Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Dead End I was just expecting this to be your usual slasher horror, but it was nothing like I expected. Really funny in places with some great dialogue, some pretty good performances for what it is, and Ray Wise channelling Leland Palmer / Bob very nicely in his best role since Twin Peaks. Really enjoyed it, surprised they didn't do any sequels for it, I think there might have been scope for at least one. Terrible ending, though, having said that - just not bad enough to spoil all the excellence that went before. The bit with the pram is great. 7/10 Edited February 26, 2012 by Gladstone Small
King Pitcos Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Is Dead End the one where they are on an endless road?
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 Is Dead End the one where they are on an endless road? That's the one. Heh, I just got the title now as well.
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 Dead End I was just expecting this to be your usual slasher horror, but it was nothing like I expected. Really funny in places with some great dialogue, some pretty good performances for what it is, and Ray Wise channelling Leland Palmer / Bob very nicely in his best role since Twin Peaks. Really enjoyed it, surprised they didn't do any sequels for it, I think there might have been scope for at least one. Terrible ending, though, having said that - just not bad enough to spoil all the excellence that went before. The bit with the pram is great. 7/10 I enjoyed this one, and would have enjoyed the end, had I not seen a crappier film just before it with exactly the same finish.
Paid Members FLips Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 Dead End I was just expecting this to be your usual slasher horror, but it was nothing like I expected. Really funny in places with some great dialogue, some pretty good performances for what it is, and Ray Wise channelling Leland Palmer / Bob very nicely in his best role since Twin Peaks. Really enjoyed it, surprised they didn't do any sequels for it, I think there might have been scope for at least one. Terrible ending, though, having said that - just not bad enough to spoil all the excellence that went before. The bit with the pram is great. 7/10 I enjoyed this one, and would have enjoyed the end, had I not seen a crappier film just before it with exactly the same finish. Reeker?
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 Dead End I was just expecting this to be your usual slasher horror, but it was nothing like I expected. Really funny in places with some great dialogue, some pretty good performances for what it is, and Ray Wise channelling Leland Palmer / Bob very nicely in his best role since Twin Peaks. Really enjoyed it, surprised they didn't do any sequels for it, I think there might have been scope for at least one. Terrible ending, though, having said that - just not bad enough to spoil all the excellence that went before. The bit with the pram is great. 7/10 I enjoyed this one, and would have enjoyed the end, had I not seen a crappier film just before it with exactly the same finish. Reeker? Hmmmm, It's a bit hazy, but you may well be right.
Paid Members FLips Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 Dead End I was just expecting this to be your usual slasher horror, but it was nothing like I expected. Really funny in places with some great dialogue, some pretty good performances for what it is, and Ray Wise channelling Leland Palmer / Bob very nicely in his best role since Twin Peaks. Really enjoyed it, surprised they didn't do any sequels for it, I think there might have been scope for at least one. Terrible ending, though, having said that - just not bad enough to spoil all the excellence that went before. The bit with the pram is great. 7/10 I enjoyed this one, and would have enjoyed the end, had I not seen a crappier film just before it with exactly the same finish. Reeker? Hmmmm, It's a bit hazy, but you may well be right. The one where a guy tries to jump through a window wrapped in a quilt and he just bounces off it?
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 Dead End I was just expecting this to be your usual slasher horror, but it was nothing like I expected. Really funny in places with some great dialogue, some pretty good performances for what it is, and Ray Wise channelling Leland Palmer / Bob very nicely in his best role since Twin Peaks. Really enjoyed it, surprised they didn't do any sequels for it, I think there might have been scope for at least one. Terrible ending, though, having said that - just not bad enough to spoil all the excellence that went before. The bit with the pram is great. 7/10 I enjoyed this one, and would have enjoyed the end, had I not seen a crappier film just before it with exactly the same finish. Reeker? Hmmmm, It's a bit hazy, but you may well be right. The one where a guy tries to jump through a window wrapped in a quilt and he just bounces off it? Just IMDB'd it and it was indeed Reeker!
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 I did watch another film tonight after my disappointment with The Black Cat. I stuck with the Karloff / Lugosi partnership with 1936
NEWM Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Just watched The Woman in Black, because I was stupid enough to let the fucking wife choose tonight. Crap. Jumpy-for-the-sake-of-it, dated, paint-by-numbers crap, even though Harry Potter's alright in it. Don't waste your time with it.
Paid Members Fox Piss Posted February 26, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Just watched 30 Minutes Or Less. Watchable no doubt but it's not without some awful acting and logic just goes out of the window. Edited February 26, 2012 by Fox Piss
King Pitcos Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I watched The Princess Bride yesterday. Superb! I'd forgotten loads of it. I don't rate Andre the Giant's wrestling career, but he was wonderful in this. Just a lovely film. Watched the first Mad Max as well. It was disappointing.
Richie Freebird Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I did watch another film tonight after my disappointment with The Black Cat. I stuck with the Karloff / Lugosi partnership with 1936
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 27, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 27, 2012 Just watched The Woman in Black, because I was stupid enough to let the fucking wife choose tonight. Crap. Jumpy-for-the-sake-of-it, dated, paint-by-numbers crap, even though Harry Potter's alright in it. Don't waste your time with it. Watch the BBC original, NEWM. It's great:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku-d8hW6Tvo...feature=related
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted February 28, 2012 Paid Members Posted February 28, 2012 A little back story before I get to the film I just finished. For years now every once in a while I would have a flashback to film I watched as a child about killer kids but not only could I not remember the name of the film but I also couldn't remember anything other then the closing shot and a little of the beginning (the god awful Giant Spider Invasion was another long forgotton film that drove me nuts for years) anyway recently I finally cracked after it popped into my head again in work and did a google for films about killer kids and not only did I finally find the name of the film but I also found it on Netflix SCORE. Anyway the film in question is....... Summed up three children are born at the same time during an eclipse and after fast forwarding 10 years the three of them are about to celebrate their birthday only it is revealed that the eclipse blocked out Saturn meaning that they were born "missing something" (look it's the 80's so just go with it) and have developed a taste for murder be it random strangers, the school teacher of even their own family members. Just finished it and as I suspected it's pretty bad. The kill count is pretty modest by slasher flick standards (though to be fair it was made before slasher flicks became a game of can you top this so it may be respectable for the time), it's pretty light on the gore front and the motive if you can even call it that is typical 80's absurdity and like a lot of horror films it ends setting up a sequel that never came. Some good points though is that kids cast as the killers do a pretty decent job and one section of the film where the nerdy looking boy is wandering the streets at night with a gun looking for someone to kill is pretty disturbing in a Son of Sam kind of way. As bad as it is though I still have a fondness for it since it is one of my earliest film memories and fans of little known 80's slasher flicks may very well enjoy it more then me. Just tried to watch this. It's terrible.
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