The Haunting is fantastic, although I've always been more partial to The Legend of Hell House. ;)

Last night I watched Last Cannibal World, The Crazies (1973) and Nightmare in a Damaged Brain all for the first time.

watched episode 3 of The Walking Dead S2 followed by the latest simpsons Tree House Of Horrors then House On Haunted Hill (Price Version)

Watched Night of the Demon (1980), absolute rubbish, of course, with terrible acting, lousy fx and an awful score which sounded like it belongs in a daytime American soap opera from the 1970's.Sometimes I really don't know why I love these films as much as I do but I just can't help myself. :rolleyes: :D

Was in town and figured I'd pick up The House on the Edge of the Park but HMV didn't have it in and so partly out of morbid curiousity and partly just because I didn't think it was out for a few weeks yet (and it's not, barring the HMV exclusive) I picked up The Human Centipede 2.

Hmm...it's just a load of s--t really, figuratively and literally. It's actually quite a good idea and an interesting angle for a sequel (if a bit too self-indulgent and not as clever as it'd like to be) and it starts off quite interesting but it quickly loses its way. In opting for upping the gore and 'extreme' nature of the film rather than concentrating on the idea of people's reaction to horror movies Tom Six misses the chance to make a genuinely interesting statement on imitable behaviour and just creates an over-the-top waste of time which manages to be both shocking and boring at the same time and which ends up drowning under the weight of it's own self-parody (you'll know which bit I mean when you see it). Suffers from a total cop-out of an ending too which is just absymal and which has been done much more effectively, especially in another famous film.

Thankfully shall be remedying this awful waste of an hour and a half with a double bill of The Beyond and Maniac Cop on the big screen tonight. Yay!

I kicked off my Halloween viewing with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a superb genre defining giallo and then Tobe Hooper's underrated slasher film The Funhouse.

After that, it was a Halloween triple bill of John Carpenter's superb slasher film, the maligned sequel (the 1080p picture is pretty good, but it's a shame there's no HD soundtrack) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. It would be a much more popular and appreciated film rather than something with a small cult following if it was just called Season of the Witch and wasn't part of the Halloween franchise.

What films have you seen recently?
 

FANGORIA BLOOD DRIVE 1 & 2

Just finished watching He Lives by Night (1982) and The Rape After (1984).
He Lives by Night was a solid slasher type film with stylish kill scenes (obviously inspired by Argento) and hefty doses of comedy.
My only quibble would be that the "final girl chase" had a bit too much comedy (the other kills are all played straight btw).

After that I watched The Rape After and where I wanted less comedy in the previous film,this made me wish for comedic interludes (there is one very short comedy scene though).
Bleak and nasty as they came during HK cinema's new wave period (this remembered me at times of Giallo a Venezia)...but basically it's another black magic horror gross-out which delivers the goods and makes you feel like you need a shower. ;)

"Dracula A.D.1972". Much more enjoyable than I remembered.

Watched the first Human Centipede film Sunday afternoon. (Not watching the sequel until I can get my hands on an uncut version - damn BBFC and their scissors. :tsk: :tsk:)

I actually thought it was quite a good film, although it left more to the imagination than I was expecting it to. Minimal blood and gore. That said, I suppose the concept in itself is revolting enough...

And Dieter Laser as the madman... didn't have to say or do anything to scare me. Just his face was terrifying enough! :eek:

Interesting to hear Tom Six say in an interview on the DVD that this would be like My Little Pony compared to the sequel (and having read the spoilers for the second film, I believe him!). I dread to think what'll be in the third film! :eek:

Also watched Rob Zombie's 're-imagining' of the classic Halloween last night. Interesting film, especially the first half consisting of a sort of 'mini-prequel' involving Michael's childhood.
If I said this film was better than the original I'd be lying, but it is amazing in it's own right. Good to hear the original creepy music, as well. Glad that the gore level had been increased (the violence never really let up from the very beginning). Good little twist in the film, as well (despite the fact I figured it out halfway through). And Scout Taylor-Compton was as cute as ever. :nod:
The only thing that irritated me about this film was Laurie's friends - I was glad when Michael disposed of them because they were really bloody annoying. :mmph:
All in all, a very good film, but the original will always be the best. :)

Strangely enough, I watched that last week too. Shame Caroline Munro gets it so early though.

Tonight, I am just settling down for my annual watch of one of my all-time faves. Poundland Galaxy bar in hand.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...

NIGHTMARE CITY!!!

Is that euphemism for something?

;)

Nope, just a sugar rush to make it even better, not that that would be possible of course...

In addition to the aforementioned dreadful Human Centipede 2 I had a double bill on Sunday of The Bird With the Crystal Plumage and The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue, both which I'd seen before although I seem to remember enjoying the latter more the first time round. Last night I watched the After Dark Originals film Seconds Apart which was enjoyable enough and I've just come back from the cinema where I watched a double bill of The Beyond and Maniac Cop. I'd never seen Maniac Cop before and thought it was awesome, will definitely be picking up the Arrow BD now!

