Fortean Films

[TangletwigsDeux]

I think this qualifies.

Now restored and available in full for free.

La Cabina ("The Cabin"):

An ordinary citizen is trapped in a telephone booth. Despite the attempts of passers-by to help him, he cannot be freed. But things go to another level when the mysterious workers who installed the booth that morning take him away, device and all, to an unknown destination. On the way, the prisoner realizes that he is helpless in the hands of sinister forces that lead him to an inexplicable and atrocious destiny from which there seems to be no escape, and from which none of us can consider ourselves safe.

Aired December 13, 1972

I remember seeing that on the telly. Explains a lot about my taste in media ever since!

 

[MrRING]

Bumbling dad Trevor tries to get the best of a cunning bee while house-sitting a posh mansion — but only unleashes more chaos in this comedy series.

 

[Vardoger]

Troll - coming on Netflix in 2022.

 

[Swifty]

That looks ace.

 

[sherbetbizarre]

Troll - coming on Netflix in 2022.

But what will they call the sequel...??

 

[MrRING]

That bearded dude in the Troll trailer could almost be an Alan Moore impersonator!

 

[MrRING]

It looks like Jordan Peele's latest Nope is going to be all about alien abduction and weirdness:

 

[TangletwigsDeux]

It looks like Jordan Peele's latest Nope is going to be all about alien abduction and weirdness:

Been warned off that trailer as it has huge spoilers, compared to the earlier ones

 

[MrRING]

THE SILENT TWINS is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book The Silent Twins, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.

 

[EnolaGaia]

To find more about the true story on which this film was based see:

June & Jennifer Gibbons (The 'Silent Twins')
https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/june-jennifer-gibbons-the-silent-twins.52951/

 

[MrRING]

This looks like it would be quite interesting - The Sacred Spirit:

José Manuel and the other members of the ufology association Ovni-Levante meet weekly to exchange information about extraterrestrial messages and abductions. Julio, their leader, dies unexpectedly, leaving José Manuel as the only person who knows about the cosmic secret that could alter the human future. Meanwhile in Spain a search is going on for a little girl who disappeared some weeks before.

 

[TangletwigsDeux]

Watched this last night - a good brain twister and short!

 

[ramonmercado]

The Banshees of Inisherin: Inisherin is a fictional island but it's stark beauty was created through filming on Inishmore and Achill Island. Fields full oif stones, stone walls everywhere so that some land might be cleared, a bleak existence for most, a struggle where the pub provides the only entertainment. Two friends fall out, Colm (Brendan Gleeson) decides that he won't speak to Pádraic (Colin Farrell) anymore because he's too dull. But he's always been dull retorts Siobhán (Kelly Condon), Pádraic's sister. It's not that Pádraic is stupid, it's just that his small talk is maddening to Colm. Colm feels he must devote his time to composing tunes, to leave a legacy. He is a gifted violinist and students come from all over Ireland to leatn from him. Things worsen between the duo and Colm threatens to cut off a finger each time Pádraic speaks to him. The film becomes dark, very dark, there is a line of black comedy which runs through it but at times even that cannot leaven the existential despair at play here. Siobhán alsi knows that the island offers her nothing, either in employment or relationships but a past is hinted at. The supporting cast is also superb, Domnic (Barry Keoghan) a simple minded lad who displays great insights at times, his abusive father Peadar (Gary Lydon) is the violent local guard. Set in 1923, it opens on 1st of April, the civil War is drawing to a close but gunfire can be heard from the Galway coast. This has little effect on Inisherin's populace except that Peadar gets extra pay to go and attend an execution. Some great dialogue, especially in the pub and two confessional confrontations between Colm and a priest (David Peaese). Not a film you'll forget in a hurry. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh. 9/10.

In cinemas.

 

[TangletwigsDeux]

Reviewed in a recent FT (424?). As someone who will crawl a mile over broken glass to avoid advertising its basic premise is chilling in the extreme,

Spoiler

ads you dont remember in dreams but so powerful you act on them

. Chicken anyone? It is obviously low budget but made with great heart and thought provoking.

 

[Swifty]

Reviewed in a recent FT (424?). As someone who will crawl a mile over broken glass to avoid advertising its basic premise is chilling in the extreme,

Spoiler

ads you dont remember in dreams but so powerful you act on them

. Chicken anyone? It is obviously low budget but made with great heart and thought provoking.

That looks fantastic and he looks like a young Richard Dryfuss .. I hope to get to see that.

 

[Yithian]

A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.

 

[ramonmercado]

The Wonder: The Great Famine cast a dark shadow over Ireland, in 1862 the wounds were still raw so it was no surprise that miracles were hailed across the areas which suffered the worse. Some were just rumours, others hoaxes, a few had no rational explanation. Anna O' Donnell (Kila Lord Cassidy), an eleven year old girl has been fasting for four months, apparently subsisting on air and water. Elizabeth Wright (Florence Pugh), an English nurse who served in the Crimean War, is recruited by a local committee to watch over the girl, to ascertain as to whether she is really going without food. She is assisted by a nun who with her observes Anna in in 12 hour shifts. William Byrne (Tom Burke) is a journalist for the Daily Telegraph, though originally from the area he regards the whole thing as a hoax, William and Elizabeth gradually fall in love. but this romance though significant to the narrative is but a backdrop to Elizabeth's investigations. She takes steps to ensure no one but her and the nun has contact with the child but this action may put Anna at risk if she was secretly obtaining food; Anna insists she subsists on Manna From Heaven. The powers in the area have conflicting interests, some see this as a money-making tourist/pilgrim attraction, more are concerned about Anna's health, a few genuinely want to believe in a miracle. This is a land in transition, there are still the old folk beliefs, the holy wells, but the emerging power of the Catholic Church is also obvious. Political power (albeit at a local level) is shifting in to the hands of the Catholic middle classes. Elizabeth is caught between these competing forces and must strive to find a humane solution. At times I bet she wished she was back in Crimea. Great performances by Florence Pugh and Kila Lord Cassidy. There are many twists and turns in this tale and a few dark and disturbing secrets are revealed. Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Emma Donoghue, Lelio, and Alice Birch wrote the screenplay based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Donoghue. On Netflix. 8/10.

