What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[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 Fantastically dated and perhaps out of date for it's time, I love this film.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.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by 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.

I really liked Amer for having the guts to be what it is - just a gratuitous explosion of style. Interested to see what the makers do next.

[Mojo]

Giallo
Thought this started out ok...but to be honest, by halfway through, Adrien Brody's 'acting' was getting on my nerves, some of the set pieces had become laughable and it was a struggle to sit through to the end. Another dud from Dario, I'm afraid.

[Handyman Joe]

This weeks vintage Saturday morning horror was the 1920 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Amazing. Get through the first 25 interminable minutes of drawing room chatter and you are treated to a succession of the best scenes silent horror had to offer (Chaney's phantom and Schreck's Nosferatu notwithstanding). Hyde prowling around an opium den surrounded by actual leprosy victims, the hat removing pointy head reveal, the giant spider, the childs unsentimental battering courtesy of Hydes cane, the mind boggling John Barrymore transformation scenes. Truly one of the horror greats and supplied with a weird, chintzy end of the pier organ score on my cheapo Dark Vision DVD!

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Giallo
Thought this started out ok...but to be honest, by halfway through, Adrien Brody's 'acting' was getting on my nerves, some of the set pieces had become laughable and it was a struggle to sit through to the end. Another dud from Dario, I'm afraid.

I was going to watch this last night too but I'm being put off by all the negative reviews, I will give it a watch to make up my own mind but I'm not holding out much hope for it

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Giallo
Thought this started out ok...but to be honest, by halfway through, Adrien Brody's 'acting' was getting on my nerves, some of the set pieces had become laughable and it was a struggle to sit through to the end. Another dud from Dario, I'm afraid.

Even ignoring that it's made by Argento, it's just not a great film. I had the feeling that the script had been lying around since the post "Silence of the Lambs" serial killer trend. It felt very early 90s to me, the decade that shunned horror.

[James Morton]

saw BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW on the Horror Channel last night
best thing about the film was Linda Hayden nude

[Rik]

Originally Posted by James Morton

saw BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW on the Horror Channel last night
best thing about the film was Linda Hayden nude

It's a great British Hammerlike film IMO, pretty risqué for it's time too, each to their own I suppose

[mercury]

Scream 4.....not bad actually
The Driller Killer....This film is nasty....cheap and nasty