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Kon Tiki Rotten Tomatoes: 84%   IMDB: 7.2 Plot: Based on a true story about a group of men who set out on a basal wood raft to float from Peru to Polynesia using only a sail and the tide.  My Thoughts: They just don't make men like they use to. Men bred for adventure, I couldn't imagine just getting on a raft and setting sail like the men of this film and make no mistake these men are not rough and ready action heroes in fact only one crew member has any experience on the water and our main character, Thor, can't swim. This is an old fashioned adventure story, not a whole lot of action but plenty of excitement and wonder. The scenery is beautiful and the film is gorgeous to look at. The actors feel real and look like their real life counterparts. I highly recommend giving this one a try. 

91. This Is The End Rotten Tomatoes: 84%   IMDB: 7 Plot: A bevy of actors, playing themselves in this film, are trapped in James Franco's house after the apocalypse.  My Thoughts: A very mete end of the world film where the characters feel too real to be likable. The actors are fearless and the performances really shine. It is funny and the action moments are good. I laughed out loud a few times which is more than most comedies get out of me. 

90. Mad Monster Party Rotten Tomatoes: 67%   IMDB: 6.4 Plot: Dr. Frankenstein calls all the monster's together to his island, Island of Evil, to name his successor as the head of the monsters and bestow upon them all his secrets including his anti-matter formula. When it is learned he plans to name his mild mannered nephew the monsters plot to kill the nephew and take control themselves.   My Thoughts: A macabre entry into the Rankin Bass catalog with the voice talents of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller. For fans of their christmas classics this feature is a treat, all the classic monsters are represented including Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, hell even the blob makes a cameo. I enjoyed the hell out of this one and I think you will too. 

89. Re-Animator Rotten Tomatoes: 93%   IMDB: 7.2 Plot: Based on H.P. Lovecraft's "Herbert West Re-Animator." Herbert West is a medical student that has discovered a formula to re-animate dead tissue.  My Thoughts: Maybe the best Lovecraft adaption to date, still hoping for Del Toro's Mountains of Madness, the effects look great, the acting is good and the tone is just the right mix of humor and horror. Highly recommend.

88. Haunted World of El Superbeasto IMDB: 5.8 Plot: Masked "hero" Beasto and his sister Suzi X have to rescue a stripper from Dr. Satan before he gets the power of hell in this adults only cartoon. My Thoughts: This is one of the sleaziest craziest cartoons I've seen and that's saying alot. Recommend if you can laugh at zombie nazis and countless sex jokes.

87. Hellboy Blood and Iron IMDB: 6.7 Plot: The B.P.R.D. are called upon to investigate a mansion that is supposedly haunted as a political favor, they find more than just ghost when they come across the newly risen Blood Countess Bathsheba.  My Thoughts: I am a Hellboy fanboy. I love the live action movies and I love the comics. I was excited to learn about the two animated movies featuring the voice cast from the live action movies and animated in the style of the comics, the first one was about a Japanese demon connected to a sword and this one is vampires, harpies, werewolves and an ancient goddess. I really enjoyed this movie. If you are a fan of the characters like I am you will enjoy this, if you are unfamiliar with the characters I think this is a good intro. While not so patiently waiting for Hellboy 3 this is a good snack.

8. Halloween 6: Curse of Michael Myers Rotten Tomatoes: 7%   IMDB: 4.6 Plot: Mikey Myers returns to Haddonfield to hunt down his great niece and pass on his legacy of terror. This movie was Donald Pleasence last film and one of Paul Rudd's first, here he plays Tommy Doyle (the boy Jamie Lee Curtis was babysitting in the original). My Thoughts: I have to confess this might be my favorite Halloween film. I love this movie, it is second only to the original it is also the last watchable Halloween movie. There are a lot of flaws in this movie don't misunderstand me, some of the dialog is stilted and clunky and some of the actors are flat out bad but Michael is never more badass than in this movie. Lifting a nurse up by her neck one armed and slammed into a wall spike is the opening kill and it goes from there. Yes this one is heavy in some weird myth building that doesn't exactly fit in with the others but damn I love it. I recommend this one.