Well, I meant "jump" as a metaphor for, y'know, NOT being so bloody predictable.

Not the best picture quality, but it IS uncut: http://www.amazon.com/Devil…

I should emphasise: it was CONQUEST that was re-edited after a sneak preview, and BATTLE that was re-written before shooting began. (although there are restored versions of BOTH in the Blu-Ray set that do improve both films slightly from their theatrical versions)

That was the theory behind sequels in those days: each installment will probably make less than the one before iot, so less spend less making it. (kind of a self-fufilling prophecy, really).
The only guy who bucked that trend was Cubby Broccoli, and none of his rivals learned the lesson from his success… until…

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BATTLE was supposed to be more in line with the dark tone of the earlier films, but the studio execs freaked out after a test screening of CONQUEST had the audience going nuts during the ape rebellion. The film was toned down in editing (the original cut was restored when the film came out on Blu-Ray), and BATTLE had…

Early prints of GOLDFINGER also promised "James Bond Will Return in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE", although it was changed for re-release.
(And SPY WHO LOVED ME promised Bond would return in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, but then STAR WARS made more money than God, so MOONRAKER seemed a better way to jump on that bandwagon)

He probably should have pounded him while yelling the names of all the bad movies he's been in. "Take THAT, "DJANGO STRIKES AGAIN!"
It would have been "meta", but it was the 1990s, so that would have been cool.

" the scene in which, after luring Michael into a basement by using a
small child as bait, Loomis drops a net on him and starts whaling on him
with a two-by-four."
dude's been in a lotta horror movies. At a certain point, you GOTS to go hardcore.

(more seriously: Pleasence is genuinely awesome in FLESH AND THE FIENDS and RAW MEAT.)

EXORCIST II has a number of suporters, including Pauline Kael and Martin Scorcese. I think it has some astounding moments, but John Boorman probably summed it up best when he admitted he was deathly ill and high on medication during most of the shooting.

I think LAND OF THE DEAD is the best John Carpenter film John Carpenter never made.

The "Chucky" films have ALSO had one writer for the entire series, and that makes their up-and-down quality more interesting than most sequels.
And surprisingly, the new one is getting RAVE response, even from non-fans!

REAL shock comes not from gore per se, but from the UNEXPECTED.

My point exactly. He HAD it, man.

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE is a total butcherjob of the book… but then, it couldn't be anything else, because the novel is a direct sequel to ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, which hadn't been filmed yet!
(I'm told that there were complex legal reasons for this, largely revolving around the ownership of THUNDERBALL, which…

Seriously, 1970s Tobe Hooper was something else CHAINSAW, EATEN ALIVE, THE FUNHOUSE… hell, he even managed to turn the SALEM'S LOT miniseries for CBS into one of the best King adaptations ever.

And so atmospheric you want to take a shower afterward.

If the HALLOWEEN sequels have an advantage over the other slasher sequels, it's that Pleasence can sell even the worst dialogue. Sure, sometimes it's hammy, but that's always better than no flavour at all.

It IS the Shatner mask. Jason is a guy with his face covered; but Myers is a BLANK THING.
There's a reason Carpenter had him listed in the credits as "The Shape".