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To The Devil A Daughter (1976, Peter Sykes) I put my hands up here and say I do not rate Wheatley at all. His prose is stuffy and riddled with snobbery imho. Having said that the cherubic glee that Lee exudes during a birthing sequence lifted this viewing. Beautiful plumage squire! See you can polish a turd . A populist debunker of current occultist trends is sweatily tasked by Denholm Elliot (at his fidgety best here ) with rescuing his estranged child from a right bleedin' bunch of cults and no mistaking! Part paid with deutschmarks, the film is saddled with the albatross that is Natassia Kinski. Christus she is terrible. . And that ending killed Hammer stone dead in my opinion. But it was nice to see an actual human on fire as well. So ... you win some .....
__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [B] "... the days ahead will be filled with struggle ... and coated in marzipan ... "[/B] |
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The film was just a bit lacking for me. I may rewatch it again. That nice Mr Barraclough etc etc.
__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [B] "... the days ahead will be filled with struggle ... and coated in marzipan ... "[/B] |
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Thirsty for Love, Sex and Murder (1972) 71qUVDbGLuL.jpg I accidentally signed up for the Amazon prime trial when ordering something , so thought i may as well peruse the dodgy films, have set up a watchlist and am going to try and watch a few over the next few weeks. First up was this, dragged in by the title, (Which i'd never heard of) and the fact that's it's only an hour long. A Turkish giallo (well basically a remake of "The strange vice of Mrs Wardh") this was really entertaining (i thought), full of bad editing and even dodgier acting that i found at points hilarious. Then smothered with a completely slapdash soundtrack that sounds like a mix of slow melodies, cut up and chopped together by a moron on speed, then blended with what sounds like a fuzz guitar being fought over by a gang of hungry alley cats. It's not particularly gory, but it's filled with stupid scenes like where a victim is asking the killer not to rape her (as she slowly undoes her top ..eh?) whilst he is not even touching her and she could easily run away. Also a detective who acts all chilled then suddenly shouts questions in witnesses faces randomly, and a guy who suddenly does cartwheels to evade bullets. Not a good film in any sense of the word but i found it really entertaining. 7/10
__________________ MIKE: I've got it! Peter Cushing! We've got to drive a stake through his heart! VYVYAN: Great! I'll get the car! NEIL: I'll get a cushion. |
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