mindset_88 Reviews

The Devil's Men (1976)

Land of the minotaur... are you sure?

[5/10 · 28 January 2005]

Granted this was a good movie if you wanted to see a flick about cultists kidnapping and sacrificing folks. But it's pretty misleading.

I'll never forget seeing it as a kid, I was so disappointed waiting for the 'monster' to show and finding out there was only a statue.

That's it.. just a statue. No, not a possessed statue, not a supernatural statue, not even a moving statue. (unless you count when it was raised out of the ground mechanically) Just a statue.

The poster was truly misleading on this one.

Anyway, it's a nice setting and not a bad tale, worth a rent as long as you're not expecting a 'monster'.

Blue Monkey (1987)

blue monkey... why??

[4/10 · 27 January 2005]

Blue monkey is actually mentioned in the film but not in any way that makes any possible sense. At one point,some kids are wandering thru the deeper levels, exploring.

They begin to discuss what they'll find down there and one of them (a girl) says she bets they'll find a blue monkey.

Yes, thats it. Totally inconsequential to the story, the only sad connection to the title, and no idea why she would suppose she'd find a blue monkey in a hospital's basement.

I'm embarrassed for having remembered it but somebody had to remember I suppose!