What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

its nothing new but enjoyable till the end.
you might not dislike the ending as much as me though.

I'm rarely let down by Australian horror films and will try and stay open-minded for this one -- I'll let you know what I think whenever it gets posted out and I get a chance to watch the disc.

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I'm rarely let down by Australian horror films and will try and stay open-minded for this one -- I'll let you know what I think whenever it gets posted out and I get a chance to watch the disc.

ok look forward to thee thoughts

[Sargento]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Just watched Hatchet and Hatchet 2 back to back.

I was really disappointed overall to be honest. I know it's done as a love letter/homage to 70's/80's slasher films but because it's so over the top it just comes across as a tongue-in-cheek parody. The deformed, hulking, maniacal Victor Crowley character just comes across as a poor Jason Vorhees rip-off (even if Kane Hodder wasn't playing him) and for a film that concentrates so much on 'the kills' I found it odd that at least 2 of the deaths in the first one happen off-screen.

I thought the sequel was a bit better and because of the increased budget didn't have the cheap 'this-is-clearly-a-small-set' look of the first one (I have no problem with low budget films but the way the first one was shot made it look so obviously cheap and sound-stagey) but it wasn't great all the same.

Ah well.

I really love the script in Hatchet .. it has that special something that makes it more of a throwback to the 80s. Very well written IMO. Hatchet 2, well that was just shite!

[James Morton]

DARK CITY - wasn't bad and no way a great film
DEAD SNOW - disappointed horror
SEXY KILLER - very good Spanish horror comedy

[Sam]

I decided to check out the Zombie Chronicles box set last night and they really have put three of the worst films in history in one box set . I have a fairly high tolerance for bad films but these really do take the biscuit. Forever Dead and Stiff Odds are pretty much unwatchable but I might return to Swamp Zombies at some point in the future since it looks the best of a very bad bunch!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by James Morton

DARK CITY - wasn't bad and no way a great film
DEAD SNOW - disappointed horror
SEXY KILLER - very good Spanish horror comedy

I think Dark City is a brilliant movie and one that is easily on a par with The Matrix. I also feel differently to you about Dead Snow, one of my favourite horror-comedies of recent years but I do agree about Sexy Killer, a film I really enjoyed and should dig out and watch again.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Oh, right -- I get you now. It's just when you said:

I thought you meant you cried with laughter during Pearl Harborand that's why I asked whether it was crying with laughter or relief that Michael Bay's abomination had finished!

i DID cry helplessly WITH laughter at Pearl Harbour (who didnt? come on..."world war 2's just started!!..." sheeeeesh!! bay is like cancer IMO) and
i make no bones about my reaction to suspension of disbelief...i also cried during UP and THE FOUNTAIN...i am a rounded individual....

[necroluciferia]

Killer Nun and Baba Yaga

[PaulD]

Just got back from seeing True Grit. Really loved it. The main girl (I forget her name) was, as everyone is rightfully saying, tremendous in it. So was Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon too. Going to give the original a go at the weekend.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by PaulD

The main girl (I forget her name)

Hailee Steinfeld, who might be a surprise choice for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday.