What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Hawkmonger]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

Atmospheric low budget horror from Mario Bava. Really enjoyed this, and the ending was unexpected. ALIEN (1979) certainly took some ideas from this.

And Prometheus down right ripped it off. PotV is a cracking little film. Hope it get's a wider release someday.

[nosferatu42]

I think Arrow need to release Planet of vampires. Don't know why they haven't already, fits right in with the other Bava releases and Lifeforce.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

I think Arrow need to release Planet of vampires. Don't know why they haven't already, fits right in with the other Bava releases and Lifeforce.

I've actually heard somewhere that they plan to release every Mario Bava film on BD. I'm not sure whether this will happen or not, but they've certainly made a decent start. I'm very much looking forward to Kill, Baby Kill! and Planet of the Vampires appearing if this is indeed the case!

[anythinggoes78]

Originally Posted by SShaw

End of Watch which is a fantastic quasi found footage film about the relationship between two LA police officers. There is not an original idea in the script but somehow, perhaps the chemistry of the leads, it manages to seem fresh, exciting and above all enjoyable. I am kicking myself for not taking time to watch this when it played the local cinema.

I thought this film was brilliant, and yeah your right not original but very fresh, even found myself shedding a tear towards the end

[SShaw]

Lat nights films were Futureworld the rather charmless sequel to Westworld and the Superman reboot Man of Steel. I didn't like Man of Steel at the cinema, but its growing on me. Perhapps the smaller screen diminishes Snyders in your face action scenes sufficiently that I can finally see the whole. I must say the scene at the end of Clark playing at the clothes line is brilliant.

[Zann]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

I was quite tempted by the Spanish version of TCS - but I've held off from buying it due to lack of hard info. Do you know whether it's any good in terms of PQ etc?

PQ and AQ are very good. The subs are removable but oddly in one or two very brief parts Spanish subs appear anyway.

[nosferatu42]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I've actually heard somewhere that they plan to release every Mario Bava film on BD. I'm not sure whether this will happen or not, but they've certainly made a decent start. I'm very much looking forward to Kill, Baby Kill! and Planet of the Vampires appearing if this is indeed the case!

'The girl who knew too much/ The evil eye' and 'Blood and black lace' would go down a treat too.

[Rik]

Bubba Ho-Tep, such a great film by the man who gave us the Phantasm films. I actually prefer it to those and this exchange by Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis gets me everytime

Elvis: No offense, Jack, but President Kennedy was a white man.
JFK: They dyed me this colour! That's how clever they are!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Captive Wild Woman (1943).

A typically loony scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human.

Captive Wild Woman is one of the worst Universal horror films i've ever seen. The film seems hamstrung by its circus trappings and the seemingly contractual constant over exposure of the lion and tiger taming acts to the point where its meagre hour running time feels overlong.

The gorilla transformation effects were decent and the highlight of a lacklustre film. The usually excellent John Carradine seems to be phoning in his performance and the films main attraction Aquanetta, was a disappointment, failing to raise the film to anything approaching satisfying.

[keirarts]

Just watched MANIAC COP 2.

It's a region free blu like most of Blue undergrounds output and looks phenomenal. Definitely the best presentation of the film to date. Its a really fun sequel and goes totally over the top compared to the first. The extras are all great fun as well and it's a highly recommended purchase.