Forum: General Film Discussions
23rd March 2024, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 62,665
Views: 6,725,696 CANNIBAL CAMPOUT - For god's sake never tell a...
CANNIBAL CAMPOUT - For god's sake never tell a cannibal you're pregnant, you'll end up in a gag that goes something like "now there's a womb with a view!". That gag appears in 'Cannibal Campout', and...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
16th March 2024, 12:46 PM
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Views: 6,725,696 MOTHER'S DAY - This remake of the Charlie...
MOTHER'S DAY - This remake of the Charlie Kaufmann original seems at first to swap schlock for smoothness, but soon gets the bile flowing with escalating nastiness. A trio of thugs gatecrash a yuppie...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
9th March 2024, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 62,665
Views: 6,725,696 EVIL JUDGEMENT - There's a smidge of discord...
EVIL JUDGEMENT - There's a smidge of discord about this Canadian giallo / slasher that had me intrigued. The characters are 'off', events roll by at random as if in search of another script - a tramp...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
2nd March 2024, 12:21 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
24th February 2024, 12:52 PM
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Views: 6,725,696 DOPPELGANGER – I’m indebted to Dem for...
DOPPELGANGER – I’m indebted to Dem for digging up this strange Drew Barrymore flick, which I’d never even heard of until its Cult Labs debut. It’s a hard one to pin down alright – how many...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
17th February 2024, 12:12 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
10th February 2024, 02:30 PM
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Views: 6,725,696 MAY – There’s a scene where May stands in a...
MAY – There’s a scene where May stands in a shower cubicle, holding what looks like the showerhead but is in fact a phone. She tells the voice of her doll to shut up – apparently it does, not...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
3rd February 2024, 12:08 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
3rd February 2024, 10:30 AM
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Views: 6,725,696 CREATURES FROM THE ABYSS – What sticks in my...
CREATURES FROM THE ABYSS – What sticks in my mind is the massive toy bear they find in one of the rooms. I like the way it’s just ‘there’. It crops up again, looming in silhouette against a...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
27th January 2024, 12:23 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
20th January 2024, 02:44 PM
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Views: 6,725,696 DOOR – They go on about this being the first...
DOOR – They go on about this being the first Japanese giallo, but it doesn’t feel like that to me. I’m not complaining. I’m no devotee of all that stuff and didn’t feel particularly stung by the lack...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
13th January 2024, 12:40 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
13th January 2024, 12:33 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
13th January 2024, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 62,665
Views: 6,725,696 DEAD AND BURIED – ‘The Mad Town’ is...
DEAD AND BURIED – ‘The Mad Town’ is probably a horror trope. You could almost think of think of ‘Dead And Buried’ as a hazed-out ‘Two Thousand Maniacs!’ with spectres and desolation in...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
7th January 2024, 11:18 AM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
6th January 2024, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 62,665
Views: 6,725,696 SUITABLE FLESH – Interesting roll call –...
SUITABLE FLESH – Interesting roll call – Dennis Paoli, Brian Yuzna, Barbara Crampton. And actually, as a stab at updating the Empire aesthetic that plays on in cosy memory, it’s pretty...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
31st December 2023, 11:53 AM
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Views: 6,725,696 AMERICAN NIGHTMARE – I’m writing this over...
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE – I’m writing this over Christmas, when many reflect on times past and the way we were. I’m thinking about the early noughts, about coffee houses and bars, about people sat...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
24th December 2023, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 62,665
Views: 6,725,696 VIOLENT NIGHT – Jaded Santa rediscovers the...
VIOLENT NIGHT – Jaded Santa rediscovers the meaning of Christmas when he’s forced to rescue a little girl and some awful rich people from an army of robbers. I love it when films pile...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
21st December 2023, 02:59 PM
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Views: 50,163 DEADLY GAMES – So strange to remember that...
DEADLY GAMES – So strange to remember that there was a 1989 equivalent of internet creepos. It’s not really important to this film, just an odd little detail. ‘Deadly Games’ is full of those....
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Forum: General Film Discussions
20th December 2023, 03:37 PM
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Views: 50,163 THE RETALIATORS – Preacher plays it nice till...
THE RETALIATORS – Preacher plays it nice till his daughter is murdered by bikers; bitter cop with a cellar full of secrets shows him the light. Any self-respecting revenge flick aspires to stir up...
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