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Old 21st September 2015, 10:30 AM
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Weekend viewing!

Night of the Creeps



My first time viewing this, but a film i've known the name of for a long LONG time. I wasn't aware that it was Dekker's film, and that was something which pushed me towards watching it as Monster Squad is one of my favourite 80's comedy horrors. In this one the protagonists are a little older pushing them into Freshmen College and Frat Houses, making it feel a bit more like a John Hughes movie but one with zombies and mind control slug monsters
Cool film which I enjoyed, the BD is the directors cut, I'm not sure what is different from the theatrical cut, perhaps it's just the ending which is supplied as an extra. Interestingly, I think that the theatrical ending works better than the DC ending, but this is just my opinion.

Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 - Hammer Version)



Enjoyable Sherlock Holmes romp. I didn't think I'd seen this version, but every now and then it felt very familiar. Maybe it was just the Hammer soundstage sets, maybe it was the cast, I don't know. I'm still not entirely sure if yesterday was the first time I've seen the film
It was all good fun and Lee in particular was good as Sir Henry Baskerville but I don't know if it's my favourite version of the story I've seen, I think that is still the Basil Rathbone one!

Mission To Lars



Jeez, I was only 5 mins into this touching documentary about a guy, Tom, with Fragile X syndrome and I was weeping. Basically the premise is that he is obsessed with Metallica and Lars Ulrich in particular. His mantra has been "Wanna meet Lars" for as long as his brother and sister can remember and in order to rekindle the relationship that they used to have with their brother they make it their mission to take him to America and follow the end of the Metallica world tour and see if they can't get a meeting with Lars. The jaded part of me has to wonder whether they are doing this for their brother or to make themselves feel like they are part of his life and to atone for letting him down in the past. That aside, it's a rollercoaster of emotion from start to finish especially since that most difficult thing the family faces in setting up a meeting with Lars is getting Tom to actually go to it!
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