What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by SharonLynette

The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

Is that from the R1 Image disc?

It looks gorgeous.

[SharonLynette]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Is that from the R1 Image disc?

It looks gorgeous.

It is. I should have said The Crawling Eye but I much prefer the other title.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by SharonLynette

It is. I should have said The Crawling Eye but I much prefer the other title.

Did you enjoy it?

I think its a wonderful monster movie, despite being cheap i love the crawling eyes, and the model work is well done.

[SharonLynette]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Did you enjoy it?

I think its a wonderful monster movie, despite being cheap i love the crawling eyes, and the model work is well done.

I did. It's a good afternoon monster movie, visually it looks good and the plot is interesting.

[Wes]

Just fresh from a screening of Aguirre Wrath of God, and in many ways its Herzog's most brilliant work, a sorrowful doom filled film, at it's heart a strange and mesmerizing turn by Klaus Kinski, all sneering gestures and crab-like movements. He seems so absorbed in the role it's difficult to draw the line between character and actor, the cast seem genuinely afraid of him...

[g053584398]

Originally Posted by Wes

Just fresh from a screening of Aguirre Wrath of God, and in many ways its Herzog's most brilliant work, a sorrowful doom filled film, at it's heart a strange and mesmerizing turn by Klaus Kinski, all sneering gestures and crab-like movements. He seems so absorbed in the role it's difficult to draw the line between character and actor, the cast seem genuinely afraid of him...

By all accounts Klaus was quite a madman, although Jess Franco has said that he never had any problems with him at all. It seems a shame that cinema no longer has real characters like Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed or Richard Burton.

[Wes]

Absolutely, well said

I have a copy of Kinski's book and interestingly, he mentions an incident from the Aguirre shoot where Herzog supposedly has a llama tied to a raft heading for rapids. Kinski expresses his hated for the "murderous Herzog" but of course no such scene is in the film. Perhaps the scene was trimmed but who can say. Herzog claims that Kinski filled the book with scandals to make it a best seller. It's certainly lively...

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by SharonLynette

The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

The Amazing Transplant (1970) - Poor acting, poor cinematography, ropey plot - I loved it.

Ghosthouse (1988) - I really like this film yet I seem to manage to forget that I've already seen it!

'The Amazing Transplant' is dazzling. I had to watch it three times in a row in an attempt to persuade myself an evil genius wasn't playing games with my mind (I'm still not convinced).

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

THINGS. A zero budget, shot on super 8 film from Canada in the late '80s. This fits perfectly into the anti-film, school of film making, as such wonders as PSYCHED BY THE 4-D WITCH and the works of Nathan Schiff. The plot wanders in and out of the film as people endlessly talk, eat, drink and open cupboards. Never have so many cupboards been opened in one film. There's a far bit of gore on offer, in amongst the oddness on display and there's heaps of that. This is pure glory for those who like to be baffled, bored and put into a hypnagogic state by film.

As much as I like weird, f*cked up movies, I couldn't get my head round 'Things' at all. In fact, I remember having that rarest of experiences in home viewing, an almost physical response of pure hatred towards what I was seeing, so much so that at points I sprung from my chair raking my face with my nails and screaming "It's shit! IT'S JUST F*CKING SHIT!" at the screen until eventually my housemate sedated me. I never thought I'd feel any kinship towards the reactionary knobhead who supposedly trashed his TV on watching the Sex Pistols swear at a chat show host, but "Where's Bill Grundy now?" were the last words I muttered to myself before I collapsed weeping onto the floor beside my still chuntering DVD player. Thanks, 'Things', you dick(s).

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

As much as I like weird, f*cked up movies, I couldn't get my head round 'Things' at all. In fact, I remember having that rarest of experiences in home viewing, an almost physical response of pure hatred towards what I was seeing, so much so that at points I sprung from my chair raking my face with my nails and screaming "It's shit! IT'S JUST F*CKING SHIT!" at the screen until eventually my housemate sedated me. I never thought I'd feel any kinship towards the reactionary knobhead who supposedly trashed his TV on watching the Sex Pistols swear at a chat show host, but "Where's Bill Grundy now?" were the last words I muttered to myself before I collapsed weeping onto the floor beside my still chuntering DVD player. Thanks, 'Things', you dick(s).

You really should start up the 'viewing in the extreme' thread.