Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

[scouse mac]

The Cooler

Have decent Vegas casino flick with William Macy his usual solid self, Maria Bello beautiful and Alec Baldwin as expressionless as ever.


The Thomas Crown Affair

Easy on the eye and even easier on the brain. While Rene Russo's see through dress is certainly a highlight the chemistry between her and Pierce Brosnan helps carry this one along. A good remake.

[phantomstranger]

"Tales From The Crypy: Demon Knight"

and

"30 Days Of Night"

[The Mothman]

Eraserhead on the big screen. quite an experience.

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by The Mothman

Eraserhead on the big screen. quite an experience.

Lucky!

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Paranormal Activity (2009)

Well, I had originally planned to definitely not see this in theatres, but after all the surprising hype, I decided to anyway.
And so I kind of wish I hadn't.

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Chrono already wrote up a good review in the Paranormal Activity thread, but what I'll say is that up until the end, the movie had me more or less sold. The acting was good. The pace was slow-burning, well-understated to accent its scares through negative space. I really enjoyed how the film even spent most of its time focusing on people rather than ghosts. It seemed to mainly document more-so the destruction of these two people's lives and relationship than the paranormal activity itself.
However, these pros were ultimately drowned in bullshit. I thought the boyfriend was one of the most one-dimensional, unlikable characters I've seen in any recent movie. And the ending! Ugh! What were they thinking?! For a movie that's supposed to play as verité, anchored in realism, why the hell would they have her attack the camera (viewer) at the end? This directly address the audience. What cheeseball Hollywood bullshit. I couldn't believe it. Plus her CGI demon-face was incredibly unconvincing.

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So anyway, some good scares, genuinely creepy moments, and good acting make it worth one watch maybe, but wait for the DVD.

[neverending]

Motel Hell!

[Straker]

The Fly (1986)
The Fly II (1989)
:cool:

[newb]

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III

Its been awhile since I've seen it.........pretty good and refreshing to see practical effects [ and a whole shit-load at that] over CGI.

You can catch it on FEARNET

[neverending]

Cabin Fever


I liked it.

[roshiq]

Battleship Potemkin (1925)

One of the very influential masterpieces in world cinema. The most noted sequence in the film, and perhaps in all of film history, is "The Odessa Steps". Hundreds of extras used to portrayed this shocking part and it was amazingly handled. The mother holding her dead child, the baby carriages sequence alone demonstrates both fine technical skill and a keen awareness of how to drive home an image to an audience. I guess it consider as one of cinema's best remembered sequences.

A stunning piece of celluloid arts.

>>: A

The Thaw aka Frozen (2009)



A remote Arctic research station, prehistoric parasites, infections and then quarantine situation results the horror of global warming...yes, though there is perhaps nothing new to the plot but it still manages to be a decent watch overall.

>>: B-

Stan Helsing: A Parody (2009)



Only Diora Baird was the watchable thing in this stupid spoof!

>>: D+

The Stepfather (1987)



80's Psycho! Loved this one too. Terry O'Quinn was brilliant in the title role.

>>: A-

[Ferox13]

Got the John Carpenter Boxed set (ony €22 too).

Hadn't seen it for some time - i remember it being good infact I prolly enjoyed it wasy more this time. Great plot and some excellent scenary chewing by Donald Pleasance.



Couldn't sleep last night and got up at 4.30am and watched this.

Not completely terrible though pretty pointless remake - the ending was an improvment (and from what I under stand closer to the book.)