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A bit late as I was knackered last night and my internet access had expired.
First, a little something they showed before The Exorcist on Friday night:
First up, the original Clash of the Titans, with wonderful stop motion creatures by Ray Harryhausen. I'd seen it quite a few times on telly but never on the big screen so that was a treat I didn't want to miss.
Next, the TV version of Hound of the Baskervilles with Peter Cushing as Holmes. It was alirght, had a few good moments but was stretched too long (originally aired as two 50 minute episodes).
Then the first set of shorts with the subtitle Suffer The Little Children. These were hit and miss, the first one, The Happy Children an almost Lovecraftian account of a seaside town (filmed in Whitby) which wasn't bad at all, Darkness Within was pointless torture porn, Endless was a weird slow-motion thing with some interesting SFX, Intercambio was pseudo-artsy rubbish about cannibalism in war times but then, CLICK with a group of kids exploring an abandoned warehouse and playing with a lightswitch. This was superb, very simply made but very effective and the young actors were excellent. The last one, The Elemental about something horrible occupying the staircase of an old apartment building was also good, with some tense moments and a good, moody atmosphere.
As my dinner date had stood me up in favour of a film (damn you, @Crawther! ;), I watched Twins of Evil, classic Hammer fare with Peter Cushing (oh look, there he was again) as a Puritan witch hunter (or rather repressed wanker who got off on burning innocent girls), an evil vampire lord in a castle and the two titular twins who were mostly clad in flimsy nightgowns. Very entertaining and especially the candle fondling had everyone in stitches.
To conclude the evening, I shunned Rutger Hauer's Hobo with a Shotgun in favour of the Vincent Price double bill. First, an interview which was both insightful and entertaining and then An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe, four of Poe's stories, recited by Price, sitting in a set. Very good indeed.
After that, I met the gang at the hotel bar for some chats and drinks but went to bed around midnight as I was feeling a bit rough.
First, a little something they showed before The Exorcist on Friday night:
First up, the original Clash of the Titans, with wonderful stop motion creatures by Ray Harryhausen. I'd seen it quite a few times on telly but never on the big screen so that was a treat I didn't want to miss.
Next, the TV version of Hound of the Baskervilles with Peter Cushing as Holmes. It was alirght, had a few good moments but was stretched too long (originally aired as two 50 minute episodes).
Then the first set of shorts with the subtitle Suffer The Little Children. These were hit and miss, the first one, The Happy Children an almost Lovecraftian account of a seaside town (filmed in Whitby) which wasn't bad at all, Darkness Within was pointless torture porn, Endless was a weird slow-motion thing with some interesting SFX, Intercambio was pseudo-artsy rubbish about cannibalism in war times but then, CLICK with a group of kids exploring an abandoned warehouse and playing with a lightswitch. This was superb, very simply made but very effective and the young actors were excellent. The last one, The Elemental about something horrible occupying the staircase of an old apartment building was also good, with some tense moments and a good, moody atmosphere.
As my dinner date had stood me up in favour of a film (damn you, @Crawther! ;), I watched Twins of Evil, classic Hammer fare with Peter Cushing (oh look, there he was again) as a Puritan witch hunter (or rather repressed wanker who got off on burning innocent girls), an evil vampire lord in a castle and the two titular twins who were mostly clad in flimsy nightgowns. Very entertaining and especially the candle fondling had everyone in stitches.
To conclude the evening, I shunned Rutger Hauer's Hobo with a Shotgun in favour of the Vincent Price double bill. First, an interview which was both insightful and entertaining and then An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe, four of Poe's stories, recited by Price, sitting in a set. Very good indeed.
After that, I met the gang at the hotel bar for some chats and drinks but went to bed around midnight as I was feeling a bit rough.
