This is everything wrong with Hollywood
Another shitty blockbuster starring The Rock who everyone is sick of
shareAnother shitty blockbuster starring The Rock who everyone is sick of
shareI lost interest in Johnson a long time ago. I feel zero excitement or anticipation now when I hear of a new Rock-project.
shareThe Rock is going to do a bio-pic next directed by Benny Safdie called The Smashing Machine. Think he's sick of stuff like this and ready for some real acting roles.
shareA Rock/Safdie collab was definitely not something I had on my bingo card.
shareProblem is he can’t act.
He plays the exact same character in every role.
So playing the same character means an actor can’t act? No that’s just range. The Rock has range (he’s good in Ballers) he just obviously has settled into not really expanding his variety. He collects a massive pay check and is fine with it.
shareI've kinda checked out of Hollywood movies for the time being. Not intentionally, but I'm watching a ton of European (mostly Italian) horror/sleaze/exploitation from the 70s and 80s, and enjoying it so damn much. It's actually fun; I used to feel that way about Hollywood movies, but these days it seems less and less from there interests me.
shareDoctorThirteen, I've been doing exactly the same for the past few years, I'm finding it hard to track down some decent Italian horror/sleaze/exploitation from the 70s and 80 as I've watched quite a few. Can you drop me some recommendations on here please? I'm dying to watch some.
shareSure, here are some horror/giallo/nunsploitation I've enjoyed (including some greats from the 60s),
The Whip and the Body (1963)
Crypt of Horror (1964)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Count Dracula (1970)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
Web of the Spider (1971)
Murder Mansion (1972)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
The Nun and the Devil (1973)
Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)
The Sinful Nuns of St Valentine (1974)
Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
Eyeball (1975)
Anthropophagous (1980)
City of the Living Dead (1980)
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
The Other Hell (1981)
The New York Ripper (1982)
The Sect (1991)
Hope there's some there you haven't already seen!
Thank you!
I have yet to see:
The Whip and the Body (1963)
Crypt of Horror (1964)
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)
The Nun and the Devil (1973)
Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)
The Sinful Nuns of St Valentine (1974)
Eyeball (1975))
The Other Hell (1981)
The Sect (1991)
I really fancy The Sect, and Eyeball, I've got a link saved to The Other Hell on YouTube at present, so I'll watch that as it's immediately available.
No worries. The Whip and the Body and Crypt of Horror both star Christopher Lee (he did quite a few movies in Europe around that time). Eyeball is bonkers as hell (in a good way) and pretty heavy on the sleaze. Hope you enjoy!
shareI've obtained The Sect and will now be watching that on the weekend, I also found Eyeball on Youtube, so will give that a shot too. I was aware of Mr Lee doing a few Euro films, yes, the quality of which aren't too great from what I've seen. I've heard of The Whip & The Body before, I guess I should watch that one as it's Bava, right?
shareThe Whip and the Body is outstanding, and might just be my favourite Christopher Lee performance of all. And I can't think of any Bava movie that looks better. I hope the version of Eyeball on YT isn't censored as there's a good amount of sleaze and gore (inc eyeballs!) in that.
sharei HOPE THE SLEEZE AND GORE IS INTACT! I've enjoyed most of the Umberto Lenzi films that I've seen. OK, I'll make the effort to watch Whip, but make sure I source a coupy that is a godo cpy as you advised it's a good looking film. Cheers for the help fella.
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