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Post by slayrrr666 on Oct 27, 2010 10:08:57 GMT -5
I'm kinda impressed actually, they're not all that bad. They mix in the old-school Gothic imagery that I usually love with a slight modern touch, and feel pretty close in spirit to the early 70s European stuff I love with an extreme passion. Creepy visuals with a lot of extreme bloodshed, just the way I like my films.
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 8, 2010 11:26:32 GMT -5
Great news on this front:
I was checking up the stations that I did since I found all those films a while back, and in the same style as those, they'll show one I've been waiting a long time for: La horripilante bestia humana, or Night of the Bloody Apes. It's number 3 on my list to check out, after Alucarda and Even the Wind is Afraid. I'll be able to update this one in a couple days.
And when I mentioned it as being in the same style, it's being broadcast on a Spanish-language channel. So, yeah, there's the language barrier creeping up, and once again, I'll be watching a film in a language I don't speak, but as I mentioned before in my write-ups on the other films, that didn't stop me from enjoying them so we'll see where this goes.
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Post by Fenril on Nov 9, 2010 13:01:25 GMT -5
You might want to check if it's the unedited version, tho' (basically, the edited version cuts out all the nudity and really tones down the gore). Hope you enjoy it, anyway.
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Post by Fenril on Nov 9, 2010 13:48:31 GMT -5
One thing I forgot to add: concerning Hasta el viento tiene miedo (or Even the wind is afraid); the movie I was talking about is a 1968 production ( www.imdb.com/title/tt0061752/), but there is a 2007 remake( www.imdb.com/title/tt0907301/) which is... kinda like the current U. S. remakes, not very good at all. So if you run across this movie on DVD or for downloading or on tv, make sure it's the right version. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 10, 2010 11:00:52 GMT -5
Yeah, I know there's two versions, I was talking about the original when I was mentioning it.  |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 12, 2010 11:44:03 GMT -5
Caught Night of the Bloody Apes (La horripilante bestia humana) last night, again in the same condition as the majority of the previous ones completely in Spanish with no English help at all, but still, I have to say I was impressed with it.
Cheesy-looking title creature, lots of weirdness in a plot that goes all over the place yet I think I figured out what was going on, a woman wrestler who accidentally kills her opponent during a match discovers that her body is being used to control the Frankenstein-like experiment of a mad scientist who has transplanted an ape's heart into a human who then goes on a brutal, violent rampage. I think that's right, kinda follows roughly the action in the film and what little I know of it's reputation when I was looking it up to enter it into my lists, but even still, it's a lot of fun with it's gore, sleaze and cheese, three qualities upon which I highly seek out in my films.
I do wish that the wrestling matches were a little longer, they were kinda fun, and it did have a lot of scenes with the scientists talking together in giant meetings that I didn't know what was going on since it featured the language barrier at it's greatest, and the low-budget does show up in the cheesy-looking creature, but it's not as if I can say I hated the film.
If I was going to put it into the ranking system, I'll now go:
1. Grave Robbers
2. Cemetery of Terror
3. Fangs of the Werewolf
4. Don't Panic
5. Night of the Bloody Apes
6. Killer Bees
7. Tintorera!
8 The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
9. The Mansion of Madness
10. The Man and the Beast
11. Santa Sangre
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Post by Fenril on Nov 12, 2010 12:46:36 GMT -5
Glad to hear you enjoyed this movie, as well. Cheesy-looking title creature, lots of weirdness in a plot that goes all over the place yet I think I figured out what was going on, a woman wrestler who accidentally kills her opponent during a match discovers that her body is being used to control the Frankenstein-like experiment of a mad scientist who has transplanted an ape's heart into a human who then goes on a brutal, violent rampage. That's about right; the only think you missed is that the human with the ape heart is supossed to be the scientist's son. But really, this is the kind of movie where plot is just an excuse for violent shenanigans. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 15, 2010 11:31:05 GMT -5
Oh, well I guess that explains why he kept calling him "hijo" when he was on top of the hospital. In my notes, I thought that was his name and was spelling it Juanito because I heard it that way, but when you said that, I typed it into a translator and found nothing, and finally screwing around with different spellings came across the somewhat close hijo and found it meant son, so that makes a little more sense in that he would not want his son hurt rather than how I had it that he wanted to keep his experiment under control.
Plus, an extra bit of good news: I came across two more Mexican horror films over the weekend, unfortunately I couldn't ask you about them in time: Angel of Light (Angeluz) and The Beast is Alive (La bestia vive).
Angel of Light was definitely pretty good, if a bit more concerned with it's talkier points a bit more exaggerated than the previous films so I know I'm missing a lot of the plot line here, about a man possessed by a spirit of some kind (I want to say it was demonic in nature, but yet they kept showing off Angelic sculptures and artwork when he was supposed to be under it's influence, so I'm not entirely sure here) and when his actions defending his friends draw attention from a government agency, they have to rescue him before they harm him. Pretty decent action scenes, including a spectacular sequence when he destroys a group of punks tormenting his friends in a wild manner, full of demonic howling, brawling, throwing people around into furniture across the room and snapping bones, spraying blood all over the place as well as an attempted rape thrown in for good measure, and with a couple of rather good deaths scattered throughout, it was pretty enjoyable overall.
The Beast is Alive was actually a better film even before the loss of understanding through lack of translation, as it was about a group of robbers who stumble upon a long-buried horde of gold and awaken it's spiritual guardian, who cuts a swath of bloodshed across the group as they also have to deal with the Mafia or another hoodlum group, I kinda got lost in that section, who are also targeting the group, and must call upon a troubled priest to save themselves from the killer. A bit more action, a smattering of Gothic imagery and atmosphere, some decent scares and a nice heaping of gore made me quite impressed with it, and I figure this one will definitely go up once I understand what actually happened.
