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A '40s vote

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:36 am
by Mr Sausage
To coincide with the current 1940s List project, here's a random selection of 40s films from the collection.

Re: A '40s vote

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:44 am
by Mr Sausage
It was a tie between They Live by Night and Kind Hearts and Coronets, so I changed my vote from the former, giving us our winner: Kind Hearts and Coronets

An Oscar vote!

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:41 am
by Mr Sausage
To coincide with our current Oscars list project, here are five random Oscar nominated and/or winning films from the collection.

Re: An Oscar vote!

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:38 am
by Mr Sausage
Rebecca it is!

DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:33 am
by Mr Sausage
DarkImbecile has been doing some much needed work on the Arrow subforums these last weeks, so who better to select five Arrow titles for your voting pleasure.

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:29 am
by domino harvey
I’ve somehow seen all of these except Basket Case, and I voted for Motel Hell. Early results are grim though: Could there be a more Zzzzzzzz choice for this board when offered a smorgasbord of entertaining trash than to just go for Argento, which was never in any danger of being under-discussed?

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:02 am
by Paul Moran
I've seen all of them, and I have 4 of them on Arrow BD. I had not yet upgraded Basket Case, and its 2 sequels, but this poll prompted me to do a price search, and I noticed that hive.co.uk have the UK Second Sight Blu-ray trilogy (standard case) for only £10.69 delivered. Ordered, of course. Who said polls were a waste of time?!!! I voted for Society, BTW.

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:03 am
by dda1996a
I've only seen Deep Red, which I didn't much like (haven't yet liked any Giallo [also haven't seen many] with Suspiria being the only one I found just decent), so I voted for Society which I heard is great

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:42 pm
by DarkImbecile
I also voted for Society (though I'd be happy with Motel Hell pulling it out too, since I talked some shit about it sight unseen in its dedicated thread), and I strongly urge anyone who hasn't seen or heard of any of these to watch the trailers before voting too quickly:

Basket Case
Deep Red
Demons 2
Motel Hell
Society


These are all also pretty easily available via streaming even if you don't own the eventual winner, so it should be easy for plenty to join in for what promises to be an unusually gore-soaked Film Club discussion.

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:08 pm
by domino harvey
Society is a movie that sounds a lot better in theory than it is in reality. Lots of typical 80s horror nonsense— like a lot of 80s horror movies, you could probably get the same level of enjoyment out of just watching the trailer

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:29 pm
by domino harvey
For those on the fence, here’s Ebert’s legendary defense of Motel Hell. He also chose it for one of the “Guilty Pleasures” episodes of Siskel & Ebert, though I couldn’t find the clip online

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:36 pm
by swo17
Roger Ebert wrote:Farmer Vincent's dying confession of the shameful secret that he concealed for years
SpoilerShow
I used preservatives!
Yes, I also just watched this movie out of guilt from making fun of it

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 4:51 am
by Slaphappy
domino harvey wrote:
Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:08 pm
Society is a movie that sounds a lot better in theory than it is in reality. Lots of typical 80s horror nonsense— like a lot of 80s horror movies, you could probably get the same level of enjoyment out of just watching the trailer
For me Society is a bit like They Live. Both have enormous cult following because of the social critique high concept, but neither has that much anything else going for them.

Re: DarkImbecile presents: An Arrow Vote

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 6:23 am
by tenia
Some do love enough that fistfight scene in They Live to make it looks like the whole movie is thrilling (which it isn't), while the Society finale gorefest seems to serve the same purpose.
I do agree though that both end up very disappointing and quite shallow.

Once again, it's vote time!

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 6:32 am
by Mr Sausage
Here are five random titles from the collection. Vote away!

Yes, it's vote time again already!

Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 6:36 am
by Mr Sausage
Here again are five random Criterions for you to vote for.

Re: Yes, it's vote time again already!

Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 11:07 am
by Yojimbo
Kings of the Road for me, although I've always had a soft spot for Rumble Fish
(maybe it's even overdue a re-watch!)

Re: Yes, it's vote time again already!

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 10:36 pm
by ando
Darn. Was exited to have an excuse to finally watch The Great Beauty. But Wenders will do.

Re: Yes, it's vote time again already!

Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 6:24 am
by dda1996a
Won't have time to watch the others, but u recently rewatched the Wenders in theater and it's one of his best, so Kings of the Road it is

It's a Chabrol vote!

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:34 am
by Mr Sausage
To coincide with the current Chabrol Auteur List project, domino harvey has kindly curated 5 Chabrol titles.

Le fauteuil hanté has no commercial release, if you want to factor that into your vote.

Re: It's a Chabrol vote!

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:29 am
by domino harvey
I chose five worthy Chabrol films that have been overlooked / less discussed on the board. As Sausage mentions, only one is impossible to see commercially with English subs. The other four are readily available:

Au coeur du mensonge: Blu-Ray/DVD/Streaming from Cohen (as the Color of Lies)
L’Enfer: Blu-ray/DVD/Streaming from Cohen (as Torment)
Les innocents aux mains sales: DVD from Pathfinder (as Innocents With Dirty Hands)
Que la bête meure!: DVD from Pathfinder (as This Man Must Die)

Re: It's a Chabrol vote!

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:05 pm
by knives
The Beast Must Die is my favorite of that lot, but I voted for L'enfer because I'm planning on watching it this week anyway.

Re: It's a Chabrol vote!

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:08 pm
by therewillbeblus
All of these are great, though I haven't seen Le fauteuil hanté, which would get my vote if I knew of a way. I already posted about Que la bête meure! so I'll also go with L'enfer, which recently skyrocketed in my esteem on a rewatch due to viewing it in a completely different light.

Vote time people

Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:35 am
by Mr Sausage
Here are five random films from the collection. You know the deal.

Yes, vote time is here again.

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:31 am
by Mr Sausage
Vote away!