To say I've watched a lot of horror films is something of an understatement.
As much as I enjoy them, it's very rare that I feel even the merest blip of a chill.
This one though... Nearly 40 years old and I'd struggle to watch it on my own. The plot is silly old toilet about the Devil being stuck in a fancy pot (sorta) but when it all starts going bollock shaped, it gives me the proper creeps.
Love it! :)
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 18:56, Share, Reply)
As much as I enjoy them, it's very rare that I feel even the merest blip of a chill.
This one though... Nearly 40 years old and I'd struggle to watch it on my own. The plot is silly old toilet about the Devil being stuck in a fancy pot (sorta) but when it all starts going bollock shaped, it gives me the proper creeps.
Love it! :)
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He was a master at creating that mood
The Fog, The thing, halloween...
fantastic
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:07, Share, Reply)
The Fog, The thing, halloween...
fantastic
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:07, Share, Reply)
Yup, Carpenter was really on top of it from the late '70s until the early '90s.
Then he seemed to shit it all out the window. The Ward was such a disappointment as it was supposed to be a return to form.
The Thing, They Live, Escape From New York, Halloween, all absolute corkers. Prince of Darkness though is the only one that puts me on edge.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:29, Share, Reply)
Then he seemed to shit it all out the window. The Ward was such a disappointment as it was supposed to be a return to form.
The Thing, They Live, Escape From New York, Halloween, all absolute corkers. Prince of Darkness though is the only one that puts me on edge.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:29, Share, Reply)
I'm intrigued now
Did you ever see the keep by Michael Mann?
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:53, Share, Reply)
it's pretty cool
haven't seen it for yonks though.
It's on netflix as well I think, shall have to re visit.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:57, Share, Reply)
haven't seen it for yonks though.
It's on netflix as well I think, shall have to re visit.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 19:57, Share, Reply)
I did.
Even though I really like some of Mann's stuff (Brian Cox is the best Lector by far in my humble), I didn't get along with that. I'd read the book a few months before and I think that spoiled it for me. I'd created an exact picture of what it would look like and the differences disappointed me.
Having said that, it was a ropey VHS copy and 20 years ago, must be time for a rewatch.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:11, Share, Reply)
Even though I really like some of Mann's stuff (Brian Cox is the best Lector by far in my humble), I didn't get along with that. I'd read the book a few months before and I think that spoiled it for me. I'd created an exact picture of what it would look like and the differences disappointed me.
Having said that, it was a ropey VHS copy and 20 years ago, must be time for a rewatch.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:11, Share, Reply)
Any ideas?
Many years ago I was in the US, jetlagged, and watching a bad horror movie in the middle of the night. I'd love to see it again but didn't get the name.
There's a gang trying to steal some religious/satanic artefact froma monastery. It's over the alter in a big hall so they use climbing gear to reach it, the guy grabs it and his head starts spinning round, a bunch of monks run in, and the guy shoots fire from his hands and their heads explode. I can remember kill bill style jumpsuits and 70s music.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:04, Share, Reply)
Many years ago I was in the US, jetlagged, and watching a bad horror movie in the middle of the night. I'd love to see it again but didn't get the name.
There's a gang trying to steal some religious/satanic artefact froma monastery. It's over the alter in a big hall so they use climbing gear to reach it, the guy grabs it and his head starts spinning round, a bunch of monks run in, and the guy shoots fire from his hands and their heads explode. I can remember kill bill style jumpsuits and 70s music.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:04, Share, Reply)
Nope.
Drawn a blank on that one. It does sound like bonkers fun though!
I'm off to try and find out what it was.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:08, Share, Reply)
Drawn a blank on that one. It does sound like bonkers fun though!
I'm off to try and find out what it was.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:08, Share, Reply)
Sounds intriguing.
Wonder if it was on Showtime? I saw some properly odd films on that channel for much the same reason. That one seems to have passed me by though.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:20, Share, Reply)
Wonder if it was on Showtime? I saw some properly odd films on that channel for much the same reason. That one seems to have passed me by though.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:20, Share, Reply)
That's nothing
I remember a film with a desert/mad max style tribe using something like ceti eels larvae - only it wasn't Star Trek...
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 21:25, Share, Reply)
I remember a film with a desert/mad max style tribe using something like ceti eels larvae - only it wasn't Star Trek...
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 21:25, Share, Reply)
Is Babadook any good?
I heard a bunch of rave reviews, but have yet to watch it myself. It seems right up my street though as a psychological horror rather than a splat-gore film.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:39, Share, Reply)
I heard a bunch of rave reviews, but have yet to watch it myself. It seems right up my street though as a psychological horror rather than a splat-gore film.
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 20:39, Share, Reply)
Very good.
Lots of subtle hints as to what 'it' might actually be.
But then it goes completely to wank in the last fifteen minutes.
*Shameless blog plug*
filmplop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/311014-babadook-2014.html
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 21:10, Share, Reply)
Lots of subtle hints as to what 'it' might actually be.
But then it goes completely to wank in the last fifteen minutes.
*Shameless blog plug*
filmplop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/311014-babadook-2014.html
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 21:10, Share, Reply)
Coolness, ta.
Worth a go then.
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Just spent the last half hour or so browsing your blog. You've watched a *lot* of shit films...
( , Sat 28 Feb 2015, 21:36, Share, Reply)
Worth a go then.
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Just spent the last half hour or so browsing your blog. You've watched a *lot* of shit films...
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