What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Dave Boy]

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MARY MAGDALENE (2018)

Biblical story of the days leading up to the crucifiction as seen through the eyes of Mary of Magdala.
The movie attemps to fill in the gaps not mentioned in the bible and put right the wrongs that have been made about her.
When i first saw this movie a few years ago, with so much going on in my life I thought it was just an okay movie. Last night I watched it again with a clear state of mind and thought it was very good. I really enjoyed it.
Really good perfomances and a nice music score.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

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MARY MAGDALENE (2018)

Biblical story of the days leading up to the crucifiction as seen through the eyes of Mary of Magdala.
The movie attemps to fill in the gaps not mentioned in the bible and put right the wrongs that have been made about her.
When i first saw this movie a few years ago, with so much going on in my life I thought it was just an okay movie. Last night I watched it again with a clear state of mind and thought it was very good. I really enjoyed it.
Really good perfomances and a nice music score.

I hadn't heard of this before so I had a quick look and saw it's directed by Garth Davis, the man who helmed Lion (2016) and stars Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene, Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus Christ, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter, and Tahar Rahim as Judas. That's an impressive array of acting talent, so I'll keep an eye out for a reasonably priced Blu-ray.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Blood Feast (1963)

"Nothing so appalling in the annals of horror" claims the poster.

Well they weren't wrong there. HG Lewis's film is considered the first splatter movie and it is a delightfully bloody feast but although it's very gory it's also extremely fake with the special effects mainly consisting of draping butchers left overs on womens bodies. How the BBFC actually banned this i'll never know.

But at least the murders are fun and watchable. The rest of the film is abysmal, mainly consisting of two cops sat in the corner of the room discussing the murders and trying to figure them out - Before anyone asks, no it's not giallo-esq - or even worse, a young woman named Suzette boring us to tears about a dinner party being held in her honour (Which eventually turns out to be said blood feast). Suzette is played by Playboy pin up Connie Mason, and sadly for the viewer she's a truly terrible actress. Everyone else is bad but Mason is dire bordering on unwatchable.

The story for what it's worth focuses on a psycho caterer named Ramses who dismembers women so he can use their body parts in his cooking as ritualistic sacrifices to the Egyptian goddess Ishtar.

So, whilst the gore scenes are so bad they are genuinely good the rest of the film is just so bad it's bad. Arrow's Blu-ray release of this proves that you can actually polish a turd because it looks far better than this film deserves.

[Justin101]

I enjoy the terrible acting haha, I know a lot of people do but it also puts a lot off as well! Like you said at least it’s peppered with some pretty entertaining murder scenes!

[Susan Foreman]

'Blood Feast' is a great film

[Demoncrat]

Great last line.


To The Limit (1995, Raymond Martino)

Another Anna Nicole Smith actioner.
Our gal is a CIA operative this time. The plot is some mish mash involving the Mafia and Vietnam . She gets nude twice within the first ten minutes ....
The body count is plentiful and the linking scenes had some of the poorest audio yet.
Great ending, which made us cry with the laughter and rewind twice to bask in its unexpectedness

[Graveyard]

Originally Posted by nicholasrope

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Set in 1979, A Porn Crew rent a place on a Rural Farm to shoot their Film but encounter the 2 elderly owners. It takes a while for the violence to start but you do see them making the Movie beforehand. I thought that it was slightly weird but not a complete head scratcher. Worth a watch if you like the Trailer.

And yes Britany Snow is certainly in this (She does sing like Pitch Perfect.

The trailer is better than the movie, lol takes to long to start, and even after that manages to drags a lot.. A prequel is coming btw

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Graveyard

The trailer is better than the movie, lol takes to long to start, and even that manages to drags a lot.. A prequel is coming btw

I was going to watch it this weekend even though I thought it was a bad trailer, I thought maybe the film would be better. Might just forget about it haha!

[Demoncrat]

Land Of Doom (1986, Peter Maris)

Poapoc caper filmed in Turkey for once.
A young woman and a fugitive team up for expediencies sake in a barren wasteland surrounded by mobile scum of all sorts, mainly rapists cough.
Crazed and riddled with tropes, the action is plentiful, if a tad piecemeal due to static camera work, and to top it off the head of this clan is a Primark Richard Lynch to boot, just adding to the general mayhem.
I will say that the ST is ... something else ahem.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)

I thought i'd rewatch this German Krimi starring Christopher Lee seeing as Severin are releasing it on Blu-ray as part of the second volume of Christopher Lee films.

Quite honestly it's dire. The English subtitles, lacking Lee's voice, are amusing to begin with but soon become tedious in the extreme and in truth i can't rememebr a thing about it despite only watching it last night other than it's set in London. It lacks suspense and... oh forget it. The only reason anyone might want to see this is an early staring role for lovely Marisa Mell.

I won't be wasting any money on the second Christopher Lee Eurocrypt set that's guaranteed.