Safe in Hell (1931)

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Just picked this up through Warner Brother's archive series. Despite them fucking up The Devils release, bless them for recovering forgotten films like this one.
This is a remarkable pre-Code gem. Featuring a rugged cast of characters, and an amazing, shining performance by Dorothy Mackaill, Safe in Hell is almost whimsical, but ultimately anchored by brooding and intense undercurrents, and paced with increasing tension. The last act, then, is a heart-breaking gut-punch. Highly recommended.

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Wherever you are...

Whatever you do...

Watch this.

Once.



* * * * * stars

Clean, Shaven (1993)

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Along with A Woman Under the Influence, this is the best film about mental illness ever made. Spare, haunting visuals react and contrast with claustrophobic, chaotic, and terrifying sound design; more-or-less objective visuals and more-or-less subjective audio give a harrowing and heartbreaking insight to main character Peter Winter, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and is searching for his daughter. An incredible film that gets better with repeat viewings, as the audience is charged with deciphering what is real and what is a product of Peter's fractured mind. Highly, highly recommended.

And Now The Screaming Starts (1973)Amicus production starring Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham and Patrick Magee. Very well done pic that I went into knowing next to nothing about it and was taken aback by how good it was.

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Not even going to say anything. I may have even posted this in this thread already. Just see it if you can.

The Skin I Live In (2011) I was already a fan of Pedro Almodovar (Bad Education, Talk To Her, High Heels, All About My Mother) before I saw this possibly his first horror film so had high expectations-it far exceeded them! This is based on a book (forget the Spanish author at the moment) like a lot of his films and draws inspiration from Frankenstein but this is no reinterpretation of the story it goes in a different direction and Almodovar fans like me can enjoy joining the dots to his previous films. Nevertheless this is a jaw dropping film and you don't have to have seen any of his previous films to get it. This is a film to watch in awe-awe at it's ideology, it's subtle performances (especially Antonio Banderas) and its fluidity. If Insidious and Trollhunter don't count as 2011 films then I choose this as my fave horror or any film of 2011.

Been wanting to see this for a long time. I love how he used Eyes Without a Face as a taking-off point.

127 Hours (2012)


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Hands down, one of the most captivating and gut-wrenching movies that I have seen in quite some time. Brilliant direction from Danny Boyle and an incredible acting job from James Franco. The story itself is incredible, but Boyle and Franco breathe life into this tale. It's at times horrifying, lonely, and ultimately hopeful.

Highly recommended if you haven't seen it yet.

4.5/5.

Totally agreed. I went in to this one not expecting much but was blown away! I second Chronos recommendation. If you have HBO GO its currently on demand.

Me too - To be honest, even after the great reviews, I kept thinking to myself, "Great story but this movie has GOT to be boring..." But it's anything but boring. I couldn't tear my eyes away from it... And the climactic scene is so incredibly intense and cringe-worthy... Definitely some images that I won't be able to get out of my head for a while.