M-L-L
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RE: Last film you watched
^ Donlevy made a second one as well, I think it was just called "Quatermass II" about a sinister factory that seems to be a bridgehead for invading aliens. Sid James of Carry On films fame makes an incongruous non-comedy appearance as a journalist.
Andrew Keir took over Professoring duties for the colour film "Quatermass and the Pit" where an alien spacecraft is found buried under an old London Underground Station - melds sci-fi with ghost story type plot, explaining supernatural events in terms of the result of dormant alien powers genetically engineered into humanity's primitive ancestors, reawakened by the discovery of the craft.
Still the best of the three imo despite some inevitably dated creature special effects.
And an interesting plot that Jon Pertwee era Dr Who ripped off elements for "The Daemons".
(Dr Who had already had a go at stealing bits of Quatermass II in the set up of the first episodes of Troughton's "The Invasion").
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rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
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Spot on bud,I had it on vhs but I can't seem to find it.
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M-L-L
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RE: Last film you watched
^ Horror Channel repeat it every so often.
Quatermass II has been turning up every so often on BBC2 as well, it was on in December or January I think
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rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
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Cheers,I'll look out for it on the horror channel.
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greenray
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RE: Last film you watched
Three more recent ones
Sisters(1973) an earlier Brian De Palma film, as a journalist tries to convince the police a murder has occurred in the apartment opposite. As usual, De Palma shows his Hitchcock love this time a nod to Rear Window. There's good use of split screen showing two scenes at once, and just when you think you've worked it out, it throws a curveball in the last half an hour. 7/10
Deepwater(2005) a drifter comes to a new town and gets involved with shady women, double dealing etc. Yes, we've been here before, but Red Rock West and Wrong Turn did it better. Much of the acting is average the only well known name being Peter Coyote. There is a decent if far fetched twist towards the end, but still nothing special 4.5/10
Scotland PA (2001) a comic drama take on Macbeth set in Pennsylvania, it grows on you with the drama working better than the comedy with a nice turn from Christopher Walken as a policeman called McDuff! 6.5/10
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rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
The Condemned(2007)
A WWE produced rip off version of The Running Man starring former pro wrestler Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones.Director Scott Wiper had little to work with in terms of budget and story and actually handles the clichéd violence with style.Vinnie Jones is terrible but leading man Steve Austin carries himself with dignity and manages the dialogue with confidence and believability.
6/10
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