Geoff Murphy's The Quiet Earth (1985) and Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's The House that Screamed (1969) were my favourite discoveries this month. Two vastly different films; two unforgettable endings.
March proved to be a noteworthy month for blogs I read on the regular: The Martorialist shared his Desert Island DVDs; Ashton wrote fresh film reviews again; and British Horror Films returned to the fold after its winter hiatus.
Film:
The Haunted Castle (F. W. Murnau, 1921)*
Kansas City Confidential (Phil Karlson, 1952)*
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (Ranald McDougall, 1959)*
Orgy of the Dead (Stephen C. Apostolof, 1965)*
Funeral in Berlin (Guy Hamilton, 1966)
The House that Screamed (Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, 1969)*
Soldier Blue (Ralph Nelson, 1970)*
Bloody Moon (Jesús Franco, 1981)
The Quiet Earth (Geoff Murphy, 1985)*
Killer Party (William Fruet, 1986)
Infernal Rapist (Damián Acosta Esparza & José Medina, 1988)*
Croupier (Mike Hodges, 1998)
Sin City (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino, 2005)
Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009)
Avengement (Jesse V. Johnson, 2019)*
Cocaine Bear (Elizabeth Banks, 2023)*
Consecration (Christopher Smith, 2023)*
The Whale (Darren Aronofsky, 2023)*
Television:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Alan J.W. Bell, 1981)
Teenage Diaries: In Bed with Chris Needham (Tony Steyger, 1992)*
The Doors - Morrison Hotel (John Albarian & Jeff Jampol, 2022)*
Mastermind Episodes 24 - 27 (Bill Wright, 2022 / 2023)*
*First time viewings.
Dada Debaser Notes:
- On the subject of unforgettable film endings: Soldier Blue, WTF?
- Props to Chris Needham for staying true to the game long after the BBC doc.
- Avengenment's The Horse & Jockey might not have made my fave movie pubs selection, but to its credit, it is the location for the best pub fight I've seen in ages.
- Never even realised until now that was Peter Davison as the Dish of the Day in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- It's a shame about Ray Liotta, but Cocaine Bear is an early contender for worst film of 2023.
- Had no intention to see The Whale, but that bridge troll's hilarious rant in The Guardian made me want to watch it. Rage bait done right!
- Hilarious seeing Gaspar Noé recently in the Severin Cellar and acting like he was appearing on an episode of Supermarket Sweep. Can't front, I would've done the same:
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