Recently Watched Films

Pretty entertaining black comedy meet apocalypse (end of the world) movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/

It reminds me a little of the absurdity of Idiocracy (2006): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Wasn't that long ago I last saw this one and that was already a re-watch, but I got a physical copy for Xmas and watched it again. Luckily this, like pretty much every Robert Altman I've seen more than once, is one of those movies that seems to get better with every viewing. I'm pretty in awe of what I've seen from this guy so far actually. There's not one movie among them I'd say is like any of the others, even the two westerns of his I have. Images was his only horror movie (the psychological really fuck with your head kind). 

Stuck this on last night because I wasn't something casual and because I was obsessed with this movie as a kid. I had it recorded off of the TV on a store bought VHS tape and played it so many times over. I wanted to live in that treehouse, threats from pirates and tigers be damned. This was a real nostalgia kick. 

Lots of such dreary grey visuals you'd be forgiven if you mistook it for a black and white film at a glance, but boy is this stylish when it wants to be. I haven't seen many films from China yet, but this was very good. And there's some real crazy stuff in it too. 

Sartana 4 of 5. Still excellent and with the original actor back in the role after odd change for the middle film. The series hasn't lost steam yet. A really fun film. 

Good, but still my least favourite of Zahler's 3 movies on rewatch.  There is something dumb and unsatisfying about the ending

Great film. I keep hoping a better version gets released in the UK, but I believe it's tied up in rights issues. The DVD I have of it is pretty poor quality and doesn't include the Italian audio, which is said to be the best way to watch this one. Apparently the English audio isn't a good translation of what everyone's actually supposed to be saying. 

Yeah, not bad, but with these Metallica live movies and videos now, I just don't feel it like I used to. There's none of the grit and soul there used to be back in the days of Cliff 'em All and Binge/Purge. It's all a bit too clean and sanitised now. Saying that, I'm still gonna watch the second one.

This was frustrating. Great atmosphere, short on plot and a general feeling like it couldn't decide if it was a folk horror movie or a period drama about unscrupulous businessmen trying to force a family off their land. 

An intriguing enough plot but my God this had one of the worst so called 'HD' pictures I've ever seen. Really fucked colours to the point I thought my TV had malfunctioned. 

Sartana 5. Some rank it among the best of the series, but I just about prefer other entries. Still, a great set of movies with no duds. 

It's an 80s slasher and that's about all you can say about it, other than it's set at Christmas. The early reveal that the kid set up as the protagonist quickly turns into the villain and subsequent lack of a mask are unusual for the genre I guess. I don't think I'll feel the need to see this one again though.

Not particularly well drawn or animated, but the vocal cast was great (Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Brad Garrett).

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Love the stories of the books this movie was based on. The movie itself was pretty entertaining.

Pretty good folk horror. Don't hear this one mentioned as often as The Wicker Man or Witchfinder General, but it certainly fits with them well to make an unofficial trilogy from that era of British filmmaking. 

A Mario Bava I hadn't seen before. Unfortunately streaming only had the English dud and not the original Italian audio (because that would just be too hard right?). It's full of dark gothic atmosphere, very adult themes and has Christopher Lee in it, though sadly it does a Psycho. Overall still solid. 

Solid but I didn't find it to hold a candle to the 1930s version. Frankenstein is a right dick in this version.