What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Justin101]

So I got around to Todd Solondz's Happiness, and while it's not a 'horror' film is pretty horrific haha, not laugh out loud funny like some people seem to think, but it was very amusing, it was also pretty bleak and cringe inducing, but you can't look away - loads of great quotable lines as well, quite stressful near the end in the scene with Bill and his son Billy, it made me feel very uncomfortable but I think that's a commendation to the acting and direction!
The film making is certainly a step up from Welcome to the Dollhouse, however it is still a little flawed, can't quite put my finger on it but something wasn't right - going to hit up Life During Wartime next and skip Storytelling until after that.

Wasn't impressed with the non-anamorphic DVD though haven't had to use the zoom button on my TV in years!

[Frankie Teardrop]

DEARANGED - A wonderful, sickly classic. Backwoods momma's boy turns necrophile / murderer in this loose biopic based on the life and kills of Ed Gein. Firmly entrenched in the exploitation cinema of its time, but nods to that kind of seventies American new wave stuff. I love the creepiness of the churchy organ drone soundtrack - really captures the essence of what you imagine these tiny, oppressive backwater communities to be like. Could've just gone for a straight depresso vibe, but there's a cackling black humour at work throughout, and the performances are excellent. In fact, some scenes are somehow totally demented, ie. Roberts B in corpse drag playing the harpsichord (I think, memory a bit hazy as very drunk when viewing). It's always great to reaquaint with films like this, ones which in no way diminish with the passage of time. 'Deranged' is simply a must-see.

[gag]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Went to a double bill of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT at the dance house in manchester last night. Texas really benefits from the big screen and it was an entirely fresh experience for me, I came out the theatre reeling and still had the buzzing of the saw ringing in my ears. Really hammered home how much it owes PSYCHO and how much subesquent horror movies owe it. If you ever get the chance check this out on the big screen.

After a beer to steady my nerves post-tcm, I went back to catch LAST HOUSE. Still very rough around the edges and uneven, this still adds to the verite feel of the film and was uncomfortable viewing. (aside from one person somewhere in the theatre who thought the shot of krugs apparent post rape remorse was funny ) Like TCM it was good to see it on a big screen, and it still packs a punch.Also still weird to tee martin kove (karate kid) as the dumb deputy!

Tcm doesnt realy owe psycho alfred hitchcock admitted if it wasnt for ed gein he wouldnt have made psycho and we all know tcm wouldnt have been made either for the same reason..(little bit of trivia you might or might not know)...Ed gein is the most potraid real person in history in films that have been inspired because of him and that wouldnt probably wouldnt have been made otherwise ..

tcm
Psycho
Motel hell
Four on a meathook
Silence of the lambs

As we are aware of the above are the most well known films there is quite a lot of films about him like deranged. Butcher of plainfield, in the light of the moon and many more.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by gag

Tcm doesnt realy owe psycho alfred hitchcock admitted if it wasnt for ed gein he wouldnt have made psycho and we all know tcm wouldnt have been made either for the same reason..(little bit of trivia you might or might not know)...Ed gein is the most potraid real person in history in films that have been inspired because of him and that wouldnt probably wouldnt have been made otherwise ..

tcm
Psycho
Motel hell
Four on a meathook
Silence of the lambs

As we are aware of the above are the most well known films there is quite a lot of films about him like deranged. Butcher of plainfield, in the light of the moon and many more.

I would disagree. Ed gein is certainly the main inspiration for both films as well as the others you listed, but in terms of style, and the way TCM is shot, hooper was clearly influenced by psycho. From the entire way the film is made to seem far more violent than it is through creative use of camera angles and sound design down to the matter-of-fact way the private detective is dispatched I would argue strongly that psycho was a major influence on the TECHNUIQUES hooper used when making the film.

[gag]

Originally Posted by keirarts

I would disagree. Ed gein is certainly the main inspiration for both films as well as the others you listed, but in terms of style, and the way TCM is shot, hooper was clearly influenced by psycho. From the entire way the film is made to seem far more violent than it is through creative use of camera angles and sound design down to the matter-of-fact way the private detective is dispatched I would argue strongly that psycho was a major influence on the TECHNUIQUES hooper used when making the film.

I agree that the way its potrayed that both films seem more violent than they actual are. When someone says to me tcm is gory and violent i replie are you sure you actualu watched it because in actual terms of gore and violence it is realy on the slim and low side and like stated its all down to how its potrayed...there is films out there that are ten folds more gore and violence and not even got as much attention as Tcm..

[gag]

just watched dredd as much as i enjoyed it i do think it was slighlty over hyped,

[Nordicdusk]

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This has to be the most downbeat film i have ever seen. It holds the atmosphere of no hope from start to finish its just a constant downward spiral. Its a great film but as Suzi said in my Combat Shock thread its not an easy watch. I have heard that said many times and never found it to be true until today. Im off to have a shower to wash the dirty feeling off my skin after watching this.

I do recommend it but not if your wanting an uplifting or fun film.

[Hawkmonger]

Originally Posted by gag

just watched dredd as much as i enjoyed it i do think it was slighlty over hyped,

GTFO! WTF IZ WONG WID U MAEEN?




I jest of cause. Each to there own, I said the same about The Dark Knight.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by J Harker

But does he?

Yes

Originally Posted by Demdike

Does he actually go to Italy?

Yes

Originally Posted by J Harker

Was he from Blighty in the first place?

Yes

I’m more than happy to see it as a guy simply going nuts in an unfamiliar environment. As in something like Clean, Shaven, it’s the unique depiction of mental collapse that most appeals to me. I certainly don’t buy into the notion that there are any supernatural forces at play!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Yes



Yes



Yes

I’m more than happy to see it as a guy simply going nuts in an unfamiliar environment. As in something like Clean, Shaven, it’s the unique depiction of mental collapse that most appeals to me. I certainly don’t buy into the notion that there are any supernatural forces at play!

So what actually happened to him then? How come he disappeared into the screen?

How come the voices all changed to Italian?