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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I’m surprised you watched it considering who one of the producers is.

Jack Whitehall or Jared Leto?

Seth MacFarland. MDG has a hate on for him.

Granted, not like his hate of Leto.

He didn’t write it, nor direct it.

Hence it was actually funny. And went beyond “hey look I’ve made a crude copy of an already successful show, but with swearing!!!

Scream and Scream Again

Stars Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. So of course it’s a horror. But also kinda sci-fi.

It’s an odd film, as it has an almost Pulp Fiction structure, with three threads initially separate eventually coming together. So not one for background watching, you need to give it your full attention. If you do, you will be rewarded with something really quite original.

Not quite as scary as it could’ve been, it’s still very much worth a watch. Which you can do on Prime.

Uhhh... ever seen a movie that tries really hard to be quirky and just ends up being really fething dumb?

I just finished The Menu. A movie where people just accept the fact that they are going to be murdered, and seem generally okay with it, and just hang out until the end of the movie.

Anna Taylor-Joy was mediocre at best, and I do not wish this film on anyone.

I'd rather watch Morbius again than the Menu.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Uhhh... ever seen a movie that tries really hard to be quirky and just ends up being really fething dumb?

No, but I just read a review of a movie that did that.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Uhhh... ever seen a movie that tries really hard to be quirky and just ends up being really fething dumb?

No, but I just read a review of a movie that did that.

It's not my best day.

Into the Lost Lands

Feels like an ancient tale that would take a few minutes to tell a round a campfire but has been stretched out to make a movie.

Possibly written to be half-watched out of the corner of one’s eye. I watched it while cuddling the cat.

Where do they keep getting the horses from? Why if wearing cheap sunglasses protects you from magic don’t the evil Church wear some form of less easily removed eye protection all the time? Why are those guys digging a giant pit outside the only human city? How did your horses get across the chasm?

A Comedy of Terrors

Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff star in this comedy horror.

Price is Waldo Trumbull, drunkard and failing Funeral Director. To drum up business, he turns to murder and recycling the firms only coffin.

Opening scene involves a corpse being unceremoniously tipped out of the coffin into the grave to the sound of a Swanee Whistle, then speeded up film as Trumbull and his assistant fill in the grave, dust off the coffin and leave the scene. Which means we’re off to a truly terrific start.

Price is on top form here, delivering venomous lines to his unloved wife with glee and panache.

Available on Prime, and very very much worth your time, even if just for Price’s excellent delivery alone. Every cast member is having a ball, delivering performances suited to the finest stage.

The Frozen Ghost

An old Universal Black-and-White about that isn;t about ghosts per se, but a Hollywood version of hypnotism. It was all the rage for a while.

Not that great, and very dated pacing.

The Naked Gun

Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Definitely lives up to its name with a barrage of some of the smartest dumb jokes I've seen in years.

Transformers: One

Been meaning to catch this one for a while and its definitely an underrated gem. I'm not super thrilled with the voice acting which definitely steers it more as a kids film but the story is extremely satisfying. Definitely worth checking out for fans of any era of this toy brand.