What classics did you see last week ? (6 Oct- 12 Oct 2019)
Oct 18, 2019 3:23:06 GMT
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Oct 18, 2019 3:23:06 GMT
Shutter (2004)
Inventive and twisty Thai horror movie that keeps you guessing all along.
Some great surprises, with genuine human emotion.
Shocking and scary, very much worth your time. Loved it!
Shutter (2008)
Just watched the Thai movie this was based on, so why not rewatch the American remake (starring a Canadian and an Australian) that I saw a decade ago, but apparently forgot everything about.
This is mostly loyal to the first movie, with a few alterations, which helped to keep me on the edge, not expecting them. I actually enjoyed this just as much as the original, not something you often hear. I think that sense of dread was slightly stronger in the original, but this comes close. Can't really elaborate more because I'd hate to be that jerk that blabs the whole movie in a quick review and ruins the surprises the movie has to offer.
Aenigma (1987)
Kathy gets tricked by her school mates and winds up in a coma, turning green, which no one seems to notice. She's getting revenge with her mind while in the coma.
It's Italian horror from horror maestro Lucio Fulci, all dubbed with an odd musical score and weird visuals, which is either your thing or it isn't. Even American actor Jared Martin is dubbed, what's up with that? All this can be overlooked if the tone and mood make up for it. This movie is entertaining but hardly perfect. It's pretty over the top at times, but I just went with it.
Did I mention the snails? Yes, there is a snail attack scene, did you ever think you would see such a thing in a horror movie? Well, here's your chance!
Although there have been a few stinkers, I have found some genuinely impressively made horror movies this week.
Hope you all have a great movie week, see you next week!
I was wondering if you have read Stephen Thrower's definitive book on Fulci?
From when I saw the flick earlier this year.
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Made just after he had recovered from a life-threatening illness, co-writer/(with regular collaborator Giorgio Mariuzzo) directing auteur Lucio Fulci shows that the illness had burnt out his fiery side, most notable in Fulci & cinematographer Luigi Ciccarese rapid-fire zoom-in shots to eyes, which are left to just fade away, instead of being capped by Fulci's former signature eye gouging move.
Filmed in Sarajevo poorly made to look like the US, Fulci finds room between the eyes to build on other visual motifs from his credits, crunching the first stylised reflecting kill in a aerobics studio, (a reminder of Murder Rock Dancing Death (1984)-also reviewed.) melting into a strikingly weird vibe of the nightmare world from his "Hell" trilogy, crawling on screen to the face of a victim covered in snails, as the ghostly impression of the in a coma Kathy is superimposed on the school grounds, leading the students to a icy long crane final shot,where Fulci takes them all across the beyond.
Inspired by Argento's supernatural Horrors and De Palma's Carrie adaptation, the screenplay by Fulci and Mariuzzo weave them together smoothly via the telekinetic powers of Kathy casting a blue-tinted menacing mood,when Kathy returns masked as "new student" Eva Gordon. Although the attempts to sketch out the bullies who played a prank that left Kathy in a coma run dry due to the dialogue being flat, Lara Lamberti/( Naszinski-changed last name to avoid being seen as using the "Kinski" family link for roles) powers the spirit of Kathy up in her performance as Eva Gordon, whose strings of sweetly innocence are pulled by Lamberti with a alluring wickedness bringing the revenge of Kathy back from the beyond.