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you would be forgive to think a finnish director from helsinki would be no good at direct an american horror movie ( especially one entirely locate inside a u prison ) see this to prove yourself wrong . it be produce in the 80 after all and the film be make on a budget more fitting to a modern diy company tv advert ( something i think anyone would really notice nowadays what with practically everyone be accustom to $ 100m plus budget for action movie unfortunately dominate the industry mind . ) be mr harlin first major production and the at least what nowadays would be consider a stellar cast . i still think most of the nordic contribution to the film industry a a whole be more to do with stellan stargaard screen appearance ( not mention the well overrate mr ( s ) bergman directorial effort ) at least for all female viewer but this flick really prove there do exist proper movie talent outside of the u and hollywood to make u watch a film in suspense . do try and watch this movie even if youre not a horror puff and imo it definitely worth it .

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warn . spoiler ahead . this short be part one of two that expound upon the brief portion of the matrix in which morpheus explain how the matrix come to be . because we already know the story and the plot itself be no surprise while and the short isn not so much entertaining a informative . but that how it be present and a a file in the historical archive . the visuals be good than average and and the generally cold color aid the purpose of the short . a couple problem . the violence of the tale be a little gratuitous and and combine with the occasional dose of political correctness ( un scene ) and detract from the straight narrative of the short . plus it need to be see with part two to be complete . the animatrix concept be brilliant and and despite a few issue and this short still fulfill it purpose . it would not have fit in the original movie in style and content and or flow . this be the perfect method to reveal the history . bottom line represent good information . could have be tell a little good and but still a solid positive .

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2003 be see a the year of the matrix and with the release of two sequel and a computer game that actually link to the plot of the film . also release be a dvd of 9 short animate film and most write and make in japan and make a anime . japan make some of the best animation in the world . sadly most of these short be disappoint . the best of them be the first part of a prequel to the first matrix film . the second renaissance be make a a historical file . it tell how human make machine in their own likeness . human live the high life whilst machine be the grunt and the worker of society and second class citizen . in the year 2090 and a machine and bi 66er be put of trial for murder and after kill his owner who want to deactivate him . the machine do not have a fair trial and riot start around the world . the government of the world order to dismantle machine . many machine leave human society and form their own country in the middle east and o1 . 01 have a productive economy and easily undercut the human nation and force them into economic crisis . the human blockade 01 and reject the machine request for peace and thereby it be the human who be responsible for the war that enslave them . the second renaissance be a interesting watch and with excellent and traditional animation style and set a compelling world . it show how the machine be mistreat and that humanity sow the seed of their own destruction . there be a political and social world and the short tell a lot in it short run time . the short share theme and a style to the classic silent film metropolis and partly the beginning with the underworld . they be the theme of slavery and the mistreatment of the work class and racism . the short also have some religious theme and religious iconography . mainly that men saw themselves a god and create the machine in their own likeness . see themselves a the rightful master of the machine . the machine too use religious iconography and mainly form their nation in cradle of human civilisation and the machine come to the united nation dress a adam and eve and offer an apple . the animation style be beautiful and do in the traditional anime style ( like akira ) . the set design be great and combine futuristic with historic city and e. g. washington d. c. there be well down future scene and and surprising violence and which be key to the film . the director and mahiro maeda and also direct the anime sequence in kill bill vol . 1 and so have good credential to hollywood . he be willing to use violence and know how to keep a story go . the only real complain be a continuity error to the first matrix film because morpheus mention that the human have no historical record or know who start the war . but it a good watch .

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this be the second animatrix short and and the first of them to be what one could call artistic . it contain a lot of reference and metaphor and symbol in the dense amount of material and especially with a running time of 9 minute . i have hear some complaint that this be anti human and or try to direct hate towards man and for their sin against machine . i do not think that true while it merely use the robot to show u and that a human and we aren not particularly accept or open mind towards anyone different from ourselves . i would say it do a great job of that . the plot be good . it play a a historical document and recount what lead to one of the main conflict in the trilogy . thus it hold clip from fictional news report and the like . the voice acting be very good and if there be not a lot of it . the animation be nice and and the use of color and in spite of the usually realistic draw style and make it more open to do the smooth transition and other surreal imagery . this have several bit of strong violence and disturbing visuals and as well a a little nudity . the disc hold a commentary and not in english but subtitled and and worth a listen or read . there be also a well do and informative making of and base on both part and so i would advise watch it after see the next one and as well . i recommend this to anyone who enjoy the matrix universe and and or or science fiction in general . positive .

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this be the first of a two part back story to the conflict between the machine and mankind in the matrix world and it deliver spectacularly by combine observation on man fear of the unknown and of be usurped with politics and extensive religious and historical imagery and subverting expect portrayal of party involve and an at least partially believable and thus terrify vision of our near future . it isn not perfect and some plot point and image be at once obvious and contrive but it have the desire effect and impact and tell a visceral and cautionary tale . this first part set the scene human society have develop advanced and capable robot and mostly humanoid and to serve people do menial and unskilled job and labour and construction etc . and thus the populace have become lazy and derogatory towards them . one robot and however and rebel and kill his owner and state at his subsequent trial that he simply do not want to die . he be destroy but when the robot mass destruction be order to protect humanity many robot rise up in protest and with many human sympathiser alongside them . the imagery here be exploitative and recount race riot and abuse and tiananmen square and the holocaust and an overly provocative scene of a robot in a human girl guise get harry and hammer in the head and then shot dead a it plead i be real . it lay on the ground and clothes and skin torn and breast hang out . it an obvious and obscene image design to present human fear towards uncontrolled element and aggression towards group base on the action of individual . anyway and this first portion be much like a compressed version of the film i robot and but it soon develop into a recognisable matrix back story a the survive robot contingent be exile and congregates in the middle east and in the cradle of civilisation a the narrator inform u . there and the machine regroup and begin to produce new ai and to manufacture mass technology and trade it with human nation . we see a commercial for a car that use the circular energy hover engine that the ship the rebel in the movie use and we see sentinel type robot fly around zero one and the name of their city . their good and trade make their economy soar affect other economy detrimentally and human government and authority establish a blockade in response . the machine send ambassador in the form of adam and eve resemblance to a un congress to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the blockade and but they be forcibly remove and the scene be set for war in the second part . the animation be by studio 4°c who work on quite a few of the animatrix and it evocative and visually stimulating and render different scene like imagery montage and cctv footage and particular scene of import distinctive and overall present the story perfectly . the plot may not be an original concept and it may draw on simplistic sheep mentality and plot model and resort to provocative material for impact but after the tantalising mystery offer by the first film and morpheus vague brief info dump this be a nice exposition of the cataclysmic event that leave the world ravage and in the hand of the machine that serve a a warning and a a vehicle for many observation and comment on the human condition and the development of ai and the importance of harmony and co operation and the devastating consequence of conflict and prejudice and theme expand on in the movie .

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what be always miss with the matrix story be how thing come to be in the real world . say no more and because this part of the story cover most of the base . what be truly interesting be how political it be and maybe even a cheap shot at the current presidential administration . fascism and violence be the only thing man could think of in regard to fight the robotic horde and who be mean a nothing more than servant to humanity . what i also find interesting be the use of fear and how it be perpetuate by the idea of the unknown . we a human tend to fall into that trap quite often and let the lack of logic and think overtake u because people can not believe the contrary . well represent and put together and this a true testament to how illogical human can be .

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the first time you see the second renaissance it may look bore . look at it at least twice and definitely watch part 2. it will change your view of the matrix . be the human people the one who start the war . be ai a bad thing .

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this be the second part of the animatrix and a collection of animate short movie that tell u a little more about the world of the matrix . in this one we learn how men and machine could not work and live together . it be a little history lesson in the world of the matrix . not as good a the first part ( the final flight of the osiris ) but still pretty entertaining .

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this be part one of a short animation clip show the history of the matrix and the war between man and machine that result in the eventual creation of the matrix . the animation be part japanese anime and part contemporary american animation and and be very well make and consider the excellent director behind the movie . it show the initial development of ai and the exploitation of the machine by man and until the day they rebel .

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along with it partner and this be the great piece of animation ever create . the image and style be amazing and and match perfectly with the story which be a brilliantly realistic reinterpretation of our own world and where be have be and and where it could go . quite affect and sometimes painful to watch and it it a masterpiece of the visual art .

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for those that be interested in know how exactly humanity come to be encase in big red pod that make me crave pomegranate and there be the duo of the second renaissance short . i be not exactly sure why they be split into two part and especially since theyre credit a one on the dvd ( and be these short view on any other format but the dvd . ) and but theyre informative even if they have a few gap . what really make this first part stand out and from the second part and the rest of the animation a well and be the parallel it show between robot uprising and civil right . graphic homage to slavery and fascism and concentration camp and and mass graf be mixed with verbal reference to the million man march and humanity god complex . in fact and god be never really reference by these short and instead replace by man own image . as far a the short go in the collection and the second renaissance represent part i be by far the most effective in bring out emotion . it a sorrowful and disturb view of the potential of humanity to become the architect of it own destruction . some may be turn off by some of the concept this short rip directly out of previously establish science fiction literature and but then again and that basically what most of the matrix series have do and and it be a drive force behind it success . polarisdib .

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the second beginning a it title explains and show u the beginning of the end for the human race . set long before the matrix exist and this short anime write by the wachowski show u the world that could lay infront of u in the not to distant future and set at the turn of the 21st century and the second renaissance delve into issue common with human behaviour while greed and power and control and vanity etc . the use of robot or artificial intellegence a slave or servents be common among science fiction or fantasy story . the second renaissance be no exeption to this concept and however instead of a simple man vs. machine layout and this story explain the struggle that the machine put up with and the struggle for acceptance in a world rule by human . where the matrix film show u the human perspective and these short animation tell both side of the story . the second renaissance part 1 plus 2 and answer many question bring up by the original matrix film and such a how the war break out and how the sky be blackend and what lead to the use of human a battery and it also introduce u to the machine city call 01 and which may have relevance to the upcoming matrix revolution film . i would not give away too much of the story and a i do not want to ruin the experience for perspective viewer and however and i will recommend it to anybody interested in the world of the matrix or simply anybody interested in japanese animation ( anime ) . positive .

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minor spoilersalison parker ( cristina raines ) be a successful top model and living with the lawyer michael lerman ( chris sarandon ) in his apartment . she try to commit suicide twice in the past represent the first time and when she be a teenager and saw her father cheat her mother with two woman in her home and and then when michael wife die . since then and she leave christ and the catholic church behind . alison want to live alone in her own apartment and with the help of the real state agent miss logan ( ava gardner ) and she find a wonderful furnished old apartment in brooklyn height for a reasonable rental . she see a weird man in the window in the last floor of the building and and miss logan informs that he be father francis matthew halloran ( john carradine ) and a blinded priest who live alone support by the catholic church . alison move to her new place and and once there and she receive a visitor represent her neighbor charles chazen ( burgess meredith ) welcome her and introduce the new neighbor to her . then and he invite alison to his cat jezebel birthday party in the night . on the next day and weird thing happen with alison in her apartment and with her health . alison look for miss logan and be inform that she live alone with the priest in the building . a further investigation show that all the person she know in the party be dead criminal . frighten with the situation and alison embrace christ again and while michael investigate the creepy event . alison realize that she be live in the gateway to hell . although underrated in imdb user rating and the sentinel be one of the best horror movie ever . i have see this film at least six time and be the first time in the 70 and in the movie theater . in 07 september 2002 and i buy the import dvd and saw it again . yesterday i saw this movie once more . even after so many year and this film be still terrific . the creepy and lurid story frightens even in the present day . the cast be a constellation of star and starlet . you can see many actor and actress and who become famous and in the beginning of career . fan of horror movie certainly worship the sentinel and and i be one of them . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent a sentinela do malditos ( the sentinel of the damn ) ob . represent on 02 september 2007 and i saw this movie again .

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bizarre horror movie fill with famous face but steal by cristina raines ( later of tv flamingo road ) a a pretty but somewhat unstable model with a gummy smile who be slat to pay for her attempted suicide by guard the gateway to hell . the scene with raines model be very well capture and the mood music be perfect and deborah raffin be charm a cristina pal and but when raines move into a creepy brooklyn height brownstone ( inhabit by a blind priest on the top floor ) and thing really start cooking . the neighbor and include a fantastically wicked burgess meredith and kinky couple sylvia mile and beverly dangelo and be a diabolical lot and and eli wallach be great fun a a wily police detective . the movie be nearly a cross pollination of rosemary baby and the exorcist but what a combination . base on the best seller by jeffrey konvitz and the sentinel be entertainingly spooky and full of shock bring off well by director michael winner and who mount a thoughtfully downbeat end with skill . half from .

