What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bdc

Some were better than others but not one was bad imho.
If anybody's interested,I'm willing to do some short reviews.

That would be great!

[bdc]

Ok then,I'll try to do some later.
All of them or certain titles BE?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bdc

Ok then,I'll try to do some later.
All of them or certain titles BE?

The only one's I've seen form your list are Red to Kill and Dr Vampire, so reviews of the rest of the titles would be great!

[Gojirosan]

Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark

Saw this many years ago and couldn't remember any of it, I just had a faint inkling that I didn't think much of it. Anyway, for a quid in Poundland I thought I'd give it another go.

Firstly I was pleased it was a direct port of the 16:9 Anchor Bay version. Secondly I was pleased that I found it a silly and very fun little film that kept me viewing and amused throughout. A bargain for £1!

[sawyer6]

Watched This Is Spinal Tap for the first time( yeah I know!) funny as hell.Also watched Peter Watkins' La Commune(Paris 1871),very ambitious project(almost 6 hours), recommended and finally I watched The Card Player , which I found weak but not bad!

[bdc]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

The only one's I've seen form your list are Red to Kill and Dr Vampire, so reviews of the rest of the titles would be great!

I'll try to put some reviews up later then.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bdc

I'll try to put some reviews up later then.

"There is no try, either do or do not."*

*Some small fella with big ears and a stick.

[bdc]

Here we go...

Red to Kill (1994)
A maniac is raping and killing girls dressed in red in the proximity of a hostel for the disabled...
At first the movie is very moving with a mentally retarded girl losing her father and ending up in the hostel but then it switches to totally over-the top exploitation as the rapist killer is just too much (really!).
The ice-cubes scene cracked me up!
The two approaches (moving/serious one minute and over-the-top exploitation the next) don't really gel successfully imho but this is still an interesting film.
Doctor Vampire - Legendary Collection (1991)
A HK doctor visits Britain and gets bitten by a vampire while searching for a phone (his car broke down) in a strange hotel,he then returns to HK...
Cheesy fun-fest that starts off relatively slow but gets better and better,ending in an unexpected brilliant finale.
Filmed partly in Britain with some non-HK actors (Peter Kjaer as the count and Lorraine Kibble as the count's assistant).

Lorraine Kibble gets it:



Vampire's Breakfast - Legendary Collection (1987)
There's a killer on the loose,the police don't want it to be known he's a vampire though!
But...our heroic newspaper reporter Liao Chi-Piao is hot on the case and wants a scoop...
Decent time waster,but I wasn't really impressed by the vampire.
Not bad though and it has a good finale.
Phantom Killer, The - Legendary Collection (1981)
A local hero charms all the ladies and all of them are in love with him,there is however a killer who's killing them off on by one!
Fun whodunit in a period setting with some added martial arts mayhem and even some nudity (credits) that seems to be somewhat inspired by the German krimi films.
The killer looks great disguised as a monk and wearing a skull mask!
There's even some true gross out scenes (corpse in the statue).
It's discounted at Playasia right now and goes for about 3-4US$ + ship.



Jail House Eros - Legendary Collection (1990)
A girl died while trying to escape from prison several years ago...
A movie with a reputation!
Strange hybrid WIP/ghost film which also has it share of (full frontal) nudity and succeeds in being entertaining in parts,however I personally didn't find the "good" female ghost really interesting and that whole aspect slows the movie down imho.
The "bad" female ghost is fun however as are the many cat fights!
OK,just don't expect too much and you'll have a good time.
Happy Ghost, The - Legendary Collection (1984)
In ancient times (period style) a man commits suicide by hanging himself in a temple...the rope he used (which seems to house his spirit) is found by a girl while sheltering with her friends from a rainstorm in the abandoned temple.
She takes the rope back to the boarding school they attend...
I read that this was a children's comedy film,however it turned out to be a teen (aimed at girls it seems) comedy/drama.
Strange film which addresses topics as teen pregnancy and suicide,even abortion.
All while there's a "happy ghost" trying to help the girls out!
After having watched a bit (up until the feet tickling in the bedroom scene) I didn't really like it,however I returned to it the next day and found it strangely moving and even charming...

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Very nice, b - I may have to look at picking some of these up very soon!

[bdc]

I forgot to add that The Happy Ghost uses the worst materials I've seen for The Legendary Collection.
Pic quality is not very good at times on that one so keep that in mind.

Btw I'm currently watching The Haunted Cop Shop.
Will put a review up when I've finished watching it.