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Originally Posted by keirarts  Didn't realise torture chamber was released! (shame on me as i'm on Tomasellis facebook page!) Agree about Yuzna. I like his stuff but his reps a little inflated by folk like me who remember the 90's drought and the fact he was the only guy delivering horror for a chunk of that decade. Society his still his best work imo, I like his re-animator films but neither live up to the Stuart gordon original. (aside from the wretched 'integral cut' I caught at a friends last night that ruins the films pacing.) |
'Torture Chamber' is on the pile, and Amazon will vouch for me on this. I too was surprised by the lack of foreword, and had to check out the credits list on my copy to be sure. Yup, it's Dante.
Agree again on Yuzna. I've never really rated Stuart Gordon, either. All of that mid eighties stuff stands as a Shibboleth now, but in years to come it will never be seen to possess the power of eg. Cronenberg, or even Carpenter etc etc. For a horror hack, his films occasionally snatch at ideas which are never fully realised. That elevates them a bit for me, and he knows how to turn a script competently enough. I've just ordered that one of his about a cybernetic dog. Maybe my life will suddenly change and things will be amazing.