What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Seen this on dvd three or four times now and it doesn't get any better but i still watch it. I know that really doesn't make sense. Haha!!

Nothing wrong with a little guilty pleasure in a bad film

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Nothing wrong with a little guilty pleasure in a bad film

It's not a guilty pleasure. I forget what happens basically so fancy giving it a rewatch. It's only when half way through do i think "Oh, yeah, it's this one where they hide in the attic all the time"

[MrBarlow]

Warning Sign. 1985.

In a small town, a bio tech company dealing in agricultural research suffers a internal leak. A security guard and a doctor try to survive being locked in and fend of those that are infected.

A man made bio-hazard liquid in a sealed test tube is broken, something that was done in Resident Evil except in this it doesnt turn people in to zombies but makes them homicidal, a bit like the crazies. This does have a feel of a tv movie mode about it but this was certainly good, Kathleen Quinlan plays the security guard who follows the standard protocol, Sam Waterson as the local town Sheriff, Jeffrey DeMunn as the outside drunk scientist, G.W. Bailey as the calmer scientist and Yaphett Kotto as the government agent. The acting is quite decent with plenty of good built up tense moments along the way.

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Nice write up, JHarker.

Banshees is a film that intrigues. The general premise doesn't really appeal - the two friends falling out - but still it intrigues.

I love McDonagh's In Bruges. For me along with Shoot 'em Up (2007) it was one of the most entertaining films of the 00's. However Seven Psychopaths which came out a few years later i thought was, for want of a better word, rubbish.

JHarker's review was very good and I think The Banshees of Inisherin is a brilliant tragicomedy more than a black comedy – it's not the same tone as in Bruges.

I think the simple premise belies a deeper, intelligent, allegorical film about the Irish Civil War – there are several scenes with someone looking from the coast to the mainland and commenting on the ongoing violence there.

I could be completely wrong in my interpretation, but it works for me until I watch it a second time.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

JHarker's review was very good and I think The Banshees of Inisherin is a brilliant tragicomedy more than a black comedy – it's not the same tone as in Bruges.



I think the simple premise belies a deeper, intelligent, allegorical film about the Irish Civil War – there are several scenes with someone looking from the coast to the mainland and commenting on the ongoing violence there.



I could be completely wrong in my interpretation, but it works for me until I watch it a second time.

I think its a film open to interpretation at least that's what im going with . The Irish Civil War going on just across on the mainland is an obvious potential choice for the metaphorical source. It just felt a bit simple for me, although i think the nature of futility is definitely a theme. Its interesting, I found, that a war is taking place so close to them, yet has no bearing whatsoever on the their mundane day to day lives. It may as well be the other side of the world. It says something about the way this planet works that now in 2023 a war the other side of the world has an impact on us here in the UK.

[Demoncrat]

The Body Beneath (1970, Andy Milligan)

Meet the Fords. They are rather keen on keeping it "in house" so to speak ahem. When two distant relatives come into their orbit, let the party commence ...
Yes, this is the one with the purple bints
Hammer it ain't. When he decamped to the UK for ... reasons .... he seemed to find kindred souls aplenty. Our main antagonists are a mixed bunch with the weirdest sniff of Scooby Doo around the manor. I may have been drunk.



Ambulance (2022, Michael Bay)

Hackneyed premise given a breath of life for the modern age (ie lots of drones )
Reasonably entertaining nonsense from you know who.
Meet Will. He's having a bad day and a suggestion by his step brother doesn't turn out well ahem. The woke is plastered on with a trowel btw.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the majority of it ....

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Ambulance (2022, Michael Bay)

Hackneyed premise given a breath of life for the modern age (ie lots of drones )
Reasonably entertaining nonsense from you know who.
Meet Will. He's having a bad day and a suggestion by his step brother doesn't turn out well ahem. The woke is plastered on with a trowel btw.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the majority of it ....

I too liked this. It's perhaps 20 mins too long but hugely entertaining and i like the fact Bay got the cast to do a lot of their own stunts as they made it gorilla style.

[J Harker]

Anyone ever consider reviewing a film halfway through because despite all optimism, you're pretty sure the rest of it won't make any difference?

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

I think fun and entertaining are two of the main words that should be used to describe The Return of the Living Dead. It's also an inventive zombie film with nods to Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead from Alien screenwriter Dan O'Bannon.

A film that almost spoofs the genre without sacrificing the shock value. It's superior black comedy which borders on the hysterical at times and for every laugh out loud moment "Send more paramedics" "Send more cops" there's the equal in gut wrenching terror.

It was a joy to finally see this on Blu-ray last night and the 5:1 soundtrack was a blast with all the weird sounds and great music from the likes of T.S.O.L., The Cramps, The Damned and 45 Grave with their brilliant song Party Time which kick starts the zombie bash.

As far as 80's horror goes i don't think this is anywhere near the best of the decade but it is one of the most (in)famous and also one of the most fun.

[Justin101]

Now you need to watch the 5hrs+ of extras on the disc

I watched both this and part 2 back to back a couple of months back, love them both.