What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

I've had a boot of the Greek VHS for years. It's so degraded that it looks like the ultimate in found footage snuff. Still it didn't freak me out as much as "The Taming of Rebecca" in the roughie stakes, which is so rough and wrong, my mind body, soul and knackers are to this day still chaffed.

FORCED ENTRY is pretty unpleasant. Nipple piercing aside, TOR didn't really bother me that much.

[keirarts]

Watched DARK KNIGHT RISES. Avoided reading much about it before hand as I was promised a big surprise in the film, only to find as a long-time batman reader I guessed the reveal pretty quickly. Nontheless I felt it maintained the high-quality of the previous entries. Lots of praise is certainly due to anne hathaway who made an excellent catwoman, and also tom hardy (who I had no problems understanding) who managed to make a weak one-dimensional character like bane interesting to watch. (I never rated the character in the comics and always felt he came across as second rate compared to a most other bat-villains). For me this stand up their with the previous Nolan batman movies and all the marvel stuff, including the AVENGERS, as great examples of how to bring superheroes to the screen properly.

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

I reckon 'Axe' is an acquired taste, but it's really one of my fave weird 70s horror flicks. I can see how it might come across as boring, but to me it just has a really eerie, detached quality - similar to his other one, 'Kidnapped Coed'. There's a point in the movie when the camera points to a dolls head on a piece of green carpet, and a discordant synth note strikes up on the soundtrack - that for me is the key to this film. If such an incongruous, pointless but somehow jarringly weird little fragment gives you a lift, then you've got this movie licked.

I have to agree.

I saw it for the first time fairly recently and everything about it just clicked with me. The tone and atmosphere were wonderful and the simple, honed down story with minimal exposition was right up my street.

In its way, a very beautiful film.

[Hawkmonger]

I presume Axe isn't to be conffused with Axe'em? A movie I despise with a vengeance.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

I presume Axe isn't to be conffused with Axe'em? A movie I despise with a vengeance.

No, Axe was one of the infamous Video Nasties and was released under a few different titles(not to be confused with another film called Axe that is available over here on a reversible disc with a truly shocking looking print of Pieces)

Last night I watched Vampire Girl Vs Frankenstein Girl, as recommended by my bands bass player. For those that haven't seen it, it's another Japanese gorefest in the same vain as Tokyo Gore Police and is one the best films I've seen this year, very gory, very funny, very strange and very recommended.
I'll post some stills from it later when I've returned from taking my son to see the new Spiderman film

[Demoncrat]

Watched the Sci fi channel's Masters Of Horror doc. Meh, apart fae Carpenter's "blueprint" for inspiration cough cough, Campbell does his usually stoic "stare hard at camera and project" bit (just like in that shiiiiiitey The Woods, only watched it to the end because of him...never again) Apart fae Argento, the typical US bias came to the fore.

also watched The Big Zapper. now THERE'S a film.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Watched the Sci fi channel's Masters Of Horror doc. Meh, apart fae Carpenter's "blueprint" for inspiration cough cough, Campbell does his usually stoic "stare hard at camera and project" bit (just like in that shiiiiiitey The Woods, only watched it to the end because of him...never again) Apart fae Argento, the typical US bias came to the fore.

also watched The Big Zapper. now THERE'S a film.

'The Big Zapper' sounds hilarious, from what I've read. The clip on YouTube makes me wish it was available.

[Hawkmonger]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

The Big Zapper.

I think Suzy has one of those.......OOP'S! Said to much!

[James Morton]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

'The Big Zapper' sounds hilarious, from what I've read. The clip on YouTube makes me wish it was available.

saw THE BIG ZAPPER w/Linda Marlowe on video many years ago
wasn't impresed by it

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

I think Suzy has one of those.......OOP'S! Said to much!

Used to, darling. Used to!

(That is, of course, if it's me you are referring to - note spelling of my name! If you are referring to someone else, forget what I have said, and ignore this post!!!)