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Might go with Fragasso's Beyond Darkness tonight for that real cocktail of Italian quality. |
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I really like 'Beyond Darkness', but it's not very good at all. I'm just addicted to the look and feel of that period of Italo horror, when it was all fizzling out. The 88 Blu looks at least as soft as 'Paganini Horror' btw. I think they're all like that, I'm not aware of Severin's transfer being any kind of improvement really. |
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PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND – N Cage seems to gravitate towards strange, over-the-top films latterly. ‘Mandy’, ‘The Color Out of Space’ etc etc, they’re all a bit bananas and quite visually striking. Sion Sono is at the directorial helm, so already you have an inkling of the kind of territory we might be heading for. Well, it’s a freaky film for sure and again the visual opulence is what strikes you first. POTG’s bustling sets seem to belong to a western replanted in a time-clash multiverse full of doll people and crowds that are always on the brink of bursting into song, one long stampede of weirdness with Cage leading the dance. At one point I was reminded of that old Rod Hull and Emu skit in the Pink Windmill, where he’s followed around by all those people chanting ‘There’s somebody at the door… there’s somebody at the door…” Don’t know what I’m on about? Well f*ck off and watch this instead then, but I can’t guarantee what kind of time you’ll have – ‘Prisoners Of the Ghostland’ is an impressive and operatic display, but for all its vivid presence and intensity it lacks Sono’s hallmark ‘offness’ (there in spades in, say, ‘Love Exposure’ or ‘Exte’).
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Whats-Up-Doc-UK-Q-1972-scaled-500x374.jpg "WHAT'S UP, DOC?" (1972) A mix up of four identical cases causes mayhem in this excellent 'screwball' comedy. This movie never lets up. Every moment there is a verbal or visual gag on screen. It actually gets exhausting it is so relentless. This is certainly the best of the 70s 'screwball' revival movies. |
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Sorry for being MIA for over a month. Some life changes over here. Hope to come back when things settle. Just popping in to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, and a happy Die Hard viewing.
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