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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 30, 2018 1:01:53 GMT
Saw it on network TV once, and it opened with a voice over describing somewhat of a background of each of the characters.
I really liked that.
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 30, 2018 1:11:51 GMT
I sometimes feel like I’m the only person who loved this when it came out. I managed to see it at a critic’s screening and only two of us laughed at certain points.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 30, 2018 1:13:49 GMT
Became a Dickie Masur fan from the TV show Hot l Baltimore. I called him Ainsley for many years because of that role.
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Post by sostie on Sept 30, 2018 9:00:04 GMT
Ranks as my all time favourite film.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 30, 2018 13:56:13 GMT
Outstanding horror sci-fi from one of the masters of terror. Due a revisit this Halloween me thinks  Flips the scenario round from the original to great effect. John Carpenter shows how much he loves the 1951 original by giving it the utmost respect that he possibly could, the only difference here is that Carpenter chooses to stick to the paranoiac core of John W Campbell Jr's short story. The secret to this version's success is the unbearable tension that builds up as the group of men become suspicious of each other, the strain of literally waiting to be taken over takes a fearful hold. Carpenter then manages to deliver the shocks as well as the mystery that's needed to keep the film heading in the right direction. Be it an horrific scene or a "what is in the shadow" sequence, the film is the perfect fusion of horror and sci-fi. The dialogue is laced with potency and viability for a group of men trying to keep it together under such duress, while Ennio Morricone's score is a wonderful eerie pulse beat that further racks up the sense of doom and paranoia seaming throughout the film. The cast are superb, a solid assembly line of actors led by Carpenter favourite Kurt Russell, whilst the effects used around the characters get the right amount of impact needed. But most of all it's the ending that is the crowning glory, an ending that doesn't pander to the norm and is incredibly fitting for what has gone on before it. Lets wait and see what happens indeed. 10/10 |
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