What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Wes]

I wish I had been looking back at the audience at Se7en for that scene where one of John Doe's victims... I remember that was a huge gag !

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Delirium

Well I watched Parasnormal Inactivity 4 this afternoon after all. It was predictably dull and they must make a minor fortune on product placement alone!

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 SPOILERS


It was shocking wasn't it? The 'twist' near the end just makes you think "well who the hell was Katie's kid then?" as he conveniently disappears from the film having served his purpose of misdirection. Pointless ending too and completely devoid of story

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Watched James Whale's Frankenstein. Absolutely fantastic stuff. Would have loved to have been around when it first came out to see the reactions and impact it had. Stunning transfer too; amazing that a film 80 years old can look so good. Can't wait to get further into the boxset.

I only have one film unwatched in the set, having seen Phantom of the Opera last night. That's really weird addition to the set as, in the Hammer film, it looks brilliant with Oscar-winning art direction and cinematography, but the Phantom character is underused so there's too much singing and not enough horror.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I only have one film unwatched in the set, having seen Phantom of the Opera last night. That's really weird addition to the set as, in the Hammer film, it looks brilliant with Oscar-winning art direction and cinematography, but the Phantom character is underused so there's too much singing and not enough horror.

That is exactly why my favourite version is the Robert Englund one, not only because it's the only one bar Lon Chaney's 1925 film to feature a masquerade ball, but because it's full of Horror and some fantastic sets, including Erik's lair with the many candles which must've been a nightmare for the set dresser!

[keirarts]

BRAKE: Stephen Dorff in BURIED rip off released on the high fliers label!!! The epitome of the straight to dvd thriller that appears from nowhere onto rental shelves and supermarket charts! Not bad as it goes, its basically the same formula as buried but he's in the boot of the car and there's a terrorist plot ripped off straight from a tom clancy book. Dodgy ending aside its 90 minutes of daft fun that's worth checking out!

CHERNOBYL DIARIES: Ususal americans venture out of their own country and get horribly murdered horror plot mixed with traditional xenophobia about the russians. That said its actually quite fun in a seen-it-all-before kind of way and it looks supurb on Blu-ray.

[keirarts]

Just finished up the evening with LOVELY MOLLY, from Blair witch co-director/creator Eduardo sanchez.

Fantastic and chilling, never states explicitly whether what's happening to Molly is real or not so the film could either be a repulsion style descent into madness or a depiction of a woman gradually becoming posessed by the evil forces at work in the house.

Great stuff either way!

[gag]

Originally Posted by Delirium

Well I watched Parasnormal Inactivity 4 this afternoon after all. It was predictably dull and they must make a minor fortune on product placement alone!

My son wants me to take him to see it. I have no interest, 2nd and 3rd bored me so much i wasnt even taking any interest in the story just watching what happens as it happpend or lack of what happens, definatly a sleep inducing film for insomniacs as a night cap to help them nod of.

[Beyond72]

Dawn of the Mummy - And people think "Zombie" has pacing problems!?
Frightmare (74) - All about Sheila Keith's performance.

[Delirium]

Originally Posted by Rik

Didn't take Paul's advice then!
2 bad reviews from the only place that really counts means I'll do as I did for part 3 (which I enjoyed more than 2 BTW) and rent it instead, so thanks Paul and Delirium for saving me some brass

Yeah, curiosity and an afternoon to kill.. after all, I too liked part 3. Thing is, it's just the same film over and over, but the scares are getting cheaper by the minute. I think one of the reasons I enjoyed part 3 so much was I quite liked the family, so spending time with them wasn't bad. The yuppie family in this were much the same as part 2, and events are just as dull. And as Paul said, they're stretching to the point of using gimmicks such as XBOX Kinect in order to strive for originality - I found it quite cringe-worthy.

Originally Posted by PaulD

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 SPOILERS

Yep, utterly pointless with huge lapses in logic or continuity. It's just the same set-piece rolling over and over again throughout each film, story be damned.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

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