Cure - Rather excellent Japanese killer horror type thing. A very unsettling watch, let down by an awful Eureka blu-ray transfer which apparently is rectified by the new Criterion edition which unfortunately isn't available in the UK.
"Hereditary" - manages to stay just on the right side of family melodrama to remain effective as a horror picture thanks to a couple of truly excellent performances and assured direction from Ari Astor. There's a valuable life lesson here, too - whenever creepy women insinuate themselves into your life and recommend performing bizarre supernatural rites featuring mysterious arcane languages, just say no.
A wounded fawn - avoid.
Strangers Chapter 1 - avoid (although watch Prey at Night if you haven't seen it).
The Well - A fun, splattery, euro horror throwback starring the wonderful Lauren LaVera. Very underdeveloped and oddly paced through, feels like it could have been much more than it was.
The Boy Behind The Door - A difficult watch, but a very well constructed, written and performed film.
@LN78 Such a good movie. I like it doesn't over rely on jump scares, and has this deep unverving feel about it which slowly builds tension until the blow out in the final section.
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Watched The Man With The Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me this week. Fantastic movies! I think Roger Moore has become my favourite Bond now after having watched these two movies. His portrayal of the character is just superb. Also, both of these movies are at the top of my list of my favourite Bond movies. Both the Golden Gun and Jaws from the second movie are just so iconic. Even the first movie with Moore, Live and Let Die, had Baron Samedi, another iconic villain. It's just great to finally see them after having learned about them from video games such as Goldeneye.
The Boy Behind The Door - A difficult watch, but a very well constructed, written and performed film.
I'm intrigued. Might have to check this one out.
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Queen of Black Magic - An Indonesian remake of an Indonesian movie from the 80s. Definitely an acquired taste, I am hardened horror enjoyer, and this one really cut through my armour with its gore and gross out moments. Can't remember the last time a movie made me actually gag to the point where I was almost sick. Only reason I can't recommend this higher, is outside of the gore (which is kind of niche on its own) the rest of this is very underbaked, so if you are looking for a satisfying overall experience, this ain't it.
Kandisha - Described as a French Candyman by some. Kinda tricks you with this idea to begin with and then goes in a different direction. Thought this was just okay. Some good acting. First half is kinda boring. Goes more nuts in the last 20 than I expected. Doesn't necessarily make the film a must watch, but hard to feel super negative about it or really strongly about it in any way.
Candyman remake - The original Candyman is one of my favourites. I thought this remake was absolutely awful. Making a Candyman film with nothing to say, when so much of what made the original Candyman special was just how much it did have to say, is just kinda wild to me. There are some truly awful twists, horrible pacing, all the gore happens mostly off screen or in the distance of the frame so you barely see anything. Just really awful.
Even though the marathon is over, I ended on such a bum note, I am tempted to dust off my Arrow boxset and rewatch the original Candyman to try and end things on a high note.
@Pizzamorg I am relieved to hear that I am not the only one to react that way to the Candyman remake. It is generally well received and I cannot fathom why. Everything it did laid the greatness of the original low and I just wonder at the point of it all.
That Arrow boxset is a thing of beauty, so I say: Go for it!
Watched Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home this weekend. I've been waiting for so long for a streaming service to get Far From Home as I've only seen Homecoming and No Way Home on multiple services but never the second movie. So when I noticed on Friday that Max had all added all three movies, I just had to subscribe for another month just to watch through the rest of the trilogy.
Far From Home was great! I really enjoyed how chill the movie was while still maintaining an interesting story as well as having a grand finale. No Way Home was really cool in terms of all the throwbacks but I didn't really like the ending that much.
All in all, I'm so glad that I've finally watched these movies as I've waited so long to watch them.
I also saw that Max had added the Into The Spider-Verse movies with Miles Morales. I might watch them as well while I'm at it.
@LtSarge@Th3solution@JohnnyShoulder The Spider-verse movies are, to my mind, the very best Spider-man movies ever made. I really like the Holland trilogy (though I'm not as big a fan of "No Way Home" as others are) and Raimi's Maguire movies are good, too, but the Spider-verse movies are in a league of their own, I think.
@FuriousMachine Yeah same here with the Tom Holland Spider-Man films. I'm way more interested in the third Spider-Verse film than the fourth Tom Holland one.
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@JohnnyShoulder I'm not much of a Spider-Man fan generally. Don't hate it or anything but just not my thing. Additionally, his story has gotten a bit like Batman's in that we've all seen certain aspects play out so many times it has gotten a little old. So I've really enjoyed both the Holland Spider-Man and Spider-verse films immensely. Really both in equal measure because they are quite different, especially with the Miles version.
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