. Cunningham. Which is much better in the commentary than the first film. This is well made entertaining film has nothing to do with the first film. Great fun. Grade:B+.

I was so happy to find out that "House" was finally coming to DVD. This is one of my all time favorite horror movies. In fact, this was the very first horror movie I ever saw when I was little.

William Katt plays a writer who is stuggling on a current project. When his aunt passes away, he decides to move into her house, being that it was the same house that he grew up in. It was also the house he lost his little boy in. He's about to find out that moving into the house was a BIG mistake.

Katt realizes the house is haunted and is trying to kill him, sending monsters, ghouls, and killer household applainces after him. But Katt isn't going to surrender that easily. He decides to take the house head on, and hopes to find his lost son.

The picture quality of the movie is fantastic. I did not expect to see so much sharpness and color from such an old film. The sound is also great, even though it's dolby digital mono. It sure doesn't sound mono!

"House" is a classic horror film, and is one of my favorites. Forget about "Scream" and all of those other horror flicks. This is an all time classic, and is a must have for anyone who enjoys scary films. Filled with horror and comedy, "House" is an easy five out of five stars.

If you're a fan of Return of the Living Dead 2, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Dead Alive, and Silence of the Lambs then this horror comedy is for you. It's not a movie it's art. It so funny and violent, and everything a film like this should be. Forget that dumb movie Cabin Fever and see some real horror/comedy like this. The plot is about Roger Cobb who is working on his latest novel a recount of his days in Vietnam. When his Aunt days, committing suicide in her house. Where Roger grew up actually and where his son disapeared. He decides to move in there for some "solitude" (stupid huh?) and get cracking on his novel. And then because of one of his Aunts paintings he is prompted to check out her closet. And it just gets zanny and cool after all that. It's just fun. I can watch it again and again. AMAZING!