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Everything I've watched this year (that I can remember) Alligator (Lewis Teague, 1980) Alligator 2 (Jon Hess, 1991) Amazons and Supermen (Alfonso Brescia, 1975) Amok Train aka: Beyond the Door III (Jeff Kwitny, 1989) Ark of the Sun God (Antonio Margheriti, 1984) At Midnight I will Take Your Soul (Jose Majica Marins, 1964) Ator: Iron Warrior (Alfonso Bresica, 1987) Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011) Bare Behind Bars (Osvaldo De Olivera, 1980 (though some sources state 1987)) Black Sunday aka: The Mask of Satan (Mario Bava, 1960) Blood Sabbath (Brianne Murphy, 1972) Blue Tornado (Antonio Bido, 1991) Body Melt (Philip Brothy, 1993) Brain Damage (Frank Hennenlotter, 1988) Brain that Wouldn't Die (Joesph Green, 1962) A Bucket of Blood (Roger Corman, 1959) Casablanca Express (Sergio Martino, 1989) Choke Canyon (Chuck Bail, 1986) Confessions of a Police Captain (Damiano Damiani, 1971) Dead End (Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa, 2003) Dead Men Don't Make Shadows (Demofilo Fidani, 1970) Death Laid an Egg (Giulio Questi, 1968) Demons 2 (Lamberto Bava, 1986) Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn, 2011) Eden Lake (James Watkins, 2008) Emanuelle in Bangkok (Joe D'Amato, 1976) Emergency Squad (Stelvio Massi, 1974) Fiend Without a Face (Arthur Crabtree, 1959) Final Executioner (Romolo Guerrieri, 1984) Find a Place to Die (Giuliano Carnemeo, 1968) The Forgotten Pistolero (Ferdiando Baldi, 1969) Frankenstein General Hospital (Deborah Romare, 1988) Fudoh: The New Generation (Takashi Miike, 1996) The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968) Guns & Guts (Rene Cardona Jr, 1974) The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009) The Hangover Part 2 (Todd Phillips, 2011) Hemoglobin (Peter Svatek, 1997) Holocaust 2000 aka: Rain of Fire (Alberto De Martino, 1977) Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011) Hotel Transylvania (Genndy Tartakovsky, 2012) Invaders from Mars (William Cameron Menzies, 1953) Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Stephen Chiodo, 1988) Killers Moon (Alan Birkenshaw, 1978) King Frat (Ken Wiederhorn, 1979) The Last Man on Earth (Sydney Salkow, 1964) Malabimba: The Malicious Whore (Andrea Bianchi, 1979) Manhunt (Fabrizio De Angelis, 1984) A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die (Franco Giraldi, 1968) Night of the Demons (Kevin Tenney, 1988) A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) The Omega Man (Boris Segal, 1971) One Damned Day at Dawn...Django Meets Sartana (Demofilo Fidani, 1970) The Perfume of the Lady in Black (Francesco Barilli, 1974) Plan 9 From Outer Space (Ed Wood Jr, 1959) Primal Rage (Primal Rage, Vittorio Rambaldi, 1988) Puma Man (Alberto De Martino, 1980) Rawhead Rex (George Pavlou, 1986) Red to Kill (Hin Sing Tang, 1994) Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987) Robocop 2 (Irvin Kershner, 1990) Robocop 3 (Fred Dekker, 1993) Sahara Cross (Tonino Valerri, 1978) Salt in the Wound (Tonino Ricci, 1969) Schoolgirls in Chains (Don Jones, 1973) Silent Night, Bloody Night (Theodore Gershuny, 1972) Sinbad of the Seven Seas (Enzo G Castellari & Luigi Cozzi, 1989) Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzik, 1983) Summertime Killer (Antonio Isassi Isamendi, 1972) Super (James Gunn, 2010) Super Snooper aka: Super Fuzz (Sergio Corbucci, 1980) Supersonic Man (Juan Piquer Simon, 1980) Take a Hard Ride (Antonio Margheriti, 1975) A Town Called Hell aka: A Town Called Bastard (Robert Parrish, 1971) The Trip (Roger Corman, 1967) Tucker and Dale vs Evil (Eli Craig, 2010) The Unholy Four (Enzo Barboni, 1970) Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jaromil Jires, 1970) A Woman Called Abe Sada (Noboru Tanaka, 1975) Young, Violent, Dangerous (Romolo Guerierri, 1976) Last edited by Pete; 30th December 2012 at 02:05 AM. |
