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423,185 | 2,248,099 | 105,691 | 7 | Well done and interesting crime thriller | Under Suspicion apparently flew completely under the radar upon release in 1991 , and that's really not all that surprising . The film is actually a very well done little crime thriller ; but it features a very simple plot line and plays out almost like a classic film noir ( as opposed to a ' cool ' crime thriller in t... |
422,276 | 2,248,099 | 430,676 | 7 | Not a return to form for the Italian Hitchcock , but a good tribute to the master | Being a massive fan of Dario Argento , the release of a new Argento film is always an event as far as I'm concerned , and even though this made for TV movie is far from the director's best work ; it's a well orchestrated Giallo-style tribute to the great Alfred Hitchcock , and is well worth seeing for both fans of Arge... |
422,111 | 2,248,099 | 82,084 | 7 | Surprisingly good 80's tat | I know little or nothing about astronomy , but nevertheless ; I was , at first , a little sceptical about the plot of this movie . It follows three children that were all born during a solar eclipse and so have no emotion , and thus ( naturally ) become ruthless serial killers . The plot does sound ridiculous at first ... |
422,018 | 2,248,099 | 335,245 | 7 | Very decent remake | The train got replaced by a boat , London with the American Deep south , Alec Guinness with Tom Hanks , The parrot by a cat , the bank with a Casino and the kind , feeble old lady with a more astute black woman ; which somewhat misses the point of the original . In the original film , the majority of the comedy element... |
423,568 | 2,248,099 | 75,377 | 7 | Odd but entertaining Italian crime flick | Go Gorilla Go is probably most notable for its strange title , and this carries over into the film ; as while it takes obvious inspiration from some big genre classics ; the film features some strange plotting and a storyline that is a bit unusual on genre terms . Director Tonino Valerii previously directed the excelle... |
423,554 | 2,248,099 | 75,382 | 7 | Impressively downbeat seventies thriller | Sunday in the Country is another one of those downbeat seventies thrillers , although it doesn't seem to take influence from the likes of The Last House on the Left despite its sadistic nature and torture-themed plot . The film takes in ideas of justice and whether or not a normal man can be justified in taking the law... |
423,547 | 2,248,099 | 235,751 | 7 | Surprisingly good ! Miles better than Blood Rites . . . | I saw this film as it was the second feature on a disc containing the previously banned Video Nasty ' Blood Rites ' . As Blood Rites was entirely awful , I really wasn't expecting much from this film ; but actually , it would seem that trash director Andy Milligan has outdone himself this time as Seeds of Sin tops Bloo... |
423,043 | 2,248,099 | 346,156 | 7 | New technology and old styles combine to great effect ! | Every now and then , a film comes along that changes the cinematic landscape and has influence on all films of it's kind made after it . Stars Wars did this for the Sci-Fi / fantasy genre in 1977 , and now we find ourselves here in 2004 with the latest result of a technological advance ; Sky Captain and the World of To... |
423,250 | 2,248,099 | 59,710 | 7 | Lovely adventure yarn from Hammer studios ! | Hammer are famous for making horror movies ( obviously ) , and ' She ' is often considered amongst Hammer's horror offerings . I beg to differ from that notion , as although it certainly has horror elements : this is most definitely an adventure movie . Still , the delirious Hammer style is definitely still there and t... |
422,913 | 2,248,099 | 381,061 | 7 | New Bond in a good action flick | I can't say I'm a fan of James Bond films - I've seen them all ( except the original spoof ' Casino Royale ' ) , and Goldfinger is the only film that I rate highly ; but I was interested in seeing this one for the fact that there's a new Bond , and he's so different from all those who have gone before . Director Martin... |
423,364 | 2,248,099 | 71,147 | 7 | Not entirely successful , but Edwige delivers a great performance ! | Secrets of a Call Girl is a rather odd Italian crime film as instead of focusing on the usual areas - shootings , car chases , fist fights etc , we focus on the hard done to girlfriend of a mobster ; Anna , played by Edwige Fenech . The film is , therefore , is something like a cross between a crime drama and a romanti... |
423,872 | 2,248,099 | 114,194 | 7 | Religion gets a comic book makeover ! | Religion based horror movies have long been one of cinema's staples , and while that sub-genre is massively overpopulated ; The Prophecy represents a more than decent entry in the cycle . The film reunites Pulp Fiction cast members Christopher Walken , Amanda Plummer and Eric Stoltz , and that's quite apt as this film ... |
