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Harry took a look INSIDE at Fantastic Fest and his water broke!!!

first by master bitchfist	Sep 26th, 2007 03:00:01 AM
oh i just had to
but in all seriousness... by master bitchfist	Sep 26th, 2007 03:00:34 AM
i kinda wish i had gone to see this rather than stay in to play halo 3 all day....... and all night.....
Was there anything at FF Harry DIDN'T like? by Zempf	Sep 26th, 2007 03:08:35 AM
I don't think we've read a single bad review of ANYTHING Harry saw at this years FF.... ...not that there's anything wrong with that.
hated by HEADGEEK	Sep 26th, 2007 03:14:58 AM
NEVER BELONGS TO ME - a South Korean film that I left about 45 minutes in because it was giving me a headache. Frankly, the programming at FANTASTIC FEST is pretty remarkable. And the films I'm watching are based upon the recommendations of my fellow programmers at the festival - so I've got a pretty amazing guide. As for the terrible films - as soon as a review of one arrives via Augustus Gloop, Massawyrm or someone else - I simply avoid that title, because there's always good stuff to watch.
Oh hell, why not join the discussion now by psychedelic	Sep 26th, 2007 03:15:57 AM
You might see these thoughts again with later reviews. A car crash kills a pregnant woman’s husband. Four months later she’s on the verge of birth and a stalker woman breaks into her house to cut the baby out of her womb. It’s a good premise but directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury miss huge opportunities to make it so much more. The biggest one is the stalker woman. She speaks maybe 50 words in the whole film and is pretty dumb when she could have been extremely warped, twisted, and memorable. There’s lots of stupid logistical stuff too. Plus by miscasting and other unwise choices, the pregnant mother is unsympathetic and thus I didn’t care about her. CGI shots of the baby in the womb distract. I was 10-15 minutes ahead the entire time and guessed the ending revelation about 20 minutes in. Now this is whoppingly gory with sliced arteries spewing everywhere. The gore hound in me loves that. The last ten minutes reaches a superior level of fucked-upness. Production values are good. With all due respect, some people will blab at high volumes about how great this is and I can see why some will really dig it. But a lot of people will be disappointed. I recommend watching with low expectations and enjoying what you will.
Beatrice Dalle... by Dr Uwe Boll	Sep 26th, 2007 03:25:12 AM
is in this, obviously the filmmakers got themselves a bit of French acting cred there (though, admittedly she'll appear in most anything these days, still - I have a soft spot for Dalle). Looks bloody as all shit but man, pregnant babes??? I dunno it does seem a bit too rough I prefer a psycho lesbian (High Tension) getting shit walloped out of her and wacking a few people to watching a protracted drawn out excuse to "violate" a preganant woman.
So the Weinsteins will cut and freeze this movie by CuervoJones	Sep 26th, 2007 05:59:20 AM
as usual
The Hand That Rocked The Cradle by 1GAZZA	Sep 26th, 2007 08:03:52 AM
It might not be a classic- but it was a decent stab at a different kind of horror thriller! It does not suck....
Sheitan by Mr_Sinister	Sep 26th, 2007 08:07:25 AM
All the talk of blood and pregnant women reminded me of SHEITAN with Vincent Cassel. Anyone else seen this wacky sample of French horror/comedy?
Hey! by Lost Jarv	Sep 26th, 2007 08:41:11 AM
Hand that rocks the cradle doesn't suck- it's not classic but it doesn't suck. You want to know what does suck? Torture Porn- esepcially the works of Eli Roth- and reading that review made me think that chances are this is another sorry torture porn effort
THIS MOVIE IS UNNCESSARY by BringingSexyBack	Sep 26th, 2007 08:50:08 AM
as is a lot of French cinema these days. I really loved Beatrice Dalle from Betty Blue - it's one of my favorite French movies. But really, enough is enough. After watching Irreversible I thought it couldn't get any worse and now comes a home invasion movie involving a pregnant woman. And they call Ahmadinejad a madman? Maybe he should become a French director.
I hope all the good stuff from FF isn't forgotten. by Chumkid	Sep 26th, 2007 09:46:23 AM
When these movies see a wide release or are put on dvd, I hope that someone on AICN will do another write up about them to remind us what's worth seeing.
1GAZZA, I second that by classyfredblassy	Sep 26th, 2007 11:46:37 AM
"The Hand that Rocked My Crank" was not that bad at all. Fuck you Harry.
They can do write ups right now then to remind you by kilik777	Sep 26th, 2007 11:50:06 AM
The Ferryman was released yesterday! Wrong Turn and Flight of the Living Dead are only a few weeks away. I believe FlashPoint and Invisible Target are already on region 3 dvd. That was the major problem of the festival so far. Too many movies that are about to come out. I have liked many of the movies here but there are many that are just average or crap. Heres a full rundown of what ive seen so far. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
Inside was awesome by noahphex	Sep 26th, 2007 11:50:56 AM
I was there last night and one of the people SCREAMING, SQUIRMING and SQUEALING. It's honestly my favorite movie of the fest so far, but I'm a gorehound. I'm sure the Weinsteins will hack this movie to hell. Let's at least hope for an unrated DVD release.