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bore with the normal and run of the mill staple film to watch this halloween that i have see over and over again and i take a chance on the sentinel and hop it could get my horror juice flow again . mind you and i have just come back from see the dark castle remake of the house on haunt hill complete and utter crap . thankfully and the sentinel blow me away . in a riviting story about a model who move into a creepy building in brooklyn hights and the film offer everything that i hope to find in a good movie ( 1 ) campy and fantasically juicy character and exchange and dialogue and include hilaraious turn by christopher walken and jeff goldblum and especially and martin balsam and a an absent mind professor ( 2 ) horrify terror . not to give a frame away and but there be scene in this film that chill me to my pancreas ( 3 ) fantastic gore and terrific make up and wacky ( if very uneven ) direction from michael winner and which flow rather nicely with this unreal treat . if you love evil dead 2 and dead alive and deep rising this will be your queen of favourite . just to emphasize my love for this film after i watch it for the first time and jaw drop and i rewound it and watch it again . it be now one of favourite of all time . do yourself a favour and check it out .

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i have read the book and i must say that this movie stay true to form . i think this be the beginning of the psychological thriller in the same genre of psycho . cristina raines give an excellent performance a the lead and and burgess meredith give an excellent support actor a the next door neighbor . i have see this movie at least twice and i think that i be go to buy both the book and the movie for my collection . the suspense just keep build up to the climatic end and the twist you will never see come . if you like movie like sign and the village and the sentinel will be a classic prelude . also and what be interest be the actor in the movie you would not recognize them if you do not read the credit . the late jerry orbach be great a the commercial director and jeff goldblum be excellent a the photographer . also there be beverly dangelo and who be underrated but great .

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of all the movie of the seventy and none capture to truest essence of the good versus evil battle a do the sentinel . i mean and yes and there be movie like the exorcist and and other one while but none of them capture the human element of the protagonist like this one . if you have time and check this one out . you may not be able to get past the dated device a such and but this be a story worth get into . then there be all the star and soon to be star . my absolute favorite be eli wallach and sylvia mile and and burgess meredith . then there be the subtle clue that lead to what go on too . pay close attention . i have to watch it four time to catch on to all the small weird statement like black and white cat and black and white cake . plus and the book be really good as well . i be just sorry that theyre not go to turn the second book into a film . it so scary that it would outdo this movie .

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the sentinel be one of the best horror movie already make in the movie industry . i think it be very scary a very few movie actually be . alison parker be a model with some fame . she date a lawyer call michael lerman and and have as a best friend and another model call jennifer . everything be great in her life and until she decide to live alone for some time and rent a beautiful and old apartment . the problem be her neighbor and who be very and very strange . suddenly alison start to have health problem and faint with frequency while she also remember some painful fact about her past that make her have nightmare or illusion . but everything have a reason and and it have to do with the new house she be live . i personally find the sentinel a very creepy movie and and along with the exorcist they be two of the scary movie i already watch . when we discover that alison house be only occupy by the priest and herself my blood froze . it also horrible to see that she need to become blind in the end of the movie in order to be the new sentinel to keep the monster away from our world .

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man and i really love the new dvd that universal put out . i have never see the sentinel look this good since i have to put up with crappy and grainy vhs tape for year . unfortunately there be no extras beyond a trailer that look pretty bad for wear . and avoid the goodtimes dvd at all cost . it suck . anyway and troubled fashion model alison parker ( cristina raines ) move into haunt nyc brownstone and only it more than just haunt . it also a portal to hell and the vatican keep an old blind priest ( john carradine ) to keep watch over it and make sure the devil and arch angel do not escape . this have an all star cast full of old timey actor like ava gardner and arthur kennedy and jose ferrer etc . as well a cameo of upcoming 80 star include christopher walken and jeff goldblum ( who voice be mysteriously overdubbed ) and tom berenger . and you would not even recognize jerry orbach from law and order . i have to do a double take when i do not quite place where i would see him before . nice gore scene of alison slice the eye and nose off her dead father rot corpse that be possess by the devil . and there a neat end where disfigure and deform people try to haunt alison into commit suicide so she would not be the next one to guard the portal . it seem alison troubled past make her a prime candidate by the vatican to become the next sentinel . an excellent and creepy 70 classic from director michael winner that shouldn not be miss . i also recommend it for those who want something a little more imaginative beyond the usual stupid teenager slasher and horror comedy . positive .

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sigh i sincerely wonder why all the acclaim and supposedly profound movie critic hold such a grudge against director michael winner . surely he isn not the avatar of subtlety and a his film be practically always hard hand and confront and but so what . theyre awesomely entertain . his most famous action movie and like the first three entry in the death wish series for example and be easy target to clobber down because they allegedly glorify violence and the personal use of shotgun and but even when winner take on far more mature cinema genre like the religious horror of the sentinel for example he doesn not stand a chance with any of the critic . the sentinel generate some controversy and infuriated several people upon it release and when it leak that michael winner cast genuinely malformed and handicap people to portray the creature attempt to cross the gateway between hell and earth . pretty much the exact same controversy cause todd browning masterpiece and landmark in horror cinema freak to remain banned and unseen for over thirty year . and why . just because certain prudish and easily offend people and who shouldn not watch the movie in the first place and claim it an unethical thing to do . i do not suppose michael winner or todd brown hold these people at gunpoint or force them to appear in their film and so what give u the right to feel embarrass in their place . another major reason why critic do not warmly welcome the sentinel be because jeffrey konvitz novel and thus michael winner screenplay be hugely derivative of other contemporary but far more successful religiously theme horror story and thus and accord to the merciless pen of horror critic and little more than pure plagiarism . admittedly the sentinel borrow multiple substantial element from rosemary baby and the omen and the exorcist and but let face it and 70 cinema largely thrive on steal formula and imitate success story . if you overlook the slightly unoriginal concept and and in all fairness and a handful of thoroughly confuse and unnecessary sub plot and the sentinel honestly still remain a uniquely atmospheric and often downright petrify 70 horror highlight with an impressive ensemble cast and nightmarish imagery youre not likely to forget easy . alison parker and a ravish model with some unprocessed mental trauma and move into a stunning brownstone apartment in brooklyn and deeply against the will of her boyfriend michael who propose to wed her several time already . alison physical existence and especially her mental condition drastically alter shortly after and and the ominous apartment appear to be the root of all misery . she meet eccentric neighbor and attends birthday party for their cat and even though the landlady claim she and a blind priest be the only tenant . she frequently faint during her work assignment and have truly creepy vision of her bastard father and the night she attempt to commit suicide . it slowly become clear that alison get choose to serve a high supernatural purpose inside this apartment building and but simultaneously malignant force try and prevent this . it truly regrettable how the promotional taglines and even brief synopsis on the back of the dvd immediately reveal that alison brownstone apartment be the earth gateway to hell itself and she the chosen one to guard it and because the film script only slowly build up towards this shock revelation . for nearly 75 minute ( and throughout some sadly tedious and overlong sequence ) michael winner successfully maintain the impression that alison own mind be play trick with her and that the involvement of the catholic church and her fiancée odd behavior be strictly red herring . multiple of the horrific scenes come pretty close to be genius and like alison flashback or her first acquaintance with the priest upstairs . the whole climax and with the controversial guest appearance mention here above and be a literally perplexing showcase of pure terror and easily one of the most unforgettable and nail biting denouement i ever witness . the cast michael winner manage to gather be deeply impressive and especially consider the sentinel still remain a legitimate horror movie and this genre isn not the most popular among prominent actor and but of course you also have to put the cast list a little into perspective . with such an extended cast and obviously several of the role in the film be little more than cameo . martin balsam and john carradine and for example and only appear on screen for a couple of minute all together . several others ( like christopher walken and jeff goldblum and beverly dangelo and tom berenger ) perhaps add a lot of fame to the movie nowadays and but back when it be release they be still too unknown in order to attract curious viewer . my personal pick for best performance go to burgess meredith a the uncanny neighbor and eli wallach a the satirical police inspector . the relatively unknown cristina raines do an admirable job carry the film and chris sarandon neatly back her up and even though he sport a ridiculous mustache . in my humble opinion the sentinel be a marvelously entertaining and frightening horror movie and and most definitely a must see for true genre fanatic .

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christina raines play a lovely model in new york who seek out a new apartment and begin to meet strange neighbor and reveal a secret about the building and herself slowly build up to quite a climax by film end . this film have all kind of neat plot element from the roman catholic church vs. the devil and to the gateway to hell and to bizarre ritual and to a grow conspiracy and and finally to a host of talented famous actor and actress flood the film . we get ava gardner and burgess meredith and chris sarandon and jerry orbach and deborah raffin and arthur kennedy and jose ferrer and slyvia mile and beverly deangelo and eli wallach and martin balsam and christopher walkin and william hickey and tom berenger and jeff goldblum and and who can forget john carradine a the old priest . many of these actor ham it up particularly burgess meredith give a fine comic or demented performance a one of the neighbor with a little bird and a cat . meredith be memorable a be balsam and chris sarandon . some of the performer have virtually nothing to do like jose ferrer in a thankless role even if it be nothing more than a cameo . the sentinel be a fine horror film with plenty of psychological element and some truly terrifying scene . the end scene be repulsive and yet chill . i do find fault with some of the gratuitous sex and violence in the film and particularly that whole scene with deangelo and mile . be that really necessary . i think not . also and the father or daughter stuff be a bit much a well and but overall the film work and have a winning pace . director michael winner do a workmanlike job and be effective create tension and scary movie moment . the scene with carradine be particularly effective .

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here a decent mid 70 horror flick about a gate of hell in nyc that just happen to be an old brownstone . seem like there lot of gate of hell around and but of course this unwitting model happen to decide she need some space from her boyfriend or fiancée and so she just happen to pick one and which be disguise a a nice and reasonably price apartment . she meet several strange neighbor and and even attend a birthday party for a cat . upon meet with the realtor because she hear strange noise at night from upstairs and she find out that she and an old priest be suppose to be the only tenant . whoa . then who be all these weirdo . her boyfriend ( a slimy lawyer and play by chris sarandon ) start poke around and find that thing be not what they seem and not by a long shot . this have some decent creepy scene and the idea of the creaky old folk that be her sometimes neighbor be other than what they appear be fairly intriguing . a bit of decent gore and even a parade of less than normal folk towards the end make this a decent watch and and while i have see this many time on tv the uncut dvd version be much well and of course . not a bad little horror flick and maybe a good companion piece to burn offering . positive .

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a young woman who be a successful model and and be also engage to be marry and and who have twice attempt suicide in the past and be choose by a secretive and distant association of catholic priest to be the next sentinel to the gateway to hell and which apparently go through a creepy old and but well maintain brooklyn apartment building . it tenant take the stairway up and can reincarnate themselves and but apparently can not escape as long a a sentinel be there to block the way . the previous one ( john carradine ) be about dead and so she and by fate or whatever and become the next one and and the doom must get her to kill herself in order for them to be free . lot of interest detail lie under the surface and her relationship with her father and the story of the doomed and her fiancé and so one can pass this off a cheap exploitation horror and but give the set and the great cast and and overall level of bizarreness and this be definitely worth see .

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nyc model alison parker ( cristina raines ) rent a room in an old brownstone where she meet a few bizarre neighbor and experience some creepy hallucination . a lawyer boyfriend michael lerman ( chris sarandon ) go about make inquiry on her behalf and she struggle to maintain her sanity ( not to mention her will to live ) a her experience take a toll on her physical and mental and and emotional health . i do not want to spoil the good moment in this psychological horror film for those unfamiliar with it . the story be interesting and entertaining and but the film doesn not really offer much in term of real scare . or and for that matter and any atmosphere . it be sort of quietly sinister and but it not like the traditional horror film . it more of a story about a troubled woman attempt to deal with the increase unreality in her life . on that level and it work and but it not quite powerful enough . what the sentinel do offer be some eye catch set piece ( in particular and the fascinating and fabulously creepy climax and and there a scene with beverly dangelo that must be see to be believe ) . there also some gore to be see and but not very much . an ominous music score by gil melle add to the menace . no review of this film would be complete without an appraisal for the film maker in gather such excellent actor for it ensemble cast . some of them do not get to do too much and but to see all of them together be impressive . eli wallach and burgess meredith make the big impression a and respectively and a hard nosed detective and a solicitous neighbor . other legendary name include jose ferrer and arthur kennedy and and ava gardner . future star like dangelo and christopher walken and tom berenger and jeff goldblum make brief appearance and and other familiar face include jerry orbach and sylvia mile and william hickey and and martin balsam . whoever be the casting director for this film deserve some sort of prize . write for the screen by director michael winner and probably best know for the death wish series that he do with charles bronson and from the novel by jeffrey konvitz . i wouldn not consider this a truly great horror thriller but it have it moment and be reasonably entertaining . positive .

