Tuesday, 31 December 2019
15/11/19 Diary Of The Dead (2007)
Although this is a fun film, I wish George Romero had left the zombie thing alone after 'Day'.
Not just because that, in my humble and unarguably correct opinion, is the best zombie film ever made, but, well, he had nothing to prove.
Dullards can argue whether or not he was the true father of the zombie film (in the modern sense of the the word zombie), but if not, he was certainly the brightest star that everyone followed.
Feels a bit like he dropped a bollock coming back to it.
Anyway, yeah, it's enjoyable. And wherever Romero is now, I hope the doors are locked tight and the windows barred so he can rest easy.
Not just because that, in my humble and unarguably correct opinion, is the best zombie film ever made, but, well, he had nothing to prove.
Dullards can argue whether or not he was the true father of the zombie film (in the modern sense of the the word zombie), but if not, he was certainly the brightest star that everyone followed.
Feels a bit like he dropped a bollock coming back to it.
Anyway, yeah, it's enjoyable. And wherever Romero is now, I hope the doors are locked tight and the windows barred so he can rest easy.
https://newsthump.com/2017/07/17/george-a-romero-probably-dead/
15/11/19 They Look Like People (2015)
Nano-budget effort with a small cast and limited locations, about a fella who reconnects with an old friend and moves into his flat.
The lodger is receiving cryptic, late night phone calls instructing him to prepare for an apocalyptic alien invasion and he's increasingly seeing things that suggest to him the invaders are already here, having arrived by stealth and are assuming our identities.
Is it real, is he better informed than the rest of us about the danger ahead or is he a delusional wingnut with a head full of wrongbrain?
It's actually worth seeing to find out. Although not a classic, it does a very good job and is exactly the sort of reason why we watch so many smalltime, unlikely-to-get-a-derserving-audience films.
Having no money doesn't have to mean having no ideas.
The lodger is receiving cryptic, late night phone calls instructing him to prepare for an apocalyptic alien invasion and he's increasingly seeing things that suggest to him the invaders are already here, having arrived by stealth and are assuming our identities.
Is it real, is he better informed than the rest of us about the danger ahead or is he a delusional wingnut with a head full of wrongbrain?
It's actually worth seeing to find out. Although not a classic, it does a very good job and is exactly the sort of reason why we watch so many smalltime, unlikely-to-get-a-derserving-audience films.
Having no money doesn't have to mean having no ideas.
10/11/19 The Village In The Woods (2019)
Low budget Brit spooker film that plods along OK, offers no major surprises and ends well enough.
5.5/10
5.5/10
10/11/19 Prince Of The City (1981)
Film about a bent copperplod who eventually finds his conscience and starts working to bring down the even bentier peelerfuzz.
Although not bad, I was kind of expecting something more given its high regard, and as a film of its type from the era it was made. Many Yank crime films from back then have a grubby, underlit, unpleasant authenticity to them. This one, although based on a true story, has an absence of peril that gives away its TV film origins.
Not bad, but certainly a bit of a struggle at nearly three hours long.
Although not bad, I was kind of expecting something more given its high regard, and as a film of its type from the era it was made. Many Yank crime films from back then have a grubby, underlit, unpleasant authenticity to them. This one, although based on a true story, has an absence of peril that gives away its TV film origins.
Not bad, but certainly a bit of a struggle at nearly three hours long.
05/11/19 Big Legend (2018)
Make your own innuendo-heavy joke about the title, I can't be bothered.
This is a film about some chap who thinks his girlfriend was killed by a Sasquatch, so goes off hunting Bigfoot in revenge.
Sounds unlikely... Yeti does exactly that.
I shall retrieve my outermost garment and take my leave.
Anyway, my suspicion would be this film was total bumwash, and although seen fairly recently, I can't remember much about it, yet I have a vague memory of it being better than expected.
Dunno, I might watch it again when it's inevitably on The Horror Channel.
This is a film about some chap who thinks his girlfriend was killed by a Sasquatch, so goes off hunting Bigfoot in revenge.
Sounds unlikely... Yeti does exactly that.
I shall retrieve my outermost garment and take my leave.
Anyway, my suspicion would be this film was total bumwash, and although seen fairly recently, I can't remember much about it, yet I have a vague memory of it being better than expected.
Dunno, I might watch it again when it's inevitably on The Horror Channel.
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