I absolutely love this movie! The atmosphere, the style, the soundtrack, the weird humor, the practical effects! I recommend it to everyone. Such a hidden gem!
This became THE film to have on a loop at all the industrial-goth clubs in the day. If Skinny Puppy albums were a movie, they’d be Hardware. I was a huge fan of Fields of the Nephilim so seeing Carl in this film, completely unexpected in the day- in fact, it didn’t occur to me that it was him until I saw the scene of him walking down the hall with his glasses reflecting light, which was an obvious nod to the Dawnrazor cover. Then I found out not only was it Carl, but the director was the person responsible for the very cinematic early FotN music videos.
Brilliant film. The lighting,the production, the montage,the soundtrack, everything works here. What is truly amazing is the fact that practical effects were so well-made that the film still looks fresh and easy on the eye.
The film was "inspired" by a short story in the British comic 2000AD illustrated by Kevin O'Neil. After behind the scenes wrangling, the film's credits acknowledge this source.
To be fair, that is mentioned in the video. But, yes, anyone who ever read that comic strip and then saw this film would be surprised to hear that any other stories might've inspired this film.
In the Island of Dr Moreau documentary Stanley ran off after getting fired and then hid on set disguised as one of the creatures. I love to imagine Stanley getting fired on Hardware and then just hanging around pretending to be a robot. 🤪
I really wish Stanley got his due for Dr. Moreau. That production was a cluster-f and he deserved better. Glad to see his return with color out of space.
The guy who operated the robot in this film went on to direct Death Machine, also featuring a killer robot nicknamed the Frontline Morale Destroyer, who chews William Hootkins to death. Highly recommended!
I saw it in 91 at age 15 and I didn't quite get it, rented it on VHS mainly because of the front cover of the box. I always remembered the this is what u want this is what u get song though, with that, I was able to find the title of the movie and downloaded it last night, glad to have seen it again and this time understood it of course.
I have this on Blu-ray and watch it at least twice a Month. There was supposed to be a sequel but because of a bunch of BS it never happened. Also… The soundtrack for this movie is phenomenal. 🖤🖤🖤
This flick makes a really interesting companion piece to Stephen Norrington's Death Machine (1994). The films share a number of key features: killer robot antagonist, strong female lead, confined high-rise setting, 90's drug culture accoutrements, and a director with a background in music videos. Norrington and Stanley also share an unfortunate history with major studio filmmaking, with Norrington's dysfunctional behaviour during the making of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), along with that film's financial flop effectively torpedoing his career, while Stanley's attempt to film The Island of Dr Moreau (1997) is now the stuff of bad-movie legend.
Norrington was also one of the FX people in charge of the MARK 13 droid on "Hardware". It's no coincidence that William Hootkins (the sleazy neighbor in "Hardware" - he was also Porkins in "Star Wars: A New Hope" and Heckard in 1989 "Batman") was also in "Death Machine". Another FX guy-turned-director that worked on "Hardware" was Chris Cunningham, who went on to direct a bunch of acclaimed music videos and commercials and for the whole of the late-90s\early-00s was hailed as "the next best thing", with upcoming movie projects like the adaptation of William Gibson's "Neuromancer", until he sort-of fell into obscurity.
Fun fact: I ran a movie club in the early 90s and this was the first movie we screened. I love Hardware sooo much it almost hurts. On laserdisc, no less. We would show the most outlandish shit you could imagine. Along with booze and ash trays. Damn, it was awesome back then. "They are so SMALL... and YELLOW..." (Boyd Rice)
Oh man the documentary showing what this film's director went through trying to make The Island of Doctor Moreau is one of the craziest docs I've ever seen. He lost his mind on that set and wound up going AWOL.
Great Review of a great & stunningly beautiful movie! To this day... I am convinced the peeping Tom neighbor sub plot stopped folks from enjoying the film with their kids, which hurt it at the Box Office & deprived its rightful place in sci-fi/horror history. Love your show. 😱👍😱 “Scare On!”
Just watched this on BD a few months back. Feels like it could have been made in the Aughts in some spots - it has aged extremely well. Nice transfer too.
One of my favorites. It's a special film, that lives somewhere else, and it brings you along, whether you like it or not. You can't shake it. This one sticks with your forever.
