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

[FallOfNature]

Finished the Romper Stomper series. Absolute dogshit. Picking up on Deadwood S3 this week to quickly forget about the time I invested in that Romper Stomper clusterfuck.

Checked out the Arrow release of Deadbeat at Dawn. Everything about this looks great and a solid upgrade from the DVD. I'm sure most here already know the film, and if you like it - than this release is a must-own.

Ordered blu rays of Savage Streets (Code Red), Vigilante (Blue Underground) and The Proposition.

[david lloyd jones]

Just out on arrow.
Teruo ishii'so " Orgies of edo".
Secondarrow ishii to be issued and hopefully more to come for this master of transgressive Japanese film.

[Lazrs3]

Really liked the film Mandy with Nicolas Cage in, must buy that.

I want to make time to watch White Reindeer again as it is now officially near 25th December. I managed to get the limited dvd of it years ago, it seems to have been reissued. I do love that film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Reindeer_(2013_film)

I'd like to see Dead Hands Dig Deep about Edwin Borsheim from Kettle Cadaver and Hexed. http://www.lonesomepictures.com/

[Eastern Embargo]

After watching "The Sion Sono" documentary, I realized I didn't watch The Room yet. Quite the drastic change to Bicycle Sighs, but enjoyable if you have the patience for quiet b/w films.

[aububs]

just watched Under The Silver Lake, the new movie from the guy who made It Follows

it's not a horror movie

and it's not very good

oh well

[DSOL]

watched Mandyagain last night since Shudder added it about a week ago. really enjoyed it in a more intimate setting

[bitewerksMTB]

The last seven days or so has been Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer; Drug War; Beware My Brethren; The Children and Creepshow.

[FallOfNature]

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

A classic.

Sat through The Proposition and Brimstone last night. The Proposition I didn't remember much of, having seen it when it first came out. Highly impressed. Brimstone was ok, lots of friends rated it but it dragged on an hour too long imo.

[ConcreteMascara]

Last night was Exhumed Films "Natale Giallo! aka Yellow Christmas". I went with my girlfriend and had a great time. They screened 4 giallo (arguably only 2 proper giallo) back to back from their original 35mm prints, in Italian, with English subtitles projected underneath. I have to say it was a totally different experience watching these movies in a theater, on a big ass screen with proper sound system, where no one was bull-shiting through them or taking a smoke break every 30 minutes.

It kicked off with Argento's Opera. I've only watched this one two or three times before and it never really clicked for me on the whole. This time it felt like I was watching a different movie and I was left wondering how it isn't one of my favorite Argento films. My biggest complaint is the heavy metal stuff in the soundtrack, but even that I got used to by the end. But the creepy electronics by Brian Eno and Claudio Simonetti was really good. The kills were all excellent but the sequence i liked the most was the 20 or so minutes in the leads apartment where she plays cat and mouse with the killer. really fucking excellent! I liked it so much I had to pick up the new BluRay from Scorpion at Diabolik's table during intermission.

next was Lamberto Bava's Blade in the Dark. I've seen this one so many times but only ever in English for the ridiculously bad dubbing. while it's still a pretty absurd giallo with Italian dialogue, it actually makes a lot more sense plot wise as the subtitled dialogue is very different in parts than the subbed version. it's a fun movie, but it starts to really drag in some parts. gonna have to wait a while before I rewatch that one. great score though! shame its never been released to my knowledge.

then we had 7, Hyden Park aka Formula for a Murder by Alberto de Martino which was the only one I hadn't seen before. this movie was fucking ridiculous. the whole theater was laughing for at least half of it. watching a cripple get chased for an hour+ is pretty difficult to make suspenseful, and while they failed at that the did make it unintentionally hilarious. this is the perfect movie to watch with a few friends and more than a few beers.

and the finale was Argento's Inferno, which I had only watched once before, 7-8 years ago. Again I was forced to make a drastic reappraisal of this one. I remember comparing this unfavorably to Suspira when I first watched it but
this one definitely holds its own. The set pieces are pretty monumental and surreal qualities and active dream logic to the proceedings really create something unique, even compared to a lot of Argento's other films. feel like i could re-watch this one again soon. there just so much going on visually!

to top off the awesome night, my girlfriend and I each but one ticket for Exhumed Films fundraising raffle and she fucking won the raffle! Got like 20+ blurays and a bunch of autographed posters and soundtracks and all sorts of crazy shit. couldn't fucking believe it. so I'll hopefully be writing some mini reviews for a bunch of movies Ive never watched before in the near future.

