What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Demdike

That destroys any film for me. You have to sympathise for at least one character in a film.

I disagree, I wanted to kill all the characters in THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT but love the film.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Demdike

That destroys any film for me. You have to sympathise for at least one character in a film.

I totally understand where you're coming from, but when I watch specifically horror movies I'm sort of the opposite... I guess for some reason I just get into the sense of a hate filled, brutal reality populated by bastards or idiots. Maybe that's my defense against having to empathise and 'feel' the horror all the more, and certainly with brilliant and disturbing films like maybe 'Snowtown' the sense of it taking place in an all too human reality is almost unbearable. But mostly I watch this kind of film for the textures, the atmosphere and the weirdness.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

I disagree, I wanted to kill all the characters in THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT but love the film.

Even though the characters in BWP were obnoxious, they were still vaguely realistic people, the same can't be said for CSPWDT, as the characters are all dreadfully realised as well as obnoxious.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Even though the characters in BWP were obnoxious, they were still vaguely realistic people, the same can't be said for CSPWDT, as the characters are all dreadfully realised as well as obnoxious.

I'm not too bothered if people are realistic or not in a horror/exploitation film. The very nature of these films puts them into the realms of fantasy for me so they act as they do because that's what they do in their cinematic world.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

I'm not too bothered if people are realistic or not in a horror/exploitation film. The very nature of these films puts them into the realms of fantasy for me so they act as they do because that's what they do in their cinematic world.

Thats also very true.

Maybe with CSPWDT the problem is that nothing happens for the first hour, you just witness morons arsing about, which together makes poor characters and bugger all storyline = wanting to throw things at the tv.

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by Demdike

That destroys any film for me. You have to sympathise for at least one character in a film.

I sympathize for the dead guy

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

I disagree, I wanted to kill all the characters in THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT but love the film.

That means you sympathised for the witch !

[Wes]

Jesus wept ! Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things is one of the best Horrors of the 70's. I love that movie !

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Wes

Jesus wept ! Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things is one of the best Horrors of the 70's. I love that movie !

Yeah, me too.

[keirarts]

Watched a film called THE LOST EPSIODE. Could be that I was tired and simply not getting in to it but I found it quite rubbish. Shocked to realise it was directed by MICHAEL (HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER) ROOKER!!!

Will have to watch it again another time when i'm not dirfting off to sleep.