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Ghost stories for christmas. Whistle and i'll come to you (1968) Michael Hordern's muttering self satisfied narcasisstic academic combined with the strange documentary opening, stark black and white photography and unnerving sound design make this a surreal and excellent must see adaptation of m.r. james ghost story, turned here into a critique of the intellectual snobbery that the author was most likely guilty of himself and in turn a critique of james as well as an adaptation of his work. Worth owning the set just for this. Whistle and i'll come to you (2010) John hurt takes the central role as the academic, here not as twitchy or as self satisfied with his own intellect, instead the plot is changed significantly to explain the nature of the ghostly goings on. Not as good as the origional but still worth watching. The stalls of barchester (1971) A tale of ambition and supernatural retribution, this makes the wise desicion to leave a lot to the imagination, a supurbly creepy tale with great use of location. A warning to the curious (1972) A tale of grave robbery and once again supernatural retribution, a character messes with things he shouldent and get his comeuppance, as with all the tales a great use of location, and while it gets critisisms for its depiction of the 'ghost' it still worked for me. Lost hearts (1973) A creepy fella adopts children for sinister purposes, except he dosent count on their vengeful spirits. Very creepy ghost kids and once again great use of location. Treasure of abbot thomas (1974) A supernatural treasure hunt with a deadly twist. The ghost here is a little unsatisfying given the build up, but its still a great watch. The ash tree (1975) A haunting from the past, this time from a witch with a grudge against an ancestor. Weakest of the lot for me but still worth a watch. The signalman. (1976) Dickens instead of james and one of the best adaptations in the whole box. Denholm Elliot gives an amazing performance and somehow they found the perfect location for the story. A treat from beginning to end. Stigma (1977) An old standing stone is moved unleashing age-old terror from britains dark pre-christian past. Its all a bit vague in the end and feels more like someone trying to copy m.r. james style but its decent nontheless, and very grim and bleak. The ice house (1978) The oddest film in the box, like Stigma its set in the 'modern day' this time at a creepy spa resort run by very creepy siblings. Staff start dissapearing, theres strange flowers growing on the ice house and the brother and sister have VERY strange speech patterns! (possibly poor acting rather than intentional) Interesting but not sure what its all about! A view from a hill (2005) Back to james, here we have another high minded acedemic and skeptic brought low by the supernatural, here when he comes to asses artifacts at a country estate. Great ghost story well executed and actually manages to retain some of the old films style and atmosphere. Number 13 (2006) another good one, this time about a haunted hotel where the room 13 dosent exist... or does it! Like view from the hill it seems to be made by fans of the origional ghost stories and is well worth watching. (thought the end reveal was very creepy) A ghost story at christmas. (bonus) 3 tales told by christopher lee recreating the setting they would have origionally been told in by james himself. Literally 3 episodes of lee in a chair speaking but still incredibly watchable and desrving of a place in the set! Overall a great collection, i'll probably dust this off every xmas! |
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Mutiny on the Buses (1972) More adventures from Stan and Jack the London bus drivers. This time the pair try to help Stan's brother in law learn to drive a bus in order to earn more money for his family so Stan can save more money to fulfill his plans to marry his girlfriend and set up home with her. More of the usual non pc humour, but still fun!
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Tonights film (excluding the last 15 or minutes or so of Love Actually) was Jack Reacher which turned out to be an enjoyable diversion from the festive feasting. I haven't read any of Lee Child's novels so can't comment on how accurate a recreation of the source material it is, but Cruise did o.k. Based on this I will look out for the sequels when (and if) they appear. May try to see Argo on Monday if its still showing. |
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