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La_Comtesse 01:24 am UTC 01/28/07 |
| In reply to: | Jim's 'to be watched' pile - SimonJ 01:41 pm UTC 01/27/07 |
| So The Woods is a mix of two of Argento's best ? Suspiria and Phenomena: Adolescent brunette woman dressed in white goes to a ballet-school near the woods and talk to insects who tell her that headmastress is an evil witch. She then battles said witch who happens to have a deformed son who is a murderous lunatic. Something like that ? > I was a bit bored, so some quick thoughts on the titles in > Jim's 'to be watched' pile : > > The Woods - Not a patch on May, but still a decent little > flick. Definitely an Argento homage - think of a cross > between Suspiria & Phenomena > > Dead Man's Shoes - Very gritty downbeat Brit drama set > Upt' North. It's best to go into this one blind, so I'll > say no more . . . > > H6 - Haven't seen it yet, but its got to be better than > Hostel > > Edmond - Understated adaption of David Mamet's stage play. > Maybe not quite as shocking in places as it would have > been back in the early 80s, but William H Macy turns in > another top performance. > > Calvaire - Wow, gripping, creepy, horrifying, funny - > totally brilliant. > > Hills Have Eyes - Pretty but empty remake - as most modern > remakes are. > > Three Extremes 2 - 3 Asian directors each direct a 40min > or so segment. Still in my 'to be watched' pile too - but > the first one was a cracker. > > Night Watch - Found it a bit overrated - make sure you > watch the version with the groovy subtitles - think Man on > Fire . . > > Cache - Started off brilliantly - shades of Lost Highway. > It doesn't quite manage to maintain to greatness of the > first 20mins. Its a film to admire rather than love. One > for critics to fawn over. > > Silent Hill - Shite > > The Descent - Came out the same time as The Cave. This > pisses all over that one. A great Brit horror flick - the > US version has a slightly different ending though. Less > downbeat . . > > Severance - Decent enough horror/comedy. I thought 2001 > Maniacs did the horror/comedy mix a bit better though. > > Saw 3 - Shite > > The Covenant - Haven't seen. Dont really plan too. > > The Roost - VERY low budget 'teens in peril' flick. Nice > idea, horrible execution. > > TCM - Shite. > > By the way, nice to see the Vespers section from Batman > could be incorporated into the Bat stage show. For me it > was 5 mins of perfect Steinman. > > In these days of everyone being encouraged to recycle, > nice to see Jim is still doing his part :-) > | |
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