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Gah, help with a movie

 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
02:28 / 05.10.02
ok, so theres these little demon guys who have tiny knives and this family is the target for the evil, but the cat keeps fighting the demons...
 
 
Jack Fear
02:47 / 05.10.02
Stephen King's Cat's Eye, perhaps?
 
 
Jack Fear
02:55 / 05.10.02
Though there was only one demon in that... and though he may have had a knife his major scary thing was sucking the breath out of li'l Drew Barrymore as she slept...
 
 
spidervirus
03:05 / 05.10.02
the funniest segment was the electrocution scenes with the anti-smoking campaigns... come to think of it, there was so much funny/fucked up-edness going on in that film.
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
22:03 / 05.10.02
aha yes--thank you, noe i feel less silly as i try to describe what sounds like a vision i had after someone cracked my back
 
 
Spatula Clarke
23:37 / 05.10.02
While we're at it, can somebody clear these two up for me?

1) Early 90s film. A couple (or possibly a family) move into a new(?) house, only for a load of poltergeist-style nonsense to take place. The two bits I can remember most clearly are when the woman is in the shower and it the hot water turns up by itself, scalding her. The finale takes place in the kitchen, the floor of which is flooded after all the taps turn on of their own accord and flapping electrical cable prevents easy escape. At the very end, the couple are stood outside the house, looking up at the pylon next to it. It's this pylon that's possessed (or, at least, the source of their misery).

2) A (mid- to late-80s) zombie film where the main protagonists are a couple of teenage girls. The zombie plague is caused by a meteorite threatening to collide with the planet (I think - got vague memories of pink skies and the like). There's a section in a shopping mall where the girls mess around trying on clothes from the racks just before they get interrupted by a security guard. Said guard is one of the only other people in the town not affected by the zombie plague, at least up until the point where he gets attacked by the undead (in one of the girls' houses). Later on, they hook up with a group of survivors in a kind of military training centre.

Both fairly cheap 'n' cheerful flicks.
 
 
uncle retrospective
00:19 / 06.10.02

Number 2) is the Night of the Comet.
 
 
moriarty
01:57 / 06.10.02
Night of the Comets was one of my favourite movies as a preteen.
 
 
rizla mission
14:54 / 06.10.02
It sounds pretty fantastic..
 
 
penitentvandal
15:31 / 06.10.02
Elijah's description of lots of little demons with knives reminds me more of a cheesy horror flick called The Gate, in which, essentially, a bunch of kids open a sort of gate to Hell (see how long they must have took on the title? Wow...) and have to fight a lot of tiny, malicious demons, and then big demon who, IIRC looked like some sort of cross between a penis, a nuke, and a really big turd. i was about eleven when I saw that film. It fucked me up for ages, I tell ya.

Can't remember if there was a scene with the demons fighting a cat. There were fuck-off big moths in it, tho'. Horrible things.
 
 
luminocity
16:58 / 06.10.02
Anyone have any idea of how I can get to see Night of the Comet again?
I remember it was on telly like 10 years ago but I stupidly taped over it. Oh the nostalgia...
 
 
Spatula Clarke
18:46 / 06.10.02
Cheers guys. I'm not entirely sure that the film #1 isn't a TV movie of some kind.

Talking of which, what's the name of the short film that has a similar premise to Groundhog Day, except the main character is caught up in a time loop that lasts exactly one hour? He's the only person who notices it. Eventually, on one of the many journeys through the same hour, he manages to track down and speak to a scientist who's written a piece about the possible existence of such loops. Our man convinces him that there's one happening right that moment, before asking what somebody who knew it was going on could do to stop it and return time to normal. Scientist looks sadly into main man's eyes, before replying, "Nothing."

The only things I can remember about The Gate are the 'playing music backwards is eeeevil' message and (un)dead Dulux dog.
 
 
moriarty
03:18 / 07.10.02
Are you thinking of 12:01?

Night of the Comet (singular) can still be found in trashy video stores that never get rid of any stock, though it is getting harder to find. I imagine ebay can satisfy your craving if you're really desparate.

Just to clarify, the comet (which hasn't been close to Earth since the days of the dinosaurs, dumdumdumdum) swings it's tail right through the planet causing most everyone on the planet to turn to dust. Anyone who was surrounded by steel at the time survives and anyone with lesser metallic protection has had all the moisture sucked out of them, causing them to experience a mad thirst for human blood. I won't spoil it for those who have yet to see it, but any movie with an uzi-wielding cheerleader mowing down zombies is alright by me.
 
 
dribble
06:28 / 07.10.02
#1 nearly drove me crazy, but I found it:

Pulse.

Evil electricity. Classic.
 
 
gridley
12:27 / 07.10.02
Night of the Comet. One of my faves.

"This is a game I like to call scary noises." CLICK. "Wasn't that a scary noise?"
 
 
Spatula Clarke
12:29 / 07.10.02
Those are the fellas. The mention of the guy reappearing on a park bench eating his lunch in 12:01 has brought it all back. Fantastic little film.

Thankyou, gentlebeings.

*tips hat*
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
03:29 / 08.10.02
ah, the gate, a fine piece of canadian cinema

i got anotherone
zombie style people walking around, but if they fall and have their heads broken open these evil space leach things crawl out, only to infect others with zombie crazyness. any ideas?
 
 
gridley
19:56 / 09.10.02
Sounds like "Night of the Creeps." Alien parasites go into people's mouths, turning them into evil zombies. The only way to stop them is to destroy their heads.

Actually a really good movie as I remember. Sort of sci-fi/horror/teen sex/comedy.

Best line: "Well, girls, the good news is your dates are here. The bad news is THEY'RE DEAD!"
 
 
Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
04:53 / 10.10.02
YES gridley reigns supreme,
i loved that movie
 
 
rizla mission
09:42 / 10.10.02
Best line: "Well, girls, the good news is your dates are here. The bad news is THEY'RE DEAD!"

I want to start a music career and buy a sampler just so I can put that at the start of a record..
 
 
moriarty
12:04 / 10.10.02
The Private Eye in that movie kicked ass. Night of the Creeps is right up there with Night of the Comet.
 
  
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