The Witching (1993)
This one gets my vote as the worst movie I have seen this entire challenge. And I was on a Jean Rollin kick.
Awful. Going after the acting in this one is a cheap shot...but I am doing it anyway. The actors where not just terrible I have seen better work from High School plays.
The plot such as it is concerns a 300 year old witch locked away in Limbo with demons and her pet demon dog-rat "Scully". The gate to Limbo opens up in this guy's refrigerator. Some one really liked Ghostbusters. It is listed as Comedy/Horror. It's neither.
R.I.P.D. (2013)
Another gate opening and dead things coming back. This time it's sorta-cooked, but all dead cop played by Ryan Reynolds and even more dead "law man" played by Jeff Bridges. Cliches all over the place. Kevin Bacon (who should know better). The only performance I liked was from Mary Louise Parker.
If you have seen Men in Black then you have seen this one.
The Countess (2009)
This on the other hand was a very good film. Julie Delpy wrote, directed, starred and produced this bio-drama about Countess Erzsébet Báthory. Everything about this movie was good, save for my expectations of it. There was little to no blood, and no horror save for the psychological kind. The film even makes a credible case that all the stories of the "Blood Countess" were nothing more than rumor and political power plays. Which could be true. Or not. The film still retains the infamous scene where a maid pulls Erzsébet's hair and the Countess strikes her so hard that she is covered in blood. The countess proceeds to bleed her for her precious virgin blood.
There is no vampirism. No allusions to Dracula. This is a historical piece and frankly a nice change of pace.
Interestingly enough Julie Delpy was 39 when she made this movie. Delphine Seyrig was also 39 when she played Báthory in Daughters of Darkness (Ingrid Pitt was 34 when she was in Countess Dracula).
I kind of hoped to finish up this weekend, but I feel I need to see a few more, just to make sure I saw enough real horror.
Tally: Watched 32, New 28
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I really enjoyed The Countess.
ReplyDeleteThe Countess sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI already had the other two flagged as likely wastes of time.