Fair enough. I was actually shocked at how bad it was.
My girlfriend was rolling her eyes the entire time and said ‘Has the director even ever spoken to a Woman?’
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I also saw it 20 years after first seeing it at the cinema and felt the same way as you. Cruise is just such a strange choice as lead and so unconvincing. Odd film, and I’m a Kubrick fan.
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I was looking for something to watch tonight 
Didn’t quite work for me. Candyman meets It Follows. Gets real dumb midway through and familiar tropes. You’ll spot the ending a mile away. 6/10
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Caught the first two episodes of Wolf - marmite TV at its best. I’m enjoying it, although it is quite silly.
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LOVED It Follows and have been wanting to find something that scratches a similar itch without falling apart into cliché.
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It’s nearly there but not quite. It Follows has such a vibe about it, the way it’s shot is beautiful
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Really enjoyed this…
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I hadn’t thought of the “It Follows” similarities and without any spoilers I see what you mean! Liked Talk To Me a lot, I liked the young cast and that Aussie bleak darkness similar to Babadook. Read today the guys that made it were involved in that.
Mrs Chris is away with work so tonight it’s “The Innocents”
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I thought The Innocents was amazing
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Agree with this take 100%
It Follows had a great premise and story but it’s unique vibe was the best thing about it
There was a certain timelessness to it, like it didn’t commit to a specific era, it was really great and lingered with me for a long time
Shout out to the Disasterpeace soundtrack too, especially for the opening scene, menacing in every sense
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That rotating camera pan shot as the ‘evil’ approaches!!
Brilliant film.
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There was a trailer for the new Exorcist amongst others, it’s a sequel. Holy shit that’s a risky one, it’s the benchmark horror for me. The effects were of the time but were done well considering. The build up is far more ominous. Amazing film. Best of luck to them!
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It’ll be total shite!
Think the sequel looks ace and the creative minds behind it are some of the few in horror I can get behind these days. Appreciate how they’re tying into the first film and from what I understand, this film and the proposed sequels will further tap into the mythology (Burstyn is signed on for a trilogy if you can believe that at her age), so likely to acknowledge more as it goes on.
Big risk, for sure, with a film that old (with which almost no sequel has been well received as well). Still, optimistic, and appreciate the angle they’re coming at it with. I see a lot of Blatty and his other novels in how they seem to be coming at this one.
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I think it might be quite decent!
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Got me thinking about the ‘passing on’ of evil being quite a common theme in horrors
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It was the whole Mum thing for me where I felt the wheels started to come off…
Just watched Michael Mann’s ‘Insider’ from -99 featuring loads of intensity between Pacino and Russell Crowe. Good film, great cinematography. Crowe at his finest, up there with LA Confidential from the same era.
Good soundtrack as well.
Felt this scene on my skin:
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