What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[trebor8273]

Psycho nothing I can say about this that has not already been said 10/10

Torture garden

A lot better than I was expecting another good amicus anthology, not up their with the like of tales from the crypt and vault of horror. Meredith is genuinely creepy and good acting from the likes of Michael ripper, peter Cushing and jack palance 7/10

Zatoichi

One word amazing I was glued to my seat all the way thorough the film. Will have try some other beat takeshi movies. Funny, tragic and gripping and we even have a fantastic dance routine at the end 10/10

Duel

Amazingly tense film, the tension just increased as the movie went on, had me on the edge of my seat, it was so strong near the end you could taste the tension. never has a truck been so menacing 9.5/10

The rats night of terror

Awful acting and unintentionally funny but I loved it. 7/10

Well watching werewolf of Washington now and after that either a blade in the dark or last house on the left

[SShaw]

Jsss Franco's Jack the Ripper tonight. i think its one of his better films although the English dub is awful. Its part of what seems to be a rerelease of the previous Jess Franco collection branded as the Golden Goya collection (and on bluray).

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by SShaw

Jsss Franco's Jack the Ripper tonight. i think its one of his better films although the English dub is awful. Its part of what seems to be a rerelease of the previous Jess Franco collection branded as the Golden Goya collection (and on bluray).

Got this but haven't got around to watching yet, the version I have dosent seen to have a English dub, which seems to be a good thing then.

[bdc]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

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Devils wedding night.

I think Demdike posted this as a still on the 'Guess the movie game' thread and when i saw the still of a nude woman covered in blood rising from a tomb i thought hey that looks right up my alley, ahem!
Anyway, i must say i really enjoyed this. The print on the DVD is really bad (totally scratched to f*ck) but still this sort of reminded me of the days when the only way to see obscure bizarre horror items was via bad VHS 9th generation passed on copies.

The plot (if you can call it that) concerns two twin brothers,one of which goes in search of a mystical ring and ends up at the castle of a vampire woman who is trying to resurrect her lost love Count Dracula by performing a black mass using 5 local virgin women.
The first brother is turned to the dark side and the remaining one goes in search of him and becomes involved too in the ensuing supernatural shenanigans.

All of this involves dodgy 70's non acting, bad editing and a trippy lesbian drugged up sequence.
And i have to say i really enjoyed it, in my mind this was a so bad it's good film.
Obviously the trippy sequence and 5 topless virgins did their trick!, i'm a sucker for this kind of stuff.

I watched it with the Elvira inserts which i thought actually detracted from the film, she presents a show that shows dodgy films and shows absolutely no understanding of why anyone enjoys bad films in the first place. (she comes across as showing contempt for the film).
The only reason for watching her is to see what her show was like and i was not impressed, sure i wouldn't have kicked her out of bed (this was during the 80's) but i'd rather not have to listen too her.
Well i'm rambling( blame the booze), but like i said i enjoyed this for stupid enjoyment and a few atmospheric scenes. 7/10

Also love the wording on the cover, 'Satan is coming', oo-er missus.

There's a very nice looking Italian dvd which is not English friendly (though there exist fansubs I think):



Il Plenilunio Delle Vergini: Amazon.it: Esmeralda Barros, Mark Damon, Giorgio Dofin, Gengher Gatti, Rosalba Neri, Stefano Oppedisano, Xiro Papas, Sergio Pislar, Walter Bigari, Luigi Batzella, Ralph Zucker, Joe D'Amato: Film e TV





Shameless should be all over this one...

[trebor8273]

Werewolf of Washington

Was this made for tv, why is it a 18? Would be pushing it for this to be a 12. Has to have the most lame werewolf effects ever to grace the silver screen, the original wolfman effects are a lot better and that was made 50 years earlier. 5/10

[gag]

Originally Posted by ArgentoFan1987

"Getting older"? I'm not even 26 yet!

Irreversible IS, without a doubt, the most violent film I've ever seen! I'm also not great with "torture films" like Saw 3 and Hostel 2. Anything else with violence/blood/guts etc. I don't really have a problem with. Maybe it's time to see a Psychiatrist!

Saw hostel etc dont bother me, it's films like Guinea pig and grotesque it's the fact that I just feel these films are over stepping the mark and don't see any need for them, films are meant to enjoyable watch and these two aren't to me, a lot worse than human centipede 2 in my opinion apart from the barb wire rape scene hc2 wasn't to bad REALY just feel certain scenes are uncalled for and serve no purpose apart from the sick shock value.

[gag]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Red Room.

Four people enter a competition where they play a 'king' game in a red room, the winner gets 10 million yen. The person who draws the king gets to order two of the other contestants (by number so they don't know who it is) to do whatever they want. What starts with mild and silly torment gets progressively nastier as the film goes on and is really nasty viewing. Its not overly gory just really f*****g twisted with a nasty streak a mile wide. That said, those with a taste for edgier, more transgressive material might want to seek this out.

Yes totally agree, find films like this a bit repulsive when you look back at the films that shocked the film industries and audience years ago and was classed as nasties most are like films for kids compared to stuff like this, films don't go for shock value any more, more of pushing boundries in how sick they can be, not type of film you can REALY watch with you're partner or friends REALY, I have gave 2nd one ne a miss heard its even worse how I'm not sure but I'm getting bored and fed up of these type of films, what happened to good old fashioned horror etc, there's extreme and then just plain wrong..

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by gag

Yes totally agree, find films like this a bit repulsive when you look back at the films that shocked the film industries and audience years ago and was classed as nasties most are like films for kids compared to stuff like this, films don't go for shock value any more, more of pushing boundries in how sick they can be, not type of film you can REALY watch with you're partner or friends REALY, I have gave 2nd one ne a miss heard its even worse how I'm not sure but I'm getting bored and fed up of these type of films, what happened to good old fashioned horror etc, there's extreme and then just plain wrong..

There was talk prior to this about Irreversible. I like that film because as harsh as it is I felt it all served a greater purpose as the film reversed away from the violence pain and darkness towards something better. I didn't mind the Hostel films as they were something a little different in American Horror movies when they came out and still more interesting than 99% of the torture porn films that followed. Shock value fades and what came after were left with nothing underneath the shock and don't hold up to repeat viewings, for me this makes them different from films like Cannibal Holocaust, that while repellent in content had something to say.


Tonight I watched Dracula prisoner of Frankenstein. Easy to dislike its very much Jess Franco TM. Lots of Zooms. That said, its a lot more interesting in spite of the otherwise apparent ineptness. Its basically made in the traditions of silent film, there is no real dialogue to speak off through most of the film and it tries its best to tell its story visually. Ends up on the interesting end of the spectrum of Franco films.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

T Cannibal Holocaust, that while repellent in content had something to say.

Deodato set out to make an exploitation film about cannibals, he's said that many times over the years. Its only in recent years that he seems to have backtracked claiming its a social commentary.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Deodato set out to make an exploitation film about cannibals, he's said that many times over the years. Its only in recent years that he seems to have backtracked claiming its a social commentary.

And George Romero has said there was no social commentary in Night of the living dead yet there it is. There is an awful lot of things going on with Holocaust that it does invite readings. Certainly after the furor over Africa Addio it can at least be seen as saying something about the mondo movie phenomenon. Certainly if you watch it and Ferox back to back Freox seems more the out and out exploitation piece...