423,230 | 2,248,099 | 71,166 | 7 | Not really a Giallo , but still a decent exploitation flick | The Killers Are Our Guests is one of the harder to come by Giallo's , and that isn't surprising as the film doesn't really adhere to the common Giallo plot and themes . The basic plot is more along the lines of an exploitation film , as it features at the centre , people being held captive by criminals in their own hom... |
423,849 | 2,248,099 | 71,167 | 7 | Nine very silly people and one sadistic killer ! | The Killer Reserved Nine Seats apparently takes influence from Agatha Christie's classic novel ' Ten Little Indians ' . Unfortunately I've not got round to reading Christie's story yet , although I'm guessing that in her writing , all the women weren't so keen on taking their clothes off , the murders weren't so grisly... |
423,802 | 2,248,099 | 75,433 | 7 | Not a lot of shocks , but nevertheless a nice slice of sleaze | Like many films on the BBFC's " Video Nasty " list back in the eighties ; The Witch Who Came from the Sea baffles the viewer because there really isn't anything in the film that should have lead to its banning . Sure , there's a little bit of blood and the suggestive child abuse scenes are a bit shocking , but this fil... |
422,493 | 2,248,099 | 66,808 | 7 | Not bad early Woody | Woody Allen's Bananas is a comedy of hits and misses . When it's funny , it's very funny and the film features a number of real stand out moments , such as the power mad general dishing out the new laws he's made , and of course Allen's neurotic dialogue , which is always a treat . However , at a number of moments ; yo... |
423,581 | 2,248,099 | 59,895 | 7 | Not as bad as reputed | When you consider that this movie is directed by the great Jacques Tourneur , stars the legendary Vincent Price and is based on a poem by the master of the macabre , Edgar Allen Poe ; it's a huge disappointment . Considering the quality of the talent involved , this film really should have been a lot better . However ,... |
423,294 | 2,248,099 | 222,812 | 7 | More great gory fun ! | As a big fan of the Re-Animator series , I was quite excited when I found out that a second sequel was being made . Unfortunately , however , due to poor distribution in the UK ; it has taken me over a year to find a copy . But now that I've finally seen it , I am pleased to report that Beyond Re-Animator doesn't disap... |
421,945 | 2,248,099 | 82,000 | 7 | Good gory fun - a nice Alien rip-off | If a movie was popular in America , it's safe to bet that there'll be a load of cheap Italian rip-offs of it , and Contamination is , of course , a Spaghetti impression of Ridley Scott's Alien . Despite being an obvious rip-off , however , Contamination has enough ideas of it's own to ensure that the film works as a st... |
422,517 | 2,248,099 | 389,722 | 7 | Could have been better , but still a good modern vampire flick | 30 Days of Night is based on a comic book by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith which , like every other comic book , I haven't read . It's not hard to see why they'd turn this comic into a movie , however , as the chance for a brilliant vampire flick is clearly there ; we've got a snow setting , coupled with one of natur... |
422,556 | 2,248,099 | 36,653 | 7 | Atmospheric almost classic | Bluebeard is probably most notable for the fact that its lead star , John Carradine , famously named his role here as his favourite across his lengthy list of film credits . It's easy to see why the man himself enjoyed playing this part so much too - Carradine's role in Bluebeard allows him to act at his most sinister ... |
423,244 | 2,248,099 | 40,472 | 7 | Good B-movie noir mystery | In the style of Edgar G . Ulmer's Detour , Inner Sanctum is a cheap little film noir , and one that gains all of it's successes from its plot rather any technical elements . The main problem with this film , therefore , is simply that there isn't enough of it ; and while the plot and characters that we get introduced t... |
422,989 | 2,248,099 | 59,792 | 7 | Great horror sci-fi from the Italian master | Mario Bava has directed some of the best and most important films of all time ; Black Sunday , Blood and Black Lace and Bay of Blood to name a few ; but often overlooked is this little gem from 1965 . He didn't need to , as by this point he already had several classics under his belt ; but Bava has really proved his wo... |
423,388 | 2,248,099 | 465,203 | 7 | Short , but well filmed and full of tension | This film proclaims that the events contained within are based on actual happenings . I can easily buy this as the plot isn't so outlandish that it becomes impossible for it to have actually happened . The way that the film treats it's subject matter is good in that it focuses on atmosphere and tension to get across wh... |
422,738 | 2,248,099 | 86,343 | 7 | Scissors , drills and fashion models ! | I went into this film with my expectations set to ' low ' as most of the best Giallo's were made during the seventies , and the majority of reviews that I've read on this film haven't exactly been full of praise ; but to my delight , Nothing Underneath is actually a surprisingly good thriller ! The plot , direction and... |
