What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 3389

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**33881** 28th September 2015, 06:07 PM

Agnosia (2010)

Joana Prats suffers from agnosia, a strange neuropsychological illness that affects her perception. Although her eyes and ears are in perfect condition, her brain cannot interpret the stimuli she receives through them.

Well this took me by surprise. I was expecting either a ghostly horror film on the lines of The Orphanage or psychological thriller ala the excellent Julia's Eyes. What unfolded onscreen was something completely different. Agnosia is a dark romance crossed with a scam involving industrial espionage at the end of the 19th century. There's no horror aspect whatsoever.

This Spanish film looks superb and boasts fine cinematography and is nicely played by all concerned. What let it down was the story itself. I never felt involved with it nor was i ever gripped. As far as i could tell the espionage angle was never resolved and the film seemed to meander to a stop. Perhaps i should give it another viewing? I doubt it!

Zann · #**33882** 28th September 2015, 07:52 PM

Blastfighter

Laughable dialogue. Questionable dynamic between daughter and estranged father. Music that starts then oddly and abruptly ends. Enjoyable nonsense and a great looking BD.

J Harker · #**33883** 28th September 2015, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Zann

Blastfighter

Laughable dialogue. Questionable dynamic between daughter and estranged father. Music that starts then oddly and abruptly ends. Enjoyable nonsense and a great looking BD.

Funny enough I've just watched this myself. Some of the dialogue is just atrocious! Brilliant film though.

davcol · #**33884** 28th September 2015, 11:10 PM

Alien Terror : found this one hard to sit through. Very slow and dull in places, almost gave up. The ending was quite effective however.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**33885** 29th September 2015, 10:22 AM

The Killing Kind (1973)

John Savage stars as the sociopathic sexually repressed Terry Lambert, who on being released from prison on a rape charge into the care of his over-bearing mother starts to murder his way through the local town's female population.

The thinnest of plots is overcome by a stellar cast and a rather grimy vein of sleaze running throughout as with each flashback or kill we start to build up a picture of Terry. Ann Sothern puts on a good performance as Terry's lonely, coddling mother who is a little too attached to her son for comfort at times... however, it is Savage's intense performance which really makes the film stand-out above similar exploitative fare of the era and in turn makes for a pretty enjoyable time.

Originally posted here: Nightmare USA Films Discussion Thread

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**33886** 29th September 2015, 11:12 AM

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

A drive-in staple of the '70s, The Legend of Boggy Creek is a dramatized documentary style film concerning the big foot phenomenon.

Sadly, it's enough to make you fall asleep in your popcorn, although I suppose in some ways it's the perfect drive-in date movie as an otherwise dull 90 minutes can instead be filled with certain other more fulfilling activities...

Originally posted here: Nightmare USA Films Discussion Thread

trebor8273 · #**33887** 29th September 2015, 05:45 PM

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**33888** 29th September 2015, 09:54 PM

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About to watch this anyone seen it?

I've got it Treb. It's nowhere near as good as you hope it'll be. It's ambitious but a piss poor budget and risible performances let it down.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**33889** 29th September 2015, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I've got it Treb. It's nowhere near as good as you hope it'll be. It's ambitious but a piss poor budget and risible performances let it down.

Pretty much this.

keirarts · #**33890** 30th September 2015, 07:15 AM

Blastfighter

After the Kubrick marathon pretty much anything else would have been a weird experience but this Italian First blood knock off, incorporating elements of Deliverance, Deer hunter and other survivalist films was something else. The plot is essentially straight forward, an ex-cop fresh out of Jail for killing a scumbag who murdered his wife heads out to his old home town to live a life of seclusion. Pretty soon he runs afoul of his old rival and his gang of redneck drunks who are busy deforesting the trees and killing off all the deer. Shit comes to a head when our heroes daughter comes to town and the rednecks go too far and pretty soon its all out war!
directed by Lamberto Bava this is one of those films that epitomises later era Italian schlock cinema with terrible dialogue, bad dubbing and plenty of violence. Like a lot of films of this era its also a whole lot of fun. Pretty much guaranteed to only ever bore people who are already dead, this is an entertaining, taught thriller with plenty of great action and George Eastman as a villain!