What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Watched (Terror At The) Opera last night. Still one of my favourite Argento films and probably the last film he directed with real visual flair and excellent camerawork. Still not too keen on The Sound of Music ending though.

Agreed! Cut it off at the burning chair I say!

[Wes]

Medium Cool, Haskell Wexler's 1969 docu-drama about the turbulant events around the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A news cameraman (played by a tough-headed Robert Forster) explores the Chicago slums and its volatile racial tensions and discovers his news agency is passing his footage to the FBI and the CIA... One of the most incredible American films of the sixties, Medium Cool's extraordinary final act is set amid the maelstrom of actual riot between peaceful protestors and a brutal Chicago police force... See it and worry.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. I've not seen this since it was first released on sell thru video and was worried that it would have aged badly or my feelings to it would have changed over the years. I'm glad to report I really enjoyed it and found an inner bleakness to the film I'd previously missed amongst the effects, screaming and general running around.

Stand out performance is by Linnea Quigley's body which moves through the latter part of the film with an almost supernatural grace and sense of self, combining sex and death in a very seductive way.

I had a similar experience with ROTLD recently after not having seen it since the early nineties. There's a verve and a snappy kind of cynicism to it that carry it through to 'now' whilst it still feels as 'eighties' as it should. The soundrack's really good and obviously there's LQ's graveyard fetish.

[demonknight]

Toxic Zombies-does that feature John Amplas?

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by demonknight

Toxic Zombies-does that feature John Amplas?

Yes it does. Unfortunately, he doesn't give much 'Martin' in this one. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to distinguish him from the zombies.

[VicDakin]

Just picked up my Ghost Sories For Christmas boxset from post office (or Nazi HQ as I like to call it) Dived right in because I wanted to watch Lost Hearts again as I recently re-read the story,my fav MR James story,although its set at Halloween which kind of pisses on the whole idea of stories xmas,well done BBc,could'nt you just call it Ghost Stories DUH.
But a great set pity it took so long to release but well done BFI.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by VicDakin

well done BBc,could'nt you just call it Ghost Stories DUH.

I bet there'd be a storm of online outrage if they'd dropped christmas from the title . . .

[VicDakin]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

I bet there'd be a storm of online outrage if they'd dropped christmas from the title . . .

PAh they don't scare me,bloody online trolls

[Demoncrat]

Showed mate Gu (aka Bewitched), was suitably weirded out, even though it's not as totally crazed as The Boxer's Omen, it's still a unique watch.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Showed mate Gu (aka Bewitched), was suitably weirded out, even though it's not as totally crazed as The Boxer's Omen, it's still a unique watch.

I love Bewitched (not the show, though ). I've just finished watching Boxer's Omen for the first time - loved it!