SHERDOG MOVIE CLUB: Let's pick the Week 114 Movie!

[MusterX]

Not many movies .. especially low budget affairs have such amazing soundtracks.

Hell yeah! Made by Goblin, the second greatest Italian soundtrack-creators for movies after Ennio Morricone, meaning they're the second greatest soundtrack-creators of all time. Their work with Argento is legendary! Their theme really shoulder's that movie, Contamination.

I have a weird sort of comparison. When I watch that clip of Contamination it reminds me of how musicians use back screens as visual aids at concerts. Pink Floyd was famous for such things. The music is the centerpiece of the show and what is happening on the screen is just the icing on that music cake. It works together but the music is the centerpiece. I get that feeling when I watch the Contamination trailer, that the score is the real star of that film.

 

[the muntjac]

I don't watch fat girl porn.

 

[Nimrod]

I have a weird sort of comparison. When I watch that clip of Contamination it reminds me of how musicians use back screens as visual aids at concerts. Pink Floyd was famous for such things. The music is the centerpiece of the show and what is happening on the screen is just the icing on that music cake. It works together but the music is the centerpiece. I get that feeling when I watch the Contamination trailer, that the score is the real star of that film.

It is sort of, but near the ending of the movie the main alien hypnotizes a man and a woman, this music is used .. but the director uses jump cuts.. it's awful because you just want the music to play.. also during the movie sound effects play quite a part, the eggs come along with a breathing horn sort of effect, it's actually pretty creepy.. I think this movie is great, it could have been epic .. but it's just great instead.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

There's a reason I won't rewatch Wild At Heart.

 

[the muntjac]

Music is pointless unless it is set to the tempo and dictation of visual imagery. If I don't know the music video, I literally imagine a beat visualizer instead. Hence, it is a lower artform.

I feel this gif encapsulates how things are going to end with us now.

Listen up Mr Muntjac! If you keep this insolent, insubordinate attitude going -- then your next "Muntjac's Week" meme will have John Parr in his Angel-Wings costume from Magical!

 

[MusterX]

It is sort of, but near the ending of the movie the main alien hypnotizes a man and a woman, this music is used .. but the director uses jump cuts.. it's awful because you just want the music to play.. also during the movie sound effects play quite a part, the eggs come along with a breathing horn sort of effect, it's actually pretty creepy.. I think this movie is great, it could have been epic .. but it's just great instead.

I feel like I need to check it out.

 

[MusterX]

Where else would you see a woman with the world's strongest grip?

 

[Coolthulu]

Some of my favorite sci-fi's........

Edge of Tomorrow
The Thing
Snowpiecer
2001: A Space Odyssey
Jurassic Park
The Terminator
T2: Judgement Day
Aliens
Children of Men
Donnie Darko

 

[MusterX]

Damn, is there about to be a vote off to determine the most rejected film in the SMC's history?

 

[Nimrod]

I feel like I need to check it out.

It's required viewing if you enjoy Italian shlock.

 

[Nimrod]

Some of my favorite sci-fi's........

Snowpiecer

I have seen this pop up a few times but havnt see it around to watch it yet.. good?

 

[Yotsuya]

Solid B-movie

I really like how it begins with them finding the eggs on Mars, with the evocate music and everything. But I don't really think it achieved its expectations.

I agree. Cozzi does not do well with this kind of detective story. I like the sequel Alien 2 (Alien sulla terra) better and lovecraftian Caltiki -The Immortal Monster has to be mentioned too along Contamination, as both have taken elements from Quatermass Experiment.

 

[Yotsuya]

16 members, 19 votes?

 

[Yotsuya]

Space Hunter adventures in the forbidden zone - 1983

I have pretty magical memories about this movie when I saw it on big screen as a kid. I have not dared to take another look yet, but I've seen bit and pieces of it. Seems more adult oriented than other movies, which were great at that age (Krull, NeverEnding Story, Goonies...), so I could give it a try someday.

 

[Nimrod]

I have pretty magical memories about this movie when I saw it on big screen as a kid. I have not dared to take another look yet, but I've seen bit and pieces of it. Seems more adult oriented than other movies, which were great at that age (Krull, NeverEnding Story, Goonies...), so I could give it a try someday.

Yeah its a lot of fun, i can remember hiring it on vhs from the local rental shop.. Along with madmax 2 .. Great times when you are 12.. I loved molly ringwald.. I had a proper crush on that ginger bob.

