What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

From the beginning of November until last night, I've watched:

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

..."The Beyond" in many ways echoes all the pitfalls and follies of the occult quest in all it's confusion, stupidity and beauty.

I'm still astonished by the ending of this film. Granted no one ever exits a Fulci film with any degree of happiness but The Beyond must surely be the man's blackest, bleakest ending. I love that weird shot of the feet running on the stairs. Anyone know what Fulci thought of Suspiria and Inferno ? I think The Beyond (and City of the Living Dead) would never have happened without those earlier films. I'm not saying Fulci was ripping off Argento, just that those films must have freed him up to experiment...

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by Wes

I'm still astonished by the ending of this film. Granted no one ever exits a Fulci film with any degree of happiness but The Beyond must surely be the man's blackest, bleakest ending. I love that weird shot of the feet running on the stairs. Anyone know what Fulci thought of Suspiria and Inferno ? I think The Beyond (and City of the Living Dead) would never have happened without those earlier films. I'm not saying Fulci was ripping off Argento, just that those films must have freed him up to experiment...

I don't know, the ending for New York Ripper was pretty bloody sad, leaving a crippled dying daughter behind in the world without any relatives, crying for her father, and finish the movie there.

[Wes]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

I don't know, the ending for New York Ripper was pretty bloody sad, leaving a crippled dying daughter behind in the world without any relatives, crying for her father, and finish the movie there.

Yep, pretty bad... but the torment suffered by the leads in The Beyond will last for eternity...

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by Wes

Yep, pretty bad... but the torment suffered by the leads in The Beyond will last for eternity...

Hmmm, the realistic situations always hit me harder, but I guess your right.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What was Red Tails like Nos?

[Rik]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Tucker and Dale Vs Evil - gets the tricky combination of comedy and horror right with lots of laugh out loud moments in the misunderstandings and farce. Spends two thirds of the film mocking cliches before resorting to them in the final act but its totally forgivable as there's little else they could do. Was very impressed with this overall.

I kept looking at this on Netflix, then deciding to watch something else, thought I'd give it a go last night and am glad I did, brilliant film that had me laughing out loud numerous times. I'll be definitely adding this to my collection in the near future

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike

What was Red Tails like Nos?

In a word: terrible. It's full of clichés, all the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is laughable, the CGI is occasionally badly rendered and far too obvious and it becomes very boring, very quickly.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Rik

I kept looking at this on Netflix, then deciding to watch something else, thought I'd give it a go last night and am glad I did, brilliant film that had me laughing out loud numerous times. I'll be definitely adding this to my collection in the near future

Yeah, it's a real treat. The 2 main characters are so well written you can't help but immerse yourself into the film.

[Hawkmonger]

I prefer the ending to The Beyond, that there opera, but the ending to The New York Ripper get's me down EVERY BLOODY TIME! One of the most bleack thing's I have ever seen in my life.

In more happy new's, I watched Die Nibelungen last night. Finished my coursework early and found out I had been cursed with sleep block, so I spent the early hour's of the day watching this three hour masterpiece. Great stuff, and it's easy to see why it's so influencial. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm finaly feeling sleepy, so shal retire extra early today.