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Incident in a Ghostland

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It's from the director of Martyrs, which I think is one of the most brutal, disturbing and downright horrifying films I've ever seen. Thankfully, this one isn't anything like as much of an ordeal, but instead is a semi-interesting horror that has some good ideas, yet unfortunately becomes a bit of a mess. While it is a bit underwhelming, I'm glad I saw it as it has a few worthwhile aspects; plus, it was only £3 in Asda, so no real harm done. Pop star Mylene Farmer is surprisingly good in a key role.
 

Watched Rope last night, was ok, far from the best Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart always good thou.

The whole film is basically in one room, so I'm thinking what other films can people think of on a minimal location ?
Lifeboat, classic film is just on a boat, 12 Angy Men is almost just in the jury room, any others?
 
COYBL25 said:
They had a good go with the film, but the book is much much better.
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I read a synopsis of the book on Wiki after viewing the film. It seems different enough to warrant a read on its own merits and I do enjoy horror novels. I watched a film called Cold Moon recently which was based on a gothic horror novel i really enjoyed, but the film was absolutely atrocious and something I would tell anyone to avoid. Some stuff definitely just doesn’t translate that well to film from the page.
 

Deckard2049 said:
I read a synopsis of the book on Wiki after viewing the film. It seems different enough to warrant a read on its own merits and I do enjoy horror novels. I watched a film called Cold Moon recently which was based on a gothic horror novel i really enjoyed, but the film was absolutely atrocious and something I would tell anyone to avoid. Some stuff definitely just doesn’t translate that well to film from the page.
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They had a good go at following the book, as much as they could but the film just doesn’t catch the raw fear and terror of the book.

Plus the Forest Spirit is much more malevolent in the book.
 
4737carlin said:
Watched Rope last night, was ok, far from the best Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart always good thou.

The whole film is basically in one room, so I'm thinking what other films can people think of on a minimal location ?
Lifeboat, classic film is just on a boat, 12 Angy Men is almost just in the jury room, any others?
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Rope feels like you’re watching Hitchcock experiment more with camera tricks and techniques than anything else. Like he was bored and set himself a challenge to film the entire thing (or at least give the illusion) in one continuous take.

Rear Window and Dial M for Murder are far superior films by him which take place almost entirely in one location. It depends on how minimal you’re thinking though as well.. The Thing could be said to take place almost entirely on one research station, similarly a lot of Alien takes place on the Nostromo. Yet they feel far more expansive than the confined nature of something like 12 Angry Men. A more off the wall shout and a film I perhaps ashamedly do enjoy which fits into this criteria is Phone Booth. I just think it’s a clever thriller which speeds along its running time until the conclusion.
 
4737carlin said:
Watched Rope last night, was ok, far from the best Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart always good thou.

The whole film is basically in one room, so I'm thinking what other films can people think of on a minimal location ?
Lifeboat, classic film is just on a boat, 12 Angy Men is almost just in the jury room, any others?
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Rear window, mainly.
Phone booth.

Edit: really should read the rest of a thread before posting! lol
 
4737carlin said:
Watched Rope last night, was ok, far from the best Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart always good thou.

The whole film is basically in one room, so I'm thinking what other films can people think of on a minimal location ?
Lifeboat, classic film is just on a boat, 12 Angy Men is almost just in the jury room, any others?
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Locke, the Tom Hardy film from a few years back, was just him in his car for the entire running time.

And one I mentioned a few days back, Climax, is pretty much set in the one rehearsal space for most of the duration.
 

Deckard2049 said:
Rope feels like you’re watching Hitchcock experiment more with camera tricks and techniques than anything else. Like he was bored and set himself a challenge to film the entire thing (or at least give the illusion) in one continuous take.
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Totally agree - Rope is very much a technical exercise above anything else, despite being based on a grim real-life case.
 
4737carlin said:
Watched Rope last night, was ok, far from the best Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart always good thou.

The whole film is basically in one room, so I'm thinking what other films can people think of on a minimal location ?
Lifeboat, classic film is just on a boat, 12 Angy Men is almost just in the jury room, any others?
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Buried with Ryan Reynolds. All takes place in a coffin when he is buried alive
 
Watched bumblebee last night

An actual enjoyable transformers film. It still has the same sub par story running though it but with the 80s music and toned down CGI it was fun to follow.

Hate the other films because there is always too much going on at once. Even the decepticons were interesting and had some character development.

Overall 8/10
 
Kenshin said:
Watched bumblebee last night

An actual enjoyable transformers film. It still has the same sub par story running though it but with the 80s music and toned down CGI it was fun to follow.

Hate the other films because there is always too much going on at once. Even the decepticons were interesting and had some character development.

Overall 8/10
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I really enjoyed this one too - as you say, it definitely wasn't nearly as noisy and cluttered as the other films (that said, I was one of just a few who enjoyed The Last Knight). The shameless 80s setting made it very enjoyable... will certainly watch it again once it's out on DVD etc.
 

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