What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

My my, they have been casting their net a bit widely.

They have a heap of Cinema Epoch releases, of which Paedo is one, including the excellent Samurai Cop in all its wiggy glory.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

They have a heap of Cinema Epoch releases, of which Paedo is one, including the excellent Samurai Cop in all its wiggy glory.

'Samurai Cop' is for me just about the holy grail of psychotically bad action flicks. Was caught off guard by it a couple of years ago. Nice it's on Prime. I'll have to check out some of this other cinema epoch stuff in the hope of discovering similar insanity.

[Cinematic Shocks]

The Harvest (2013)

***1/2 out of *****

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Sinister (2012)

Wow, this was one lame duck of a film!

What happens? Not a lot really. Ethan Hawke sits in the attic of his new house watching reels of film of murders and weird stuff. I was actually reminded of Chevy Chase sat in his attic in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) watching film reels of past family parties. They seemed far more alarming.The only difference was Chase was locked in the attic and couldn't get down, which was a similar feeling to how i felt watching Sinister. - Trapped and bored shitless.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was a far scarier prospect than anything Hawke had to deal with, i mean he only had a ghost in a Slipknot mask, Chase had Randy Quaid's cousin Eddie.

Dull, dull, dull. Makes The Quiet Ones (2104) look like The Innocents (1961).

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Sinister (2012)

I remember quite enjoying Sinister but, like other recent horror films (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Insidious and the Paranormal Activity series), there is a huge spectrum of opinion from people who love them to others who can't stand them.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Sinister (2012)

Wow, this was one lame duck of a film!

What happens? Not a lot really. Ethan Hawke sits in the attic of his new house watching reels of film of murders and weird stuff. I was actually reminded of Chevy Chase sat in his attic in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) watching film reels of past family parties. They seemed far more alarming.The only difference was Chase was locked in the attic and couldn't get down, which was a similar feeling to how i felt watching Sinister. - Trapped and bored shitless.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was a far scarier prospect than anything Hawke had to deal with, i mean he only had a ghost in a Slipknot mask, Chase had Randy Quaid's cousin Eddie.

Dull, dull, dull. Makes The Quiet Ones (2104) look like The Innocents (1961).

While no classic i didn't mind Sinister. Makes me want to watch The Quiet Ones. Insidious which was a bonus disc that came with Sinister was far better.

[Frankie Teardrop]

[QUOTE=Demdike@Cult Labs;496159]Sinister (2012)

Wow, this was one lame duck of a film!





I quite liked 'Sinister'. I don't think it's a film I could ever love. But there's some creepy imagery here and there, something a bit oppressive going on with the music and sound. I'd happily watch it again, unlike 'The Quiet Ones', which I enjoyed about as much as you did.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

I quite liked 'Sinister'. I don't think it's a film I could ever love. But there's some creepy imagery here and there, something a bit oppressive going on with the music and sound. I'd happily watch it again, unlike 'The Quiet Ones', which I enjoyed about as much as you did.

Yeah the music was the best thing about Sinister. I thought about mentioning it but it didn't fit in with my National Lampoon spiel.

It was actually a very impressive score mainly composed by Andrea Haugen.

I have some of her work with Hagalaz Runedance and a book of hers about Paganism in Northern Europe.

[Nordicdusk]

Sinister is another film i hated the jump scares were so cheaply done just got on my nerves.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Sinister is another film i hated the jump scares were so cheaply done just got on my nerves.

What jump scares? Were there any? I don't recall any scares whatsoever.