Zombies

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

Well, each to their own, I suppose. At least we can agree that The Walking Dead is a classic series.

Do you like any Ossorio?

[wjp666]

Feel ashamed I had to call up his filmography to remind me of everything he has done, lol. Tbh not seen much of his work. When a family member worked the dockyard in the eighties i remember The Blind Dead flicks doing the rounds on the import circuit but I can't even remember if i properly watched any of them. Hmm. Maybe this guy deserves my full attention.

Walking Dead season 3 finale was a bit weak last weak, I thought. Was expecting a massive confrontation but instead it ended with a whimper. Oh well.

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

I haven't even seen S3 yet because I watch it when 5 get it. I know what happens in the comic version. I'll have to wait and see it when it comes to 5.

[wjp666]

Season 3 was generally awesome. Apart from the prison setting, it is really not very similar to what happens in the comic book, so there shouldn't be many spoilers.

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

No tank, then?

[wjp666]

My leeeps are seeeealed!

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

Oh, OK, then...

I take it you like Nightmare City? That is one mad film!

[wjp666]

Lol, I still have my very first 80's pirate copy of that one lying around here somewhere. Been on my upgrade-to-disc list for years.

I'm guessing you've seen A Serbian Film... if so, what you make of it?

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

I've never watched A Serbian Film, to be honest. I heard loads about it, same as I did The Human Centipede, but I've just never really wanted to watch it. I'm more of a vintage horror fan really, which to me is 1900 - 1989. I find that a lot of this new stuff SHOWS too much and TELLS little.

What did you make of it?

[wjp666]

I have several 'aquaintances' who thrive on the new age splatter movie genre... something I really don't have much time for, so I'm always watching dross that doesn't really do it for me. Serbian Film was an odd one, however. I got the uncut version imported from Amazon.com simply because the BBFC told me i wasn't allowed to watch it... there is still part of me that lives in the 80's/90's and thinks I have top track down everything they ban/cut. (Was a BIG hobby of mine back in the day... just can't shake it.) Anyways, Serbian really shocked me, because under all the gore and (extremely) horrible content is a very, very well made/acted film indeed. It wasn't easy watching, but if you shove it out there with a more mainstream 'extreme' horror movie like, oh I dont know, Hostel or something, it really seemed to be more than exploitation and have something to say underneath it all. It's horrible stuff, but sounds worse on paper. Didn't really cause much shock with myuself but the wife walked out during a certain scene. I'd even kind-of recommened it.

Human Centipede was one of those movies I was forced to watch by a friend. Was surprised by how little gore and nastiness actually appeared on-screen, which added some weight to the premise, I guess. Not a terrible movie by any standards but nothing amazing. Sort of thing you'd watch late night on SyFy in the early hoursand instantly forget it. Centipede 2, however, was a blast... possibly the vilest film I have ever seen. You sort of end up being thankful the thing is in black and white. It's extremely entertaining because it's more of a self parody than a true example of extreme cinema. (Though if you're gonna watch it make sure it's the unrated version and not the BBFC sanitised version.) Lotsa fun that one.

However, as I've said before... give me Peter Cushing and some candle-sticks any day!

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

It's funny what you should say about collecting video nasties, because one of the last films I bought was Nightmare (AKA Nightmares in a Damaged Brain) from Code Red in the US. Still haven't watched the bloody thing yet, though. There's an uncut version of Exposé on the way from Severin in the US as well, although I guess it'll be expensive.

There are only a few nasties that are worth having. Most of them are rubbish!

[wjp666]

Indeed. I still can't believe so many people rate the likes of Driller Killer so highly... most of the nasties play like pure comedy these days. I have an original ex-rental copy of Faces of Death, but all of my other 'nasties' were hilariously dodgy pirates with horrific sound and shocking picture quality... but I treasured them so dearly back in the day, lol.

I also can't believe people still get worked up about The Exorcist. As much as I respect the film, it is bloody funny!

And in case you haven't noticed by my avatar, I have a MAJOR soft spot for TTCM.

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

Yes, I noticed ol' Leatherface.

I'm glad someone else views The Exorcist as a comedy. I even read the book and it was just as bad.

I don't think I'd ever buy Faces of Death. Although, some of the footage in it taken from news programmes is genuine. I have never forgotten the copper scraping up the remains of someone's head of the floor after they'd been run over!

[wjp666]

The first time I faw FOD I thought ALL the footage was real, so at my tender age back then it was quite a scary watch. Wasn't until I saw a making-of thing years later I breathed a big sigh of relief. Having said that, the stuff which IS real is still pretty gruesome.

I've also got the ultra-rare-these-days VHS 1994/5 release of Executions, which is all authentic. I don't know what was wrong with me back then... I had a morbid interest in nasty footage; not because I enjoyed watching it, but mainly because I thought there was some kind of worldwide conspiracy blocking the public from this kind of stuff and I wanted to be part of the revolution, I guess. I wont go near anything like this nowadays though... my stomach has become weaker with age. Also, I'm not certain why anyone would be entertained by this kind of thing these days. It's scary what anyone can get access to in regards to snuff-like video via the net in 2013, or more disturbingly why they would even seek it out in the first place.

[GimmeTheSoddingChoc]

There's too much good horror out there for me to start watching 'the real thing'.

I'm collecting all the Hammer blu rays they've been releasing.