Official last movie you saw thread

End of Days (1999)

American action horror film. It's about an alcoholic former NYPD detective who finds himself embroiled in a religious conflict and must protect an innocent young woman who is chosen by evil forces to conceive the Antichrist with Satan. Good effects for the time, some cool stunts, an entertaining story and the cast (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robin Tunney, Gabriel Byrne, Miriam Margolyes, Rod Steiger, Kevin Pollak, Udo Kier, CCH Pounder, Mark Margolis and more) is very good, too. Overall this movie is definitely better than I expected. Can recommend.

Stahlfabrik (2017)

German mystery horror short film. It's about a guy recording a video who receives a mysterious package. Yeah, it's not bad but it's probably better if you actually know the people/youtube channel that made it. Can't recommend it.

Ruin (2011)

American animated action short film. It's about a man on a mission who is being followed by a killer drone. In today's episode of "early short films by good directors" I decided to check out this one made by Wes Ball, who most recently directed Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) and before that the Maze Runner trilogy. Funnily enough, this animated short actually got him the Maze Runner job. And it's very entertaining, so I can recommend it.

Barbarian (2022). Decent horror, but not anything new.

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film. Rewatched this yesterday and I still love it (and I still want We're Wolves).

Papillon (1973)
I liked the movie, some very interesting shots. 4/5

Tales of Terror (1962)

American comedy horror film. (This movie consists of three short sequences, based on the Edgar Allan Poe short stories, so I'll split my review into three sub-reviews.)

Morella

It's about a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned. Cast consisting of Vincent Price, Locke Maggie Pierce, Lenora Locke, Leona Gage, Morella Locke and Ed Cobb. It's in my opinion the weakest of the three stories, but still good.

The Black Cat

It's about a drunkard and his wife's black cat. Cast consisting of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jameson, Lennie Weinrib, Wally Campo and more. I really like the scenes dynamic between Price and Lorre.

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

It's about a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death. Cast consisting of Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget, David Frankham and more. Price and Rathbone play very well off each other here. Also cool makeup effects. This is probably the best out of the three stories.

Overall I can definitely recommend this. One of the few Corman-Price-Poe movies I haven't seen yet. Not my favourite of the bunch, but it's definitely worth the watch.

This is the beginning of my week of Roger Corman movies because sadly, he just passed away. If you don't recognize the name, let me tell you a bit about him. He was one of the most influential film people ever. He gave a start to directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles and James Cameron, actors like Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd and William Shatner and was all around a massive influence to everyone who came after him, directly or indirectly. He directed over 50 movies and produced almost 500. He handled U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut and Akira Kurosawa. For me, he was a legend. I know that word gets thrown around way too much these days, but he definitely deserves to be called that. I can't even imagine how different the world of cinema would've been nowadays if it wasn't for him. There's a high chance that on any given movie there are people who were influenced by someone who was influenced by Roger Corman. Now this titan of cinema has passed away at 98 and the world just got a little darker.

Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)

American biographical crime action film. It's about the criminal activities of the real-life gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly. It was a big hit for Roger Corman and Charles Bronson's first leading role. Overall I can very much recommend this, even (or especially) if you only know about the other Machine Gun Kelly.