What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

How can you watch a Christmas film in early March?

Simple...you stick in on and just sit back and watch it....that's how most people watch a movie

The streaming site doesn't keep things up for long and thought it be the only chance to watch this entry.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Justin101

He's a psycho clearly

[MrBarlow]

Walking Tall. 1973.

Bufford "Bull" Pusser returns to home only to find corruption amongst the town's Sheriff and Judge when he is attacked and left for dead. He decides to run for the Sheriff at the next election and tries to clean up the town.

Based on the real life of Bufford who served as a technical advisor on this sees Joe Don Baker taking the role on and this was never received well by the audience. The remake is more action style with The Rock, this original version shows a bit more drama rather than swinging a bat around. Bruce Glover plays the deputy who doesn't agree with the present Sheriff's antics and Felton Perry plays the outcast who is deputised and joins the ranks of law and order. This does have it's fair share of violence for it's time but you can only cheer on the good guys.

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[MrBarlow]

Walking Tall Part II. 1975.

Sheriff Pusser continues his war against crime in his district.

Bo Svenson takes on the role this time round as Bufford, Bruce Glover returns as deputy Grady and Robert DoQui as deputy Obra, taking over from the role Felton Perry played in the previous film. This does have more action sequences and good car chases. Richard Jaeckel has the pleasure of seeing his sports car being body cavity searched in public which you feel his sympathy in seeing a good car getting stripped. This was a decent sequel and worth watching. Before filming Sheriff Pusser was to appear on the film but was killed in a car crash that people believe was a contracted killing.

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[MrBarlow]

Walking Tall: Final Chapter. 1977.

Bufford still Sheriff and still seeking prosecution for the death of his wife, has the town people slowly fearing him with a mob boss trying to stir things up. and a movie producer looking to make a film about him.

Bo Svenson returns as Bufford Pusser and shows his final days as the Sheriff who is voted out of office and returns to civilian life only for trouble to keep finding him. This is a bit more dramatic and has toned down some of the action but still enjoyable and does show the demise of his life. The acting is really enjoyable and shows Bufford trying to be reasonable when it comes to some youths and a lawyer disagreeing with his methods. These are certainly worth a watch.

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[MrBarlow]

The Substitute 3. 1999.

Mercenary Karl Thomasson takes a job as a English college Professor after his friend's daughter who is a teacher is beaten up by the school football players.

Treat Williams returns as Karl who goes undercover when a friend is beaten and comes across a mobster who is supplying enhancement steroids to the local college coach. There is plenty of action and good fight sequences, Treat is able to take on the biggest guy to prove a point in diplomacy. James Black and Claudia Christian play Rahmel and Andy who help out Karl and provide some laughter to the fight. Even though it's a b grade straight to video movie this was a decent entry into the franchise.

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[Super 8]

Watched Brightburn (2019) on Film4 and was surprised that it was shown uncut and includes the 'glass splinter' scene which was cut by the BBFC for a 15 rating,So are the UK DVD/Blu ray cut also in the same two scenes?

The film can be seen on the All4 channel.

[MrBarlow]

The Witching Season. 2016.

5 original anthology of stories.

Killer On The Loose
A escaped murderer stalks in the shadows of a house where a young girl takes refuge.

Princess
A mother and her young daughter move to a new house, in the basement the daughter finds stuff toys that the previous owner does not want them returned.

Not Alone
Kyle wakes up from a bad dream and tries to rationalise what is real and what isn't when he sees a shadow in his room.

They Live Inside Us
A horror novelist spends the night in a reportedly haunted house to find inspiration for his new book.

Is That You?
Courtney confined to her bedroom and sees a figure outside her house and thinks someone is playing a prank on her.

I don't think these are original as they seem to have been done before or r=the makers paying homage to other horror stories. Each one like previous anthology films we love do come with a twist that we can predict but it's fun to watch them play out. The acting isn't great and the stories last about 15 minutes except the third which lasts 30 minutes, the makers did try to give us chills.

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[Demoncrat]

Trapped Alive (1988, Leszek Burzynski)

Sort of sleazy, sort of nasty, sort of a thriller ahem. A disparate group congregate when Cameron Mitchell sends his daughter off into the night. Extremely of its period this one. The main villain is a right bleedin' scumbag. Recommended? Hmm.



Liquid Sky (1982)

Revisit of this oddity as mate wanted to see it. A group of hipsters find more than the next fix when an alien lands on their tenement. Still a divisive flick, mate loved the dialogue and the odd titbit of info I threw in.

[MrBarlow]

The Naked Witch. 1961.

A witch rises from her grave to seek revenge on the descendants of the ones who persecuted her.

This starts off like a documentary style tale telling of witches throughout the ages for about ten minutes then we are placed in the film, set in Germany Texas, a student finds the grave of a witch and is resurrected. I'm not gonna say this was a brilliant film, Libby Hall who plays the witch is seen naked...from a distance and then a black line appears obscuring her from the front. There is some mild nudity we see but not the best. The picture quality is a bit fuzzy like it was done on a very old camcorder. It does have more questions than answers, at 59 minutes it doesn't seem fast paced, it helped to pass time.

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