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The world didn't need a Scream 2 or 3 let alone Scream 4. It barely needed the first one. Shitty arsed repetitive and dull franchise.

 

Horror comedy isn't an easy genre to pull off though, in all fairness, and when you think about it there really haven't been THAT many examples down the years of films that have successfully pulled it off. Mostly they end up managing to do neither the comedy nor the horror very successfully. I've even soured to Shaun Of The Dead over the last couple of years.

I actually re-watched the original Fright Night last night after seeing the screen shots for the remake and have to say it still stands up as a great film. There seemed to be a slew of these knowing horror films in the mid 80's (Monster Squad, Fright Night, The Lost boys) although people seem to think that the original Scream invented the genre. Chris Sarandon plays a great smug bastard (see also The Princess Bride) Am thinking about watching its sequel tonight but i remember it being shit

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Well lets face it, its a shit film. They bring back the surviving characters from the last film purely as a plot point and kill them off with little fan fare, dont try amd expand on any of the Freddy backstory the last film tried to add and just go back to random deaths and poor comedy. Only plus side is some good effects from Screaming Mad George who made a living in the 80s with his cool body horror effects (See the underated Society which is a feature length showreel for him) On to number 5 tonight which i remember being a step up from this one

Also watched Due Date Its a medicore film with 2 major flaws. 1) Its basically a remake of Plains, Trains and Automobiles. Its been mentioned before but its not just a passing coincidence. And 2) They have managed to create 2 lead characters so unlikeable that you just dont care about them at all. Seriously, neither character has any redeeming qualities. Downey Jr's character is an expecting father and when he is left in a room with a child that wont behave he punches the kid, good luck growing up in that house. More importantly its just not funny. It fails as a buddy comedy, fails as a stoner comedy and am surprised RDJ decided to be in it.

Just finished A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Far better than the second film (not that difficult) mainly i suspect because Craven was back to do the screenplay along with Frank Darabont. This is basically the blueprint for all the films that followed, Freddy gets more jokey, more elaborate set pieces and comedy and over the top deaths. The whole Dream Warriors plot is basically only 20minutes of the film (Oh we all have powers......oh we're all dead), ignores the second and brings back all the characters from the original, including the awesome John Saxon. On number 4 now (Which I remember hating)

Can anyone recommend some movies which features surprising twists or keeps you guessing throughout etc?

 

I've seen Usual Suspects, Memento etc but nothing else springs to mind.

No Way Out

Angel Heart

Chinatown

and if you want a shit one Secret Window

What does everyone think of last years Elm remake? Having only seen the original movies when I was about 11 at a mates house and being shit scared I quite liked it, the way the back story was told was quite lame and unimaginative but for me most part is was quite a good, polished horror film, which is how I like em.

Its shit and has zero redeeming features. I watched it last week (may have actually posted about it at the time.) It can't seem to decide if its a shot for shot remake or a 'reboot' (hate that phrase) The Freddy pushing through the wall shot is horrible, soft CGI and actually makes it look more dated than the original effect. With most of the remakes they just seem to settle for jump cuts and loud musicial cues for cheap scares

Currently working my way through all the Nightmare on Elm Street films followed by all the Friday 13th film.

 

I remember excitedly getting my hands on the Friday 13th box set afew years back coz i'd only seen the odd one and felt I was largely missing out on some quality horror history. How wrong was I?! Absolute crap! And even the 'better' ones couldn't hold a candle to the likes of Halloween. Saying that, I didn't mind the recent remake afew years ago. Which was a surprise considering im not too keen on new horror films and/or remakes

I think all the Slasher films are a product of their time. The first Halloween film is fantastic and is one of my all time favs and theres rightly a huge love for John Carpenter on here but the sequels were mainly shit (apart from Season of the witch which was actually quite a cool film and H2O with its scream style self referencing) I actually prefer the Friday 13th films over The Nightmare films, always have done. The Friday films actually always remained slasher films, Nightmare tried throwing all sorts of gimmicks into the mix and slowly fell more and more into comedy. Friday 13th mainly stayed with Jason fucking people up in more and more elaborate/stupid ways. My fav will always be machete in the head to the lad in the wheelchair in part 2, followed by pushing him down the stairs Pow, right in the kisser (A close second would be punching the boxers head off in Jason Takes Mahattan with aFalcon Punch )

Currently working my way through all the Nightmare on Elm Street films followed by all the Friday 13th film. Been 9 years since i watched them all one after another for my dissertation so have forgotten how bad some of them are. First Nightmare film still holds up quite well. Some of the effects still look great ( Both scenes with the rotating room are amazing and Freddy streaching through the wall pisses all over the CGI version in the remake.) There are some effects that just look shit now but thats to be expected and Freddy is a lot more of a bumbling twat than I remember him being.

