What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

As it's been a while since i had a migraine, sat and watched Tetsuo: The Bullet Man

There's a third Tetsuo flick?!

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

There's a third Tetsuo flick?!

Yup

[marvinnashsear]

Originally Posted by Vlad The Impaler

Death Wish (1974)

**** out of ****

Death Wish II (1982)

*** out of ****

Forgive me if this has been mentioned before but did anybody see Death Wish 2 on MGM HD on New Years Day. I could be wrong cos I've only got the melonfarmers page to go by but it looked to me to be uncut. It hasn't been shown since. It was a lot nastier than I've ever seen before.

[Frankie Teardrop]

SQUEAL - Cheap indie horror. I liked it. A vanful of the usual brats is offed by a family of mutant pig people. Could've been played for a few schlocky laughs but this swill flies straight from the trough with a genuine seriousness of intent and gets real morbid as a result. Lots of screaming and wailing in collusion with electronic drones, bits of gore, snippets of Pigman rape and the odd touchingly surreal skit mostly courtesy of the clown - dwarf pig guy (!) OK, so there are some laughs. But try laughing when a pig faced ogre forces you to strip amidst your dead bandmate's offal, then makes you put on a yellow dress FOR NO REASON AT ALL. The tears are already streaming down your face. Grating, haphazard, derivative and inspired by turns. Worth a shot.
AXE - The films of Frederick Friedel prove difficult to pin down, for those in search of easy answers at least. They kind of mix 70s American student 'art-house' with more obvious horror / exploitation / grindhouse riffs. I really like them, but they seem to be an acquired taste. Axe is no exeption - it's morbid and languid and will only appeal to those who enjoy chilly dissociation, cryptic imagery and a lack of pace. But if you fancy watching parts of 'Repulsion' reconfigured as fragmented drive-in fodder (sort of), then step up. Or, if Ingmar Bergman and SF Brownrigg got together, maybe this would be the result. Ask yourself the following question - "does seeing a momentary shot of a doll's head sat on a patch of green carpet define my idea of cinema if a sharp stab of discordant synth happens to be the soundtrack?" I know which way I voted. Very available on DVD and highly recommended for fans of sickly alienation.

[Gojirosan]

Finally caught up with Dominic Sena's Whiteout. Granted, I am a sucker for almost anything set in snowy conditions, but I thought this was a really nice and tense thriller that achieved a lot. Also, it took a mere 8 minutes before Kate Beckinsale gets undressed and has a shower.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

There's a third Tetsuo flick?!

Hahahahahaha good stuff.

[Rik]

Watched the Thing prequel last night, I enjoyed it, yeah the cgi does kinda ruin things a bit but overall I thought it was a good film. Also recently watched Insidious on Netflix, gotta say watching it on my pc with headphones on made me jump a few times, full of cliches but still some genuine scares even if it is a bit of a rip off of Poltergeist, I'll definitely pick both films up on BD at some point.

[Handyman Joe]

I've been frantically rewatching all my Mad Men blu rays in prep for Season 5 on Tuesday (My God I love this show - if you're swithering, go for it, you won't regret it, see also Breaking Bad for the best entertainment currently available) Anyway, I did fit in a long delayed first viewing of Amer. WTF!
Is this a movie or an art installation? I found myself split in two here - I loved the visuals, style, music etc but geez guys, how about a semblance of a narrative? just some indication that all these fancy flourishes eventually fit together a'la Mulholland Drive. I don't know, maybe they do, I've only seen it the once, but It sure seemed like pure cinematic onanism to me. Will definitely rewatch this, although I get the feeling it may be best appreciated in little chunks rather that the full 90 minutes.

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Handyman Joe

pure cinematic onanism

SOLD!

[Make Them Die Slowly]

BABA YAGA. Fantastically dated and perhaps out of date for it's time, I love this film. My only criticism is the ending were it switches from dream weirdness into supernatural thriller.