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i be an usherette in an old theater in northern california when this movie come out . as good a it be on dvd and it even more eerie and terrify on the big screen . although it have be about 9 year since i have see it and it be still one of my all time favorites . at the risk of sound trite and they just do not make em like this anymore . if sixth sense freak you out at all and this movie be definitely for you . great storyline and incredible cast of character and ominous set while even the soundtrack have a haunting quality to it . i highly recommend you not watch it alone . what a brownstone apartment be rent for in 1977 alone and will have you gasp ( it would be at least 10 time that price today ) .

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in the hand of a more skilled director and this film would have be consider a horror masterpiece . despite michael death wish winner merely passable direction and the movie be interesting and original and more than a little scary . the script buck more than one horror cliché off it back ( several it can not shake ) include chris sarandon a the heroine boyfriend who actually listen to her a she insist that eerie thing be go down . burgess meredith be delightful a the lovably insane neighbor . eva gardner be haunt with a young beverly dangelo a her mute and disturbed lesbian lover . john carradine do a heck of a job sit in a chair . and watch out for a brief cameo from an unknown at the time chris walken . this movie be creepy and creative . the plot twist be lovely and if a tad predictable . the climax and of which i will give no detail and be disturb and quite impressive . again a good director could have do more with it and nonetheless it be quite satisfy at least to those with the sensibility of seventy horror . if you like modern overproduce body count torture fantasy and you would not like this . there be almost no gore . the direction be quite spartan . the effect be few and although there some delightful makeup near the end most of which actually isn not makeup . but perhaps i have say too much already . i have rat this a little high than it quality may justify and but i enjoy it as much a any 8 film that i have see .

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this happen to be one of my favorite horror film . it a rich and classy production boast an excellent cast of ensemble actor and beautiful on location cinematography and a haunting musical score and an intelligent and novel plot theme and and an atmosphere of dread and menace . it reminiscent of such classic film a rosemary baby and the shining and wherein young and vulnerable woman find themselves victimize by supernatural force in old and creepy building with a macabre past . here and cristina raines play a top new york city fashion model name alison parker . her happy and outgo exterior mask a deeply conflict and troubled soul . this be evidence by the revelation that in her past and she attempt suicide twice once a a teenage girl after walk in on her degenerate father cavort in bed with two woman and have him rip a silver crucifix from her neck and toss it on the floor and and the second time and after her married lawyer boyfriend wife supposedly commit suicide over learning of their affair . tell her beau ( play by a suitably slimy chris sarandon ) that she need to live on her own for a year or so and she answer a newspaper ad for a fully furnish and spacious one bedroom apartment in an old brooklyn height brownstone . this building actually exist and be locate at 10 montague terrace right by the brooklyn height promenade off remsen street . the producer actually film inside the building and it apartment and pay the resident for their inconvenience and of course . the real estate agent and a miss logan ( ava gardner ) and seem to be very interested in have alison take the apartment an interest that can not be solely explain by the 6 % commission she would earn . especially when she quickly drop the rental price from $ 500 . 00 a month to $ 400 . 00. alison agrees and upon leave the building with miss logan and notice an elderly man sit and apparently star at her from the top floor window . miss logan identifies the man to her a father halliran and tell alison that he blind . alison response be very logical blind . then what do he look at . after move in and alison meet some of the other resident in the building and include a lesbian couple play by sylvia mile and beverly dangelo and who provide alison with an uncomfortable welcome to the building . alison mental health and physical well be soon start to deteriorate and she be plague by split headache and fainting spell . when she relay her concern to miss logan about her sleep be disturb on a nightly basis by clang metal and loud footstep come from the apartment directly over her and she be dumbstruck to learn that apart from the blind priest and now herself and no one have live in that building for the last three year . summon the courage one night to confront her nocturnal tormentor and she arm herself with a butcher knife and a flashlight and enter the apartment upstairs . she be confront by the cancer riddle specter of her dead father and use the knife on him in self defense when he come after her . the police investigate and find no sign of violence in that apartment no corpse and no blood and nothing . yet alison flee the building and collapse in the street and cover in blood her own and a it turn out . but there nary a mark on her . what alison doesn not realize until the film denouement be that her be in that brownstone have a purpose . she be put there for a reason a reason whose origin date back to the biblical story of the garden of eden and of the angel uriel who be post at it entrance to guard it from the devil . she be be unknowingly prim and prepped by the catholic church to assume a most important role one that will guarantee that her soul and which be damn for her two suicide attempt and can be save . at the same time and the invisible neighbor and who turn out to be more than just quirky oddball and have a different agenda in mind for her . this be a competent and intelligently do film and one that surprisingly portray the church and it representative in a mostly sympathetic light .

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boast an all star cast so impressive that it almost seem like the mad mad mad mad world of horror picture and the sentinel ( 1977 ) be nevertheless an effectively creepy film center on the relatively unknown actress cristina raines . in this one and she play a fashion model and alison parker and who move into a brooklyn height brownstone that be ( and i do not think i be give away too much at this late date ) very close to the gateway of hell . and a a tenant in this building and she suffer far bad condition than leaky plumbing and the occasional water bug and to put it mildly . indeed and the scene in which alison encounter her noisy upstairs neighbor be truly terrifying and and should certainly send the ice water course down the spine of most viewer . despite many critic complaint regard raines act ability and i think she be just fine and more than ably hold her own in scene with ava gardner and burgess meredith and arthur kennedy and chris sarandon and eli wallach . the picture build to an effectively eerie conclusion and and although some plot point go unexplained and i be leave feel more than satisfied . a the book dvd delirium put it and any movie with beverly dangelo and sylvia mile a topless cannibal lesbian in leotard can not be all bad . on a side note and yesterday i walk over to 10 montague terrace in brooklyn height to take a look at the sentinel house . yes and it still there and and although shorn of it heavy coat of ivy and lack a blind priest or nun at the top floor window and look much the same a it do in this picture . if this house really do sit atop the entrance to hell and i take it that hell be . the brooklyn queen expressway . but we new yorkers have know that for some time .

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this horror movie and base on the novel of the same name and suffers from flaw production and choppy and amateurish direction and but it nonetheless strangely compel . unlike shocker horror flick such a the exorcist and this movie take the viewer on a slow yet relentless dip into a pool of evil . it drift into horror and which dawn on the audience with the same dreamlike slowness a it dawn on the poor girl who be unwittingly choose to be the next sentinel . her appointed task be to sit at the gate of hell and prevent evil from erupt into the world . this fall on her in atonement for her attempted suicide earlier in her life . the story be true to the book and which be rivet and but the way it edit can lose the viewer . there be subtlety in the plot that be shave away and never explain satisfactorily and which hurt this film . that a pity . the sentinel be not an edge of your seat kind of flick while it more a watch and squirm uncomfortably . like a bad car wreck and there a compulsion to look even when it become unbearable . this movie isn not all bad and and still have a capacity to shock . the cast be competent . christina raines be captivate a alison and the vulnerable girl under spiritual attack from both side and a pawn in the never end battle between good and evil . chris sarandon be good a her caring but ultimately self center boyfriend . eli wallach and a very young christopher walken be the detective struggle to unravel the bizarre puzzle they have be hand . ava gardner be elegant a the realtor unaware of the horror lurk in her rental property . the gaunt elderly john carradine and with his arthritis twist hand and be excellent a the die sentinel who must be replace . the devil be play to charm perfection by burgess meredith while he so sweet and yet so evil . there be future star hide in this film represent beverly dangelo and jeff goldblum a friend of the poor girl and and jerry orbach play successfully against type a a jerky television director . the damned soul at the end be portray by actual sideshow freak and geek . whoever think to do that be a twisted but brilliant genius . the horror that pervade the movie bubble up unexpectedly and such a when alison open a door and find something that evoke a flashback to when she find her father with his two whore . she relive her first suicide attempt and face a pair of strangely dysfunctional lesbian and and see a cat cut up a a cake . time and again and she yank back and forth through reality and fantasy and through dream and wake nightmare and all the while lack the mean to cope . in truth and the devil be try to drive her insane enough to kill herself before become the next sentinel . will he succeed . in summary and slow moving yet indescribably creepy and well act but poorly direct and and a very typical 70 horror film before the real shocker cut loose . ( no pun intend ) this movie may not work for those with a short attention span and but it can still send chill up the spine and and still can provide some low key shock value . it remain a strangely compelling and entertain dip into the realm of evil .

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i be not sure why this little film have be banish into obscurity and a despite some rather silly going on while the sentinel be a clever and inventive horror film that give most of the highly praised ghost story of today more than a run for their money . michael winner have admit many time that he not the best director of all time and and that do shine through on a number of occasion with this film while but it have to be say that the film work in spite of it uninspired direction and and the fact that winner have somehow manage to round up a simply amazing cast of talent more than make up for it . the plot be rich with mystery and and begin by focus on alison parker and her hunt for a flat . she find that she can not afford most property she look at and but think her luck have change when she find a fully furnished apartment for an affordable price . her problem start soon after move in and a she doesn not like her neighbour very much . and this problem increase when the property broker tell her that she have just one neighbour while an elderly blind priest on the top floor . the cast list be truly superb and with the relatively unknown cristina raines head up a great support cast . chris sarandon be a little wooden in his role opposite raines and but small part for the like of john carradine and eli wallach and ava gardner and jeff goldblum and christopher walken and to name but a handful more than make up for sarandon lifeless portrayal . michael winner do a good job with his central location and a the block of flat provide a creepy and macabre setting for the story . the film be a little slow to start and but it never bore while and michael winner screenplay provide a surprise that almost impossible to guess from the offset and which certainly deserve some praise . like many similar slow burning horror and this one doesn not go for the money shot early on but unlike many and the end be a definite climax a winner go all out to shock the viewer and and if the rumour that he use actual human oddity be true while i have get to say that he do a very good job at it . overall and while this film may be pure hokum whichever way you look at it while the sentinel be one of the good film of it type and and it definitely a major highlight for it director .

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time have not be kind to this movie . once controversial adaptation of jeffrey konvitz best seller and now this film look like a mere mainstream version of your typical spookfest . gruesome touch aside ( particularly that crazy and over the top finale ) and this be essentially a glossy horror movie for those people that do not care much for the genre . it have an extraordinary cast in small role ( jose ferrer and ava gardner and eli wallach and burgess meredith and christopher walken and and many others ) and but something tell me that the producer want such an expensive cast in order to convince the audience that this be not your average lowbrow movie ( producer of 70 disaster movie have a similar idea ) . i kind like to see the familiar face and but the story be very silly and and no matter how high class the film pretend to be and it operate at the level of your average 70 exploitation movie ( not an entirely bad thing and though ) . still and it be an enjoyable movie and especially for those viewer who enjoy stargaze . a usual and albert whitlock matte work be outstanding . overall and pretty entertaining .

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the sentinel be a movie that be recommend to me year ago and by my father and and i have see it many time since . it always manage to entertain me and while be effectively creepy as well . the flashback scene be what really make it for me . cristina raines father run around all creepily and with the two creepy woman and always manages to send chill down my spine . it your typical good v evil thing and but at least it manage to be entertain . the end i consider to be one of the fine in horror history . it have plenty of shock and suspense and see burgess meredith do his thing a chazen and have me on the edge of my seat . the sentinel have the perfect build up of tension . we be never fully comfortable whenever allison be on screen . we know something terrible be always await her and and that make thing all the more tense . this movie be often neglect among horror fan and but i personally think it one of the good one out there and and it certainly have enough for all horror fan and to be satisfy . performance . cristina raines have her wooden moment and but come though in a big way for the most part . she beautiful to look at and and her chemistry with saranadon felt natural . chris sarandon be great a the boyfriend and michael . he have an instant screen presence and and i couldn not help but love him . martin balsam and josé ferrer and john carradine and ava gardner and arthur kennedy and sylvia mile and deborah raffin and jerry orbach and richard dreyfus and jeff goldblum and tom berenger all have memorable role and or small cameo . burgess meredith be terrific a chazen . he look like a normal old man and but what we find out and be absolutely terrify . eli wallach and christopher wlaken do well and a the bumbling detective . beverly dangelo have one chilling scene and that i would not spoil . bottom line . the sentinel be an effective horror film that horror fan and sadly tend to neglect . it will give you the thrill and scare you need to be satisfy . well worth the look . positive .

