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Originally posted by dannyboy121070 View PostI watched WHEN EVIL LURKSÂ on Shudder last night. I had high hopes, after all of the acclaim and hoopla, and it was...eh. Very small in scale and cramped feeling. The concept of a contagious infestation of demonic possession was interesting, but the rules and mythology were confusing. It had a few really effective shocks, mostly in the beginning, and some gnarly effects, but it didn't do much to change my general distaste for foreign Horror films.
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I watched WHEN EVIL LURKS on Shudder last night. I had high hopes, after all of the acclaim and hoopla, and it was...eh. Very small in scale and cramped feeling. The concept of a contagious infestation of demonic possession was interesting, but the rules and mythology were confusing. It had a few really effective shocks, mostly in the beginning, and some gnarly effects, but it didn't do much to change my general distaste for foreign Horror films.Last edited by dannyboy121070; 05-15-2024, 05:38 PM.
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Originally posted by dannyboy121070 View Post
SOMETHING IN THE DIRT is where I checked out on their films. It was just too boring. SPRING is probably my favorite of their movies.
In related news, they are supposedly at one point working on a sequel to The Endless that will either be a TV show or a movie.
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
Yeah, I'm actually a pretty big fan of Benson and Moorhead's stuff. I enjoy the fact that they tend to take big swings conceptually with their film, even if their reach exceeds their grasp sometimes. Like dannyboy mentioned, The Endless ties into their first film Resolution, but also has some tangential relationship to their film Spring. I really need to rewatch Something in the Dirt because it was very different than what I was expecting and, in hindsight, I'm not too sure where I landed on it. The film of theirs that I liked the least was Synchronic as it just went places that I didn't find as compelling as the set-up.
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Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostThe Endless. 3 out of 5 stars.
This was a low budget film regarding brothers who fled, and then returned, to a UFO Death Cult. Interesting Sci-Fi/horror flick with an intriguing concept/story. It was lacking in several areas but kept my interest through the whole thing.
Has anyone else seen this one? The undertones are about life, family, and how individuals chose to observe these things.Â
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Originally posted by dannyboy121070 View PostI like the JOHN WICK films, but they seem to get longer and longer, with the 4th, which I haven't seen yet, reaching LORD OF THE RINGS epic-length...too long for an action film. Plus, the third ended with him shot in the heart and falling off a high-rise......how can he get outta that???Last edited by jeffingoff; 05-15-2024, 03:16 PM.
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Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostThe Endless. 3 out of 5 stars.
This was a low budget film regarding brothers who fled, and then returned, to a UFO Death Cult. Interesting Sci-Fi/horror flick with an intriguing concept/story. It was lacking in several areas but kept my interest through the whole thing.
Has anyone else seen this one? The undertones are about life, family, and how individuals chose to observe these things.ÂÂ
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The Endless. 3 out of 5 stars.
This was a low budget film regarding brothers who fled, and then returned, to a UFO Death Cult. Interesting Sci-Fi/horror flick with an intriguing concept/story. It was lacking in several areas but kept my interest through the whole thing.
Has anyone else seen this one? The undertones are about life, family, and how individuals chose to observe these things.Â
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Originally posted by dannyboy121070 View Post
I was just thinking about this movie yesterday for some reason....weird.
I recall thinking it was a decent film, but I called the twist right away.....I mean, there's really no reason for the film to be telling these stories side by side without the twist, so it seemed obvious to me.
Mangold is one of these filmmakers that, when I hear they are attached to some upcoming film, it makes me feel sad. I was excited to hear about the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, and when I heard Mangold was directing....sadness. I don't think he's EVER made a film that I truly enjoyed. He came close with COPLAND, a film that grew on me with repeated viewings, but his two Wolverine movies were such wasted opportunities, and he should be in Director's jail for his Indiana Jones travesty.
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I like the JOHN WICK films, but they seem to get longer and longer, with the 4th, which I haven't seen yet, reaching LORD OF THE RINGS epic-length...too long for an action film. Plus, the third ended with him shot in the heart and falling off a high-rise......how can he get outta that???
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Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostJohn Wick 1 through 3.
All three played over the last two weeks on my television. There was no drama and nothing but violence. Visually I suppose they were interesting. 2 out of 5.
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Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostJohn Wick 1 through 3.
All three played over the last two weeks on my television. There was no drama and nothing but violence. Visually I suppose they were interesting. 2 out of 5.
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John Wick 1 through 3.
All three played over the last two weeks on my television. There was no drama and nothing but violence. Visually I suppose they were interesting. 2 out of 5.
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
Let me see if spoiler tags will work:Spoiler!The Nic Cage movie is Adaptation. In it, Nic Cage plays twin brothers who are both screenwriters. One sells a supposedly cliched thriller script that is essentially the plot of Identity, where the hero realizes that everyone else is a one of his split personalities. Adaptation was very critically well-received and Identity's similarities to the cliched screenplay in the Cage film became a point of contention for critics when reviewing the film.
Oh, man. I haven't thought about The Cell in a long time. I remember audiences being pretty divided over it. I would need to rewatch it to form any kind of opinion. As far as other movies that are similar, nothing really comes to mind, except maybe The Machinist, but it is a much different type of film.
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