What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Pete

THE TERMINATOR is one of the greatest films ever made. TERMINATOR 2 is good but loses points for being cheesy. Part 3 and SALVATION are average.

Saw your post and assumed you'd be going on about Shocking Dark

[Pete]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Saw your post and assumed you'd be going on about Shocking Dark

That IS the greatest film ever made!

[James Morton]

Originally Posted by Phurious

Yeh, I should go back and watch it again, it must be 12 years or so since I last saw it.
There's a longer version than the theatrical release isn't there?

yeah on my dvd and blu ray there are 3 versions
theatrical, special and via easter egg on dvd the extended version which in cludes the deleted scenes
on the blu ray, the numbers are there, 82997

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by James Morton

yeah on my dvd and blu ray there are 3 versions
theatrical, special and via easter egg on dvd the extended version which in cludes the deleted scenes
on the blu ray, the numbers are there, 82997

Cool. Thanks man, I'll investigate.

[necroluciferia]

Just watched Hostel. Not seen it in ages, but reading the interview in the new Dark Side I suddenly got the urge to watch it again. Great film, love the ending

Also watched Axe and Babysitter Wanted last night, which was better than I was expecting.

[Rik]

Just watched Pieces that I'd Sky +'d the other week. Wasn't expecting much to be honest but I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Yeah the acting is shocking, the dubbing pretty shoddy in parts (I'm pretty sure one of the cops is dubbed by Nick Alexander who dubbed Al Cliver in ZFE), and the soundtrack bore strong similarities with certain Goblin scores, namely Dawn of the Dead. Overall a worthy addition to any fan of 80's Slasher films' collection and I will definitely pick up the recent Arrow release now.




"They all float down here, they allll floaaaattt!!!"

[Make Them Die Slowly]

"Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein" pretty slow to start with but once all the monster mayhem starts, it's pretty good.

[Gojirosan]

Watched Black Christmas. I've seen this many times and still think it's a superb, important and compelling film.

However, the Tartan port of the Critical Mass transfer is very lacking in video quality, to the point of being distracting. A mediocre interlaced transfer to begin with, then converted from NTSC to PAL, the motion is juddery, colours smeared and details non-existent. This film deserves better.

I know that the US Blu-ray release has its detractors, but I think I'm going to buy it, as based upon review and screencaps and common sense, it should be an improvement over the Tartan issue.

Also, 1.78:1 seems a very tight matte. The framing looks off throughout. Were Canada in the habit of matting to 1.66:1 at this time does anyone know? IMDb reckons it was intended for 1.85:1, but my eyes tell me different.

Whatever, a wonderful film and essential viewing to anyone with any interest in the development of the horror film.

[sawyer6]

Just finished Peter Watkins' Punishment Park which I found exceptional and I highly recommend it!

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by sawyer6

Just finished Peter Watkins' Punishment Park which I found exceptional and I highly recommend it!

Extraordinarily good film. I watched his Privilege the other day, which I highly recommend too.

Masters of Cinema are releasing Punishment Park on Blu (well dual format) on 23rd Jan according to Amazon - I'm there with bells on.