Have they added giraffes like it said at the end of the film?

Yes. Calico is the Nurse in the film of 'The Ballad of Dwight Frye' from the 'Brutally Live' tour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVPFpvQWbKU

In addition to her (b.1981), Alice has a son Dash (b. 1985), who plays in a band called Co-Op (formerly known as Runaway Phoenix); and another daughter Sonora Rose (b. 1992).

They hadn't the last time I went there but that was almost a year ago now.

Night Of The Devils

Excellent Eurohorror flick from the early 70s, with great atmosphere and excellent special effects.

Obviously it's much easier said than done ( rights issues, financial viability etc ) but it's fantastic to see something like this pop up on Blu-ray that hasn't seen the light of day before. Are you listening, Shameless?...

Highly recommended.

I had completely the opposite reaction. I wasn't going to go because I find Wan a banal filmmaker who simply regurgitates every tired horror movie trope, every single film. I should have trusted my judgement.

Personally I'm tired of being force-fed these lazy, sterile, studio product ghost stories that are being churned out at the moment. They're like the Mcdonalds of horror movies and they're simply not scary.

I personally expect better than this naff check-list of clichés, but clearly people are lapping it up.

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

Really enjoyed this low key little chiller. Writer/director Rodrigo Gudiño is the founder of Rue Morgue magazine and this is his first full length feature, and a rather nifty little feature it is too. Vanessa Redgrave is the biggest name here, but it's no spoiler to say she's really just present in voice over. It's more a one man show as the recently deceased Rosalind Leigh's estranged son returns home after inheriting her house. She was a devout Christian, her home full of religious iconography and paraphernalia; he is without faith, and as the story unfolds we learn of their relationship.

There's a little bit of House of the Devil as the lead explores Leigh's fabulous house and it's a credit to both the lead actor and director that our attention is held throughout. Sure there's a couple of conventional horror movie tropes, but these are used sparingly (and thus more effectively) and there's a deep pathos to the story, as well as a few nice surprises.

It's no masterpiece, but it's one of those subtle little gems you often find relegated direct to video.

Yes it did not have anything that's not been done before but it was a well made and executed flick.

I hate recent remake after remake.

Each to their own.

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The problem is The Conjuring was more remake than some remakes I've seen.

RED 2.

Easily as fun as the first and a great afternoons entertainment. Witty banter and lots of action with a fairly light-weight plot as an excuse to make a film about relationships like it's predecessor RED 2 is a a lot of silly fun. Anthony Hopkins gets fee reign to overact and chews the scenery up marvelously.

Thats good to know. I look forward to seeing it.

Glad I'm not the only finding these modern ghost story horror films so boring from the trailers and constantly hyped presence alone; I know a good chunk of my friends really like James Wan but I do find him similarly dry as a director.

Its an adaptation of a great little manga and then anime called DOOMED MEGALOPOLIS...

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It was one of the early official western anime releases. Back when we got one episode per tape and introduced a lot of people (me included) to japanese animation. Curiously the film seems to have come before the anime. The story is pretty solidly rooted in japanese folklore and myth and is fairly impenetrable for westerners. The manga was long enough that shorter movie length adaps like this made it even harder to grasp. Nontheless if you get the chance and you liked the film, seek out the anime series. Its pretty difficult to get hold of on dvd, I have the dubbed US release and that's out of print.

Doomed Megalopolis (REGION 1) (NTSC): Amazon.co.uk: Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott: Film & TV

This is the release. Well overdue a re-issue imo.

Watched RED tonight. Good stuff, nothing mind blowing but quite entertaining.
Also watched the first two episodes of Series 3 of Luther. Cracking show with Idris Elba playing such a great character.

Over the weekend I watched
The Emperor's New Groove:
Probably one of the best Disney movies out there (just Kronk that is all)
The Nun and the Devil:
Disappointing stretched out and completely dull, just couldn't get into it.
Tokyo Decadence:
Again like the previous film just really hard to get into watching

I watched The Conjuring last night and thought it was really good, much better than I was expecting but it did come a bit unstuck toward the end.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tokyo-Last-M...yo+megalopolis

Probably this. Currently difficult to get as well. Shame because it has some conceptual designs by H.R Geiger and a bigger budget.