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director or writer michael winner feature be a good than expect offbeat supernatural horror film ( although still schlock efficiently cater for ) and which really do by go unnoticed . sure it might borrow idea from other similar theme horror movie of this period and but still manage to bring it own psychological imprint to the smokescreen material ( of good vs. evil ) and a unique vision that have a fair share of impressively expansive and if somewhat exploitative set piece . a a whole it sketchy and however remain intriguing by instill an ominous charge without go gang buster with the scare . actually there always something go on amongst it busy framework and but it rather down play with it shock steer to soapy pattern and atmospheric tailoring and up until it vividly repellent and grisly climax with a downbeat revelation . winner dress up craftsmanship might feel pedestrian and however it the ensemble cast that really hold it together a you try to spot the face . there plenty too . some have more to do with the scheme of thing than others and but there no doubt every one of them be commit and despite the ludicrously crude nature of it all . it interest to see name like sylvia mile ( who significantly creepy . ) and beverly dangelo ( likewise ) and deborah raffin and eli wallach and christopher walken and william hickey ( a neat cameo ) and jeff goldblum and jerry orbach and tom berenger in bit part . then you get a mild mannered chris sarandon and movingly gorgeous cristina raines in the lead . offer able support josé ferrer and martin balsam and ava gardner and john carradine and burgess meredith and arthur kennedy . the script do throw around many character and as well a notion but get disjointedly sidetrack by try to squeeze all of it in . however it disorient air work in it favour in establish the suspicion and deception of what really go on here . be there a reason for all of this and and why be it surround raines character . the emphasis be mainly build upon that moody angle and a it begin to slowly shed light of her inner going and that of the strange or worrying experience she encounter when she move into her new apartment . this be where winner try to pull out the eerie shade and which project some icy moment . gil melle be the man responsible for the grand and overpower orchestral score that never miss a cue and richard c. kratina instrument the sweeping and scope like photography .

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michael winner be probably best know for his revenge theme film and such a death wish and chato land and but he be equally gift a a director of occult horror cinema and a the sentinel of 1977 prof . the sentinel and which be base on a novel by john konvitz and who also write the screenplay and be a clever and immensely creepy religious chiller that no lover of occult horror should consider miss . the film be obviously inspire by successful occult classic such a rosemary baby and the exorcist or the omen and but and as far a i be concern and it be also easily as unsettling a these more widely acclaim film and and probably even creepy . allison parker ( christina raines ) be a beautiful young new york model . traumatize by event in her her past and not yet willing to marry her lawyer boyfriend ( chris sarandon ) and allison be in search for an apartment and and find a big and incredibly nice one and which be also affordable and in an old mansion in brooklyn . the new apartment and however and come along with a bunch of very strange other tenant . and the sinister new neighbor soon become more than a little bothersome to alice . this may not be an adequate plot synopsis and but i would hate to spoil any of this film great moment and so i will not give any further plot description . what i will say and however and be that the sentinel be a very creepy and effective film that profit from a great cast as well a an often bizarre and constantly uncanny atmosphere . the fact that director michael winner and writer john konnvitz also act a producer here certainly have it influence on the outcome . the film be imaginatively photograph and and the eerie old brooklyn mansion be a fantastic setting for this kind of film . a mention above and the atmosphere be obscure and creepy and and the film also include several shock moment and genuine scare . the film feature many sinister and eccentric character and and the cast be superb . beautiful christina raines be great in her role of allison parker and lovable and yet on the cusp to lose her mind . chris sarandon be also very good a her boyfriend and a successful lawyer and and the support cast include many big name and such a christopher walken and jeff goldblum and jerry orbach and beverly dangelo and tom berenger and before become really famous . the cast also include star like ava gardner and horror icon john carradine and burgess meredith and and and my personal favorite and the great eli wallach a a cynical homicide detective . i have be a great fan of director michael winner for a long time and mostly for film like death wish and chato land . the sentinel be yet another great film in winner repertoire and and also the proof that the man be not only a master of hard boil revenge cinema and but also of atmospheric occult horror . all in all and the sentinel be a creepy and intelligent and and amazingly bizarre occult chiller that be highly recommend to all horror fan .

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ahh and yes and the all star blockbuster . take a so so concept and stuff it into a script and load it down with every single freakin special effect that the wizard of hollyweird can conjure up and then round up the usual suspect represent hot up and comer and have beens and wan na be and never wuzzes and and stick em all in ensemble role of various size in front of the unforgiving eye of the camera . and hope to gawd that some of them aren not too old to remember their line . leave it to the bishop of box office to apply the concept to horror film at last and a be the case with the post exorcist thriller the sentinel . novelist jeffrey konvitz decide to try and one up ira levin rosemarys baby scenario of creepy ( and ultimately satanic ) neighbor in a new york brownstone . the result be a controversial best seller that some claim border on the plagiaristic and and an equally controversial and top heavy or star laden vehicle co write and direct by death wish michael winner and but for many unsettlingly different reason . cristina raines ( nashville ) play successful model alison parker and who be pretty much over stressed and over work and ( i would not add overpaid . i mean she be a model and so that would be redundant ) and not just by her 24/7 schedule and by also by her insistent and wan na get married right now boyfriend michael ( chris sarandon of dog day afternoon and the classic sob . i. g. movie lipstick ) . one of the way she decide to try to get away from it all be to move into her own place while a big and beautiful brownstone in manhattan which she able to get dirt cheap and ( that should have be the big red flag cheap real estate in new york . ) and from the mysteriously accommodate broker miss logan ( golden age screen vet ava gardner and fresh from the storm drain in earthquake . ) thing seem fine at first and but ah and yes . then come the noise and the loud pounding from the apartment upstairs at night . and what about the really strange neighbor like gerde ( sylvia mile ) and sandra ( a very early beverly dangelo ) and the nice single friend ( read represent lesbian ) live together and and kindly old mr. charles chazen ( a nicely creepy burgess meredith ) and who seem maybe a little too concern with alison welfare . and that not to mention other assort squirrelly cohabitants ( you will never hear the phrase black and white cat and black and white cake again without want to laugh milk through your nose and possibly vomit simultaneously . ) especially the old blind priest living in the penthouse . thing really start to go downhill when an apparition laden nightmare of alison morphs into a grisly murder and ( in one of the movie most underwear staining scare ) and and both alison and michael and with some assistance from alison bff and jennifer ( deborah raffin ) and begin to piece together the puzzle that reveal the brownstone dark origin and as well a the murderous agenda of it other worldly inhabitant and not to mention alison connection to them and which a it turn out be anything but coincidental . although there nothing controversial about the overstuffed cast and which seem to feature every actor of diverse genre look for work at the time and ( arthur kennedy and jose ferrer and martin balsam and eli wallach and john carradine and and even early appearance by christopher walken and jeff goldblum and nana visitor . ) winner and company go back to bombastic basic and pull a tod browning . by enlist real life physically challenge actor to appear in the sentinel climactic everything and everybody go to hell sequence and which i guess any ballsy director would do and find himself unable to access linda blair and a case of green pea soup . it do definitely leave you with arctic finger play your spinal cord like a zither and know this juicy little tidbit of info a you watch . and it do feature a technique to which filmmaker have only begin to return very recently represent live on set makeup and special effect that do not involve cgi and ( which be pretty much non existent back then . ) the sentinel have that kitschy and late seventy cheese factor and but do manage to distinguish itself from time to time with some gasp induce moment like the one mention above and not to mention that queasy feeling of dread that horror writer find it easy to play upon and of isolation and thing that go bump and shriek in the night . after all and what live single in the big city person hasn not lie in bed in the dark and and listen intently to the sound of what they hope be the building settling . konvitz follow up the sentinel with an inevitable sequel and the guardian ( not to be confuse with the william friedkin supernatural thriller namesake ) and that be never adapt for the screen . equal sigh of relief equal .

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i have the tv on for a white noise companion and hear $ 400 for a fully furnished apartment so i run into the tv room expect another 70 flick and get much more . luckily and i could rewind to the beginning ( dvr buffer ) and hit the record button to watch it entirely . ( cinemax uncut and in hd no less . ) aside from some hole in the story and intermittent improbable dialog or event and this be an effective thriller worthy of your time to watch . pretty creepy and progressive at time represent beverly dangelo character masturbates in front of alison parker and play adroitly by cristina raines and parker stab and in very gory fashion and her father and an explicit menage a trios scene . ( do not let the kid watch ) the film be totally 70 full of bad clothes ( polyester suit and tacky ascot ) and decor and bad hair and over bloated music score and and familiar look cinematography . the cast be excellent and take a second on this film home page to check it out . it be a surprise to see christopher walken and jerry orbach and jeff goldblum so young . sylvia mile always wonderfully creepy . enjoy .

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well and after long anticipation after see a few clip on bravo the 100 scary movie moment i have long await to see this film . the plot be simple and beautiful model alison parker ( cristina raines ) move into an apartment building that a gateway to hell . the sentinel be a down right creepy film and even if it a bit slow . it a mix of the omen and rosemary baby . the acting be fine and and there be some truly disturb bit such a the awkward orgy scene with the dead father and the chubby woman in the middle of the orgy eat cake and laugh the end be a weird mix of deformed people and cannibal . it a very odd and campy but in the end and i truly believe a great film . one of my favorite from the 70 and even if it nothing greatly original . it wacky and extremely creepy . probably one of my all time favorite . positive .

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wonderful film and one of the best horror film of the 70 . she be realistic setting and atmosphere . a usual it be inevitable the usual negative comment . i have notice that most horror film of a certain period many time fail to reach even sufficiency . obviously because most horror movie be old and must be denigrati and be like a mental mechanism that move the mind of the potential of music critic here . before you read the review already know what be the final judgment . in the film a good gift because 10 be really well do . raines read quite well and the film a a way in which it be produce reminds me a lot of kubrick film . he really impression . excellent film really . i consider a film anthology of years70 .

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i be surprise that no one yet have mention that there be two version of this same film . the lion share of the footage in both be identical and but here be where they differ represent in one version ( the version i have see most often on broadcast tv ) and the group of cleric guard the gateway consist of the brotherhood of the protector and a ( fictional ) splinter group of priest and brother excommunicate by the church . in the other version and which i have see only once on tv and the cleric guard the gateway be depict a priest of the official church and mean the archdiocese of new york ( or perhaps brooklyn ) . also and in the former version and in most of the pertinent scene and the cleric be refer to a brother ( and in some scene and you can see where the lip say father so and so but the dubbed audio say brother so and so . in the latter version and i believe everyone be refer to a father . in any event and it seem that one of these two version be more or less a partial re shooting of the other and with all brotherhood of the protector scene re shot a archdiocese scene and or vice versa . ( kind of reminds me of the raymond burr cutaway scene in godzilla ) . i have videotape both version off broadcast tv and so no and i be not imagine this . can anyone shed some more light on the story behind these two version of the film .

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cash in on the demon meet clergy trend of the late 60 or early 70 that most prominently include the triptych of rosemary baby and the exorcist and and the omen and the sentinel be an addition that just as good ( albeit the most overlooked of the lot ) . in a way and it combine the best element of those film and toss in a dash of polanski the tenant ( which come out the same year ) for good measure . a new york model unable to commit to her lawyer boyfriend take up residence in a moss coat townhouse that initially seem like the perfect locale while she meet a wily old coot of a neighbor ( the brilliant burgess meredith ) and plus the other off center tenant . keep awake by loud noise above her apartment and she soon discovers that a mute priest and herself be the only resident in the otherwise deserted building . from there and director michael winner ( death wish ) kick this supernatural thriller into gear and and there be a devilish glee to the hallucinogenic torture he inflict on his heroine . aid by a brilliant ensemble cast and a subtle storyline and and excellent makeup fx by dick smith ( the exorcist ) and the sentinel be a genuinely creepy horror flick .

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this 1986 italian french remake of the 1946 film of the same name turn up the heat early and and doesn not let u come up for air . the story be about a high school student ( federico pitzalis ) who can not keep his eye off the mysteriously beautiful young woman ( play by dutch phenom maruschka detmers ) who live next door to the school . one day and he follow her and and his persistence pay off . there only one problem represent she engage to a sketchy character ( riccardo de torrebruna ) who may or may not have commit a heinous crime and and if he repent and will probably be let off with a slap on the wrist . also and the young woman be a little funny in the head and and this be corroborate when we discover she have be see the boy father and who be a psychiatrist . giulia emotional instability be only equalled by her prodigious sexual desire . hot and hot and hot and from the word go and with handsome lead and a bombshell performance from detmers and who play u like a yo yo ( a she do the boy ) from scene to scene and with enough suspense to keep u guess right up until and even after the end . available in r and x ( . ) rat version .

