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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks 90s Horror Films - Do you like ranking scary movies?
Snake5555555555 07/04/19 12:32:28 PM #232:	17. Cronos Karo - 8 KBM - 12 Scarlet - 13 Snake - 13 Charon - 16 Johnbobb - 20 Genny - 21 JONA - 28 Inviso - 32 Karo - An elderly antique dealer comes into the possession of an ancient device that can grant eternal life and somehow still has a live insect inside it which makes no sense but we just kind of have to accept it. The old geezer uses the device to make himself feel good, but it also gives him an unnatural appetite for a certain red liquid. It is an interesting take on vampire mythos and also possibly a metaphor for drug addiction if you really take a close look at it. Guillermo del Toro shows his directing skills to craft a story that never gets boring, the one big problem is that the character of Angel seems incredibly out of place in the film. He is a silly foul-mouthed lunatic who is like some cast off of a bad Adam Sandler movie, and it really hurts the serious nature they are going for. KBM - Guillermo del Toro showing off that he had serious filmmaking chops as early as his very first feature. The acting is great across the board Federico Luppi carries the movie wonderfully in the lead role, his granddaughter does a great job in a mostly-silent role (especially for such a young actress), Claudio Brook is nice and threatening as the antagonist, and Ron Perlman provides some well-timed moments of levity as the bumbling American henchman/nephew to the villain. The script is also quite smart, effectively creating a nice allegory for addiction in its vampire lore without bogging things down by over-explaining anything. Well-paced and beautifully filmed, this debut definitely displays the promise of what's been a brilliant career for del Toro, and just taken on its own, is a unique, stylish, and underrated entry in the horror canon. Scarlet - If you like Del Toro, youll certainly enjoy this freshman outing from a young Guillermo. But its so hampered by the roughness of a fledgling director. The script certainly lacks the polished quality of a seasoned veteran, and it really plays like the worlds best student film. Thats not to say its bad, but that there are very clear weaknesses to the presentation. The attempts to subvert the conventions of storytelling seem a little too much for this young, unproven Del Toro to handle at this point. But filmmaking is about practice, and this is an example of getting those reps in. Rating: 53/100 --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:924237987] in Gauntlet C... [t:77812973]...</cite> <quote>17. Cronos Karo - 8 KBM - 12 Scarlet - 13 Snake - 13 Charon - 16 Johnbobb - 20 Genny - 21 JONA - 28 Inviso - 32 Karo - An elderly antique dealer comes into the possession of an ancient device that can grant eternal life and somehow still has a live insect inside it which makes no sense but we just kind of have to accept it. The old geezer uses the device to make himself feel good, but it also gives him an unnatural appetite for a certain red liquid. It is an interesting take on vampire mythos and also possibly a metaphor for drug addiction if you really take a close look at it. Guillermo del Toro shows his directing skills to craft a story that never gets boring, the one big problem is that the character of Angel seems incredibly out of place in the film. He is a silly foul-mouthed lunatic who is like some cast off of a bad Adam Sandler movie, and it really hurts the serious nature they are going for. KBM - Guillermo del Toro showing off that he had serious filmmaking chops as early as his very first feature. The acting is great across the board Federico Luppi carries the movie wonderfully in the lead role, his granddaughter does a great job in a mostly-silent role (especially for such a young actress), Claudio Brook is nice and threatening as the antagonist, and Ron Perlman provides some well-timed moments of levity as the bumbling American henchman/nephew to the villain. The script is also quite smart, effectively creating a nice allegory for addiction in its vampire lore without bogging things down by over-explaining anything. Well-paced and beautifully filmed, this debut definitely displays the promise of what's been a brilliant career for del Toro, and just taken on its own, is a unique, stylish, and underrated entry in the horror canon. Scarlet - If you like Del Toro, youll certainly enjoy this freshman outing from a young Guillermo. But its so hampered by the roughness of a fledgling director. The script certainly lacks the polished quality of a seasoned veteran, and it really plays like the worlds best student film. Thats not to say its bad, but that there are very clear weaknesses to the presentation. The attempts to subvert the conventions of storytelling seem a little too much for this young, unproven Del Toro to handle at this point. But filmmaking is about practice, and this is an example of getting those reps in. Rating: 53/100 --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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