Under the Skin
Masterpiece.
Johnanson’s nude scene is what got all the press, but it’s an interesting, highly unusual film that I sort of observed at arm’s length for its technique and style rather than getting involved in it.
I wanted to like that, but it frustrated me to no end.
Terror Train- Utterly mediocre Halloween knockoff. Does almost nothing interesting with its setting, which some other directors would have a field day with. Not particularly gory by today’s standards, though too well-made to qualify as straight exploitation. John Alcott, Stanley Kubrick’s cinematographer, does conjure up a few interesting images and shadows. Otherwise, not shot with much style, uninteresting characters, doesn’t milk any of its ideas enough, and not outrageous enough to work as exploitation. Sadly, overall, just boring.
Wow. How do you go from lensing The Shining to Terror Train? A job is a job I guess. I’m curious enough to check it out now.
He’s gotta eat, I suppose. It’s watchable as slasher movies go, but nowhere near as stylish as Carpenter’s movie. My old film teacher’s favorite punching bag was Halloween, and I too beat on it for years. but more slasher films that follow in its wake that I watch, the more that I realize that I was rather unfair.
PS- Does anyone here know anything about that Mad Max mono?