What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 3344

Demoncrat · #**33431** 3rd August 2015, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshuaKaitlyn

Shameless Sundays continue with a couple I have seen before:

#5 Venus in Furs Be careful what you wish for! Laura Antonelli can give Edwige a run for her money!

#6 Black Cat Third time seeing this, the first time I fell asleep, the second time I stayed awake for the entire picture and really didn't like it, the third time...well it hasn't changed for me really. A fair few Fulci movies don't do it for me...Argento....Nows thats another matter!

Burn The Heretic!!!

Watched The Dentist (Brian Yuzna, 1988) on THC. Still a hoot, watching the oily one from LA Law seethe his way through the script.

The Voices (2014, Marjane Satrapi)
Ryan Reynolds?? Gemma Arterton?? Anna Kendrick???

Put away thy preconceptions, as this is not Van Wilder. By a long shot. Jerry (RR) would like to get to know Fiona (GA) from the typing pool. After an abortive attempt to woo her with chow mein & karaoke, he gets a chance to come to her rescue.......that's all you get. Don't watch the trailer. Just go for it.

Demoncrat · #**33432** 4th August 2015, 11:55 AM

Watched.....Plague (1979, Ed Hunt)
Sort of a more rational Shivers (Canadian locations abound), this stars the formidable Kate Reid (the smoker fae The Andromeda Strain

) as part of a team who have to find a cure sharpish....or mankind is doomed. Some of the deaths are quite funny imo. Has more shootouts than Contagion.

The Laughing Dead (1989, SP Somtow)
Yes, the one the came with yr Darkside subscription back in the day. As pet project schlockfests go, it is up there with Samurai Vampire Bikers From Hell imo, containing as it does a storyline revolving around the Mexican Day Of The Dead..................and basketball.

The director also appears. this is a bonus, as his "performance" redefined for me the word acting.

Recommended!

keirarts · #**33433** 4th August 2015, 05:39 PM

Human centipede.

Two Americans in Germany break down in a remote country road. Seeking help after being propositioned by a greasy pervert, the girls stumble across the house of Dr. Heiter, a skeletal weirdo and renowned surgeon with a fixation on Siamese twins. Before you can say "what's that strange taste in my drink" the girls have been knocked out and wake up on an operating table. Heiter announces his plans to make the worlds first Human centipede, the girls try and fail to escape and before long they are connected ass to mouth and dreading the first bowel movement.
This is an odd one, as Human centipede in terms of structure and plot is pretty much Identikit horror. However, the central concept is so repellent the film becomes actually watch-able and in an odd way actually relatively original as well. Tom Six makes the film look genuinely beautiful in places, the photography and colour schemes look great, especially in HD and Dieter Laser is exceptionally bonkers as the mad doctor. This is a like it or loathe it 'marmite' film to be sure but I find myself enjoying it each time I watch it. There is a sense of humour to the piece which is dark and makes me chuckle. Perhaps not as gag inducing as one might expect either, there is a sense of disgust to the film but little actual gore.

Human Centipede 2.

A film that could be considered almost the polar opposite in some respects to the original, Human Centipede 2 goes 'meta' and tells the story of Martin, a lonely, slightly retarded abuse victim who has become dangerously obsessed with the first movie. He works in a car park as security and spends most of his days sat at work watching Human centipede on repeat in his office, making a scrap book dedicated to the film and wanking with sand paper. In between this he begins to 'collect' people unlucky enough to enter the carpark and takes them to a warehouse in order to begin work on his own centipede. Martin is played to perfection by Laurence R. Harvey who delivers a fantastic, dialogue free performance. He's a frustrated, demented and ultimately tragic loser who appears to be in need of professional help. Unfortunately his mother blames him for his fathers imprisonment for child abuse and his case worker is a seedy asshole intent on buggering him. Gradually His sanity fractures until he decides to make the centipede in the final act where things get genuinely queasy and shocking.
Where the first film was a look into the clinical ordered world of Dr Heiter with beautiful composition and colour schemes and a sparsely decorated modern country house. Martins world is a bleak, black & white, perpetually rainy London suburb that feels like a cross between Eraserhead and somewhere imagined by Bela tarr. The dark humour is still evident but director Tom six here goes for stark Black & white imagery that still looks terrific and a hand held approach to filming. It feels very different to the first while also managing to feel like part of a 'franchise'. Tom Six states that he wanted a trilogy as 3 films would form their own centipede and each film would feed into the next. Seeing this film as the excretia of the last might be a reasonable way to view it. Its way nastier than the first and was actually censored in the Uk for scenes involving martin wanking with sandpaper and wrapping his knob with barbed wire before raping the rear end of the centipede, the once scene in the film that perhaps goes 'too far'.
I really like part 2, its a tough film to love and its pretty vile but has the same weird vibe to it. Its pretty ballsey to follow something as commercial looking as the first movie then deliver something as outrageous and odd as this.

