What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

In terms of the funding, the UK Film Council, who I think put up much (if not all) of the money, could have spent the money by funding (in whole or part) a film by Mike Leigh, Morgan Matthews, Ken Loach, Debbie Tucker Green, Shane Meadows, Yann Demange or someone completely unknown, making the next Dead Man's Shoes, '71, X+Y, Kes, Second Coming or Secrets and Lies instead.

It made £600k on a budget of £1.5m so never even came close to breaking even.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It made £600k on a budget of £1.5m so never even came close to breaking even.

I knew it was a critical and commercial failure, but that is a complete disaster. The amount of money it failed to recoup will probably not have been made on the home cinema market as those who didn't love the trailer for the film when they saw it at the cinema will, if they're anything like me, have watched it out of morbid curiosity.

[trebor8273]

Think Goonies with the universal monsters, but better, a group of kids who are part of the " monster squad" end up taking on Dracula , the mummy , Wolfman and the creature from the black lagoon for the fate of the world with help from Frankenstein's monster. This is far better homage to the classic monster movies than the crap that are part of Universal's dark universe if the mummy is anything to go by. 8.5/10

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Think Goonies with the universal monsters, but better, a group of kids who are part of the " monster squad" end up taking on Dracula , the mummy , Wolfman and the creature from the black lagoon for the fate of the world with help from Frankenstein's monster. This is far better homage to the classic monster movies than the crap that are part of Universal's dark universe if the mummy is anything to go by. 8.5/10

Fantastic film.

[Rik]

Yeah, one of my favourites since it came out, we definitely need a UK release


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[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Rik

Yeah, one of my favourites since it came out, we definitely need a UK release


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Yes we do, the version I got is going for silly money now.

Talking of films that need a UK release still surprised no one has done a release of Nightbreed

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Knock Knock

A remake of the delirious 1977 film Death Game but lacking in all that makes the original such a great underrated and under seen gem.

This new film is way too tame in every aspect where as the original film starts spinning its freaky deaky fairly early on and never gives up until it's surprise ending.

Eli Roth has never matched some of the fantastic individual scenes in Hostel II for me. There is something about his work that I can't quite put my on finger that makes his films feel fake and gives the impression of a good child desperately trying to be bad to impress the bigger kids.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Yes we do, the version I got is going for silly money now.

Talking of films that need a UK release still surprised no one has done a release of Nightbreed

Is that because Nightbreed is actually crap and everyone secretly knows it but won't say so...

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Rik

Yeah, one of my favourites since it came out, we definitely need a UK release


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Have your kids seen it Rik? It has been a firm favourite of my two for a few years now.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Have your kids seen it Rik? It has been a firm favourite of my two for a few years now.

No, but I watched it with my step daughters a few weeks back and they loved it


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