Sleepy hollow

Has to be my favourite Tim Burton film. A fantastic mix of horror and comedy with great performances all round, with a great cast including the great Christopher Lee. 10/10

Elminators

Cheesy sci if adventure from Charles band, the main reason I bought this box set


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It's not going to win any awards but its a fun little movie, which you can enjoy the silliness going on and forget what's going on outside 7.5/10

Arena

Had not seen this before and enjoyed it more than eliminators which might be down to the cast which includes. 8/10

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Marc Alaimo
Armin Shimerman

The Goonies (1985)

If Steven Spielberg threw all his films into a barrel, i'm sure when you thought it was empty if you just scraped your nails along the slimy bottom you would come across The Goonies.

Whats the worst thing about Jurassic Park? - The kids. Whats the worst thing about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? - The kid. Whats the worst thing about The Goonies? - Its populated by screaming, whining kids. Incidentally the worst thing from Temple of Doom is actually in The Goonies and he's the best thing about this terrible film.

The Goonies starts out not too bad with a few funny lines but soon goes downhill. The plot is a fairly ho-hum treasure hunt against a family of inept villains - the Fratelli's. The cast just get more annoying the longer the film goes on, especially the rotund beast in the flowery shirt who shouts loudly for the sake of it.

Recommended only to those who first saw this when they were five.

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Don't look like that...

....its garbage. :D

Its not garbage. Not to all tastes perhaps but it still makes me chuckle. For teen movies I prefer it to stuff like Ferris beuller for instance. But to each their own and all that. If everyone thought the same way about stuff the world would be f****g boring.

I though I was the only person who didn't like The Goonies. Don't hate it, but I never really got the love for it when I was a kid and it's only got worse with age.

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1949)

Bud and Lou tangle with the original Universal Monsters, Dracula (Bela Lugosi), The Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr) and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange). Great creepy sets and some unexpected horror moments that you would not expect in a comedy film.

I suppose even though I like it and all, it does have the Spielberg taint to it. Its a bit saccharine in places, especially the end, but as it wasn't directly shot by the bearded one, its not as vomit inducing as ET..

I still like it though, warts and all...

Prefer the lost boys though.. :behindsofa:

Bloodsport - 80's classic? Maybe.

Video dead
Nothing we haven't seen a million times before , but has a certain charm. 6.5/10

Possession
Tried watching this but get feeling its one of those films you have to be in the mood to watch, don't get me wrong from what I've seen it seems like it will be a great movie. Will try again later this week.

One of my favourite films. Stick with it, bud. It will reward you for years to come.

Can't believe people don't love the Goonies, it's one of my childhood favourites that I could watch at any time. I agree with Keirarts regarding Ferris Bueller, never liked this film and yes the Lost Boys is awesome!

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I like The Goonies - despite hating kids and child actors in general, too.

There's not even any nostalgia involved, as I never saw the film as a child. I can't really explain why I like it; I guess it reminds me a bit of me and my friends when we were young, and happier times :) ... so yeah, you could say that there is some nostalgia there in respect to that aspect.

As for Spielberg 'barrel scraping', I guess you've never seen War Horse! ;)

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"Teenagers from Outer Space" 1959
A tiny plywood flying saucer lands in the desert and disgorges, like a clown car, too many occupants. The first to pop out of the hatch bravely disintegrates the flesh off of a terrifyingly ferocious small terrier. They then bring out a small container containing something that looks like a gigantic cricket which promptly collapses due to exposure to our atmosphere just prior to the arthropod's collapse a young alien man notices something made by intelligent life amongst the bones of the deceased terrier and decides that they should not use this planet for their arthropods. After he escapes the leader of the young aliens leaves the pathological dog murderer to bring back the escapee and ties the now revived and rapidly growing arthropod in a cave...

Yes, it's a silly flick but eminently charming and thoroughly watchable. The crew must have raided every museum and research lab for miles around for the skeletons; and the horror of the giant lobster monster is too much to bear.

Enjoyable nonsense 15/10 for the schmaltzy ending. ;)

War Horse whilst not being the greatest thing SS has put his name to is a far superior film to The Goonies.

Ghoulies is a better film than The Goonies as well. :nod:

A Short Film About Killing - Kieslowski's film began life as a shorter piece that was included in his 'Dekalog', a TV series based on the ten commandments. At it's core the film is an indictment of capital punishment but asks plenty of other questions along the way. The film is unrelentingly bleak with two absolutely gut-wrenching scenes, it's one of the powerful films I've seen, I've watched it three times now and each time it leaves me a little shaken. Kieslowski is one of my favourite directors and in my opinion 'A Short Film About Killing' is his best film, in fact it's one of THE best films period. Stunning.

Anyone watched Possession ( Andrzej Zulawski ) on Blu yet, what did you think of the PQ etc?

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