v/h/s Halloween. best one they've done in a long time. "Fun Size" and "Kidprint" are the two standouts for entirely opposite reasons, one is gloriously mental, the other is seriously grim. No weak segments overall,good fun

Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Closer to the comics (I gather, I've never read them) than the previous incarnations, it's a smaller scale story than before. It has its moments, but ultimately it just looks cheap and not very cheerful. Dodgy visual/sound effects and a godawful score don't help either.

Quote from: Pentagrimes on October 05, 2025, 09:47:56 AMv/h/s Halloween. best one they've done in a long time. "Fun Size" and "Kidprint" are the two standouts for entirely opposite reasons, one is gloriously mental, the other is seriously grim. No weak segments overall,good fun


It's probably the most consistent one of the series as they've always had a habit of getting derailed from a bad segment.

Rewatched Altered State the other night. Such an underrated movie

I watched a couple of Amicus anthologies recently - Tales from the Crypt and Asylum. Both very good overall. I though they'd be very dated but there were a few moments that surprised me.

Also watched Bones from 2001 which stars Snoop Dogg of all people as a vengeful ghost. It's very good, a nice mix of Blaxploitation and 80's horror.

The Awful Dr. Orloff was next on the list - it's an Eyes Without a Face ripoff directed by Jesus Franco. Not bad, but a lot tamer than his later work which is bonkers.

Bones was surprisingly good, might have to lash it on to the watchlist for a rewatch. Definitely helped having Spike Lee's DOP directing it.

Signed up for the Arrow Video streaming service yesterday, right up my alley. Loads of classics, a bunch of stuff I've never heard of, all cult classics and genre films. Looking forward to exploring it. Not bad for a fiver a month

Quote from: Pentagrimes on October 06, 2025, 11:13:37 AMSigned up for the Arrow Video streaming service yesterday, right up my alley. Loads of classics, a bunch of stuff I've never heard of, all cult classics and genre films. Looking forward to exploring it. Not bad for a fiver a month

Yeah, probably cancelling Shudder for it as Arrow're great and they've the rights for more stuff this side of the pond.

Demon Knight
Bunch of ho dunk po dunk well them there MOTHERFUCKERS! Classic  :laugh:

Performance
I've been in a very 60s vibe of late and this encapsulates the era so well. Classic London gangster film the first half (is this where the London mob boss called Harry theme started with Harry Flowers? To be followed by Harold Shand and Hatchet Harry?), and the second half is a pure counterculture 60s acid trip. Awesome stuff.

Quote from: Mooncat on October 07, 2025, 06:12:53 PMDemon Knight
Bunch of ho dunk po dunk well them there MOTHERFUCKERS! Classic  :laugh:


Have the soundtrack on tape. That and the film are deadly.

Quote from: Emphyrio on October 07, 2025, 06:49:48 PM
Quote from: Mooncat on October 07, 2025, 06:12:53 PMDemon Knight
Bunch of ho dunk po dunk well them there MOTHERFUCKERS! Classic  :laugh:


Have the soundtrack on tape. That and the film are deadly.

Yeah it's awesome. A very 80s film with a very 90s soundtrack.

Quote from: Mooncat on October 07, 2025, 06:12:53 PMDemon Knight
Bunch of ho dunk po dunk well them there MOTHERFUCKERS! Classic  :laugh:

Performance
I've been in a very 60s vibe of late and this encapsulates the era so well. Classic London gangster film the first half (is this where the London mob boss called Harry theme started with Harry Flowers? To be followed by Harold Shand and Hatchet Harry?), and the second half is a pure counterculture 60s acid trip. Awesome stuff.


Billy Zane was fucking brilliant in that.

Quote from: Maggot Colony on October 06, 2025, 10:26:22 AMAlso watched Bones from 2001 which stars Snoop Dogg of all people as a vengeful ghost. It's very good, a nice mix of Blaxploitation and 80's horror.



https://on.soundcloud.com/qIRZIiPf2kLWYmpVUw

Recorded that a while back over a few cans, samples are from Bones

Wstched the new Naked Gun there. It was alright, not a patch on the original movies obviously but it had its moments.

The Priscilla Presley cameo was A Bad Idea though.

I remember seeing this a long time ago and thought, Class animation.
This was before AI too...

I'm a massive fan of the books too..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_QgN2rbfd4


Slaine - The Horned God


Would love to see a proper vicious movie made of this.