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It's finally made it onto Sky Movies.Ben Wheatley's newest, In The Earth:
Looking forward to watching it tonight.
It's finally made it onto Sky Movies.Ben Wheatley's newest, In The Earth:
It's finally made it onto Sky Movies.
Looking forward to watching it tonight.
I went to see Paranormal Activity because a friend wanted to see it. My synopsis of the movie is SPOILER ALERT:Came across this on YouTube: four hours of Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino talking about horror.
One obtained an early DVD of Paranormal Activity and couldn't sleep after watching it, and gave it to the other, who also had a rough night afterwards.
This told me something profound about both men, viz. they scare more easily than I do.
4 Hours of Eli Roth & Quentin Tarantino Discussing Horror Movies
Yup, we saw it at t'cinema, the soundtrack enhanced by the screams of surrounding teenagers.I went to see Paranormal Activity because a friend wanted to see it. My synopsis of the movie is SPOILER ALERT:
pool cleaner is in pool….pool cleaner is out of pool…cleaner is in… now it’s out. I was on the edge of my seat with ennui!
Watched this t'other night and Techy recognised Shearsmith by his voice. I immediately pictured him done up all League of Gentlemen.It's finally made it onto Sky Movies.
Looking forward to watching it tonight.
I've just cut and posted your review over at Deadites because this is exactly the sort of stuff that floats our boat mate .. have this Lordi video as a reward Ramon and this Twinkie because, well, you've earned it ..Studio 666: Comedy Horror where Foo Fighters send themselves up. There is a sharp edge to the horror though: in the opening sequence set in 1993 peoples heads are beaten to a pulp with a hammer, later a band member is shoved head first into a barbecue grill, these disturbing scenes are unleavened with humour. Otherwise it's stoner fun as a roadie is electrocuted and a couple are chainsawed in half. Subsequent beheadings and skulls split by cymbals only provoke laughter. Dave Grohl is the main protagonist as the group record their new album in the house haunted by the ghosts of the 1993 band. Dave's songwriter's block spurs the narrative forward. Possession, a nosy neighbour, a mysterious gardener, a grimoire written on and bound in human skin along with standard horror film tropes and cliches are mercilessly parodied. John Carpenter supplies some of the music and has a cameo as a sound engineer. Good fun if a tad too long at 106 minutes. Directed by B. J. McDonnell from a screenplay by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes. 7/10.
In cinemas.
I've just cut and posted your review over at Deadites because this is exactly the sort of stuff that floats our boat mate .. have this Lordi video as a reward Ramon and this Twinkie because, well, you've earned it ..
The Dead Centre: A man wakes up in a hospital morgue, is amnesiac, staggers around, finds a bed. Discovered by a nurse he ends up in the emergency psychiatric ward. A psychiatrist tries to make sense of what's going on, finally realising that his patient is the missing corpse. But this is no medical misdiagnosis, the man has died before and something has come back from the other side with him. This is a well worn trope but its set against the backdrop of a hospital which has to ration psychiatric care and there is also a story line involving a medical examiner trying to track down the misplaced corpse. A sense of paranoia builds as the narrative unfolds, most of the horror is psychological but there also some disturbingly violent scenes, people having their élan vital sucked from them and a grand guignol finale as the plot strands intersect. Shane Carruth plays the alienated patient whose pain from existential despair is palpable, Jeremy Childs is the psychiatrist who fights administrators on behalf of patients, his own sanity unraveling as he treats Carruth with Bill Feehely as the pathologist on a quest, three great performances. Written and Directed by Billy Senese. 8/10.
Available to screen (free) until 2 April 2022 at: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-dead-center
Malignant: Not quite what I was expecting. It opens in 1993 at a strange hospital where young patients are being experimented on. One of them gets free and uses their ability to manipulate electricity and extreme strength to kill staff members before being subdued. Real X-Men/Mutants stuff. Skipping forward to 2020, Madison is injured by her abusive husband Derek, then electrical appliances go crazy and a shadowy figure who is invisible in light kills Derek. Madison develops the ability to see murders as they are occurring. Pretty gruesome, with many violent killings, battered to death with a trophy, stabbed with a dagger fashioned from that very award. In one police lock up cell a veritable massacre takes place. Dark corridors, a dark house, an attic lit through an airfan window where a prisoner is kept ties to a wall. We see more of the horribly disfigured assassin as he battles with police and slays his victims. The tension is maintained throughout the film as the action proceeds at a relentless pace. A good horror thriller with a few twists and surprises. Directed by James Wan, Written by Wan and Akela Cooper. 8/10.
In cinemas.
Finally caught up with Malignant tonight.
An outrageously OTT body horror, with hints of Basket Case and Brain Dead, it's as barking mad as it is gory. Plot holes aplenty, but some quite mind-blowing special effects and superbly choreographed fight scenes just about raised it to a 7/10 in my book.
Now out on Sky cinema.
I saw this the other day. I enjoyed the large scale rural scenery. It was gorgeous on a movie screen. The actors were very good and the music was great. I loved the particular scene that you describe of Pearl drenched in red, slashing away. It reminded me of Dario Argento's use of colour in his movies.X: A Slasher film which is self referential in much the same as the recent Scream and Texas Chainsaw Massacre were. Like them it's leavened with a strain of dark humour. It's 1979, six people set off to make an adult movie, the producer Wayne is determined to break into the emerging home video market and make his girlfriend Maxine into a star. The director, RJ, who wants to make an avant garde porn flick is joined by his uneasy girlfriend Lorraine on sound. Bobby and Jackson are two adult film actors. Arriving at the farmhouse location they are met by a crazy old man, Howard, wielding a shotgun, this combined with an old woman, Pearl, eerily staring out a window should have sent the alarm bells ringing. Wayne sweet talks the old man with money. The old geezer is suspicious of them but thinks they're just vacationing in his guesthouse. The filming commences but soon things go awry. This is a mixture of American Gothic, Wrong Turn and Deliverance with extremely violent and downright disturbing moments. One scene in particular features Pearl, slashing away, red lit by car lights, Don't Fear The Reaper playing on the radio is masterly. Indeed the film appears to pay homage to classic slasher films rather than being a pastiche. While the violence is extreme, there seems to be an inevitability to it once Pearl meets Maxine, dreams of her own lost youth and beauty and is jealous. There are a few plot twists, the old couple in particular harbour one or two little secrets. An unintentionally entertaining Fundamentalist Preacher is ranting in the background on TV in many scenes. Mia Goth is great as both Maxine and Pearl, with emerging Scream Queen Jenna Ortega as Lorraine. Written & Directed by Ti West. 8/10.
In cinemas.
I was surprised in your review, @ramonmercado, that Maxine and Pearl were played by the same actor. This I didn't notice, though I did know that the characters were connected.
'Schizo' 1976, British Film
Starring Lynne Frederick and the beautiful Stephanie Beacham.
Frederick stars as a young professional skater who is getting married when demons from her past arrive. Her mother was murdered when she was a little girl, and the murderer has just been released from prison.
Shock ending!
I'm surprised - I just saw it recently and didn't think it trivialized anything, rather it showed what a schizoid personality might be.Schizo was harshly criticised at the time by mental health groups for trivialising mental illness in the UK. Director Pete Walker must have been delighted at the free publicity (!).
I'm surprised - I just saw it recently and didn't think it trivialized anything, rather it showed what a schizoid personality might be.
Compared to modern day horror films, it's tame!