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Re: Cut Off
Alvart keeps the film tight even with all the twists and revelations, so that even with everything going on my attention was held and I enjoyed the thrills. All the action going on in the Heligoland morgue worked well and was tense throughout, the scenes between Paul and Ingolf were less interesting...
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:52 pm
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8618
Re: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
This film is saddled with too much plot: there are six adapted stories plus a wraparound story, but the adapted stories are integrated into the wraparound so that all the setup and action takes place while the rest of the film is going on. It leads to an unbalanced effect where what seem like overco...
Re: Crawl
This was a formulaic animal attack plot that has been elevated by Aja's direction, which kept up a strong pace and piled on the tension. It's not particularly memorable but watching it was entertaining. My favourite of the opening night.
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:45 pm
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: Come to Daddy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10399
Re: Come to Daddy
I knew what the twist was going to be almost straight away, but the interactions between Wood and McHattie were very entertaining. Unfortunately they finished all too soon, and then there was a lot of dead time where nothing much happens, before the film moved into a final act plagued by characters ...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:15 am
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: Q + A's at Cineworld
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6223
Re: Q + A's at Cineworld
Yes, great to see the return of the Q&As. I don't think people leaving during a Q&A or the credits is a problem -- they've sat through the movie and the Q&A should be a bonus for people who want to know more. Time between screenings is limited enough as it is.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:11 am
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: Air Conditioning
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11886
Re: Air Conditioning
At the back of the Arrow screen was a very pleasant temperature, at least until the air con stopped working during Tales From the Lodge and it became unpleasantly hot. It seems the the air con blasts down on the seats at the front which doesn't seem like a good idea because cold air is denser and wi...
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:54 pm
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: 2019 Ticket info.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 47441
Re: 2019 Ticket info.
I got my tickets reasonably easily this year, only having my payment rejected twice before it went through. For the thousands of quid in ticketing fees that nutickets are making, it’s disgraceful that Frightfest customers are having these experiences. My guess is that they cut corners and allocated ...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 6:27 pm
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: Predictions and hopes for Frightfest 2019
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15313
Re: Predictions and hopes for Frightfest 2019
I do know that The Furies is playing at Edinburgh Film Festival, so unlikely it will be at Frightfest too. This isn't necessarily the case. Scotland is considered a separate country for screening purposes, so unlike Grimmfest and the Sheffield Screamfest, films that screen at the EFF often screen a...
- Thu May 30, 2019 6:03 pm
- Forum: FF 2019
- Topic: Predictions and hopes for Frightfest 2019
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15313
Predictions and hopes for Frightfest 2019
Cannes has passed, so a lot of the Frightfest films are probably already in place. What films does everybody want for this year? And with this being the 20th Frightfest, what events/retrospectives could there be? There haven't been any Frightfest postcards for a while, so predictions are harder than...
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:35 pm
- Forum: FF 2018
- Topic: Mega Time Squad
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8432
Re: Mega Time Squad
The time travel paradoxes made enough sense for me to go with them. This is a spin on the ontological paradox, albeit a messy one that can be resolved by the paradoxical duplicate going back in time. The comedy is typical quirky Kiwi humour and sold well by the actors, with another great turn from J...
Re: Boar
Generic monster movie with a giant boar. Lots of the film was people arguing in what felt like padded scenes. One of the worst films I saw over the weekend.
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:36 pm
- Forum: FF 2018
- Topic: Frightfest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25174
Re: Frightfest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema
I'm a little sorry I didn't watch this. Does it go much into the year-by-year history - the changing venues, additional screens, particular films - or is it mainly recently-shot talking heads saying how great everything is? Probably 50:50. The different venue changes are all described and form a bi...
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:02 pm
- Forum: FF 2018
- Topic: Summer of 84
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13031
Re: Summer of 84
This one has fairly obvious precedents: it's an 80s kid's coming-of-age adventure typified Stand by Me and The Goonies but it closely follows the plot of Hitchcock's Rear Window , with a bit of Shadow of a Doubt thrown in there too (one of my friends said it reminded him of Disturbia which horrified...
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:01 pm
- Forum: FF 2018
- Topic: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15082
Re: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
I never thought the original puppet master films were any good, so this reimagining had a low bar to clear. The script is much better than the direction and camerawork, but they at least do what they need to do; setting up the situations and allowing the special effects guys to deliver the gory murd...
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 5:40 pm
- Forum: FF 2018
- Topic: The Ranger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8918
Re: The Ranger
A middle-of-the-road slasher. The Ranger himself was quite a fun slasher villain. Him quoting park regulations before killing people was a fun slasher quirk. Other than that it's standard stuff, with a typical final girl, some decent gory kills and doomed teenagers. The teenagers were absolutely rev...