Someone on the forum mentioned these movies some time ago and i had a free day today, it's been a while since i had a pinhead fix and honestly i miss the guy so i decided to movie marathon the crap out of the four films (Currently all on Netflix UK)

Hellraiser: Inferno
The film in a nutshell – A police detective tries to find a missing girl and winds up opening the box whilst taking a break from doing lines off a crack whores breast… He fails, goes mad and winds up re living his worst memories for the rest of time. You could take Pinhead out of this flick and change him for nearly any creepy character. Not a brilliant film at all. Skip it.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker
The film in a nutshell – A guy wakes up from a car crash after driving off a bridge and crashing into a lake, his wife (the lady from Hellraiser 2!) is missing presumed… He wonders in and out of memories in a ‘Momento’ style movie that has a great deal of nothing at all to say until a tiny twist ending wraps the movie up. Of the four movies i watched today this is the only one that calls close to the original feel of the Pinhead movies, not bad and worth your time on a rainy day.

Hellraiser: Deader
Wow, What a pile o’ shite – a poor excuse to show crap tits and fake lesbian action, in a world with super fast internet and free porn this kind of lack lustre bollocks will be long forgotten in the future (I hope) forget this film and don’t waste your time guys/girls, instead grab a VHS copy of Jacobs ladder and Hellraiser 3 and enjoy something worth your time and energy.

Hellraiser: Hellworld
A guy runs a competition via a video game of the hellraiser films, he tries to bring the best of the best players to a secret house, where they get no phone signal and one by one they... OH SH*T I WENT CROSS EYED!
Forget this uber steaming pile of warmish poo, watch Saw and then house on haunted hill and you will have saved yourself from this sleep inducing shambles of a movie.

Other opinions are welcome on this set of films but they may be lies. lol. :)

MAZE RUNNER SPOILERS, DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM. (and want too) :)

I enjoyed this movie so much i asked the other half to get me the set of books for christmas. :) It is a little like the cube with one exception - the ending to the first film opens this up to a world of Science fiction that the cube doesn't. I personally adore sci-fi stories about the sun ending it's life cycle and what happens to human kind in this process. :)

MAZE RUNNER SPOILERS, DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM.

I really like Inferno (it's actually my favourite sequel after Hellbound), but agree with you in respect to Pinhead feeling like a 'spare part'.

I rather enjoyed P5 but I had been told it wasn't really a Hellraiser film and went into it expecting something different. Not as good as the original series but far more enjoyable than most other DTV horrors.

Amusingly 'Children of the Corn 5' (also from those sequel pedlars Dimension) is quite similar - an unrelated but enjoyable storyline with a little of the original mythos stuck in that is best enjoyed if you ignore all the other films.

It was the second best of the four i felt, it felt more like one of the House movies than a hellraiser movie. haha.

Battle beyond the stars

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The magnificent seven set in space, John Boy Walton sets out in his titty ship to find warriors to help his people against the evil Sador and his army. Unlike Star Trek the motion picture which I watched yesterday this is a whole lot of fun that never takes its self to seriously with none stop action and interesting characters. 8.5/10

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Now watching this festive classic

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Bit of a coincidence but I've also watched The Maze Runner recently and thought it was great. Wonderful cinematography, great acting and tense set pieces. A much more professionally crafted film than I anticipated it to be.
Really looking forward to how "phase 2" pans out in the upcoming sequel :)

Night of the Big Heat (1967)

Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen and Peter Cushing star in this science fiction / horror romp about a remote Scottish island coping with a heat wave...in the middle of winter.

Directed by Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher, Night of the Big Heat, truth be told really isn't that riveting. The odd heat wave is only matter of factly mentioned until Lee and Allen really start investigating it's circumstances around the half way point. The bulk of the film is practically a kitchen sink drama dripping with sexual tension mainly due to Jane Merrow, as a former lover of Allen's, turning up at his hotel and turning up the heat on their relationship to his wife played by Sarah Lawson from Hammer's The Devil Rides Out. Claustrophobic and sweaty, yet despite the heatwave, Merrow is definitely the hottest thing in this.

The final half hour introduces the aliens responsible for events. Wisely Fisher keeps them out of sight until the last ten minutes, probably because, and i hate to say it, they look a bit crap, and certainly fare better off screen in the viewers imagination than they do in full sight.

Not a bad effort, but all involved have definitely done better.

