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Watched Emergency Squad (1974) last night, a bit disappointed in it with Milian almost a secondary character to the violent gang and Lovelock's presence cut so short. The concentration is clearly on the gang, like the 1960s US TV series The FBI focusing on the criminals and they're a weird bunch here, aren't they. I guess, if made today they'd all be twice as young as these guys but their in-fighting is clearly the heart and soul of the film. Milian's revenge track isn't really handled thoroughly. Nowhere near being in the best Italian crime category, in my opinion, but perhaps it'll win on later viewings.
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I went and took in the new Poltergeist movie at the cinema tonight. I'd only heard bad things about it, but having never seen the original movie (I know, I should hang my head in shame) I did enjoy it! Quite similar in style to Sam Raimi's other recent horror film "Drag me to hell" (although not as good) you can tell it doesn't take itself at all too seriously and it ends up being quite fun. The pacing is a mile off from the start. The wee girl disappears and it's hard to figure out for how long before the investigators come in, but its at least the following day anyway, and the family had all had a sleep, a wash and done their lippy and hair. All the way through indeed, the family looked incredibly refreshed and not at all "in bits" the way regular folks would be if their daughter disappeared for a period of time, never mind adding to the equation a haunted house. It was almost more a state of disbelief, with the teenage daughter still cracking wise throughout. The seemingly regular-thinking-any-American-family only mentioned contacting the police once and quickly disregarded it, only to choose calling in the paranormal investigators instead. In that respect the entire film was more of a nightmarish fantasy, than a "really happening" type horror film. The "action" sequences were alright, one in particular I liked with the wee boy being tormented and then attacked by all these clown dolls, which to be honest has probably been done a million times before this. Sam Rockwell and Jared Harris were good to watch, because they always seem to bring a bit of humour to their roles which fitted in well with the way they done this remake; especially Jared Harris, who has this mad Irish accent and may as well have winked at the camera after each line! In summary, the film itself probably isn't very good at all, and I'm sure I've seen better films that didn't rank as high as 32% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is probably another one to watch once, don't expect too much out of it, and you should be entertained no bother for an hour an a half. |
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Hausu (House) - Teen Melodrama + The Wizard Of Oz + The Haunting + Toothpaste Commercial = Hausu. Not wanting to spend time with her Father (and his new Fiance), Angel drags six of her friends to the country to spend the school holidays with her Aunt. They arrive at said Aunts house and everything goes a little, well, mental. At it's core it's a simple haunted house film, but that only tells half the story. Its a rollercoaster of a movie, an obvious influence on Sam Raimi, especially The Evil Dead. The director, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, throws everything at the screen, the last thirty minutes left me with my mouth open. Ôbayashi cut his teeth directing commercials and Hausu was his debut feature, the whole film is shot in the manner of a TV advert, complete with cringe worthy music and close-ups of beatific smiling faces. At times, especially at the beginning, the film is so joyous that it's unnerving, even when things are going bat-shit crazy, these girls are still smiling and giggling, seeing a friend get eaten by a piano doesn't seem to put them off their stride. I've wanted to watch Hausu for a while and it didn't disappoint, it's a film I can see myself revisiting many times. One of the most dazzlingly original, insane films I've had the pleasure of watching. 9/10. |
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A Boy and His Dog. Some say that various elements of this marched straight into the Fallout game series and I can see how. So with Fallout 4 on the way I thought I'd give it a go as I've had it for a while but never got round to opening it. A very young Don Johnson and his dog wander the wastelands after nuclear war has ravaged the world. The boy is able to telepathically talk to the dog and is used primarily for sniffing out woman for the boy to have sex with. Or rape, as we know it! The first woman they find has been attacked and cut up afterwards by Raiders forcing our hero to utter the line in my signature below. Finding a girl, they follow her into a vault that reminded me of Tranquillity Lane and head into a whole heap of trouble. It's a bit dated now but I loved it. For it's time, 1976, it must have been quite shocking. The whole context of the film is better than the sum of its parts and the ending, although you can see it coming, made me chuckle. Very oddball and unique, whether you'll like it or not is very hard to say but I loved it and if you're thinking of collecting post apocalypse movies then you have to see it and have it in your collection. Available on Region A locked Blu by Scream Factory or Region B Blu from Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=YkJV19sxKgc
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