What was the last film you watched?

[Spells & Karma]

Silk Hope (1999)

Quite enjoyable in a Lifetime, switch-off-brain, doesn't-matter-if-the-phone-rings-halfway-through kind of way.

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

Antebellum. Not perfect but I loved it.

Are they still allowed to call it that?

 

[Spooky Owl!]

Why would you subject yourself to this? Why? I hate this movie. I HATE IT. I had to sit through it several years ago when my sister came to visit and we watched it together with our Mom. Do you know who else hates it? Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams

I didn't know it was horrible until I saw it. I spent a week convalescing with my sweet sister-in-law who loves Robin Williams (I was never really a fan but can tolerate him in things like GOOD WILL HUNTING and Season 1 of MORK & MINDY) so we watched it. I only knew the title and nothing about the film itself.

Ee gad!

 

[DallasFanForever]

Patch Adams was a film I expected to be very good as I was a big fan of Robin Williams at the time but I couldn’t help but feel very disappointed.

 

[Grant Jennings]

I didn't know it was horrible until I saw it. I spent a week convalescing with my sweet sister-in-law who loves Robin Williams (I was never really a fan but can tolerate him in things like GOOD WILL HUNTING and Season 1 of MORK & MINDY) so we watched it. I only knew the title and nothing about the film itself.

Ee gad!

So we both watched it out of a sense of familial obligation. I can think of few other reasons why one should be subjected to this. Except maybe as part of your punishment in a criminal trial.

 

[Angela Chilling]

The Third Alibi (1961)

This is a old British film that I first saw when I was about 7 when it was screened on BBC1 on a Sunday afternoon. I only remembered one particular scene (set in a cinema) and that I liked the film overall so for many years I've been keen to watch it again. It's a story of a composer who is in an affair with his sister in law and his wife refuses to grant him a divorce so they plot to kill her. They set up various alibis to get away with it. It's a clever little thriller which is well worth a watch but didn't have the same impact on me as an adult as it did as a child.

 

[Angela Chilling]

The Mauritanian (2021)

Jodie Foster plays a lawyer who defends a an inmate at Guantanamo Bay and uncovers that the US government have been using torture to extract confessions from suspects. A real eyeopener about the lengths the USA went to to secure convictions, even if it meant breaking the law. Jodie Foster is such a great actress and she looks amazing proving that you don't need to have cosmetic surgery to still look beautiful and to get quality roles in films.

 

[Angela Chilling]

I liked it. The movie was better and cleverer than the trailer (thank God, I prefer when it goes this way)

I've not heard of this film but it looks really good, I'm going to add it to my list of films to watch over the next few weeks.

 

[Spells & Karma]

House On Haunted Hill (1959)

My first time watching (though I must confess I've seen the below-average remake more than once). And I watched the colourised version, which is a little sacrilegious (but it was free, and beggars can't be choosers).

I loved it. Such fun, epecially Nora Screaming Nora who was forever dismissed as a hysterical woman. One line made me laugh out loud (and reminded me of this thread).
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Nora, I think you're a little upset. Would you care for a sedative?​

 

[DallasFanForever]

I’ve never seen the original but I can’t think of a better voice than Vincent Price to allure people to see this back then. I definitely have to check this out now.

 

[Angela Chilling]

House On Haunted Hill (1959)

My first time watching (though I must confess I've seen the below-average remake more than once). And I watched the colourised version, which is a little sacrilegious (but it was free, and beggars can't be choosers).

I loved it. Such fun, epecially Nora Screaming Nora who was forever dismissed as a hysterical woman. One line made me laugh out loud (and reminded me of this thread).

I've not heard of this film before, I need to see it as I love these Vincent Price films.

This seems to be the second Vincent Price horror you've watched recently, have you seen House of Wax? It's the film on which Carry On Screaming is based.

 

[Spells & Karma]

I definitely have to check this out now.

I need to see it as I love these Vincent Price films.

