What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[MrBarlow]

Vampire. 1979.

Vampire Prince Anton Voytek's grave is disturbed by the building of a new church and tries to use his wealth of treasure but it has been confiscated and seeks revenge on the architect of the church.

Richard Lynch plays the recently awakened Vampire in modern day and tries to find his treasure that has been taken by the authorities until it is verified on who it belongs to. Jason Miller plays the architect who's wife was bewitched by Anton and teams up with old retired detective E.G. Marshall.

The film does have its suspense moments which are decently built up, there is no gore in this but does leave you with insinuations on what has and probably will happen. Richard Lynch's portrayal as a vampire is done decently and has the charisma of being charming, friendly and can show his darker side. Worth a watch.

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[MrBarlow]

Master of the Flying Guillotine. 1976.

After his disciples are killed by a One Arm Boxer, a blind man sets on a trail of revenge with his small flying Guillotine weapon.

if you are not a fan of the old 70s martial arts film then this isn't for you, the plot seems daft but does work in a strange way, every school of martial arts has been invited to attend a tournament and along comes the blind assassin looking for every one arm fighter and not caring if he is the right person or wrong person. The fight scenes are choreographed very well and including the final fight scene, Worth a watch.

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[nicholasrope]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

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DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)

I saw this at the cinema on it's release. I always loved it and it's a shame that it did not do so well after the roller coaster that was Dawn Of Dead.
It's appreciated more now the time has rolled on and that's good.
The first time I saw the gore effects on screen I was like.. WTF? Excellent.

This was the 1st of The Romeo Zombie Movies I saw as Dawn Of The Dead wasn't in my Video Shop until EIV re-released it.

I remember seeing the Trailer and wanted to see it badly and that green VHS cover is just memorable.

I loved the F/X and didn't realize that they had run out of money, I didn't really notice the difference.

This is my favorite Romeo Zombie Movie, it made Dawn seem slow and boring when I 1st saw it.

[nicholasrope]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Master of the Flying Guillotine. 1976.

After his disciples are killed by a One Arm Boxer, a blind man sets on a trail of revenge with his small flying Guillotine weapon.

if you are not a fan of the old 70s martial arts film then this isn't for you, the plot seems daft but does work in a strange way, every school of martial arts has been invited to attend a tournament and along comes the blind assassin looking for every one arm fighter and not caring if he is the right person or wrong person. The fight scenes are choreographed very well and including the final fight scene, Worth a watch.

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I know that this seems to be a broken record but this film needs a UK Blu Ray release.

Was hoping 88 Films were going to do it seeing thaey had released The Flying Guillotine.

Remember seeing this on one of those Grindhouse Trailer Classic DVD's

[nicholasrope]

Wild Child

Emma Roberts is the rebellious Teenager sent to England (As punishment) she stays at a Boarding School where predictably doesn't want to make friends, becomes enemies with the Head Prefect with delusions of grandeur and wants out of there and is willing to cause as much trouble as possible before realizing that it's not all that bad.

Picked this up at a Poundland that recently re-opened (Along with other DVD's) it's one of those films that I forgot existed before spotting it. It's not bad but follows the template of other similar movies.

Ilsa: She Wolf Of The SS

Dyanne Thorne utterly convinces as a Commandant of a Concentration Camp where prisoners are subjected to experiments and sexual abuse.

Whilst not as good as Gestapo's Last Orgy, it's probably the 2nd best film in this particular genre (Not counting the mainstream versions of this genre). Thorne is completely believable in striking fear into people.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Girl on the Train (2016)

I'm not entirely sure what to make of this movie. Going off the star ratings from the likes of Vogue, Tatler and Heat magazines i definitely wasn't the intended target audience of this mystery thriller.

Whilst i did find this story of a girl who passes a home and fantasizes about it's inhabitants from her train window every day quite interesting, it also became rather formulaic towards the denouement and despite or perhaps because of the fragmented way in which the plot maneuvered itself it felt to have a lack of substance and the story not strong enough to fill 100+ minutes meaning the intrigue that initially built up, especially around Emily Blunt's alcoholic 'girl at the window', wasn't capitalized upon as well as it could have been and The Girl on the Train ended up merely another psycho thriller.

A good cast - Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Allison Janney, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramirez, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux and Lisa Kudrow - in effect disguised an exercise in style over substance.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Spectre (2015) ★★★★

Sam Mendes set a high bar for Bond films with his superb Skyfall. While Spectre does not quite meet the high standards of that film, it's a superb piece of filmmaking.

From the opening sequence in Mexico City with a helicopter barrel rolling and loop-the-looping over a crowded square through the decent theme song by Sam Smith to the car chase in Rome, the aeroplane in the Alps, the introduction to Blofeld, the revelations about Bond's childhood and how this film is linked to characters and events in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, to M's line about knowing when to shoot and knowing when not to shoot having significance, it's a film with a lot going on, but is written in such a way that everything has resonance, is easy to follow, and is emotionally satisfying.

Spectre is a film which seems to have improved with repeated viewings – it's one I enjoyed much more last night than when I saw it a couple years ago, and I feel I appreciated the writing, the humour, and the storytelling more than when I watched it in 2017.

[Dave Boy]

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LAND OF THE DEAD (2005)

For me, just an okay movie. The idea of the Dead Reckoning armoured carrier is good and the idea of part of a city fenced off.
I am not keen on the 'thinking' zombie idea. George got away with trying to domesticate Bub in Day Of The Dead but for me this is a too far.
The 'hero' zombie Big Daddy acts too human for my liking.
The make up and gore effects are great as always but for me a step down from what came before.

[Justin101]

I agree with all of that, I've watched this film perhaps 4 or 5 times trying to like it more than I do, but it's just OK. Good cast as well but there is just something missing.

[Nostalgic]

Originally Posted by nicholasrope

This was the 1st of The Romeo Zombie Movies I saw as Dawn Of The Dead wasn't in my Video Shop until EIV re-released it.

I remember seeing the Trailer and wanted to see it badly and that green VHS cover is just memorable.

I loved the F/X and didn't realize that they had run out of money, I didn't really notice the difference.

This is my favorite Romeo Zombie Movie, it made Dawn seem slow and boring when I 1st saw it.

Watching Night, i have switched between Night, Day & Dawn over the years as my fave romero film.
I miss my brother, who took hisl own life in 2015. We used to watch all these (plus Re Animator, Alien trilogy, Fulci, Argento etc).

Rest easy Steve, I love you & will forever be grateful that you were my brother and best friend.