Oh yeah by kilik777	Sep 26th, 2007 11:51:11 AM
I was sitting about 4 seats away from Harry and his wife for Hell's Ground. I guess he didnt like it since it wasnt mentioned. I thought it was fun.
When Harry &wife get asked when's the baby coming? by Penetron	Sep 26th, 2007 01:11:11 PM
They're talking about the baby in Harry's huge stomach. He's going to give birth to an 18 year old. Fat Fuck.
??? Pregnancy references, now!?!!? by jimmy rabbitte	Sep 26th, 2007 03:16:30 PM
Harry... don't tell us you managed to slip one past the goalie...
i dunno by dubqnp	Sep 26th, 2007 04:14:29 PM
i got tired of rape horror long ago - but ok - the US - good for you - I wont get into that discussion. Is it ok to call japanese into it mad? - then we got people doing it for their country. so a movie about attacking a pregnant girl is good - i lost my belief in horor movies. Sorry had to say it.
"And, it’s French – so it’s all sorts of fucked up." by Marsellus	Sep 26th, 2007 05:32:18 PM
I shall take that for a compliment. The movie rules, indeed. I was so proud of the 2 directors when I saw it, especially cause I'm a reader of Mad MOvies, the excellent French magazine into horror movies, and Alexandre Bustillo used to write for it. Vive le gore !
Yeah. by Tourist	Sep 26th, 2007 06:32:42 PM
...I saw Sheitan. It was pretty fucking awful. I was thinking this was going to be an invasion flick like that fucked up Baby Blood movie. Wasn't that french too? Anyway, I've noticed alot of the films being recommended are available to purchase on DVD in my country already, yet none of them are at my video store. What wankers. I guess I'll just have to settle for Freedom Writers and hope my room mate purchases Taxidermia.
Oh, yeah, by Tourist	Sep 26th, 2007 06:40:04 PM
Flashpoint played the festival? I wanted to go and see that at the movies, but my girlfriend could not be budged, so I had to go watch Superbad instead. I hope it sucked so I didn't miss anything. Like the time I skipped Memories Of Murder.
Great...another story where the woman is the bad ass... by Arnold Shitzembigger	Sep 26th, 2007 10:14:24 PM
Was Josh Whedon a contributing writer? If so, the villain will be 95 pounds with the strength of Jason Vorhees. Unless she's an MMA fighter or has a gun and the men in the film don't, I don't buy it. Appreciate the twist, but let's be real...
A thousand soaked through tampons... by Mr_Sinister	Sep 27th, 2007 07:09:43 AM
Eww. Yep Sheitan was quite stupid and bad. I still don't know what to make of it. Vincent Cassell as a woman was kind of frightening though.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD by kolley kibber	Sep 28th, 2007 03:53:50 AM
So I have to read Variety now to find out about Fantastic Fest scoops http://www.variety.com/blog/13 90000339/post/960015096.html and what Mr Knowles has been quacking on about, eh? "However, it took Ain't It Cool News' Harry Knowles to point out during the Q&A that Plainview was the "best monster" he had seen all week. Anderson responded that Dracula was in his thoughts as he was writing the screenplay." Come on Harry, GRIP UP and RAISE YOUR GAME! How about hauling your sweaty hide out of bed and writing a review of THIS film.
Harry by birdybirdmanreturns	Sep 28th, 2007 05:11:26 AM
Where's the rest of the Fantastic Fest coverage? I can't find any other coverage comparable to yalls so keep up the good work!
LET ME RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE. by ninjatracksuit	Nov 16th, 2007 04:05:55 AM
Bad lady wins, cuts baby out of mother at the end, much guts and blood ensure througout. You smart kids already knew this, what with all the hints and foreboding in the now plentiful reviews, so suck it. Now ask yourself if you really need to see something like this. I'll admit I'm a bit of a gorehound - I love a movie that reminds me that I'm just meat and sinew, and that we're all as relatively fragile as a lightbulb dropped on a hardwood floor. However, I don't really see the point in showing that someone who is quite defenseless can get fucked up and mutilated like anyone else. There's a BIG difference between tragedy and mean-spiritedness - and though this one might be clever, it most certainly lacks any semblance of class (no matter how slick it looks).
complete waste of time by fxmulder35	Apr 28th, 2008 11:40:52 AM
I love horror. I love gore. But I hate stupid people in horror films. Stupid cops take the cake. This is SO not worth the supposed AICN hype. What a waste of a Netflix choice.

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