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     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
I've been watching theSE on DVD and SPECTRE is one of the 3 I missed on TV. It's quite simply the best ghost story I've seen IN years: beautiful, elegiac, tense, and genuiney frightening. There are so many good things about this wonderful little film: the repeated motif of a corpse wrapped in dirty sheets...the breathtaking scene in the hotel bathroom...the amazing reveal at the end. Oh, my. SPECTRE is absolutely first class. It moved me, scared me, and made me fall in love with the traditional ghost story all over again. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.211.103.112 |
Gary, are these the Spanish films that were shown on BBC 4 recently? I missed them all; are they available in a box set or individually? | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.97.93.216 |
There's a boxed set of 'em - I was actually dabbling with getting it last week. However it's Region 1, and my DVD player is a bit temperamental when it comes to Region 1 disks. I am tempted though. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.158.168 |
What sort of price is the set? I was thinking of it myself as, like Zed, I only saw half the series. Loved the mad one about the landlady... | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.211.103.112 |
It's http://www.amazon.co.uk/Films-Keep-Awake-REGION-NTSC/dp/B001AIQ154/ref=sr_1_1?ie =UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1224540367&sr=8-1, Mick. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.158.168 |
Ooh, just seen it on Amazon for $24.99, which is about fifteen quid, plus p&p. Any better offers around? | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.97.93.216 |
I think it was £12 & change on Amazon (UK), so around £15 with p&p. Ships from the US though. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
£12 - that's the one I bought. Just watched A CHRISTMAS TALE: another corker, like weird EC style story. I've seen them all now, and these are excellent - head and shoulders above anything Hollywood is currently doing. The weakest one is BLAME, but that's still very compelling, with a great ending. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.158.168 |
Ah-ha - yep, just ordered it from Caiman via Amazon.co.uk for £12.42 plus p&p, about £13.60 in total - used Cailman a fair bit in the past. Cheers chaps. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.158.168 |
"Cailman"? | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.187.244 |
I haven't seen Spectre yet. I loved The Baby's Room and thought Blame was well made but disappointing (I think it fell apart toward the end). | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.97.93.216 |
Went ahead and ordered this on Monday - disks arrived today, they work (phew!), so that's my Halloween sorted. I guess being stuck indoors with flu isn't so bad ... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.141.80 |
I think TO LET was pretty good as a straightforward thriller too... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
The films range from pretty good (BLAME) to excellent, IMHO. The best being SPECTRE THE BABY'S ROOM and TO LET. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.141.80 |
Indeedy - 'tis a nice set - I'm glad I bought it, having seen only half the series when it was on tv. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.220.3 |
I think I'll plump for this boxset, based on this thread. I think I can trust your judgement... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
SPECTRE is incredible. Maybe I was in a receptive mood, but it really scared me. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.184.172 |
I'm planning to watch Spectre tonight. I would've watched it last night, but I fell asleep watching Amando de Ossorio's third Blind Dead film, The Ghost Galleon (quite atmospheric in places, but dreadfully slow and cheesy - it's the least effective of the series, I think). Now it's light, and there ain't no way I'm watching a horror film by daylight! Think I'll give The Asphyx a rewatch, too. | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.97.93.216 |
Watched BLAME and SPECTRE last night - wasn't at all keen on BLAME, but SPECTRE was excellent; a beautifully constructed ghost story. BLAME, in comparison, struck me as extremely heavy-handed, especially when you consider the thematic similarities it shares with SPECTRE. | ||
| Lincoln Brown (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 58.165.54.252 |
Ordered the box set today. It's available from the 'Horror Mall', for $24(US). | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.124 |
I think they're showing some of these on BBC2 over Christmas. The Christmas Tale is on on 23rd December very very late. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.23.233.247 |
You know, that Children film felt like it was going to be upm there with these Spanish things for about the first twenty minutes. Alas... |