What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by napalm-in-the-morning

Anybody given the Blu Ray a go? I gather the picture quality is fairly stunning and wondered if anybody's viewed it yet?

It's a great film with a really good disc, containing superb AV quality and some decent, but far from brilliant, extra features.

You can read my thoughts here: Quatermass and the Pit Blu-ray Review

[Demoncrat]

also rewatched Inferno[/COLOR] at weekend, it truly looked lovely on my new tv, the colour!! felt a bit kinder towards McCloskey, wasnt as bland a performance as i remembered....just a very mental film, sadly ruined in part for myself by emerson faux classical "score"...which he has to abandon in favour for a Goblin lite theme (which comes in at just the wrong place....and people still say they like MOT???? get ****ing real.

also reappraised....
Zombi Holocaust for unfussy folks....like a easyjet version of ZFE, still you can always watch mcculloughs pained expression for laughs...i did
The Call of Cthulhu...wish i could find my Dunwich Horror, would make a great double bill..ie how NOT to adapt HPL and HOW TO adapt...etc. Still the best version of his stories, until ive seen the Whisperer in Darkness
It's Alive! No, not the killer baby one. this is an odd blend of fishy madness and the serial killer, from 69 as far as i can make out, it lurches from flashback to "present time" with no care....i loved it. like a substandard lovecraft ripoff for Barney fans.

and no, my sodding Big Racket DIDNT come.

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by thehamish

also rewatched Inferno[/COLOR] at weekend, it truly looked lovely on my new tv, the colour!! felt a bit kinder towards McCloskey, wasnt as bland a performance as i remembered....just a very mental film, sadly ruined in part for myself by emerson faux classical "score"...which he has to abandon in favour for a Goblin lite theme (which comes in at just the wrong place....and people still say they like MOT???? get ****ing real.

also reappraised....
Zombi Holocaust for unfussy folks....like a easyjet version of ZFE, still you can always watch mcculloughs pained expression for laughs...i did
The Call of Cthulhu...wish i could find my Dunwich Horror, would make a great double bill..ie how NOT to adapt HPL and HOW TO adapt...etc. Still the best version of his stories, until ive seen the Whisperer in Darkness
It's Alive! No, not the killer baby one. this is an odd blend of fishy madness and the serial killer, from 69 as far as i can make out, it lurches from flashback to "present time" with no care....i loved it. like a substandard lovecraft ripoff for Barney fans.

and no, my sodding Big Racket DIDNT come.

I like both the classical and progressive tones of the score

[pedromonkey]

watched Big Trouble In Little China last night, aint seen it in years, Russell Kills it every time he's on screen.

Kim Cattrall: I'd go...
Kurt Russell: I know but there's something wrong with your face.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

watched Big Trouble In Little China last night, aint seen it in years, Russell Kills it every time he's on screen.

Kim Cattrall: I'd go...
Kurt Russell: I know but there's something wrong with your face.

And I watched it on Saturday morning.




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[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

watched Big Trouble In Little China last night, aint seen it in years, Russell Kills it every time he's on screen.

Kim Cattrall: I'd go...
Kurt Russell: I know but there's something wrong with your face.

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

And I watched it on Saturday morning.

...and I watched it earlier today, too.

Other recent viewings:

The Fall of the House of Usher - Gothic greatness, and even though it's far from his best film, yet another powerful performance from Vincent Price.

Island of Lost Souls - Really enjoyed watching this again. I was slightly sceptical how much a HD transfer would benefit this film, but it looks good.

I Saw the Devil (Theatrical Cut) - Easily one of the best films made in the last couple of years. Powerful stuff.

Kuroneko - Epic Samurai ghost story. Fantastic HD transfer from Criterion too.

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I Saw the Devil (Theatrical Cut) - Easily one of the best films made in the last couple of years. Powerful stuff.

Don't you mean of all time?

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[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by antmumford

Don't you mean of all time?

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Quite possibly.

[antmumford]

Good good
I found it absolutely mesmerising, its one of those rare films that blew me away and I haven't stopped thinking about it since.
I decided to watch A Bittersweet Life to check out some more of the directors other work (it was great) and throughout it all I was thinking was how much I wanna see I Saw The Devil again.

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[Slippery Jack]

Don’t go in the House
First pick from Thrower’s Nightmare USA, and it was a bloody good-un! While you could easily dismiss it as a Psycho knock-off (some shameless pillaging here!), it’s a very well executed knock-off, and a solid thriller in its own right. Holding it all together is Dan Grimaldi’s memorable central performance. Again, there is more than a touch of Norman Bates going on, but Grimaldi manages to put his own stamp on the introverted psycho killer. I particularly liked the sequence where Donny is easily manipulated by a shop assistant into buying an expensive new outfit for a night out. It’s both funny and heartbreaking, Grimaldi nailing the social ineptitude and awkwardness around ‘normal’ people. I also liked how none of his victims were reduced to the screaming bimbo type, all of them given some degree of characterisation and likability before their inevitable demise. And what a demise! The first fiery murder has a real gut wrenching kick, and is genuinely disturbing. Also impressively creepy are Donny’s hallucinations, his charred victims and rotting mother glimpsed moving around the old dark house. Shame about a completely unnecessary final scene, apart from that a great find.

Wake in Fright
Think this was a title I came across around these parts – another great recommendation! Went in knowing nothing about it, and expecting a straight Ozploitation horror of some sort. Loved the slow burn, class-divide tension, knowing something is going to go wrong but not knowing how it will manifest. The early scenes had an engaging oddball creepiness, with echoes of The Wicker Man and Straw Dogs. In the event it’s the protagonist who is the cause of his own predicament, spiralling into a feverish nightmare of booze binges and kangaroo killing! Great stuff, very well directed by Ted Kotcheff – I was thrilled to see some screenshots on dvdbeaver of the restored edition Blu Ray, which is vastly superior to the version I saw. Unfortunately, I can’t find it for any less than £30!