What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

I'm going to have to buy it now just to see if you are right. You're not one of those viral advertisers are you, and I've just been double bluffed into buying it?

I just watched the trailer and it doesn't look my sort of thing at all. Then again, I thought that with Danny Dyer and ghost films but I'm loving them both at the moment. To be honest I'm willing to give anything a go at the moment as my 'to watch pile' fills me with loathing each time I look at it. I never thought I'd get bored of SWV and bullet bras.

No I'm not a viral advertiser, but maybe my life would be more fun if I was constantly working on a series of elaborate media mind games in an attempt to trick people into watching Jeff Leroy films (all of which are more enjoyable than 'Detention').

'Detention' really is objectively irritating, I think. I have to admire the fact that its makers were twisted enough (or maybe just stupid enough) to drag it into existence, but it's not without precendents ie the equally annoying 'Scott Pilgrim'. Afterwards I had to watch 'The Mutilation Man' to restore sanity, although the bit with a naked Jim VanBebber covered in entrails screaming 'There's something wrong with this' over and over did actually remind me of how it was to watch 'Detention'.

I can relate to this thing about the 'to watch' pile inspiring feelings of loathing. For me personally it generally happens when I burn out on too much horror and weirdness and get sick of it all. There's a lot of stuff I don't do when I'm on a movie binge ie I'll neglect the music and my art projects, so I tend to just try to get back into that sort of thing... it's either that or Mike Leigh, after all.

[Demoncrat]

Grabbers. Liked this cheeky wee romp, trailer tells you all you need to know etc, unannoying fx etc. Recommended! But not to James hahaha ahem.

Storage 24 Noel Clarke's "monster movie" is a bit toothless, due to the avalanche of cliches that it is, regardless I enjoyed it's unpretentious diet of groo & relationship meltdown ahem. Plus Laura Haddock is quite fetching cough cough.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by wonderlust

I liked it. I haven't seen many movies about the Jersey Devil legend.

I like the Thirteenth Child.

Its quite creepy i thought.

I seem to be in a minority though.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Recent viewings (including the start of my Halloween film spree):

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Recent viewings (including the start of my Halloween film spree):

Great selection as always

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Recent viewings (including the start of my Halloween film spree):

Is Neither the Sea nor the Sand any good.? I've seen its been released by Odeon but know nothing about it.

[Baseball Fury]

Cold Fish is incredible

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Neither the Sea nor the Sand is very good, if spare psychological drama. Well worth watching, I have the Odeon disc.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Is Neither the Sea nor the Sand any good.? I've seen its been released by Odeon but know nothing about it.

This was only my second time watching it, but it reminded me how much I like the film. It's slow paced, and focuses more on mood and tension, but is extremely chilling in nature. The best way for me to describe it, is if Jean Rollin directed Dead of Night... I'm guessing that will put a fair few people off, though!

Originally Posted by Baseball Fury

Cold Fish is incredible

It really is. Aside from The Terminator, I'd say that it is the best film from that selection (which is no mean feat).

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Thanks for the replies Paul and Bizarre_eye.