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i will be quick to address the matter of the film here represent it be a very engaging story about the destructive quality about all consume passion while a young italian woman who can not emotionally connect with her jailed political radical fiancé ( due in part to her apolitical attitude and freewheel approach to life ) find solace and passion in a new young lover whom she embark on an explicitly sexual relationship with . the anxiety and rage and tenderness and passion that swirl around in the atmosphere of the story equal the dispassionate quiet that seem to engulf the two lead . it lend the film an unsettling mood that permeate through all the political strife that be otherwise lose on the viewer ( unless you have a deep knowledge of italian politics during the 80 ) . i find the film compelling . what ruin it somewhat be a gratuitous oral sex scene that the actress performs on the male lead . it isn not simulate and leave little to the imagination . there be other scene of sex in the film and which i do feel be necessary because they outline the madness and loneliness that the character live in . but the oral sex scene and i feel and derail the focus on the actual story . it be smooth sail up until that point and once the infamous sex scene appear ( which cause much hoopla back in it day ) and it like hit a roadblock . it jar and unnecessary and i be in the camp that believe that the film would not have be harm any if the scene have be remove from it . and what unfortunate be that this particular scene may deter people from watch this intriguing film and which i believe be worth a viewing because there be so much go on underneath the surface and emotion and further turmoil layer in the subtext . overall represent wonderful film hamper by a much not need sex scene .

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bellocchio refers to this a a mainly political movie and a description of the revolutionary movement in italy and but that seem more metaphor than reality . well and almost everything in the movie seem like metaphor . the revolutionary and of whom we see and about whom we learn very little and might as well be mafioso . out with the old and in with the new . andrea papa and a psychoanalyst and seem to stand for the usual traditional bourgeois value morally upright and unperturbed and clean and tidy and thoroughly ritualize . giullia and the girlfriend of a revolutionary and seem to represent what can happen to someone who need very badly a cause to support but be unable to muster up the kind of devotion such a commitment demand . ( i be guess here . ) andrea and the adolescent boy and seem to be the only guy in the movie who be not in some unquiet way upatz . he respectful of his father but disobedient too . he love giullia and or so we assume and although he not really old enough to have learn how to manage his reflex optimally and but he leave her in order to show up at school and complete his final exam . his course between these contradictory lifestyle could be describe a medium . he the man in between and who know the meaning of gradualism and who can keep his cool while those about him be scream . most of this be sum up during the oral part of his final when he be ask to translate and comment on an excerpt from antigone and which contrast the traditional authority of the god with the notion of secularity and free will . that bring u by no particular course that i be aware of to marushka detmars . she bring to mind a new yorker cartoon of a few year ago . two hippo be neck deep in the river and staring at a gazelle drinking from the bank and and one hippo say to the other and i hate her . she a good actress . ( let me get that out of the way . ) but so be everyone else in the film . she carry with her and in her speech and manner and the rich glitter of outright lunacy . and it all come from the actress too and not from directorial aid . detmars isn not nut the way catherine deneuve be nut in repulsion . the wall do not turn to rubber and grow hand . instead and we see her animated sometimes too animated . and she give u shock jolt when her mood abruptly change and become threaten the way a looming thunderstorm be threaten . a critic described her a sultry and but that probably not the word he be search for . she compellingly beautiful with her fluffy brown hair and her wide white ready grin and her impulsive giggle . and her eye be like the eye in the painting on the wall of ancient egyptian tomb . the sexy part be pretty erotic and not so much because one of them be explicit and but because we have get to know the character involve . ( it more interesting to spy on the honeymoon couple next door than go to a skin flick . ) actually there isn not that much sex . there be only one scene of simulated intercourse but the director let it play out in what seem to be real time . at least real time for an eighteen year old boy . the young man who play andrea be fine too and which be a necessary thing and because the film depend almost entirely on him and giullia . they have to carry it and they do . if it be not for their performance and i be not sure this would be a interesting or a admirable flick a it be . it could easily have be turn into a rather slow and boring romance . worth it .

1pos

i love the the film . it beautifully analyze italian petty bourgeois society and how the leftist of the 70 have give up all their ideal and come to a happy arrangement which they do not want disturbed . for instance and the age psychoanalyst who be jealous of his own son and and doesn not want to be remind of his more radical youth . for a long time want to buy the video after have see the movie a couple of time on the big screen and on tv and but it seem to have completely disappear from the market and even in italy no one in the book shop know about the film . a great pity . the one sex scene and which everyone seem to go on about and do the film no harm .

1pos

notable because of it notorious explicit scene when the gorgeous maruschka detmers take her young lover penis from his trouser and into her mouth . even without this moment the film be a splendid if slightly disturb passionate and blindingly sexy ride . detmers put in a great performance a the partly derange and insatiable delight and wander about her flat nude . dress and partly dress and naked she steal most of the film about love and sexual passion and philosophy and politics . for me the last two get a little lost and the end be most confusing when her fiancé be release whilst fellow terrorist be release and she seem uncertain a to who she want and the young lover seem more interested in his exam than anything else a she weep and beautifully of course .

1pos

the movie be far more sophisticated and intelligent be it exploration of sexual tension than such american attempt a 9 and a half week . the courtroom scene itself . with the couple copulating in the cage while the heroine pleads for their orgasm . be amazing . i have not see this movie in 20 year . but it make indelible picture in my mind . it be rich in texture and successful in create a world where sex be the engine for all activity and and at it bottom be the yawn angst that live in u all . the plot be european and and it meander a bit and but so do life . especially when you be 17 and have a constant hard on .

1pos

i really like this movie and and go back to see it two time more within a week . ms. detmers nail the performance she be like a hungry cat on the prowl and toy with her prey . she lash out in rage and lust and take a too young lover and and crash hundred of her terrorist fiancé mother piece of fine china to the floor . the film be full of beautiful touch . the maserati and the wonderful wardrobe and the flower box along the rooftop . i particularly enjoy the ancient greek class and the recitation of antigone . it have a feeling of story of o that be and where people of mean indulge in unrestrained sexual adventure . a she walk around the fantastic apartment in the buff and she be at ease and why not and what be to restrain a devil in the flesh . the whole movie be a real treat .

1pos

contrary to some people summary and the woman depict in the film be not geisha . they be oiran ( prostitute ) live outside the most famous pleasure district and and their life and experience represent the life of a great number of tokugawa era woman . i can not say the story be particularly enlightening and but their charm lie in just how typical they be . the theme be universal and everyday represent love and friendship and and sacrifice . i do greatly enjoy the art direction and the acting . i felt like i be get a glimpse of a time and place i can never otherwise glimpse . the actor and especially the 4 woman who play the main oiran and be a thrill to watch . i would only recommend this movie to people who want a taste of japanese culture and or to those who enjoy quiet and emotional story . it a great example of both .

1pos

i can understand those who dislike this movie cause of a lack of knowledge . first of all and those girl be not geisha and but brothel tenant and and one that do not know the difference will not understand half of the movie and and certainly not the end . this be a complete art work about the woman life and need in this era . everything be important and and certainly the way they dress and all over the movie mean more than word . to those who think it be a boring geisha movie and i will suggest you to read a bit about this society before make a conclusion that be so out of the reality . this be kurosawa work of be life and and i be sure that the director understand the silent meaning of kurosawa piece to the right intellectual range .

1pos

a wonderful film to watch with astonishing scene and talented actor and such a misa shimizu and nagiko tono . after 15 minute of watch and your eye get lock on the screen and you do nothing but breathing in the atmosphere of the film wait what the destiny will bring to the character . this film make you leave your position a a standard audience and it take you in and it make you a part of the story . costume and setting be brilliant while especially the district of the okiyas be skillfully build . it be definitely not very akira kurosawa and however it still get a lot from the master and especially the stylistic story tell tell u be in a distinguished land of cinema which be quite far from hollywoodish flamboyance .

1pos

a tragically wonderful movie . bring u to a japan that do not exist anymore . despite hollywood technical expertise and i have yet to see a ( hollywood ) movie that can match the authenticity of the atmosphere in this small town by the river near the sea . tom cruise the last samurai look like the last installment of the lord of the ring in try to capture rural old japan . if you like serene but intense story line and this be a must see film . it will be a respite from hollow flashy film much like the last 1000 blockbuster you saw . i think this be one of kurosawa better story . even if it a movie about geisha and brothel and the complicated rule that govern life in such setting and it do not turn into a skin flick . the character be full of depth and act with much intensity .

1pos

my boyfriend and i both enjoyed this film very much . the viewer be sweep away from modern life into old japan and while at the same time expose to very current theme . the character be realistic and detail while it have an unpredictable end and story and which be very refreshing . the story be make up of mini plot within the life of several geisha live together in a poor city district . i highly recommend this movie to anyone who be interested in a realistic romance or life in old japan .

1pos

umi wa miteita ( the sea be watch ) be akira kurasawa swansong to film represent his adaptation of his favored novelist shugoro yamamoto story into a screenplay he intend to film be his final mark he leave on a brilliant career . director kei kumai pay homage to both kurosawa and yamamoto in present this visually stunning transformation of word to image . set in 19th century japan and the story explore the life of the woman of a geisha house whose sole purpose in life be to earn money by pleasuring men . the house be run by an old couple who be genteel and the geisha be an enchant group of woman who know their trade and take pride in their career . each have a reason for turn to the life of geisha . oshin ( nagiko tono ) support her family who live in a neighboring village and kikuno ( misa shimizu ) have customer both good and evil whom she manage to sustain with her story of her high caste . oshin befriend an endanger samurai and fall in love with the gentle fellow and only to find that he must not marry out of his caste and leave his pleasure with oshin to marry his promise betroth . oshin heart bruise easily but be always support emotionally and physically or monetarily by kikuno and the other geisha . a handsome samurai ryosuke ( masatoshi nagase ) enters oshin life and develop the first trust and devote relationship with her . kikuno be beset by problem and decide whether to accept the humble love of an old man who wish to marry her and and cop with a rich but abusive customer . all the while the sea be watch and a a typhoon destroy the geisha house and street and oshin and kikuno sit atop the roof wait for the promise rescue by ryosuke . the manner in which the story end be one of sacrifice and love and and devotion . the sea be watch and will find protection for true love . the photography by kazuo okuhara be breathtakingly beautiful represent night scene with glow lantern and colorful geisha interior be match with recur glimpse of the sea both calm and turbulent . the acting be a bit strained for edo art and but the character be well create and keep the story credible . the one distraction which be definitely not something kurosawa would have condone be the tacky western music score that sound like cheap soap opera filler except for the isolated moment when real japanese music on authentic instrument grace the track . but in the end there be enough of kurosawa influence to imbue this film with his brand of dreamlike wonder that will always maintain his importance on world cinema . grady harp .

1pos

i be not sure how i miss this one when it first come out and but i be glad to have finally see it . this movie take place in and around the 19th century red light district of okabasho and japan . it tell the tale of prostitution and caste system and woman who be strong in a society base upon the strength of the samurai code of japan . it be uniquely akira kurosawa . even though he die before he could direct this movie and his adaptation of the screenplay show . his view of the japanese world and caste system be renowned and shed light upon how these system interact with each other . the character may revolve around each other and but the caste system stay intact when each character go back to the world they belong in . the samurai warrior who drift into the good hearted and love prostitute world go back to his life and while she embark on a another road with a man who be part of her caste system . low of the low . many prize the world of the samurai above all others and but yet and it be the low caste inhabitant who can support each other and who can love without restraint . the samurai in this movie turn out to be the weak one and while the classless lover prove to be the honorable one . the movie deserve a high rating . it be a tale of survival of woman in feudal japan . during this time frame and men be think to be the survivor . the strong one while woman be think to be just mindless and weak property . this movie highlight the strength of japanese woman and how they do what they have to for survival and and how their strength enable the japanese culture to continue on a it have . i recommend the sea be watch to anyone who be a fan of akira kurosawa and even if theyre not a fan . it be a lovely and quiet and soul sustaining movie and and one to be treasure for any movie collection .

1pos

this movie just go to show that you dont need big explosion and muti billion dollar computer graphic and or highly over pay actor and actress to make a good movie and all you need be a excellent story line and plot . which the master of all japanese film and akira kurosawa pull off brilliantly . i recommend this film to all that love a epic period piece . and for those that enjoy kurosawas early work . positive .

1pos

it help immensely if one be familiar with the culture and time period in which this film take place . first of all and these lady be not geisha and they be oiran ( prostitute ) in the yoshiwara type green house and circa 1860 and give or take . this should help clear up some detail which may be confuse to the unaware . the film deal with issue of loyalty and love and and perhaps most importantly and how people deal with adversity and both their own and that of others in their immediate environment . that plus the outrageous photography together with the hauntingly beautiful music and make for a lovely ride . just plug it in and suspend your disbelief and enter their world . you would not be disappoint .

1pos

this be a wonderful movie about a brothel in a fishing village and that could be best describe with scene constellation and direction of old kurosawa work and combine with dostoyevski topic of human psychology ( o shin sonia marmeladova ) and shakespeare drama and han christian andersen tragic and cheerfulness . the screenplay be wondrous and the scene be colour and beautiful some scene stay really imprint in my mind . the plot be interesting and unpredictable each of the character be very well develop and interest there be also a little action and so if you do not like all the sentiment you would also come to your cost . it be not about mysterious geisha and proud samurai with their bushido pour all out of them and but about life and work and kind of people find everywhere at any time . a lovely and fascinate tribute to kurosawa and certainly worth see .

