What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

You forgot a character flying horizontally through the air, shooting two guns at the same time

Lovingly referenced by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

You forgot a character flying horizontally through the air, shooting two guns at the same time

That's usually at the end of the wall sequence.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Deadite

The blu-ray i have has the film split into two parts each on its own disc. Only seen the first part so far, which is brilliant. I was invested in the characters in the first 5 minutes.

Really not selling this you know. It's brilliant but not worth going back to?

[Deadite]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Really not selling this you know. It's brilliant but not worth going back to?

Unlike the rest of you freaks i don't have 25 hours a day in which to watch films!

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

The last hour is certainly better than the first.

And that is a matter of opinion haha

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Brian Gibson, 1984)

Whilst the first film isn't exactly understated, this chucks the kitchen sink in in an effort to outdo it?? One decent image towards the end doth not a great film make.

[Demoncrat]

Naked Blood (1996, Hisayusa Sato)

Charming tale of adolescent desires gone wrong.
But enough about Adventures In Babysitting ......

Eiji has daddy issues, so he invents a drug called Myson "the ultimate painkiller". Sadly Pa never taught his brat about ethics......whilst not as OTT as I had been led to believe, it is still a fairly disturbing film, even if in terms of graphic screen violence it has been overshadowed by the likes of Saw and other multiplex abortions.

There was an original language trailer for Ebola Syndrome on the dvd. Which made me want to watch it again


Green Room (2015, Jeremy Saulnier)

Before Harry Potter finally makes everyone aware of racist skinheads , here's something from last year. Chekov as bass player in generic punk band? Why not? IT'S CALLED ACTING after all. An English rose as ratty looking skinhead girl? Natch. See previous statement. Whilst there are holes you could drive a truck through, I enjoyed this. Great last line as well.....

[Cinematic Shocks]

Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)

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

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

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

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Scorned (2013)

A man takes his girlfriend to a hillside retreat for a romantic weekend. Unbeknown to him, she knows he's been cheating on her with her best friend.

I loved this demented blackly comic thriller. It's so fast paced you won't have time to breath. The script doesn't mess about, it knows you'll have seen films like this before so doesn't sign post everything as some movies do. A simple glance at an object can bring in the next plot device.

Much of my enjoyment of this film came from the sick performance by Annalynn McCord. She doesn't take the idea of being cheated on particularly well and uses everything in her means to extract revenge on cheating boyfriend, Billy Zane and best friend Viva Bianca, who some may remember from the brilliant sandals, slaughter and sex series Spartacus. In fact McCord's performance was one of the most memorable i've seen in a long time - Sinister, sexy and downright disturbed at times. Far better than in the disappointing Excision (2012)

Whilst not taking itself seriously it was decidedly shocking in places. There's a lot of torture involved but not using the usual instruments as seen is Hostel etc. McCord uses things around the home like vices and pliers and electric cables in which she uses to burn Zane's eyes out.

Scorned twists and turns it's way throughout it's slim 80 minutes running time and what some films might have as plot contrivances this film blends them in perfectly even to the point of pointing out it's influences as they happen (Hello Misery)

After some fairly average to miserable horrors recently, Scorned hit back like a bone crushing return to the genre. As far as direct to dvd horror films go, this is in the top tier.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Master of the World (1961)

The well meaning but ever so slightly bonkers Robur (Vincent Price) builds a zeppelin esq airship - the Albatross - and uses it to stop all wars by threatening to destroy the American, British, German, and Russian fleets unless they demilitarize quickly.

Set in the late nineteenth century this AIP production, although sadly not under the direction of Roger Corman, of a Jules Verne story, is a lot of fun. The film is both world conquering and personal as a team of four scientists lead by Charles Bronson (fresh from the previous years The Magnificent Seven) attempt to stop Price and disable or destroy the Albatross - Would you really name your sea crossing airship Albatross? I certainly wouldn't.

Cue lots of daring-do, bomb dropping and woeful stock footage with the Albatross is a fine piece of model work. Price is as marvelous as ever but the acting and action honours go to Bronson who of course gets the girl in the end.

Rather a fun romp - Recommended.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Cue lots of daring-do

Sounds like an interesting film. That's the first time I have seen the phrase written like that, because I've always thought it was 'derring-do'.