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It's the devil attempting resurrection by growing body parts of himself on the villagers. It's going to look odd initially, hence th hopping about at the end as it's only managed to grow itself one leg. What did you expect, a fully formed devil like Baphomet? To me any humour goes out the window when the reality of the devil's reappearance comes to light.
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Rider On The Rain(1970). A mysterious stranger arrives off the bus in the south of France during the pouring rain and proceeds to stalk and rape a beautiful young girl called Mélancolie. Afterwards, she shoots him and disposes of the body. But then Charles Bronson appears playing the role of Harry Dobbs, looking for a bag of stolen money, and seeming to know all about what she's done. Rene Clement directs this superb and intelligent atmospheric thriller with a superb and witty performance from Charles Bronson, showing that he far more than just an action film star. Marlène Jobert is also superb as Mélancolie playing cat and mouse with Bronson's character. A top recommend with some nice twists. And featuring a good score as well. 8.5/10. |
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Doctor Detroit (1983) Initially rather a foulmouthed wee thing. A bumbling academic is roped into shenanigans concerning some old lady's estate or something . Dan Akroyds his tits off. The cook from The Thing and Bobbi Fleckman lend a hand James Brown turns up. Yeah, the eighties .... A rather silly film. But not in a good way.
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Her death actually comes across quite differently when viewed on a large cinema screen. It makes quite the impression. It's a moment that (unfortunately) has poorly translated to home viewing. btw Think you're a bit harsh considering the very low budget and very short shooting schedule. It's really not fair to compare it with the 'golden era' Argento period. Plus how often do you get to see a film that pretty much opens with a woman being strangled with her own intestines? I'd personally award 6.5/10, maybe even a 7/10 considering the cost of the film.
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Don't Go To Sleep. A young family still grieving the death of their oldest daughter in a car crash moves to a new house, along with an ailing grandma. But hopes of a fresh start go downhill fast when the youngest daughter begins seeing manifestations of her dead sister - and she ain't there to play tag. Dennis Weaver, Ruth Gordon and the young lad who really didn't like clowns in Poltergeist star in this early 80s TV movie chiller that was a lot better than I expected it to be, and got a whole lot darker than I was expecting too. I rather enjoyed this, and the film also does a nice job of never quite defining whether the girl had become psychotically unhinged by the death of her older sister, or if there really was something more unnatural at work. Creepy stuff. |
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Widows A very loose adaptation of the Lynda La Plante story directed by Steve McQueen. A bunch of crooks get blown away by the cops in a heist. The loot is blown up with them causing some problems when a local gangster aiming to enter public office turns out to be the one they robbed and he wants his money back. He decides to put the pressure on the ringleaders wife, played by Viola Davis who decides to get the other widows together and plan a heist. The change of location to Chicago really works for the story. The political corruption at the heart of the film really adds to the story with non of the authority figures in the film being in any way respectable. So much so the widows decision to use their husbands final plan actually becomes plausible. The cast are all great. Viola Davis especially but it reminded me that Michelle Rodriguez is actually a pretty great actor when she's given good material to work with. Colin Farrell is also great, he's bringing his A game to this but then he's working alongside Robert Duvall so he'd have to wouldn't he. Overlord Dirty dozen meets Re-animator as a group of soldiers on a mission to destroy a German radio tower prior to the Allied invasion of Normandy uncover a disturbing Nazi experiment to create super soldiers from dead people. Overlord is very daft, and the central character feels like someone who wandered into WW2 from the year 2018. Honestly though any criticisms I have of this are probably nit-picking because the film is so much goddamn fun! Its depiction of WW2 action is straight out of Action or any of the other war comics that used to be about back in the 70's and 80's. The horror when it comes is nicely blended in and it doesn't have that jarring sudden genre twist that might have occurred with lazier film makers. Even better the film is a solid 18 rated affair with some genuinely nasty moments including a scene with a meat hook that had me wincing. Honestly I really had a great time with this one. Worth giving a go, especially if your VUE is doing £4.99 tickets as the big screen really benefits this one. |
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