What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

I prefer The Fog, Prince of Darkness and Halloween to The Thing.

Having said that, its like going into a jewellers and deciding which diamond you prefer.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Demdike

I prefer The Fog, Prince of Darkness and Halloween to The Thing.

Having said that, its like going into a jewellers and deciding which diamond you prefer.

I personally rank Halloween, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China & The Fog about the same, but I certainly watch The Thing more often out of those four

[artisturn]

Originally Posted by SShaw

... and tonight The Thing. IMHO Halloween is the better film, but The Thing comes a very, very close second.

I always felt that The Thing was Carpenter's Citizen Kane .

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

I actually rank The Thing rather low on the Carpenter rankings, under Halloween, The Fog, They Live. Maybe even Christine.

Im prefer anything to christine, even escape from LA.

1.Prince of Darkness
2.They live
3.Assault on Precinct 13
4.Halloween.
5.In the mouth of madness.
6.The Thing.
7.Big trouble in little china.
8.Starman.
9.Escape from New York.
10.Vampires.

Thats my carpenter top ten.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by artisturn

I made that joke on the previous page, but it went over everyone's heads. We're wasted on this place, mate . . .

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

I actually rank The Thing rather low on the Carpenter rankings, under Halloween, The Fog, They Live. Maybe even Christine.

I think The Thing is, along with Halloween, the best thing John Carpenter has ever done and pushes Assault on Precinct 13 down into third place (if not lower). It is rightly cited as one of the rare examples of a superior remake and a perfect exercise in suspense, tension and horror, with outstanding make-up and creature effects by Rob Bottin (under Stan Winston's supervision).

[gag]

Stalker which is a kind if Expose remake a slow burner but not a bad watch none the less.

Peepin Tom been years since I've seen this and watching it just reminds you what a cracking film it is ..

[bdc]

The Legend of the Owl (1981)

"Legend of the Owl is a very silly film, a spoof of Chor Yuen style wu xia that is often quite hilarious.The humour is very reminiscent of Stephen Chiau's later parodies." (MrBooth)

Only problem are the English subs which are even more wrecked as usual and make it very hard to follow...I think I got about 85% of what was being said.
There's also several (typical to HK?) jokes in this one which had me scratching my head...locals must have found them hilarious but I had no idea what they were about.

Overall I really enjoyed myself though.

All dvd/vcd releases of this one seem to be oop nowadays.

[trebor8273]

some recent viewings, apart from maniac which i'm just about to watch for the first time.

[SShaw]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Having said that, its like going into a jewellers and deciding which diamond you prefer.

+1 to this

Tonight I took a break from Carpenter (I only have The Ward left in my collection to rewatch) to see The Watermen. I actually found it much better than I remembered from the Frightfest Halloween all-night screening. Perhaps I was less tired this time round? It's actually watchable. I saw it on blu-ray (from Germany). Its available in the U.K. but only on DVD.