I watched The Boss.

The final part of the Milieu Trilogy, from the excellent Fernando Di Leo.

Henry Silva stars as a hitman working for a Mafia family headed by the always watchable Richard Conte out for revenge on a rival Mafia family after a bombing of a Palermo cinema.

The film is a well paced affair full of plot twists, assasination attempts and J&B bottles, part of the action takes place in a warehouse full of crates of the stuff.

As with the rest of this boxset from Raro, the picture quality is gorgeous with a good clear soundtrack. I watched the film dubbed as all the actors spoke in English and i found myself lip reading rather than reading the subtitles.

Prom Night (2008) - well one the one hand I liked that is wasn't a remake, sharing just the title and occasion with the earlier film, but on the other hand it was mechanical, superficial, derivative and unengaging.

What a heap of crap.

And not remotely scary, or carried any hint of danger.

Which reminds me, I watched My Soul To Take last night. A complete mess from start to finish with an unneccessarily complex expository ending. Made me feel a bit sad that this is what Wes Craven ends up with when he writes and directs his own stuff.

My Soul To Take was awful, just awful!

I just watched The Long Hair Of Death. Not seen it for a very long time. The plotting was far, far worse then I remember, but this was the only disappointment as the atmosphere floods from the screen and the film looks so beautiful. Although not as good as, say, Mask Of Satan, this is a primo Italian Gothic.

And Barbara Steele is perfect, as ever.

The film would benefit from a restored English friendly release, I reckon. Didn't the BBC's Moviedrome screening show a nice clean print? Most of the DVDs out there are pretty grim in AV terms, by all accounts.

here's my review of My Soul To Take, i hated it too...

CINE-APOCALYPSE: MY SOUL TO TAKE (2010) REVIEW

I just finished watching Peeping Tom for the first time in my life. I wanted to write a short review, but I simply can't. I am still stunned. Stunned is the word. Or is it mesmerised? I really don't know. I only know that I LOVED watching this movie. Cinematography, score, and, of course, mainly Carl Boehm (or Karlheinz Böhm, to his friends) - 'impressive' is a word that sounds convincing. But it does not even come close to doing justice to this masterpiece. :faint:

Phew. It's a fantastic thing to find such a gem on a great Blu-ray today. But you know what makes me feel very sad? The fact that Peeping Tom nearly totally ruined both Powell's and Boehm's careers - instead of boosting it! :(

Greetings!

Just seen the Cronenberg flick Rabid.

It was ok I thought. Its my least fav out of his films I seen so far.

Been away for a while so this thread seems like a good place to get back into things :)

A few films I've watched over the past month or so -

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Hobo With A Shotgun - Great fun, thoroughly enjoyed this!
Street Trash
Ken Park
Amateur Porn Star Killer 1 - most boring and pointless film I've seen in a long time, possibly ever! So bad I watched half of it on fast-forward.
Vegetarierinnen Pt 1 - marginally less pointless than APS but still incredibly tedious. Even the ending didn't make up for the first 105 minutes. Bad excuse for a porno.
A Prophet - found this one very hard work. Disappointing.
The Beyond/House By The Cemetery - christened my new flat with some good old Fulci goodness
Wax Mask - picked up in the new poundland in Huddersfield. This was a lot better than I expected it to be - quite atmospheric and an intriguing plot that kept me gripped throughout. Very Italian :lol:
House Of Whipcord - First Pete Walker film I've seen so wasn't too sure what to expect but found it highly enjoyable! Love it's mix of sleaziness and creepy atmosphere!
Eugenie: The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion - Based on De Sade's 'Philosophy In The Boudoir', this is not bad for a Jess Franco film - it's set at a reasonable pace with plenty of softcore nudity and stylishly pervy dream sequences.

What films have you seen recently?
 

BLOW OUT - just received the Criterion sp.ed.
a brilliant thriller from Brian De Palma
CHAINED HEAT - finally uncut and Sybil Danning...............she was one of the sexiest actresses in the 80's