What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

reminds me of my teenage angst when i use to metamorphose into insect

Was that in the days before you metamorphosed annually on here Inspector Vicron?

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

I does disagree,I think it has a feverish sweat to it,that reminds me of my teenage angst when i use to metamorphose into insect,your problem is your old you forgot what its ike to be angst ridden insect.

I'd rather not hear about your sweaty maggot and it's transformation, thank you.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Was that in the days before you metamorphosed annually on here Inspector Vicron?

I have been shedding my skin alot recently,maybe im due for another?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

I have been shedding my skin alot recently,maybe im due for another?

Slowly's shedding his skin as well. Maybe you could morph yourself into his hand.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Slowly's shedding his skin as well. Maybe you could morph yourself into his hand.

Haha. That sounds so wrong.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

AMERICAN NINJA 2

Stripping the fat from the first film this sequel starts flat out then maintains this momentum until the end. That said, in any objective sense it is utter bollocks with some of the softest looking fight scenes this side of Power Rangers, to grace a screen. By sheer force of its loopy likability the film succeeds and lays waste to most other action films of its time. Recommended.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

AMERICAN NINJA 2



Stripping the fat from the first film this sequel starts flat out then maintains this momentum until the end. That said, in any objective sense it is utter bollocks with some of the softest looking fight scenes this side of Power Rangers, to grace a screen. By sheer force of its loopy likability the film succeeds and lays waste to most other action films of its time. Recommended.

Defintely the highlight of the series.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Defintely the highlight of the series.

It is a joy to behold, I sat with a grin on my face from start to finish.

[keirarts]

Eyes without a face

Dr Genessier is a seemingly ordinary surgeon with narcissism issues who has gone a little bonkers. His daughter has been horribly disfigured in a car accident. In a bid to make her beautiful once more he has his secretary, and greatest surgical achievement (played by the Terrific Alida Valli) go out into the streets of Paris and hunt candidates suitable for the skin grafts needed to make his daughter beautiful once more. All the while his eerily masked daughter (played in an astonishing physical performance by Edith Scob) is going slowly insane.

From the opening scenes of Valli driving through the French countryside to Maurice Jarre's surreal and ever so deliberately off key carnival-esque music, through to the bloody and poetic final scenes, Eyes is a well crafted piece of surrealistic horror that carefully shifts from graphic realism that shocked audiences of the time to almost abstract strangeness that seems crafted to poke fun at conventional film tropes. The daughters leading man boyfriend is relegated to a bit part plot point while the film focuses more on the strange and ever more f*** up world of the Dr and his 'family'. It's a film well, well ahead of its time that still plays well today and is probably Franju's best work (judex coming a close second) The inspirations on directors such as Mario Bava, Jean Rollin and others is readily apparent. Hell, Jess Franco spent a large portion of his career revisiting this film. The BFI's blu-ray looks absolutely stunning and comes highly reccomended.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Eyes without a face

It is a masterpiece and shows what a great year 1960 was for horror, with Psycho, Peeping Tom and Eyes Without A Face. I watched it years ago when Mark Kermode recommended it when it first came to DVD and thought it was astonishing due to George Franju's clinical and almost documentary-style direction, the performances and the incredible – for the time – SFX make-up.

Kermode has just done one of his Uncut blogs about it:



I don't know if it's on the new Blu-ray, but The Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) documentary which is on the BFI DVD is remarkable and horrific in equal measures.