What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by Phurious

I don't know that much new stuff, but 'must sees' include:

Save The Green Planet

Bittersweet Life

Memories of Murder

Any of Park Chan Wook's films - I'm guessing your familiar with Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance?

And the films of Kim Ki Duk in particular 3 Iron, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Again, Bad Guy, The Isle and Address Unknown

Seen them all except the Kim Ki Duk one's so I'll add them to my Lovefilm list now, cheers mate

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by antmumford

Seen them all except the Kim Ki Duk one's so I'll add them to my Lovefilm list now, cheers mate

Also add 3-iron and Samaritan Girl to the Kim Ki Duk list

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by antmumford

Seen them all except the Kim Ki Duk one's so I'll add them to my Lovefilm list now, cheers mate

They're quite different from all the other flicks, certainly more arty, but psychologically they're the most 'horror' out of anything coming out of that country, particularly The Isle and Bad Guy.

[Handyman Joe]

Tonights movie is Blood and Black Lace - some thoughts - this DESPERATELY needs a hi-def upgrade, my VCI dvd looks awful, bleached out, speckled, atrocious in the dark scenes - we can only dream of a Bay of Blood type resurrection. I love Bava but for me this film is a tad overrated, some great scenes but it never truly grips or scares. The inspector is an Italian Mark Kermode doppleganger. Alan Moore defo saw this as a boy - the killer is basically a blank Rorscharch.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by antmumford

It seems to me that every South Korean film has something special about them. Can't wait to see what other offerings they have.

Any suggestions guys? Ones on your "must see" recommendations list?

Gotta see Bedevilled from last year (just outside my top 10 for 2011). That's sum gut wrenching shiit . . . !

[Frankie Teardrop]

CANNIBAL CAMPOUT - I've been watching a few examples of that 'first wave' of shot-on-video 80s horror recently. 'Sledgehammer' was a genuinely bizarre and baffling standout, a piece of dreamy alienation with a really oppressive vibe in places (maybe mostly due the soundtrack if I remember correctly). 'Cannibal Campout', on the other hand, comes across as amiable if sadistic parody peppered with bleaker, sleazier moments. There's the domestic camcorder look which to me always suggests something a little forbidden - it associates with porno, washed out bootlegs and maybe things on tape you just shouldn't see (ie. 13th generation Robert Palmer videos playing at 3 am in an empty room). That bad 80s VHS look has come back recently (ie Trash Humpers), but in a way this seems competently put together - so many films like this don't use editing in a dynamic way at all, whereas this one at least seems to carry some forward momentum and pace. Anyway, some standard teens go on a camping trip into the woods where a trio of cannibal back-woods types lurk (yeah it's not revolutionary). Some surprisingly mean spirited gore happens after plenty of wandering and talking. Could have been a weird anti-classic if the comedic tone hadn't jammed the darker signals it seems to send at points.

[nekromantik]

Just seen a new US indie thriller called Occupant.
Its a pretty good movie which I enjoyed.
There are only a few characters in the movie and the main guy was very good.

Its about this old woman who does at the start and they say its heart attack but you seen some finger nail marks to make you think otherwise. Her grandson arrives to identify the body and then the doorman and this lawyer tell him that the flat is a rental and his grand ma was only paying $625 instead of $10k so they decided to try and transfer the contract to him. In order to do this he has in stay in the flat and not leave until the lawyer gets the court order which will take 12 days.

Slowly things start to happen and he goes crazy...cant say the rest without spoiling it so go see it! ha ha
Its got a interesting story and good atmosphere.

[Gojirosan]

Saw The Innkeepers, which was OK in and of itself - not great or anything, but it was a big improvement over The House Of The Devil. It's very derivative and has no surprises, but it's worth a watch.

Also, as a modern ghost film, I thought it was better than either Paranormal Activity or Insidious.

[sawyer6]

Finally watched Silent Night, Deadly Night, last night.I liked it a lot,and liked the fact that they spent half the movie on the development of Billy's character,not typical for a slasher film!

[Prince_Vajda]

Resident Evil. I've seen this movie plenty of times now, and it's still one of my favourite flicks. It has great action, Milla, Zombies, Milla, kick-ass Michelle Rodriguez, Milla, a great pace, Milla, and one hell of an ending - have I already said that Milla Jovovich is the leading actress?

Totally unsuitable if you want to exercise your brain cells - but if you've got a few dispensable ones, it's highly entertaining!

Greetings!