I'm not well known for having a great taste in films, but I have recently watched a Japanese movie called Battle Royale. Set in a society on the verge of collapse the government decide that the only way to get respect from the youths is to randomly select a class and force them to kill each other on a deserted island over the space of three days. It was very violent but almost comically so. I was not sure whether it would be good or bad....but I kind of liked it.

What are you guys watching?

I've got the sequel, it's not as tongue in cheek as the first, takes itself very seriously. In the film, Japan is the victim of a 9/11 style terrorist attack, and a group of students are coerced into attacking a terrorist group's hideout on a deserted island and kill the leader.

It's okay, but I prefer the first film.

Easy one here, answer the question first and win a pint next time/if i ever meet you.

What film is this line from ?

D'ya like dags...

Mine's a Jenning's Bitter.

Name that film:

'If Butch goes to Indo-China, I want a nigger hiding in a bowl of rice ready to pop a cap in his ass.'

Yep, it is.


Last film I watched was Hallowe'en, last night. Picked it up in town at the weekend. I've got Pumpkinhead sitting waiting to be watched (for the first time in like 10 years!). Think before that was the Evil Deads.


I haven't seen Battle Royale in a few years now, but it was a superb film! Been meaning to pick up the original book (not the manga) and give that a go. Tried reading the book of Ringu after seeing the film, but I couldn'seem to get past the first or second chapter before I got a little bored Might try and give it another go.

Halloween, a timeless classic I love the Evil Dead films too, especially Army of Darkness which was very funny.

The only two films I have seen recently are two reruns: the first Hellraiser movie and Ed Wood.
Love the Cenobytes, they truly give away an impression of immense otherwordly evil.
To think that Clive Barker was able to accomplish such a feat on less what a major Hollywood production spends on catering really makes you think...
I have always loved these low-budget masterpieces: they really show that when you have genius (Peter Jackson, David Lynch etc) sitting behind the camera big money doesn't matter...
Ed Wood is probably the best Tim Burton movie. It's a fan movie made for weirdos by Captain Weirdo himself. It has a superb cast giving a tremendous performance. It's still one of my favorites.

Mauro, I've seen bits of Ed Wood, and from what I remember it was really quite wacky as wacky could only be done by Mr Burton. Funny, I've got Plan 9 from Outer Space sitting in the house here to be seen... along with The Crawling Eye.

Ian wrote:

Halloween, a timeless classic I love the Evil Dead films too, especially Army of Darkness which was very funny.

Good... bad... I'm the guy with the gun! Think my fave has to be ED2, but Army of Darkness is cinematic magic. The quotes alone are worth the price of the DVD... shame, seeing as it's out of production now, for some reason. They're maybe planning some super deluxe limited edition collector's unlimited super Boomstick edition or something, who knows?

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I wondered why I was having trouble finding Army of Darkness on DVD

"Gimme some sugar baby"

Ebay. It's your best bet. Either that or second hand stores. I got mine in al ocal disc exchange place. It was pot-luck!


Shop smart, shop S-Mart, YOU GOT THAT!?

Mic bought the Evil dead collectors edition, the one wrapped in the book of the dead
Unfortunatly its only got the original Evil dead in it and not the others


Neil, i owe you a pint Don't let me forget.

I've thought about buying the Book of the Dead edition, for all the awesome extras that come with it. In the US, you get BOTD edition for Evil Dead 2 as well!

I bought the Army of Darkness RPG