Quoted from Don apropos of John's posted documentary ala~ Joseph Campbell, I highly recommend The Man from Earth.   An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he is an immortal who has walked the earth for 14,000 years.

I saw that a few years ago. Great flick... might watch it again real soon.

The Burrowers was just released to streaming on 9/1.

It's a very impressive Western/creature feature flick.

made for $7 Million, it's a beautifully shot and filmed movie, looking like it cost a Hell of alot more.  Strong performances form everyone, shockingly great FX work, and even a good story to boot.

If you like Westerns and/or creature feature horror, chances are very good you'll be impressed with this DTV release from 2008.

Check it out while its available.  Great flick!

I'm a big fan of The Burrowers.  Great genre mash-up.  Also, if you haven't seen it, the documentary The Cruise is a beautiful doc, and one of the funnier characters on film.  Of course available Watch Instantly.

I liked The Burrowers as well. I am usually down for any movie that mixes genres, especially if one of them is horror.

I know everyone has probably seen Ravenous, but has any one seen a movie called Dead Birds. It may not be the best movie, but it certainly had a creep factor to it that gave me a chill.

Love Ravenous.  I was actually 1 of the 9 or 10 people who showed up in a theater to see it.  Robert Carlyle is awesome in it!  Great flick.

I didn't like Dead Birds. I actually tried to watch it on numerous occasions before finally getting through it, but I was not impressed. I know it gets alot of good word of mouth but it didn't work for me at all.

Man of the Century

I saw it last year via dvd, but just noticed that it's now available via instant watch.  It's something different, and fairly short to boot.

"Ace reporter Johnny Twennies (Gibson Frazier) is stuck in the 1920s -- and blissfully unaware that he's out of place in modern-day Manhattan -- in this rollicking indie comedy that gently pokes fun at black-and-white film classics. His girlfriend is fed up because he hasn't kissed her, his boss wants him canned, and the mob wants him rubbed out because he knows too much. Can Johnny get the scoop and the girl while staying alive?"

Thanks to Bert, I'm bringing this thread back to life.

Just got Netflix again last week and have already seen a bunch of flicks I'll comment on for ya'll.

I'm not going to just throw out recommends, but I'll let you know my thoughts on whatever I watch...good, bad, terrible, or indifferent.

First of all, I'm going to devote this entire post to a flick I saw last week, that rocked my little world, and made me see the light that low budget foreign film making is not only alive but can be so impressive.

The flick I'm talking about is a little survival French horror hybrid called "Vertige".  The US title is "High Lane".  I watched the dubbed version, and it's actually dubbed quite well.

My recommendation is to go into this completely blind, and I'm not going to throw out any spoilers, whatsoever.

The cinematography is amazing!  Seriously, shockingly beautifully shot film.  So many shots and scenes that just rock, and take your breath away.

This is an intense ride in every way.  A group of young 20 somethings go on an extreme mountain hiking day trip, and I was just mesmerized at the cinematography and stunt work.  If you have any vertigo, get ready to be amazed and scared off your arse.  This makes Cliffhanger look like Romper Room.

The acting is not great, by any means.  The dialogue pretty poor, but again, since it's dubbed, maybe something was lost in translation.  The plot itself is nothing to write home about, either.

But the execution is damn solid, and makes for a truly moving experience that I was shocked and impressed with.

Some will get back here and say it's shit.  They'll say, "why the fuck did they have to go there?"  But, in the end, I doubt anyone will say they weren't impressed with what this turned out to be, based on exactly what the film makers decided to make.

Basically, I'm saying, if you view this for what it is, you will be impressed.  For me, it was so good, I saved it and will watch again...and again...and...well, we'll see.

5 Stars!!!!

Enjoy!!!

Quoted from JCShadow I know everyone has probably seen Ravenous...

Love the soundtrack for Ravenous...so wonderfully strange.  The thought of the film always brings a smile to my face.

Cold Prey - Ultra low budget Norwegian Horror movie is God awful.  Terribly dubbed, horrendously acted, with laugh out loud dialogue, almost no plot and story, few redeeming qualities, if any.

Terrible!!!

Grizzly Park - Ultra low budget BS with some of the most cliched and poorly drawn characters I've ever encountered, and that's saying alot.  Terrible acting, other than Ranger Bob, who is hilarious.  No plot, no story, no nothing.

Could be amusing if you're really, REALLY wasted, but otherwise, stay away...far away.

Offspring - Another super low budget crapfest.  Adapted from Jack Ketchum's fairly popular novels, this thing is a mess.  So poorly done it's just comical.  Too bad, cause it should have been so much better.

There a re a few scenes that have some power, but 98% of this thing is just pathetic.

Quoted from Dreamscale Good job, Bert!  I was wondering what happened to this thread. The Butcher is in my que.

Did you ever get around to this one, Jeff?  I was very curious to know what you thought of this Korean import.

Hmmm...no...I don't think I did.  I'll check it out...

Thanks.

Check out High Lane...it ROCKS!!!!!!!

Frayed

OK, here's one that I definitely recommend.  I'm not going to say exactly why I recommend it, but it's a movie that all screenwriters should watch.

It's low budget, and in many ways, plays out like the original Halloween, especially early on.

There are many issues with it.  Acting isn't great.  It's slow in places.  It's dumb in places.  It's cliche in most places.  There are several twists, some done better than others...some that work, some that don't.

If nothing else, the intro scene(s) are very well done, culminating in one of the bloodiest onscreen beatings I can recall, and the FX work on this kill, is downright amazing.

I'm gonna leave it at that, and if anyone chimes in, I'll discuss why I feel it's a good movie to watch for aspiring horror writers.

The Horde - in the foreign films... b-movie zombie flick about some corrupt cops who go into a run down building to get revenge on some thugs who killed one of their own.. and while they're attacking eachother a zombie apocalypse happens... - their building gets attacked... and the cops and criminals have to band together to get out alive

keep in mind its a b movie... the acting is marginal but tons of action and violence.  

you get the feeling if this film had been written by a real writer, had real actors, and a real director.. i could have been pretty good.