What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Milk Tray Guy]

Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

 

[emielaen]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (AKA Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, AKA Don't Open the window, and a ton of others ~ 1974)

Spanish/Italian co-production, directed by Jorge Grau, filmed largely in England (around Manchester and the Peak District). The plot involves an unfortunate side-effect of a device designed to kill insects with ultra-sonic radiation - it reanimates dead people. The first to appear is 'Guthrie', a vagrant known locally to have drowned in a river a week beforehand. He attacks a young woman named Enid (Cristina Galbó). Enid escapes into the arms of George (Ray Lovelock), a young man she hooked-up with earlier that day after reversing her car over his motorcycle at a filling station. George doesn't believe her account of the attack, but he and Enid soon discover the dead body of Enid's sister's husband (murdered by Guthrie). The police, led by a hard-nosed Detective Inspector (American actor, Arthur Kennedy), immediately decide that 'hippies' George and Enid are responsible - for some reason unwilling to entertain any alternative theories that involve the words 'living dead'. As more zombies appear, George and Enid fight to clear their name, halt the rise of the undead, and survive.

The contrast between the picturesque scenery and the horrific events works well, and Grau builds an eerie atmosphere which he maintains throughout. It has a feel (for those old enough to remember) of Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who, or the original BBC TV show Survivors, both of which ran around the time this was made. Lovelock and Galbó are okay as the young couple (although Lovelock is overshadowed by the camp, unintentionally funny performance of his English voice actor), but the standout is easily Arthur Kennedy's bigoted, hippy-hating Inspector (we never get his name), whose contempt for the 'permissive society' brought in by the 1960s is almost tangible! The film is over-slow at times, it's a little light on gore (although there is certainly some), and the 'shock' ending doesn't really hang together. But it's a fun watch. 7/10

 

[Luigi]

The Final Destination

Hoo boy, those 3D effects have not aged well at all.

 

[Hunter Rider]

An all time classic!

9/10

 

[Sculder]

I quattro dell'Apocalisse / The Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Twins (1988)
Pikku Siperia / Little Siberia (2025)
Undercover (1943)
Home at Seven (1952)
Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
iHostage (2025)
Opération Lady Marlène / Operation Lady Marlene (1975)
Zgon przed weselem / Death Before the Wedding (2025)
Spaced Out (1979)
A Man About the House (1947)
Romolo e Remo / Duel of the Titans (1961)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Bullet Proof (2022)
Double Walker (2021)
Emperor (2020)
Find Her (2022)

 

[KaijuDude1992]

As someone who really enjoyed A Simple Favor I thought this sequel was incredibly disappointing. Paul Feig is a talented director and the chemistry between Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick is still pretty great but this was a misfire on every level and honestly felt more like a mean spirited, creepy, over the top, cheesy parody of the first movie.

4.5/10



Really enjoyed this one as a really messed up alternative take on Cinderella but it definitely won't be for everyone. It's a gory and fairly mean spirited/dark film that goes into some gross/uncomfortable places with the body horror but man is it well made and puts all those trashy, low budget twisted fairytale movies that we've been getting to shame.

7.5/10



Wasn't expecting much from this one but it ended up being a fun ride for the most part especially if your a BIG fan of slasher movies from the 90's like me. Also, Eli Craig deserves way more work in Hollywood.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a classic horror comedy IMO and that guy should have went on to have a much bigger career than he did.

7/10

 

[squeekness]

Up

 

[Batgirl0202]

Hollywood needs to make more old-fashioned biopics like this one...

8/10

 

[squeekness]

We bought a zoo

 

[Hunter Rider]

Always felt this one is underrated, the first act is pretty much a love letter to Hitchcock, and the motorbike chase remains one of my favourite action sequences ever, plus Thandie Newton is ♥

8/10

 

[squeekness]

Princess bride

 

[ObiWanCon]

Angels & Demons (2009)

 

[squeekness]

How to train your dragon

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Frodo]

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Horrible Dr Hichcock (AKA Raptus: The Secret of Dr Hichcock, AKA The Terror of Dr Hichcock ~ 1962)

In the year 1885 Dr Bernard Hichcock is a respected chief surgeon of a prestigious London hospital, much lauded for saving the lives of patients thought to be beyond help. However, Hichcock has a dark secret - he uses his position at the hospital to gain access to the corpses of beautiful young women for sex. This morbid interest carries over into his marriage; whilst his young wife, Margaretha, is unaware of his actual necrophilia,, she willingly agrees to being regularly sedated by him, so that he can have sex with her unconscious body. However, one evening he administers too much sedative and she dies. Beside himself with grief he leaves London straight after her funeral to travel the world,

Twelve years later he returns to his London mansion with Cynthia, his new wife, and resumes his post at the hospital. He seems a far happier man. But the return to his old home brings about a change, as he behaves increasingly uncaringly towards his new bride. He also wastes no time in resuming his 'hobby' at the hospital morgue. Meanwhile, strange sights and sounds in the night have Cynthia starting to believe that Margaretha's ghost may be haunting the mansion.