I'm doing some seriously obscure DTV sci-fi today, starting with:

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Found this on a 'Replay' disc in my local poundland, a dodgy unbranded DVD release that seems to be re-using the BBFC certificate of the Elephant VHS release (although picture quality is pretty impressive and it does include a trailer).

The central idea (borrowed from novel 'Season of the Witch' (1968)) is that of a man whose conciousness is transferred into that of a dead woman, but while the novel sees this as his ironic punishment for rape and murder and explores his internal conflicts, the film just sort of sticks it into one of the most generic dystopias ever made - big corp runs the world, therefore bad guys, freedom fighters oppose evil corp, therefore good guys.

The production is decent enough for a low budget sci-fi, all the usual smoke and blue lights and Karen Duffy is good in the challenging lead role, but the film is just dull and the action scenes in the second half feel utterly gratuitous - potential for the film to descent into beautiful surreality is wasted on random super explosion guns.

Skip this (but feel free to read more in my full Memory Run review with pretty pictures).

Ah that old staple, a double-bill of movies made in 1999, about a killer on board a space station with an unusually small crew. One underwritten, the other overwritten:

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Escape Velocity (1999) has a good central concept - a convicted, lunatic killer, is sprung from jail and escapes in a space ship putting himself into stasis, 15 years later his ship is picked up by a remote observatory vessel manned by a man, a woman and her teenage daughter. He looks innocent enough but pretty soon his evil side comes out.

This might have been fine as a 45 minute teleplay, but just feels endlessly dragged out into a 90 minute movie, which is a pity since it has a pretty good 'rape and revenge' thing going on in the second half as the mum kicks some ass.

Oddly enough made by the director of the 'Bound Heat' series, but not containing any softcore leather whips...

If you have some patience, this is enjoyable - Escape Velocity review.

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This Canadian film is a bit nutty. There is so much going on in the plot. A space shuttle damages the ISS while docking, it contains a cranky American pilot and a paying golf star (who is built more like a wrestler) on a promotional visit who seems to annoy the American a lot. One of the crew is suspected of murdering a Moscow prostitute, while one or other might be involved in a terrorist plot found by the military after explosively crushing an insurrection cell. Ultimately though, most of these parts just seem unnecessary when the real explanation emerges and it alone could have made for a perfectly good little film.

Quite European in its slightly surreal flavour, this is not one for everybody, but check out Michael Paré in a manic role - Space Fury review.

About to watch lair of the White worm, think I will enjoy it. It has the doctor in it and one of the people who worked on the the film has the wonderful name of Dick Bush:lol:

Tusk.

After the complete mid-life crises melt down that saw Kevin Smith deliver a bland non-entity film that was unrecognisable from any of his previous work (copout) it seemed that Smith has given up film making entirely. then out of nowhere he delivered RED STATE, a film that really divided its audience. It was a wild, weird and somewhat sinister take on the fundamentalist Christianity that seems to be taking over America. Some people hated it but I really dug it, mainly because in spite of its flaws the film was total self indulgence from Smith who at this point didn't give a f*** about his critics and just delivered a film that he would enjoy watching himself. The central performance from Michael Parks is phenomenal and it was a real step away from the 90's slacker schtick that at that point made up the body of his work. (Though I seriously think Jersey Girl was unfairly judged, make of that what you will)

So, in-between pod casting He's gone and made another self indulgent, slightly messy, horror comedy hybrid with an astonishing central perfromance from Michael Parks. Parks here goes from f****g sinister to unpleasantly creepy to at one point hilarious (his take on the waterboy is genius) Like Red state I suspect half the people here will hate this films guts, the rest however may like it. It comes across as a middle index finger raised screw you to the torture porn sub-genre with a look at internet culture that turns the online horrors its podcaster makes fun of, straight back onto its protagonist with surreal gusto. Johnny Depp turns up and really gives one of his more 'out there' characters and Haley Joel Osmont finally emerges from whatever rock he was hiding under and crawls out into the light.

Personally I dug Tusk as much as Red state, I really think Smith needs to say f*** it more often and try and appeal less to his more main stream audience. As messy as they are their way more interesting.

I really enjoyed Red State thought it was a worthwhile film.

