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Old 13th February 2019, 11:10 PM
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Forgotten how much I like this one , very atmospheric and creepy, with some good acting for me a better film than the original Amityville. 8.5/10




Great Larry Cohen monster movie. Shaft and Caine are a couple of new York cops who have to deal with a giant Aztec lizard/bird that's biting the heads of the local population as well as this they have to deal with small time con,Michael Moriarty who's using the creature to his advantage. 8/10

Now watching city of the living dead.
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Old 14th February 2019, 08:39 AM
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Saw Happy Death Day 2U at the cinema today. The original was slight but fun, but this one is bloated and unnecessarily wildly overcomplicated, losing the simplistic conceit and thus charm of the original with unwanted gobbledygook explanations and a wholly unwanted lurch more into sci-fi and even broader comedy than horror. Eh, I wasn't impressed.
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Old 14th February 2019, 09:17 AM
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Saw Happy Death Day 2U at the cinema today. The original was slight but fun, but this one is bloated and unnecessarily wildly overcomplicated, losing the simplistic conceit and thus charm of the original with unwanted gobbledygook explanations and a wholly unwanted lurch more into sci-fi and even broader comedy than horror. Eh, I wasn't impressed.
I've heard and seen bad reviews of this online so I'll just wait till its somewhere like Netflix before I bother with it .
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Old 14th February 2019, 11:33 AM
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Two sisters run away from home attracted by the glitz and glam of London hoping to crack into the modelling business. Right from the get go something isn't right when one of the girls get a job in a country manor for the weekend.

Apart from the beautiful woman and nudity the thing that struck me right off the bat was the beautiful use of light and colour in the country manor especially in the night time ritual scenes. I really enjoyed the change in power from the potential abuse and manipulation of two innocent young woman to a sort of hunter becoming the hunted. Films like this make so much more scense these days with what ee know abiut wjat really haopens in hollywood and the entertainment business or maybe im just reading too much into this trying to find hidden meaning in a straight forward soft core romp in the country. 😄😄😄😄

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Old 14th February 2019, 06:20 PM
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Diary of a Country Priest

8/10

Why would anyone want to be a priest, a life of misery and martyrdom unless you're like a top priest partying in the hot tubs of the vatican.
Good film though, felt sorry for the wee priest fella.


F/X and F/X 2

7/10

Loved these films for years. "Rawlie" is some man.
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Old 14th February 2019, 07:14 PM
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The Nun 2018.

A troubled priest and a young nun investigate a suicide at a convent encounter a dark malevolent evil force in Romania.

I held off watching this thanks to the trailer, with a few spoilers in it, the plot to it was interesting as the origin of Valak was slowly revealed. Taissa Farmiga does play her part as Sister Irene pretty well as Demian Bichir as the Vatican investigator Father Burke.

IMHO the film did seem to be too dark even with the lights off and although it was filmed in a decent pace it was like parts of it was rushed and predictable jump scares, was good how it does tie in with The Conjuring. 6 out of 10.
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Old 14th February 2019, 10:46 PM
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Captain Pirate (1952)

Louis Hayward returns as Captain Peter Blood, this time out to clear his name after a second pirate causes havoc in the Caribbean whilst posing as Blood.

Even more of a swash buckler than Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), whilst the film lacks ship to ship battles there's a terrific set piece finale as a pirate ship attacks the island fort of Tortuga and sword fights throughout the rest of the film as the film focuses on action rather than romance.
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Old 15th February 2019, 12:05 AM
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The Toxic Avenger 1984.

After a prank gone wrong, janitor Melvin falls into a batch of toxic waste and becomes a superhero in Tromaville.

This is not to be taking seriously as a great super hero movie, it has so called acting that can be as bad as pornstars (not that I have watched them) way over the top acting and bad special effects, but gotta love Troma movies, will admit I have seen a few of their movies and thought they were great, childhood movies still live. 7 out of 10.
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Old 15th February 2019, 01:51 PM
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THE POSSESSED
Aka LADY OF THE LAKE, this beautifully filmed noir / giallo is a visual feast from beginning to end. Great score too. Arrow’s blu Ray presentation is stunning. Highly recommended. Any chance of LE ORME / FOOTPRINTS?

SWEENEY!
Regan and Carter move to the big screen, in the first of the two Sweeney movies. A bit more of a convoluted plot than the usual tv series blags, with good rapport between Thaw and Waterman ( though not quite up to the peaks of the best of the tv series ). Great stuff. Network’ s blu Ray looks superb.
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Old 15th February 2019, 09:40 PM
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Saw. Two men wake up chained in a bathroom, the latest victims of a notorious serial killer known as "Jigsaw", and soon find themselves expected to play a very deadly game. Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter and Michael Emerson star in the original Saw which, even despite its endless pointless sequels, remains a potent and intense horror thriller come whodunnit. Still a very fine film.
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