This Italian gothic horror is basically director Riccardo Freda's and writer Ernesto Gastaldi's take on Rebecca - if Maxim de Winter was a necrophiliac (this includes large portraits of the first wife looking down on the second as though judging her, and a Mrs Danvers-type housekeeper - still devoted to her original mistress, whilst being scornful of the new one). There's also a strong feel of the Corman-Price Edgar Allan Poe movies (as well as other obvious literary and cinematic references that I won't list as it would spoil). Veteran British actor Robert Flemyng is excellent as Hichcock, Harriet Medin is perfect as the dislikeable housekeeper, Martha, and Maria Teresa Vianello is jaw-droppingly beautiful as understanding first wife, Margaretha. But the film belongs to (top-billed) icon of horror Barbara Steele, who plays Cynthia. Once she appears she's in just about every scene and she's riveting. Also, that face of hers was just made for exploring creepy corridors by candlelight, and director Freda makes the absolute most of that. The cinematography (by Raffaele Masiocchi) is gorgeously Bava-like, and Roman Vlad's score is grandly ominous. The film does suffer from some confusing editing, it not always being clear how much time has elapsed between events, and after a terrific opening 20 minutes the pace slows a bit too much before the third act; but the atmosphere (including funerals in the rain, foggy graveyards at night, cobwebbed secret passages, and branches knocking on window panes like skeletal fingers during thunder storms) is perfect. If you're into gothic horror I really recommend it. 7.5/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Horrible Dr Hichcock (AKA Raptus: The Secret of Dr Hichcock, AKA The Terror of Dr Hichcock ~ 1962)

In the year 1885 Dr Bernard Hichcock is a respected chief surgeon of a prestigious London hospital, much lauded for saving the lives of patients thought to be beyond help. However, Hichcock has a dark secret - he uses his position at the hospital to gain access to the corpses of beautiful young women for sex. This morbid interest carries over into his marriage; whilst his young wife, Margaretha, is unaware of his actual necrophilia,, she willingly agrees to being regularly sedated by him, so that he can have sex with her unconscious body. However, one evening he administers too much sedative and she dies. Beside himself with grief he leaves London straight after her funeral to travel the world,

Twelve years later he returns to his London mansion with Cynthia, his new wife, and resumes his post at the hospital. He seems a far happier man. But the return to his old home brings about a change, as he behaves increasingly uncaringly towards his new bride. He also wastes no time in resuming his 'hobby' at the hospital morgue. Meanwhile, strange sights and sounds in the night have Cynthia starting to believe that Margaretha's ghost may be haunting the mansion.

This Italian gothic horror is basically director Riccardo Freda's and writer Ernesto Gastaldi's take on Rebecca - if Maxim de Winter was a necrophiliac (this includes large portraits of the first wife looking down on the second as though judging her, and a Mrs Danvers-type housekeeper - still devoted to her original mistress, whilst being scornful of the new one). There's also a strong feel of the Corman-Price Edgar Allan Poe movies (as well as other obvious literary and cinematic references that I won't list as it would spoil). Veteran British actor Robert Flemyng is excellent as Hichcock, Harriet Medin is perfect as the dislikeable housekeeper, Martha, and Maria Teresa Vianello is jaw-droppingly beautiful as understanding first wife, Margaretha. But the film belongs to (top-billed) icon of horror Barbara Steele, who plays Cynthia. Once she appears she's in just about every scene and she's riveting. Also, that face of hers was just made for exploring creepy corridors by candlelight, and director Freda makes the absolute most of that. The cinematography (by Raffaele Masiocchi) is gorgeously Bava-like, and Roman Vlad's score is grandly ominous. The film does suffer from some confusing editing, it not always being clear how much time has elapsed between events, and after a terrific opening 20 minutes the pace slows a bit too much before the third act; but the atmosphere (including funerals in the rain, foggy graveyards at night, cobwebbed secret passages, and branches knocking on window panes like skeletal fingers during thunder storms) is perfect. If you're into gothic horror I really recommend it. 7.5/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

Underrated gem, the Vatican and Chesapeake Bay bridge sequences are fantastic and the film contains Ethan's most personal stakes.

8.5/10

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[ObiWanCon]

Wolfs (2024)

 

[Frodo]