What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The third one is Roaring Fire.

 

[emielaen]

A ★★★★½ review of Kuroneko (1968)

Mystifying and physics defying, Kuroneko opens with the harsh reality of depraved men taking advantage of vulnerable women during the height of war. A group of a dozen or more soldiers infiltrate the one room hut of Shige and her mother-in-law Yone as they eat. The soldiers ravage everything...

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[Luigi]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[Sculder]

Ordinary Angels (2024)
Radioflash (2019)
En del av dig / A Part of You (2024)
Les femmes d'abord / Ladies First (1963)
Sheriff: Narko Integriti / Sheriff (2024)
The Likely Lads (1976)
Same Boat (2019)
The Best People (2017)
Vous pigez? / Diamond Machine (1955)
Uglies (2024)
Ji xian feng / Vanguard (2020)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Demoniacs (AKA Curse of the Living Dead, AKA Two Virgins for Satan ~ 1974)

Every time I watch a Jean Rollin flick I hope that this time the storytelling will match the cinematography. And almost every time it doesn't. Same here.

In 19th century France a ship is deliberately lured onto rocks during a storm, wrecked, and plundered. Two young women survivors are raped and apparently murdered by the ship's wreckers; 'apparently', because it's not clear whether they die and come back as ghosts, die and get physically resurrected, or don't die and manage to recover from their injuries. In any event, a demon imprisoned in some nearby ruins grants the two women supernatural powers to allow them to get their revenge. Sounds interesting - yet somehow Rollin manages to make it as dull as dishwater. The pirates/wreckers behave as if they've stepped straight out of a cartoon (apart from the rape, obviously), and their captain looks and acts like one of those lip-curling heavies from silent movies - complete with eye-liner. We get lots of footage of the pirates getting drunk and fighting amongst themselves, lots of footage of the two women just walking around the coast and the ruins, three (I think?) rape scenes (only the first really serves the plot), and a clairvoyant who keeps warning everyone that bad things are coming, but who serves no useful purpose to the story. As for the cast, they're almost all poor.

As ever, it looks impressive - especially the opening scene of a burning shipwreck shot against an evening sky. The only other positives are Willy Braque's entertaining knife-wielding pirate, and the beautiful Joëlle Coeur as the captain's unhinged (and more often than not, naked) girlfriend. Poor, even by Rollin's standards. 3/10

 

[Dave McFly]

Deep Impact between this and similar plot wise Armageddon this was the to me the better film had a lot more emotional bits but I still love both films equally but Deep is just the better film to me.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Sect (AKA The Devil's Daughter ~ 1991)

Italian horror directed by Michele Soavi (The Church, Cemetery Man), co-written and produced by Dario Argento. Kelly Curtis (older sister of Jamie Lee) stars as Miriam, an American schoolteacher working in Germany. After nearly running down an elderly man (Herbert Lom), she takes him back to her house for a sit-down to recover his nerves. His conversation soon indicates that he's odd, but not in any way threatening. However, to anyone watching (i.e. us) his behaviour is a major red flag. Turns out there's more to him than meets the eye, and Miriam's 'near miss' with her car might not have been as random as she thought. What follows is a kinda variation on Rosemary's Baby with a bit of The Omen thrown in. Curtis is very good (I don't know why she didn't have a longer career), Lom gives what is probably my favourite performance of his, and we get a terrific turn from Tomas Arana as a Manson-esque, satanist hippy-killer. The cinematography is terrific and the (all practical) effects are pretty good. The story meanders at times, and some things still don't make sense by the end. It's also way too long (at two hours). But we get secret passages, corpses springing back to life and attacking people, and rape by a giant stork (yep, the bird)! I'm not into devil-cult films normally, but this has some good stuff. 7/10

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[emielaen]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Hunter Rider]

Underrated gem from the great era of slick 90's thrillers.

8/10

Susan Sarandon is really good as Reggie but the film drags in parts and the kid isn't all that likable.

7/10

The concept is interesting but this bland, made for TV movie barely scratches the surface.

5/10

 

[Batgirl0202]

8/10

I agree with the critical consensus - this is definitely a superior sequel

 

[squeekness]

Judgement at Nuremberg

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Man with Two Heads (1972)

Not to be confused with the Ray Milland movie The Thing with Two Heads which came out the same year. This is a version of 'Jekyll and Hyde', filmed in England, and directed by prolific US sexploitation maker Andy Milligan (unlike the Milland movie this doesn't actually feature anyone with two heads). It's ultra low-budget; there is literally one camera which picks the 'best' angle for each scene and pretty much stays there. The main cast are all unknowns with hardly any other acting credits - an exception being Denis DeMarne as Jekyll/Hyde, who was obviously a professional actor (and had a pretty prolific career until his death in 2012). He actually turns in a good performance in the circumstances. The story is reasonably faithful to the original, although elements of 'Jack the Ripper' have been added to Hyde's behaviour; and surprisingly, given Andy Milligan's background, there's very little nudity. But the production values are appallingly low, the supporting players are dreadful, and the anachronisms in the buildings, decor, and props are laughable. It really does look like someone videoed a bad 'am-dram' production. 3/10

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[squeekness]

Beowulf

 

[Luigi]

The Substance

9.5/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Company of Wolves

 

[ObiWanCon]

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

 

[Dave McFly]

The Wild Robot I thought Lupita Nyong'o was amazing this she should do more voice work

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Brutikus]