Meet a Thanatoid circa 1974--Dead of Night

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There were two versions/endings of Jacob's Ladder -- one with some info about army drug experiments, one without.  Which are you referring to?

Personally, I'm so fuckin' sick of vampire and zombie flicks -- just being assaulted by the ads and trailers is too much of a mediocre thing.

Laura

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>From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>

>
>i liked Jacob's Ladder but it had the stupidest ending which ruined it all
>
>Yeah, Children is ridiculous (tho kinda creepy, too)and u can't wait
>for all these inane kids to get gobbled up (well, I always root for
>the zombies anyway--hate the fact that so much of current horror
>flicks today (hardly scary) is just gore and goofs--Zombie Land,
>Jennifer's Body, etc.--only Romero seems to have any respect for them
>tho there is a low budget Canadan flick called Pontypool which from
>the clips I've seen appears to be the real deal)
>
>the whole zombie angle in IV is a disappointment btw.
>
>rich
>
>On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hmm. How about "Jacob's Ladder"?
>>
>> I remember seeing "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" and
>> thinking it was an unintentionally funny Night of the Living Dead
>> ripoff.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:50 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> film directed by Bob Clark (Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
>>> and Porky's--how's that for Thanatos and Eros for ya?)
>>>
>>> scary shit:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathdream
>>>
>>> A soldier returns from Vietnam and he just might be a zombie. w/o
>>> intending pbly, can't think of any movie that depicts the almost
>>> mystical and literal haunting that Vietnam represents to American
>>> culture. a genre film, folks
>>>
>>> see it
>>>
>>> aka Deathdream
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>