Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

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Originally posted by The_Return
How was Fair Haired Child? Im a huge fan of Mallone's House on Haunted Hill remake, so Im looking forward to his episode.

Its ok. Not amazing but not bad either. It aint anywhere near HoHH though, you might be a tad disappointed.

Although its certainly much better than Dance of the Dead and Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, but not better than Dreams in Witch House, Chocolate, Deer Woman and Cigarette Burns.

[heebiejeebies]

Originally posted by noctuary
Nightwatch

This movie started off bad for me, when I found that the original Russian language track had been deleted. Instead, they chose to dub it into English, and just give all the characters stupid imitation Russian accents. Dubbing is one of my pet peeves, and I was really shocked that the original language track was nowhere to be found. Very, very disappointing. I thought we had moved past this nonsense. As for the film itself, I thought it was very flashy, style over substance type stuff. Some of the effects shots were really cool, but the story wasn't really enough to keep my interest. Overall: 5/10 (0/10 for dub track.)

Flip the DVD over.:D I did the same thing. I watched the whole damn movie in English, cursing that the Russian soundtrack was unavailable. It wasn't until I went to take the DVD out of the player that I realized the widescreen Russian version was on the flip side. Flipped it over and...VOILA. Russian soundtrack.

[joshaube]

OldBoy;
Another great installment in the Vengeance trilogy from Chan-wook Park. And similiar to his prior film, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, you really don't know who you want to sympathize with in the end. It was a confusing film, more-so then Sympathy, so below I have included my analysis on what happened. Don't read it if you don't want to, and if you think something else then please share. This is just what I got out of it.

// ANALYTICAL SPOILED MILK
Woo-Jin had sex with his sister, Oh-Daesu witnessed this and started to spread a rumour. Thwe rumour was similiar to something like Lee Soo-ah was now pregnant with both a son and a nephew. She wasn't really, but Lee Soo-ah herself began to believe this so her stomach began to swell and her period stopped occuring. She had a "phantom pregnancy" - not a real one. She didn't commit suicide because she wanted to rumour to end - but rather because she really did beleive she was pregnant and felt the worry of her brother. She did it for him, more then anyone.

Oh-Daesu was captured on his daughter's third birthday and held for 15 years. Woo-Jin started secretly raising Oh-Daesu's daughter as we are told in the film. He was held for 15 years so the ages would be appropriate. Both of them were hypnotized so they would meet and react accordingly, and eventually fall in love. The girl's name was Mido, and she was Oh-Daesu's daughter. Neither of them knew this... at the time. They had sex.

So while it was technically a crime that Woo-Jin and his sister had a relationship, both of them were fine with it until Oh-Daesu started the rumour. And now Oh-Daesu is not innocent either since he had slept with his daughter, equally upsetting. Neither can be "innocent", yet you can feel sympathy for both of them.

I believe what was in the box where Mido was located - which was never opened - was another pho album similiar to what Oh-Daesu had saw and the photos that revealed that Mido was indeed his daughter.

The ending I felt to be a very significant part of the movie. People say it should have ended with Woo-Jin shooting himself in the head, because the following scenes were too "Feel-good". I could not disagree more.

In the end he asks a hypnotist to clear the "monster" inside of him. She warns him it could go wrong. He says he is aware of that fact, and she continues. She splits his self into two - Oh-Daesu who does not know the secret, and the Monster, who keeps the secret. The secret that Mido was his daughter. The Monster is told to walk away, and in 70 steps he will die. We are shown him walking away, but not taking the full 70 steps. Oh-Daesu wakes up later, a distance from the table he was once sitting at with the hypnostist. A young girl runs up to him, crying. He smiles bleakly as they embrace.

<i>Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.</i>

The girl asks if he was with anyone, and the camera pans down a sequence of footsteps to the table in the distance. I believe the Oh-Daesu we see now is actually the Monster. Based on the footsteps, his attitude, and the smile.

This isn't a happy ending.

// EXPIRATION DATE

Throughout the beginning and middle, I was thinking to myself "I enjoyed Mr. Sympathy a whole lot more." But once it came time for the ending, and the reveal with a sequence of twists, that prior thought was ripped in half. I'd say the two films now lay on the same level - in two different sections. They are both similiar films, but also very different. I can't say which I enjoyed more, so I'll just say... both were superb.

Nothing else needs to be mentioned.


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Fair-Haired Child was my favourite Masters of Horror episode in the series. I haven't seen Imprint yet though, and I believe as well it could be the best of the series and most likely is.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Scars of Dracula (1970)

Not the most revered of the Hammer Dracula series, but I do like this installment. It is fast paced, and shows a cruel side to Dracula to a greater extent than many of the earlier films in the series. However, it does miss out on Peter Cushing, and the frequent appearances of bats are not all that convincing.

[ManchestrMorgue]

The Devil's Rejects

Second time I have watched this in the last few weeks. Watched it at work (where lately I tend to watch a lot of the horror DVDs I see). I prefer it to House of 1000 Corpses. Otis has some great one-liners especially in the first half of the movie.

[The_Return]

The Exorcist.

Im not sure if it's because I had lowed expectations this time, or if it's because this is the first time I watched "the version you've never seen", but for whatever reason I liked this alot more than I used to. I still dont think it deserves it's reputation, but it is a very good film.

8/10

[The Flayed One]

Originally posted by The_Return
The Exorcist.

Im not sure if it's because I had lowed expectations this time, or if it's because this is the first time I watched "the version you've never seen", but for whatever reason I liked this alot more than I used to. I still dont think it deserves it's reputation, but it is a very good film.

8/10

I'd like to take this opportunity to spam my favorite movie of all time: The Exorcist III: Legion.

Seriously, guys. If you haven't had the pleasure of watching this, do yourself a favor. Most likely the only expectations you'll have come from me. I can't recommend it enough, and you can almost always find it in the Wal-Mart bargain bin for $5.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by The Flayed One
I'd like to take this opportunity to spam my favorite movie of all time: The Exorcist III: Legion.

Seriously, guys. If you haven't had the pleasure of watching this, do yourself a favor. Most likely the only expectations you'll have come from me. I can't recommend it enough, and you can almost always find it in the Wal-Mart bargain bin for $5.

Ive been planning to buy it for awhile now, but havent yet. I know that you dont need to se Exorcist 2 to enjoy it, but I cant stand watching a sequel without seeing the preceding movies. It bugs me.

I'll probably buy the 2 of them in the near future.

[noctuary]

Originally posted by heebiejeebies
Flip the DVD over.:D I did the same thing. I watched the whole damn movie in English, cursing that the Russian soundtrack was unavailable. It wasn't until I went to take the DVD out of the player that I realized the widescreen Russian version was on the flip side. Flipped it over and...VOILA. Russian soundtrack.

Damn it! I'm an idiot. Too bad I returned the movie this morning. :(

[Dante'sInferno]

The Nightmare Before Christmas