If it helps, it's currently free on Amazon Prime. That's how I watched it. It's only around an hour and fifteen minutes, so not too big a time commitment.

This seems to be the second Vincent Price horror you've watched recently

Well spotted Angela. The second popped up as a suggestion after watching the first. We'll have to see if any more come along.

have you seen House of Wax? It's the film on which Carry On Screaming is based.

That sounds right up my street! It's eluded me so far, but I am very curious about it so all being well I'll watch it one of these days.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I have never seen House Of Wax either. I did not realize that it is a remake of the 1933 film called Mystery Of The Wax Museum. I’m not really a fan of horror movies in general but I do have a soft spot for the classics so I will definitely watch this soon as well.

 

[darkshadows38]

the house of wax (1953) is one of the best movies of all time it's also an early role of Charles Bronson as well. the director had one eye no joke and the film went it came out in (1953) was shot in 3-D so a guy with one eye made a 3-D film how cool is that? this film was also later remade again in (1973) with John Carradine and i believe Ray Milland as well called Terror in the Wax Museum that one i haven't seen but that one had a far lower budget and i read a review of it and if you look closely in that one apparently the wax figures move

 

[Angela Chilling]

the house of wax (1953) is one of the best movies of all time it's also an early role of Charles Bronson as well. the director had one eye no joke and the film went it came out in (1953) was shot in 3-D so a guy with one eye made a 3-D film how cool is that? this film was also later remade again in (1973) with John Carradine and i believe Ray Milland as well called Terror in the Wax Museum that one i haven't seen but that one had a far lower budget and i read a review of it and if you look closely in that one apparently the wax figures move

It's definitely my favourite of the Vincent Price horror films (my favourite film of his is The Song of Bernadette which isn't a horror) because it's more than just a horror and it has a really good storyline. Vincent Price is really good and makes for quite a sympathetic character at times. The film has a nice balance between humour and horror and is not too gory but has enough to shock. I've only even seen it in 2D but I really would like to see it in 3D one day.

 

[darkshadows38]

i've seen that one and it is a good one, my favorite horror isn't The house of wax (1953) it's (1961)'s The Pit and the Pendulum that's also my favorite Price film as well as well as my favorite Roger Corman film as well as my favorite Barbra Steele film as well. i also love The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) which is an utter masterpiece
the Tingler (1959) and there are so many more of his i love. some of them are horror and some of them non horror such as 'the Keys of the kingdom (1944) that's a damn good one and if i recall it's Gregory Peck's 1st film as well

 

[darkshadows38]

i forgot to add the last film i watched was Bambi 2 (2006) on IMDB it's got a different title but on my dvd it's called Bambi 2 (2006) it's a pretty decent film actually and this one has a plot the 1st done really didn't. this is one sequel that is a film i'd say check it out 8/10

 

[Sea - Boo! - Er]

Batman and Robin (1949 movie serial)
This second serial moves a step closer to the formula we know and love with the introduction of a costumed villain called The Wizard replacing the World War II era Japanese saboteur of the first.
As far as I know The Wizard has never appeared in any other media.
Also featured is the character of photographer Vicki Vale, who wouldn't be seen onscreen again until the 1989 movie. I wonder why she was never seen in the 1966 TV series. A potential love interest for Bruce who was also trying to ferret out Batman's identity might have provided some nice comic moments, not to mention some competition for Catwoman.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I agree with you @Seaviewer that Vicki Vale would’ve been a nice addition to the 60s tv series. I always liked that she at least turned up in the 1989 movie as I was afraid she had been long forgotten in Batman history.

 

[darkshadows38]

she's a good character back in the day when she was used more, she figured out who batman was more than once and than Bruce had to foil her plan on that and convince her otherwise. i watched a really crappy one called Petrified directed by Charles Band (2006) a really awful piece of crap that i say if you watch it drink lots of beer and have friends over to poke fun of it you will only enjoy it that way i think. i did none of that hence why i didn't enjoy it as if i had friends over and gotten drunk watching it with them