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Movietips & Reviews

Driller Killer 1979 Abel Ferrara US ****
A young artist is running on empty and out of money. He finds himself
immersed into a new hobby with a drill and power-pack battery. Classic
New York late 70s No Wave Cult movie. So much weird and funny stuff going on.
Cool crappy lo-fi synth renditions of some Bach pieces on the soundtrack.
Abel Ferrara directs and plays the lead role and he is one cool guy.

The Legend of Hell House 1973 John Hough UK ****
On paper an exploitation copy of the 1963 'The Haunted' but in real life
it turns out to be a superior movie all the way. The story is the cliche
"Parapsychologists investigate haunted mansion" plot but done extremely well.
Mainly by not showing anything. Also the weird silent atmosphere, strange
characters and off the hook serene camera work. But the real secret of this
movie's power might be the intensly scary electronic soundtrack by none others
then Delia Debishere and Brian Hodgson (from the BBC radiophonic workshop)

The Fourth Man 1983 Paul Verhoeven NL ******
Paul Verhoevens seminal masterpiece. His last film he made in Holland before
he went to Hollywood and made Robocop, showgirls, starshipstroopers etc.
Based on a famous dutch novel by Gerard Reve it tells the story of an alcoholic
writer who has to do a lecture in the remote seaside town of Vlissingen,
there he meets a mysterious female fan and things turn into Hitchcockian Suspense.
A sensual charged mesmerzing dreamy atmosphere of saturated surrealism.
Great haunting soundtrack by the obscure composer Loek Dikker.

The Attic 1980 George Edwards US ****
Psychological thriller about a loneley librarian who is being controlled by
her disabled father. She also has a pet monkey and got fired recently while
she tried to burn down the library that employed her. Besides that she is also
waiting for her fiancee who mysteriously dissapeared 17 years ago.
If todays crap Hollywood movies even had 1% of this plotline they would be
so much better!

The Lathe Of Heaven 1980 ****
Set in a semi-sort off dystopian futuristic portland a man can change the world
around him by dreaming. A Dream specialist gets involved and starts using the man
for his own agenda. A very cosey hazed atmosphere throughout the whole movie makes
it a pleasure to watch. A bit slow paced maybe but its so pleasant it works like
a meditative trip. This movie has a lot of interesting ideas...cool shots of
futuristic science buildings, warm saturated synth music, endless rain and
everything we like.


SW