What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

I Know What You Did Last Summer but gimme Urban Legend any day to be honest.

Urban Legend doesn't have Type O' Negative's Summer Breeze on the soundtrack as the camera does a great coastal tracking shot though.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Last week's viewings:

Star Time (1992)

A confused misfit becomes suicidal when his favorite TV show is cancelled. An agent promises to make him a TV star if he kills certain people, so he becomes 'The Baby Mask Killer'.

There is a Videodrome-vibe which permeates this one and it is chock full of industrial-grue and manic decay, so naturally I bought into it in a big way. A real surprise.



76/100


The Untamed (La región salvaje) (2016)

A dramatic and raw tale of relationships and family interspersed with Lovecraftian sexual terror. Recommended.



74/100


Snapshot (1979)

A coming of age tale with a twist as a young hairdresser enters into the modeling world while fearing retaliation from her puritanical mother and stalker ex-boyfriend - who drives a pink ice-cream van.

In an attempt to riff off of Halloween, this one was titled The Day After Halloween in certain territories but has absolutely zero to do with the season or a masked killer. Instead this is a fascinating character piece chock-full of oddball characters with a De Palma vibe running throughout. Another pleasant surprise and yet another recommendation.



67/100


Bewitched (1981)

Crazy Shaw Bros. black magic tale as a Thai woman hexes her 'holiday' lover to the extent that he ends up killing his own daughter and sprouts some choice fur from his stomach. It is then down to a monk to try and break the curse.

Not quite as ostentatious as The Boxer's Omen but there's plenty of cup-fulls of crazy to be had here.

The ending is pretty hilarious as the film tries to summarise the craziness that came before it via the morality coda of: 'Don't have casual sex' and 'Don't use Voodoo for revenge'. Spoilsports.



67/100


Tag (2015)

A lesser Sono film, but still a Sono film so plenty of enjoyment to be had here. A lean running time aside, this was beginning to over-stay its welcome a little by the end despite an anticipation to know what the **** was happening... a little anti-climactic to say the least and not quite what I expected, but a fun ride and one for the re-watch pile of the near future.



70/100


Black Widow (1987)

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can’t prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

Whilst a little far-fetched, this is a pretty decent thriller overall with some great location shots and whilst the two leads are pretty good in their roles some of the ensemble cast are a little wooden.



65/100

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Last week's viewings:




The Untamed (La región salvaje) (2016)

A dramatic and raw tale of relationships and family interspersed with Lovecraftian sexual terror. Recommended.



74/100

Sold!

Literally. Saw your post. Bought new from MM for a fiver.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Sold!

Literally. Saw your post. Bought new from MM for a fiver.

I hope you enjoy - it may be a bit arty-farty for your tastes though!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I hope you enjoy - it may be a bit arty-farty for your tastes though!

CEX give three quid cash so it's no great loss.

I'm expecting great things after seeing We Are the Flesh recently. On a roll with Arrow porn i hope.

[Dave Boy]

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ZOMBIELAND (2009)

With the sequel out in October, I thought I would watch this one again.
Great fun from start to finish. All the cast are great and the appearance of Bill Murray tops it off. Apart from the comedy elements, the zombies look great and there are some good scenes of deserted highways etc.
Excellent.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

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ZOMBIELAND (2009)



With the sequel out in October, I thought I would watch this one again.

Great fun from start to finish. All the cast are great and the appearance of Bill Murray tops it off. Apart from the comedy elements, the zombies look great and there are some good scenes of deserted highways etc.

Excellent.

Rewatched it myself last week, still love it and can’t wait for the sequel now it’s confirmed all the cast are back

[Dave Boy]

Yeah, so much looking forward to the sequel..
Zombieland was 10 years ago. WOW!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I'm probably on my own here but i thought Zombieland was overrated and actually got worse the longer it went on.

By the time they reached the amusement park i was willing it to end.

I'll get my coat...and make sure the doors locked on the way out.

[iank]

Bill Murray's cameo was the only good thing in it.