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Hackers [1995] Halloween [1978] Halloween Party [2019]
Hamburger Hill [1987] The Hamiltons [2006] Hangman [2017]
Hannibal [2001] Hannibal Rising [2007] Happy Birthday to Me [1981]
Happy Death Day [2017] Happy Death Day 2U [2019] Happy Hunting [2017]
Hara-Kiri [1962] Hard Boiled [1992] A Hard Day [2014]
Hardcore Henry [2015] Haunt [2014] Haunt [2019]
Haunted Mansion [2023] Haunter [2013] The Haunting [1963]
He Knows You're Alone [1980] He Never Died [2015] He's Out There [2018]
Head [1968] The Head Hunter [2018] Headshot [2011]
Headshot [2016] Hearts and Minds [1974] Heat [1995]
Halloween [1978]

            
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The slasher that needs no description. First time I've watched this since it's release and it's not quite what I expected. After the shocking opening, there isn't another killing for nearly an hour as we walk around with some high school students doing high school things and listen to a doctor talk about how bad Mike is. The character's are likable and Carpenter's knack for suspense and anxiety make it worthwhile but I couldn't help thinking, without that sense of dread injected into every frame, this would have been a dull film. Still a solid classic, though.
Halloween Party [2019]

         
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A meme begins to appear on computers asking people to confess their greatest fear ...or die by it. Proves that a shoestring budget should not be an excuse for making a bad film. Although starting out like some sort of Halloween prank, this film ended up going to some unexpected and extremely dark places. Expertly crafted and well paced, the low budget look of the film - including the understated acting and lack of in-your-face frights - gave it a realism that a lot of expensive films can't grasp. Had me thoroughly hooked from start to finish. Kudos!
He Never Died [2015]

            
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An immortal, who is desperately attempting to have a normal, mundane life, finds himself the target of a gang. Time to clean up the mess. Henry Rollins is absolutely stellar as a guy who's really upset about being forced to care about anyone or anything while getting shot, stabbed, beaten and violently inconvenienced throughout. Bloody and brutal, the movie is full of sardonic wit that never really lets you take it too seriously and the story is logical, the characters are a joy to watch and the incredible pacing makes this film an extremely fun ride. Bingo!
Head [1968]

            
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This film featuring The Monkees is quite an interesting view. Jumping willy nilly from song to vignette and loaded with social commentary, it is solidly a product of its time. What amazes me is even with graphic pictures of the Vietnam War, adult themes, sex and drug use references and a modicum of light violence, this film is rated G? Someone wasn't paying attention that day. Be that as it may, if you're looking for coherence, a story or a point, you won't find it here. What you will find is an amusing cultural and psychedelic snapshot of the 60's that's sorta fun.
Hardcore Henry [2015]

            

Shown entirely from the viewpoint of our protagonist, this 'first person shooter' movie requires no plot summary as it's superfluous. Strictly a one-trick pony doing their absolute best to simulate a video game come to life that will probably simply irritate non-gamers and make FPS gamers want to go play rather than watch. Beside the constant assault on the senses, we have a lame story with silly, inane and obnoxious dialogue delivered by utterly unlikable people in an failed attempt to make it campy and funny. It's certainly not boring but only mildly enjoyable.
Haunt [2019]

         
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A Halloween flier points a group of students towards an extreme haunted house that's far more extreme than they figured. No motive as to why this is happening but regardless, this is a pretty good slasher film. The character's were generally likable and intelligent, the antagonists were creepy and lethal, the kills were sufficiently gruesome, and a good deal of imagination went into this making one wonder what's next. Editing wasn't clean, injuries had little effect on people and the sound goes from whispers to blasting but, nevertheless, this was really quite fun!
Hangman [2017]

            
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A serial killer using the game of Hangman as his MO, calls out 2 detectives in particular; a detective who has recently lost his wife to a murder and a retired detective. The movie centers around these two detectives trying to stop the murders while also trying to figure out why the killer's focusing on them. All in all, this was a pretty standard hunt for a serial killer with nothing new or special. The acting was good and the story was fine but pretty run of the mill.
Hackers [1995]

            

A kid, trying to prove to his hacker friends that he's the real thing, breaks into a highly secure system and discovers an embezzlement worm and a virus to blame on the hackers. Being as this was made over 25 years ago, I expected it to be pretty dated technology-wise. But, by concentrating on the story and not mentioning tech that may give the time period away, it's not really that dated at all. Good acting, colorful characters, nice story, well-made film that was quite fun.
Hard Boiled [1992]
aka Lat sau san taam
            