I saw this in the theatre when it came out and I later bought the VHS. I am a film major graduated in 1996 and In my opinion, this movie is more prophecy and on the lines of They Live. A look into a possible future if we don’t get control over the government. As a Gen X I have seen many things reveal themselves and unfold over the years. These movies are not so far fetched . My advice: start preparing. Get a food storage, items that you need for survival and arm yourselves. This may all come to pass. Mark 13.
I saw this when it came out (yeah I'm old). It was playing at an arthouse film theater in Greenwich Village, NYC. Loved this movie and always wondered why it was not more popular. But the "art" scene folks knew of it and I remember the critics giving it great reviews at the time.
If you read Shok, it's hilarious that Stanley would try and say it wasn't plagiarism. I mean, I understand multiple people can separately come up with the same idea, but not the same IDEAS as idiosyncratic as the ones shared between the two works.
Considering that the plot here is an excuse to explore a gloomy atmosphere, create set-pieces, and go wild with the style, is it really that important? I've read SHOK! (it was even included in one of the HARDWARE DVD editions) and I can see where some of the ideas came from (the guy bringing the droid's remains to the girl, the thing rebuilding itself, the robot attacking the girl from behind while she watches TV, and so forth), but the movie itself remains quite an accomplishment regardless of that.
Remember seeing this film as a teenager probably around 1992 and it stuck in my head. Actually watched it again for the first time in 28 years last night! It's such a glorious mess I love it. Fun fact - I live in Port Talbot (Wales) and the steelworks here is actually used as the dystopian background in the first act. Shown through a red filter. I was watching the film and thought, "OMG that's the steelworks!" - weird XD
Many movies fill in a void, bringing people who are sick of feeling ok in their everyday lives down to deep dark hells. It's just no fun being happy an thankful for day to day life in a more or less civilized and developed world. ;-7
It would be more popular if we could get a steady blu-ray distribution (or hopefully a 4K release) of it in the US. The blu ray has been out of print for several years now and second hand copies go anywhere from $40-$150 on eBay (depending on which release you buy).
Must be my favourite film as my e-mail is still mark13...., can still remember the first time seeing when Jill blows up the droid in the kitchen and thinking typical "the cavalry saves the day again" and then how wrong I was as the film then really starts to get going then, Moe's death scene (after being injected with Tricylobin morphate available at no extra charge from Fairisle corporation ---lol) is one of the most trippy scenes I've ever seen and Lincolns (you can call me Linc) little ditty --- "And we all walk the wibbly wobbly walk, and we all talk the wibbly wobbly talk, and we all wear wibbly wobbly ties, and look at the pretty girls with wibbly wobbly eyes".
In my country, this movie was promoted in local theaters under the title "Cyborg 2", as the sequel to JCVD's "Cyborg"! I was nearly 13 back then and rented it in video. Imagine the disappointment! When I saw the original title in the opening credits I immediately knew I had been had by flame publicity. I gave that up and enjoyed it nonetheless (such sneaky tricks weren't unheard of). I wonder what theaters did when the actual direct to video sequel to "Cyborg" was released. 🤔
I saw it in the theater at 17 and hated it. To be fair, though, I picked it at random when the movie I'd gone to see turned out to be sold out already. It wasn't what I was expecting, and I wasn't really a fan of the slasher genre in general at that time. I expect if I'd seen it later on, or just saw it again now I'd be able to appreciate it more for what it is.
I was the ultimate target audience for it: a goth, sci-fi loving,Fields of the Nephelim fan. I hated it, too. It had good ideas but it just turned into a series of cliches at the end. I guess I should give it a reappraisal.
Trivia: When Hardware was released in New Zealand on the big screen and on VHS, it was given the Restricted 18 rating for graphic violence. Bad language and sex. When it was released on DVD in 2014 in New Zealand, the rating was changed to Restricted 16.
The film was released on VHS in Australia in both cut and uncut versions - the cut version is rated (M) while the uncut one is rated 18+. I have seen only two copies of the cut version but EVERY video store I ever went to only had the uncut version, which is also the version I own on VHS myself.
@@milesipka I seen this movie on a cable network. The first time I seen this movie I believe it aired on the USA network. The second time I watched this movie it was on the SCI-FI channel. I’d love to see both of the versions you have!