Watched Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter ? with Tony Randall and the doll Jayne Mansfield.The Eureka dvd looks great really colorful, I can't wait to buy the bd also!

MOTEL HELL
GHOULIES 2
PET SEMETARY
PET SEMETARY 2
HALLOWEEN 3

An excellent and very entertaining movie. I loved it (and the one and only Jayne of course)!
The Blu-ray has excellent picture quality and is well worth the upgrade. I'm going to post some Blu-ray stills in the "Post Your Favourite Film Stills" later on.

Greetings!

ISOYG with the Briggs comm. a worthy defense of this notorious movie, a great companion to the more sombre Zarchi comm on same disc.

Good, the Bad & The Ugly with the comm. i hate whispering, SPEAK UP chief. otherwise looked lovely etc. wish it was 4 hours long haha....

Paranormal Activity 2:pop2:

"Love Goddess of the Cannibals"- eco-marxist soft porn, and all the better for it. Punches well above it's weight.

"The Raspberry Reich"- Bruce LaBruce's gay hardcore porn take on the Baader Meinhof Gang. Laugh out loud funny, filthy, witty, and just plain stupid in places. Genesis P.Orridge pops up at one point looking not unlike Margaret Thatcher!

"Schoolgirl Hitchhikers" Jean Rollin's cartoon like sexploiter is pretty good if you switch your brain off and go with the flow.

"The Devil's Kiss"- starts out with a double whammy of a voodoo dance show followed by an "avant garde" fashion show that made me think, this could possibly be the greatest film ever made, sadly it slows right down after that. Worth a look just for the general madness that is the plot alone. I also liked the fact that half the cast looked more dead/pasty faced than the reanimated corpses in the film!

I watched Apollo 18 last night.

Well I was really looking forward to this and it was good until the end.
The atmosphere was great and it felt creepy in places although not as effective as Paranormal Activity.

The ending could be seen from miles away and ruined the movie. The last sequence should been removed and it would have had a much bigger impact for the end.

Had great potential but the choices made for end ruined it.

Watched Blood For Dracula this morning, first time seeing this and TBH, I thought it was a tad boring and some of the acting was horrendous! Followed it with Hatchet 2, my prize from a comp the other week. What can I say about this film, except that it's awesome and definitely on a par with the original, great special fx, some inventive death scenes and just the right amount of cliches and comedy make this one of the best slasher films I've seen in recent times.

I am Number 4. Enjoyable. Would like to see a sequel with a more expansive storyline and lots more action:nod:

Dead Ringers (1988) - 4.5/5

Excellent psychological horror, one of Cronenberg's best and I'd love a Criterion Blu-ray.

Nattevagten (aka Nightwatch) (1994)
Excellent movie! Intelligent script, gets better by the minute. Oh, and the DVD cover says: "Before Saw and and before Seven there was the classic Nightwatch". WTF?

Both BLOOD and FLESH are best seen as a double, and in the right frame of mind:lol: seen em a few times and still have time for em. Haven't seen HATCHET 2 yet but if it has the same vibe as the first it'll be a cracker.

That will be pissed or high then.;)

Just watched PSYCHOMANIA for the first time and was it really stupid - but I liked it! Now I'm about to watch DARK WATERS (the italian film not the Asian one)

Both in the case of any Warhol film.:lol::lol:

PSYCHOMANIA is one of my favourite films. Wasn't too keen on DARK WATERS though it does have some great imagery in it.

Don't understand why people don't like this, It's a great film!

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Watched THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY last night, what a fantastic Brit gangster film that is, perfectly brings the early 80s back to life. Love the way Hoskins plays it(the character is out of his depth, but can't accept it) Bought the AB Blu for £3, last time I saw it was on VHS so this was a real treat...great acting, great dialogue-"Nobody goes home till I find out who done it!" and Helen Mirren. Top stuff indeed.

"Sting of Death". Twisting teens, hot pants, Neil Sadaka doing a ska song, and a man in a wet suit with a plastic bag on his head as the monster. I liked it.

"Blaze Starr Goes Nudist". Blaze Starr joins a nudist camp to escape the, er, daily bump and grind of her life. Oddly it was not the size of Blaze's breasts that held my attention rather the vastness of her back combed hair.

"Ding Dong" and "Merry Maids of the Gay Way". A couple of burlesque shows from 1951 and 1952. Fun, except for the comedy acts.

I really like Hangman's Daughter, seen it three or four times now.

Yeah, I love the whole trilogy. I've seen that a lot of people don't like the sequels, But they're awesome!

I wasn't keen on the second film the first time i watched it, however i picked it up again cheap a couple of years ago and thought it much better.

Saw this for the first time a couple of months back and really enjoyed it, up there with the best British gangster movies ever I reckon. Hoskins is unbelievable, mind-blowing performance.

"Hunter's Blood"

Decent riff on Deliverance with Clu Gulager. (Burt, Return of the Living Dead)

If you enjoyed this, then I recommend giving Villain a go - a great double bill with Get Carter.