1pos

this be a very fine and poetic story . beautiful scenery . magnificent music score . i have be twice in japan last year and the movie give me this typical japanese feeling . the movement of the camera be superb and as well a the actor . it go deep into your feeling without become melodramatic . japanese people be very sensitive and kind and it all very well bring onto the screen here . the director be play superb with light an color and show the audience that it be also possible to let them enjoy a movie with subtle and fine detail . once you have see this movie you will want to see more from the same director . it a real feel good movie and i can only recommend it to everybody .

1pos

kurosawa weave a tale that have a cast of character as diverse a any shakespearean drama and and the acting be true to the story and with each star play their role a a part of the large tale . it be touch and funny and intriguing in all part . the character development be near perfect and the cinematography be vivid and engaging and and the story draw you in . i would like to say that the samurai freak and those obsess with late 18th and 19th century dynastic tale of japan may snub this film a not kurosawa best work . perhaps not his best and but even at his bad and kurosawa be good than many of the best . this story be so base in elevate the mundane life of ordinary people in a time of great change and that it be timeless and despite be set in the not so distant past . i would heartily recommend this to any movie buff and and especially to those who be likely to continue on to read the novel on which the film be base .

1pos

the sea be watch have be make from an original akira kurosawa script and and it be indeed a lush and warm film . watch it will be a pleasure . kei kumai a director be certainly no equal to the old but everlasting master ( particularly the mass scene in the beginning of the film have some terrible acting ) and but the overall mood and scenery be very enjoyable . another thing that be miss here represent kurosawa always manage to let the character be so much more then what they be actually show and do . probably that be his magic on set while shoot while and just maybe this script be not fully up to par yet . maybe we just miss the eye of the master . this be one lovely and sweet film and but it be no kurosawa . to expect that might well be very silly .

1pos

artistically speak and this be a beautiful movie the cinematography and music and costume be gorgeous . in fact and this movie be pretty than those direct by akira kurasawa himself . in this case and he only write the movie a it be make several year after his death . so and as far a the writing go and the dialog be well write and the story and at time and be interest . however and the story be also rather depress yet uninvolving in some way after all and it the story of a group of woman who work in a brothel . it interest that although prostitution have be see a a much more acceptable business in japan and the woman still long for a good life . this remind me a lot of the movie street of shame and though street of shame character be a lot less likable and more one dimensional . so and overall it get a 7 mostly due to everything but the writing . it too bad that the weak link in this movie be the story by the great kurasawa .

1pos

the sea be watch be an interesting film experience . first of all and the overall feel be intense and internalized and claustrophobic and and small . each frame seem to be a photograph of something inside and something very focused and not part of a big picture . it be obvious what we be to look at in each frame . the physicality of the set itself contribute to that feeling of smallness and intensity . the light along the middle of the road cut the road in half and and the tiny gate to the tiny settlement follow by the tiny and few cubbyhole that serve a the establishment that make up what seem to be the entire town . even the view of the ocean be frame by a tiny landing on which one can count the number of long grass swaying in the wind . no panoramic view . in fact and it remind me of the montmarte sequence of moulin rouge where the camera sweepingly focus in to the windmill create again a feeling of a small area where everything be happen . while the acting be passable consider i really could not discern how the line be truly deliver and i felt that the action be overly melodramatic and nonsensical . why kikuno would continue carry on the way she do when fusanosuke announce his impending marriage really do not seem true people hadn not really change that much and and the character kikuno be so strong and resilient that even if they be busy take on o shin business for naught and the reaction seem out of character and unnecessary and distract . another example of odd acting be when the drunk boyfriend of kikuno show up and ryosuke decide to intervene and be push down the stair and the way in which he get up and menacingly come up the stair and the ensue fight outside among the reed be simply unsatisfying . it wasn not that i like fight scene au contraire but it seem a little stilted and again and overly dramatic . otherwise and while not a beautiful movie to watch and it provide an interesting glimpse into the darker side of prostitution ( a oppose to the geisha ) . unfortunately and perhaps it feed into our expectation of wanton woman ( the honey i will give you a deal comment support by the over stretch action ) and seriously cause me to doubt whether indeed 19th century prostitute really act in that way . but once inside the house and the inner working become most interesting and vivid and real and provide a scenario i never anticipate or imagine in my romantic view of japan in the 19th century .

1pos

although lang version be more famous and borzage work be not devoid of interest and far from it representits celestial sequence be even well . the metaphor of the train ( perhaps borrow from the end of abel gance la roue ) be eventually more convincing than the up above heavenly world . borzage tenderness for his character show in marie character and love beyond the grave be one of his favorite subject ( the end of three comrade ) . the amusement park seem to be everywhere represent we see it even when we be in marie poor house . i do not think that the set be that much cheesy and they be stylize to a fault . the fair from a distance almost give a sci fi feel to the movie . borzage never forget his social concern represent in the heavenly train go up and the rich can not stand to be mix up with the riffraff but a chief magistrate tell representhere there no more difference . not a major work for borzage ( neither be lang version ) and but to seek out if you be interested in the great director career .

1pos

there be indeed much to complain about this movie version of molnar mystical play farrell look good in his title role and but his line reading and frankly and stink . this also suffer and in large part and from this be credit a the first movie that make use of rear projection . the set look phony . there be two great strength in this show and however represent although the dialogue reading limp and the visual performance be perfect . rise hobart and a julie and be little remembered today represent mostly for rise hobart and in which joseph cornell cut down the programmer east of borneo to simply shots of her represent credit melford stylish visual direction of the original . her great beauty and simple ( although stagy ) performance help repair some of the damage to the earth bound section of this movie . however and one of borzage theme be the mystical power of love and and it be the handling of the celestial section that make this great and from the arrival of the celestial train to the journey to the hot place . h. b. warner performance here be and a always and perfect . so we have here a flaw but very interesting version . i think that lang 1934 version be well and as well a the celestial scene in the henry king version of carousel and the water down musical remake . but i still greatly enjoy this version and think you should give it a chance .

1pos

love joan . great performance . what isn not she good in . i watch this film and then jane eyre right after . she just keep get well . my heart be race . great old movie drama . just what i want from a classic movie . facial expression be worth the whole film . i be glad i have it on video . don not know what more you need in a film . beautiful woman . wealth . greed . murder . detective . a trial . the costume be very nice . make me wonder what the budget be for this movie . wish they still make film like this . whenever they try they just seem to make a cheesy movie . film in black and white still hold a certain mystery .

1pos

joan fontaine star a the villain in this victorian era film . she convincingly play the married woman who have a lover on the side and also set her sight on a wealthy man and mile rushworth who be play by herbert marshall . mr. marshall be quite good a mile . miss fontaine act her part to perfection she be at the same time cunning and calculating and innocent look and frighten and charm . it take an actress with extraordinary talent to pull that off . joan fontaine look absolutely gorgeous in the elegant costume by travis banton . also in the film be joan mother and lillian fontaine a lady flora . i highly recommend this film .

1pos

poor ivy represent though to the manner born and she have the bad luck to marry a charming wastrel ( richard ney ) . a the movie be set in the 20 or 30 and when rigid victorian idea of class be start to fray at the edge and this uncertain status vexes her unduly . the gretorexes ( for so they be call ) do not know where their next shilling be come from but there be yacht party and fancy dress ball in posh pleasaunces aplenty to tempt her . when ivy ( joan fontaine ) make the acquaintance of a wealthy old gent ( herbert marshall and who must have be bear middle age ) and she set one of her extravant chapeau for him . luckily and one of the beau she still string along ( patric knowles ) be a physician whose consult room provide a cache of poison and with which she bid her hubby farewell . the fact that it implicate knowles doesn not phase her a bit and even a the hour trickle by until he should be hang by the neck until dead . the turning of the plot depend on police inspector sir cedric hardwicke while knowles mother ( the redoubtable lucile watson ) while and knowles loyal housekeeper ( una oconnor ) . sam wood add some subtle touch to this well above average melodrama while fontaine luminous face supply the rest .

1pos

an excellent period murder melodrama and with fontaine effectively play against her early naive wallflower type and in a role that reportedly olivia dehavilland turn down . that fine and because fontaine be wonderful . script by charles bennett and who have write for hitchcock in the thirty and also later pen the excellent script for the classic british horror film night of the demon . the opening scene and where ivy visit a sinister fortune teller play by the wonderful una oconnor ( the screecher of james whale fame ) and be a tour de force and and the film maintain interest throughout the numerous sinister machination . i hope to see this film on dvd someday and but despair of that ever happening and because it seem to be an undeservedly obscure film . fortunately i get to see it on amc some seven or eight year ago and but have not see since . catch it if you can .

1pos

warn represent contain a spoiler . corny plot and in many case terrible act . fontaine be great and but some others and particularly richard ney and ivy husband and be exceedingly wooden . ney lie in bed and dying of arsenical poisoning and with every hair in place . yet the movie be so juicy and so suspenseful . more faithful to the book than most movie of it era . cast joan fontaine a a poisoner ( and an adulteress and which be just a shock then i be not kid and kid ) be a masterful stroke . she just her usual joan fontainey self . a murderer be suppose to and she die by fall foot foremost through the floor into an empty space .

1pos

do anyone happen to know where this film be shoot . the aviation scene on the cliff be beautiful . it appear to be england . however and ivy apartment build certainly look like the brill building and with it fascinating elevator . charles mendl be list a play sir charles gage . maybe i blink and but i never saw him . perhaps he be the husband lawyer and but and again and i do not recall that character be in the film and other than be mention a have make a phone call . perhaps he be in the aviation scene . or the ballroom scene . do anyone spot him . herbert marshall be 57 year old when he shoot this film .

1pos

joan fontaine here be entirely convincing a an amoral beauty who be entirely incapable of feel love for anyone but herself . her husband ( richard ney ) have lose all his money through a combination of his foolhardiness and her extravagance and and they be reduce to live in a tiny room and with little or no prospect . they continue to put on the most amazing clothes and go out and socialize a if nothing be wrong . he be a charming and feckless and but wholly amiable fellow . however and fontaine decides he have to go and a he have outlive his usefulness . so she resolve to poison him when she realize he do not want to divorce her and so that she can move on . she have meanwhile have a lover ( patric knowles ) whom she decide to drop because he be not rich either . she meet the age herbert marshall and who have a yacht with all the trimming and more money than even fontaine could figure out how to spend . she target him and decide he will do nicely . he be all too eager to be eat up by the young beauty . he certainly isn not very exciting and and have about as much sex appeal a yesterday omelette . but fontaine be one of those gal who have eye only for money and and the man stand between her and it be transparent and so that she doesn not even notice or care what he look like and she look through him and see what she really want and go for it . she proceed to poison her husband and and dispatch him very neatly and satisfactorily and so that everything be go well . but a always happen in the movie and and sometimes even in life and some unexpected thing begin to go wrong and and the tension rise appreciably and so that fontaine begin to sweat . fontaine be particularly good at look wicked and terrified and and a the net begin to close in on her and her rise sense of desperation be palpable and have u on the edge of our seat . hysteria and fear take over from cool calculation and cunning . but she find a fall guy for her crime in the person of her cast off lover and who be an innocent victim of her scheme to set him up . he be condemn to death for murder and because the husband death by poison come to light unexpectedly . but sir cedric hardwicke and play a grimly determine scotland yard inspector and think there may be something amiss and and begin to doubt the story and suspect fontaine . he close in on her and and some of the scene a this happen be inspired portrayal of the wild panic . but will the innocent man life be save before he be execute . will fontaine worm her way out of this one . will herbert marshall protect her to safeguard his infatuation . this film be expertly direct by sam wood and and the film be a really superb suspense thriller which i suppose qualifies very well for the description of a superior film noir .

1pos

have see the short a number of time at horror movie marathon and i believe it to be a humorous parody that slice to the main point of it reference . though the theme be crusty and stale to today viewer and it be by no mean a crumby waste of time . though be a student film give little rise to an excuse and the proof be that it appear craft with care on a budget of little to no dough . a note by another reviewer and it be less than ten minute which be plenty of time to cleanse the view palate with a toast of joy and sit back and loaf idly through the film . i think this short bread of a film should be enjoy a an appetizer for the title reference and the viewer should relax and roll with it .

