astonmartin7
Iscritto in data feb 2007
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Hatchet really is something special. Just saw it at Toronto's Bloor Cinema (courtesy of Anchor Bay Ent.). Extreme gore is a must here. Cutting this film down would be a sacrilege as it is as viscerally gory and brutal as it is funny. There aren't tons of set-pieces as we might expect from a horror film but director Adam Green knows what he's doing and clearly loves the genre. It is well acted and quite scary in it's way.
Belongs on a list with The Evil Dead, Fulci's The Beyond, Jackson's Dead Alive and Christopher Smith's Severance.
A must see for fans of the genre.
Belongs on a list with The Evil Dead, Fulci's The Beyond, Jackson's Dead Alive and Christopher Smith's Severance.
A must see for fans of the genre.
The Masters of Horror series which began in 2005 is certainly a mixed bag. Not only are there many different film-makers working on these episodes, but the budgets seem to be limited on some level.
Like the first 5 seasons of The X-Files, the episodes are shot in Vancouver and the British Columbia environment in Canada, so directors need to be creative in order to make it all work as effectively as possible.
The best of the bunch that I've seen so far are: William Malone's The Fair Haired Child (which is an emotional and horrific fairy-tale), Joe Dante's surprisingly effective and detailed Homecoming (bear with the opening 5 minutes or so), Don Coscarelli's Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, Lucky McKee's Sick Girl and Dario Argento's second offering Pelts which may have the highest level of gore and sleaze in all the Masters of Horror so far! Way to go, Dario! You're still the man!
Next tier down would be Takashi Miike's Imprint, John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns and possible Larry Cohen's Pick Me Up. There are about three more I've seen which I won't mention (out of respect for the film-makers!).
Like the first 5 seasons of The X-Files, the episodes are shot in Vancouver and the British Columbia environment in Canada, so directors need to be creative in order to make it all work as effectively as possible.
The best of the bunch that I've seen so far are: William Malone's The Fair Haired Child (which is an emotional and horrific fairy-tale), Joe Dante's surprisingly effective and detailed Homecoming (bear with the opening 5 minutes or so), Don Coscarelli's Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, Lucky McKee's Sick Girl and Dario Argento's second offering Pelts which may have the highest level of gore and sleaze in all the Masters of Horror so far! Way to go, Dario! You're still the man!
Next tier down would be Takashi Miike's Imprint, John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns and possible Larry Cohen's Pick Me Up. There are about three more I've seen which I won't mention (out of respect for the film-makers!).
Most of Michelangelo Antonioni's films can be described as unique, and The Passenger (or Professione: Reporter) is a fine example of his oblique and purposefully meandering style.
Most great films should be viewed and not described too much; Jack Nicholson gives, arguably, his best performance; there are almost no Jack Nicholsonisms in this film (courtesy of the director). Maria Schneider is more than serviceable. Luciano Tovoli's photography is perfectly on display in Sony Pictures Classics DVD release from 2006.
Many indelible images in an amazing example of visual storytelling. The final sequence is particularly mesmerizing.
Most great films should be viewed and not described too much; Jack Nicholson gives, arguably, his best performance; there are almost no Jack Nicholsonisms in this film (courtesy of the director). Maria Schneider is more than serviceable. Luciano Tovoli's photography is perfectly on display in Sony Pictures Classics DVD release from 2006.
Many indelible images in an amazing example of visual storytelling. The final sequence is particularly mesmerizing.