@@KevinR1971 I only have the uncut R18+ version, which I converted to DVD myself through my DVD recorder (I did the whole tape - previews and all) and that disc is in the most secure section of my collection. As for my VHS tape original copy, that is in my permanent archive of a select few VHS tapes I keep completely safe and no longer watched as I already converted them to DVD thus relegating them to retirement. You can actually find copies of the uncut version on eBay although I'm not sure that the cut M version is still floating around...
@@KevinR1971 To help you out, I just checked eBay for current listings. Five copies of the uncut version VHS (look for the 18+ at the bottom of the sleeve) are currently listed, ranging from the cheapest at $20AUD (that one has a damaged cover) to the most expensive at $100AUD. Only one copy of the (M) cut version is listed, just so you know. BTW I recently changed a $20 USD note so if that exchange rate is the same for now, you would realistically pay about $50-$75 USD (I'm not exactly sure) for the tape, not counting shipping and customs fee, of course.
A few years ago I met Richard Stanley at a lovecraft film festival/con he signed my blu-ray nice guy, we talked about how the weinsteins was trying to recast this film, if you check on the blu-ray there was a film Richard made was the basis for this film
Had my mom tell me about it for years. I’d stare at all our DVDs and my eye was drawn to this one. She’d tell me about it every time before years later showing it to me. While I do love this film and Color Out Of Space I’m horrified by the crimes the director has committed and saddened that such amazing art had to come from such a cruel person.
@EveEcco I googled it and he's been cleared of all charges regarding abuse, and his accuser is being charged with defamation, libel and harassment. and the court has recommended she be psychologically assessed. so she's a bat shit insane liar
Having a chance to cast one of the greatest character actors of all time, Jeffery Combs, and NOT doing it, is one of the biggest blunders, a horror film director can make. For fucks sake... He was Re-animator... Not to mention the hundreds of other roles (Shran, Brunt, Weyoun, etc... across the Star Trek Universe should not be ignored). The guy is an absolute legend in sci-fi/horror film history. He would have been perrrrrfect in this film.
Dreary build up is an understatement, I still appreciate the film! But the build up is a slog to get through, it's almost as if the film wants you to fall asleep haha. I found the characters to be extremely unlikable and annoying, so understandably I wasn't thrilled until the carnage begun. Curious also if I watched a cut version of the film as I feel the way you're describing it is way more over the top then what I actually viewed, anyone know of a version to buy of this film in its complete intended form?
I saw part of this movie in a like a such quality cable chanell the equivilent to Sunshine a defunct movie Channel pand noticed stuff that I didn't see in the theater 🎭 released. I would like to see a directers cut of this too, if I could find at. When I spotted at on that cable channel someone extremely close to me was very sick so I had to crash at aside. I am 68 now.
The director literally was caught in the middle of two wars. That's awesome. Let's not forget he would later go on to direct The Island of Doctor Morou... Which was..... Eh....
@@thatguyoverthere2755 He got fired after three days of the shoot. Likely because someone actually read the script finally (and it was bloody brilliant, if very out there). He only then went into the jungle, because he's eccentric and actually this wasn't something new to him. The real crazy town was Kilmer and Brando.
Stanley is a creative guy, but, man, some of his antics during production are weird. I get why some people like his recent "Color from out of Space", but a Lovecraftian horror with Nic Cage, atrocious screenplay and freaking alpacas ruined it for me completely.
I am a proud member of he cult following of this magnificent film.
So am I - one of my favourite films of all time.
I absolutely love this movie! The atmosphere, the style, the soundtrack, the weird humor, the practical effects! I recommend it to everyone. Such a hidden gem!
Yes
This became THE film to have on a loop at all the industrial-goth clubs in the day. If Skinny Puppy albums were a movie, they’d be Hardware. I was a huge fan of Fields of the Nephilim so seeing Carl in this film, completely unexpected in the day- in fact, it didn’t occur to me that it was him until I saw the scene of him walking down the hall with his glasses reflecting light, which was an obvious nod to the Dawnrazor cover. Then I found out not only was it Carl, but the director was the person responsible for the very cinematic early FotN music videos.