TIN CAN MAN - I have yet to see 'The Canal', but found its reviews interesting enough to track down one of the director's other films, 'Tin Can Man'. It's not without flaws, but is certainly one of the most interesting and arresting works I've seen recently, one which is bound to linger in the minds of many, including myself. The plot kicks off when a loser-esque guy is visited by a sinister neighbour who quickly turns out to be some kind of serial killer... sound a bit ho-hum? Not for one minute. Even if the film didn't rapidly descend into florid nightmaresville, the noir-expressionist, perma fish-eyed photography which bobs nauseatingly from the get go would be notice enough that we're in for something a bit weird here. 'A bit weird' is putting it mildly... 'Tin Can Man' is a monochrome trawl through epic bad dream territory, and must've drunk thirstily from the wellspring that spewed the likes of 'Carnival Of Souls', 'Daughter Of Horror', 'Eraserhead', etc. But whereas those hypnagogic horrors often used silence and stillness in a bid to slip within the viewer's subconscious, 'Tin Can Man' is frenetic and dialogue heavy. In fact, much of the horror, the weirdness, comes from the talk, which is crazily hysterical in some scenes. Some kind of fever pitch is reached when the 'killer family' sit around and force the passive lead dweeb to eat cake... as reality-challenged and disturbing as the climactic dinner party in TCM, only more so. Slight imperfections dip in now and again with superfluous evil clowns and bits which to be honest try just a little bit too hard to be 'darkly surreal', but for the most part this piece of shoestring strangeness is suffocating, entrancing and just pretty messed up. I thought it was great, and totally recommend it.

CEMETERY GATES - As derivative as they come, 'Cemetery Gates' is a no-nonsense monster movie which spills loads of gore and is a lot of stupid fun. A mutant Tasmanian devil is sprung from a bio-lab by some activists and then there are some kids who smoke a lot of weed and go and make a zombie film in a graveyard by the woods where... oh who cares, it's basically about a monster who goes around killing people. Some of the 'comedy' is a bit wince inducing, but there isn't enough of it to offend, thankfully. In fact, when people aren't wandering around having conversations or explaining the non-existent plot, there's a barrage of flying limbs and guts courtesy of random onlookers dragged on-screen for the sole purpose of getting mauled. The creature doesn't look bad, either. Virtually all old school practical effects, too. From 2004, but sort of reminded me of a nineties direct to video flick, but with more gore. My fave bit was when the middle aged ponytail scientist father guy took time out from escaping from the monster to turn round to stab it in the eye with a plastic crucifix in slow motion. Sheer class. 'Cemetery Gates' is gleefully disposable schlock. Very entertaining.

Sleep Tight (2011, Jaume Balaguero) Eone UK dvd.

Highly recommended!!
I know there have been a few reviews of this up already, I just want to add my tuppence....

Indeed, tis more a thriller than anything else. Even if it goes a bit OTT towards the end, this is not like any Hollywood derailment etc. Was well worth the wait!!

Also watched Redneck finally on dvd. Whilst the ratio may have been a bit sus imo, it contained everything that my precert vhs does, so happy enough. A dour wee film really. A jewel heist goes awry, and the crooks inadvertedly kidnap a child in the getaway. Telly Savalas chews that scenery like naebodys business!!!

What We Do In The Shadows. Amusing Kiwi "shakycam" take on vampires. Featuring two of Flight Of The Conchords... so Twishite this aint!! Recommended.

Certainly had a lot of interesting and valid political/social points to say.

Totally agree with ur take on Red State.

Also wondering where did you see Tusk, really want to see it.

The Burning (1981)

Why isn't this the classic 80's slasher. Much better than the original F13th and like Bay of Blood, it seems overlooked compared to the former.

8/10.

I always had a soft spot for this one too mate, such a great film.

Tusk was being streamed at a mates house. Gods knows how legal it was though. I will be buying it on release!

Tusk is available on Blu-ray and dvd in the US on the 30th December 2014 so not long to wait. Will definitely be adding to my collection as one strange movie.

Dead of Night - The Exorcism (1972)

Four wealthy, middle-class friends (Clive Swift, Edward Petherbridge, Anna Cropper and Sylvia Kay) gather for a Christmas dinner in a country cottage only to find that the past will not rest while they feast.

Eerie and chilling, The Exorcism's slow and wordy build up is captivating from the off and the tension builds up gradually. Although there are no jump scares the film has some genuinely creepy stand out scenes such as the discovery of the corpses in the bedroom and the blood / wine dinner table scene.

