What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demoncrat]

Top Gun homoerotic?
I've seen less gayer Jeff Stryker films


Ahem.

And isn't Dweezil in the background somewhere in ANOES II??

[Demoncrat]

Blaxploitation is a broad church
Hear me testify

Willie Dynamite (1974, Gilbert Moses)
Willie is the maaan. But someone's got it in for him .... a gritty tone reveals itself as events unfold.
Plus this film contains many many fashion violations.
Recommended. The anti Superfly

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

This is one of those films I've always wanted to see and just never got around to, the list is shortening all the time though!

Ditto on The Graduate.

Silly thing is i've owned it for years too.

[Demoncrat]

Gwendoline (1984; Just Jaecken)
A film made by and for perverts.
HIGHLY recommended.

[bioshark]

Just saw spider-man: Homecoming. Very mediocre. Sam raimi brought a gravitas and horror atmosphere to his trilogy that brought it to a higher level.

[Frankie Teardrop]

ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS – Stuck in bed with a lousy cold, I turned to my pile of discs... it felt like the right time to get into ZFE, held by many to be a classic but a film that I consider to be a bit of a snoozefest. Yes, it's sacrament to some, but my memories are always of me twiddling my thumbs and waiting for someone to get poked in the eye. But something always draws me back in. Images, scenes. It has, near the start, one of my all time fave shots in the history of cinema, the one where the camera zooms in on some worms slithering across the keys of a piano whilst the soundtrack bursts into a throbbing synth pulse. Don't ask me why, but that has to be my most treasured Fulci moment. ZFE approaches a similar level of craziness at other points, too – the shark attack, the rise of the conquistadores. It may suffer from clunky pacing, but there's no doubting its atmosphere in places... images of the walking dead swaying through the windswept streets of Matul have a tendency to linger. As does Fulci's camera – that's what I like about him, he tends to get close to the violence and stays with it, even slows it down. In fact, he's always stepping out of narrative time and searching for something visual or a bit impressive to look at, whether this be the gradual disintegration of a zombie's fingers being crushed by a door, or an airport lounge. There are moments, such as the one when a bored-looking zombie stares sullenly at the floor as Fabio Frizzi's electronics spark up, which seem like the essence of dream, and you can almost sense a new world being born, or at least a new aesthetic.

DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN – It's kind of an homage to the old Universal classics of the thirties, a golden era of horror cinema when Frankenstein and Dracula pretty much ruled in their genteel way without having to resort to much blood or cleavage. Here, they've made a comeback in more sexed-up times (1972, to be exact), and who should be at the directorial reins? None other than Jess Franco, lord of delirious erotic overkill. Those expecting a load of throat biting and shagging will be a bit non-plussed, as this is kind of restrained for a Franco movie. It is, however, pretty f8cking weird. It's not entirely silent, but vast portions of it are without dialogue. And although it does in essence tell a story, it's much more about images – images of Howard Vernon climbing out of a coffin, images of a woman in a psychiatric clinic writhing around on the floor, images of some gypsies hanging out, images of a dude turning into a werewolf at the end just because he can. If shots of candles, bats, sinister looking windows and machines with flashing lights don't do it for you, look somewhere else. As a film, you just have to go with it – let it wash over you and go wherever it takes you. Don't fight it, or you'll lose it – big time. Especially, don't ask the question “why does this film seem to be about people going in and out of buildings and not saying anything whilst the wind blows constantly on the soundtrack?” Because there are no answers. Not as wham bam psychedelic as its cousin 'Erotic Rites of Frankenstein', but somehow madder despite being quieter.