Brilliant film. The lighting,the production, the montage,the soundtrack, everything works here. What is truly amazing is the fact that practical effects were so well-made that the film still looks fresh and easy on the eye.
The film was "inspired" by a short story in the British comic 2000AD illustrated by Kevin O'Neil. After behind the scenes wrangling, the film's credits acknowledge this source.
To be fair, that is mentioned in the video. But, yes, anyone who ever read that comic strip and then saw this film would be surprised to hear that any other stories might've inspired this film.
@@simonbrake5072 I still dream of a rogue trooper movie. The latest Dredd was fantastic I thought.
Yeah, he didn’t mention that the film didn’t originally mention it in the credits, but only did so after a lawsuit from the creators of 2AD.
one of the best gems from the early 90s. classic
The 90s my childhood.
One of my all time favorites!!
Hardware is a classic.
Definitely one of my favorite films
I saw this movie in the theater 🎭 in 1990 two times. I loved it and still do. I am 68 now.
In the Island of Dr Moreau documentary Stanley ran off after getting fired and then hid on set disguised as one of the creatures. I love to imagine Stanley getting fired on Hardware and then just hanging around pretending to be a robot. 🤪
I really wish Stanley got his due for Dr. Moreau. That production was a cluster-f and he deserved better. Glad to see his return with color out of space.
The guy who operated the robot in this film went on to direct Death Machine, also featuring a killer robot nicknamed the Frontline Morale Destroyer, who chews William Hootkins to death. Highly recommended!
This movie scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid. I dont know why either.
Saw it unrated theatrically back in the day.
I saw it in 91 at age 15 and I didn't quite get it, rented it on VHS mainly because of the front cover of the box. I always remembered the this is what u want this is what u get song though, with that, I was able to find the title of the movie and downloaded it last night, glad to have seen it again and this time understood it of course.
The fact that it has Lemmy in it alone makes it badass!
I have this on Blu-ray and watch it at least twice a Month.
There was supposed to be a sequel but because of a bunch of BS it never happened.
Also… The soundtrack for this movie is phenomenal. 🖤🖤🖤
Bless Richard Stanley. He is a true inspiration.
Getting a screamers vibe from hardware I remember watching them both. I like the dystopian feel.
I FREAKING love screamers!!
Yes screamers is a perfect comparison to this film.
@@UnwrittenSpade yeah I love that movie too !
This flick makes a really interesting companion piece to Stephen Norrington's Death Machine (1994). The films share a number of key features: killer robot antagonist, strong female lead, confined high-rise setting, 90's drug culture accoutrements, and a director with a background in music videos. Norrington and Stanley also share an unfortunate history with major studio filmmaking, with Norrington's dysfunctional behaviour during the making of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), along with that film's financial flop effectively torpedoing his career, while Stanley's attempt to film The Island of Dr Moreau (1997) is now the stuff of bad-movie legend.
Norrington was also one of the FX people in charge of the MARK 13 droid on "Hardware". It's no coincidence that William Hootkins (the sleazy neighbor in "Hardware" - he was also Porkins in "Star Wars: A New Hope" and Heckard in 1989 "Batman") was also in "Death Machine". Another FX guy-turned-director that worked on "Hardware" was Chris Cunningham, who went on to direct a bunch of acclaimed music videos and commercials and for the whole of the late-90s\early-00s was hailed as "the next best thing", with upcoming movie projects like the adaptation of William Gibson's "Neuromancer", until he sort-of fell into obscurity.
Oh goddam, three of my favorite artists, definitely gotta watch this,Lemmy =Awesome
Yo I literally just saw this movie this video timing is impeccable lol
We're in the Matrix maaaan.
Richard Stanley is criminally underrated Film Director that should be given more credit.
I'd second that. Dust Devil is also great. Would have loved to have seen his vision for Dr Moreau realised.
Yes, to this! So much
Fun fact: I ran a movie club in the early 90s and this was the first movie we screened. I love Hardware sooo much it almost hurts. On laserdisc, no less. We would show the most outlandish shit you could imagine. Along with booze and ash trays. Damn, it was awesome back then.
"They are so SMALL... and YELLOW..." (Boyd Rice)
I worked on Hardware 😄 I did all the screen graphics and really ropey 3d with an Amiga. Good times...
