Seen and not seen's, recommendations and queries on top films in general.

[tiny_tove]

In Italy we have an annoying fucktards that somehow reminds Divine.
Platinette.


less entertaining, but no idea if he shares the same diet.

[online prowler]

In Italy we have an annoying fucktards that somehow reminds Divine.
Platinette.


less entertaining, but no idea if he shares the same diet.

Uhhh... that's truly disgusting glam! Forze!

[tiny_tove]

The Witch - complete bomb.
Far away from the typical feminist "good witch" trend. Intense and superbly acted.

[aububs]

the typical feminist "good witch" trend.

i completely agree with you about The Witch but could you give some examples of this trend?

[bitewerksMTB]

The Witch - complete bomb.
Far away from the typical feminist "good witch" trend. Intense and superbly acted.

Is "complete bomb" good or bad? In the U.S., it's bad.

I liked The Witch though I was expecting not to due to all of the positive comments I had read. Good soundtrack, too. At some point, I'll pick it up on blu-ray if I find a copy dirt cheap.

[aububs]

Is "complete bomb" good or bad? In the U.S., it's bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0lQC9uvQFw

[bitewerksMTB]

Is "complete bomb" good or bad? In the U.S., it's bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0lQC9uvQFw

Oh, yeah. I was thinking something that 'has bombed'. Gotta keep up with the lingo from now on!

Over the weekend, I watched The Boys from Brazil, Force Five, The Boogey Man, Sleep Tight, & The Nameless (by the Spanish director of ST).

[Fluid Fetish]

The Witch was the best new horror movie I've seen in years, I mostly hate newer or modern horror movies especially the last few trends (human centipede/torture porn bullshit which does nothing for me) so I'm no authority on the subject by any means as I just watch the same old classics over and over. Agreed that the soundtrack is incredible, I've been listening to it while working for the past few days and it really reminds me of Pendrecki. I'm going to probably buy the vinyl tonight..

I also love how the movie keeps you wondering if this is just puritan insanity/hysteria or actually some sort of witchery going on until the end....kind of like how the Shining seems to hint that it's all based on mental illness through the first acts until the ending where it's ultimately revealed that is was ghostly/supernatural influence that lead him into insanity all along. An approach used very effectively in a similar way in a lot of the classic Twilight Zone episodes.

[aububs]

I also love how the movie keeps you wondering if this is just puritan insanity/hysteria or actually some sort of witchery going on until the end...

Hard to talk about this without dropping spoilers but...the witch is shown to be very real long before the end. Baby soup anyone?

[Fluid Fetish]

Ehhh...spoiler alert...

The way she is presented though in those initial scenes is in very surreal, almost dreamlike scenes in my opinion that when you're watching the movie the first time are kind of ambigious, and with the young girl hinting that she is the witch potentially (I have a huge theory about what this movie is ACTUALLY about, which is essentially the teenage girl going widdershins back in time and killing her family), but when you're first watching the movie you're not sure if its a dream, a delusion, the teenage girl doing this, an actual witch? At least that's the impression I got. I see what you mean though, it essentially states that there IS a witch and she is the one that stole the baby in the first few scenes. But who or what is the witch? I think it's the teenage daughter as stated before.

[aububs]

I've never heard that word "widdershins" before. Just googled it. Cool word!

I can see how you might read the movie that way. I enjoyed taking it all pretty literally myself. Sometimes I prefer when movies dispense with ambiguity and just give you baby mashing witches.

I'm going to watch it again soon and I'll keep your theory in mind as I do.

[aububs]

new winding refn flick called "the neon demon" - highly recommended!

underage girl starts model career in la and finds sucess but no appreciation from her older competitors who see themselves endangered because of her.
ultra stylish visuals and the refn-trademark-violence (pretty nice scenes considiring the fact that its still a mainstream movie). soundtrack is outstanding. droning melodies, "feminine" housebeats with simple synthriffs (quite cheesy ones) and pure synthesizer works with shining moments. fits PERFECT to the film.
the "neon demon" walks the same path "only god forgives" did. no emotions at all. cold and cool looking, hard to classify, but very powerful.

just saw this.

one or two good bits in an ocean of garbage.

[Bleak Existence]

watched The Witch yesterday very good and original my kind of ''horror''

[tiny_tove]

great to see you liked the witch
bomb in Italian is positive!

[cr]

Speaking of witches...I just watched Witchcraft through the Ages, the Burroughs-narrated shorter version of Benjamin Christensen's  Häxan from 1922. Wonderful.