What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

This week's viewings:

Amok Train (AKA: Beyond the Door III) (1989)



62/100


The Doll of Satan (La bambola di Satana) (1969)



62/100


The Rage Within (Delitto al circolo del tennis) (1969)



45/100


Your Hands on My Body (Le tue mani sul mio corpo) (1970)



41/100


A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services (A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi...) (1972)



52/100


Alta tensión (1972)



59/100


Naked Girl Killed in the Park (Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco) (1972)



60/100


Morbidness (Morbo) (1972)



76/100


The Flower with Petals of Steel (Il fiore dai petali d'acciaio) (1973)



61/100


Deadly Inheritance (Omicidio per vocazione) (1968)



63/100


A Hyena in the Bank Vault (Una iena in cassaforte) (1968)



73/100


Nine Guests for a Crime (Nove ospiti per un delitto) (1977)



63/100


Hotel Fear (Pensione Paura) (1977)



67/100

I was on a bit of a gialli kick this past week if you hadn't noticed.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Amock Train is great stuff. Mucho fun. Well at least i think so.

Have you got the Shriek Show dvd?

I managed to pick it up when SS discs were ten a penny for a couple of quid new and delivered.

By the way. That last post might actually be the longest post ever!

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by J Harker

The dinner table scene in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. When the family have Sally tied up and a hammer in grandpas hand trying to get him to brain her. First time i ever saw it i was in hysterics. Second time even, even now it is funny in the blackest sense. But when you stop and think what is actually taking place in the scene it means i have been laughing at something pretty nasty and unpleasant.

When I first saw that when I was younger I found that bit incredibly disturbing and was totally with the female character, but now when I watch it that bit is pretty funny. The whole film is pretty funny to me now, as intended by Hooper.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Amock Train is great stuff. Mucho fun. Well at least i think so.

Have you got the Shriek Show dvd?

I managed to pick it up when SS discs were ten a penny for a couple of quid new and delivered.

It was my first time watching it and enjoyed it a great deal - could have been a contender for the occult Top 10 Tuesday a couple of weeks ago.

I don't own it at present, but would certainly pick it up at a later date if the price was right.

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

By the way. That last post might actually be the longest post ever!

Really? I didn't think it was that long! I guess the image codes themselves make for a hefty wall of text.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

RESPECTABLE: THE MARY MILLINGTON STORY

Essential viewing for Cult Labbers and fans of British grot everywhere. This excellent documentary follows the life and career of Britain's first and greatest porn star in great detail with interviews from family, friends and veterans of the British softcore scene.

Of real interest to the more scuzzy Labbers, you know who you are, the film contains several hardcore scenes from Mary's pre-softcore days.

Highly recommended and playing on Netflix prior to it's DVD release in May.

CASUALS

Documentary on the 80s football terrerce driven fashion, one of the only youth cults not driven by music. Excellent stuff.

Perhaps one day they will make a film about the lost 70s/80s fashion...the soul boy...who seems to have been removed from the history of British fashion.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by sjconstable

When I first saw that when I was younger I found that bit incredibly disturbing and was totally with the female character, but now when I watch it that bit is pretty funny. The whole film is pretty funny to me now, as intended by Hooper.

I think that scene in particular demonstrates why TCM is a smarter film than it may first appear. But yeah the whole thing is the blackest of comedies. I'll have to get around to watching part 2. I've only had it for about ten years.

[Dave Boy]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

RESPECTABLE: THE MARY MILLINGTON STORY

Essential viewing for Cult Labbers and fans of British grot everywhere. This excellent documentary follows the life and career of Britain's first and greatest porn star in great detail with interviews from family, friends and veterans of the British softcore scene.

Of real interest to the more scuzzy Labbers, you know who you are, the film contains several hardcore scenes from Mary's pre-softcore days.

Highly recommended and playing on Netflix prior to it's DVD release in May.

Awesome. Mary used to live not far from me. She is buried with her mother in the churchyard just up the road. Many years ago, my mate used to live in a house damn near next door. In the night time, we used to project super 8 movies across on to the side of her house. She was in the local papers quite a lot and one time they printed her address in the paper. One of my mates wrote to her and recieved some signed photos back.

A blue plaque is to be put up outside the cinema in London where 'Come Play With Me' was shown constant for four years.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I'll have to get around to watching part 2. I've only had it for about ten years.

Prepare to be seriously underwhelmed!

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Prepare to be seriously underwhelmed!

Well aware its got a marmite rep 😄

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