 

[europe1]

Some of my favorite sci-fi's........

I was going to give you a like riiiiight until Donnie Darko showed up there at the end.

I have seen this pop up a few times but havnt see it around to watch it yet.. good?

It is epic bonkers. A really great sci-fi movie about a Post-Apocalypse set entirely on a train.

I like the sequel Alien 2 (Alien sulla terra) better

Never got around to that one.

I really enjoy Terminator II though (not the actual Terminator 2 with Schwarzenegger, the Italian rip-off from 1989)

Why am I mentioning this in relation to Alien Sulla Terra? Because despite being called Terminator 2 -- the movie is actually mostly an Alien rip-off.

Yes... the Italians made a movie called Terminator 2... which is an Alien ripoff.<45>

and lovecraftian Caltiki -The Immortal Monster

Wait... whhaa? You've seen Caltiki - The Immortal Monster?

That's one piece of out-of-the-way European horror right there. Mario Bava filmed like a third of the movie, and I really like how you can clearly see which parts he directed just on the increase in style Really liked the beginning of that movie with the Azteck origins of the monster, but thought it was on somewhat of a downward slope from there.

If we're talking European blob-monsters, then I'll have to go with the superior Hammer Horror movie X The Unknown from 1956 though.

as both have taken elements from Quatermass Experiment

I've only seen Quatermass and the Pit, which is a splendid film. Thought about nominating it here a couple of times but I just hate to nominate movies I've already seen.

16 members, 19 votes?

A lot of those votes are from non-members. You can see whom voted for which film if you click the "# vote(s)" button.

Currently, 15 out of 16 members have voted (remember, members who joined after the poll was created don't count in according to the new rules).

Damn, is there about to be a vote off to determine the most rejected film in the SMC's history?

That low-lying scoundrel Yotsuya has apparently made it so!

 

[Yotsuya]

I really enjoy Terminator II though (not the actual Terminator 2 with Schwarzenegger, the Italian rip-off from 1989)

Why am I mentioning this in relation to Alien Sulla Terra? Because despite being called Terminator 2 -- the movie is actually mostly an Alien rip-off.

Yes... the Italians made a movie called Terminator 2... which is an Alien ripoff.<45>

Aka Alienator. Expectations for Bruno Mattei movies are always sky high, so for me his T2 was a disappointment. For my money Mattei's best scifi work is Robowar, a Robocop/Predator clone with Reb Brown!

Wait... whhaa? You've seen Caltiki - The Immortal Monster?

That's one piece of out-of-the-way European horror right there. Mario Bava filmed like a third of the movie, and I really like how you can clearly see which parts he directed just on the increase in style Really liked the beginning of that movie with the Azteck origins of the monster, but thought it was on somewhat of a downward slope from there.

Arrow just released it a while ago as gorgeous BD. The second act was boring, but the ending spectacular and I liked it's mixture of gothic manor horror and Latin American exotica.

If we're talking European blob-monsters, then I'll have to go with the superior Hammer Horror movie X The Unknown from 1956 though.

I've only seen Quatermass and the Pit, which is a splendid film. Thought about nominating it here a couple of times but I just hate to nominate movies I've already seen.

Damn, I have not seen X The Unknown. First Quatermass is nasty body horror for it's era.

That low-lying scoundrel Yotsuya has apparently made it so!

I did what??

 

[europe1]

I did what??

Your vote made it a tie

Just when the movie *I* voted for looked deadset to win:sniper:

Robocop/Predator clone with Reb Brown!

I consider it a supreme shame to this club's reputation that we've had not a single Reb Brown film. But doing so would probably be a breach of the Geneve convention.

Mattei's best

For me, the ending of Rats is just the highpoint in his career. Its just so... gobsmacking in the extreme

 

[Yotsuya]

Your vote made it a tie

Just when the movie *I* voted for looked deadset to win:sniper:

Had to go with the Heinlein mindfuck. No regrets.

I consider it a supreme shame to this club's reputation that we've had not a single Reb Brown film. But doing so would probably be a breach of the Geneve convention.

Not having them could get you in trouble with European Court for Human Rights.

For me, the ending of Rats is just the highpoint in his career. Its just so... gobsmacking in the extreme

Good atmospheric scum cinema!

 

[Yotsuya]

I have seen this pop up a few times but havnt see it around to watch it yet.. good?

Pretty goofy.