What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[nekromantik]

I thought the Wizard of Gore remake was weak and disappointing.
I aint seen the original so cant really compare. Not really seen any of his work.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

Just watched the new Sorority Row. Pretty ****ing good. Good Gore, Good boobs, carrie fisher with a shot gun. i think i'll review this in my movie review blog....

Pity Rumer Willis is in it...or anything for that matter.Goes to show you it's not what you know,it's who you know!

[DeadAlive]

Originally Posted by iluvdvds

Wahooo! Niiice! Which ones are they mate?

Colour Me Blood Red
The Gruesome Twosome
2000 Maniacs
She-Devils On Wheels
The Wizard Of Gore

Saw Blood Feast a while back and Blood Feast 2 has been on my list a while.

[42ndStreetFreak]

"Infestation"

First film of 2010 at last!

Meh. Not the great ride I thought it was going to be.

The film gets off to a very fast (though needlessly interrupted thanks to the opening shot) start that sees the World, country, county....er....no idea....attacked by a giant bug sonic assault where everyone wakes up (or not) cocooned up.

A group of survivors (lead by a guy who looks like he's had giant hamster cheeks grafted onto him) fight their way...blah...blah...you know the deal. It's "Dawn of the Dead" with beetles.

Despite the 'getting down to business' start the film does take long and numerous downtime breaks to have the less than thrilling characters less than thrillingly waffle on about their less than thrilling lives and actually, despite the fast start, the 'bug action' is quite far apart and not that interesting really.
The FX are pretty good with only a few of the CGI shots looking bad.

But death and violence is minimal, as is bloodshed, lots of cliche characters sitting around (or walking along) arguing is at a max, loud false scares are frequent and will only surprise those of a generally nervous disposition anyway.

Things pick up with the late introduction of the ever welcome Ray "Twin Peaks" Wise and there is a general air of 'fun' about the project. But some of the more serious dramatic parts really don't mix well with the generally comic tone. An uncomfortable, actually really serious, topless attempted seduction scene in the film is the best example of this.

And the big problem.........The end!
I know we live in a time where film makers think that a sudden, movie destroying, 'twist' has to rear its inbred head far too often but "Infestation" has perhaps the least satisfying, utterly meaningless, finale I think I have ever seen.
It's wrong to really call it a twist, it's just a...er....the film ran out of the camera moment that literally leaves you with no idea at all...at all...about what just happened or is about to happen.
It could be a big bad nasty twist, or a happy ending or the Producers suddenly breaking onto the set to close things down.
You literally have no end...to the end. Not happy, not downbeat, just nothing.

So what we are left with is a generally fun, generally well acted creature feature but with a lethargic screenplay, ho hum direction, dull cliche, little ick factor (unless you have a toothpaste phobia), so-so FX, seen it all before action and a lousy ending.

The fact...and I do mean fact...here is that this wants to reach the majestic heights of "Tremors", the film that every single light hearted monster romp will be forever judged, but it fails in most of the ways where "Tremors" beautifully succeeds.
Only the excellent (and again something that succeeds in the way "infestation" does not, including the introduction of the odd serious moment) "Deep Rising" has come close to having any chance of usurping "Tremors" from its throne.
"Infestation" has no chance.

[vincenzo]

I thought Tremors was great fun. One of the best monster movies of the 90's. Also quite enjoyed The Relic despite the visibility factor being pretty much zero at times.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

I'd agree about Deep Rising,excellent film and along with Tremors and The Relic,one of the best monster movies of the last 20 years. Can you believe that Tremors is 20 years old? And I must admit,for a DTV movie,Tremors 2:Aftershocks easily lives up to the first film.

[vincenzo]

Watched the controversial Avengers episode A Touch Of Brimstone. Banned in America and heavily cut (the whipping scene) on UK TV in the 60's.

Diana Rigg ends up kitted out as the dominatrix Queen Of Sin. Complete with thigh-high leather boots, spiked choker collar, goth makeup and busty (and abbreviated) black dress, while stroking a very lucky python. I don't know what ABC were thinking of when they filmed this in 1966 but I'm so very glad that they thought it.

[Angel]

Curse of the Wolf

Stupid, unbelievable nonsense.

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

I thought the Wizard of Gore remake was weak and disappointing.
I aint seen the original so cant really compare. Not really seen any of his work.

Yep, absolutly agree with you Nekro! The remake was TERRIBLE! I'd even go so far as to say as bad as The Wickerman remake. HGL isn't known for making incredible films, they're usually pretty bad - but they're sooo much fun! The remake was just confusing and stupid.

Check out the original if you can. Montag the magician has to the single most over-acting actor in cinema!

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by DeadAlive

Colour Me Blood Red
The Gruesome Twosome
2000 Maniacs
She-Devils On Wheels
The Wizard Of Gore

Saw Blood Feast a while back and Blood Feast 2 has been on my list a while.

Ah great! I haven't seen She-Devils yet, but the other four are brilliant - sooo much damn fun!


Tremors films are sooooooooooooooooooooooo good! I luv them all - even number 4! Again, special thanks to my Secret Santa for that boxset! YOU RULE!


I watched Zombi 3 last night and once again, I cant understand why people hate it so much, it's a great film. Sure it's not Dawn Of The Dead, and sure it's stupid at times and 'borrows' from other films, but who cares? It's great! Nice and gory tooo! Highly recommened!