[absurdexposition]

It kicked off with Argento's Opera. I've only watched this one two or three times before and it never really clicked for me on the whole. This time it felt like I was watching a different movie and I was left wondering how it isn't one of my favorite Argento films. My biggest complaint is the heavy metal stuff in the soundtrack, but even that I got used to by the end. But the creepy electronics by Brian Eno and Claudio Simonetti was really good. The kills were all excellent but the sequence i liked the most was the 20 or so minutes in the leads apartment where she plays cat and mouse with the killer. really fucking excellent! I liked it so much I had to pick up the new BluRay from Scorpion at Diabolik's table during intermission.

Incredible! Would love to see this on the big screen. One of my favourites for sure.

[FallOfNature]

That event sounds pretty cool. Inferno is probably my favourite Argento film.

[Theodore]

Someone had mentioned Alberto Cavallone some time ago. I didnt know the director -not that i know many anyway- , googled and downloaded a movie of his to watch, Man, Woman and Beast. I now have a 55 TV, got rid of the old smaller with the noisy speakers, so started to watch movies i have in my drive unwatched since god knows when. Yesterday, it was this. Man, this is so good ! True cinema ! Seems he did everything, story, direction, montage -which at certain scenes takes the movie to another level- . We watch some days in a village, sick -or quite often- situations happening behind closed doors, you know, families. Beautiful women with hairy pussies, sex, symbolism -dont ask me what, dont know, but there is, plenty- , art in art. Music is very good too, mostly covers of well known themes, totally fit. The end was really ecstatic.

Not often i watch / listen something that makes me wanna check everything else he did. Happened with this movie.

[bitewerksMTB]

I caught Argento's Inferno not too long ago for my second-ever viewing since vhs. I didn't like it at all. It feels to me like a film that was really low budget & trying to be a Argento production.

Opera is one of my fave's & I've been holding off picking up the blu from Scorpion as they are doing a special ed. with, at least, another version (some sort of Cannes edit) plus will have the Italian soundtrack. I think I saw that  it has being sent off to replication so, maybe, release will be in Jan. via Ronin Flix. I have Argento's other films as sp.ed.'s so gotta have this one too. Sure hope it holds up to what I remember. The needles under the eyes is so fucked! The bullet-keyhole is pretty awesome, as well.

Fans of Creepshow should not hesitate to pick up the Scream Factory blu. It's pretty awesome. The only issue is the default audio track is 5.1 & there is something weird about the pitch. Just go with the orig. mono track. The film is great fun.

Arrow is releasing Audition in the U.S. in February. Definitely looking forward to that.

[Coma Detox]

Currently watching The Children (1980).  Never fully watched this one due to the shitty job Troma did with it.  So far the Vinegar Syndrome version kills it.  It does mention some parts had to be taken from a different print due to some damaged elements.  Zombie kids with black nail polish caused by a cloud of yellow smoke making anyone they touch burn to death.  Did notice a decent amount of print damage and color changes on some scenes but still looks great compared to the terrible transfers out there.  Cool new artwork with slip-case as well.

Savage Weekend.  This one was ok but didn't really hold my interest that much.  I've actually never seen this one before.  William Sanderson plays his usual dim-witted hillbilly character and it has some decent kill scenes.  Most of the characters suck.  Kino Lober did an ok job with the transfer but nothing amazing.

Absurd.  I remember watching the MYA version called Horrible and didn't really like it.  Severin did a great job and I enjoyed it this time around. George Eastman plays off his Anthropophagus type character well even though it's not a sequel at all.  Edmund Purdom from Pieces plays the priest trying to stop him.  Interviews with George Eastman, Joe D'Amato and a random biker from the movie.  Also comes with a CD of the soundtrack.

Porno Holocaust.  Totally retarded and useless Blu-Ray but I bought it anyway.  The transfer is probably as good as it's ever going to look, complete with Mark Shannon's genital warts in HD.  The radioactive "zombie" is fucking hilarious.  Decent interview with Mark Shannon who died earlier this year called "The Real Italian Stallion."  And a interview with George Eastman.  It made me re-watch Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead, but I only have the Shriek Show DVD.  I don't think I'll be double dipping (no pun intended) on the blu-ray which I believe is already out of print.

Dead Beat At Dawn.  Arrow did an incredible job.  The movie has never looked better.  One of my favorites.  Filled with a ton of extras, some of them are missing that were on the Synapse DVD but the transfer more than makes up for it.  Comes with a really nice booklet and slipcase as well.

Can't wait for Severin to start shipping the Blu-Ray of All The Colors Of The Dark and All The Colors Of Giallo boxset.  Hopefully it's within this week or next

[DSOL]

finally binged The Punisher on Netflix. I'm not a comic guy at all, so I went with no expectations and I thought it was pretty awesome. some decent kills for what it was, thought the acting was strong. looking forward to season 2 which I guess is coming out in Jan 2019