IFI Horrorthon 2014

ps3lover

ps3lover wrote: »

Really because in the 2011 thread (one year after Amer) you again claim you've never been bothered to make the trip down to the festival.

I've never been bothered to make the trip down for the festival, but have on a few occasions been in Dublin when it was on and offered tickets. Think in 2012 I was drinking in the pub beneath Tara Street dart station when I got a call offering me four free tickets to Nightbreed the Cabal Cut. Already I've been offered tickets to a few if this years screenings, have no intention of going but if I'm in Dublin when it's on I might make the trip

ps3lover

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I've never been bothered to make the trip down for the festival, but have on a few occasions been in Dublin when it was on and offered tickets. Think in 2012 I was drinking in the pub beneath Tara Street dart station when I got a call offering me four free tickets to Nightbreed the Cabal Cut. Already I've been offered tickets to a few if this years screenings, have no intention of going but if I'm in Dublin when it's on I might make the trip

Why then in the year Amer showed did you not mention that you where there and forced to leave due to rowdy auidence. You strike me as the kind of person who would be on here in a second complaining about it.
In 2011 you claimed the reason for not going was due to not liking the programme at all and didn't mention any bad experiences you've had.

ps3lover

ps3lover wrote: »

Why then in the year Amer showed did you not mention that you where there and forced to leave due to rowdy auidence. You strike me as the kind of person who would be on here in a second complaining about it.
In 2011 you claimed the reason for not going was due to not liking the programme at all and didn't mention any bad experiences you've had.

Most likely due to the fact that I had better things to do. If you want you can search the Facebook page for it and you'll find my post about the experience.

ps3lover

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Most likely due to the fact that I had better things to do. If you want you can search the Facebook page for it and you'll find my post about the experience.

Which Facebook page is it on? Was it posted the year it showed?

ps3lover

ps3lover wrote: »

Which Facebook page is it on? Was it posted the year it showed?

Which one you think? I assume you're one of those at the feat who think its their personal festival and everyone else is an outsider.

ps3lover

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Which one you think? I assume you're one of those at the feat who think its their personal festival and everyone else is an outsider.

I don't really go to festivals at all. After. Seeing the rage about the Amer screening I wanted to see what people said about it at the time. Was surprised to see no one complaining about it. You even posted in the thread after it had shown and didn't make a single mention that you had tried to attend.
I guess I just get obsessed about stupid things sometimes but found it odd that you didn't seem you mention it at all until last year.

ps3lover

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Most likely due to the fact that I had better things to do. If you want you can search the Facebook page for it and you'll find my post about the experience.

Well I just sent the last few hours searching the facebook page and couldn't find any postings from you about Amer in 2010. As here you only seemed to bring it up last year, 3 years later. I will admit it's entirely possible the thread was deleted.
I also found your posts complaining about the behaviour of people (well your reply to a post someone else started) and saw you write quite a few times but didn't see anyone getting hostile with you or the topic starter at all (again posts could have been deleted).
I also find it odd that you continued to post in the group for months afterwards and you're still a member, this group that, as you put it "said they would rape my family members, strangle them and when dead dig them up and rape them again". Why didn't you leave straight after that? I wouldn't belong in a group that made those kinds of vile, criminal threats.

ps3lover

ps3lover wrote: »

Well I just sent the last few hours searching the facebook page and couldn't find any postings from you about Amer in 2010. As here you only seemed to bring it up last year, 3 years later. I will admit it's entirely possible the thread was deleted.
I also found your posts complaining about the behaviour of people (well your reply to a post someone else started) and saw you write quite a few times but didn't see anyone getting hostile with you or the topic starter at all (again posts could have been deleted).
I also find it odd that you continued to post in the group for months afterwards and you're still a member, this group that, as you put it "said they would rape my family members, strangle them and when dead dig them up and rape them again". Why didn't you leave straight after that? I wouldn't belong in a group that made those kinds of vile, criminal threats.

I don't think I was a member of the page in 2010 and haven't been on facebook in the best part of a year. Signed out one day and never bothered going back on. If you read through some of the various threads on it you will see a number of snide and nasty comments directed at me though many of the nastier ones were taken down. I have no problem with the vast majority of people in the group, it's a tiny minority who I have issue with and as such I don't judge all by the actions of the few. Most of the nastier comments I recieved were in the form of pms and a lot of the more obsense ones posted on the page about me and others were deleted. it's kind of sad the effort you are putting into this, most people have better things to do but I think you will find that other boardsies who were at the Amer screening had issues too. And it's not just confined to that one screening, many screenings are interrupted by a small element of troublemakers.

ps3lover

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I don't think I was a member of the page in 2010 and haven't been on facebook in the best part of a year. Signed out one day and never bothered going back on. If you read through some of the various threads on it you will see a number of snide and nasty comments directed at me though many of the nastier ones were taken down. I have no problem with the vast majority of people in the group, it's a tiny minority who I have issue with and as such I don't judge all by the actions of the few. Most of the nastier comments I recieved were in the form of pms and a lot of the more obsense ones posted on the page about me and others were deleted. it's kind of sad the effort you are putting into this, most people have better things to do but I think you will find that other boardsies who were at the Amer screening had issues too. And it's not just confined to that one screening, many screenings are interrupted by a small element of troublemakers.

