What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Milk Tray Guy]

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Director Tod Browning and Bela Lugosi return to gothic 'vampire horror' after their successful Dracula in 1931. Here, in Czechoslovakia the death of a leading citizen is ascribed by the attending physician as due to extreme blood loss - which he believes is the work of a vampire. As the police dismiss the idea and set to work seeking out the perpetrator, two vampires said to haunt the area - Count Mora (Lugosi), and his daughter Luna - are seen by several of the locals and start to attack other residents.

Lugosi is on terrific form (and far more menacing than he was in Dracula), Lionel Atwill is as reliable as ever as the police Inspector, and top-billed Lionel Barrymore gives a hammy yet enjoyable turn as the Van Helsing-like Professor Zelen. But the standout is the beautiful - and at time very creepy - Carroll Borland as Luna, Mora's vampire daughter. She matches Lugosi in presence and menace every step of the way, and makes it hard to focus on anyone else when she's onscreen (it's a real shame she didn't have a bigger career). Up to the final 10 minutes this is probably the finest vampire horror of the period. Photography, lighting, sets, sound/music, effects, and performances are all terrific. It also gives the first examples (AFAIK) of two tropes that by the 1970s were firmly embedded; the female vampire giving a furious, cat-like hiss (apparently an ad-lib by Borland!), and a vampire actually running at the camera/victim's POV (later used to great effect in Count Yorga, Blacula, and (I think) The Night Stalker).

Unfortunately, the infamous 'twist' at the end is a real slap in the face for fans (reportedly Lugosi and Borland hated it too). If the makers had held their nerve and delivered an ending that did justice to the rest of the film, this would have been a 9/10, no question. As it is, it still deserves 7.5/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

Sleazy thriller with a bit of an unexpected twist and an incredibly corny death scene that isn't remotely earned between the 2 unlikable leads.

5/10

The lead actor is porno bad and the creature effects are limp, but there's a couple of good character actors who chew enough scenery to carry this no budget Leviathan rip-off to it's conclusion.

4/10

I watched the dubbed version which obviously isn't ideal, but it's a well crafted thriller, the twist is fairly obvious but the tension builds convincingly to the climax.

7/10

Not a patch on the 1959 version, the script is dreadful and the acting is so stilted with every piece of dialogue sounding like someone reading a script in a recording booth, probably because that's how this was made given the cast.

4/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Slumber Party Massacre II

 

[squeekness]

Nosferatu (2024)

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The second one is The Beasts.

 

[Link]

 

[emielaen]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Lobo]

Good movie. It's like a Die Hard in the UK

 

[Sculder]

Nr. 24 / Number 24 (2024)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
Mica è colpa mia / The Love Scam (2025)
Noose for a Lady (1953)
La garce / The ***** (1984)
Trent's Last Case (1952)
Le fils du Français / The Son of Français (1999)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022)
Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Dangerous Voyage (1954)
¡Mátalo! / Matalo! (Kill Him) (1970)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Tombstone (1993)
Serial Mom (1994)

 

[Batgirl0202]

7/10

 

[squeekness]

The last days on Mars

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The third one is The Night of the Werewolf.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

A pretty solid sequel IMO but it definitely felt unnecessary for the most part. The stuff with the white lions was easily my favorite part of the movie and I actually had no idea that Mads Mikkelsen was voicing the main villain in this which was pretty cool although I wish he was in it more.

I didn't mind the 2019 remake either but I do think this is somewhat better than that movie in certain aspects thanks to Barry Jenkins direction and overall talent as a director.

7/10

 

[Luigi]

The lead actor is porno bad and the creature effects are limp

 

[Luigi]

The Monkey

Ironic Final Destination style film that fizzles out in the second half. Theo James is surprisingly good with monologues.

