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Post by Mattsby on Oct 2, 2020 19:53:11 GMT
"From the director of Taking of Pelham One Two Three" goes a long way for me. This was pretty fun, I liked the second segment best which probably could've made a cult-fav feature as an arcade horror. It's right in that spot when Tron, WarGames, Dreamscape were coming out. Estevez begging his parents to fund his beating just one more round of the arcade game he actually sounds like a drug addict. Some awesome punk music (Fear, Black Flag), and also in this segment is that creepy damn kid from Bloody Birthday! Segment 4 about the giant rat is like Of Unknown Origin (from the same year) by way of Poltergeist, as this rat seems to be telekinetic too. There's even an "expert" character like little Zelda who shows up with ace advice: "It seems the problem may be bigger than you realize."
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Post by pessimusreincarnated on Oct 2, 2020 20:43:49 GMT
I'm always a sucker for a decent horror anthology, and I hadn't heard of this one before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 3, 2020 14:43:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2020 14:48:05 GMT
Have you seen Crooked House, cheesecake? Not necessarily "horror," but certainly fitting viewing for a chilly autumn evening! It's filled with delicious performances (Glenn Close and Terence Stamp! *swoon*) and, not that the bar was incredibly high, but is so much better than Branagh's recent attempt at Agatha Christie.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 3, 2020 15:24:57 GMT
Have you seen Crooked House, cheesecake ? Not necessarily "horror," but certainly fitting viewing for a chilly autumn evening! It's filled with delicious performances (Glenn Close and Terence Stamp! *swoon*) and, not that the bar was incredibly high, but is so much better than Branagh's recent attempt at Agatha Christie. I have not, but what a cast! I'll have to check that out.
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 3, 2020 22:37:03 GMT
Birdboy is a mixed bag. The visuals and tone are terrifying, but the narrative is so slight that it winds up being kind of forgettable.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 4, 2020 14:37:14 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 5, 2020 3:01:48 GMT
"giallo-level kills" you say? Interest piqued
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 5, 2020 11:06:44 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 5, 2020 16:42:00 GMT
Around 1990, Jonathan Demme said, "Let's face it, Roger Corman is probably the greatest independent filmmaker the American film industry has ever seen." One of the nine movies he directed in '57, Not of This Earth was when Corman said he "tried for the first time to have some fun." And it is! Like the telepathy scenes and those big empty eyes. It kinda connects sci-fi to vampire tropes, and also kinda plays like a satire on the pampering and roll-with-it behavior of the '50s. Everybody seems to accept this clearly creepy dude and even feel bad for him!
This is also the beginning of Corman's fascination with sunglasses - like Shatner's suited rabblerouser arrival in The Intruder, Price in Tomb of Ligeia, Man With the X Ray Eyes, etc.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 5, 2020 20:36:21 GMT
Birdboy is a mixed bag. The visuals and tone are terrifying, but the narrative is so slight that it winds up being kind of forgettable. That's fair. I dug the hell out of it but I totally understand your complaints.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 5, 2020 20:37:06 GMT
Around 1990, Jonathan Demme said, "Let's face it, Roger Corman is probably the greatest independent filmmaker the American film industry has ever seen." One of the nine movies he directed in '57, Not of This Earth was when Corman said he "tried for the first time to have some fun." And it is! Like the telepathy scenes and those big empty eyes. It kinda connects sci-fi to vampire tropes, and also kinda plays like a satire on the pampering and roll-with-it behavior of the '50s. Everybody seems to accept this clearly creepy dude and even feel bad for him! This is also the beginning of Corman's fascination with sunglasses - like Shatner's suited rabblerouser arrival in The Intruder, Price in Tomb of Ligeia, Man With the X Ray Eyes, etc. I love all the trivia you post, especially that tidbit about sunglasses.
Have you seen either of the remakes?
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 5, 2020 20:52:39 GMT
Around 1990, Jonathan Demme said, "Let's face it, Roger Corman is probably the greatest independent filmmaker the American film industry has ever seen." One of the nine movies he directed in '57, Not of This Earth was when Corman said he "tried for the first time to have some fun." And it is! Like the telepathy scenes and those big empty eyes. It kinda connects sci-fi to vampire tropes, and also kinda plays like a satire on the pampering and roll-with-it behavior of the '50s. Everybody seems to accept this clearly creepy dude and even feel bad for him! This is also the beginning of Corman's fascination with sunglasses - like Shatner's suited rabblerouser arrival in The Intruder, Price in Tomb of Ligeia, Man With the X Ray Eyes, etc. I love all the trivia you post, especially that tidbit about sunglasses.
Have you seen either of the remakes? I haven't! But if I was doing a remake I'd do a mix of Brother from Another Planet and Martin where you're not exactly sure if he's honorably saving his whole species or murderously insane. There's another peanut-budget Corman, one of his first movies called Gunslinger that I'm very surprised hasn't been remade (it does have a yikes 3.6 IMDb rating though). It's about the wife of a slain Marshall who is allowed to assume his position for two weeks until the new Marshall arrives so she has that pressured amount of time to clean up her town and find her husbands murderers. Ripe sort of feminist premise that could've been done bigger scale and as a star vehicle for really any actress. But here I am talking Westerns in the horror thread, shame!!
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 5, 2020 20:57:57 GMT
I love all the trivia you post, especially that tidbit about sunglasses.
