The Last Movie You Watched?

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i know, but right now i have no possible way to get 1.season …
i watched five episodes, i quite understand what’s going on

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WEREWOLF: THE BEAST AMONG US (2012, Louis Morneau)

A horror movie that plays a little like those SyFy Channel productions, only the cast and the amount of gore will tell you this werewolf movie was aimed at other audiences. But it never hit the big screen and went straight to video instead.

It is set in some kind of Eastern Europe that looks more than just a little like the Wild Wild West: one of the werewolf hunters uses a machine gun in Django style, another has an eyepatch in the style of Rooster Cogburn, most actors have either whiskers or stubbly beards and (oh yes) the greatest hunter of them all is dressed like Indiana Jones.

With a werewolf terrorizing a small village by moonlight, the story seems very basic werewolf stuff, but in the last thirty minutes or so, it takes a turn to a more dramatic approach, as if it were called The Existential Angst of a Werewolf. The digital werewolves aren’t very convincing and as a horror flick it relies more on shock effects than tension-filled moments. The gore is really extreme, with heads literally shot off and some very graphic sections on dead bodies (apparently to check if it’s the body of a man or a best).

With Stephen Rea, Stephen Bauer and Edd Quinn the casting director did a remarkably good job (how did he talk them into this cheapie?), but the main attraction (at least to me) was the breathtakingly beautiful Rachel DiPillo.

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Sounds possible fun, will give it a view sometime.

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I watched ”Night train murders” last night and I really enjoyed it. It has been called dull, boring and a cheap rip-off off “The last house on the left”, but I thought it was very suspenseful the whole way through. The main reason why the film works so well IMO is because of the director’s superb character development .

7/10.

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[quote=“Dorado, post:8184, topic:1923”]I watched ”Night train murders” last night and I really enjoyed it. It has been called dull, boring and a cheap rip-off off “The last house on the left”, but I thought it was very suspenseful the whole way through. The main reason why the film works so well IMO is because of the director’s superb character development .

7/10.[/quote]Glad you enjoyed it mate. I actually prefer it to the Craven film.

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Neither of them have I seen, but Craven’s picture looks awful. Not on account of violence, but because of quality (and it appears to be a shit).
I may give a try Night Train Murderers - cool title as well!

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I’ve had Craven’s original Last House on the Left on bluray for a good while now, but haven’t gotten round to watching yet because have not been in the mood for that style a lot. Suppose to be a pretty nasty classic though.

I did enjoy Deodato’s The House on the Edge of the Park- not sure how similar that is but obviously seems inspired by Craven and also stars David Hess doing the same kind of schtick. Seems like Deodato’s take may be a little goofier though.

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It is one of the nastiest and most psychologically disturbing movies I have seen, and I have seen a lot.
It’s not the kind of film you should watch with your family or girlfriend. And I’m not even sure anyone ought to watch it at all. It’s that sick and sadistic.

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Agreed, unless you are fed up of your girlfriend :smiley: .

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hahaha… I’ve put my girlfriend through some strange movies, but when they get really messed up like this, I tend to spare her

What Dorado says is what I’ve also heard from a friend who likes to watch these kinds of films, so I’ve assumed its pretty heavy

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It must be sadistic and sick, but what makes it even more disturbing is comical characters of these two cops who behave like Flip and Flap and totally discordant cheerful country soundtrack… :o
Will give it a try some day anyway, just to say “OK, I’ve seen it”. Besides it’s sometimes called “the most important exploitation film ever made”. I think it’s pretty insulting for flicks by Argento. I doubt it’s gonna be better than Deep Red for instance.

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Well, I’m not sure how Deep Red could even be compared to Last House really… totally different genres and types of films, imo

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OK, this comparison was a bit inappropriate. I won’t judge a thing that I haven’t seen so far.

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Well I haven’t seen it either :wink:

While I tend to consider a lot of Italian horror to be exploitation, as well as other stuff that isn’t technically called “exploitation”, these films still occupy a totally different space for me. Although I haven’t seen it yet, I have seen a lot about it and clips because its always mentioned in documentaries and whatnot, and I have a pretty good idea of what its going to be like.

There’s a certain characteristic and style to this kind of “exploitation” film that is very different to something like Argento. Argento’s films may be a “higher” form of film-art, these nastier exploitations seem to carry a more profound psychological effect while viewing, or they provoke more of a reaction that is hard to ignore.

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i’m halfway through 2.season of Lost - amazing tv show, fresh and unpredictable with great cast
although on few occassions behavior of some characters got on my nerves :), nevertheless very satisfying and i keep watching (hopefully to the end)
reminds me a book Riverworld from PJ Farmer a little

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[quote=“autephex, post:8192, topic:1923”]Well, I’m not sure how Deep Red could even be compared to Last House really… totally different genres and types of films, imo[/quote]It’s like comparing A Fistful Of Dollars with E.T.!

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Wrath Of The Titans - Not a great film by any means but it’s easy popcorn viewing with plenty of excitement.

Tales That Witness Madness - Not bad but there are better British anthology films out there. I didn’t think I’d seen this before but the Tiger and Tree stories ring a bell, maybe I saw some of it on TV as a kid?

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Code Name Wild Geese.

Bunch of mercenaries go on a mission in the jungle to fight a drug boss. Excellent cast in this one from Klaus Kinski to Lee Van Cleef. Love the scene where Van Cleef says I 've been called the ‘Colonel’ many times :smiley: . The director has his usual helicopter and explosion scenes like so many of his 80’s action films. Good fun.

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I like these Lewis Collins Margheriti films. Some great miniatures 8)

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[url]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/blowout2d01.jpg/[/url] [size=12pt]BLOW OUT [/size] (Brian De Palma, 1981)

One of De Palma’s better efforts, no doubt influenced but Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (just look at the title!), about a sound engeneer who accidently makes a recording of the assassination of a senator running (successfully so it seems) for president. References to Zapruder, JFK, Watergate (one reporter looks like Robert Redford!), the Chappaquiddick incident - in other words: it’s referential showtime!

A very young John Travolta is quite good as the sound engeneer, but some of the supporting actors steal the show: Dennis Franz as a foulmouthed shady guy (or is he a fall guy?), specialized in dirty jobs, and - especially - John Lithgow as a rather clumsy (but lethal) killer who tends to make the wrong victims. Well-made, beautifully shot (by Vilmos Zigmond), but some viewers might be turned off by the vagueness of the script, which eventually leaves too many questions unanswered.