Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Luigi]

Smile 2

8/10

Arcadian

7/10

 

[Batgirl0202]

Abigail (2024)

The roommate and I had a blast with this. Not particularly deep or profound but FUN!

I also find it interesting how similar works produced around the same time can sometimes result in an accidental symmetry. I loved how the characters in both Abigail and the Salem's Lot remake both readily accept the existence of vampires, no questions asked.

Nice change of pace from the usual "I don't believe your story. Wait, why is this person biting my neck?" skepticism

 

[Immortalfire]

The Fog

 

[squeekness]

Maxxine

 

[Frodo]

THE SUBSTITUTE ( 1996)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[psylockolussus]

Venom: The Last Stand

 

[Hunter Rider]

Anna Kendrick makes a strong directing debut and gives an excellent performance, but the film peters out a bit towards the end.

7/10

Oldschool formula of 2 big movie stars, fun banter, dollop of romance and a bit of action, the finale at the zoo drags on a bit but Goldie Hawn was always pitch perfect in this type of movie, and there's a sparky chemistry between her and Mel Gibson.

7.5/10

 

[Kane52630]

Triangle

Honestly? this was the best-case scenario if you were Heather.

MY FULL REVIEW
4/5

31 Days of Horror Marathon
Day 1: Oddity (4/5)
Day 2: Handling the Undead (3.5/5)
Day 3: 'Salem's Lot (2024) (2.5/5)
Day 4: V/H/S/Beyond (3.5/5)
Day 5: Hold Your Breath (2.5/5)
Day 6: Creature from the Black Lagoon (3.5/5)
Day 7: Revenge of the Creature (3.5/5)
Day 8: The Creature Walks Among Us (3/5)
Day 9: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (4/5)
Day 10: House of Frankenstein (3.5/5)
Day 11: House of Dracula (3/5)
Day 12: Azrael (3.5/5)
Day 13: Terrifier 3 (4/5)
Day 14: It's What's Inside (4.5/5)
Day 15: Ed Wood (4.5/5)
Day 16: Frankenhooker (4/5)
Day 17: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (4/5)
Day 18: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (4/5)
Day 19: Smile 2 (4.5/5)
Day 20: The Beyond (4/5)
Day 21: Pieces (3/5)
Day 22: High Tension (4/5)
Day 23: Wrong Turn (2.5/5)
Day 24: Triangle (4/5)
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[Brutikus]

 

[Sculder]

Saw VI (2009)
Saw 3D (2010)
Daddy's Head (2024)
Tarot (2024)
Room 203 (2022)
Salem's Lot (2024)
Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
The Faculty (1998)
The Red (2024)
Truth or Dare - Extended Director's Cut (2018)
Flashback (2023)
Shi cheng / Zombie Fight Club (2014)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The second one is Evil Dead Trap.

 

[Frodo]

30 DAYS OF NIGHT ( 2007)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Morg]

The 1953 “Invaders from Mars”

 

[squeekness]

The sixth sense

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Jailhouse Wardress (1981)

Naziploitation/WIP flic that's almost entirely made up of footage from three other movies; Hitler's Last Train, Captive Women 4 (AKA Elsa: Fraulein SS) and Jess Franco's Caged Women (AKA Barbed Wire Dolls). The 'plot' involves a former SS officer who escapes to 'somewhere in Latin America' where he becomes the manager of a women's prison. Whilst we get a little more of that in the middle, and some at the end, the rest of the movie is spent on how the women are abused by the guards, relationships between the inmates, and their backstories. All these are actually from different movies; some characters' 'flashbacks' don't even feature the same actresses! The titular wardress spends the whole film strutting about wearing a monocle, khaki shirt, and the shortest shorts imaginable, whilst the escaped Nazi spends a lot of time doting on his model soldier collection; not the first bad guy to be shown doing that - except that these are very obviously those all-green molded plastic kids toys that usually come in bags of about 30.

The music in just about every scene is ludicrously inappropriate (funky jazz score during rape, rolling classical piano during a fight between two inmates). And there's a scene that has to be seen to be believed - actually lifted straight from the Franco film; during one flashback we see an inmate fighting-off her uncle (played by Franco himself) who is attempting to rape her. Eventually she pushes him, he strikes his head, and falls to the floor. The whole thing is in slowmotion, except... for some unfathomable reason, instead of filming in slowmotion they actually had the actors perform in slowmotion! This 'impactful' scene is literally laughable - especially when the two players start moving at different speeds! Whilst Franco is still slowmo-ing down to the floor (hamming it up for all he's worth) she's running off at normal speed - in the same shot!

As far as genre expectations go there's a lot of full nudity/sex, and a middling amount of violence.

An awful film - but the laughs made it worthwhile. 5/10

 

[Frodo]

JENNIFER'S BODY ( 2009)

 

[Luigi]

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

9/10

Humane

6/10

 

[emielaen]

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

 

[Batgirl0202]

9/10