Saw it in the theater when it came out. So I saw it.
Great film and one I regularly tell people to check out as most people I know have never heard of it!..
Richard Stanley is amazing
Imagine what his career could've been if it wasn't for the nighmarish production of "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
Oh man the documentary showing what this film's director went through trying to make The Island of Doctor Moreau is one of the craziest docs I've ever seen. He lost his mind on that set and wound up going AWOL.
Excellent movie.
Best low key sci-fi movie
How have I not heard of this? Awesome video!
Can't believe I've never heard of this before. 100% seeking this out.
Great Review of a great & stunningly beautiful movie! To this day... I am convinced the peeping Tom neighbor sub plot stopped folks from enjoying the film with their kids, which hurt it at the Box Office & deprived its rightful place in sci-fi/horror history. Love your show. 😱👍😱 “Scare On!”
This would make a sick video game and I think Richard Stanley would be more than qualified to expand the universe
I love this movie and saw it on HBO way back in 91.I recently bought the Remastered 2 disc cd soundtrack and bought the Blu Ray in 2009.
So, you're the one.
I am😅
Just watched this on BD a few months back. Feels like it could have been made in the Aughts in some spots - it has aged extremely well. Nice transfer too.
One of my favorites. It's a special film, that lives somewhere else, and it brings you along, whether you like it or not. You can't shake it. This one sticks with your forever.
Couldn't agree more!
I saw this movie and it has always stayed with me
I saw this in the theatre when it came out and I later bought the VHS. I am a film major graduated in 1996 and In my opinion, this movie is more prophecy and on the lines of They Live. A look into a possible future if we don’t get control over the government. As a Gen X I have seen many things reveal themselves and unfold over the years. These movies are not so far fetched . My advice: start preparing. Get a food storage, items that you need for survival and arm yourselves. This may all come to pass. Mark 13.
I saw this when it came out (yeah I'm old). It was playing at an arthouse film theater in Greenwich Village, NYC. Loved this movie and always wondered why it was not more popular. But the "art" scene folks knew of it and I remember the critics giving it great reviews at the time.
Do you remember the name of the art house and area?
@@Bloodsport1 I saw this at the famous movie arthouse Angelika in SOHO, NYC. Its still open and has a cafe now as well.
Singer from fields of the nephalim was in the beginning well cool, good film
This movie is a gem.
This is exactly the kind of movie that should be remade.
only with good ideas
@@avalon9373 that's how they made "Phantom Menace". No one really were against George Lucas. So no. Good ideas are not enough. lol
Its sad to see how Hollywood chewed Stanley up and spit him out before he could even get going. He would have made an amazing Island of Dr. Moreau.
Ive been looking for this movie for so long. I watched it as a kid. And never knew the name
Great movie. I watched it for the 'Nephilim connection' but it was surprisingly good.
If you read Shok, it's hilarious that Stanley would try and say it wasn't plagiarism. I mean, I understand multiple people can separately come up with the same idea, but not the same IDEAS as idiosyncratic as the ones shared between the two works.
Considering that the plot here is an excuse to explore a gloomy atmosphere, create set-pieces, and go wild with the style, is it really that important? I've read SHOK! (it was even included in one of the HARDWARE DVD editions) and I can see where some of the ideas came from (the guy bringing the droid's remains to the girl, the thing rebuilding itself, the robot attacking the girl from behind while she watches TV, and so forth), but the movie itself remains quite an accomplishment regardless of that.
Remember seeing this film as a teenager probably around 1992 and it stuck in my head. Actually watched it again for the first time in 28 years last night!
It's such a glorious mess I love it.
Fun fact - I live in Port Talbot (Wales) and the steelworks here is actually used as the dystopian background in the first act. Shown through a red filter. I was watching the film and thought, "OMG that's the steelworks!" - weird XD
Many movies fill in a void, bringing people who are sick of feeling ok in their everyday lives down to deep dark hells. It's just no fun being happy an thankful for day to day life in a more or less civilized and developed world. ;-7
Can you do I come in peace or Nemesis?
JoBlo Horror Originals, cool video it was really good
Shame we never got the sequel. The script is pretty good.
