What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 3204

Nordicdusk · #**32031** 30th March 2015, 02:24 PM

I also watched Let's Scare Jessica To Death which I'll wait until later when I'm home from work to review. I think it deserves more than just a few words. Thanks to MTDS for the tip off about it being on Netflix.

Make Them Die Slowly · #**32032** 30th March 2015, 02:49 PM

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Few quick taughts on a few films I watched over the weekend.

Slaughterhouse

A father and son still living at the old slaughterhouse that a local developer and sheriff want rid of so they can take over the land. After numerous offers the father and son hatch a plan to keep the old place and remove the problem of interfering locals.

Fun slasher and I enjoyed the disposal of some of the more annoying local teens. I really enjoyed the killers lack of any sort of coherent language just sqealling like a pig.

Don't Go In The Woods

Two couples that couldn't act to save their lives which was handy for the wild man hunting them head to the woods on a camping trip while all around them other campers are being picked off in some really creative ways.

While the acting is terrible it's still a fun film and one of the main characters seems to suffer from a strange side effect of being scared his voice changes to a number of different accents from what sounds like an American to sounding English and some Australian thrown in for good measure

Both films have really nice transfers from 88 . I'd recommend both for a good time with a few brewskis.

Fans of backwoods horror should check out the 1975 documentary THE HOLLOWS, which focuses on a community in the mountains of New York State. After most of the town moved away due to a dam being built, two families stayed, inbreeding with each other so that everyone is related to one another but isolated from the modern world. Fantastic stuff and highly recommended. There are several streaming of it on the net.

Nordicdusk · #**32033** 30th March 2015, 02:54 PM

Cheers sounds very interesting I'll try watch that tonight.

Make Them Die Slowly · #**32034** 30th March 2015, 02:59 PM

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Cheers sounds very interesting I'll try watch that tonight.

Just don't confuse your reflection on the TV screen with the mountain folk.

Nordicdusk · #**32035** 30th March 2015, 03:01 PM

Family reunited

Nordicdusk · #**32036** 30th March 2015, 05:22 PM

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Fans of backwoods horror should check out the 1975 documentary THE HOLLOWS, which focuses on a community in the mountains of New York State. After most of the town moved away due to a dam being built, two families stayed, inbreeding with each other so that everyone is related to one another but isolated from the modern world. Fantastic stuff and highly recommended. There are several streaming of it on the net.

I just finished watching The Hollow great documentary well worth a watch very very interesting.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**32037** 30th March 2015, 07:50 PM

13 Hrs (2010)

A group of young people become trapped during a power cut in an isolated country house and find themselves being hunted down one by one. Is it something out of the stormy night or in fact already among them?

13 Hrs boasts a fine country house location and a likable leading lady in Isabella Calthorpe. However that's about it.

The directing i found very poor. The creature attacks are lightningly edited so as to become a blur, never showing us the assailant but bathing the screen in red so as to show it's view point. When every kill is like this it all becomes tedious.

Tedium also comes to mind with the cast bar Calthorpe. An annoying bunch who bicker constantly not to mention betray each other in a bid to escape. Fair enough, but they are supposed to be a group of best friends. The bickering and sniping throughout means any tension that may build up dissipates very quickly.

It's only in the last ten minutes that the film becomes remotely interesting and a werewolf is properly shown on screen. In fact these final reels almost save the film. However the overall feel is of a wasted opportunity to produce a quality British werewolf film.

J Harker · #**32038** 30th March 2015, 09:30 PM

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Keeping a joke running over a day seems about right, two at most.

Any longer than that and people forget the original joke and you look a tool for comparing something with one of the most famous and critically loved horrors of all time.

...hangs head in shame...