Post by cryptoflovecraft on Jul 11, 2018 12:40:29 GMT
Dementia 13 (1963) - This early Coppola effort with Patrick Magee and pretty Luana Anders was worth a rewatch. It's a good murder mystery, though a tad slow and confusing at times, and most prints of this public domain film are kinda crappy looking. "6.5/10"
The Broken (2008) - Good Invasion of the Body Snatchers style thriller. Instead of 'pod people', we get mirror people - doppelgangers that break through people's mirrors and replace them. A French-British film. "7/10"
Rope (1948) - Hitchcock classic. "9/10"
It (2017) - A pleasant surprise: I actually enjoyed this adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel. I wasn't expecting much from this film. All the hype surrounding It turned me off so I stayed away from the film when it was first released. And while it lacks the character development of the boring miniseries, there's a lot more action in the form of jump scares and well-done special effects (the CGI doesn't bother me in this film..in fact, it works rather well). The filmmakers knew what to keep from the novel (the main characters and theme) and what to exclude and they decided to primarily focus on the horror aspects of the story, leaving aside the character development and relationship stuff, resulting in a thrill-a-minute style horror film. A worthy effort. "7.5/10"
The Broken (2008) - Good Invasion of the Body Snatchers style thriller. Instead of 'pod people', we get mirror people - doppelgangers that break through people's mirrors and replace them. A French-British film. "7/10"
Rope (1948) - Hitchcock classic. "9/10"
It (2017) - A pleasant surprise: I actually enjoyed this adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel. I wasn't expecting much from this film. All the hype surrounding It turned me off so I stayed away from the film when it was first released. And while it lacks the character development of the boring miniseries, there's a lot more action in the form of jump scares and well-done special effects (the CGI doesn't bother me in this film..in fact, it works rather well). The filmmakers knew what to keep from the novel (the main characters and theme) and what to exclude and they decided to primarily focus on the horror aspects of the story, leaving aside the character development and relationship stuff, resulting in a thrill-a-minute style horror film. A worthy effort. "7.5/10"