6/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Burial Ground (AKA Nights of Terror, AKA Burial Ground: Nights of Terror ~ 1981)

Absolutely bonkers Italian exploitation/zombie pic directed by Andrea Bianchi (Strip Nude for Your Killer), which takes stupid decisions, bad dialogue, and bad taste to a whole new depth (for an Italian zombie movie that's saying something!). To say there is barely any plot is an understatement; 1) professor accidentally reanimates the dead by reading ancient stone tablet, 2) three 'trendy' young couples arrive at said professor's house for a stay, 3) seemingly endless number of zombies attack the house and kill off said couples in increasingly gory ways. One thing you can say is that it jumps straight into the action; the first kill's about five minutes in, and from then on it's zombie feeding time for the rest of the movie (around 85 mins in all). We get nudity, softcore sex, incest, a ridiculous amount of gore, and a bunch of people who really deserve to die - seriously, these people are idiots. We also get the creepiest '10 yr old boy' (actually played by a 25 yr old 'Dario Argento lookalike' midget) ever committed to celluloid.

If you want to see a bunch of zombies use a battering ram, look no further. If you want to see the slowest beheading ever (in real time, not slo-mo!), it's here. Plus there's a ton of hilariously quotable dialogue - and a mother-son relationship that is... closer than it should be (hence the 25 yr old actor playing the 10 yr old). Despite - or maybe because - of all this, it's a crazy, fun ride. Actually, the zombie effects and makeup aren't bad (apparently overseen by the people who did Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters a couple of years earlier). Make no mistake, this is a bad movie. It is also - in its own way - a classic! 6.5/10

 

[BlackFox]

 

[Frodo]

MCCLOUD : A WALK IN THE PARK ( 1970) Staring Dennis Weaver and Susan St. James

 

[KaijuDude1992]

The only Zack Snyder film I hadn't seen until today and man I see why this has gotten so much praise over the years because it's a really solid animated film with some pretty dark aspects as well. His style especially when it comes to the slow motion works so well here and I'm honestly surprised Snyder hasn't done more animated films like this.

I know this film wasn't some big hit at the BO when it came out but it's easily one of his better films and even a lot better than some of his more recent stuff.

7/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Stopmotion (2023)

British psychological horror directed by Robert Morgan, combining live-action and animation. Ella is a young woman assisting her renowned stopmotion animator mother whose arthritis renders her unable to perform intricate model movements herself. It's an uneasy task; her mother is domineering by nature, and angrily impatient with the limitations caused by her condition. On top of this, Ella is keen to break out as an animator in her own right, but is unable to do so until she's fulfilled her promise to help her mother complete her final film. When her mother dies Ella throws herself into her own work, assisted by a strange little girl she meets on the stairs of her new apartment block. The deeper Ella and the girl get into their work the more Ella starts to unravel psychologically, and the lines between reality and the world of her movie become increasingly blurred.

The idea of obsession with artistic endeavour being tied to descent into madness is hardly original, but the animated aspect at least gives it a new look. But that's all that's new. With the exception of Ella (Aisling Franciosi) and the little girl (Caoilinn Springall), the characters are two-dimensional and boring. The plot is wholly predictable (including a character twist you'll probably see coming a mile away), and the dialogue is ridiculously stilted (I guess as an attempt to convey tension; all it conveys is that these people don't speak like real people). Director Morgan's history is in animation, and to be honest I'd be more interested in watching a full-length, completed version of the animated movie Ella is working on than seeing this again (or, God forbid, a sequel). The performances of Franciosi and Springall, the creepiness of the animation, and some effective gore and (finally!) action in the third act get this 4.5/10

 

[emielaen]

A ★★★ review of A Complete Unknown (2024)

Jubilations through and through. Opening with clear indication of moving forward backwards, or backward forwards, or just moving through time in time, Chalamet’s Bob Dylan casts a timid silhouette before the hair stands taller, fluff blowing in the wind. He gets off the wrong bus, into a random...

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[KaijuDude1992]

Not a bad film IMO but these kind of artistic experimental films just ain't for me. Kudos for Soderbergh for being able to do pretty whatever he wants at this point and while I can appreciate the technical aspects and the fact that it is well acted I just couldn't really connect with this at all. Also, this is definitely not a horror film.

5.5/10



A decent enough time waster but I feel like Christopher Waltz is a bit above doing stuff like this but it was nice seeing him something again I guess.

6/10



This was actually pretty dang entertaining and I honestly don't understand why this got so much hate from critics. It's a fun dumb action flick with Ke Huy Quan showing just how much of a badass he can be and I enjoyed every minute of it. The plot is whatever but you know from the beginning that this is not a film you take seriously.

6.5/10

 

[Frodo]