What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[BlackFox]

 

[Sculder]

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned (2022)
Flight Risk (2025)
Girl in the Basement (2021)
The Gorge (2025)
Dead for a Dollar (2022)
Abominable (2019)
Deadly Illusions (2021)
Odette (1950)
The Solitary Child (1958)
Hannes (2021)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Shock (AKA Schock, AKA Beyond the Door II ~ 1977)

The final film of director Mario Bava (assisted by his son, Lamberto) - a supernatural/psychological horror starring Daria Nicolodi in what is pretty universally hailed as the best performance of her career. Widow Dora Baldini (Nicolodi) moves back into the suburban villa she shared with her late husband, Carlo. She's now remarried to Bruno and has a young son, Marco. Soon after moving in she begins to have strange visions, which Bruno believes are hallucinations due to her breakdown following the death of Carlo, and the electric shock treatment she received whilst in psychiatric care. Her son, meanwhile, begins to behave aggressively towards her, and display unnerving behaviour, such as stealing her underwear from a drawer and shredding it. Bruno's absences (he's a commercial airline pilot) leave Dora and Marco in the house alone for prolonged periods, and Dora's experiences become increasingly bizarre, convincing her that the late Carlo is both haunting the house and possessing Marco. Despite Bruno's continued assurances that none of it is real, Dora becomes increasingly frightened and paranoid, wanting to believe Bruno but at the same time unable to refute the 'evidence' of her own eyes. Is she being genuinely haunted, or is she simply going mad?

This is filmed very differently to Bava's 'trademark' style. Gone are the gorgeously vivid colours and gothic atmosphere; instead the whole thing is very stark. The house, whilst luxurious, is clearly modern for the time both in design and decor, and a lot of the action takes place in brightly lit rooms or outside in the sunshine. But the camerwork and lighting are terrific, with unorthodox angles and practical in-camera effects (including one standout that was 'homaged' directly (and pretty well) just a few years ago in Annabelle). The rest of the cast are fine, including John Steiner as Bruno, and the great Ivan Rassimov as Dora's doctor (although it's always odd seeing him play a good guy). But this is Nicolodi's film, no question. Small wonder that years later she named it as her favourite role. It does suffer from being predictable at times (part of the resolution you'll probably see coming from very early on), and it's nowhere near as atmospheric as Bava's gothic horrors. Also, the Goblin-esque soundtrack (by a band called Libra - which apparently contained some former Goblin members) sometimes doesn't fit with what's onscreen. Nevertheless, whilst I prefer my ghosts in dark castles and mansions, this is a fine film for Bava to go out on. Some nudity and gore. 7/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Not as good as the first two movies but this was still a very charming and enjoyable sequel.

7/10

 

[squeekness]

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The second one is Bloody Beast.

 

[Frodo]

 

[Teelie]

The Gorge

Decent mystery turned romance turned monster horror movie. Not that special but it was entertaining, even with some patchy CG effects.

 

[Mysteryman]

Last Breath.
Good Film.

 

[squeekness]

Elevation

 

[BlackFox]

 

[MilkmanDan]

Aftersun
Worth

 

[squeekness]

September 5

 

[KaijuDude1992]

As someone who's not familiar at all with Robbie Williams and was put off my the CGI monkey/ape gimmick in the trailers I honestly thought this was pretty fantastic for the most part and it's a shame that it bombed like it did at the BO.

8/10



Another really solid music biopic with some fantastic performances from Chalamet, Fanning and Norton and some really solid direction by Mangold but I definitely enjoyed Better Man for the spectacle and the overall story.

7.5/10

 

[Link]

 

[Batgirl0202]

6/10

 

[Mysteryman]

Last Breath.
Good Film.

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underrated,
STILL!

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[MilkmanDan]

American Fiction

 

[Lobo]

The Dark Knight Rises

 

[squeekness]

Morbius

 

[Frodo]

MCCLOUD : LONDON BRIDGES ( 1977)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

It took me forever to finally sit down and watch this and while I wasn't all that excited for this going in I did end up really enjoying it. Like most have said Ariana Grande is easily the MVP of this movie although Cynthia Erivo, Johnathan Bailey and Michelle Yeoh all put in strong performances in here as well. Also, the costumes, cinematography and production design in this movie is just stunning and made everything in this world feel very cinematic and well realized.

Even with all the spotty CGI and obvious green screen here and there this is definitely the best looking Oz movie and that's coming from someone who loves the original and enjoys the Sam Raimi film despite its problems. Either way I'm actually pretty excited for Part 2 now.

8/10

 

[Frodo]