What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Slippery Jack]

I've got Dredd to watch tonight btw . . .

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Sold! where from by the way please?

Got mine from Amazon marketplace, Demon

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Nah, I can totally undersatnd how most folk would hate it

But you should stick with it to the end for one viewing at least - so many amazing moments to enjoy. It's a portmanteau of awesome

I can't wait to revisit it . . .

I can also understand why some people would hate it and just think it's a load of cobblers. I watched it last week and, for about the first half hour, wondered what the hell was going on and if it was going anywhere but, by the end, I had grown to really like it and plan to watch it again this week.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Cherry Falls (2000)

After being recommended to me by a few members here (Daemonia and Gojirosan to name but two) i decided to check this out. I'd previously dismissed this as a comedy Scream wannabe but i couldn't really have been more wrong. The plot about a killer who goes against convention by murdering virgins is a nice twist and the idea that the students at the local high school should arrange a cherry poppin' party is as fun as it sounds, especially as they were basically scared into it by Michael Biehn's rather creepy, yet by the book sheriff.

The film is well acted and has a few familliar names in its cast including Biehn and its star, the now sadly deceased Brittany Murphy. During the opening hour the film offers various red herrings about who the killer might be to keep us all guessing, however it all becomes clear as the film reaches its conclusion. Unfortunately, and i had been warned, the film whilst still containing nastiness was heavily cut at its time of release to gain an R rating from the MPAA and no uncut version exists.

Whilst the film is still good and recommended to all slasher fans, it would probably have been a genuine classic had the blood, gore and sex remained intact.

Here's what DVD Compare have to say.

The movie had to be re-cut five times in order to achieve an R-rating for Theatrical distribution. These edits include:

- graphic sexual activity during the climactic orgy sequence.
- The death of a character named Annette. The originally scripted scene showed her having her throat slowly pushed onto a pane of glass. The scene was filmed and very brutal, done all in one graphic cut. However, she shot was later replaced with her character's head split open in the front door. That scene was still trimmed heavily. In the original versions the top of her head erupts and a splash of blood flies across the doorjamb.
- Rod's death had more blood.
- Timmy's death was an on screen kill that featured gruesome spurting blood.
- A character's death at the climatic orgy was nixed for time and MPAA constraints. A male character's throat was slashed open.

Unfortunatly an uncut version does not exist on any medium at this time, all the current DVD releases are of the R-rated theatrical cut.

[Hawkmonger]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

I've got Dredd to watch tonight btw . . .

Have I ever confesed my never faultering love for you?



Cherry Falls sounds worth a try.

[Justin101]

Never seen Cherry Falls, I also dismissed it before watching it, might be worth a go, sounds alright.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Never seen Cherry Falls, I also dismissed it before watching it, might be worth a go, sounds alright.

Certainly. Its not much of a risk as it goes for 1p plus the usual postage on Amazon.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Certainly. Its not much of a risk as it goes for 1p plus the usual postage on Amazon.

I'll see if it's on Netflix first

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I'll see if it's on Netflix first

You can't be too careful!

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

Agreed it is extremely petty at times, I found it quite amusing though that Rik has had to turn off two of my favourate movies of the last year. Kinde show's how different taste can be.

Yeah, and they're both overhyped trash too