It all culminates in a four minute monologue from Anna Cropper under possession. Whilst there's no head spinning or random swearing shoutyness, Cropper's performance is utterly compelling and it's every bit as gripping as anything in The Exorcist.

The Exorcism's social message of greed,wealth and class difference is perhaps even more apparent in today's political climate than it was in 1972 when this was originally screened, and all though it is fairly hammered home it doesn't really distract from this disturbing piece of television.

In fact the whole production is as good a piece of horror television as you're likely to see. Superb stuff.

Now on my rental list.

Trying to work through my pile of unwatched films in preparation for Christmas starting with:

Shockwaves rather fine blu-ray from my good friends at Blue Underground.

Across the River I rather liked this when I originally saw it and find no reason to change my view on a second viewing (UK DVD, the German blu has no English subs :()

Tim Burton's Batman which I hope needs no introduction (U.S. blu).

The Sorcerers Michael Reeves other feature.

THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN 2. Plays like clips from a computer game with bits of plot and characterisation thrown in for good measure.

IRON MAN 3. Tony Stark has a panic attack post Avengers but resolves his issues by blowing shit up.

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2. Pre cut by the director of over 2 minutes worth of nastiness for a UK release, this still packs quite a punch mainly due to the lead actress' ability to be totally convincing in all the rape and humiliation scenes that dominate the first 2 thirds of the film. However once the revenge gets under way, the film loses it's way and opts for some very graphic bollock torture and a miserable ending by having a man save our heroine. Shame as otherwise this was better than the film that preceded it.

MAD MAX. A howling maelstrom of exploitation.

MAD MAX 2. There is some weird religious allegory going on in this, one of the greatest action films ever made, but I'll be buggered if I can put my finger on it.

The Pyx (1973)

Karen Black and Christopher Plummer star in this Canadian supernatural thriller. Plummer plays a detective investigating the deaths of known prostitutes whose bodies are always found with a crucifix and a small metal container known as a pyx.

Cult actress Black's death, by falling from a great height, begins the investigation by Plummer. It's not all quite as straightforward as it seems though. Director Harvey Hart constantly toys with the viewer. Jumping around in time to before Black's murder, juxtaposed with the ongoing investigation.

Essentially a character piece, the film is quite slow moving but never dull as it almost languidly maneuvers it's pieces and characters into play, culminating in an encounter with an occult sect.

In a way it's difficult to call this a horror movie, more a murder mystery. Never the less The Pyx is still recommended viewing.

CHAINED – A killer abducts a kid and raises him as his own in this film from Jennifer Lynch. 'Chained' is heavy on claustrophobic ambience, but avoids playing obvious genre cards. This is after all a relationships movie, but of the feel-bad variety, and its emphasis is on the twisted father-son dyad at its core rather than murder and mayhem. It avoids being too graphic, but some scenes are brutal, particularly the ones which show the killer's messed up childhood. It's sustained by good, intense performances which feel real and ensure the tension flowing from the two main character's curdled dynamics never drops. I wasn't really into the imo ill-conceived and slightly lame 'twist' brought in to wrap things up, although the film ends on an interestingly ambiguous note. Maybe not quite as harrowing as some reviews seemed to suggest, but not far off, and it certainly doesn't fail to disturb. Recommended.

FOUND – Another warped relationships movie bent on sidestepping genre cliches, 'Found' again comes from an indie-'arthouse' angle (sort of) in its portrayal of a child whose big problem, besides growing up in general, is that his brother is a serial killer. It's won quite a few superlatives and has kicked off some low key controversy here and there because of some slightly 'provocative' elements which mostly occur when the kid and his friend watch a splatter video. A pre-cut version was trimmed even further by the BBFC, who still seem freaked out by naked hard-ons. Whatever. I am no advocate of censorship at all, but 'Found's more overt aspects don't really do much for it and actually feel grating and out of place, as tonally the film is once more a slow burn focussing more on its central character's day-to-day life and a gradually dawning sense of dark awakening. An interesting approach, but too much is fumbled – I didn't believe the kid's relationship with his brother, nor the psychological transformation he undergoes in the latter half. The performances weren't bad, but needed to be more than they were. And something else was missing, the film just felt stylistically too blunt / bland. But still, I thought this was an honest attempt to go beyond the obvious and explore unfamiliar (in a 'horror' context) territory, so although for me it lacked the subtlety it perhaps needed, I do recommend 'Found' as at least imaginative and sometimes powerful, with some intense imagery that isn't limited to a guy shagging a severed head in a video nasty.

Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir (1989).

I remember watching this movie some years ago and liking it even then. Great direction by Weir, good acting by the young cast and a super performance from the late Robin Williams. I also enjoyed Kurtwood Smith in this too. He was a great villain in ROBOCOP, and while he wasn't blowing peoples hands' off in this flick, he was great at playing the stern and arrogant father of the character Neil. A wonderful movie. Nice soothing and subtle score from M. Jarre. It's hard to believe that Robin Williams is no longer with us, but I'm glad he has this movie as part of his resume. Happy to get reacquainted with this late 80's gem.

Still think the film missed a trick by not having Kurtwood say "bitches leave" at some point through the film. ;)

Xmen Days Of Future Past.

I was round my mothers for dinner last night with my girlfriend so we watched this my mother likes these films so to please everyone I sat through it. I enjoyed the dinner my mother prepare. ;)

What did you think about the ending? I was quite involved with the film up to that point, however (and without going into details for fear of spoilers) the 'twist' ending seem so tacked on and unnecessary it spoiled a lot of the preceding events for me. An interesting film for sure though, but not something I'll be in a hurry to revisit again.

Managed to get 4 films in this weekend despite the disapproval of her indoors - bit of a frosty atmosphere round Chez Joe! Worth it though, all goodies.

Army of Shadows- this immersive trip into the French resistance plays like a vision of hell where it's perpetually just before dawn, you can't trust your countrymen and there's monsters everywhere. Despite the relentless bleakness it flies by - Melville had an amazing eye for a shot and was incapable of being boring.

Crimewave - Not the Raimi, a 50s noir stuffed with great characters. It's your basic 'just when I was out they pulled me back in again' plot but it's the fringe detail that makes it. Loved the gentle vet/hard bitten mob doctor and the young Charlie Bronson as muscle. Ending a bit rushed and pat but this is an entertaining 75 minutes.

The Stranger - Orson Welles is a Nazi hiding in small town America and about to be married to the daughter of a local judge (blimey that was quick - it's only 1946!) Edward G Robinson is the man on his tail. The tension never reaches unbearable levels - Welles (the actor) is too hammy from the off, his fiancée unbelievably dumb (he admitted poisoning your damn dog!) but as usual the set pieces and visuals are fantastic especially the famous last scene - death by medieval clock tower anyone?

The Honeymoon Killers - cinematic whiplash - starts out campy and crass, becomes the blackest of comedies before heading into pure hell - the last 20 minutes rivals Henry for nihilistic horror. Surely this is screaming for the Arrow treatment? Unforgettable.

Watched Forbidden Planet (1956) last night on BBC 2 HD.

Can see why it's a classic and such an influence on Star Trek. Even if Robby the Robot wasn't so endearing I would still give this a very high score. Considering its from the 1950's the level of technical skill and achievement on display is also extremely impressive, particularly in relation to the visuals (especially the beautifully painted planet background and cool disney-animated sub-conscious beast). Will be sure to put it high on my edited Fav Sci-Fi list.

10/10.

Also watched Midnight Cowboy on Netflix earlier that evening.

9/10.

Incidentally, anyone know thr best blu of FF out there?

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Dario Argento's Dracula. (2012)

Dario Argento's take on Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula is a mixed bag to say the least.

At no stage did this ever register as an Argento film. It lacked all the technical flourishes and creativity that set his films apart during the seventies and eighties. Perhaps he's lost the impetus or more likely he chooses not to bother anymore.

Much of the CGI is horribly inept and for the most part unnecessary. Take the mist at the railway station as a prime example, the CGI actually distracts from the conversation taking place. CGI also plays a part in the gore scenes but thankfully regular make up maestro Sergio Stivaletti and his crew also mix in practical effects making the close up gore nice and messy.

Long time Argento collaborator Claudio Simonetti's score borders on an Ed Wood parody at times with it's swirly 'woo, woos'. Unfortunately the rest of it is completely unmemorable and pales into insignificance when compared to the masterpieces created for past Dracula films by James Bernard, Wojciech Kilar and Philip Glass.

Visually Argento's film is what it is. A cheap European production, originally shot in 3D. Lacking the technicolour majesty of the Hammer productions or the black and white atmospherics of the Universal films. Looking distinctly modern and clean, the film stock used comes across as too clinical for suitability as a Gothic film making medium.

