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Post by LovesGilKane on Jun 22, 2017 22:26:38 GMT -5
Klaus Kinski as Edgar.A.Poe in Web of the Spider (1971) is a super-fab delight. Accurate? no. Delicious? Assuredly. the micro-expressions are amazing.
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Post by Jesse on Jun 23, 2017 14:53:06 GMT -5
Within the past month I've watched three Troma movies. I guess I was in the mood for schlock.
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) Tromeo and Juliet (1996) Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 17:17:52 GMT -5
I just watched Swing Time half earlier and the other half later because I didn't want to lose my swim pool time at the gym today and it was fun watching Fred Astaire and the ever lovely Ginger Rogers charm their way in a charming musical and dance number that was made in 1936.
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Post by Jesse on Jun 23, 2017 18:05:52 GMT -5
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Post by Jesse on Jun 29, 2017 12:31:52 GMT -5
City of the Living Dead (1980) I watched this last night and thought it had some really cool special effects makeups. Maybe the best out of the Italian stuff I've seen so far. Super scary, a little gory and definitely something I plan on rewatching.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Jun 30, 2017 5:45:07 GMT -5
City of the Living Dead (1980) I watched this last night and thought it had some really cool special effects makeups. Maybe the best out of the Italian stuff I've seen so far. Super scary, a little gory and definitely something I plan on rewatching. good choice; Fulci's follow-up, The Beyond (euro version, not the USA cut aka 7 Doors of Death) is even creepier/weirder/more unsettling.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 1, 2017 1:27:25 GMT -5
Graveyard Disturbance (1987) Arguably one of Lamberto Bava's worst films, granted it was made for TV at the time. It also features a couple of actors that appeared in Dario Argento's Demons. There are some pretty decent special effects makeups but this movie is terrible. Nothing happens for the first 40 minutes. Things do eventually pick up slightly. There really should be an episode of RiffTrax or MST3K that features this movie.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Jul 1, 2017 4:52:08 GMT -5
Graveyard Disturbance (1987) Arguably one of Lamberto Bava's worst films, granted it was made for TV at the time. It also features a couple of actors that appeared in Dario Argento's Demons. There are some pretty decent special effects makeups but this movie is terrible. Nothing happens for the first 40 minutes. Things do eventually pick up slightly. There really should be an episode of RiffTrax or MST3K that features this movie. lol, I luvvvvs this goofy flick. it's very much a film version of a b-grade Warren or Marvel 1972 monster comics story. And it's lit/photographed like Lamberto was trying to do Colan/Palmer's Tomb of Dracula, but with gooey undead rather than vampires.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 1, 2017 14:30:43 GMT -5
I managed to keep up with my quota and saw eight films from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list in June. Black Narcissus (1947) - Some great performances put this more than a cut above the average nun movie. Spring in a Small Town (1948) - This has been heralded as one of the best movies to come out of China ever. I liked it a lot. But it's no Master of the Flying Guillotine. Louisiana Story (1948) - From the director who brought you Nanook of the North. I'm still scratching my head over why this is on the List. One of the editors must be a huge Robert Flaherty fan. M. Hulot's Holiday (1953) - Jacques Tati is pretty awesome! I can't believe I've never seen this! The best movie I've seen for a while. Animal Farm (1954) - Very interesting if not particularly faithful to the novel at some points. The happy ending didn't bother me so much because it's actually pretty subversive. (Though I'm sure it's an accident.) Chungking Express (1994) Being John Malkovich (1999) - This is great! I can't believe I didn't see this a long time ago. Far from Heaven (2002) - Another great one! I couldn't figure out if it was the script or the actors (especially Julianne Moore) that had his or her or its tongue a little in cheek. But SOMEBODY was just about to burst out laughing. I bet John Waters loves this movie!
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Post by Jesse on Jul 2, 2017 10:12:18 GMT -5
Inferno (1980) I didn't like this as much as I liked Suspiria the first time I watched that but this is still pretty high quality.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 2, 2017 12:48:58 GMT -5
Animal Farm (1954) - Very interesting if not particularly faithful to the novel at some points. The happy ending didn't bother me so much because it's actually pretty subversive. (Though I'm sure it's an accident.) The 1954 version of Animal Farm was funded by the CIA through shells. Though the meddling was muted, the ending was pure propaganda and the Snowball (Trotsky) character was changed from early scripts where he was deemed too sympathetic. While there's a decent amount to like about the film, Orwell would have turned over in his grave that his work was used as common-place propaganda.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 3, 2017 15:03:17 GMT -5
Phenomena (1985) [Extended Cut] A sleeping walking girl who communicates with insects teams up with a scientist in a wheelchair and his pet chimp to stop a serial killer. Jennifer Connelly plays an interesting twist on the "Final Girl" trope and I always enjoy seeing Donald Pleasence show up in a horror movie. While this starts as a typical slasher there is a lot happening and some interesting ideas being used. It has mystery, suspense, a creepy use of live insects and some gory kills. I thought the reveal of the killer's motivation was interesting. The climax of the film delivers a lot and just when you thought the film was at its peak there's more.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 5, 2017 0:20:24 GMT -5
Martin (1978 film) I thought this was an interesting take on modern vampires and one of George Romero's better films.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 5, 2017 12:04:19 GMT -5
Dark Star (1974) I generally love John Carpenter but this one was hard to sit through. Visually it's trippy but the characters are unlikable, the graphics are Atari quality and the alien is literally a giant beach ball someone spray painted. It's definitely interesting watching what film makers can accomplish with little to no budget. However by the end of this film I was completely uninterested in whether or not these astronauts would survive the destruction of their ship. At that point I just wanted it to end.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Jul 5, 2017 12:27:29 GMT -5
Dark Star (1974) I generally love John Carpenter but this one was hard to sit through. Visually it's trippy but the characters are unlikable, the graphics are Atari quality and the alien is literally a giant beach ball someone spray painted. It's definitely interesting watching what film makers can accomplish with little to no budget. However by the end of this film I was completely uninterested in whether or not these astronauts would survive the destruction of their ship. At that point I just wanted it to end. lmao, all fair comments, but the satire is delicious; i love the tribute/homage to Dr. Strangelove at the end.
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