1pos

be someone who list night of the living dead at number three in her top five favorite movie of all time and and at the same time love this student film parody and i feel i must defend this movie against the previously post scathing review . this short but sweet opus have always be a crowd pleaser at horror and science fiction movie marathon where those who attend have a love of the genre yet know not to take zombie movie too seriously . this film be a tribute to the original and not an insult . it be intend to be funny and and many others who i have hear chant for and applaud it agree with me that it succeed . especially for those of u who have see notld 50 plus time . watch for the director cameo a news reporter jeff drexel and and also if you have the opportunity catch his alien parody and loaf .

1pos

i just view this great good natured parody of night of the living dead and and i have to say it be so awful and so corny it be excellent . this movie incorporate all the antic and scenery shot that the original have include the cemetery and the supposable abandon house and the basement and the front lawn . what i especially love about this movie be the comical use of bread and all the common household enemy bread have a grudge against . c amon and we know that toaster and toaster oven and zip lock have do bread in a dozen time and now we must call for their help in order to defeat the reanimated bread . aside from the cheap acting and voice over and this short horror film be my personal favorite parody of night of the living dead and even good than night of the live dead of 1990. i think what make this movie worth watch be how the writer and director utilize all the dialogue from the original movie and revolve it around bread and include how the bread become reanimated and to avoid leftover because they be especially dangerous . another great reason why i love this movie be that and there be no exception a to what bread be evil and bagel be evil and even communion be evil and which be demonstrate by a hilarious scene involve a newscaster and a rather monotone priest . i think that the actor be especially humorous perform the deed of be viscously attack by slice of bread ( i. e. the car scene ) . i think the end be very worth stick around . even though this be a short and that night of the day of the dawn of the son of the bride of the return of the revenge of the terror of the attack of the evil and mutant and alien and flesh eating and hellbound and zombified live dead part 2 represent in shock 2 d be debatably another great parody and it still recommend a a great horror parody do by and what seem to be college filmmaker . i highly recommend this movie to anybody who be able to make fun of night of the living dead and still have respect for the filmmaker . i would also like to recommend this movie to anybody who love d movie and horror parody and it just a wonderful little short horror film that fun to watch and learn .

1pos

before view and please make sure you have see night of the living dead . this might well be the best 7 minute parody i have ever see . absurd and crappy pecial effect ( the rope and the rope . ) and and maneating slice of bread . what more do you need . ( do not watch this movie while eat bread . you might get scar . ) .

1pos

bread very sharply skewer the convention of horror movie in general and night of the living dead in specific and be constantly inventive . the production value be a little rough at time ( it a student film and after all ) and but it never lose sight of it goal to entertain . hey george romero like it enough to include it on the remastered dead video tape and laserdisc and dvd . that should tell you something .

1pos

by 1987 hong kong have give the world such film a sammo hung ` encounter of the spooky kind chow yun fat in john woo iconic ` a good tomorrow and ` zu warrior and the classic ` mr vampire . jackie chan be have international success on video and but it be with ` a chinese ghost story that hk cinema have it first real crossover theatrical hit in the west for many year . western filmgoers have never see anything like it . it be a film that take various ingredient that hk cinema have use for year ( fly swordsman and wildly choreograph martial art and the supernatural ) and blend them to create a film that be unique in it look and feel and execution . forget the poor and unnecessary sequel it spawn and this be the original and best . director siu tung ching ( still best know a an action choreographer on such film a woo ` a good tomorrow 2 or the killer ) have and under the watchful eye of legendary producer tsui hark and create a masterpiece of fantasy or horror cinema . and with such an expert crew at his disposal ( no less than 6 martial art coordinator ) the chance of the film be anything but wonderful would be unthinkable . the editing by the amazingly prolific david wu ( who write or direct ` the bride with white hair 2 and edit such classic title a ` a good tomorrow half /3 and ` hardboiled and the cult hit ` the club ) be quite simply a work of genius . his crafting of the perfectly choreograph high flying and tree climb sword fight make them some of the best hk cinema have ever create . fast moving and outlandish but never confuse they be and even today and the pinnacle of their art . the crew of cinematographer have also do miracle . this be a film where every shot be an expertly craft painting . where wonderful blue ting night sequence and shroud in an ever present ghostly fog and be the breathtaking platform for our story to unfold . it a film where everything be use to weave a dreamlike beauty . even the silken robe and dress wear by hsiao tsing become living part of the movie and whether in romantic sequence or battle scenes the ever present silk flow across the screen . even a simple scene where hsiao tsing change rob be turn into a thing of flutter beauty a every skill on the set combine to create a most memorable scene from such a simple act . the set be also amazing and give an other worldly sense to the forest and and the temple and harshness to the scorch and flag fill wasteland of hell for the amazing finale . the production design by zhongwen xi deserve the high praise . another major factor to the film success be the music by romeo diaz and james wong . hong kong film have give u some fantastic music and song that have add so much to the success of a sequence and but on ` a chinese ghost story the music be and quite simply and vital . from the opening song onwards the music become as important a the character . the score be a perfect mixture of modern and traditional instrument . drum and bell and guitar pound away over the action sequence to great effect and but it in the slow and achingly romantic piece that it come into it own . here while flute and string and female choral effect create what be possibly the fine piece of music heard in an hk film . add to this the female vocal and stunningly beautiful song that play over tsau shen and hsiao tsing love making and ( nothing be ever see and but the effect be wonderful . this be lovingly innocent movie romance ) and you have a shining example of the power a film music can have . and we of course have the acting talent . leslie cheung ( ` a good tomorrow 1 and 2 and a very popular singer ) be outstanding a the innocent tax collector . his work in the ( thankfully mild ) comic sequence be never over the top and his scene with joey wang be play with just the right amount of passion and innocence . joey wang ( who would later be mostly relegate to support role in film like the chow yun fat or andy lau classic god of gambler ) have never look more radiant than how she do here . she be the epitome of ethereal beauty . her portrayal of the tragic hsiao tsing be stun . she show her character sadness at what she have become and what she be make to do and but also give off a subtle eroticism in the scene where she be lure the men to their gruesome death . veteran actor wu ma ( ` mr. vampire and ` swordsman ) be great fun a the wise and brave and but ever so grumpy and yen . he tread a fine line between the eccentric and the annoy with practised ease . and what so easily could have be a character that could have harm the film be actually wonderfully entertaining and memorable . but what about the monster and beasties . and i hear you cry . well they range from the rather crude but fun stop motion or animatronic zombie that inhabit the temple ( result in a great run gag with constantly thwart attempt to munch on the amusingly unsuspecting tsau shen ) and to the rather cheesy but surprisingly effective lord black . complete with an arsenal of vicious fly head and and quite outstanding wire work . most of which have and to this day and never be top . but the most outstanding effect and creation be the tree spirit killer tongue . we first encounter this thing with an ` evil dead style rush camera effect a it power down it victim throat to deliver a lethal french kiss that turn the victim into zombiefied husk . but later it show in all it crazy glory . it can grow so big and long that it shoot through the forest after prey and rip apart tree and wrap itself around building and coil it slimy length around people before pick them up and throw them against tree trunk . it can even split open to reveal a fang fill mouth . it an outrageous idea that give the deeply romantic main plot shouldn not work . but it do and to fantastic and unforgettable effect . so what all this add up to be a classic example of hong kong movie making . a true team effort that have give u a truly ground break movie . it a film pack with wit and invention and action and monster and martial art and ghost and fantastic idea and lush visuals and beautiful music and and most important to it endure charm and one of cinema most moving romance .

1pos

i saw this movie first on the berlin film festival and and i have never see hong kong cinema before . i felt like sit in a roller coaster represent the action be so quick and and there wasn not one boring moment throughout the film . it have martial art and love and special effect and a fantastic plot . my favorite scene be when the taoist drink and sings and fight for himself one of the many scene which stress the extraordinary musical component of the movie . this film be a definite must .

1pos

i first saw this film when it be transmit around 1988 by the bbc when i be work on uk 2000ad . my pal steve parkhouse record it on vhs and send it to me . up till this point and i would really only see the shaw bros kung fu movie and with their harsh lighting ( so audience could see the move clearly ) and so it be a revelation to me to see something that look like it have be light by ridley scott come out of hong kong . this be also my first exposure to the movie of tsui hark ( pronounce and apparently and choy huk ) . yet for all the smoky and back lit exterior and ambitious special effect ( stop motion . in a hong kong movie . ) at the heart of chinese ghost story lie a simple and move love story and make all the more real by the outstanding acting talent of leslie cheung ( what a tragic and tragic waste of a life . ) and the beauty and elegance of joey wong . grant joey be gorgeous and but it her balletic hand gesture that give her character an unattainable eroticism that hard to analyse . and though joey be now almost 20 year old ( gawd and which of u isn not . ) this will always be the enduring image of that actress . some reviewer here have say that the film be simplistic and lack any surprise and but theyre miss the fact that this movie be base on a famous chinese story write by pu songling around 1700. that a bit like complain that romeo and juliet have a predictable end and just copy west side story . ( just want to get that off my chest . ) for me and chinese ghost story be the quintessential romantic tale . it have high tragedy and because we know that chio sin and sin see can never be together . it about become mature and for none of u can mature until we have experience great loss . it about sacrifice and for sacrifice be an essential component of true love . and the comedy stylings of wu ma do not hurt a bit and either . enjoy chinese ghost story by try not to view it through a filter of western culture and you will get on with it just fine .

1pos

this movie be incredible . with great character and specially the old swordsman that can fly in the shape of fireball and jump across the tree and this film tell a classic story of battle between good and force of evil . the final showdown be specially breathtaking and the music score be kinda cool . very and very recommendable . not for the small child though . this one deserve a 10 .

1pos

this be the best chinese movie i have ever see and and and in my opinion and a lot good than hero or chrouching tiger and hidden dragon . the movie be a unique combination of several genre represent it a beautiful love story and action movie and comedy and horror at the same time . and the most amazing thing be that it really succeed in all of this . this movie definitely make it to my top 5 and and should be enjoyable to every movie lover . the action sequence do have the traditional unrealistic jumping and even fly and but the way it shoot differs from the style of hero a lot and the fly always look great and usually even make sense ( ghost can fly ) see this movie and you would not regret it . positive .

1pos

this movie be one of my favourite . it be a genre mixture with ingredient of the action or horror or romantic or comedygenre . some of the special effect may seem outdated compare to modern standard . this minor flaw be easily ignore . there be so much to discover in this story . the romantic relation between the two main character be so beautiful that it hurt . the visuals be beautiful too . the action be great which be no surprise and it be originate from honkong and birthplace of the world best action movie . the humour sometimes seem a little bit silly but in a good way . somehow this movie be be able to balance the different mood and keep be good . absolutely recommend .

1pos

i saw this movie in my childhood . and after 10 year i do not remember anything about this movie but i find out it i also do not know how i be able to find out this movie . it my life . my all time favorite movie . my word will fall short of true mean what i have inside for this movie . i follow this movie . it a brilliant mix of fantasy and comedy and romance and horror and erotic and scary and martial art . the story about the power of love be pretty touch and warm . it a masterpiece of hong kong cinema . sinnui yauman and be without a doubt one of the best ghost story ever make into film . write by songling pu and direct by siu tung ching and a chinese ghost story have it all . ling choi sin play by leslie cheung be a young man down on his luck who go in search of a monastery for lodge and deep in the wood and a place the villager seem very afraid to go near . the trek alone be perilous with wolf and and a crazy taoist monk live at the temple . ling choi sin meet tsing and a beautiful and mysterious young girl who also live nearby in a deserted temple . she be force to seduce men for her evil mistress and but when she meet innocent ling choi sin they fall in love . ling choi sin be sort of a bumbling fool but his heart be in the right place and while tsing try to protect him from the other spirit in the wood and he try to protect her from the monk who be try to kill the spirit in the wood . there great martial art and even a monk that break out into drunken song a he perform ritual taoist sword form . the movie do a lot of traditional old martial art film acrobatics and with magic and fly through the air and leap from tree to tree and with elegant long gown and scarf and but the movie genuinely flow and and everything be effective . tsing be to be marry to a evil tree monster and which cant be good and and we feel her plight in her home where we meet her sister and stepmother who be truly not nice . in the end they must fight a tree witch with a deadly tongue and and go with yin deep into the heart of hell to fight a thousand year old evil to save their soul and and bring ling ash back to her home for a proper burial so she may have a chance at reincarnation . a beautiful story that truly pay attention to detail . one be touch in many way by this movie and you will laugh and cry and and just have fun with the great martial art and cinematography . and though at the end and yin and ling choi sin ride off into the morning sun under a enchanting rainbow and we never know if tsing be afford a reincarnation and but we do know her .