422,726 | 2,248,099 | 90,644 | 7 | Not quite brilliant , but highly original and inventive | After seeing Anguish , I know it will stay in the memory a while as it's not quite like anything else I've seen . However , outside of the central gimmick ; there is unfortunately not a great deal to recommend it for . Bigas Luna's film is a horror movie within a horror movie , and as you can probably imagine from that... |
423,711 | 2,248,099 | 79,844 | 7 | Excellent traditional vampire flick ! | Stephen King's repertoire of books turned into films isn't all that good on the whole , but the list does have a few solid entries ; and Salem's Lot is one of them . The cut that I saw was the cinema version , which has been cut down from the three hour TV version . Because of this , the film is overlong in places and ... |
422,136 | 2,248,099 | 59,816 | 7 | Three tales of torture | The Joy of Torture is apparently a part of a trilogy of torture films . It's the first one I've seen so I can't compare it to the other three ; but it's certainly an interesting and well made film in its own right . The film is divided into three separate short stories and , as the title suggests , they are all about t... |
423,394 | 2,248,099 | 101,669 | 7 | Not a dead-loss , but not dead-good either | The nineties was a varied decade for cinema , with several trends running concurrently . As such , many films slipped through the net ; thus meaning that there's a lot of nineties films that never became big hits , yet were great nonetheless . When I discovered Dead Again in my TV guide , I was hoping that this film ma... |
422,026 | 2,248,099 | 95,031 | 7 | Fun on the French Riviera | I love films about con-men , and even though this one features a plot that is about as believable as a flock of flying pigs ; there's a lot of fun to be had with it . Dirty Rotten Scoundrels benefits from the duo of Michael Caine and Steve Martin , who star as a couple of con-men working on the French Riviera . However... |
423,064 | 2,248,099 | 110,410 | 7 | Not vintage Lovecraft , but a good film | Full Moon seem to have a rather poor reputation arising from the fact that many of their films are low budget and not exactly masterpieces , but the company certainly does well when it comes to H . P . Lovecraft , and while this film isn't up to the standard that Stuart Gordon went on to set with Castle Freak , Lurking... |
422,014 | 2,248,099 | 66,735 | 7 | Very nice Giallo | The third and final part of the ' Animals Trilogy ' sees master director Dario Argento in familiar Giallo territory . Michael Brandon plays a rock musician who is photographed by a masked assailant stabbing and killing a man that has been stalking him . Later , the masked assailant starts to send Michael Brandon photos... |
423,558 | 2,248,099 | 59,474 | 7 | Motor Psycho ! Kill ! Kill ! | Motor Psycho is pretty much your typical Russ Meyer film , and features all of his trademarks . We've got busty women , unlikely characters and over the top violence ; and it's all filmed in stylish black and white . The film is a lot like the slightly earlier masterpiece ' Faster Pussycat ! Kill ! Kill ! ' in style an... |
423,957 | 2,248,099 | 59,465 | 7 | A good slice of low budget Gothic | Die Monster Die may not be a major highlight for any of its major players , but even so ; this film represents an assured slice of Gothic horror and I can't find much to complain about . The film is based on the Lovecraft tale " The Colour out of Space " , and follows the common Lovecraft themes of mutated life forms a... |
422,466 | 2,248,099 | 110,265 | 7 | Surprisingly decent , actually | Killing Zoe is the feature film debut from Quentin Tarantino's ex-friend and collaborator on Pulp Fiction , Roger Avery . Avery is less talented than his ex-friend , that's beyond question and it shows in this movie ; which despite not being bad at all , isn't brilliant either . The first thing you'll notice about it i... |
421,836 | 2,248,099 | 421,238 | 7 | Great modern day western | The Western seems to have gone out of fashion in recent years , which is a shame - so it's a good job that there are people like John Hillcoat out there who are willing to deliver films like this . The Proposition is a real old school western - gritty , violent and fleshed out by sophisticated and interesting character... |
423,892 | 2,248,099 | 734,600 | 8 | Brilliant claustrophobic tale of paranoia ! | I can't say I'm a big fan of The Twilight Zone ; I used to watch it now and again as a kid but , to be honest , I've forgotten most of what I've seen . I've just seen this episode , however , and have just had a stark reminder of how good these twenty five minute episodes of terror can be ! Nightmare at 20 , 000 feet i... |
422,283 | 2,248,099 | 179,901 | 8 | Maurizio Merli delivers again in an action packed Polizi flick ! | Maurizio Merli may have come to fame as a Franco Nero impersonator ; but after that he really came into his own and if his name is on the cast list ( particularly if it's at the top of the cast list ) , you're pretty much guaranteed a good film . This one was the final outing for Merli's Commissario Betti character , a... |
