I recall seeing Chain Reaction when it was first released and being impressed. I'm so glad that Umbrella is releasing such a variety of films, they're giving me something to choose from all the time.
Yes, I saw it on first release too. Always enjoyed Steve Bisley, and it was one of his few chances to play a lead. Bisley and Chris Haywood were the great Australian sidekicks of the 1980s...
Great selection of movies there, Terry. Thank you, yet again for opening my eyes to fascinating new material. I had a day off this week, and enjoyed a double bill of my own choice: 'The Assassination Bureau', and 'Royal Flash'. Both great fun and both full of rip-roaring steampunky goodness, with despicable deeds being done in 'Mittel Europ'. Casts to die for, and ripe for a game of: "Isn't that...?" Lovely stuff, impossible to replicate nowadays. 👍👍👍
Good double feature there ! I think it's important to balance the old with the new. Nostalgia can be a trap which is ultimately self-defeating. There's a LOT of good new cinema out there if you look for it. 😀
When we were in Australia for a traveling con some years back, Tammy and I got to spend some time with John Noble, who is like Walter Bishop only without the insanity. He was very friendly and approachable, and enjoyed hanging out with the "Writer's table" (the SF/Fantasy authors, including Tammy, they brought along) and listening to them talk. Hopefully he's becoming a cult star over there like he is here in North America....
I watched this vid on the drive back from work having been called in on my day off. When I got home I immediately searched The Chain Reaction on my streaming device and it was exactly what I needed to save this shit day. I can't thank you enough, Big-T. Keep doing what you do! 🤘
I agree with you about remakes of foreign movies american cinema takes everything that made those films unique and turns them into very bland sitcoms good reviews terry
The Late Night With The Devil set looks brilliant. The film really must be the most original and creative horror movie of the last decade, and David Dastmalchian couldn't be more perfectly cast. I just WISH that the film had been set in Australia and had been true to its origins. I totally understand why they did it the way they did it - the faux-Americanism is even true to how international movies were made in Australia at the time - and there wasn't a Johnny Carson equivalent in Australia when Don Lane was on the telly - but, oh well...
Interesting picks...I really would like to see "Late Night with the Devil." Chase at AVA Pop Culture reviewed it recently. Have you ever seen "Alice, Sweet Alice" from 1976? I can't remember if I saw it come up in any of your videos...it's a great little horror gem that is finally getting some of the love it deserves. Cheers!
Sometimes the cross pollination do work. The Swedish Let The Right One In is superior (IMO) to its American remake Let Me In, but not by much. They're both really good movies. But yeah in general the original movies are better.
The remakes feel like cashing in to me. I don't really respect film-makers who do that, with very few exceptions like John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven.
Goodnight Mommy I saw a couple of years ago (Austrian edition) from memory it was a very intriguing and acceptable little movie. Agree with you on original foreign release generally much better watches than remakes even though the remake can be very watchable. Les Visiteurs (remake was good) similarly Cage Aux Follies (remake was good as well). Let the right one In (much preferred the Swedish original, remake not bad) Good haul Terry. About David Dastmalchian, check him out in a little made for TV number called 'Teacher' It's on TH-cam and absolutely blew me away with his performance!! The director did a lot with a very little budget.
I didn't know Goodnight Mommy was region B. There's no info on the Umbrella website about any region locking for it. Luckily I have a region B player but if it is indeed region-locked then Umbrella might be getting a lot of customer complaints very soon
NOT a sequel, prequel or remake....yeehaw! how rare that's becoming!! funny how "our" Naomi Watts was in a few US remakes of "foreign" films. (Goodnight Mommy and The Ring being two). The Emu War (the doco) story sounds fascinating! the feature film with Cleese and Shneider? oh no. maybe that's also a joke? I can't but help be on the side of the Emus'! they were here first, and we tramped all over their land. The Chain Reaction is great fun! Steve Bisley getting to be the heroic everyman character and looking FIT with it! as is Mel Gibson in his one-minute cameo as spunky grease-monkey in a string vest-woof!...aaah Mel, once you were both cute and NOT a dickhead. As for nuclear power in Australia its so ridiculous as to be a joke. millions (billions?) of tons of water needed (Yeah driest country in the world!) they take about 20 years to set up and then F-knows how many more to decommission...so NOT an instant power source by any stretch and just an absolutely filthy waste of toxicity left for some other poor suckers to deal with. Maybe the law surrounding any construction should insist that the supporters (those who bank roll it and those who supported it through government) will be required to live right next to it!. Like Mr. Burns proving "nukes is good" by eating the 3 eyed fish in The Simpsons!! You and I are of an age to recall that this hoary old mining ploy is dragged out every few years and only ever helps make coal and gas seem even more reliable/vital... so the mining giants get to have it both ways... scare us with toxic nuclear power, or you can have the slightly less (and still ghastly) coal and gas! grrr!
back when politics were regularly extracted from motion pictures, this country slipped away into a corporate oligarchy.. politics are vital for modern stories. we can't afford more defanged 'escapism' anymore.
I recall seeing Chain Reaction when it was first released and being impressed. I'm so glad that Umbrella is releasing such a variety of films, they're giving me something to choose from all the time.
Yes, I saw it on first release too. Always enjoyed Steve Bisley, and it was one of his few chances to play a lead. Bisley and Chris Haywood were the great Australian sidekicks of the 1980s...
Bisley rocks. He's written a couple of autobiographical books, too.
Haven't seen any of these. Will look out for them. Thanks. Filmmakers have got to take chances on something new. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
TBH the best original films at the moment tend to be in horror as a genre.
Great selection of movies there, Terry. Thank you, yet again for opening my eyes to fascinating new material.
