What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Yeah that's definitely a Urban Legend/Myth that people in a CCTV room watch movies all night

Obviously. I mean. You watch tv too.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Obviously. I mean. You watch tv too.

Nope not me, when I'm at work I focus on the task in hand

[MrBarlow]

Carry On Girls. 1973.

To boost up their image of the seaside town, the local council group of Fircombe decide to hold a beauty contest that upsets some of the female residents who plan to sabotage it.

Was this the film for the inspiration for the saucy seaside postcards or were the postcards the inspiration for this film?? Sid, Barbara, Joan, Kenneth C, Bernie and Jack all team up again with Valerie Leon this time dubbed with Joan's voice, god knows why. The smart remarks from Sid are always a laugh and Bernie getting dressed up as a woman didn't really suit him. Still made me laugh a lot.

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[trebor8273]

Not a patch on the first too much pointless talking and not enough alligator also doesn't help that the bestie doesn't seem that large .



Probably Tobe Hoopers second greatest film and one of better King adaptations. Along with horror express this what got me into horror but unlike horror express this scared the crap out of me and I think we all know what scene I'm taking about , still creepy after all these years. Creepy little vampire bastard thanks for all those sleepless nights.


Now watching .

[MrBarlow]

Be interesting to see what you make of SON treb

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Be interesting to see what you make of SON treb

Enjoying what I've seen.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Be interesting to see what you make of SON treb

Did you enjoy it?

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Did you enjoy it?

I thought it was interesting and enjoyable with a good twist in the end

[MrBarlow]

Carry On Henry. 1971.

King Henry marries Marie Of Normandy, trying to decide how to get rid of her without upsetting her cousin the King of France without starting a war causes problems.

This may not be the best Carry On film but certainly not the worst, Sid plays Henry who marries Marie played by Joan who won't stop eating garlic and plans to do away with her and sets his sight on Bettina played by Barbara. Kenneth W, plays Thomas Cromwell who seems to run about a lot trying to get a confession from Sir Roger de Lodgerley played by Charles. for me the laughs were few in between and when they came it was more of a snigger than a laugh.

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jawbreaker (1999)

Part of last nights Rebecca Gayheart double bill (If you could call Urban Legends: Final Cut and her thirty second appearance the first part).

Jawbreaker is one of those black comedy high school style movies that always gets mentioned in the same breath as Heathers from eleven years previous. It does share similarities such as the popular girl cliques (Here we have Rose McGowan, Gayheart and Julie (Darla) Benz), bright and slightly odd sickly sweet dispositions and naturally student deaths.

For her birthday, the three girls above accidentally kill fourth clique member Charlotte Ayanna with a large jawbreaker sweet so naturally attempt to cover things up as the school and police investigate.

When they are rumbled by the timid Julie Greer who sees them trying to cover up the girls death as a rape and murder (Incidentally the guy who the girls frame for this is played by McGowan's boyfriend at the time Marilyn Manson) so ends up indoctrinated into the clique and given a very 'pink' transformation into the high school's new 'Miss Popular'.

At the time it was slated for ripping off Heathers but i liked it then and still do. McGowan does 'vicious bitch' very well and is a great villain in true Bette Davis style. Meanwhile the clever script and excellent support from Gayheart and Greer plus that very wicked streak of black humour, not to mention The Donnas playing live at the prom, elevate it to the upper echelons of high school movies for this viewer.