423,443 | 2,248,099 | 26,276 | 8 | A ' real ' story of a man's frustration | It has to be said that this film is an amazing achievement . The Devil is a Woman is a lush and vibrant film , and you really do get the impression that a lot of thought has gone into every scene . The script allows the characters to grow in front of the audience's eyes both in relation to each other and in their own r... |
423,675 | 2,248,099 | 83,707 | 8 | Could anything be sweeter than desire in chains ? | This film manages to do a rare thing ; we get treated to some great sex scenes , and the story surrounding the sex actually verges on intelligent ! Director Stephen Sayadian's art house erotica may struggle to find an audience ; art house fans will probably find it too trashy , while porn fans may find it too arty ; bu... |
423,435 | 2,248,099 | 372,784 | 8 | Batman ; resurrected | It's about time that comic book movies started being taken seriously . We've had a surge of good ones recently - Spider-Man , X-Men and Sin City to name a handful , and not only are these movies entertaining and visually stunning , their drama aspects are spot on also ; making these films a complete package . Batman Be... |
423,288 | 2,248,099 | 66,104 | 8 | Slightly more weighty stuff from Franco | Nobody can deny that Jess Franco made a lot of rubbish in his career . . . but then he goes and directs a film like this , and it becomes easy to forgive him for past and future sins . She Killed in Ecstasy is thinly plotted and rather predictable , but it's also sexy and violent , and overall ; an excellent slice of s... |
423,110 | 2,248,099 | 734,597 | 8 | A napkin dispenser that knows your future . . . | Episodes of The Twilight Zone are always based on intriguing ideas that make you think , and this one takes its plot from the idea of superstitions . Nick of Time was the follow up to the stunning ' Eye of the Beholder ' , and as you might expect ; it can't live up to that episode . However , this tale benefits from it... |
423,595 | 2,248,099 | 462,499 | 8 | A truly gritty action movie and the best of the series by a bloody mile ! | Generally speaking , I think belated sequels made a long while after the original are a very bad thing ; but that's certainly not the case here as Stallone roars back on to the screen as the disgruntled Vietnam veteran John Rambo in pure blood-soaked style and this latest entry in the series is by far the best to date ... |
423,587 | 2,248,099 | 338,095 | 8 | A rush of adrenaline | The title of this marvellous French horror thriller translates directly into English as ' High Tension ' , and as anyone who's seen it will tell you ; it's an apt title . Simply put , Switchblade Romance ( to give it English release , and better , title ) is a pure adrenaline rush throughout . The film forsakes substan... |
422,798 | 2,248,099 | 734,654 | 8 | Perfection isn't always perfect | The Lateness of the Hour represents another sterling success for The Twilight Zone ! The plot idea behind this episode has been used many times since , and it follows the idea of perfection . We are acquainted with a family ; mother , father , daughter and servants . However , the daughter has become bored with their e... |
423,888 | 2,248,099 | 47,849 | 8 | Excellent paranoid western | Based on a story by Howard Breslin , Bad Day at Black Rock is a story of paranoia , patriotism , secrets and justice in a small town . This story and others like it have been seen time and time again in cinema , but this one stands apart for it's great acting as well as the intricacies of the story . This film got off ... |
423,118 | 2,248,099 | 734,645 | 8 | Pandora opens the box and unleashes evil upon the world | The Howling Man may not be the most exciting episode of The Twilight Zone - but it's certainly a very inventive little tale , and nods towards the classic story of Pandora's Box are well implemented . The plot follows a man who comes across an ancient mansion during a storm . He asks for shelter , but ends up collapsin... |
422,715 | 2,248,099 | 73,747 | 8 | Excellent thriller with a few points to make | What we have here is a film that sort of bridges the gap between suburbanite drama and extremely dark science fiction . The story is massively famous by now and has obvious implications about gender roles and each sex's thoughts towards their spouse . However , at its heart , The Stepford Wives is a brilliant mystery t... |
422,354 | 2,248,099 | 78,112 | 8 | Superior seventies porn ! | For a porn film to rise above being just another entry in the genre , it really needs more than just wall to wall sex ; and it is with that in mind that I name Pretty Peaches as one of the best porn films ever made . Alex De Renzy's masterpiece has so much more than just sex and actually manages to hold the audience's ... |
