What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Rik]

Originally Posted by gag

Just watched
The Church ..Soavi never seen it before thought it was ok but thought the whole entire ending was a little let down and rubbish..

I really enjoyed this the first time I saw it(on VHS, kindly borrowed from the library by my worried looking Sicilian Catholic mother), fast forward about 10 years and I bagged a copy of the ABUS DVD for a small amount on eBay. The ending is a bit rubbish, but overall I think it's a good film and you can clearly see Argento's influence in certain scenes, just a shame the disc is bare bones


Violence is Italian Art

[Rik]

Just finished watching this phantom.jpg my favourite adaption of one of my favourite pieces of Gothic literature. Robert Englund is fantastic in this, the Phantom make up looks amazing, the score is beatiful and the photography of the set pieces is well shot. Highly recommended if you haven't already seen this, I first saw it about 20 years ago when it was shown on Sky TV. The disc itself is pretty poor though, it's a flipper with widescreen on one side and full on the other, with only a trailer added. Film 8/10, Disc 3/10. This is definitely due a UK release!

Next up is my first viewing of Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome (Arrow)

[pedromonkey]

just finished watching Zombieland as my brother had never seen it before, he really enjoyed it and i enjoyed it even more this time around.

[Rik]

Really enjoyed Stendhal Syndrome so I thought I'd end my nights viewing by watching another Argento film recorded from the Horror Channel, Terror at the opera. Hadn't seen this for years, it was in Italian with English subs, and I thoroughly enjoyed it so I think I'll pick up the Arrow Video DVD sometime.


Violence is Italian Art

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

just finished watching Zombieland as my brother had never seen it before, he really enjoyed it and i enjoyed it even more this time around.

Did he know about the cameo and, if not, did he think it was as cool as just about everyone else did (and still does)?

[enterthehero]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Did he know about the cameo and, if not, did he think it was as cool as just about everyone else did (and still does)?

That's what made the film for me! When I saw bm on the gates I was thinking who's bm, and when I finally saw I was so happy lol


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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by enterthehero

That's what made the film for me! When I saw bm on the gates I was thinking who's bm, and when I finally saw I was so happy lol

Same here -- I couldn't figure out who BM could be and, when he appeared, the grin on my face was huge!

[platostotal]

Originally Posted by Rik

Really enjoyed Stendhal Syndrome so I thought I'd end my nights viewing by watching another Argento film recorded from the Horror Channel, Terror at the opera. Hadn't seen this for years, it was in Italian with English subs, and I thoroughly enjoyed it so I think I'll pick up the Arrow Video DVD sometime.


Violence is Italian Art

I really need to watch STENDHAL again, I didn't like it at all years ago, but it gets good marks on here so I'll grab it and give it another go.

[platostotal]

Originally Posted by platostotal

Just watched the WB dvd of THE WILD BUNCH(see cover below) great film but... It has a really weird transfer that seems way too oversharpened, halo's a plenty, cured it a bit by dvd and tv's sharpness to -10, won't spoil your enjoyment, but was noticeable to me. Got it dirt cheap so I'll get the blu later.

I should add that it's a very early dvd, halfway thru you get a spinning disc icon and have to flip the disc over, ha ha ha. holy laser disc batman. the remastered SE 2 disc set is the one to go for.

[pedromonkey]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Did he know about the cameo and, if not, did he think it was as cool as just about everyone else did (and still does)?

he didn't Nos and it came as a great surprise as i didn't tell about it before hand. I however was more impressed with Emma Stone's....well Emma Stone's everything. great fun film though..