Recently Watched Films

It's said that George Lucas took the plot from this for Star Wars, but the similarities are very slim. 

More stunning with every viewing. 

Pretty weird. Very good though. 

There must have been a plot somewhere, but I think it got lost... More stupid so-bad-it's-good stoner humour. It doesn't matter that it doesn't make a lot of sense because most of it is pretty damn funny. Features some first time appearances by Michael Winslow and Peewee Herman, and early roles for Phil Hartman (The Simpsons) and Rita Wilson (Mrs. Tom Hanks).

OK, I don't get independent cinema... Slow moving, but full of symbolism, lots of meat, sleep walking, and a dog. I did think the two main characters were quite convincing though.

Never seen this before, wish I had. Absolutely brilliant! So over-the-top silly, but played almost completely straight. Good, action-filled diverting fun, as long as you don't overthink it.

I suppose everyone else has seen this, but I loved the setting on the microwave here:

This was fucked up. 

It's also got some excellent cinematography for a relatively unknown horror movie. 

Story's slow and basic, but works and is genuinely unsettling. 

A hidden gem in my humble opinion. 

Good screamy fun with vicious killer rednecks! What I liked about this is that the victims acted properly traumatised right through the movie, and not just for 10 minutes after they just saw their nearest and dearest slaughtered in front of their eyes. And I love Michael Berryman.

Oh man I sort of knew what I was getting myself into with this one, but that didn't make it any less sickening. One for the list of 'non-horror movies scarier than horror movies'. I'm not sure if the reverse narrative makes the story more effective or lessens it. Maybe a bit of both. It's a difficult film to really recommend, and it would say something about anyone who claimed to actually enjoy it (I for one will never watch it again), but it does have something to say beyond the violence. Ironically the most poignant scene is the result of a crew member fucking up and walking into shot while filming was rolling, accidentally creating a powerful statement on people's hesitancy to get involved or help someone in trouble. In that sense, it was as powerful as it was sickening.