Human Centipede 3.

If 2 was the excreta of the first film, part 3 is the final steaming dump on the floor after passing through both previous films.
Dieter Laser returns, this time as Bill Boss. Warden of a maximum security prison. Lawrence Havey plays Dwight Butler, his accountant. Boss spends most of his time chewing clitorises he stores in a jar on his desk, brandishing firearms, sexually harassing (and also assaulting) his secretary Daisy, played by Porn star Bree Olsen. He lives in a state of total terror at the prospect of rape by the inmates so he devises various ways to keep them in line, including water boarding with boiling water, broken limbs and castration. Realising the Governor, played by Eric Roberts, is looking to fire him, Boss is desperate for an idea to keep the inmates under control. Dwight suggests a human centipede but Boss is sceptical at first, declaring he's not interested in some directors 'poop fetish' however in the face of failure he finally relents.
Human Centipede part 3 is a satire on American ideas of justice and punishment. Its as subtle as a chainsaw to the face with Laser playing his role like some sort of PCP addicted Skeleton, screaming and ranting tirades of racist and misogynistic language in between sporadic acts of violence. Pretty much everything in the film is delivered over the top. The sets look cheap and the whole thing has a weird TV look to it. Given the previous films I suspect this is deliberate, to show everything has devolved to the basest level possible and in fairness its a film designed to offend almost everyone. At the same time I do feel its also very underrated as well and is best viewed as a comedy. Depending on your sense of humour its also very funny indeed and in terms of comparisons for me its like Warhols Frankenstein and Dracula films (up to and including a play on the Gall bladder scene)
Personally I really like it, I can see why others don't. Its pretty much trash in many respects but deliberate trash in a way that sort of works. Especially if you watch all three in a row.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**33434** 4th August 2015, 06:03 PM

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

Of the eight Abbott and Costello films i've recently seen this was easily the best of them. It differed to the other films mainly because it didn't feel like one of their movies. They had comic timing for a start and Bud seemed like a real character rather than an over cooked unfunny variant of Oliver Hardy. The film features some fine stunts and the final ten minutes featuring the Kops chase is comedy gold.

demonknight · #**33435** 4th August 2015, 06:35 PM

Watched ANTHROPOPHAGOUS from 88 Films. No matter how you watch this movie; HD or standard definition, it remains an absolute turd of the highest order. The included documentary on 42ND STREET, I think stands as one of High Rising Productions' better efforts. The doc is outstanding! Most, if not all of the talking heads, were extremely interesting to listen to, at times very funny and all brought something new to the discussion. For me, this is up there with Calum and Naomi's equally brilliant - "FROM ROMERO TO ROME!".

Movie: 0/10
Doc: 10/10

Frankie Teardrop · #**33436** 4th August 2015, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by keirarts

Human centipede.

Two Americans in Germany break down in a remote country road. Seeking help after being propositioned by a greasy pervert, the girls stumble across the house of Dr. Heiter, a skeletal weirdo and renowned surgeon with a fixation on Siamese twins. Before you can say "what's that strange taste in my drink" the girls have been knocked out and wake up on an operating table. Heiter announces his plans to make the worlds first Human centipede, the girls try and fail to escape and before long they are connected ass to mouth and dreading the first bowel movement.
This is an odd one, as Human centipede in terms of structure and plot is pretty much Identikit horror. However, the central concept is so repellent the film becomes actually watch-able and in an odd way actually relatively original as well. Tom Six makes the film look genuinely beautiful in places, the photography and colour schemes look great, especially in HD and Dieter Laser is exceptionally bonkers as the mad doctor. This is a like it or loathe it 'marmite' film to be sure but I find myself enjoying it each time I watch it. There is a sense of humour to the piece which is dark and makes me chuckle. Perhaps not as gag inducing as one might expect either, there is a sense of disgust to the film but little actual gore.

Human Centipede 2.

