What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[MrBarlow]

Count Yorga, Vampire 1970.

A couple invite a count to perform a seance not realising he is a Vampire.

Film starts off like Dracula, a count leaving his home for a new start, a coffin being taken from a boat and delivered to a new residence. It's set in modern day time in 60s. Robert Quarry plays the count very well and tends to be a bit creepy. It does has some good memorable moments and shot brilliantly even on a low budget. From start to finish it was enjoyable. 8 out of 10.

[MuckyFunster]

Maniac Cop 2

I watched this for the first time time other day. Great movie. Real decent B-thriller, what with them mixing the Maniac Cop with a kind of real life Son of Sam type serial killer.

One quick Q though...I see that Robert Z’Dar was named in the credits and all that, and he does appear as Matt Cordell at the very beginning of the movie and during the flashback scenes, but was it *really* Bobby Z’Darsky who played Cordell throughout the film?? To me the actor seemed a lot smaller in stature than what he appeared in the first movie. Also, why would they change his appearance so much with the prosthetics or mask or whatever?? Surely that was a different actor! A quick Google doesn’t turn up any other Maniac Cop conspiracy theorists, and Z’Dar is credited on Wikipedia too.

Anyone else think the same??


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[Nostalgic]

Re watching The Maltese Falcon for about the 10th time after first watching it last year, it has become a firm favourite of mine, sublime, easily watchable, fast paced, THE film noir by which all others should be judged.

10/10

So glad I got the Premium blu when I did as lets face it, hmv are in quicksand despite the save.

[trebor8273]

A great Hammer film, in no small part too the lovely Collinson twins. Here Cushing plays Gustav Weil a witchfinder general type character who believing there is evil about sets about burning any young girls he sees. There is a true evil in the area the local count, who is a devil worshipper and vampire but him and his men are too cowardly to do anything . The counts interests soon then turn to Gustav young niece's. 8/10




Watched it again and just as brilliant as the other times I've seen it. My favourite film of 2018. Screw the critics!


Now watching mutant (1984)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Great Wall (2016)

Decent popcorn munching blockbuster. The 100 min running time meant it never dragged but the downside was there wasn't much in the way of characterization other than for Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal's mercenary's.

In a way this impacted on the film as a whole because i never fully invested in the other characters and was basically waiting for the next action set piece and it never really got better than the first assault on the Great Wall. The film looked terrific throughout with innovative action sequences (The use of Chinese lanterns in the finale was class) worthy of director Zhang Yimou's classic Chinese films Hero and House of Flying Daggers as were drumming sequences when soldiers were called to arms.

This isn't to say i didn't enjoy the film. I did, but it's no classic. Interestingly it was co-written by The Last Samurai's director and writer Edward Zwick. Whilst The Great Wall has similarities with that film - Westerner integrates into Asian society to combat outside threat - it's nowhere near as good.

[bleakshaun]

Bone Tomahawk
A sheriff , his deputy, a gunslinger and a distraught husband head off to find three people captured by a savage tribe.
A brutal western/horror, pretty brutal when it gets violent. A great film and one to check out for sure

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Count Tonga, Vampire 1970.

A couple invite a count to perform a seance not realising he is a Vampire.

Film starts off like Dracula, a count leaving his home for a new start, a coffin being taken from a boat and delivered to a new residence. It's set in modern day time in 60s. Robert Quarry plays the count very well and tends to be a bit creepy. It does has some good memorable moments and shot brilliantly even on a low budget. From start to finish it was enjoyable. 8 out of 10.

Tonga? Count Yorga, surely.

[Nordicdusk]

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What happens when you drive too fast fool around with your lady drink and drive ? You crash and melt your face off obviously.

This is the opening of Doom Asylum and from there on its a non stop ride of bad acting great kills and what feels like the full 1930s version of Sweeny Todd

The female involved in the car crash dies while the male driver is left emotionally and physically scarred for life so he hides out in an abandoned asylum hiding his grotesque deformed face from the world until a group of teens assholes invade is sanctuary and force him into action.

Doom Asylum is short sweet and too the point kills are rapid which is perfect giving that all the characters as I mentioned already are assholes and irritating as hell. Giving the low budget of the film some of the kills look great the highlight is definitely the drill kill FAAAANNNTASTIC

I had an absolute blast with Doom Asylum entertaining from start to finish my only complaint was the amount of time they spent showing Sweeny Todd such a pointless way of padding out the run time.

7/10

A disappointing boob count of 1

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Tonga? Count Yorga, surely.

Bloody autocorrect strikes again

[MrBarlow]

The Return of Count Yorga 1971.

Count Yorga has returned from the grave and purchased a mansion next to a orphanage and preys on the local community and intends to find a new bride.

The opening shot of this was a bit eerie and spooky which sets the film off brilliantly with a very dark gothic presence even in the mansion.

Robert Quarry returns as The Count, how he has returned after the first film is not really explained but the plot is cleverly written with some humour and can stray along a bit in some areas, Bill Butler did a good job with the cinematography in this film and creepy music score by Bill Mary. Decent worthy sequel to watch. 8 out of 10.