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     Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.80 |
I'm probably one of the few people here who hasn't seen this film. It's been intriguing me for years, but I haven't been able to track down a copy. Is it really worth the effort? Is it that good a horror film? Is it really a superior precursor to 'The Blair Witch Project'. With regards to BWP, I still maintain that it's final five minutes, especially the closing shot, is one of the most effective and chilling in modern horror cinema. In fact I would go so far as to say its impact was as startling and revelatory as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
I definitely prefer The Last Broadcast, Frank. I've only got a copy of it on video - taped from the telly when it was on a while back. I don't know if it's been released on DVD? I do believe someone put a link somewhere here (when I mentioned it before) to an extract from it on YouTube? Worth searching for it there, I reckon. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
I thought The Last Broadcast was interesting, but not a patch on The Blair Witch Project (one of my favourite modern horror films - it simply terrified me). The low budget in the former opened up huge flaws, whilst I thought the latter used this to an advantage. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.99 |
Thanks chaps. So, two different view points. Caroline, why do you prefer it to the BWP? Zed has answered this question, so I'll refrain from asking him? | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Er, well .. um .. possibly because I didn't notice the flaws!  I'm hopeless when it comes to making comments about why I prefer one thing to another (possibly why I'm no good at doing reviews!) - I just preferred it. I saw it after BWP, and whilst I did think BWP was superb (for a modern film), TLB just seemed better to me. Sorry I can't be any more specific - just personal preference I guess? | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.99 |
Caroline - no problem in that. As Taratino said, 'all that movie fans have, what they really have, isn't the video/dvd, nor the film poster, but their opinion'...I'm paraphrasing from memory. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
I've seen both films and was underwhelmed by both I'm afraid to say. 'The Blair Witch Project' is the most overrated horror film of recent years imo while 'The Last Broadcast' isn't much better. If forced to pick between them TLB slightly has the edge. I always find the acting painfully amateurish and obviously fake in those films that try to scare by appearing to be real events. Saw TBWP in the cinema at the height of all the hype and sat thinking "this is badly done rubbish" throughout. TLB at least has a slightly better "story". Sorry folks who love these films... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.99 |
Stephenw - mate, where do you live? And is the address easy to reach with a handful of deadly white powder. And no, I'm not talking about sherbert dip before anybody starts punning. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.99 |
Stephenw - no, joking aside...what's your address (; | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.99 |
I actually never went to the cinema to see BWP. I was caught out by own snobbery, thinking that if so many people were going to watch it, and if mainstream TV and press were talking about it, then it was all hype. Admittedly the net campaign played a big part in its success, but I really think it was a great horror film. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
Shame as I'm very partial to sherbet dip. My email is swalsh123@hotmail.com and I'm on Facebook under the Northern Ireland network - living in wet and windy Belfast as I do (or the Shaft as we call it). As for Eamon Holmes starring in a horror film I think the world already has enough horrors to contend with!! | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Is GMTV not horrific enough? | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.87 |
Stephen - yes, the thought of Eamon Holmes in a horror film is certainly pushing the envelope. Then again, wasn't Davina McCall eaten by a zombie in Dead Set??? Food for thought, quite literally. BTW - are you also a writer? Is there anybody on here who isn't? Probably the sane ones I would think. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.72.14.113 |
Only in my imagination Frank... I could read for Ireland though.  | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.87 |
I could talk shite for England. Me, Olympic medal contender for sure.  | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
>>Is there anybody on here who isn't? Probably the sane ones I would think.<< I'm neither, Frank - neither a writer nor sane. Well, I dabble a bit - with flash fiction, interviews and articles - but I've never been paid for any writing. One day, maybe ... * dreams * | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Frank - on one thread you've been chatting up Steve Jensen, here you're chatting up Stephen Walsh. Do you have a thing about men called Stephen? And does your girlfriend know about this?  | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.231 |
Frank, please will you stop emailing me. The restraining order means no contact whatsoever. Please respect that. Just kidding, folks! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
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| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.165.182 |
Frank, you can see LWB at Google Video here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7625617229946173625# | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 213.158.199.103 |
Caroline - I've thing for Steve's. Does my girlfriend know...of course, in the morning I call her Stephen, in the afternoon Steve and at night Stephanie...you get the picture. Steve B - it'll take more than a piece of paper to keep me away. Go and check the back door, quick before I change my mind. Caroline - if you do flash fiction and articles I'm afraid that counts you in as part of the out patient program. |