What film did you watch last night?

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stephec

Squire
Location
Bolton
The Possession

A paint by numbers story of a young girl possessed by an evil force that comes out of an old box that she buys at a yard sale.

Parents getting divorced - 👍
Mum's got a new boyfriend - 👍
Youngest daughter turns sinister - 👍
The help of a priest (or a rabbi in this case as the box is of Jewish origin) is sought - 👍
Big dramatic struggle to see off the baddie - 👍
It looks like mum and dad might get back together in the end - 👍

All the standard parts are there but there's not many moments that make you jump.

It's a poor man's version of The Conjuring.
 

wiggydiggy

Legendary Member
Darkstar (1974)

John Carpenters directorial debut, it started as a student short then was later re-shot into a longer film and eventually received additional funding for a theatrical release. His co-writer Dan O'Bannon later wrote or was involved with many of my favourite sci-fi's. It follows the story of a long range scout ship looking deep in space for potential threats to human space colonization.

Its really impressive, been on my watch list for a couple of years - it was recommended because of having plot points around AI. I won't say more about the plot as there are some nice surprises if not twists. As for quality, its a 50 year old sci-fi originally made for less than $20,000, the sets and effects are incredibly impressive for what they are and theres a great amount of detail in the dialogue that really builds on what they can't show you.

8/10
 

Adam4868

Legendary Member
Klokkenluider...
Belgium based whistleblower drama by the actor Neil Maskell,I think Ben Wheatley has something to do with it as well...and it shows !
Just long enough at 1 and a half hours long to keep me interested and intrigued...I enjoyed it anyway.It was on late Sat night so probably on catch up somewhere.
 
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