Puppet Master - in which a man uses Egyptian magic to animate his wooden puppets, but then he dies and leaves his dolls buried in the wall of a nice hotel. His friends who are still alive are invited to his funeral in the empty hotel by his rich girlfriend, and the puppets are excited to see the friends and MURDER them. They all have magic powers, and one woman is a sexual psychic, and its awesome. The murders are all gruesome, the puppets and the effects rock! 77 minutes well spent. I'm glad I bought the 9 movies series sight unseen. Can't wait to watch the rest of them.
Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,...
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