 

[skinny]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/teaser-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/

 

[Dinobot]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/teaser-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/

What's this one called? "Indiana Jones And The Flogging Of A Dead Horse"?

 

[MrRING]

I think this Barbie film is go8ng to be a high-water mark of weirdness... and hopefully fun to boot!

 

[Mythopoeika]

I think this Barbie film is go8ng to be a high-water mark of weirdness... and hopefully fun to boot!

Looks like fun. I particularly like the 2001 influences.
Maybe there's also a tinge of an 'Attack of the 50 Foot Woman' vibe there too.

 

[Kondoru]

it must be this years most curious trailer.

 

[maximus otter]

I think this Barbie film is go8ng to be a high-water mark of weirdness... and hopefully fun to boot!

Margot Robbie. Oh yes.



maximus otter

 

[ramonmercado]

White Noise: This film becomes strange and exudes an aura of dread long before the "Airborne Toxic Incident". Jack (Adam Driver) is professor of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill. His secret shame is his lack of spoken German, he clandestinely takes German lessons from an oddball who also teaches sailing. Babette (Greta Gerwig) is Jack's fourth wife, their children are a mixture of offspring from their various marriages (Jack's son is named Heinrich). Babette is a community activist but gets forgetful, her oldest daughter Denise (Raffey Cassidy) is intent on finding out what pills her mother is taking. Thus quest along with an existential fear of death drives the narrative. The College is indeed bizarre and bedlamesque, Jack's colleague Murray (don Cheadle) wants to start a similar Elvis course. So they organise a joint lecture: Hitler and Elvis, Parallel Lives, each countering the other with a shared experience from these cultural icons. Yes, the humour is rather dark. The trunk crashing into a train accident releases a cloud of chemical waste of over the town forcing residents to flee to a resort where they are bullied by teenage Civil Defence volunteers, little Hitlers indeed. Bizarre car chases through forests also occur. If yiu are looking for a linear narrative you'll be disappointed, it's important to continuously refer back to previous events, their meaning and how what's happening now redefines the context of how they occurred. A satire on consumer society, academia, family life, love and death. There's a great dance off during the end credits to New Body Rhumba by LCD Soundsystem. Written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach, adapted from the 1985 novel of the same name by Don DeLillo. On Netflix. White Noise may well take a couple of viewings to fully appreciate but for now I'm giving it 7.5/10.

 

[ramonmercado]

The Banshees of Inisherin: Inisherin is a fictional island but it's stark beauty was created through filming on Inishmore and Achill Island. Fields full oif stones, stone walls everywhere so that some land might be cleared, a bleak existence for most, a struggle where the pub provides the only entertainment. Two friends fall out, Colm (Brendan Gleeson) decides that he won't speak to Pádraic (Colin Farrell) anymore because he's too dull. But he's always been dull retorts Siobhán (Kelly Condon), Pádraic's sister. It's not that Pádraic is stupid, it's just that his small talk is maddening to Colm. Colm feels he must devote his time to composing tunes, to leave a legacy. He is a gifted violinist and students come from all over Ireland to leatn from him. Things worsen between the duo and Colm threatens to cut off a finger each time Pádraic speaks to him. The film becomes dark, very dark, there is a line of black comedy which runs through it but at times even that cannot leaven the existential despair at play here. Siobhán alsi knows that the island offers her nothing, either in employment or relationships but a past is hinted at. The supporting cast is also superb, Domnic (Barry Keoghan) a simple minded lad who displays great insights at times, his abusive father Peadar (Gary Lydon) is the violent local guard. Set in 1923, it opens on 1st of April, the civil War is drawing to a close but gunfire can be heard from the Galway coast. This has little effect on Inisherin's populace except that Peadar gets extra pay to go and attend an execution. Some great dialogue, especially in the pub and two confessional confrontations between Colm and a priest (David Peaese). Not a film you'll forget in a hurry. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh. 9/10.

In cinemas.

Banashees bags Golden Globes.

The Banshees of Inisherin has won three major prizes at the Golden Globes' comeback ceremony in Los Angeles.
The film took home best comedy or musical film and best screenplay, as well as best comedy actor for its star, Irish actor Colin Farrell.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64226565

 

[hunck]

Banashees bags Golden Globes.

The Banshees of Inisherin has won three major prizes at the Golden Globes' comeback ceremony in Los Angeles.
The film took home best comedy or musical film and best screenplay, as well as best comedy actor for its star, Irish actor Colin Farrell.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64226565

Great film with excellent cast & performances & a lot of wacky Irishness. One of my favourites from last year.

 

[MrRING]

This should be good - The Lost King:

Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy In this inspiring true story, amateur historian Philippa Langley believes she has made the archeological find of the century: the lost burial site of King Richard III. She takes on Britain’s most eminent historians, forcing them to rethink the legacy of one of the most controversial rulers in English history.

 

[Xanatic*]

There is a film on the way called Chupa, about a cute-looking chupacabra. It appears that it will go directly to streaming.

 

[skinny]

It looks like Jordan Peele's latest Nope is going to be all about alien abduction and weirdness:

Watch it. It's quirky good. Really enjoyed it. Need to watch again.