421,991 | 2,248,099 | 73,750 | 8 | Superior adult film-making | Gerard Damiano directed two hardcore porn classics before directing this film - those being the influential Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones , but for my money ; The Story of Joanna blows them both out of the water and is the best and most erotic of the three . The film apparently takes influence from the classi... |
421,866 | 2,248,099 | 56,368 | 8 | More macabre mayhem from Corman and Poe | The Premature Burial is certainly a lesser entry in Roger Corman's " Poe " cycle , but even a lesser entry for this great series can be considered something of a minor horror classic , and that is exactly what The Premature Burial is . It is unfortunate , however , that the winning team of Roger Corman , Edgar Allen Po... |
423,034 | 2,248,099 | 70,468 | 8 | Bleak , intense and disturbing - a masterclass from both Sidney Lumet and Sean Connery ! | Based on a stage play by John Hopkins and directed by Sidney Lumet , The Offence is a dark and dismal tale of police brutality . I am not at all surprised to learn that this film did not do well at the box office upon its release in the summer of 1972 ; and the reason for that is simply that it is not a film for everyo... |
423,627 | 2,248,099 | 462,538 | 8 | Not The Simpsons at their best , but still an entertaining comedy . | Obviously the big fear with this film was that it wasn't going to be as good as the TV shows ; and while I wouldn't say that this movie is The Simpsons at their very best , the movie does give many of the episodes a run for their money and it certainly is very funny overall . Another fear for this film was that it migh... |
423,249 | 2,248,099 | 112,817 | 8 | Effortlessly cool and self-styled western | Dead Man is a unique piece of film . As this is my first taste of Jim Jarmusch , I had no idea of what to expect , but even if I had ; I reckon that this film wouldn't have conformed to them . Dead Man is a surreal and trippy western that peels itself away from the staples of the genre and succeeds in creating somethin... |
422,187 | 2,248,099 | 83,624 | 8 | Superior 80's rubbish | Frank Hennenlotter's " Basket Case " highlights the problem with horror films of today . Back in the eighties , films would be made with an idea and no budget , and the result would nearly always see the release of an inventive and interesting horror film . Basket Case is no exception to this , as despite hokey effects... |
423,785 | 2,248,099 | 264,323 | 8 | More of that Southern hospitality . . . | HG Lewis ' gore classic Two Thousand Maniacs isn't the obvious choice for the remake treatment , but surprisingly enough it got one - and it's pretty damn good ! Actually , I'd say that this film is more of a sequel than a remake , as it takes in the same basic plot idea as the sixties splatterfest , but other than tha... |
421,661 | 2,248,099 | 65,148 | 8 | No gore this time , but still a great Lucio Fulci film ! | It's hard to believe that this thriller was directed by the same man who would go on to create such gory highlights as Zombie Flesh-Eaters and City of the Living Dead , but indeed this is a film from the Lucio Fulci that us gore hounds know and love . His later Giallo , such as A Lizard in Woman's Skin and Don't Tortur... |
423,454 | 2,248,099 | 56,347 | 8 | Second only to Lon Chaney's take on the classic story | Hammer Horror tends to be at their best when they're doing their own take on a classic story . That's what they've done here , and Phantom of the Opera is definitely one of my favourites from the studio . This version of the tale sticks closer to the original than many of Hammer's films do , with only some small elemen... |
421,772 | 2,248,099 | 35,317 | 8 | Classic B-movie entertainment | Sherlock Holmes films from the classic Universal era tend to range in quality . This range goes from very good to above average , with none of their output being abysmal , or astoundingly brilliant . Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon fits snugly into the middle ground quality-wise , and , as ever , it's an enjoyabl... |
423,685 | 2,248,099 | 405,159 | 8 | Eastwood triumphs yet again | Usually when the latest ' big thing ' gets released , I go to cinema and end up disappointed . With Million Dollar Baby , however ; that was not the case . Clint Eastwood's latest film is a powerful blend of believable characters and raw , gritty realism . The film benefits from Clint Eastwood's assured , no frills dir... |
422,638 | 2,248,099 | 87,884 | 8 | Excellent and potent tale of loss | Paris , Texas is my first ever taste of acclaimed director Wim Wenders , and while the film isn't exactly sweet ; it's certainly not bitter enough to steer itself away from the realms of the masterpiece . Paris , Texas is very much a character driven story and it follows the account of a man that wanders out of the hot... |
423,224 | 2,248,099 | 38,975 | 8 | A lesson in atmosphere | The Spiral Staircase is one of the most eerie and atmospheric films that I have ever had the pleasure of seeing . The entire movie gives off a sense of malice throughout , and the use of music here is some of the best I've ever seen in a movie . The film's plot follows a series of murders , of which all the victims are... |
