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4K restauration of The Wicker Man (1973, not the Cage-one) is on sale on iTunes if you’re into classics. Bought it for 6€ yesterday, and gave it a cursory look. Worth it.

It’s the 88 minute theatrical cut.

    Appreciate the heads-up Hanners, will have a think 🤔

    Abigail. A group of specially chosen strangers are tasked to kidnap a 12 yr old girl in the hope of sharing a 50 million ransom. They just have to keep her for 24hrs in a large abandoned house and wait for the cash. Horror with a sense of humour and i had a great time with it.

    That’s the first positive review of Abigail I’ve seen to date.

    My bar is probably lower than most but it’s 84% on Rotten Tomatoes so there must be some others out there

    Homegrove
    Will have to own up to never seeing 😳

    Just had a peep and looks like Midsommar was heavily influenced by?

    I love Midsommar, freaky as fuck, are the two essentially the same film?

      Mad_Cyril The Wicker Man is pretty mild until the end. Midsommar gets nasty earlier. And of course the other is 50 years old, so some differences come from that. 😃

      Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
      Two brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman & Ethan Hawke) decide to rob their parents jewelry store which goes wrong. The story jumps all over the place but is still rather good with few a twist and turns. It also stars the gorgeous Marisa Tomei. 7.5/10

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        I watched The Wicker Man today. This is not a horror movie, it’s a folk musical. 😃

        It’s the movie’s 30th anniversary tomorrow, so we watched the new 4K remaster of The Crow tonight. I was a big fan of all things goth in the 90s (still am actually) so naturally I was obsessed with this movie. It’s got the 90s aesthetics on stereoids, and one of the best soundtracks of all time. The movie hasn’t aged very gracefully, but I liked that it’s so 1994 on this rewatch. The 4K-version also looks fantastic, well worth an iTunes-rental if you too were a fan and won’t mind a bit of a nostalgia here and there. I bought it from there for 4,99 €, rental is 3,99 €. The 4K Blu Ray was a bit steeply priced for this movie at about 30 €. 😃

          whatever yeah. There’s apparently some computer trickery done to save the movie (he died midshoot (so to speak)), but I didn’t spot any. I did spot some body double stuff where he was facing away from camera without it making sense in the scene.

            Homegrove

            Yeah thought so. Gonna try and track that one down. Don’t think I ever watched it before.

              whatever oof if you’re not watching it with nostalgia-tinted glasses it might be a bit rough watch.

              That Dune coffee table book with Josh Brolin and the cinematographer looks quite tasty. I’d probably invest in that before the blurays, @Homegrove.