What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

No, men! Bloody auto correction.

[trebor8273]

Anyone seen the falling ?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Anyone seen the falling ?

Are you running short of things to buy?

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Are you running short of things to buy?

Bought it today, just curious if its any good.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Bought it today, just curious if its any good.

I saw The Falling some time ago and thought it was brilliant, but I see that is not an opinion universally shared, with some dismissing it completely.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I saw The Falling some time ago and thought it was brilliant, but I see that is not an opinion universally shared, with some dismissing it completely.

It was only £4. So might give a watch this weekend.


Universal Horror (documentary).

Fascinating documentary about the universal horror movies as well as others of the same time. Lots of interesting facts and clips from films that are crying out for a good DVD or blu ray release, with a few lost films. Well worth watching for fans of the universal horror films or horror in general. 9/10

universal horror documentary - Bing video

Next up Blacula then probably scum of the earth or an episode of tales of the unexpected.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Bought it today, just curious if its any good.

Usually a question to ask prior to buying something!

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I saw The Falling some time ago and thought it was brilliant, but I see that is not an opinion universally shared, with some dismissing it completely.

Strangely enough, I had this through from Love Film today and will be giving it a spin later.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Tis the season to be gory......

Watched:
THE ASH TREE
A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS
STIGMA
LOST HEARTS
THE SIGNALMAN

And DON'T OPEN 'TILL CHRISTMAS,my favourite sleazy Santa slasher which looks AMAZING on the German Blu ray!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Acting ranges from Men to so bad its funny. 7/10

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Men?

Originally Posted by trebor8273

No, meh! Bloody auto correction.

Men...meh!

Same thing in my book!!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Craze (1974)

Jack Palance plays antique dealer Neal Mottram who sacrifices women to the statue of African god Chuku in the belief that it will help his ailing finances.

Freddie Francis' horror thriller was something completely new to me. I'd heard the title but knew nothing about the film or if it was any good. Happily i can report that it is good, in fact very good. It drives along at a near break neck pace from the opening sacrifice during the first few minutes to the final showdown with the police.

Palance often seems an actor who verges on the crazy tightrope and he excels here as the batshit bonkers Mottram laughing and gurgling all the way to the bank. The film whilst not OTT horror is very gory in a couple of places with bloody fx work that wouldn't seem out of place in a Fulci film. As well as Palance the film has a cast to die for, in fact i've no idea how a film that's purely exploitation such as this can bring together the likes of Michael Jayston, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Trevor Howard, Suzy Kendall, David Warbeck and Martin Potter. So no matter what your thoughts on Craze poor acting cannot be leveled at it nor can a poor script stuffed with one liners such as Jayston's scathing put down of Dors. “One would have to be pretty desperate to sail into that port”

Deep End (1970)

Director Jerzy Skolimowski's tale of a 15 year old boy, John Moulder Brown, who gets a job at a dilapidated swimming pool and ends up falling in love with colleague Jane Asher.

Set at that time when the swinging 60's were giving way to a new darker era of the 1970's. Like so many of the films of this period it serves as both a social commentary and time capsule of an era long gone.

The baths are a great example. A fine building looking run down and in need of more than just a lick of paint. The place and indeed the film has a seedy underbelly as Asher suggests the lad should look after the female clientele and do what ever they wish in order to gain bigger tips as she does with the male punters. Although nothing particularly sordid is shown onscreen it is certainly implied especially when the boy has to 'look after' Diana Dors (Her again, i think that's four films i've seen her in this month) as she plays out a football fantasy about George Best, tightly grasping the poor boy as she reaches climax.

The film also explores obsession as the boy falls for Asher and follows her around London's dingy underworld until the heart wrenching climax back at the baths.

Deep End may not be horror but it pulls off a deeply effective and shocking ending that leaves you feeling hollow inside and i haven't felt that since this years The Witch and prior to that heaven knows, it's been that long.


Both films are highly recommended products of British cinema, especially Deep End.