Watched A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 last night and it is just shit. Freddy has about 10 minutes of screen time. The whole film has the most blatent gay subtext of all time which apparently no one picked up on at the time and theres a scene where a parrot explodes for no reason(possibly through gayness, im unsure). Dream Warriors tonight which is the first film when they start pushing the comedy into the franchise

"Dark Side" Hulk Hogan

 

Wait........wheres his moustache?

I watched the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street the other day. It has zero redeeming features, its just terrible. Studios are becoming too dependant on CGI gore which never has the same impact as physical effects. I would honestly say that the effects in the original are more realistic. The film lacks any genuine scares and relies on shitty 'jump cut, loud noise' edits which seems to have become the formula for 90% of the horror being made now

Mannequin is fast becoming one of my favourite films. I've watched it 6-7 times in recent months, and it just seems to encapsulate everything I want in a film from the 80s.

Mannequin is the second best 80s film about having sex with something you shouldn't. Obviously the best is Weekend at Bernies

Flashdance is no Say Anything.

 

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Say Anything beats them all.

Any excuse to post this guys awesome fancy dress costume

The lovely Emily Tucker off Pobol Y Cwm.

 

Fucker is, there's next to no pictures of her on the net, so you'll have to watch it to see what I mean.

Stop giving away all our Welsh secrets Butch

Being Human has been excellent so far this series with this past episode being absolutley tremendous. One of the most akward/funniest sex scenes and some genuinely scary moments. This show is just fantastic

Agreed. I was lent the boxset last week and plowed through the first two series and am up to speed on the new series now. Some fantastic writing on it. Not often I laugh out loud but Mitchell and George having a breakdown when Hustle wasn't on tv was great

Just a quick one. For everyone thats into documentaries at the min check out Overnight If you've ever want to see a guy get the break of his life then fuck it all up this is the film for you.

It follows Troy Duffy after his script for The Boondock Saints gets optioned and made. You just find yourself sitting watching thinking 'My god, this man is an utter tool'

Watched a fair few films over the weekend

True Grit

Probably the most Un-Coen film the brothers have ever made and its all the better for it. Jeff Bridges is fantastic and its great to see that studios are now willing to fund films with him as a legit leading man. Roger Ebert mentioned in his review of Tron 2 that years ago Jeff Bridges was touted as possibly one of the best actors of his generation and I think that more people are finally coming round to this. In his last 2 films he has managed to play the same character as a 30 year old and a 60 year old and then taken a character so iconically linked with John Wayne and totally made it his own. Matt Damon is on form but is acted off the screen by Hailee Steinfeld who is fantastic. Its just one of those great films that doesn't have anything less than great performances and is well worth checking out.

WallStreet 2

I'm gonna have to watch this film again because i'm still not sure what to think. first I have an un-natural hatred of Shia Leboeuf, he just pisses me off and i don't buy him as a leading man. The only time the film really picks up is the scenes with Douglas when you're praying for him to be a shit. Couple of little sparks of dialogue don't carry the film and I just felt kind 'Meh' after watching it. The only positive thing I got out of it was that apparently during an interview to promote the film Leboeuf admitted that during one scene he suggested to Oliver Stone that they change a line of dialogue because it sounded repetative. Stone responded 'Yeah? Well I wrote Scarface so go fuck yourself'

RED

It's exactly what you'd expect and is a waste of an amazing cast. John Malkovitch steals every scene hes in but apart from that its the most generic of action films

Don't think its been posted before but this is amazing

yo Ebb, did yu end up getting the UFC Ultimate 100 FIghts blu-ray? if so, whats your thoughts on it

I got the Bluray (think it worked out about

In all honesty, the feedback to the new regime, so to speak, has been very positive indeed, but I'd value any opinion from the UKFF that was made constructively and thoughtfully.

Brian Elliott

Editor, Fighting Spirit Magazine

Isn't that a scene from The Other Guys?

The best bit was either the train drivers comedy face or rita being buried under penny sweets

They better not kill off Dev. He's the asian David Essex.

Seeing as we can now see dead people in Corrie (Vera) I think they should kill Dev off and bring him back in a Randall and Hopkirk style white suit and he can just walk through walls and act like a dick for the rest of time

This debut promo is probably the best stuff Koslov has produced.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6eHeFhTVAc

 

One minute in. Based on this he should've been HUGE.

Never mind that. Kama is better than Segal, Tyson and Van Damme Supreme fighting machine

Scotland showed some proper grit today, what a morale booster. It's going to be an interesting Six Nations. As it stands presently, I'd rank them as follows

 

1. England

2. = Ireland/Scotland

4. France

5 = Wales/Italy

Went to watch Scotland / SA in Murray Field yesterday and have to say Scotland showed nothing it was just an average game with neither side showing anything and there were some shocking Ref Decisions. Saying that a win over the world champs is a win. With their current form expect England to trounce all over SA next week.

Watched the Ireland game after and the score really didnt represent how well they were playing, some great plays from them. Cant see anyone but the all Blacks winning the World Cup next year.

Has it started yet? anyone got a stream they can pm me ?