Have you seen either of the remakes? I haven't! But if I was doing a remake I'd do a mix of Brother from Another Planet and Martin where you're not exactly sure if he's honorably saving his whole species or murderously insane. That would be awesome!
Gunslinger sounds really interesting.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 6, 2020 11:09:54 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 6, 2020 21:07:32 GMT
I really need to see more Martino. I watched Your Vice Is a Locked Room last year and loved that shit. Not sure if this one was in my watchlist yet but I'm gonna go double-check
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 6, 2020 22:33:09 GMT
I really need to see more Martino. I watched Your Vice Is a Locked Room last year and loved that shit. Not sure if this one was in my watchlist yet but I'm gonna go double-check Vice is so good! One of my favorite movie titles, too.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 7, 2020 11:09:51 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 8, 2020 11:06:13 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 9, 2020 14:51:50 GMT
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 9, 2020 14:58:12 GMT
That image alone gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 9, 2020 16:15:54 GMT
That image alone gives me the heebie-jeebies. It has some unforgettable imagery.
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Oct 10, 2020 9:34:14 GMT
The Stuff is one of those movies I always heard about for so long, but only just saw after your post last week. I feel like the rise in self-awareness in 90s horror really overshadows just much it was already going on in the 80s. I like that between its biting sense of humor, there were still moments that felt a bit unsettling, like the quick escalation of his family's turn. The family was giving me flashbacks to Society. lol. Love how the effects can be both impressive and charmingly dated. Some of the shoddier effects give it such a nostalgic feel, in the vein of 50s sci-fi/horror. So many fun performances too, particularly Moriarty, and I was not expecting a comedic performance when I saw Sorvino's name. You'd think with my obsession with anthology horror that so many wouldn't have slipped through the cracks, but you always seem to have another that I'm introduced to. I love the idea of leading the audience in with a more familiar and frequently told story, then going off in its own totally weird directions. While the outcome seems obvious once it arrives, I liked initially feeling like I had no idea where the Estevez story was going. I feel like the movie's main weak point is that the Henriksen story has such a fascinating setup and had more to offer but feels a bit too short and rushed, despite a slow burn beginning. And like finales should be, that last story is just wild. Masur is such a convincing bastard. lol. I don't know that I could have fully prepared myself for Birdboy. It's always so refreshing to see animation that takes full advantage of the infinite possibilities to visual storytelling that comes with the medium and conjures something otherwise unimaginable. Really love the jarring contrast in character designs, where Zachariah and Dinky and her friends all look like they could be lifted straight from children's daytime shows, to the full on grotesquery of the rest of the characters. Some of it is just downright gut-wrenching. That reluctant fight to the death between the rat children is going to stick with me much longer than I want it to. Of course it's not October without a Hammer production, and Hands of the Ripper fills that space nicely. As always for them, and as you stated, the production values and atmosphere are off the charts, and the performances are effective while also appropriately hammy. "Giallo-level" is the perfect way to describe the kills, made even more effective by how sudden and unexpected they all are. The needles kill, in particular, would have been right at home in a Fulci or Argento movie. A Page of Madness is hanging out on YouTube, and I can't wait for it to ruin my life.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 10, 2020 15:10:06 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 11, 2020 15:06:04 GMT
The Stuff is one of those movies I always heard about for so long, but only just saw after your post last week. I feel like the rise in self-awareness in 90s horror really overshadows just much it was already going on in the 80s. I like that between its biting sense of humor, there were still moments that felt a bit unsettling, like the quick escalation of his family's turn. The family was giving me flashbacks to Society. lol. Love how the effects can be both impressive and charmingly dated. Some of the shoddier effects give it such a nostalgic feel, in the vein of 50s sci-fi/horror. So many fun performances too, particularly Moriarty, and I was not expecting a comedic performance when I saw Sorvino's name. You'd think with my obsession with anthology horror that so many wouldn't have slipped through the cracks, but you always seem to have another that I'm introduced to. I love the idea of leading the audience in with a more familiar and frequently told story, then going off in its own totally weird directions. While the outcome seems obvious once it arrives, I liked initially feeling like I had no idea where the Estevez story was going. I feel like the movie's main weak point is that the Henriksen story has such a fascinating setup and had more to offer but feels a bit too short and rushed, despite a slow burn beginning. And like finales should be, that last story is just wild. Masur is such a convincing bastard. lol. I don't know that I could have fully prepared myself for Birdboy. It's always so refreshing to see animation that takes full advantage of the infinite possibilities to visual storytelling that comes with the medium and conjures something otherwise unimaginable. Really love the jarring contrast in character designs, where Zachariah and Dinky and her friends all look like they could be lifted straight from children's daytime shows, to the full on grotesquery of the rest of the characters. Some of it is just downright gut-wrenching. That reluctant fight to the death between the rat children is going to stick with me much longer than I want it to. Of course it's not October without a Hammer production, and Hands of the Ripper fills that space nicely. As always for them, and as you stated, the production values and atmosphere are off the charts, and the performances are effective while also appropriately hammy. "Giallo-level" is the perfect way to describe the kills, made even more effective by how sudden and unexpected they all are. The needles kill, in particular, would have been right at home in a Fulci or Argento movie. A Page of Madness is hanging out on YouTube, and I can't wait for it to ruin my life. So glad you dug The Stuff! It's a yearly goal to dig for obscure anthologies. Birdboy is absolutely harrowing at times. I love the "He's the ripper!" chick that I used in the 2020 trailer from Ripper. It's a great deal of hammy fun and with good gore thrown in.
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