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Thesis (Tesis) (1996)
The debut flick for Alejandro Amenábar had a budget of 600 and… More
The debut flick for Alejandro Amenábar had a budget of 600 and unfortunently it shows a bit too often which hurts the flick to some extent: the soundtrack is pretty lame, visually it's pretty boring to look at and the settings are a bit too clean and unmemorable.
However, he manages to capture our attention surprisingly well with this snuff investigation story, keeping us guessing until the end, featuring a handful of memorable scenes and performances, tying everything up with some nice commentary on our obsession with violence and of what draws us to it.
A very confident debut to a director that would sign some upcoming very interesting movies.
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A smart take on the vampire lore genre, Captain Kronos doesn't give… More
A smart take on the vampire lore genre, Captain Kronos doesn't give the attention to the said vampires but onto the bigger than life protagonist with a nicely engaging story and a fair share amount of memorable moments.
It also features a lot of disposable scenes, the setting is pretty boring and uninspired but it still manages to complete the b-sleaze aesthetic it carries nicely enough.
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Yet another cannibalistic flick from Italy, Mountain Of The Cannibal… More
Yet another cannibalistic flick from Italy, Mountain Of The Cannibal God assembles a rather impressive cast with awful results. It's a movie that doesn't say anything at all and doesn't have a point at all. You can see that by the gratuitous shots of animal violence that add nothing to the flick and are only there for shock value. The rest is just an incoherent mess that drags on forever and not even by having a female protagonist in it, changes anything (cause it certainly had that potential with Ursula Andress aboard). Avoidable shock flick.
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The Exterminator (1980)
This movie became infamous for exploitative scenes of violence and… More
This movie became infamous for exploitative scenes of violence and gore... that don't happen at all, they're mostly suggestive but whatever.
The gritty tone of Exterminator sets it apart from most vigilante based 80s flicks, which is an immediate turn off for the majority of audiences but it's not on this approach that the movie fails. It's on an unbalanced script that's more concerned on punishing detestable characters and not having a more evolving story in the process. Hell, the motive that sets the Exterminator on a rampage is not that shocking and the post-war Vietname stress the main character is suffering from seems to get lost on his motives too.
A failed opportunity.
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