Horror films

[Pink Frost]

The Appointment 1982

I loved this movie so much, it was quite surreal and strange with little dialogue and more than a nod to Nicolas Roeg and a bit of David Lynch.
The plot: Walking through some woods a girl is seized by an unseen malevolent force. The authorities erect an iron fence around the woods. Later, another girl and her
family are affected by the same force. First in dreams and then in more real ways.
The opening scene is quite creepy and the film stars Edward Woodward from The Wicker Man. A bit rare and hard to find as before this month it only had a VHS release. A good article about the film: https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/film/the-appointment-1981/

 

[Andrew]

wait is jaws the revenge really about a shark swimming to the bahamas for revenge

It's about the banana boat scene and nothing else

 

[Anjoel40]

The Appointment 1982

I loved this movie so much, it was quite surreal and strange with little dialogue and more than a nod to Nicolas Roeg and a bit of David Lynch.
The plot: Walking through some woods a girl is seized by an unseen malevolent force. The authorities erect an iron fence around the woods. Later, another girl and her
family are affected by the same force. First in dreams and then in more real ways.
The opening scene is quite creepy and the film stars Edward Woodward from The Wicker Man. A bit rare and hard to find as before this month it only had a VHS release. A good article about the film: https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/film/the-appointment-1981/

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I bought the Blu Ray recently without having seen the film before.. It's a rare little gem. That opening scene was pretty horrifying. It would have scared the crap out of me as a kid. The atmosphere throughout is completely unnerving. The ambiguity of what was actually going on made me feel as though I was not paying attention. It was like I had missed something but I think it was deliberately open ended. The final part kept me the edge the whole time. The daughter was quite annoying but I think she was meant to be.

 

[Kneehigh Girl]

I accidentally came across a review for The Appointment Bluray and have been wanting to check it out. Now I want to see it even more!

I've been meaning to catch up on Edward Woodward's filmography. Haven't seen much - except basically The Wicker Man, Hot Fuzz and four seasons of The Equalizer (now, where's the Bluray for that?????)

 

[pookiebots]

It's about the banana boat scene and nothing else

Honesty, say whatever you want about how bad Jaws: The Revenge is, it's all true, but this is the single most terrifying sequence in all four films and the sole reason I have never, and will never, go on a banana boat!

 

[Hudvar]

The shark looking so... bone dry?

But it's a cool scene.

I had the novel of it when I was a kid and there were some more attack scenes that really should've made it into the film, plus blurb about a voodoo curse on the Brody's that controls the shark...!? It went from script to screen in something like 9 months though, shouldn't be surprised it's a mess.

 

[Andrew]

but this is the single most terrifying sequence in all four films and the sole reason I have never, and will never, go on a banana boat!

Snap! It scarred me so much as a child, I could never go on one, ever

 

[Hudvar]

I did learn fairly recently that Great White sharks do enter the Mediterranean, where I've been casually wakeboarding for several years, these scenes always in the back of my mind. When is Brucetta gonna chomp my ass while I'm waiting for the ski boat to shift?

 

[Joe.]

Excellent trailer

 

[JXCK94]

Excellent trailer

This looks great.

 

[Joe.]

I need to re-watch X before it comes out, I can imagine it'll have lots of interesting little tie-ins.

 

[man.tis.shrimp]

Mia Goth is so iconic.

 

[johnny_tsunami]

I honestly had no idea Mia Goth played da old lady until the end of the movie. I avoided spoilers for X like the plague and I ALWAYS spoil movies for myself, so I'm so glad that I did! Tilda Swinton in Suspiria found out-old'ed.

 

[lushLuck]

Yeah, finding out Mia also played Pearl was such a fantastic credits surprise.

The new trailer looks fantastic and love that we’re getting a prequel to the year’s best movie in the same year. What a treat.

 

[Duppe]

I watched Crimes of The Future (2022) last night, it has some great atmosphere and interesting ideas but ultimately I felt it went absolutely nowhere. I preferred eXistenZ.

 

[silkandskin]

Pearl looks amazing and it’s looks like it’ll be another Mia Goth performance for the ages. I think she’s incapable of a bad performance, her Sara in Suspiria still haunts me.

Cool that she co-wrote it with Ti too!

 

[Pink Frost]

I preferred eXistenZ.

I always felt like eXistenZ was a self parody of his 80's films.

 

[The_Rani]

I watched Crimes of The Future (2022) last night, it has some great atmosphere and interesting ideas but ultimately I felt it went absolutely nowhere. I preferred eXistenZ.

For me, Cronenberg movies are generally a bit like this. Wonderful ideas and usually well executed but they don't always come together with a nice beginning, middle and end, which leaves me a bit unfulfilled. I suppose he wants audiences to think, but reckon it's a bit lazy.

 

[Up N Down]

I rewatched Drag Me to Hell the other night and didn’t like it as much as I remembered. I wasn’t into the gross-out bits and the solution to the curse felt like a cop out but the ending made up for that dd.

 

[Duppe]

Well I loved Last Night in Soho, the two leads gave fantastic performances. I will say I preferred the first half/dream sequences more than the last 25-30 minutes that got a little too ‘ghost-heavy’ for my liking but all in all I really enjoyed it.