Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The Substance was a fun watch. In terms of horror, it was, if ye'll forgive the joke, a great mix of old and new 

[Sworntothecans]

Fright Night for Halloween night. Can't believe it's not more famous than it is. The special effects are arguably the best of the 80s; it was the next film the FX Ghostbusters team did.

Also watched The Church, which is basically Demons 3. Also a really good watch. Leans a bit more into religious horror than the splatter horror of the first two.

The Church is great, typical Soavi all over the place stuff but entertaining as fuck.

Halfway through Doc Of Chucky on Shudder, from the crowd that did Crystal Lake Memories/Never Sleep Again. 4 hour horror docs are pretty much the best thing going.

Started Mads, but subtitles after midnight in your 40s usually lead to sleep😂. Seemed decent though.

[mishima]

Watched The Substance a couple of weeks ago and loved it. The last act was pure insanity. Go in with as little prior knowledge as possible.

I hadn't seen it in ages, but watched The Cabin in the Woods with a few mates last weekend. Delightful auld romp.

Also watched Blade Runner 2049, which may be the loudest film ever made. No fucking need for a soundtrack at that volume.

[Carnage]

Also watched Blade Runner 2049, which may be the loudest film ever made. No fucking need for a soundtrack at that volume.

It worked well in the cinema though, totally immersive. I'm hoping it gets a rerelease here as I'd happily sit through it multiple times again. Not the same at home, enjoyable though it is.

In terms of loud films, Man Of Steel was ridiculously loud in the cinema, the first (new) Godzilla too, though that suited the material TBF.

[ldj]

Last couple of nights viewings...

The Substance - lives up to the hype tbf. The director had another film called Revenge a few years ago that's well worth checking out too.

The Worst Person in the World - Norwegian drama, very good but probably not everyone's buzz.

Fallen Leaves - Decent but a bit dour.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched Revenge a few weeks ago and thought it was great. Very different subgenre of horror to The Substance too, which makes me all the more curious what she may turn her attention to next.

[Sworntothecans]

Watched Revenge a few weeks ago and thought it was great. Very different subgenre of horror to The Substance too, which makes me all the more curious what she may turn her attention to next.

Felt if Revenge was a bit more grind house/drive in as opposed to art house at times it would have been a bit stronger, but it's a good watch regardless.

While we're on the subject of Revenge, I watched Tony Scott's Revenge with Kevin Costner & Anthony Quinn. It's a great bit of pulp.

[StoutAndAle]

Nah!
There's another solid '...Fallen' in him yet.

Not Gerry Butler but...

[jobrok1]

Yeah! Spotted that over the weekend.
Not a bad first episode, to be fair.
Kinda has a 24 vibe to it, too.

[StoutAndAle]

I've always wanted to visit that Blockbuster. I worked in Xtra Vision for a couple of years back in the day, which was technically Blockbuster. By far and away the best early job I had.


I'd say early/mid September is one of the best times of year to take that trip.

A buddy of mine used to work in the local Xtra Vision back in the mid-90s. Ours was a fairly dodgy area and more than once he had the purple shirt torn off him after trying to charge some hardshaw the 50p rewind fee.

He also had some oul lad call in every week and ask if they kept any "blue movies" behind the counter. Eventually, my buddy - completely exasperated, whipped a copy of the film "Jade" off the shelf and handed it to your man.

"Good and rough, is it?"

"Eh. Yeah."

"Good. Good. Cos the last one ye gave me was fairly tame."





Thanks for the Alberta info. 

[Necro Red]

I watched Pet sematary remake. It started good and then declined I thought. The new Joker last night, it isn't as bad as its made out. If you like musicals it's decent. As a sequel I don't think many folks will be impressed. I reckon it will have a cult status at some stage.

[Pentagrimes]

I watched Pet sematary remake. It started good and then declined I thought. The new Joker last night, it isn't as bad as its made out. If you like musicals it's decent.

I've always wanted to visit that Blockbuster. I worked in Xtra Vision for a couple of years back in the day, which was technically Blockbuster. By far and away the best early job I had.


I'd say early/mid September is one of the best times of year to take that trip.

A buddy of mine used to work in the local Xtra Vision back in the mid-90s. Ours was a fairly dodgy area and more than once he had the purple shirt torn off him after trying to charge some hardshaw the 50p rewind fee.

He also had some oul lad call in every week and ask if they kept any "blue movies" behind the counter. Eventually, my buddy - completely exasperated, whipped a copy of the film "Jade" off the shelf and handed it to your man.

"Good and rough, is it?"

"Eh. Yeah."

"Good. Good. Cos the last one ye gave me was fairly tame."





Thanks for the Alberta info. 

mildly related digression, but I worked in a video shop in Rathmines years ago (Advance Vision, long closed) which had an "adult" section   - softcore stuff obviously but pretty borderline in some cases, and I will never, ever forget the fact that someone came to the counter one day with a dvd they'd pulled from one of those shelves with the name "Randy Financial Advisor".

There was one poor ould lad - I mean he must have been in his 70s, easily - a little short fella who walked with a cane, and he came in one of my first mornings up to the counter to return a shopping bag full of porn he'd rented from us the week before. When I went to his account one of the lads had changed his name on it to "The Porn King"

[Sworntothecans]

Nah!
There's another solid '...Fallen' in him yet.

Not Gerry Butler but...

Gerry's getting the producer money for this one.

It's not bad, some decent set pieces and action choreography (France does have a pretty good technical advisors when it comes to gunplay) and Sean Harris being Sean Harris.

[ldj]

Did anyone watch that Kinds of Kindness film? It's Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things), on the list but the near 3 hour runtime has me putting it off.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Brought the wee lad to the cinema to see a new animated feature called Flow. Sublime! A proper for all ages one, in that it can really be appreciated by anyone of any age. Don't know how much of a wide release it's getting, but if you get a chance I'd recommend it highly.