Well I found another thread where you where being given out to for using vile language And saying nasty things against people in the group, quite a few people told you the comments had gone to far.
Not once in your reply to this did you mention receiving vile PMs and you stated your comments where because of people being disruptive in the cinema at the festival you're not even at.
I find it odd how you complain about getting threats yet left out the part where you apperantly (I'm saying apperently as I can't see the comment anymore but you openly admit to it in replys) used vile language to insult people.

ps3lover

ps3lover wrote: »

Well I found another thread where you where being given out to for using vile language And saying nasty things against people in the group, quite a few people told you the comments had gone to far.
Not once in your reply to this did you mention receiving vile PMs and you stated your comments where because of people being disruptive in the cinema at the festival you're not even at.
I find it odd how you complain about getting threats yet left out the part where you apperantly (I'm saying apperently as I can't see the comment anymore but you openly admit to it in replys) used vile language to insult people.

If I recall corretly the vile language wasn't all that vile and merely a case of certain people getting offended that I dared criticise any aspect of the people at it. Did you ever consider that the pms may have been sent after that conversation? Honestly this is all a little too creepy and feels like something out of a horror film about stalking. You may want to find a hobby as internet stalking isn't one that many would encourage.

ps3lover

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If I recall corretly the vile language wasn't all that vile and merely a case of certain people getting offended that I dared criticise any aspect of the people at it. Did you ever consider that the pms may have been sent after that conversation? Honestly this is all a little too creepy and feels like something out of a horror film about stalking. You may want to find a hobby as internet stalking isn't one that many would encourage.

I did consider that they could have been sent after that conversation. The point is you complain about getting vile messages yet conveniently leave out the part about you attacking people. You even admit in the reply you used a word that rhymes with hunt.
Also you where the one who told me to check Facebook so I did

ps3lover

ps3lover wrote: »

I did consider that they could have been sent after that conversation. The point is you complain about getting vile messages yet conveniently leave out the part about you attacking people. You even admit in the reply you used a word that rhymes with hunt.
Also you where the one who told me to check Facebook so I did

I used the C word in reply to others using it toward me. I do beleive that I said something along the lines of "there's no need to act like a cnut during a screening". I attacked no one, I merely pointed out that certain members of the community treat the screenings as if they are occuring in their front room. You'll find that a lot of people share that sentiment, there's a certain element who talk during screenings, provide "hilarious" commentary and act like an ass. There's often people there so drunk that most pubs would send them home. And now I never told you to check anywhere, that you have spent hours on this is really quite sad.

From now on I can email you after every trip to the cinema and provide you with a detailed run down of any issues I had.

Sad Professor

Seriously, guys, take it to pm.

Back on topic please.

jaykhunter

I've seen Gun Woman, please don't see it. It's garbage. It's an extremely cheap action/revenge movie about a drug-addict turned 'perfect killer' who agrees to have gun parts surgically placed in her body for later retrieval. Don't wanna clog the thread but I've written up a full review in the horror section of boards. There's a lot of nudity in the film but I don't think it helped much.

Catcher7791

There's some kind of warm-up screening for the festival of 'Zombeavers' in the IFI at 10.30 tonight. Could be fun.

Arkaron

Hi there! New on the board.

An ok lineup for this year's edition of the Horrothon. I'll be attending a couple of screenings for sure, mainly interested in David Hewlett's sci-fi flick, the Robert Patrick slasher, and perhaps Coherence.

Any speculations as to what film they might have in store for the Surprise screening? I remember the year I attended was 'Let Me In', which was alright I guess. Hoping for something more exciting this time! (Rigor Mortis would be awesome, but I think there's like zero chance, right?)

Zombienosh

Just booked tickets to Babadook.
I'll try get to more screenings too.

Arkaron

Good choice - I saw Babadook a few months back, it's a great horror flick (and I'm usually pretty picky ). But is it not coming out in the regular cinema circuit on the Friday? Kind of a weak premiere, it's a shame. =/

ps3lover

One thing I thought was quite funny was looking through the Frightfest forums and seeing people complain about the exact same things people in here complain about (Phones going off during movies, people getting drunk and rowdy, people adding their own commentary tracks to movies). I've seen a few posts from people saying they don't want to return due to the disruptive behavior of some people in the theater.
Seems like a far cry from the "respectful atmosphere" people in here claim Frightfest is.
I don't really understand why some people think that behavior is fine at Frightfest but not at Horrorthon.
It looks to me like both festivals have the same issues so I don't get why one is praised and the other dissed.

Zombienosh

Excited for tonight! missus is terrified however.

Arkaron

Starting tonight as well, with the 'Lost After Dark' slasher, starring Robert Patrick!

BrokenHero

Gun Woman is in Screen 3. Dammit. I hate Screen 3.

