What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

Die Hard on a train. Shit blows up!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY, VANILLA.

Taxi Driver with crushed nuts and sprinkles. Highly recommended and worth seeking out.

Only just noticed this.

When you say crushed nuts and sprinkles do you mean someone gets their bollocks mangled? Or just an ice cream reference.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Only just noticed this.

When you say crushed nuts and sprinkles do you mean someone gets their bollocks mangled? Or just an ice cream reference.

Ha, there is some flattened pussy but the nuts are edible....

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Ha, there is some flattened pussy but the nuts are edible....

Your way with words makes the mind boggle!

[iank]

Absentia. A young woman goes to give emotional support to her older sister, who is about to finally have her husband declared legally dead "in absentia" after he mysteriously disappeared seven years earlier. The woman is having vivid nightmares/hallucinations of her missing husband, which her therapist tells her are the result of grief and guilt, while the younger sister has a couple of strange experiences in a local tunnel, which has a disturbing history of people vanishing near it... This creepy 2010 horror flick was the feature debut of writer-director Mike Flanagan, who has since gone on to helm Oculus (with Karen Gillan) and this year's critically acclaimed Hush (which I haven't seen yet but want to!). Absentia is clearly a low budget flick (it was part-funded by Kickstarter!) with a no-name cast, some of whom are a bit rough round the edges occasionally, but it is instantly clear why Flanagan has gone onto bigger things, as he generates a great atmosphere and unease and handles the suspense, tension and a couple of big shocks (one involving a shower curtain) like a maestro. Absentia is an eerie and surprisingly effective little horror flick. I liked it.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Last week's viewings:

The Screaming Skull (1958)



52/100


The Alien Dead (1980)



30/100


Alligator (1980)



58/100


Blood Tide (1982)



52/100


The Blue Man (AKA: Eternal Evil) (1985)



42/100


Strange Days (1995)



65/100


You the Living (Du levande) (2007)



64/100


The Nightmare Never Ends (1980)



57/100


Conquest (1983)



47/100


The Curse (1987)



64/100


Curse II: The Bite (1989)



66/100


The Giant Claw (1957)



31/100

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Those are mean scores for Strange Days and The Screaming Skull. I have the Screaming Skull in an immaculate print which looks far superior to the gif you posted so if the film was in that poor condition i guess i can see why it may have affected your enjoyment.

[keirarts]

Apologies for the lack of reviews... trying to get through my unwatched pile (have made a big dent) but now the reviewed/watched ratio is going askew so I'm going to try and hammer a few out when I can (no pun intended when you read the first two reviews. )

Blue Ice

A decent restoration from Vinegar syndrome Blue Ice is a cross between Indiania Jones and high end porno. Essentially the Nazis are looking for some mystical book and have a syrum that makes people uncontrollably sexual.
In san francisco a private detective is roped into the investigation and gets plenty of ass in the process.
I have to say I'm not normally a fan of porno beyond the obvious reasons but this one was well done and I actually watched it beginning to end. It does nothing for the libido when watching a porn scene and Reggie nalder is sat in the corner of the scene leering...

Corruption

Directed by Rodger (last house on dead end street) Watkins, this one was probably a much better film than Blue ice. It's visually stylish and has a great score and it genuinely seems to be both Exploitation and art.
If Reggie Nalder puts you off when watching Blue Ice the genuinely sinister tone to this will probably leave you cold however its well worth watching.


Last house on Dead end street

this comes as an easter egg on the Corruption blu-ray. I'm sure most people have seen it but it still stands repeated viewing. The unrestored HD print here looks decent but still retains the battered, print damaged look that adds to the films grimy low-rent appeal.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Those are mean scores for Strange Days and The Screaming Skull. I have the Screaming Skull in an immaculate print which looks far superior to the gif you posted so if the film was in that poor condition i guess i can see why it may have affected your enjoyment.

I wouldn't necessarily call them mean, especially Strange Days, which earned a respectable 7/10. However, I don't think it is a film that has aged at all well and it certainly comes across a lot more cheesy watching it now than it did in the late '90s.

I wasn't feeling The Screaming Skull though. It was certainly watchable but I was a little underwhelmed - however, that said, it's something I'd probably watch again. As for the gif, it in no way represents the print I watched (which actually looked a lot better) and just grabbed one of the first ones I found whilst searching online.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Last house on Dead end street

this comes as an easter egg on the Corruption blu-ray. I'm sure most people have seen it but it still stands repeated viewing. The unrestored HD print here looks decent but still retains the battered, print damaged look that adds to the films grimy low-rent appeal.

Very nice!

Makes a change from a hidden feature that consists of 2 minutes of someone falling over and missing their lines!