Cult Labs - What Films Have You Seen Recently?

For various reasons, I became intrigued, fascinated, by a film called Dead Of Night when I was young. This was due to reading about it in Alan Frank books and finding it mentioned when trying to discover more about Dan Curtis's Dead Of Night (which terrified me into illness when I was 12 or so).

It is, of course, slightly better known as Deathdream and I singularly failed to ever come across a copy in my subsequent years of film obsession.

Well, today, perhaps 30 years after I first heard of it, I finally saw it for the first time.

Wow. Wow.

Was that ever worth the wait! One of the very finest and most intelligent vampire films I have ever encountered.

Wow.

You mean the Bob Clark film? It's brilliant isn't it - I found it emotionaly quite wrenching, if that doesn't sound too over the top.

Gojirosan

4th February 2012 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop (Post 214128)

You mean the Bob Clark film? It's brilliant isn't it - I found it emotionaly quite wrenching, if that doesn't sound too over the top.

Yes, even odder that as a long term admirer of Bob Clark it has taken me so long to see this - hell, I'll say it - masterpiece.

wongfeihung62

4th February 2012 04:59 PM

GODZILLA FINAL WARS - This movie throws in everything but the kitchen sink.
Imagine most the monsters from previous Godzilla movies, throw in Minilla aka Minya, G.I.N.O. From the American movie, add some aliens, mutants , stir in some martial arts and there you have it, 2 hours of Daikaiju fun.
Funnily enough apart from a brief scene at the beginning it is almost an hour before our hero makes an appearance.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...nal-wars-1.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g72/taj-hob/gfw3.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g72/taj-hob/gfw2.jpg

Gojirosan

4th February 2012 05:07 PM

"That tuna eating lizard was useless!"

Haha! I love Final Wars!

Frankie Teardrop

4th February 2012 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gojirosan (Post 214142)

Yes, even odder that as a long term admirer of Bob Clark it has taken me so long to see this - hell, I'll say it - masterpiece.

It IS bleak masterpiece - such a sense of creeping dread, but its courage lies in taking on such an extraordinarily emotive theme - the aftermath of Vietnam, IN the aftermath of Vietnam, in the rawest possible terms, with only the filter of horror-fantasy providnig any buffer for what must've been desperate emotions, historically speaking. I found it way more moving than, say, 'Combat Shock', and more depressing, if that's possible.

nekromantik

4th February 2012 11:37 PM

Just seen Finchers Girl with the Dragon Tattoo!

Its a great flick that is not a frame by frame remake thank goodness!

Spoilers ahead!

I did not like the death of Henrik in this version, prefer the Swedish one as Lisbeth made a choice which imo connects to the burning of her farther. Also did not like how she told him about all that after. Thats the only parts I did not like in the Fincher version. I preferd the last part in the Fincher version as it went into a little more detail with finding Harriet and what Lisbeth did to bring down Wagner.

Overall very good movie, enjoyed it!

TonyBalongi

4th February 2012 11:39 PM

I watched little deaths and the new York ripper little deaths was ok nothing special and new York ripper is good love the voice

Slippery Jack

4th February 2012 11:53 PM

Obsession

Highly entertaining Hitchcock pastiche, though I saw the ending coming a mile off (that's what you get for casting John Lithgow as a seemingly nice guy :doh:). Nice to see an original Laurent Bouzereau making of on the disc, knocking spots off the usual overlong-title-sequenced Arrow featurettes ;) . . .

Frankie Teardrop

5th February 2012 12:12 AM

Inspired by my rewatch of 'Videodrome' yesterday, decided to take on NETWORK earlier this aft. Remains a scathing and relevant satire, the predecessor of Chris Morris, Charlie Brooker and probably all other other meeja hackers. Atmospherically, it conjures a sense of controlled hysteria - the tone of our our own blighted existence, lived out and shaped within the shadow of today's media monolith - F*CK THE OLYMPICS.
Sorry, I should really just lie down and watch 'the Fly' on TV.

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