What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[trebor8273]

The mangler

Started off ok but the more it went on the worse it got, the end was just stupid and unintentionally funny. Only highlight was Robert englund character. 4.5/10

Storm of the century

Just finished the last part and have to agree with the others one of the best if not the best King mini series. Also made a nice change to have a ending that wasn't upbeat. Acting was top notch for the most part and the actor playing Linoge was very menacing. 10/10

Now watching batman (1989)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

The last of the great all star ensemble epics, A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden. The Allied forces plan to parachute thousands into Holland and take the Rhine bridges of Nijmegan, Eindhoven and most famously Arnhem in a bid to move into Germany on two fronts.

Richard Attenborough directs with an attention to detail that gives the film an almost documentary style, whilst the methodical approach doesn't really allow any moments of great tension the film still has great re-watch value thanks to it's epic scale and cast of thousands.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by sjconstable

Yes it is, it's a James White restoration. Your issue is with the look of the film itself due to film stock and artistic intent.

Who's James White?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by demonknight

Who's James White?

James White.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Devil Times Five (1974)

A fairly effective and creepy 'killer kids' film, Devil Times Five deals with 5 sociopathic children who escape their psychiatric transportation and end up being taken in by some unwitting people who are holidaying nearby.

The children are able to lure the adults into a false sense of security with their feigned sweet and innocent behaviour before the film takes a darker turn and the crazed kids start dispatching their contemporaries in various creative and brutal fashions, but without losing their lighthearted and playful air, which makes it all the more disturbing and compelling.

The holidaying adults certainly have their own particular issues too, to the extent that when watching them perish at the hands of the psychotic children, you can't help but feel less than sorry for some of them.

Certainly a stand-out film in this particular sub-genre, Devil Times Five is a entertaining oddity that's worth checking out.

Originally posted here: Nightmare USA Films Discussion Thread

Great film.

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by demonknight

Who's James White?

When he restores a film, he makes it look exactly as it should, he's one of the very best

[Buboven]

Might go and watch Metropolis on the big screen at the Chapter Arts Centre on 5th October. What better way for a first time watch of a true classic of science-fiction cinema.

[Buboven]

Who here has seen Honeymoon (2014). Is it worth watching?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

The Devil's Gift (1984)

A young boy gets more than he bargained for one birthday when he is bought a cymbal playing monkey toy which just happens to have been possessed by a malicious demon.

The monkey-bound demon then sets about attempting to kill off the family one by one through a series of gradually escalating psycho-kinetic and possession based events.

Whilst The Devil's Gift doesn't really bring anything new or original, it is for the most part competently made and adequately paced. However, aside from the gimmick of the creepy evil monkey the film is a little bland and predictable and certainly nothing you won't have seen before in some form or another.

Originally posted here: Nightmare USA Films Discussion Thread

[anythinggoes78]

The Last Exorcism - Was expecting more from this film as the DVD was rated 18 but to be honest it wasn't even a hard 15 so don't know what happened there. I guess the storey was ok I enjoyed the (found footage) style of filming, even though it wasn't trying to hard to be one of them films, the girl facing the exorcism did great and her double joints really did add some genuine creepiness to the film, but it was still no Exorcist

Captivity - After seeing this film I see it was actually filmed as a different thriller style film, but chopped and changed into a torture porn film, I think the chopping did have a negative effect on the film, it wasn't terrible, but some things for me were not explained very well, where as the Alternate version had some of the answers, the twist I had half worked out, convinced myself it wasn't that and made up another twist which never happened. Again an Ok film but no Saw or Hostel.