It didn't need one
It would be more popular if we could get a steady blu-ray distribution (or hopefully a 4K release) of it in the US. The blu ray has been out of print for several years now and second hand copies go anywhere from $40-$150 on eBay (depending on which release you buy).
1990 ?
Watched this on VHS rental in 1988, 🇬🇧 .
Must be my favourite film as my e-mail is still mark13...., can still remember the first time seeing when Jill blows up the droid in the kitchen and thinking typical "the cavalry saves the day again" and then how wrong I was as the film then really starts to get going then, Moe's death scene (after being injected with Tricylobin morphate available at no extra charge from Fairisle corporation ---lol) is one of the most trippy scenes I've ever seen and Lincolns (you can call me Linc) little ditty --- "And we all walk the wibbly wobbly walk, and we all talk the wibbly wobbly talk, and we all wear wibbly wobbly ties, and look at the pretty girls with wibbly wobbly eyes".
Awesom movie, great video, terrible audio (or am I oing deaf?). Thanx!!!
I love this movie
“Well, we ..all…do..the whiperly, wopperly walk….!
In my country, this movie was promoted in local theaters under the title "Cyborg 2", as the sequel to JCVD's "Cyborg"! I was nearly 13 back then and rented it in video. Imagine the disappointment! When I saw the original title in the opening credits I immediately knew I had been had by flame publicity. I gave that up and enjoyed it nonetheless (such sneaky tricks weren't unheard of). I wonder what theaters did when the actual direct to video sequel to "Cyborg" was released. 🤔
exelent actres
We need a 4k!!!!
I saw it in the theater at 17 and hated it. To be fair, though, I picked it at random when the movie I'd gone to see turned out to be sold out already. It wasn't what I was expecting, and I wasn't really a fan of the slasher genre in general at that time. I expect if I'd seen it later on, or just saw it again now I'd be able to appreciate it more for what it is.
I was the ultimate target audience for it: a goth, sci-fi loving,Fields of the Nephelim fan. I hated it, too. It had good ideas but it just turned into a series of cliches at the end.
I guess I should give it a reappraisal.
Trivia: When Hardware was released in New Zealand on the big screen and on VHS, it was given the Restricted 18 rating for graphic violence. Bad language and sex. When it was released on DVD in 2014 in New Zealand, the rating was changed to Restricted 16.
I loved this movie and still do to this day. Is there a director’s cut that has the x rating in existence?
The film was released on VHS in Australia in both cut and uncut versions - the cut version is rated (M) while the uncut one is rated 18+. I have seen only two copies of the cut version but EVERY video store I ever went to only had the uncut version, which is also the version I own on VHS myself.
@@milesipka I seen this movie on a cable network. The first time I seen this movie I believe it aired on the USA network. The second time I watched this movie it was on the SCI-FI channel. I’d love to see both of the versions you have!
@@KevinR1971 I only have the uncut R18+ version, which I converted to DVD myself through my DVD recorder (I did the whole tape - previews and all) and that disc is in the most secure section of my collection.
As for my VHS tape original copy, that is in my permanent archive of a select few VHS tapes I keep completely safe and no longer watched as I already converted them to DVD thus relegating them to retirement.
You can actually find copies of the uncut version on eBay although I'm not sure that the cut M version is still floating around...
@@KevinR1971 To help you out, I just checked eBay for current listings.
Five copies of the uncut version VHS (look for the 18+ at the bottom of the sleeve) are currently listed, ranging from the cheapest at $20AUD (that one has a damaged cover) to the most expensive at $100AUD.
Only one copy of the (M) cut version is listed, just so you know.
BTW I recently changed a $20 USD note so if that exchange rate is the same for now, you would realistically pay about $50-$75 USD (I'm not exactly sure) for the tape, not counting shipping and customs fee, of course.
@@milesipka okay yeah I don’t think I’ll want to pay that much for a vhs tape. But thanks for the info.
Another movie that deserves a reissue from Shout Factory.
Good luck getting a copy to watch in the States
If you want to pay alot for the Blu Ray Ebay has some.
I was able to find it at a record shop.
Bro, does that dude have Ash Williams' hand from Army of Darkness??