423,342 | 2,248,099 | 118,771 | 8 | Easily one of the best thrillers of the nineties ! | Given the plot description , it's clear that Jonathon Mostow's thriller ' Breakdown ' isn't going to redefine cinema or break any boundaries ; and as it is , the film is actually very derivative and more than a little clichéd ; but the cast and director carry it off well , and overall this is one of the most tense thri... |
423,665 | 2,248,099 | 56,552 | 8 | Horror's premier team - Corman , Poe and Price team up again ! | From the talented team of Roger Corman , Vincent Price and , of course , Edgar Allen Poe comes this lively and inventive trio of horror stories ; Tales of Terror . I've got to tell you straight off ; it's a shame that this film was made . It's not that it isn't a good film , I enjoyed it very much but it's a shame beca... |
423,385 | 2,248,099 | 78,330 | 8 | Life is tough when your cousin comes to stay . . . and she's a witch ! | Well , I didn't have much hope for this one - but it actually turned out to be a big ( pleasant ) surprise ! By 1978 , director Wes Craven was best known for his brash exploitation thrillers The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes , making this film something of a change of pace for him as not only doesn't i... |
422,681 | 2,248,099 | 52,700 | 8 | Excellent dissection of a real life crime | Director Richard Fleischer obviously has an interest in true crime , what with this and the excellent 10 Rillington Place , and he's certainly very good at directing films based on real life cases . Compulsion is based on the landmark US case of Leopold and Loeb , and takes place in 1924 . The case is often billed as "... |
421,968 | 2,248,099 | 91,142 | 8 | Visually stunning hypnotic nightmare ! | Despite it's uninspiring title , Ken Russell's " Gothic " is actually an intriguing , and uniquely inspiring piece of cinema . Mary Shelly's " Frankenstein " is one of the stories that has helped to shape horror cinema , and so the story behind it is guaranteed to interest horror fans . This film isn't exactly the stor... |
422,637 | 2,248,099 | 240,913 | 8 | Relaxed and sombre . . . . Ozon , is that you ? | Unlike the vast majority of the rest of talented French director Francois Ozon's films , Under the Sand features hardly a shocking moment . In fact , the most shocking thing about this movie is the level of restraint present towards the end when Ozon has a clear shot at giving his audience something to go home with , b... |
422,627 | 2,248,099 | 70,565 | 8 | Beautiful cult gem | When it comes to rare cult gems , The Perfume of the Lady in Black is a finely cut diamond ! Many rare Italian films have received wide releases recently , meaning that it's a tragedy that this film hasn't . While this film isn't the best to come from Italy , it's certainly well worth seeing for fans of the Italian thr... |
422,228 | 2,248,099 | 70,583 | 8 | Another stupid but fun Italian sex comedy ! | Even though this sort of thing is cheesy and incredibly silly - it does have to be said that Italians have a great sense of humour , and certainly know how to put together a good sex comedy ! Naturally , my main reason for seeing this film was the presence of the stunningly beautiful Edwige Fenech , and even though we ... |
422,374 | 2,248,099 | 78,288 | 8 | Derivative , but fun and worthwhile Giallo | Antonio Bido's previous foray into the Giallo sub genre , The Cat's Victims , was a rather messy and highly derivative affair , so I'm pleased to report that he's improved greatly for this follow-up . Typically for Giallo , The Blood-Stained Shadow features a convoluted plot , and unfortunately Bido's plot pacing can b... |
422,485 | 2,248,099 | 780,622 | 8 | Excellent horror - don't miss this one ! | I've got to the point where I've seen so many horror films that none of the main horror themes really scare me anymore - but there is just one exception , and this film tackles that idea with a great big toothy grin on its face ! Most legends have had a film about them made at some point ; this is not the first film to... |
423,495 | 2,248,099 | 70,602 | 8 | Up there with the best porn flicks of the seventies | Pornography doesn't have a great reputation and that's hardly surprising considering the vast amount of rubbish porn films doing the rounds , but Resurrection of Eve is certainly at the top end of the market and manages to be both a good film and a good porn film . The film was made in and is set in the seventies and d... |
421,803 | 2,248,099 | 112,682 | 8 | Sublime fantasy masterpiece | How can you not love this movie ? From the amazingly talented team of Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet comes this superbly original fantasy tale , that just oozes inventiveness and drags you into it's world , where it's all too easy to completely lose yourself . Caro and Jeunet were , of course , the good people behind... |
