The strangest thing about this weeks movie is that it was released in an age of DVDs... The entire premise of the movie is that you, the viewer, have rented a VHS tape of a movie called 'The Last Horror Movie' only to find that (apart from the first scene) someone has recorded over it.
It really is important to the movie (especially the ending) that you buy into the 'recorded over' premise, but as far as I can tell, this movie has never been released on VHS, so a larger-than-average suspension of disbelief is required.
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Sunday, 17 February 2013
Saturday, 16 February 2013
The Last Horror Movie - Lisa's Review
So to a goody this week! YAY!! I have watched this movie before, but as its a relatively short one (an hour and 15 mins) it was easy to watch again.
So firstly I have to say, I don't know how swayed I was with my opinion on this movie, by how jaw droppingly delicious the actor is. I'm hoping not so, but I just thought I would state that upfront in case I've missed something and loved a movie that is monumentally terrible purely through the delight of a rare perv.
Anyways... back to the movie. This is the story of Max, a handsome, personable wedding videographer who has an interesting little sideline. The thing is... he's a serial killer. This serial killer sets out to make an 'intelligent horror movie' which challenges the viewer to think about their preconceptions and actual real-time reactions to what they are watching. It raises quite a few interesting questions about people who enjoy this kind of movie (people like me you could say). Of course, its all make believe and we all know that (I would have no desire to watch something I KNEW was real), but it does beggar the question, why on earth do we enjoy watching more and more realistic footage of people meeting brutal ends?
Although finding Max so visually appealing, I still feel there would be a common thread with the male viewer. I would be surprised if men did not find him personable, interesting and intelligent. That's the wierd juxtaposition (if thats the right word to use in this instance)... One minute you're watching him, nodding along to something he's saying, actually starting to like this guy... next minute you're feeling all judgemental (as he himself points out) and you're recoiling from the acts he is committing on screen... distancing yourself from it and him. Yet again, he reels you in.... again, he shocks you by his barbarity and lack of any kind of empathy. Its like a game of cat and mouse all the way through.
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Week 91 - The Last Horror Movie
Year: 2003
Reviews / Author Comments due: 16/02/2013
Reason for Inclusion: Temporarily voluntarily Withdraw by UK distributors following link to real-life double murder.
BBFC Status: Passed uncut in 2004
DVD: LINK
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