A few years ago I met Richard Stanley at a lovecraft film festival/con he signed my blu-ray nice guy, we talked about how the weinsteins was trying to recast this film, if you check on the blu-ray there was a film Richard made was the basis for this film
wow actually saw this at cinema in UK...
Brilliant. Y'all have a badass day 🤘
I like the content but the audio is always kinda quiet
this is what you want this is what you get
Had my mom tell me about it for years. I’d stare at all our DVDs and my eye was drawn to this one. She’d tell me about it every time before years later showing it to me. While I do love this film and Color Out Of Space I’m horrified by the crimes the director has committed and saddened that such amazing art had to come from such a cruel person.
lmao what the fuck are you talking about? what did he do?
@EveEcco
I googled it and he's been cleared of all charges regarding abuse, and his accuser is being charged with defamation, libel and harassment. and the court has recommended she be psychologically assessed. so she's a bat shit insane liar
Stanley was exonerated in court and his would be accusers are on the run from France for perjury.
I forgot it was set at Christmas to be honest.
In what alternate universe is "Combs" pronounced "Cooms?"
I'm here because of the office
Yeah....top film, in most respects.
Richard Stanley...where do I know that name from? OH NO
Having a chance to cast one of the greatest character actors of all time, Jeffery Combs, and NOT doing it, is one of the biggest blunders, a horror film director can make. For fucks sake... He was Re-animator... Not to mention the hundreds of other roles (Shran, Brunt, Weyoun, etc... across the Star Trek Universe should not be ignored). The guy is an absolute legend in sci-fi/horror film history. He would have been perrrrrfect in this film.
Dylan McDermott was perfect as Mo
Hardware is a 1990 British science fiction horror film. Best Horror Movie You Never Saw
4:32 Iggy Pop's picture is more horrifying than any of the film footage you showed.
Dreary build up is an understatement, I still appreciate the film! But the build up is a slog to get through, it's almost as if the film wants you to fall asleep haha. I found the characters to be extremely unlikable and annoying, so understandably I wasn't thrilled until the carnage begun. Curious also if I watched a cut version of the film as I feel the way you're describing it is way more over the top then what I actually viewed, anyone know of a version to buy of this film in its complete intended form?
I saw part of this movie in a like a such quality cable chanell the equivilent to Sunshine a defunct movie Channel pand noticed stuff that I didn't see in the theater 🎭 released. I would like to see a directers cut of this too, if I could find at. When I spotted at on that cable channel someone extremely close to me was very sick so I had to crash at aside. I am 68 now.
while i do think this movies pretty awesome --- it does feel padded as hell near the end.
I just bought a shirt of this film
Nice 👍🏻
Was it from Rotten Cotton or another company?
@@keenandurham2631 you're good- it is from RC
What about Nirvana from 97 for a Christmas movie?
The director literally was caught in the middle of two wars. That's awesome. Let's not forget he would later go on to direct The Island of Doctor Morou... Which was..... Eh....
The documentary about that is great, he really got fucked by the studio, his lead actors and some bad luck.
He actually didn't direct it.
@@maruti1mon1 technically no, but he was originally hired to do so. But ran off into the jungle after a break down which is even more crazy
@@thatguyoverthere2755 He got fired after three days of the shoot. Likely because someone actually read the script finally (and it was bloody brilliant, if very out there). He only then went into the jungle, because he's eccentric and actually this wasn't something new to him. The real crazy town was Kilmer and Brando.
I saw it.
Christmas movie.
And got sued by the publishers of 2000AD because it was a total ripoff of one of their stories.
I saw it in theaters that Friday it came out talk about a mind fuck of a movie
It's Mark 13:20.
Stanley is a creative guy, but, man, some of his antics during production are weird. I get why some people like his recent "Color from out of Space", but a Lovecraftian horror with Nic Cage, atrocious screenplay and freaking alpacas ruined it for me completely.
"Only allowed to have 2 Americans in the cast"???
I like the video but the voicover is a bit... Slow and not fluid. The pauses are way too often appearing and a bit too long.
I hated this film - it felt like it was made in the early 80s, but it came out the same year as Goodfellas.
You lie. I saw this movie.
I want to click the like button BUT it's at 666 so I cant!!!!
COMBS not COOMS haha
classifying hardware a "the best" of anything is a bit of a stretch