What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Predator (2018)



One of the worst films i can recall seeing. Of course i've seen worse films than this but they weren't Predator films and they weren't written and directed by Shane Black, a supposedly very competent figure when it comes to film making and i expected so much more than the dross thrown up on screen.



The script is terrible, the first half being made up mainly of army dudes telling jokes Shane Black finds funny and the second half with our lead actor (Whoever he was) shouting "I'm going to save my kid" every ten minutes.



For a film titled The Predator, the titular creature almost seems shoehorned in as an after thought. We are never involved with the creature, it's not a fully rounded character as it was in the classic 1987 movie or it's 1990 sequel. It's just there as an action plot device, something for the army grunts to shoot at.



I thought 2010's Predators was bad but this is a ****ing disgrace.

I enjoyed this at the cinema, it doesn't feel like a Predator movie at all but it was ok as a standalone film I thought...at the time. Cos since then I've had absolutely no urge to revisit it nor can I remember anything good about it. Predators is much much better.

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[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Predator (2018)

One of the worst films i can recall seeing. Of course i've seen worse films than this but they weren't Predator films and they weren't written and directed by Shane Black, a supposedly very competent figure when it comes to film making and i expected so much more than the dross thrown up on screen.

The script is terrible, the first half being made up mainly of army dudes telling jokes Shane Black finds funny and the second half with our lead actor (Whoever he was) shouting "I'm going to save my kid" every ten minutes.

For a film titled The Predator, the titular creature almost seems shoehorned in as an after thought. We are never involved with the creature, it's not a fully rounded character as it was in the classic 1987 movie or it's 1990 sequel. It's just there as an action plot device, something for the army grunts to shoot at.

I thought 2010's Predators was bad but this is a ****ing disgrace.

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

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Right! Will do!

[trebor8273]

A couple a yuppies buy there first home on a secluded island. At first things seem great the neighbours friendly and nice , maybe a little creepy. Soon the wife begins to suspect that the locals aren't all.they appear and begins to believe they witches/ devil worshippers. It's all quite tame and never lives up to the artwork. But we have a half decent cast which includes Tim Matheson, Woody Harrelson and Jeff Conway. 5/10

Now watching Dreams in the Witch house


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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

A couple a yuppies buy there first home on a secluded island. At first things seem great the neighbours friendly and nice , maybe a little creepy. Soon the wife begins to suspect that the locals aren't all.they appear and begins to believe they witches/ devil worshippers. It's all quite tame and never lives up to the artwork. But we have a half decent cast which includes Tim Matheson, Woody Harrelson and Jeff Conway. 5/10

Now watching Dreams in the Witch house


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Did you watch this on Prime or a disc?

[Nostalgic]

Scared Stiff

Looked like a fun 80's excursion in the spirit of House or Troll but seriously.......so slow!!!!!! Going to go through the extras as there is much love for this film in the horror community so maybe i missed something?

[Nostalgic]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I enjoyed this at the cinema, it doesn't feel like a Predator movie at all but it was ok as a standalone film I thought...at the time. Cos since then I've had absolutely no urge to revisit it nor can I remember anything good about it. Predators is much much better.

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Bought this from cex, watched with the wife (who loves all things predator, even avp!!!) And we both agreed to sell it the next day! Awful!

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Did you watch this on Prime or a disc?

Prime

[MrBarlow]

A Blade In The dark. 1983

A composer staying at a villa while working on a score for a new horror movie is being stalked by a killer.

Lamberto Bava takes a shot at this murder mystery type slasher film which seems to follow suit to the way Dario Argento made his killer movies. Even from the start it was enjoyable, Bob from THBTC makes a small appearance for about 3 minutes and vanishes with a annoying scream (thankfully it was a cameo scene). The acting wasn't great but that was flawed by the bad over dubbing which can appear laughable in some scenes. The music score blends in with the background in some expect the unexpected scenes. It is worth a watch for giallo fans . 7 out of 10.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

A Blade In The dark. 1983

A composer staying at a villa while working on a score for a new horror movie is being stalked by a killer.

Lamberto Bava takes a shot at this murder mystery type slasher film which seems to follow suit to the way Dario Argento made his killer movies. Even from the start it was enjoyable, Bob from THBTC makes a small appearance for about 3 minutes and vanishes with a annoying scream (thankfully it was a cameo scene). The acting wasn't great but that was flawed by the bad over dubbing which can appear laughable in some scenes. The music score blends in with the background in some expect the unexpected scenes. It is worth a watch for giallo fans . 7 out of 10.

I watched this again on Sunday night.

Two half decent kills aside it bored the pants off me. Half way through i remembered why i'd only watched it once before.