Recently Watched Films

Highlights so far:

Both good giallo films.

The original Japanese version. I'd wanted to see if for a while since the US film has been an old favourite of mine. Turns out it's a very faithful remake of this one so while I enjoyed this greatly I don't think seeing it actually added anything to what the US one offered. I shall watch it's sequels at some point though.

Very entertaining spaghetti western with a very high body count. 

Other movies watched:

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)

Texas, Adios (1966)

Vampyres (1974)

The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)

 

I preferred the original Norwegian film but this English language remake by the same director is pretty good too. The humour, for me, comes out better due to being in my own language. 

An unfair comparison since this is older but it's basically The Hunger Games, done much more extremely. 

I knew that Tarantino was influenced by this movie for Kill Bill, but I didn't realise it was to such an extent until watching this. You could almost say Kill Bill was a remake.

Pretty good 'corrupt cops' film with Kurt Russell. 

Pretty good entry in the 'only ones left alive' sub-genre of post-apocalyptic fiction. The ending is more ambiguous than I'd like.

Good though slow burning J-horror.

This is a top tier lesser known Japanese crime film. 

Excellent Argento giallo.

Another great giallo. Managed to fool me over whodunit. 

Almost a great giallo. Again managed to fool me. 

House (1986)

Stormy Monday (1988)

Demons (1985)

Sartana the Gravedigger (1969)

The Possessed (1965)

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)

The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976)

The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)

House II: The Second Story (1987)

Blind Woman's Curse (1970)

The Strangers (2008)

The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Horror Express (1972)

Blood Rage (1987)

It's been a very 70's dominate month so far. 

Disturbing and gory Korean crime thriller. 

This isn't really a 'highlight' like I've been restricting the movies I post to recently, but it is worth commenting on. As it is it's an okay movie, but also the biggest disappointment I've seen for a long time. With the unusual quirky title you'd think it would be a black comedy or at least a comedy of some description. It isn't. Instead they play it out as a drama which doesn't work on so many levels but with so many scenes it's so easy to imagine how it could have been a gem as a black comedy. So much wasted potential here. 

Solid Liam Neeson thriller. 

I don't usually post the poster for re-watches, but I actually liked this one even more the second time around and it's the kind of film where I feel like I may like it even more when I eventually watch it again (because I certainly will watch this one again). It's a shame that this is so underappreciated. It's a real gem.

Which leads me onto:

I hadn't seen the sequel before. I found it just as good as the first one. I can't actually remember the last comedy movie I saw for the first time that had me laughing out loud as much as this one. This was one of only three times that Eastwood reprised a role (the others being his Man with No Name and Dirty Harry performances) and again it's a real shame these are so overlooked in his acting filmography. Bloody brilliant.