A film that could be considered almost the polar opposite in some respects to the original, Human Centipede 2 goes 'meta' and tells the story of Martin, a lonely, slightly retarded abuse victim who has become dangerously obsessed with the first movie. He works in a car park as security and spends most of his days sat at work watching Human centipede on repeat in his office, making a scrap book dedicated to the film and wanking with sand paper. In between this he begins to 'collect' people unlucky enough to enter the carpark and takes them to a warehouse in order to begin work on his own centipede. Martin is played to perfection by Laurence R. Harvey who delivers a fantastic, dialogue free performance. He's a frustrated, demented and ultimately tragic loser who appears to be in need of professional help. Unfortunately his mother blames him for his fathers imprisonment for child abuse and his case worker is a seedy asshole intent on buggering him. Gradually His sanity fractures until he decides to make the centipede in the final act where things get genuinely queasy and shocking.
Where the first film was a look into the clinical ordered world of Dr Heiter with beautiful composition and colour schemes and a sparsely decorated modern country house. Martins world is a bleak, black & white, perpetually rainy London suburb that feels like a cross between Eraserhead and somewhere imagined by Bela tarr. The dark humour is still evident but director Tom six here goes for stark Black & white imagery that still looks terrific and a hand held approach to filming. It feels very different to the first while also managing to feel like part of a 'franchise'. Tom Six states that he wanted a trilogy as 3 films would form their own centipede and each film would feed into the next. Seeing this film as the excretia of the last might be a reasonable way to view it. Its way nastier than the first and was actually censored in the Uk for scenes involving martin wanking with sandpaper and wrapping his knob with barbed wire before raping the rear end of the centipede, the once scene in the film that perhaps goes 'too far'.
I really like part 2, its a tough film to love and its pretty vile but has the same weird vibe to it. Its pretty ballsey to follow something as commercial looking as the first movie then deliver something as outrageous and odd as this.

Human Centipede 3.

If 2 was the excreta of the first film, part 3 is the final steaming dump on the floor after passing through both previous films.
Dieter Laser returns, this time as Bill Boss. Warden of a maximum security prison. Lawrence Havey plays Dwight Butler, his accountant. Boss spends most of his time chewing clitorises he stores in a jar on his desk, brandishing firearms, sexually harassing (and also assaulting) his secretary Daisy, played by Porn star Bree Olsen. He lives in a state of total terror at the prospect of rape by the inmates so he devises various ways to keep them in line, including water boarding with boiling water, broken limbs and castration. Realising the Governor, played by Eric Roberts, is looking to fire him, Boss is desperate for an idea to keep the inmates under control. Dwight suggests a human centipede but Boss is sceptical at first, declaring he's not interested in some directors 'poop fetish' however in the face of failure he finally relents.
Human Centipede part 3 is a satire on American ideas of justice and punishment. Its as subtle as a chainsaw to the face with Laser playing his role like some sort of PCP addicted Skeleton, screaming and ranting tirades of racist and misogynistic language in between sporadic acts of violence. Pretty much everything in the film is delivered over the top. The sets look cheap and the whole thing has a weird TV look to it. Given the previous films I suspect this is deliberate, to show everything has devolved to the basest level possible and in fairness its a film designed to offend almost everyone. At the same time I do feel its also very underrated as well and is best viewed as a comedy. Depending on your sense of humour its also very funny indeed and in terms of comparisons for me its like Warhols Frankenstein and Dracula films (up to and including a play on the Gall bladder scene)
Personally I really like it, I can see why others don't. Its pretty much trash in many respects but deliberate trash in a way that sort of works. Especially if you watch all three in a row.

Excellent appraisal of the Centipede films, a shitty, rancid series which I totally applaud. I can sort of understand why they're divisive, but the self-righteousness they bring out in some fans sticks in my throat a little. That kind of allergic reaction always piques my interest, and T Six should be given some plaudits for smuggling some toxicity into the horror mainstream, particularly for HC2, a festering sore of a movie which I'm surprised ever saw the light of day on the high street. Will do a review of HC3 when I get chance to view it again without my whining mates wringing their hands in the background.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**33437** 4th August 2015, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

At least you can now say that you've found an A&C film that you quite like!

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Originally Posted by demonknight

Watched ANTHROPOPHAGOUS from 88 Films. No matter how you watch this movie; HD or standard definition, it remains an absolute turd of the highest order.

Such a glorious turd though!!

trebor8273 · #**33438** 4th August 2015, 08:19 PM

Rik · #**33439** 4th August 2015, 08:49 PM

Me too, one of my all time favourite films

keirarts · #**33440** 4th August 2015, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

Excellent appraisal of the Centipede films, a shitty, rancid series which I totally applaud. I can sort of understand why they're divisive, but the self-righteousness they bring out in some fans sticks in my throat a little. That kind of allergic reaction always piques my interest, and T Six should be given some plaudits for smuggling some toxicity into the horror mainstream, particularly for HC2, a festering sore of a movie which I'm surprised ever saw the light of day on the high street. Will do a review of HC3 when I get chance to view it again without my whining mates wringing their hands in the background.

something else that occurred to me about the centipede films as well, and I could be barking up the wrong tree here, they start in Europe with an almost weirdly elegant and well composed style. Filter through Britain with a dark pessimistic style and end up deposited in America with a blunt, over the top and almost artificial style. Perhaps a comment on how culture transfers across boarders between cultures that share a lot in common but can be very, very different. something along the lines of cultural transfer?

Or maybe I'm over reading it?