As with his last film Giallo, and star Adrien Brody, Argento doesn't seem to have the right personnel for his lead roles. Thomas Kretschmann, like Brody, is a fine actor but he just isn't Dracula. He doesn't have the onscreen presence of a Christopher Lee for example to fully convince and it was only in the quieter moments with Mina that he seemed comfortable in the role. Argento's daughter and regular collaborator Asia fayres a little better in the role of Lucy Kisslinger (Why Dario would change her name from Westenra makes no sense). I'm not Asia's biggest fan but felt she did well and was suited to the vampish role, whereas it would have been less successful had her father cast her as Mina the wispish heroine of the story. The film's other name actor is Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing who was wasted in his role only showing up during the final twenty minutes

As for the story line. At times it follows the source novel with it's recreation of scenes and dialogue yet at others it veers away so much to be a little embarrassing - Say hello praying mantis, another ropey CGI effect.

Dracula isn't a patch on earlier efforts such as Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno or even the more recent Mother of Tears. It's definitely on the bottom rung of his work but i found it more entertaining than The Card Player, Trauma and Cat o' Nine Tails, a 'classic' i personally find really quite boring.

Having said all this i didn't hate the film, in fact i quite enjoyed it. Argento's mix and match of ineptitude and fun seemingly struck a chord, and Bram Stoker's novel is one of my favourite books which i read numerous times when i was in my teens, although i haven't been anywhere near it in twenty five years. So Argento would really have had to screw it up completely story wise for me not to take something out of it.

Either that or the seemingly endless stream of low budget direct to dvd dross i wade through has addled my brain completely.... You decide!

Definitely this, I'd say! ;)

A nicely written review, Dem.

WARNING: SYCOPHANTIC PETER JACKSON FAN AND HOBBIT REVIEW. lol.

The Hobbit: Battle of five armies.
Somethings in life you get or you don't - Marmite, blue cheese, olives and so on... the reason i mention these 'like them or don't' things is because Shakespear is the same, for a part of my life he was a boring chore who wrote crap books but then i saw an indie production at a small theatre of Richard III and it just made sense - it blew me away and i loved it. basicaly Shakespear writes in parts, you don't take the whole peice but instead he feeds you clumps of events and then at the end we see it all tied up and nealty resolved in an entertaining way... (in my opinion)

Taking that example of a long story that is great in one sitting but enjoyed in small peices, i can to tell you the the hobbit part 3 might be nearly a perfect film (maybe perfect for just me but still i have a flow here). Jackson entertains us with the demise of smaug, tells us about the dwarfs and the arkenstone, tells us about the lake people and the elfs, and we continue to be fed small chunks of good story telling that all lead to one conclusion. Such a satisfying film to enjoy like a large meal of lots of nice tasting things that you eat in seperate segments because the meal is so good as a whole but also individually as single ingredients.

IF you find yourself enjoying Tolkien then you really won't want to miss this film on the big screen. Such a brilliant film! Honestly blew me away. Loved it! Loved IT! LOVED IT!

If you don't like Tolkien or the films then i apologise for the over the top review and hope you enjoy other movies as much as i enjoyed this film and series.


*On a seperate note, i really hope JAckson pays homage to the fans like myself who bought several copies of bad taste/brain dead/meet the feebles and actually goes back to these films and uses some of that fat loot from his middle earth films to shower his back catalgoue with some love. imagine having the cast of bad taste for a documentary and maybe a meet the feebles documentary... i hope he does...

Totally agree about the weak twist. Didn't spoil the preceding 'fun' for me, but I felt the film certainly deserved better. I liked the eerie audio over the credits though, and the slightly obvious ambiguity it played on. Watching 'Chained' reminded me that I still haven't seen 'Surveillance', so I made it my last purchase before all this tinselly shit hits for real.

I've also been meaning to check out Surveillance, so thanks for the reminder!

I watched it in a state of disbelief, completely befuddled as to how filmmaker like Argento decided this was acceptable and worth releasing. Every respect of the filmmaking process, from the script to the acting, score, direction and the digital effects were truly abysmal. Even the set design and costumes looked like something from a pretty cheap Hammer film from the 1960s – easily the least disappointing part of the entire film.

I can only guess it's because you've seen so much cheap direct-to-DVD crap recently that you found Dracula in any way tolerable!

I've seen it referred to as the Revenge of the Sith of Middle Earth – a fair comparison?