So I guess once again I should update my listings:
1. Grave Robbers
2. Cemetery of Terror
3. Fangs of the Werewolf
4. Don't Panic
5. The Beast is Alive
6. Night of the Bloody Apes
7. Killer Bees
8. Angel of Light
9. Tintorera!
10. The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
11. The Mansion of Madness
12. The Man and the Beast
13. Santa Sangre
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Post by Fenril on Nov 15, 2010 23:40:19 GMT -5
Angel of Light was definitely pretty good, if a bit more concerned with it's talkier points a bit more exaggerated than the previous films so I know I'm missing a lot of the plot line here, about a man possessed by a spirit of some kind (I want to say it was demonic in nature, but yet they kept showing off Angelic sculptures and artwork when he was supposed to be under it's influence, so I'm not entirely sure here) The original (full) title is "Angeluz, ángel o demonio" (Angelus, angel or demon), the idea is that the kid is literally Angeluz itself, a fallen angel who kinda wants to be good again except he still has a grudge against humanity, hence the artwork. Glad to hear you enjoyed these two as well. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 16, 2010 11:07:23 GMT -5
Oh, so that would explain that he's changing into the demon-figure with all the horns and bony-knobs on his face yet we see Angelic statues and stuff during the changes. That was what confused me, and I figured it would be in the dialogue that would be explained, cool.
So that brings up another follow-up question: what was Hugo Stiglitz's character doing? He seems to be tracking the guy down, helps capture him, yet is the one that helps his friends save him in the facility.
But thanks for the help anyway.
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Post by Fenril on Nov 16, 2010 15:05:51 GMT -5
So that brings up another follow-up question: what was Hugo Stiglitz's character doing? He seems to be tracking the guy down, helps capture him, yet is the one that helps his friends save him in the facility. Dr. Vera (Stiglitz's character) is the descendent of a priest who fought the Angeluz in medieval times (he's the one in a priest robe in flasbacks). Vera wants to capture Angeluz but seeks to redeem him; when he realizes that the organization he works with wants to kill Angeluz, Vera helps him escape because he believes that an angel is more important than his evil human colleagues. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 17, 2010 11:29:18 GMT -5
What do you mean redeem him, like get rid of his hatred for mankind? Or just cure him of his possession? That's a little confusing.
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Post by Fenril on Nov 17, 2010 17:09:29 GMT -5
What do you mean redeem him, like get rid of his hatred for mankind? Or just cure him of his possession? That's a little confusing. The former, he just wants the fallen angel to be an angel again. |
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Post by slayrrr666 on Nov 18, 2010 11:10:10 GMT -5
Okay, so then let me put all the pieces together and see if I get it all:
-A young man is possessed by the fallen angel Angelus, who despite an intense hatred of mankind, wants to be known as a good soul.
-While still grappling with his powers, they inadvertently are put to use to save his friends from a gang attack.
-Due to the high-profile attention those attacks make, it garners the attention of Dr. Vera and a special government research team, who capture the possessed kid and take him to a government lab.
-While in the lab, Dr. Vera comes to the realization that, as an ancestor of his did, he can help Angelus be good again by helping him relieve his hatred for mankind.
-To do so, he enlists his friends to help in breaking him out of the government lab to take him away and get him help, but he goes berserk and rampages through the facility, requiring them to put him down once and for all.
Did I get it right?
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Post by Fenril on Nov 18, 2010 17:32:48 GMT -5
Okay, so then let me put all the pieces together and see if I get it all: -A young man is possessed by the fallen angel Angelus, who despite an intense hatred of mankind, wants to be known as a good soul. -While still grappling with his powers, they inadvertently are put to use to save his friends from a gang attack. -Due to the high-profile attention those attacks make, it garners the attention of Dr. Vera and a special government research team, who capture the possessed kid and take him to a government lab. -While in the lab, Dr. Vera comes to the realization that, as an ancestor of his did, he can help Angelus be good again by helping him relieve his hatred for mankind. -To do so, he enlists his friends to help in breaking him out of the government lab to take him away and get him help, but he goes berserk and rampages through the facility, requiring them to put him down once and for all. Did I get it right? Very close. -A young man is possessed by the fallen angel Angelus, who despite an intense hatred of mankind, wants to be known as a good soul. -While still grappling with his powers, they inadvertently are put to use to save his friends from a gang attack. The young man in question, Miguel, isn't possesed by the Angeluz, he is the Angeluz itself, who has lived for centuries, donning human disguises. When the movie starts he's posing as a goth teenager (complete with adoptive mother and everything). He uses his powers to help with the gang attack and to help a homeless man on the street. -While in the lab, Dr. Vera comes to the realization that, as an ancestor of his did, he can help Angelus be good again by helping him relieve his hatred for mankind. The original Vera, the Inquisitor, wanted to kill the Angeluz. The present-day Vera (presumably due to his family's various encounters with it) knows that the Angeluz was once an angel, and so wants to help him. To this end, he joins some sort of company (what the company itself is, it's never made clear). -To do so, he enlists his friends to help in breaking him out of the government lab to take him away and get him help, but he goes berserk and rampages through the facility, requiring them to put him down once and for all. Correct, and apparently the fact that he at least tried to help some humans gets him into heaven again (hence the last scene). |
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