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Watched The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2015) Really wish that I hadn't put up the trailer for this a while back, as it best gone into blind I now feel. I recommend this highly. The Legend Of Barney Thompson (2016, Robert Carlyle) Begbie's directorial debut is a wee stoater by ra wie. Or....this film is an accomplished piece of work (for all the sassenachs on here ) Three more FF ers.... Creep (2014, Patrick Brice) A job is a job, yes? Well, watch who is paying you. Similarities with Enduring Love not withstanding, this wrong footed me at the point where I was just about to shrug mentally, suspend that disbelief and watch a very odd wee film. The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013, Renny Harlin) Yes, that is Mr Geena Davis at the helm. A group of Americans blithely wander about where they really shouldn't in this slightly creepy tale. Unsolved mystery reexamined? Check. Foreshadowing ignored? Check. Cheeky wee ending though, so it rises above the mire slightly. Invoked (2015, Rosa/Mendes) A group of 20somethings go to an island for a weekend break, but it's them who get broken haha. Look, the cardinal rule here is.....If there is an ancient legend which involves trapped spirits do not hold a seance!!! Sheesh etc. Some nice touches, but strictly for FFFans. After I've stopped laughing, I will let you all know what I thought of Blair Witch
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Ignoring the 3 I saw in February. COUGH!!!
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THE BOY – Mainstream horror in which a babysitter is hired by a rich couple to look after their 'kid', a porcelain doll. Scenes of Lauren Cohan coming to grips with the fact she's supposed to care for an inanimate object and gradually being seduced into the role are quite interesting, and it's well put together from start to finish. The 'finish' in question is unfortunately a bit wack in some ways, as the film takes a detour away from the psychological / supernatural and into sort-of slasher territory. Fine, but that could all have been amped up a bit more, made a bit more sickly given the rich couple's ultimate designs. But it's just not that kind of movie. As it stands, it's vaguelly intriguing with a few creepy bits and some nice atmosphere, and manages reasonably well to entertain. GREEN ROOM – From the maker of 'Blue Ruin'. 'Green Room' carries forward that film's approach, which basically involves giving genre filmmaking a semi art-house spin, so really 'Green Room' does for siege movies what 'Blue Ruin' did for the humble revenge flick. Here we have some broke punks who end up playing a gig at some kind of neo-nazi hang-out on the edge of town. The band start out by blasting the DK's 'Nazi Punks F*ck Off' at a bunch of skins, but it goes from bad to worse for them when they stumble upon a murder scene and find that head fascist Patrick Stewart has them trapped back stage. A very good movie which has one foot in action thriller territory but plays out more like a certain kind of American indie flick, with a sort of cryptic, languid feel to it even when the blood starts to spurt. Recommended. |
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Vampyros Lesbos (1970) One of Jess Franco's most infamous films. It stars the gorgeous Soledad Miranda who entices women to her island home via exotic and erotic striptease acts at a club. Once there she ensnares them in with her vampiric will and drinks their bolod in order to live forever. I've got to be honest and say plot wise there really isn't an awful lot going on. The lovely Ewa Stroemberg is lured to the isolated island in the Med, is seduced by the countess and no one including Dennis Price and Franco regular Paul Muller can work out what is wrong with her. However the lure of Vampyros Lesbos isn't the story, it's everything else. For the Spanish maverick Franco has created a surreal melancholic poem about vampiric loneliness. There's plenty of erotica although perhaps not as much as the films title might suggest. Far from pounding the viewer into submission with endless zoom shots of hairy sexuality, Franco is far more subtle, intercutting scorpions, moths and kites in the sky with the lingering moments of sensuality. The film's soundtrack is a joy. Thick with hedonistic eastern influences and jazz and rock motifs, it's skillfully integrated into the film carefully toying with the ears and mind as Franco's sumptuous visuals work their way into our conscious. Coming across like a fever dream, Vampyros Lesbos is recommended late night viewing. The UK dvd from Second Sight is beautifully restored and looks stunning. |
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Didn't get too see Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as there were no seats left when we got there. So just went for something to eat and a drink. Now watching the shining. Forgotten how much I hate the Shelly duval character what a bitch, no jury would find anyone guilty if they killed her.I really can't remember her being so annoying in the book. |
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