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John Woo's last Hong Kong film before coming to the states, he went balls out on this non-stop action, crime thriller involving 2 cops stuck right in the middle of a major drug war. Highlights include some of the most incredible stunts I've seen, a single shot traveling gun battle that goes on for nearly 5 minutes, electric performances by Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung, and, holy crap! What a body count!! Ranked #18 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" ...and well deserved.
Hannibal [2001]

            

Ten years after the Buffalo Bill case, Clarice is struggling to save her career with the FBI when she gets a lead on Hannibal. Let the cat & mouse game begin. Julianne Moore is a fine actress but I simply could not see her as Clarice Starling. As such, attempting to fully connect the previous events to the current ones was just distracting. Luckily, the film isn't really about Clarice. It's about Lecter and his exploits which drives the story and that was just plain fun. More a psycho's playtime than a police procedural, it's good.
Hannibal Rising [2007]

            
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A somewhat long-winded but excellent character study of Hannibal's life from a child during the war in Lithuania (and the horrible events he experienced) and his hunt for all the men responsible for said horrific events. The acting was exceptional from everyone and, even though we can clearly see the man he was to become, I found myself rooting for him anyway. Good start to the series.
Happy Hunting [2017]

            
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An alcoholic, on his way to Mexico, stops in a small border town and finds himself the prey in a hunt. This movie is so flat, there's few adjectives to describe it. It's not thrilling or suspenseful. No tension. No humor. No witty or quotable dialogue. Neither the film nor anyone in it has any personality. It's not terrible but there's really nothing about it that's worth mentioning. And, after all that, the ending was a huge let down. And RT gave it 100%?? I don't get it. I don't think they were watching the same movie. You want to see a film like this, go watch Desierto.
The Haunting [1963]

            
  

The definitive ghost story. I first saw this film when I was 10 years old and it terrified me. Directing wizard Robert Wise manages to use sound, atmosphere, and the actor's performances (especially Julie Harris) without using any violence - and not even the appearance of a ghost - to scare the crap out of you. Arguably, one of the best and most frightening ghost stories ever put to film. Absolute classic!
Happy Birthday to Me [1981]

            

A group of college friends, known as the Top 10, are disappearing one by one. This film was a typical, and well above average, '80's psycho slasher movie that was quite enjoyable. The movie took a few twists and turns and just when you think you know what's going on, they twist it again. Although I found the end somewhat sad, and, despite it's obvious low budget and cheap gags, I was thoroughly entertained throughout. Brought back memories of the drive-in.
The Head Hunter [2018]

            
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A medieval warrior, driven by vengeance for the death of his daughter, serves his kingdom by hunting demons, chopping off their heads and hanging them on his wall. The film is almost completely a study of the hunter, how he lives, how he prepares for his hunts, how he makes and uses potions to heal himself, etc., as well as his powerful emotional drive to succeed above all else. The demons are killed elsewhere and the heads brought home so we don't see the fights save the last one. Authentic, realistic and well worth a watch even without much action.
A Hard Day [2014]
aka Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da
            
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Internal affairs is raiding the desk of a corrupt cop as he's going to his mother's funeral. On the way, he hits and kills someone and decides to put the body in the trunk. Things go downhill from there. This South Korean gem is the most fun I've had watching a movie lately without it being a Marvel film. The story is intricately woven into a bizarre series of events that range from the outlandish to the deadly serious with so many sudden shifts, you can barely keep up. Pure enjoyment and one of the best views of the year!
Headshot [2016]

         
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After 2 months in a coma from a bullet to the head, a man wakes up with amnesia and a bunch of thugs are out to kill him. The relationship that develops between said victim and the doctor is splendidly nurtured and Sunny Pang is stellar as "Lee", one of the most colorful mob bosses I've seen is some time. The last half of the movie was one long-winded fight scene after another, some ridiculously over-the-top, at times, but overall, great, exciting, escapist entertainment.
Haunt [2014]

            
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One family moves into a house where another family was slaughtered. They throw in a talk-to-the-dead radio to try and make it more interesting but was ultimately unnecessary. Even the watchable growing relationship with the eldest son and the girl next door couldn't save this ponderously slow, frustrating story that had to throw in something spooky once in a while just to remind us it's a horror movie. And making us really care about the characters just made the ending that much more depressing. What a dud!
He Knows You're Alone [1980]

            

