ghostfreak
Bluelighter
What a waste of a film. Was only 70 odd mins but damn it was a bit all over the place with the story and characters. Trailer looked ok but was quite disappointed how it turned out.
Thanks Prime lol.
Amazon PrimeAight, I give...where are you watching these? Netflix, torrents, mom's DVD collection?
Classic series. I loved those "white folks scared of urban sprawl/decay" films from the 70s/80s. Love me some good pandering. Plus in this modern era of novel crime, it's hard not to cheer Charlie on as he shoots rando-baddy one after another heh. Plus the Jeff Goldblum early cameo in the first Death Wish cracked me up."Death Wish" w/ Charles Bronson, of course!![]()
Classic series. I loved those "white folks scared of urban sprawl/decay" films from the 70s/80s. Love me some good pandering. Plus in this modern era of novel crime, it's hard not to cheer Charlie on as he shoots rando-baddy one after another heh. Plus the Jeff Goldblum early cameo in the first Death Wish cracked me up.
fuckyeah!!!!! baskte case is top shelf horror cheeze i have a basket case t shirt,Hell yeah bruuuther, I also enjoy watching Bronson grease some punks and street trash lol
As far as "urban decay" goes, I also like some of Abel Ferrara's work, like "Bad Lieutenant" and "King of New York", among others in the genre. Also there's some lesser mentions, like "Combat Shock", "Basket Case", etc.
And "Street Trash", "Street Trash" is great!
That was kind of a big theme in the 70's and 80's, urban decay films which seem to be based on a perception of NYC during that time period
The Tenant (1976)
Roman Polanski stars in and directs an odd film about a man living in some alternate universe where every Parisian speaks fluent English without an accent. A girl commits suicide and he takes up the rent of her old apartment. The neighbors are odd and insist on quiet all the time. He starts seeing things, some scenes seeming like he's being a masochist and chastising his own inadequacies as a human (Polanski himself, not the character). As the film progresses things get weirder and weirder till we reach a plot twisty, muddled ending that doesn't really make up for the 2 hour plus run time.
In the end it felt like a masochistic attempt by Polanski to recreate the unique feel of his masterpiece Rosemary's Baby, but fell way, way short. It was boring, the music wasn't as good, and the weird second half really threw it for me.
5/10
Not seen that yet, just been watching what Prime offers up to me. Thanks for the tipHave you ever seen this one?
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Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) - IMDb
Directed by John D. Hancock. With Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett. A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.www.imdb.com
If not check it out, it's a good 70s psychological horror/mystery film![]()
Such a fun, loopy, Nic Cage film.
Def have a watch!
It is! Def give it a watch.Just downloaded this this morning. It sounds fun and already has an 8.0 on IMDb (as of 18h ago).
Will have to give it a rewatch soon.Just rewatched @Burnt Offerings (1976) - 4 Stars - Enjoyed it almost as much as the first viewing. The twist ending still holds up and it has a great atmosphere. Slow burners can be too...well, slow...for me but in this case I think it works to the films advantage.
Man IMDb averages are such a joke. They rank The Shawshank Redemption as the best film of all time... umm what? It's a one watch film. Not re-watch worthy, I'd give it a 7.5/10 because it was a good film, just not... great. Blade Runner and A Clockwork Orange fall well below a number of other blockbusters. What?! Many of my favorite 'watch a dozen time over films' average between 5-8/10 on IMDb which is sad, I wouldn't watch them over and over if they weren't 8-10/10. This just goes to show how subjective films are and that the very purpose and existence of film critics is questionable.already has an 8.0 on IMDb (as of 18h ago)
Man IMDb averages are such a joke. They rank The Shawshank Redemption as the best film of all time... umm what? It's a one watch film. Not re-watch worthy, I'd give it a 7.5/10 because it was a good film, just not... great. Blade Runner and A Clockwork Orange fall well below a number of other blockbusters. What?! Many of my favorite 'watch a dozen time over films' average between 5-8/10 on IMDb which is sad, I wouldn't watch them over and over if they weren't 8-10/10. This just goes to show how subjective films are and that the very purpose and existence of film critics is questionable.
Oh yeah, finished Inherent Vice (2014).
It was decent, I'm actually in agreeance with the IMDb average here (6.7/10). P.T. Anderson has made way better films with way more together plots that even if they didn't have meaning they served to truly engross; Inherent Vice, while mostly engrossing, lost me after a while. Shoulda been 30 minutes shorter. This was one of his films that just didn't hit that mark for me. The star studded cast was of some help in keeping me glued, most especially Josh Brolin and Joaquin Phoenix's interplay and dialogue.
It may be one I have to see a second time to like. Then again, I only needed to see Magnolia once to know it was a bad P.T. Anderson film (8/10 on IMDb? WTF are these reviewers on and can I get some!?) and that I'd never bother watching it again.
Anderson captured something special with Boogie Nights, kept me riveted with There Will Be Blood, hit my feels with Hard Eight. Inherent Vice fell flat somewhere, somehow.
6.5/10