Peeping Tom

Year: 1960

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Karlheinz Bohm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey

Dave - 2 Stars - The lead and blind mom were really good, but the rest of the cast was pretty weak. Story could have been great, but it never really came together. He was so crazy that the writer didn't ever let you get to know him fully.

Lexie - 2 Stars - All of the elements were there: an engaging plot, a troubled main character who remains likable despite his issues, a mysterious backstory unraveling throughout, a hint of a tragic love story...so what happened? Nothing. With every new detail that arose I said, "Okay, but when is something going to happen?" Sadly, nothing ever did. This already short movie could have lost 35 minutes without compromising the story. It wanted to be suspenseful, but instead was plain boring outside of the murder sequences and awkwardly developing romance. I appreciate the fact that no gore was ever shown but left to my imagination instead, and I also appreciate the allegory of the main character's plight for movie watching as a form of voyeurism for the masses, but why not really delve into that instead of making us sit through a seemingly endless therapy session?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054167/

Halloween

Year: 2007

Genre: Horror

Starring: Daeg Faerch, Malcolm McDowell, Scout-Taylor Compton

Dave - 3 Stars - Solid remake even though I've never seen the original. Rob does do a nice job, and the young kid who played Michael really sold it in the beginning. You knew just looking at the kid that he was going to be a psycho killer, and very good at it. Glad to see it end with a gun shot to the face for a change.

Lexie - 3.5 Stars - I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised at how good this movie was; what I found most amazing about it, is that I have never heard any recognition of how amazing the actor who played 10-year old Michael Myers was, it was scary how well he pulled off the role; I was worried it was going to be terribly gory and graphic with Rob Zombie behind the camera, but the violence viewing was tolerable, not terribly gross.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373883/

The Outsiders

Year: 1983

Genre: Drama

Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze

Dave - 2.5 Stars - A lot of talent, and it was funny to see them all as young men...but all in all it was pretty weak. The have's holding down the have nots even though they "won the rumble"...guess what you're still broke. It just a movie that leaves you with nothing at the end of it, but a nice story of the crapiness that is life.....awesome!

Lexie - 3.5 Stars - The story is excellent and extremely relatable; my only wish for this movie would be for the relationships to be better represented and developed, the loving protectiveness the gang members feel for each other is one of the most important pieces of the story and it's a little lacking in the movie version; as an adaptation, this is pretty successful.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086066/