421,930 | 2,248,099 | 21,814 | 8 | Classic horror film , based on a classic book and lead by a classic career-best performance | It is fitting that the first American horror film to feature spoken word was based on what is possibly the most famous , and most important horror novel of all time ; Bram Stoker's Dracula ! The story , of course , is great ; and when combined with Tod Browning's directorial vision , and a career best performance from ... |
422,756 | 2,248,099 | 1,087,853 | 8 | An excellent throwback to eighties horror ! | I approached Gutterballs with caution ; as while the premise sounded interesting enough , I was not a fan of director Ryan Nicholson's first feature film ' Live Feed ' . Gutterballs seems to take inspiration from slasher flicks such as Intruder and Stage Fright , in that we have a group of people locked inside a small ... |
423,622 | 2,248,099 | 70,622 | 8 | An excellent horror flick ! | I have to say I'm surprised that this little film doesn't have a higher rating . SSSSSSS is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination ; it is rather heavily flawed and definitely very silly , but it's also rather original , very inventive and certainly makes for an interesting watch , so the bad reputation is ... |
422,941 | 2,248,099 | 35,160 | 8 | The postman rings twice in Italy , too ! | Well , I'd heard from somewhere that Ossessione is a precursor to the Italian film genre , and particular favourite of mine , the ' Giallo ' . . . but actually , aside from the fact that this is a thriller that was made in Italy ; the two have pretty much no relation . In the sixties and seventies , Italian film-makers... |
423,663 | 2,248,099 | 52,655 | 8 | Delicious black comedy from Roger Corman | This delicious black comedy is one of the films that Roger Corman used to make before he got a bigger budget and went on to do fantastic adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe stores , starting with ' The Fall of the House of Usher ' , the year after this was made . A Bucket of Blood stars Dick Miller , whom you may know as ' ... |
421,966 | 2,248,099 | 352,248 | 8 | Hard-hitting boxing , and sentiment that works ! | Ron Howard has made a name for himself for directing dull , politically correct Academy award favourites ; and it is with that in mind that I decided that I didn't want to see this film . But I'm glad I changed my mind ! Cinderella Man is more than just a follow-up to Clint Eastwood boxing success with ' Million Dollar... |
423,562 | 2,248,099 | 195,209 | 8 | Another excellent film from Fernando Di Leo | Naked Violence is yet another well made and effective offering from Fernando Di Leo ; a director that often doesn't receive the praise he deserves . Di Leo would go on to make some of the best Italian crime films in the early to mid seventies , but he also made some interesting stuff in other genres ; such as this film... |
421,804 | 2,248,099 | 91,538 | 8 | Almost great modern noir | Mona Lisa is an interesting predecessor to Neil Jordan's later masterpiece ' The Crying Game ' . Taking in many of the same themes as the later film , such as the nature of love , affection and doing what's right , Mona Lisa is an update of the classic film noir tradition that also has obvious ties with other genres su... |
422,572 | 2,248,099 | 60,968 | 8 | Looks like it was made on a tramp's budget , but still a great precursor to the exploitation genre ! | Shanty Tramp is often mentioned as one of the precursors to the exploitation tradition - and that would certainly seem to be true . While films like Psycho and Peeping Tom had already brought violence to the forefront , this film revels in pure SLEAZE - as while still comparatively tame compared to some later efforts ,... |
423,681 | 2,248,099 | 290,673 | 8 | Horribly captivating | Irreversible is a thoroughly unpleasant cinematic experience . It clearly knows this , and is keen to revel in it as the disorientating camera angles and monotonous tones of the soundtrack in the early moments of the film show . In fact , Irreversible appears to be on a mission to be as horrible and as nasty as it can ... |
421,981 | 2,248,099 | 77,928 | 8 | Great true life prison drama | I didn't go into this film with massively high hopes - but I don't know why , as Midnight Express is surely one of the best ' hidden gems ' that I've seen ! The film is almost three decades old now , making it strange that it hasn't turned up in this decade with a better reputation . Starring Brad Davis and directed by... |
423,363 | 2,248,099 | 74,086 | 8 | Got a big smile from me ! | Well , it's not big and it's not clever - but Sex with a Smile is great fun , and rather funny in places ; plus it features performances from five of Italy's hottest ladies , so what's not to like ? The stories in the film apparently focus on Italian humour , but to me it seemed pretty universal and I think that even p... |
422,025 | 2,248,099 | 87,799 | 8 | Post-apocalypse , with a smile | The Last Man on Earth gets an eighties update for this delightful little flick . Night of the Comet mixes Sci-Fi with horror and comedy , while finding time to take a swipe at American life , pop culture and , of course , the B-movie classics of the 1950's . The film isn't very coherent , and constantly switches tones ... |
