I had a brief email exchange with him, suuuuper nice guy by all appearances
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 29 March 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
It hadn't occurred to me it might be the last movie ever with the 20th Century Fox logo. that's pretty wild.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 29 March 2021 12:48 (three years ago) link
loved loved loved the empty man. i have a few complaints (maybe i'm the only one who found it visually kinda flat and drab in spots? yet in others it was incredible) but otherwise it was made just for me. script was completely in the richard kelly register
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 16 April 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
it was so scary! even the stupid jump scares were scary
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 16 April 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link
yesssss
it's definitely very grey, which both helps/extends the mood and flattens things visually somewhat
there are so many weird little details I still think about regularly
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 16 April 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
I loved a LOT of images and sequences in Come True......shame the actual plot and characters don't come together and the ending is student-film awful.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
but seriously, those dream sequences. truly eye-popping at times.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
Okay, finally watched the Australian film Relic this weekend - anyone seen it? What a great, genuinely scary film, tackling a real-life subject with heart and emotion. Mostly female cast, creep old house, creepy forest... a seriously well made film chock full'o metaphor.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 3 May 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
Really want to see The Empty Man — James Badge Dale is a great, underrecognized actor.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 3 May 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
xp If you liked Relic, you might check out "The Taking of Deborah Logan". Similar dementia/horror vibe though different causes.
Read Cullen Bunn's The Empty Man graphic novels this week from Hoopla, now interested to see how that translates to visual.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 3 May 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
@ unperson: that movie has some great moments for all the Daleheads out there
@alpaca: the film and comic have almost nothing in common
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 3 May 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Thanks, good to know. The comic has a Suicide Club / Pulse / Pontypool / Clive Barker vibe, so assumed it did, when someone mentioned the gore factor.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
I feel like I watched Relic, but can't remember it at all
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
Oh wait, I did not. I watched the trailer for it and it looked quite good.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
Took advantage of Comcast Watchathon to catch up on some Shudder cheese.
Impetigore, 2019 Indonesian, woman returns to home village, people want to kill her to remove curse. Mentioned earlier itt, pretty good. Lots of throat cutting f/x.The Furies, 2019 Australian, 8 women kidnapped for 8 masked killers to hunt on camera. Nothing novel, but the lead actress did a good job, and they stuck the ending, imo.Feral, 2017 US, 6 campers in woods with virus-infected humans. Again, not novel, but Scout Taylor-Compton's character, refreshingly competent throughout.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
Empty Man was ok but the real star was sasha frolova's bowl cut
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
that haircut was very divisive in my household
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
personally i am a fan bc she reminds me of a friend who also had a very bold bowl cut. it's a sign of confidence and dgaf style imo.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
110% on boardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEhhcdAIVM
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Ha.. I wrote a college paper on that story, I'll definitely check it out
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
probably not really horror but it looks sorta dope
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
I watched a couple of horror films over the weekend. Trick 'r Treat, an anthology film that was trash but good fun and Coherence which has fucked me up a bit. About twenty years ago, I had a dream in which I found someone had been living under my bed and had been all my life. It was like a glimpse of psychosis. It's become part of a suite of scenes and images that I've seen and stored over the years (the dumpster in Mulholland Drive is most prominent among these). Anyway, this awoke that zone in my poor brain and made it hum for 90 minutes and I was quite close to turning it off more than once - in a way than say Triangle or Timecrimes didn't quite manage. Primer is close but there was something about the febrile nature of this and the people involved. This might be simply the light it throws on my second biggest fear: that there might well be 5 million versions of my life and in each of them, I'm an awful, directionless middle-class cunt with a toolbox of pointless neuroses, none of which add up to anything.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 16 May 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
There was an okay film about a guy living in the walls for years and years, had a blind girl, can't recall the name.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 16 May 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
Looks promising:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrhXjH1M70
Echoes of Berberian Sound Studio?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 May 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
Nice
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 20 May 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
Cool:
'When you're alone and life is making you lonelyYou can always go...'Watch the first trailer for my new film: #LastNightInSoho. Can’t wait for you to see it in cinemas this October. pic.twitter.com/hA2wR2Ukl0— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 25, 2021
Someone's been doing their homework on Polanski and (esp.) Argento.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlUHSoa8H4
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
i finally watched the empty man. it didn't make any sense at all and i loved it
― na (NA), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
it's so good
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
lately I'm beginning to think it's the only movie that makes sense lol
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
Wow, that Last Night in Soho looks great
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
I think Edgar Wright is a big old bag of wind and I've decided, after Baby Driver that enough is enough, but that does look quite good...
I watched Insidious, which I'd managed to miss until now. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 45 minutes and thought, well, this has aged rather well, but then the frog brothers turned up and it went to shit. Oh well.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Apologies for the random usage of commas. In all my posts. I'm so tired.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
Two of the best actors working today, too. Not sure if even Wright could mess that up.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
It'll be Edgar does Giallo and he will have done literally hundreds of hours of research and everything will be in the right place and it will annoy me.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
Why?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
This one looks fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpj1VOJWf98
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 May 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
"based on the video game"
aaaaand I'm out.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
I was wondering about the Ubisoft logo.
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC1DQsaKdgw
Trailer gives away any "is / isn't he?" mystery, but the movie has some neat additions to the genre with some daylight action and a non-standard werewolf look.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
Cross-posting with the "last movies you saw" thread:
Signed up for HBO Max and finally watched The Conjuring, which I've been meaning to check out for a while. James Wan speaks the language of horror cinema better than almost anybody around right now; I expected lol70s cheese, but this thing is no-fucking-around scary. If you're in the mood for old-school horror (I strongly suspect more of the effects were practical than digital) with really good performances all around, especially Lili Taylor, it's kind of a must-see. The most genuinely frightening horror movie I've seen since Prince of Darkness.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 28 May 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
I love the Conjuring - it's taken everything that worked from lots of haunted house movies and stuck them together.
Watched The Unholy (which was fine) and The Corruption of Divine Providence; which was nearly as good as it's title! I understand complaints that it wsa too crowded/busy, and I'd love a bit more Tarr to it, but what it did it did well.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Monday, 31 May 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
Finally got around to The Dead Don't Die and In Fabric. The former was exactly what I expected from a Jarmusch zombie film, and enjoyable as such. In Fabric I kinda loved even though it was ridiculous. So many great images and scenes.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
in fabric is so so so good. i'm a strickland stan at this point
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
Yeah I dug Berberian Sound Studio too. I still need to see Duke of Burgundy (which I guess doesn't qualify for this thread).
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
it doesn't but it's still creepy and kinda scary at points
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
also his best imo but i love lesbians
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
Duke could probably pass as psychological horror.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
I really disliked The Conjuring, goofy melodrama, it treats mediums with an annoying reverence and it doesn't help that it has two real life frauds as heroes
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, June 1, 2021 9:27 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
it could also pass as a comedy, movie really has everything
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link