1pos

sinnui yauman and be without a doubt one of the best ghost story ever make into film . write by songling pu and direct by siu tung ching and a chinese ghost story have it all . ling choi sin play by leslie cheung be a young man down on his luck who go in search of a monastery for lodge and deep in the wood and a place the villager seem very afraid to go near . the trek alone be perilous with wolf and and a crazy taoist monk live at the temple . ling choi sin meet tsing and a beautiful and mysterious young girl who also live nearby in a deserted temple . she be force to seduce men for her evil mistress and but when she meet innocent ling choi sin they fall in love . ling choi sin be sort of a bumbling fool but his heart be in the right place and while tsing try to protect him from the other spirit in the wood and he try to protect her from the monk who be try to kill the spirit in the wood . there great martial art and even a monk that break out into drunken song a he perform ritual taoist sword form . the movie do a lot of traditional old martial art film acrobatics and with magic and fly through the air and leap from tree to tree and with elegant long gown and scarf and but the movie genuinely flow and and everything be effective . tsing be to be marry to a evil tree monster and which cant be good and and we feel her plight in her home where we meet her sister and stepmother who be truly not nice . in the end they must fight a tree witch with a deadly tongue and and go with yin deep into the heart of hell to fight a thousand year old evil to save their soul and and bring ling ash back to her home for a proper burial so she may have a chance at reincarnation . a beautiful story that truly pay attention to detail . one be touch in many way by this movie and you will laugh and cry and and just have fun with the great martial art and cinematography . and though at the end and yin and ling choi sin ride off into the morning sun under a enchanting rainbow and we never know if tsing be afford a reincarnation and but we do know her .

1pos

first thing first and the female lead be too gorgeous to be miss . now actress wang zu xian and the one who play xiao qian in the movie and be 42 year old and well age . it always good to review these glorious time when see old school hongkong production like this . the movie be one of the most influential title make in 1980s . the art set decoration and other aesthetic facet be all mesmerize . more fantastically the movie have a total black humorous undertone in it . it feel like a horror movie but ultimately it not scar and but only fun . i have the experience of translate the second script of a chinese ghotst story and and i think that script be a decent write . however when i saw the movie and i firstly be disappoint in see the movie different from the script and like in a small scale and involve more comic role . however and it turn out to be well execute in term of be entertain . if you have see the lord of the ring and you will notice the similarity in this movie to lotr . the climax be like a mirror of miranda otto fight with the ring witch . it definitely a laugh out loud . bravo .

1pos

though i be not the big fan of wirework base martial art film and when a film go straight for fantasy rather than fight i get a lot more fun out of it and this film be one of the best in term of fantastical plotting and crazy fly shenanigan . ching siu tung have craft here an enchant treat with fine performance and much ethereal beauty . the great and tragic leslie cheung play a tax collector hero who stay the night in a haunted temple and get involve with a stunning fox spirit and a wacky taoist . cheungs performance be fill with naive but dignified charm and wu ma be pleasingly off the wall a the taoist monk and who show off some swordplay and even get a musical number . perhaps best off all be joey wang a the fox spirit and truly a delight to behold with every movement and gesture entrancingly seductive . the film take in element of fantasy and horror and comedy and romance and all stir together into a constantly entertaining package . ching siu tung and directing and handle the choreography give some neat wirework thrill and and fill the film with mist and shadow and eerily enthral benight forest colour and give every forest scene a wonderfully bewitch atmosphere . also notable be the elaborate hair stylings and gorgeous flow garment of the female character and with and if i be not mistake and joey wang sport hair do up like fox ear at time and a marvellous touch . though the film feature relatively little action and some perhaps ill advised cheesy pop song at time and this be a beautiful piece of entertainment and with swell character and plotting and even the odd neat character arc and a near constant supply of visual treat and copious dreamy atmosphere . an ethereal treasure and highly recommend .

1pos

a masterpiece of comedy and a masterpiece of horror and a masterpiece of romance and if there be anything negative to say about a chinese ghost story and it might be that the special effect look date in comparison to modern technology . the film have a simple premise represent a poor debt collector have to stay in a secluded area while try to collect a debt . of course and it happen to be haunt as well . what i wasn not expect the first time i saw this film be that it one of the most touching love story i have ever see while that be without lose any of the slapstick comedy that will have you in stitch . unlike some film of asian cinema and a chinese ghost story isn not hard to swallow for those that aren not verse in chinese culture . indeed and it play on timeless and cultureless theme of the paranormal and romance . think evil dead 2 and if they have throw a wonderful love story into the mix . this film be for real and despite be overlook by many . it absolutely among the best i have ever see . it ability to combine the best aspect of multiple genre and and cross cultural boundary in order to appeal to humanity everywhere and be nothing short of fantastic . highly recommended and positive .

1pos

ching siu tung and tsui hark a chinese ghost story and aside from be one of the great wuxia pian film ever make and be a beautiful and romantic love story as well a an impressively choreograph martial art film that should belong in every film lover collection . the sorely miss hong kong superstar leslie cheung play a travel tax collector who spend the night at a haunted temple . while stay at the temple and he meet a colorful cast of character that include the swordsman yin ( wu ma ) and hsiao hou and the tree devil and and the beautiful ghost lit sin see and play by the lovely joey wong . to free her from the clutch of the evil tree devil and he must reincarnate her body and travel to the underworld to defeat an even more powerful demon . enough good thing can not be say about this film . the pacing be perfect and with a great combination of romance and action and fantasy and humor and and the feverishly paced finale should leave you with little chance to breathe . the chemistry between the wonderfully tragic joey wong and leslie cheung ( whose legendary career end much too soon ) really allow the viewer to feel for both of them . indeed the acting on the whole be so vivacious and full of life and i would say this be one of the most fun viewing experience i have ever have . much of the credit go to wu ma in his portrayal of the mysterious swordsman yin . his over the top persona of a disillusioned swordsman hell bent on vanquish evil lead to some great moment of humor and traditional hk drama . a wonderful score and lush cinematography with eye pop color and and frenetic action piece courtesy of ching siu tung round out this wonderful film . find a copy anywhere you can . positive .

1pos

there be 21 comment a i add mine to this list and there be barely a criticism . this be because this film be terrific entertainment and have a bit of everything in it . it be perhaps a little frightening for young child but my 15 year old son think it be fantastic in every way from the action and to the humour and even to the beautiful music score . i buy dvd only when i know that they be go to be regularly watch and now that this be finally available in the uk and i will certainly be add it to my collection .

1pos

once in a while and a film come along that raise the bar for every other film in it genre . a film of this caliber will influence many film follow it release for year to come . ` a chinese ghost story fall in this category . it be arguably one of the best horror film make during the 1980 while possibly one of the best ever make . the filmmaker have craft a movie that appeal to every horror fan . the story be engross and original . the villain be appropriately menace and frighten . the set be creepy and atmospheric . there be even a little blood and gore to satisfy the splatter fan of the house . but do not let the ` horror label scare you off and if youre not a fan of the genre . this film easily fit into many different category . the screenwriter have deftly blend the drama and comedy and horror and kung fu and and romance genre into a delicious deluxe cinematic pizza . ` a chinese ghost story be a beautiful epic love story tell and thankfully and without the gratuitous nudity and or or explicit sex scene that have ruin many hollywood ` love story . those put off by the romantic element of the story can sit back and revel in the fast pace swordplay and ` wire fu . if that not enough and actor leslie cheung and wu ma provide enough humorous situation to satiate your appetite for comedy . this film offer something for every film fan . director siu tung ching and producer tsui hark assemble a truly amazing cast for this film . leslie cheung prove that he be not only a gifted actor and but also a talented singer and a charming physical comedian . i can not possibly think of a performer other than cheung who could have portray ling choi sin well ( except maybe chow yun fat ) . joey wang be enchant a lit su see and the enslaved spirit who steal the heart of cheung character . her portrayal of the title character be truly haunting and memorable . wu ma be hilarious a the cantankerous taoist who aid the young lover . on technical level and this film be very impressive and even by today standard . the direction be superb . i wish that today hollywood executive would seek out talented artist like siu tung ching rather fall back on the usual mtv video or pepsi commercial ` director . the cinematography be gorgeous . you have to commend any cinematographer who can make a film look good when most of it pivotal scene take place in the dead of night . the special effect make up be top notch . in fact and most of the creature effect in this film blow away the shoddy cgi ghoul and goblin that have become commonplace in modern horror film . since it release and a chinese ghost story have spawn two worthy sequel and a full length animate movie and and countless imitation . none of the film that follow it or copy it be able to capture the magic of this classic and however . this film be require view for any horror fan or just anyone look for great way to spend 95 minute of your time . 10 out 10 .

1pos

for long time i haven not see such a good fantasy movie and magic fight here be even good than in lotr and even consider that it a 1987 movie and haven not computer special effect . this movie have good plot and good acting and interesting idea . recommend everybody to see it .

1pos

can not believe a movie that can be make that good in 1987 and be virtually unknown in the west . not to repeat other review here . the score be very good and move . literally it mean dawn please never come when it come and the beautiful ghost and the lover will be apart forever . after 24 year and joel and leslie still look great . i enjoy joel in god of gambler and many movie by leslie include good tomorrow .

1pos

chinese ghost story be one of the most amazing hong kong film i have ever see . it a brilliant mix of fantasy and comedy and romance and horror and martial art . the film have some wonderful visuals and amazing fight . i love especially the fight scene between wu ma and the tree demon tongue . truly original and refreshing film and another embalmer fine recommendation .

1pos

just read the original story which be write by pu in 18th century . strikingly and the movie despict the original spirit very well and though the plot be modify tremendously . the film language and the rhythm and the special effect be all from hollywood and but still there be a chinese core . it be amazing how hark tsui manage to combine them together . the result be pure beauty .

1pos

a mix of comedy and romance and music ( . ) and action and horror . a knockout . this be one of the reason people rave about hong kong cinema . if youre look for something totally original and look no further . entertainment at it peak .

1pos

there never a dull moment in this movie . wonderful visuals and good actor and and a classical story of the fight of good and evil . mostly very funny and sometimes even scary . a true classic and a movie everybody should see .

1pos

if there be a movie to be call perfect then this be it . so bad it wasn not intend to be that way . but superb anyway . go find it somewhere . whatever you do . do not miss it .

1pos

a chinese ghost story star the late and great leslie cheung a ling choi sin and a penniless tax collector who decide to spend the night at a deserted temple and where he meet and fall for a beautiful woman call tsing ( joey wang ) . when ling discovers that tsing be actually a ghost who have be force to seduce victim for an evil tree spirit who feed on chi ( life force ) and he decide to try and free the girl by give her remains a proper burial . enlist the help of swordsman yin ( wu ma ) and a crazy taoist monk and ling successfully defeat the tree spirit and but must also do battle in hell against the evil lord black and to whom tsing be due to be wed. the first hong kong film that i saw which wasn not purely martial art action and a chinese ghost story open my eye to the incredible world of asian fantasy horror and a magical realm inhabit by beautiful female ghost and bumble innocent hero and sword wield taoist monk and monstrous spirit and and dark lord of the underworld while i instantly fell in love with the film exuberance and energy and humour and inventiveness and visual excellence . two decade later and and this amazing movie still remain one of the fine example of it genre that i have seen—a sumptuous and breathtaking masterpiece that brilliantly blend horror and comedy and fantasy and romance . with superb direction from siu tung ching and excellent edit from david wu and stunning cinematography and and a whole slew of imaginative special effect ( include a humongous killer tongue and a many tentacled monster and and multiple fly head . ) and a chinese ghost story be a completely unforgettable and thoroughly enjoyable experience from start to finish .

1pos

wasn not quite sure what to expect with this one and outside of the uniform positive review i have read . turn out and i could have never imagine this movie and because it very close to the bride with white hair in be operatic and deal with the fantastic . this walk a fine line between be a farce and a comedy and and just plain good old fashion ghost story tell . there nothing scary about it and that not the theme and it really mostly a love story deal with a bumbling guy who encounter a beautiful ghost and who be in a lot of trouble with other ghost . so the main theme be the guy try to save the beautiful ghost . this also take place in ancient china and with wild outlandish kung fu exhibition and and a trip to hell ( more or less ) . some of the stop action ghost be pretty cool and and the visual effect be top rate all the way . i could watch this genre of chinese movie all day and because they be highly entertaining and great visuals and and pretty much tongue in cheek . and i be look forward to watch the first sequel of this movie also . highly recommended .

1pos

this be a great movie . i like it where ning climb down to get his ink and and the skeleton chase him and but luckily he dodge them and open the window and and do not even notice them . xiao qian be very pretty too . and when he stick the needle up ma wu butt and it hysterical . and when he be say love be the great thing on earth while stand between two sword be great too . then also the part where he eat his bun while watch thew guy kill many people . then you see him chant poem a he run to escape the wolf . the love scene be romantic and xiao qian and ning look cute together . add the comic timing and the giant tongue and and u have horror and romance and comedy and all at once . not to mention superb special effect for the 90 .

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