What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Dave McFly]

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

I liked Bad Boys For Life, I LOVED Ride or Die!

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The New York Ripper (1982)

Lucio Fulci's infamous giallo/slasher. An NYPD detective tries to track down the killer of several attractive young women, all of whom have been sadistically butchered during - or immediately prior to - their deaths. And that's the plot. Fulci wasn't exactly known for complex storytelling; his trademarks were nudity and gore - and he delivers both here. The film was immediately banned in the UK and remained so until 2002. Critical opinion was widely divided when it was released (one review called it 'a psychotic, erotic masterpiece and the strongest and most powerful of all [of Fulci's] films to date', whilst another wrote 'Fulci alternates sleazy sex scenes with graphic and deeply misogynistic murders, fills the plots with twists that make no sense, then wraps the whole thing up in a preposterous psychological flourish').

Although the gore was heavy for the time (and is still certainly notable), modern films such as Terrifer/Terrifier 2, and Bone Tomahawk show more. I think the reason The New York Ripper is still so controversial is the sexual element of the assaults and of the injuries themselves (I won't go into more detail, I know not everyone's keen to get those images in their head!).

The basic plot is okay (and, as I say, it is a 'basic plot'), the performances are good (although British stalwart Jack Hedley as the American detective seems oddly out of place), and the effects are well-done. There are some plot holes and WTFs (a blood sample test that apparently tells the police the rough age of the killer and that they've lived in New York all their life?!), and no matter how much tension is racked-up, a killer that literally sounds like a cross between Donald Duck and Mr Punch isn't that threatening on the phone.

If you're into sick exploitation stuff like this it's interesting (at the very least from a historical angle). If you're not you'll probably want to burn it!

6.5/10

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Luigi]

Preparing for Longlegs the proper way.

Face/Off

 

[Gothamsknight]

 

[Dave McFly]

that John Wick poster is amazing

 

[Dave McFly]

Poor Things

this was the single most f ed movie I have ever seen and I loved it Emma Stone is just insanely awesome in this

 

[squeekness]

Heat

 

[MilkmanDan]

Not Okay

 

[NDX]

Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic

 

[Frodo]

MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN : PIERCE THE HEAVEN'S , SUPERMAN (2024)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Luigi]

Longlegs

Not quite the "scariest film of all-time" but it is indeed a solid horror procedural. Superb opening scene.

7.5/10

 

[ObiWanCon]

Abigail (2024)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

Giallo directed by Sergio Martino (Torso), starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, and Ivan Rassimov. Fenech plays Julie Wardh, a woman who enters into a boring, 'safe' marriage to escape her self-destructive relationship with a sadistic lover. When life with her new husband becomes stale she embarks on an affair with another man, an heir to a fortune. Meanwhile, a serial killer is murdering young woman around the city with a straight razor. As the killings increase and the victims begin to include people known to her, Julie starts to believe that she is also a target for the murderer.

There's more than a hint of Hitchcock in this - if Hitchcock made a film that included a lot of nudity. The influence (and downright imitation at times) is understandable; it was Martino's first giallo and he actually makes a really good job of it. There's plenty of tension, several red herrings, a great score (which Tarantino freely admitted lifting years later for Kill Bill), good performances all round, and a lot of blood. And Edwige Fenech is drop dead gorgeous. 7/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Immortalfire]

The Relic

 

[emielaen]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Killer Nun (1979)

Italian 'nunsploitation' based on a true story (Cecile Bombeek - a Belgian nun who killed three people between 1976 and 1977). Former 1960s screen goddess Anita Ekberg plays Sister Gertude, a nun working at a Catholic hospital. After undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour Sister Gertrude becomes addicted to morphine and begins behaving irrationally, handing out extreme punishments to the elderly residents for perceived transgressions and stealing items belonging to deceased residents. She also travels to the city and picks up men for sex. At the hospital she starts to see things she's not sure are real - including visions of herself killing residents - and soon begins to question her own sanity.

Ekberg's performance is adequate, but nothing standout. Other than one death (by 'facial acupuncture' courtesy of hypodermic needles) the kills are too few and too boring. There are two tame sex scenes, whilst Ekberg's 'sapphic desires' (prominent in the advertising) are hinted at at best. The pace of the whole thing is snail-like, and the ending is pretty guessable. Much was made of the film being banned in the UK for many years, but that seems to have been due to 'sacrilegious content' more than anything else.

I get Ekberg wanting to try something different, but this is dull as dishwater. Nunsploitation films come with certain expectations; Paola Morra (as a young nun attracted to Gertrude) is stunning and provides some nudity (a year earlier she was Playmate of the Month for the Italian edition of Playboy), but apart from that and the aforementioned needle kill this film really doesn't deliver on them. 4/10

 

[Dave McFly]

Boy Kills World

Never got the chance to see it in the theater as it never played near me not even in Buffalo NY which was surprising. I loved it Bill was great considering he spoke NO lines in the film, just facial expressions and an occasional scream. Absolutely LOVED H Jon Benjamin as his inner voice

 

[Bran The Man]

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)

Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels were good in this. Also, YouTube has been killing it with their free movies lately. A lot of deep dives and hidden gems I wouldn't have otherwise discovered.

 

[MilkmanDan]

Plan B (2021)

 

[Sculder]

Pulp Fiction (1994)
The KAOS Brief (2017)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
Ice Blue (2017)
Babel (2006)
How to Say Goodbye (2018)