So, I was flipping past UPN this evening, and they're showing one of my all time favorite cheese-tastic movies, Lifeforce. You know, the buck-ass nekkid space-vampire movie starring Steve Railsback.
Also, lots of interesting British actors (including Patrick Stewart). Which is about the only actual good thing about it. I kept thinking "this is what it would look like if Hammer tried to do one of their sexy vampire movies as a space epic" while I was watching it back in the day (it's been a while). The biggest problem by far, at least in my memory, is that it takes itself SO seriously. Granted, that's also what made it such a hoot.
Speaking of Hammer and vampire, we just watched
Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter.
This featured some Dane faking a British accent as Captain Kronos, Total Nutjob, and had Draco Malfoy and Sandy Duncan as suspicious characters. It wasn't one of the better efforts, with a lot of rules-changing, characters introduced 3/4 of the way through the film, etc. Mostly it felt like a movie from a comic book, you know, like there was about 2000 pages of backstory that wasn't on screen. And OMG so slashy, even with Caroline Munro.
Next up,
The Dunwich Horror,
with Sandra Dee.
Speaking of Hammer and vampire, we just watched Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter. This featured some Dane faking a British accent as Captain Kronos, Total Nutjob, and had Draco Malfoy and Sandy Duncan as suspicious characters. It wasn't one of the better efforts, with a lot of rules-changing, characters introduced 3/4 of the way through the film, etc. Mostly it felt like a movie from a comic book, you know, like there was about 2000 pages of backstory that wasn't on screen. And OMG so slashy, even with Caroline Munro.
Heh, they were trying for something really different on that one. It was one of Brian Clemens (of THE AVENGERS fame) few attempts for Hammer (or movies in general).
Almost worth watching just for the grusomely funny scene where one of Kronos' allies gets infected, volunteers as a guinea pig, and they spend 20 minutes trying out different ways to kill him in order to see what actually kills THIS type of vampire. And it totally feels like a middle issue of a long-running comic book. I think that was semi-deliberate, but it sure was odd.
Next up, The Dunwich Horror, with Sandra Dee.
And Dean Stockwell during his decadent hippie/druggie/drop-out days! Never seen it - it's not supposed to be very good.
I'm sure it will be horrid beyond all telling, and then I will come here and tell you guys about it.
It was really different from your average Hammer film, I'll give them that. I wasn't sure if the guinea-pire scene was supposed to be as funny as it was, but all in all, worth watching for the completist Hammer fan.
I wasn't sure if the guinea-pire scene was supposed to be as funny as it was
I
think
it was, but I may just be flashing back to the Avengers which had more than it's share of black humor.
From the Files of Wrongness. I've never seen Meet Joe Black (thankfully). Today I was flipping through the channels and found it. DH said, "Leave it, it's close to the moment of the funniest hit-by-a-car scene in movie history."
Am I wrong? This scene wasn't supposed to be hilarious, was it? I'm glad I didn't see it in the theatre. I laughed. A lot. Brad Pitt flew through the air (albeit digitially) like a muppet shot from a cannon.
Brad Pitt flew through the air (albeit digitially) like a muppet shot from a cannon.
This actually makes me want to see the movie. Or maybe just that one bit of it.
It is pretty funny. (Yes, I've seen Meet Joe Black. Sick with nothing else on cable will do that to you sometimes)
This actually makes me want to see the movie. Or maybe just that one bit of it.
It's *almost* worth sitting through the whole thing. I said, "almost."
Most boring movie I've EVER seen.