A psycho killer stalks a bride-to-be. Wow, this movie has everything ...a girl walking down sidewalks, a wedding dress sizing, surprise party, jogging, amusement park rides, long, contemplative scenes of exploration, Tom Hanks! Then they had to be rude and interrupt this excitement with an occasional killing and cops being morons. But seriously folks, this is a very lame clone of Halloween with a similar musical theme and a budget so low, they couldn't even afford to give our stalker a mask.
Happy Death Day [2017]

         

A sorority sister must relive the day of her death over and over again until she can figure out who's killing her and stop it from happening. I don't believe that this film would have been very successful if it wasn't for the super performance of Jessica Rothe as the victim in this black comedic tragedy. They present her as someone you should hate but you can't because she's just so damn likable. No excessive scares, violence, or gore, this film was just plain fun from start to finish. Great entertainment!
Headshot [2011]

            
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A Thai film featuring a character study of a cop who becomes a convict who becomes an assassin who gets shot in the head, and now sees the world upside-down, and who is now running from a past that wants to kill him. This is not an action thriller but rather a solid drama with some action in it. I was interested enough with the main character to enjoy the view but overall, it's slow and, at times, rather redundant. The upside-down world that he envisions because of his head injury is just a draw ...they don't really do much with it.
Heat [1995]

            
  
Super elite theft ring (led by Robert DeNiro) vs. the Major Crime Unit (led by Al Pacino) in one of the finest crime thrillers of all time. The pacing is perfect, the characters are as exciting to watch as the action, every scene is perfectly placed to provide the ultimate realism and complexity it needs, and what is regarded by many as the best bank heist and shootout put on film ...ever! Few films are as exciting and finely constructed as this one. Go watch it! ...and if you've already seen it, go watch it again!!
Happy Death Day 2U [2019]

            

Just when our hero from the first film thinks it's safe to live a normal life, it starts all over again. However, rather than be redundant, they created a very different and plausible story line - including how this all got started - making this film unique from the first one while traveling through familiar territory at the same time. The comedy level is fantastic involving far more people in this one. It did seem they overdid the obstacles and interference in this one making it feel like they were forcing them on you but no matter. This movie is just plain fun.
He's Out There [2018]

            
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An unimaginative, uninspired and hopelessly contrived 'cabin in the woods' film about a woman and her two daughters under siege by a psycho who wears a silly mask for no reason. It's really hard to have a lot of sympathy for the victims in a film in which the writer decided the psycho was twice as smart as said victims ..who aren't very smart to begin with. How do you foil a psycho like that? Simple! Suddenly, for no reason except to end the story, make the psycho twice as stupid as the victims! No scares ...just a whole lot of frustration and disappointment.
Hamburger Hill [1987]

            

In mid May, 1969, U.S. forces, in Vietnam, stormed the infamous Hill 937 eleven times in 10 days. Not because it had military or strategic value - in fact, we left it abandoned 2 weeks later - but because that's where the enemy was. This brutally honest depiction of that event may only be surpassed by Saving Private Ryan in its truthful depiction of warfare and certainly the most realistic film of the Vietnam era. Many familiar faces made their debut in this film and the relationships that develop between characters makes this film as emotional as it is historically informative.
Hearts and Minds [1974]

         
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The quintessential documentary on the Vietnam War talks about how it got started and why it continued for so long. Mostly deals with the experiences and thoughts of civilians, soldiers and leaders clearly displaying the polarizing extremes of opinion towards all aspects of the war. Incredibly informative and, at times, extremely painful, all you'll ever need to know about this tragic period in history is right here. Watch it!
Hara-Kiri [1962]
aka Harakiri / Seppuku
            
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A Ronan requests the honor of killing themselves in another clan's court. But what is he really up to? This authentically historical movie is basically all dialogue (which is good as the fight scenes were badly choreographed) but it still had me fully engaged for the first half as the two main players parried philosophically through their respective stories. However, the second half was dragged out dismally slow in both content and story progression and, after all that, the final sequence is anti-climactic and rather pointless. For history and art film lovers.
The Hamiltons [2006]

            
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A real ho-hum vampire movie about a family that has a rare condition that forces them to drink blood and has to move around a lot because they keep killing women. And what's hiding out in the shed? I think this films biggest problem is the characters are not particularly likable and not even the twist ending could save this film. Skip this one and go for the sequel instead. It's much better and you won't miss anything by not seeing this one first.
Haunter [2013]

            
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A unique but somewhat ho-hum ghost story about a girl, who is dead, trying to prevent a serial killer, who is now also dead, from killing anyone else. The film was ok, the acting was good, the characters likable and the time warp aspect of the film kept my interest but ultimately, it was largely flat, uneventful and predictable.
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