George White

The Editor was brilliant. I got embarrassed though when my mam rang me in the cinema.

johnny_ultimate

I would easily call The Editor one of the worst films I've seen in a long, long time. And that's accounting for the fact it's 'bad' on purpose. But it goes well, well beyond being just that to be being genuinely, irredeemably terrible. The comic timing is way, way off, where even the potentially good ideas and gags fall flat. It meanders through a non-sensical plot, spending crazy amounts of time on scenes that do not even remotely deserve it. It's a very amateurish pastiche of giallo-stylings, and most of the time I was wondering why I wasn't rewatching or equivalent Berberian Sound Studio.

I know these Aston 6 guys are well liked for making purposely cheesy, OTT and silly films, but The Editor to me was utterly desperate - thin ideas that would just about sustain a short film stretched to miserable feature film length that wore out its welcome very early.

jaykhunter

George White wrote: »

The Editor was brilliant.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I would easily call The Editor one of the worst films I've seen in a long, long time.

Our film forum in a nutshell! What I really want to know is if anyone saw Gun Woman and what they thought?

Arkaron

I saw Lost After Dark at the same time Gun Woman was being screened.

The film was quite weak, imo, as the director seemed to be unsure whether he was filming a satirical take on the slasher genre, or if he was making a serious horror film. Very dramatic settings and actions (sometimes recalling classic horror murders) can be seen throughout the feature, but a number of 'meta' comedic moments break the tonality and create this imbalance. It even goes as far as faking the loss of one of the film's reel to cut out a scene that would have been much needed to add to the drama.

Robert Patrick is, however and despite his very limited role, hilarious as a Vietnam veteran who basically thinks he's still at war and delivers bad ass one liners every time he's on screen.

Some of the genre's conventions are turned upside down (like the fate of the 'virtuous' girl), but ultimately, the characters cannot restrain from acting like morons and split up in small groups.

In the end, it's a low budget slasher with elements of satire, but nothing really memorable.

BrokenHero

jaykhunter wrote: »

Our film forum in a nutshell! What I really want to know is if anyone saw Gun Woman and what they thought?

I was at Gun Women. A little Gem for a film.

Would love to see it on a bigger screen though.

For a movie with such a low budget, some of the special effects were class.

Granted, some were not but they had most likely run out of money when shooting those scenes.

Similar situation with the fights scenes. Some were jaw dropping and others would make you snicker.. but sure that just gave it a little charm.

Really liked it.

Cross between Kill Bill, Remo Williams, Death Wish and a Japanese Porn flick.

ps3lover

George White wrote: »

The Editor was brilliant. I got embarrassed though when my mam rang me in the cinema.

Shouldn't your phone be switched off during movies? You don't want to fuel the wrath of Darko do you?

jaykhunter

Caught Basket Case, Truth or Dare and House of 100 Eyes last night.

Basket Case is a cult light-hearted monster/horror from 1982, and was a lot of fun to watch (it's my first time). Very cheap but very charming. Director/Writer Frank Hellenlotter was very humble and talked about being sad that NYC isn't seedy any more and is "Disney-fied" family friendly. Wrote up a longer review & recounting of the Q&A in the horror forum.

Truth or Dare is a torture porn film from Jessica Cameron. The film is pretty much entirely shot in one small basement which makes is aesthetically boring after a bit. Clever use of doing a gore film on a limited budget. In the Q&A she said the crazed fan was inspired by auditioning actors who'd get quite close to her and want to know why they didn't get the part. There's not much to like about the characters or the story and it's a bit annoying that they don't even try to escape, I didn't enjoy it. Avoid. Her pitch for a sequel (Truth or Dare in an Insane Asylum) was interesting though.

House of 100 Eyes is about a married couple looking to lure/murder 3 people in one night in their house, shot via surveillance/hidden cameras & a hand-held. Most of the film is spent coaxing their victims into making home made porn. Even if the characters aren't much it kept me interested the entire way through and the dynamic switches up late in the film which was fun. The idea of the film is solid and Ed (the husband) is the star of the show. Making fun of Crystal (How can you manage to be fat? You're homeless!) was darkly hilarious. A decent watch.

nyarlothothep

I thought Haxan was really good. For a film from 1922 the fx holds up really well. The lighting was really atmospheric, the set design and cinematography was quite evocative. It was like watching a dream due to the silent aspect of it. The live musical accompainment was well judged too, it was like a bit redolent of Black Sabbath at times. The most awesome thing about it is that for a 1920s film it was unusually progressive, basically depicting the Church as the real monsters of the film and then in a rather remarkable finish, stating that even in the modern world (of the 1920s) people still believe in their own discourses, this time with respect to class divisions (an asylum for the poor insane, a ward/hospital for the rich). I thought that was really different as normally with stuff from that era and the nineteenth century you get a fairly unquestioning acceptance of dominant ideologies. Also there was definite element of humour throughout the film, subtle but clever and very self aware. So for me Haxan has been the highlight as it was just so unique and it holds up really well.

The Hellraisers are of course excellent films, I really like the late 80s aesthetic and colour tones/lighting, also the mixture of fantasy and horror, their almost dark fantasy films. Basketcase is a classic, it really evoked the oppressive grittiness of late 70s/early 80s New York.