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Old 8th March 2021, 09:32 PM
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You should watch it with him. It's fantastic.
I will intend to do that, just found it on amazon for under 5 quid
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Old 8th March 2021, 10:46 PM
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Riverbend (1989, Sam Firstenberg)

Steve James in a lead role? SOLD.
A somewhat relevant flick, even if it is set in the sixties cough.
A trio of "deserters" find redemption when they come up against a corrupt lawman.
Their training comes in handy ahem.
The language is redolent of the period. Would make a great double bill with Fight For Your Life
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Old 9th March 2021, 06:50 AM
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Tsk! Grip of the Strangler to the British among us.

I really like the film actually even if Karloff's idea of transformation is to simply bite his lower lip.
It's a lot subtler than that - there is also the closing of the eye

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Old 9th March 2021, 08:25 PM
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Old 9th March 2021, 09:51 PM
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SHOCKWAVES (1977)

Must be many years since I saw this last, on Vipco VHS.
Good movie with some great images as the troops emerge from the sea and stand staring from the trees.
Bloodless movie but good fun, and Peter Cushing's in it so all is well.
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Old 10th March 2021, 01:15 PM
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Alucarda (1977)

If i were to describe this movie in one word then that word would be 'shrill'.

There's too much f*cking screaming, especially in the final third. All the wonderful satanic, softcore Gothic imagery, dragged down by constant ear bursting screaming.

Should be retitled Scream and Scream Again, Then Scream Some More!
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Old 10th March 2021, 03:03 PM
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A sense of freedom, story of Jimmy Boyle a Glaswegian gangster in the 60s,
The original tv version 95min, been about 15yrs since last seen this and it is about my 3rd time I can't compare it to the DVD version because I've never seen it but it's 10 min shorter 85min, apparently DVD version been re-dubbed to tonne down the Scottish accent, let's just say the guys a nutter and doesn't give a £uck, £uck you, £uck society, and if he can make life living hell for the screws then £uck them as well, made in late 70s when films concentrated more on brutal side of the film rather than the violence and controversial side, highly recommended.
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Old 10th March 2021, 10:31 PM
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Secret Admirer (1985)

A comedy about a love letter going to the wrong person which then escalates as additional people end up seeing the very same letter.

Whilst not what i'd call a laugh out loud comedy Secret Admirer is one of those films that is easy to watch, keeps you engaged throughout and plays out like an enjoyable farce rather than a typical teen comedy.

The cast including C. Thomas Howell and Kelly Preston are all good especially Lori Loughlin, although she couldn't play frumpy and put upon if she tried. The cast is fleshed out with strong turns by Fred Ward, Leigh Taylor-Young and the constantly watchable Dee Wallace, all who end up as unwilling victims of the anonymous love letter.
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I enjoyed it even though the characters have never seen a horror film and make rookie mistakes, If they had seen Evil Dead the movie would have been over in 5 minutes. My 1st thought was "Total Body Dismemberment"
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Old 11th March 2021, 11:30 AM
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Touch of death....hmmm....where to start....

This story itself is pretty good - cannibal serial killer stalking the lonely hearts columns to kill and rip off rich widows to feed his gambling addiction finds himself ‘at risk’ by a shoddy copycat killer leaving clues which are seemingly leading police directly to him. The execution however, is pretty poor. The script is terrible! The newsreader’s lines sound as if someone has made a note of ideas of what the news reader might say only to them never go back and write them properly. Another part has the newsreader read out the suspect’s DNA code (??) and our killer reacts with “That’s my DNA!”. Crikey.

The music throughout was awful. I think it was supposed to be some kind of classical music, as the characters were dancing and like motioning waves with their hands the way folk do in films when they’re enjoying classical, but the music sounded as if it was straight out of a circus tent.

I get the impression that Fulci was a bit down on his luck when the producers, hoping to cash in on the “Fulci” name offered him this job. Exploitation at it’s finest! And I certainly feel exploited!


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