I had a day off this week, and enjoyed a double bill of my own choice:
'The Assassination Bureau', and 'Royal Flash'. Both great fun and both full of rip-roaring steampunky goodness, with despicable deeds being done in 'Mittel Europ'.
Casts to die for, and ripe for a game of: "Isn't that...?"
Lovely stuff, impossible to replicate nowadays. 👍👍👍
Good double feature there ! I think it's important to balance the old with the new. Nostalgia can be a trap which is ultimately self-defeating. There's a LOT of good new cinema out there if you look for it. 😀
When we were in Australia for a traveling con some years back, Tammy and I got to spend some time with John Noble, who is like Walter Bishop only without the insanity. He was very friendly and approachable, and enjoyed hanging out with the "Writer's table" (the SF/Fantasy authors, including Tammy, they brought along) and listening to them talk.
Hopefully he's becoming a cult star over there like he is here in North America....
He is a jobbing actor here. I hear good things about him.
Late Night With the Devil is the the best horror of the year (until The Substance came out). Well done Aussies
I think The Substance gives it a challenge. It's a champagne year for horror movies.
Thank you Terry.
You are very welcome 😀
I watched this vid on the drive back from work having been called in on my day off. When I got home I immediately searched The Chain Reaction on my streaming device and it was exactly what I needed to save this shit day. I can't thank you enough, Big-T. Keep doing what you do! 🤘
My pleasure, Adam. You'll have a good time with it.
@@terrytalksmovies I already did and will again
I agree with you about remakes of foreign movies american cinema takes everything that made those films unique and turns them into very bland sitcoms good reviews terry
Thanks Grant. It's a great haul this time.
The Late Night With The Devil set looks brilliant. The film really must be the most original and creative horror movie of the last decade, and David Dastmalchian couldn't be more perfectly cast.
I just WISH that the film had been set in Australia and had been true to its origins. I totally understand why they did it the way they did it - the faux-Americanism is even true to how international movies were made in Australia at the time - and there wasn't a Johnny Carson equivalent in Australia when Don Lane was on the telly - but, oh well...
As a compromise to ensure it actually got made, I'm okay with that. It still counts as a brilliant Australian horror movie.
“New releases that arent remakes reboots or sequels!”
Theres like 4 movies there lol. Its legit sad
Six movies. Horror tends to have more original IPs than a lot of other genres. 😀
Interesting picks...I really would like to see "Late Night with the Devil." Chase at AVA Pop Culture reviewed it recently. Have you ever seen "Alice, Sweet Alice" from 1976? I can't remember if I saw it come up in any of your videos...it's a great little horror gem that is finally getting some of the love it deserves. Cheers!
I haven't found Alice Sweet Alice yet. 😀
Sometimes the cross pollination do work. The Swedish Let The Right One In is superior (IMO) to its American remake Let Me In, but not by much. They're both really good movies. But yeah in general the original movies are better.
The remakes feel like cashing in to me. I don't really respect film-makers who do that, with very few exceptions like John Sturges' The Magnificent Seven.
Goodnight Mommy I saw a couple of years ago (Austrian edition) from memory it was a very intriguing and acceptable little movie.
Agree with you on original foreign release generally much better watches than remakes even though the remake can be very watchable. Les Visiteurs (remake was good) similarly Cage Aux Follies (remake was good as well). Let the right one In (much preferred the Swedish original, remake not bad)
Good haul Terry.
About David Dastmalchian, check him out in a little made for TV number called 'Teacher'
It's on TH-cam and absolutely blew me away with his performance!! The director did a lot with a very little budget.
Dastmalchian is such an underrated actor. He did great character work for a couple of decades before his star began to shine.
I didn't know Goodnight Mommy was region B. There's no info on the Umbrella website about any region locking for it. Luckily I have a region B player but if it is indeed region-locked then Umbrella might be getting a lot of customer complaints very soon
People can see it if they click on the images at the Umbrella web site. The back covers always have the region coding on them.
NOT a sequel, prequel or remake....yeehaw! how rare that's becoming!! funny how "our" Naomi Watts was in a few US remakes of "foreign" films. (Goodnight Mommy and The Ring being two). The Emu War (the doco) story sounds fascinating! the feature film with Cleese and Shneider? oh no. maybe that's also a joke? I can't but help be on the side of the Emus'! they were here first, and we tramped all over their land. The Chain Reaction is great fun! Steve Bisley getting to be the heroic everyman character and looking FIT with it! as is Mel Gibson in his one-minute cameo as spunky grease-monkey in a string vest-woof!...aaah Mel, once you were both cute and NOT a dickhead. As for nuclear power in Australia its so ridiculous as to be a joke. millions (billions?) of tons of water needed (Yeah driest country in the world!) they take about 20 years to set up and then F-knows how many more to decommission...so NOT an instant power source by any stretch and just an absolutely filthy waste of toxicity left for some other poor suckers to deal with. Maybe the law surrounding any construction should insist that the supporters (those who bank roll it and those who supported it through government) will be required to live right next to it!. Like Mr. Burns proving "nukes is good" by eating the 3 eyed fish in The Simpsons!! You and I are of an age to recall that this hoary old mining ploy is dragged out every few years and only ever helps make coal and gas seem even more reliable/vital... so the mining giants get to have it both ways... scare us with toxic nuclear power, or you can have the slightly less (and still ghastly) coal and gas! grrr!
Mel was always a dickhead. He almost beat up a friend of mine on a flimsy pretext when he was in his twenties. To hell with that guy.
Oh………..
Politics again.
Terry, I love ya but is it necessary?
My channel, my rules, comrade.
back when politics were regularly extracted from motion pictures, this country slipped away into a corporate oligarchy.. politics are vital for modern stories. we can't afford more defanged 'escapism' anymore.
I adore, Late Night with the Devil. ❤