423,474 | 2,248,099 | 74,083 | 8 | As over the top as an Italian rip-off can be ! | Italian filmmakers are famous for ripping off successful American films ; but with this film director Alberto De Martino has taken it to a whole new level ; as he's collected just about everything that made films such as Dirty Harry successful and mashed it all together in this action packed and over the top cop flick ... |
422,340 | 2,248,099 | 91,553 | 8 | Another very decent Giallo effort from Lamberto Bava ! | Lamberto Bava's films may not have the cutting edge that many of his father's did , but the good thing about it is that you can always count on a decent thrill ride , and while You'll Die at Midnight doesn't set the genre on fire ; it's a more than decent Giallo and I'm pretty certain that regular viewers will get a lo... |
422,233 | 2,248,099 | 39,305 | 8 | Classic example of film noir | This slice of film noir isn't one of the better known ones , and the reason for that is probably because it doesn't have any real stand out elements about it ; but the film does work excellently as a textbook example of the style of film-making . The most notable thing about the film is the fact that it features a lead... |
423,133 | 2,248,099 | 87,800 | 8 | Absolute Horror Classic | I'm not a big fan of slashers ; they tend to be a bit dull and samey , but every now and then an intriguing and interesting one comes out , and A Nightmare on Elm Street is most definitely an intriguing and interesting one . The film revolves around Nancy , a young girl that dreams of a badly scarred madman with knives... |
423,564 | 2,248,099 | 74,102 | 8 | A shocking tale of love and obsession | In the Realm of the Senses is a film that has divided opinions among those that have seen it ( a number that is not too big thanks to the film being banned in many countries across the globe ) , but love it or hate it ; you have to admit that In the Realm of the Senses is certainly very interesting . The plot is allege... |
423,243 | 2,248,099 | 342,172 | 8 | Dark and harrowing family portrait | Documentary film-making has taken a step up in recent years with an increasing number winning high acclaim . It's not surprising that a documentary as interesting and as personal as Capturing the Friedmans is one of the most highly rated , and director Andrew Jarecki's insight into a real-life family being torn apart f... |
421,906 | 2,248,099 | 70,190 | 8 | Completely ridiculous camp classic ! | Horror Hospital is far too silly to be taken seriously , but that's what makes the film so good ! The film throws in one illogical sequence after another , and if you tried to account for all the events in the movie and make sense of them ; you'd be completely wasting your time . In fact , if you're watching this film ... |
422,844 | 2,248,099 | 35,015 | 8 | A Magnificent motion picture | Following up on a brilliant and groundbreaking classic like Citizen Kane would not be an easy task for any director , but genius auteur Orson Welles has proved that he was more than up for the task with this movie . The Magnificent Ambersons is an adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel , which gives a commentary on Ame... |
423,049 | 2,248,099 | 240,890 | 8 | Nice little comedy that could have been better | This sweet romance is predictable and hinges on a rather unlikely scenario . I mean , if you'd just met someone that may well be your soul mate ; would you really let them go and leave it up to fate to bring you back together ? No , me neither ; but Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack decide to do just that and that's the ... |
423,407 | 2,248,099 | 342,258 | 8 | Surprisingly good , and one of the best films of 2005 | The best martial arts films are always the ones that deliver the fight sequences along with an interesting story and characters , and that is exactly what Unleashed does . The fighting and the story exist in equal parts , and the film never feels like its delivering one side over another . The plotting , therefore , is... |
421,911 | 2,248,099 | 256,009 | 8 | A great ghost story ! | I'm a massive fan of the horror genre , but I don't like ghost stories . To me , ghost stories are a poor manifestation of the genre . It's not the idea of ghosts that's the problem , it's the way the stories are presented ; often dull , slow moving and uninteresting , and those are things that do not make a good movie... |
422,902 | 2,248,099 | 264,616 | 8 | A well worked and original little thriller ! | It's true that there are more than enough thrillers about serial murder - and so it's always great when a film comes along and plays with this premise - and Frailty does that brilliantly ! Bill Paxton is obviously best known for his acting work ( which includes film-stealing performances in films like Aliens and Near D... |
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