What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 2907

trebor8273 · #**29061** 5th August 2014, 12:22 PM

Just finished watching this .So many craptastic films, that i will now have to seek out!

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**29062** 5th August 2014, 03:56 PM

Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)

Cold Eyes of Fear eschews the typical giallo motifs of the black gloved killer and delivers in essence a home invasion thriller. In fact the only real visual trademark of the genre is the opening minutes when director Enzo G Castellari throws us head first into a sexual confrontation at knife point however in true giallo style nothing is as it first appears.

Cold Eyes of Fear although dispensing with the murder strands of the genre does run with other plot devices namely blackmail and corruption and all delivered in woefully dubbed English accents. Legendary composer Ennio Morricone enlivens the action with a brilliant soundtrack which is often both bouncy and jarring at the same time.

Recommended to those who like their gialli a little different.

Rik · #**29063** 5th August 2014, 05:06 PM

I got the Redemption DVD free when I subscribed to the Dark Side magazine years ago, only watched it twice, but I very much enjoyed it on both occasions

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**29064** 5th August 2014, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rik

I got the Redemption DVD free when I subscribed to the Dark Side magazine years ago, only watched it twice, but I very much enjoyed it on both occasions

I got mine free with either that mag or Dvd World as well.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**29065** 5th August 2014, 06:10 PM

I used to own the AWE DVD of Cold Eyes of Fear before upgrading to the Redemption Blu last year. It's a film I quite enjoy and certainly something a little different within the gialli canon.

Rik · #**29066** 5th August 2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I used to own the AWE DVD of Cold Eyes of Fear before upgrading to the Redemption Blu last year. It's a film I quite enjoy and certainly something a little different within the gialli canon.

Is the Blu region free, if so I could be tempted to upgrade. Thinking about it, I'm pretty sure it is and I've got it on my Amazon wishlist

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**29067** 5th August 2014, 06:52 PM

Caged Heat (1974)

Jonathan 'Silence of the Lambs' Demme's directorial debut takes the form of an attitude fueled women in prison flick chock full of the usual staples including plenty of tits and bush, in-fighting, and escape attempts. Whilst a fair way away from some of the sleazier and seedier films which inhabit this sub-genre of cinema, it still has enough action and mild debauchery to keep its audience entertained. Russ Meyer stalwart Erica Gavin and the iconic Barbara Steele provide some of the film's key talent, the latter of whom plays the prison's sadistic, wheelchair bound warden. Whilst more Exploitation-lite, you can sense that the film struggles to break these bonds throughout under Demme's writing and direction with attempts to flesh out the characters and portray them as more than random inmates for the sole purpose of on-screen titillation. The low budget skews this endeavour slightly, however the fairly lean script and the mixture of comedy, action and erotica makes for an entertaining use of 80 minutes.

7/10