I have seen nothing but horror comedies for the longest time now, and I'm tired of them. I needed to go back to basics. Real horror. Stuff without justice commentary or other modernized nonsense. I had to go back to the early 80s, or 70s, to find something I haven't seen...

So last night I watched "Maniac,"





And it was potentially the most psychotic movie I have ever watched. I'm usually not disturbed by film, even the most violent and gory, but this one left me feeling a bit strange the rest of the night when I tried to sleep. If I didn't know better, I'd think the director was a serial killer himself, for the some of the stuff in the film could be used by one as learning material.

3 out of 4 stars. This is one of the creepiest slashers ever made. I'd rate it higher but the nature of the content is so extreme I wouldn't want to watch it over and over, thus avoids making it into 3.5+ territory.

I haven't watched the video you posted yet but what often happens in Hollywood is that scripts get passed around different studios and then the execs from those studios start discussing those story ideas with other studio execs over dinner or some other kind of social event. Eventually some of those studio execs say "hey! that sounds like a good idea! Why don't I greenlight a movie like that?". Before you know it, you end up with competing studios developing movies that have amazingly similar premises and they often come out the same year. Just a few examples off the top of my head:

Deep Impact/Armageddon 1998
The Prestige/The Illusionist 2006
Steve Jobs/Jobs One came out in 2015 and the other in 2013.

Is this good? Westfront 1918 https://www.amazon.com/Westfront-English-Subtitled-Fritz-Kampers/dp/B07CZRSXCP

Is this a true story? https://www.amazon.com/Female-Agents-English-Subtitled-Marceau/dp/B00IIJILL0

It looks like it's based on a true story. I initially thought it referred to Reinhard Heydrich but after a bit of googling it appears to be about the assassination attempt of this man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinrich_Brenner

Don't look at the link if you intend to watch the film * spoiler warning* (although how the film turns out I've no idea).

in 20/20 hindsight, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich accomplished nothing positive. It lead to an even more repressive German occupation policy in Bohemia and Moravia and the Holocaust continued on unhindered since Heydrich was quickly replaced by Kaltenbrunner.

I watched two movies this weekend:

1) "The Neighbor" (2016 film, not the 2017 one) - 3.25 stars. Great horror movie that didn't start out as much, and actually elicited a verbal response from him while watching. Fun, short and sweet.

2) "Hot Summer Nights" - Wow. This film had all the makings of an 80s classic, and sure felt that way much throughout. I was never bored, the scene transitions were tight and tied in nicely with the continuity of the film. Lots of fun, but unfortunately I had to dock 1/4 star from my final score because the ending felt as if the writer/director had it planned all along and was determined to make it end in his way no matter what, however the story dictated that a couple of the plot lines be resolved in a different direction and they weren't. The iconic, powerful, 80s "moment" where two characters come to terms and the tough edge of reality is thrust into their gut didn't quite happen, thus propelling one or both in a different, destructive direction. Because of this, I must rate it only 3.25 stars. Lesser films would have received a much lower rating because of this ending fumble, but the rest of the film is so darned good, it was begging for an exalted 3.5 rating, but fell short.

On another note, the actor playing Paul Atreides in the new, upcoming Dune was one of the starring roles of "Hot Summer Nights." That was a fair preview of things to come, I suppose...

Painfully got thru this. It was interesting at first. Why is she going to that pychiatric hospital and forcing the director to give her a job? What is her sinister purposes there? Then it became a show about death penalty, race between white and black, gays, lesbians, capital punishment, the effects of WW2: this show was set in 1947-1950. Can we have a TV series or theater movie without all that? Why everything has to have an agenda now?

Watched two last not destined to become classics but entertaining none the less Jigsaw a horror movie and Water-world just a kind of stupid show but I like Dennis Hopper

"Waterworld" has a rather infamous history behind it. Since Costner was at the height of his Hollywood career at the time he was able to convince the studio to give him an exorbitant amount of money to fund the movie. The movie then had a slew of problems during production and it added even more to the cost. At the end of the day, the movie ended up losing a significant amount of money at the box office. No amount of pre-release hype could save it.

"Waterworld" turned out to be the second of THREE big budget flops during the 90's that ended Costner's A-list status in Hollywood. The other two were "Wyatt Earp" and "The Postman".

It wasn't a great movie but good to kick back with a pizza and a six of Sam Adams..Same with Wyatt Earp and The Postman..Wouldn't give them any awards but just OK to watch if nothing else worth watching is on..If they were box office flops doesn't matter to me a lot of times something is just on in the background while I'm gaming and just background noise to me

Oh I know. I just find it fascinating just how inflated egos can become in Hollywood and how those inflated egos often lead to disastrous film productions that crash and burn after release.

I agree with that PM..Not only that but some of the "Reality" show crap that's on,,They are treated like royalty and in my opinion most are just trashy

Eh, Waterworld wasn't bad, nor was the Postman. Wyatt Earp, on the other hand, I barely recall, so it probably wasn't that noteworth.

If you want to see a great, more "recent" Costner film, check out "Mr. Brooks."

It was essentially "The Road Warrior" set in the ocean instead of the desert with a production budget of 175 million dollars.

... With a psychotic Dennis Hopper.

The Humongous from Road Warrior was much more compelling and memorable IMHO!

1984. That's 2 hours I'll never get back. I obviously didn't 'get it'.

Watched Hornblower the movie then the TV series on U Tube.

https://youtu.be/2bgubGDyFVE

The series starring ‎Ioan Gruffudd? I love those.