What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Rik]

Me and my other half watched The Quiet Ones the other night. We wanted to catch it at the cinema, but missed out on it, so I rented it from Lovefilm instead. I'm bloody glad we missed it at the cinema, because if I'd spent money to go see it, I would've been pissed as it's one of the crappest films I've seen in recent years and a massive let down from the company that brought us some classics of the genre in the 60's and 70's. Shame on Hammer for releasing what I can only describe as 90 minutes of boredom, so boring in fact that we spent the majority of it chatting!
For those that don't know what it's about, it's basically the story (supposedly true) of a University Professor who wishes to "exorcise" a mental illness from a girl with no memory of her life by means of a scientific experiment, aided in this by two of his pupils and an outsider drafted in to document the experiment on film. That's it, no scares, no tension, predictable plot and a run of the mill acting from the British cast.
Thankfully, we had the original Omen on the Sky planner to watch after, which counteracted the boredom set in by this utter shite excuse of a Horror film!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

'Nu-Hammer' is merely a shadow of the Hammer of old, unfortunately.

Despite the tepid responses to The Quiet Ones, I also have it on my Love Film queue due to piqued curiosity more than anything else. Undoubtedly I will be similarly nonplussed after I've experienced it.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

'Nu-Hammer' is merely a shadow of the Hammer of old, unfortunately.

Despite the tepid responses to The Quiet Ones, I also have it on my Love Film queue due to piqued curiosity more than anything else. Undoubtedly I will be similarly nonplussed after I've experienced it.

They've released a few that I've enjoyed since the revamp, The Resident, Let Me In, The Woman in Black and the slightly less enjoyable Wake Wood, but this really was a major let down, definitely wouldn't pay for it!

[Demoncrat]

Watched Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2011). Artificial Eye UK dvd.

The more I see this, the more I like it. Mate was suitably impressed as well, thankfully my "crew" aren't afraid of subs!

Have some time to myself tonight so will try and watch at least two films tonight.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

They've released a few that I've enjoyed since the revamp, The Resident, Let Me In, The Woman in Black and the slightly less enjoyable Wake Wood, but this really was a major let down, definitely wouldn't pay for it!

I enjoyed Wake Wood. I wasn't that keen on both Let Me In and The Woman in Black, especially in comparison to the original films. I've yet to see The Resident.

[anythinggoes78]

Having a bit of a Marvel catch up as had not seen the last 3 films

Last night we watched Thor Dark World - Visually more impressive than the first film, and a much darker film but also some very funny moments, the Loki character is brilliant you never know what he is going to do next.

Guardians of the Galaxy - wow I was not expecting it to be that good, probably better than The Avengers too, there some great moments of tension and some real laugh out loud moments, I had dismissed this film originally as I was put off by the Rodent but after seeing reviews saying how good it was I had to see for myself, I glad I went now, if I didn't have my daughter I would of snuck into Sin City 2 as the cinema makes it very easy to do so

Going to watch Captain America Winter Solider tonight.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Rik

Me and my other half watched The Quiet Ones the other night. We wanted to catch it at the cinema, but missed out on it, so I rented it from Lovefilm instead. I'm bloody glad we missed it at the cinema, because if I'd spent money to go see it, I would've been pissed as it's one of the crappest films I've seen in recent years and a massive let down from the company that brought us some classics of the genre in the 60's and 70's. Shame on Hammer for releasing what I can only describe as 90 minutes of boredom, so boring in fact that we spent the majority of it chatting!
For those that don't know what it's about, it's basically the story (supposedly true) of a University Professor who wishes to "exorcise" a mental illness from a girl with no memory of her life by means of a scientific experiment, aided in this by two of his pupils and an outsider drafted in to document the experiment on film. That's it, no scares, no tension, predictable plot and a run of the mill acting from the British cast.
Thankfully, we had the original Omen on the Sky planner to watch after, which counteracted the boredom set in by this utter shite excuse of a Horror film!

That's a shame, I was looking forward to watching this as I liked the '70s vibe of science and the supernatural. Think I will hold off buying it and wait until it shows on Lovefilm or Netflix.

[trebor8273]

recent viewings

[gag]

The last showing starring Robert England

A film set in a cinema complex. R E plays a character who worked there for years , And think its about time he made his own film and a first off a kind using real people.
He locks in 2 victims and plays games with them while recording it at the same time .
Bit of a slow burner (not to slow) and more of a psychological thriller R E still plays the nutter but a different type of character that's a far cry away from the usual type he plays. The ending could have been a tadge more explosive but still a worthy watch
It won't exactly be a film you rave about or set the film industry alight but at the same time you won't be disappointed either .

[Sam]

The Godsend (1980) - I wasn't expecting a great deal from this but it's one of the most chilling films I've seen in a long time. For all intents and purposes this is an 'Omen' knock-off but one that surpasses the film it seeks to imitate (at least in my opinion). The tone is relentlessly bleak and there are several moments that are genuinely creepy (although I have to confess that 'creepy kid' movies are a bit of a weakness of mine ). This can be picked up very cheaply indeed on the Scream Factory 'All Night Horror Marathon' collection and I would have no hesitation in recommending it...

All Night Horror Movie Marathon 1 DVD Region 1 US Import NTSC: Amazon.co.uk: Dennis Weaver, Shelley Winters, Debbie Reynolds: DVD & Blu-ray