FLESH EATER – Does this film reveal Bill Hinzman to be the hidden genius of NOTLD? Maybe not so much, but, in its frenzy of mid-eighties denim and excessive gore, it's paved a way to my heart for one. There are some late teens up in the woods, gathered there to drink beer and dance – they literally do that at one point, just break off from the story and have a bit of a shimmy to Rock FM. You wouldn't get that in a film these days. Anyway, maybe there's a black magic curse on the area or something, because somewhere along the way a walking corpse is disinterred – it's Bill himself, reprising his iconic role from NOTLD! I quite like that, no explanation given or anything, just THAT zombie – and he's back! Did they think the average viewer would get it? I'm not sure I do. Anyway, zombie contagion spreads throughout the region and pretty soon there's a mass panic yada yada. Except it all happens very quietly, in a case of budgetary concerns triumphing over narrative. I quite like what they do here, as the story just basically dissolves into a series of vignettes, mostly involving violent murder by zombies in local houses – beats rounding everyone up in a shopping mall if you don't have that kind of cash. It also gives the film a kind of suspended, unintended dream-like feel, one event following the next along the flimsiest safety rope of causality. The accidental atmosphere is compounded by the bleakish rural-city setting (if that makes sense), and the cheapo film stock, which gives it a feel harking back to more grindhouse times. A blatant, brutal cash-in, 'Flesh Eater' is great stuff and is really what trash cinema's all about.

[Justin101]

Three first time viewings for me this weekend, first up with Ginger Snaps, it took a few beats to get used to the acting style but once I was in it I was all in and loved this film, it has some flaws (the wig) but over all it was exciting and interesting.

I'm not a Nic Cage fan, let's get that out of the way, his acting in The Rock was hysterically over the top, I tried to zone him out a bit. Other than that it was high octane, fast and action packed! Connery was good and Ed Harris was great too. Not the best 90's actioner out there - perhaps I should have watched Con-Air but I wanted to watch something I'd never seen before.

On to the last episode of Resident Evil - although I don't for one minute believe it's the last one, they even left a not so subtle nod towards keeping the franchise open at the end. Loads of action, loads of zombies, loads of cheesy dialogue, Iain Glenn wiping the floor with everyone else in the film! I enjoyed this quite a bit, good Sunday afternoon viewing

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

FLESH EATER.

Is this the one which VIPCO released as Zombie Nosh? It's been AEONs since I saw that so I can't be sure

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

FLESH EATER – Does this film reveal Bill Hinzman to be the hidden genius of NOTLD? Maybe not so much, but, in its frenzy of mid-eighties denim and excessive gore, it's paved a way to my heart for one. There are some late teens up in the woods, gathered there to drink beer and dance – they literally do that at one point, just break off from the story and have a bit of a shimmy to Rock FM. You wouldn't get that in a film these days. Anyway, maybe there's a black magic curse on the area or something, because somewhere along the way a walking corpse is disinterred – it's Bill himself, reprising his iconic role from NOTLD! I quite like that, no explanation given or anything, just THAT zombie – and he's back! Did they think the average viewer would get it? I'm not sure I do. Anyway, zombie contagion spreads throughout the region and pretty soon there's a mass panic yada yada. Except it all happens very quietly, in a case of budgetary concerns triumphing over narrative. I quite like what they do here, as the story just basically dissolves into a series of vignettes, mostly involving violent murder by zombies in local houses – beats rounding everyone up in a shopping mall if you don't have that kind of cash. It also gives the film a kind of suspended, unintended dream-like feel, one event following the next along the flimsiest safety rope of causality. The accidental atmosphere is compounded by the bleakish rural-city setting (if that makes sense), and the cheapo film stock, which gives it a feel harking back to more grindhouse times. A blatant, brutal cash-in, 'Flesh Eater' is great stuff and is really what trash cinema's all about.

I gave my copy of Flesh Eater away by mistake and didn't have the heart to ask for it back. It was one of those two films on one disc dvd's. I should really buy another copy as it's quite something else. If i recall twas' gory as hell (on a budget).

It came from the same set as one of copies of the wonderful Flesh for the Beast. Yes, one of my copies as i have two. Both are different cuts of the same film which i find a bit odd - both uncut, just different.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Is this the one which VIPCO released as Zombie Nosh? It's been AEONs since I saw that so I can't be sure

Yes, that's right. I'm pretty sure I had that release at one point. Blue Underground did a better version, and there's another cheap UK disc out there (or there was at the time I bought it, years ago) which might just be a port of the BU. A slightly varied history for a film so obviously destined for the margins.