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Is this 1989 Brian Yuzna any good? I read it was a splatter flick.
I have really like splatter flicks (e.g. Bad Taste, Braindead, Evil Dead II, Re-Animator) but I am having a hard time finding quality ones should I pick this flick up?
I'd certainly say yes if the films named in your post are anything to go by. Although certainly not an out-and-out splatter fest - the last 20 odd mins - commonly referred to as the "orgy" scene and quite unparalleled.
Especially since the above films contain no CGI at all - Society similarly is a throw-back to where special-effects wizards had to build the actual effect - not just program it into a computer. Just a personal thing - hate CGI - love Society !
THX Blair, now all I have to decide is whether to get the R1 Anchor Bay edition or the R2 Tartan one :D
I was a bit let down by Society,mostly because the "shunting" scene at the end was hyped quite a lot before the release and I was inevitably(sp?) disappointed by it.
Having said that,each viewing since then I have enjoyed more and more.
If you are a Horror fan then it is worth buying :thumbs:
I would go for the R1 as it has a Yuzna commentary. Crackin film, very underrated imo.
I loved the song at the end - always thought it was very creepy, but yes do get it. It's quite a slow burner of a film actually, more mystery than anything else - but it's worth your time.
I loved the song at the end - always thought it was very creepy, but yes do get it. It's quite a slow burner of a film actually, more mystery than anything else - but it's worth your time.
I remember watching this on tv (prob channel 4) some years ago and really enjoyed it, though some of the end scene (the bit with the eyes) was a bit hard to watch as I'm a bit of a wuss!
I liked the ending tune but can't remember it now.
Can anyone refresh my memory as to what the tune was?
http://www.etoncollege.com/eton.asp?di=1359#
Society's great, btw: its reach truly outstretchs its grasp but I'd rather watch it than most rubbish splatter. At least it had a brain.
It lapses in 90210 cliches too often tho, and an unsure director films most things far too flatly. It meanders around a bit too much as well.
Better than the sum of its parts. And I thought the shunting scene was stupendous... Nice visual metaphor.
Deffo go for the Anchor Bay. It's got much nicer art as well...
Not a bad film. R1 has audio commentary and is in the correct aspect ratio. R2 is in 1.77:1 rather than 1.85:1 :)
I'm not keen on any of Yuznas showcases for his (unconvincing) signature latex effects and this is no different. Society is too obvious in it's desire to be outrageous and ends up just being silly. It's not smart enough to work as satire and not scary enough to make it as a horror film.
It has shunting. It is good. I like it very much.
Seriously, it could've been much better (as I said before) but it's still a hell of a lot more interesting than your run-of-the-mill horror flick (and any number of big-budget labours such as Scream etc).
Flawed but great: could've been a masterpiece (if Yuzna wasn't so journeyman). Saying that, I don't think anyone would've shot the ending as well as he did, and Screaming Mad George's FX perfectly suit the hallucinatory, nightmarish milieu. They're supposed to be hyperbolic, in-your-face, Dali-esque monstrosities.
I agree with you about every other Yuzna film, tho, although Faust has comedy value.
I haven't watched Society for a while, but I've still got it on video somewhere, I'll have to dig it out...! I do love its ever-present sense of paranoia, and when I first saw it all those years ago I was blown away by the effects at the end. Whatever happened to everyone involved in this film anyway??
It is a very good film, and I have to agree about the effects, certainly brought a new meaning to the term fisting...lol
seriously though, I had no idea what i was going to see when i watched it years ago and I was not dissapointed by it, which is something that is happening less and less these days.
I haven't watched Society for a while, but I've still got it on video somewhere, I'll have to dig it out...! I do love its ever-present sense of paranoia, and when I first saw it all those years ago I was blown away by the effects at the end. Whatever happened to everyone involved in this film anyway??
Yuzna set up Fantastic Factory in Spain with Stuart Gordon, Screaming Mad George etc and churns out stuff like Dagon and the aforementioned Faust.
http://www.fantasticfactory.com/
They recently did Beyond Re-animator...
Billy Warlock was in Baywatch: I don't care if he was in anything else ever....
I have really like splatter flicks (e.g. Bad Taste, Braindead, Evil Dead II, Re-Animator) but I am having a hard time finding quality ones should I pick this flick up?
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I'd certainly say yes if the films named in your post are anything to go by. Although certainly not an out-and-out splatter fest - the last 20 odd mins - commonly referred to as the "orgy" scene and quite unparalleled.
Especially since the above films contain no CGI at all - Society similarly is a throw-back to where special-effects wizards had to build the actual effect - not just program it into a computer. Just a personal thing - hate CGI - love Society !
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THX Blair, now all I have to decide is whether to get the R1 Anchor Bay edition or the R2 Tartan one :D
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I was a bit let down by Society,mostly because the "shunting" scene at the end was hyped quite a lot before the release and I was inevitably(sp?) disappointed by it.
Having said that,each viewing since then I have enjoyed more and more.
If you are a Horror fan then it is worth buying :thumbs:
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I would go for the R1 as it has a Yuzna commentary. Crackin film, very underrated imo.
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I loved the song at the end - always thought it was very creepy, but yes do get it. It's quite a slow burner of a film actually, more mystery than anything else - but it's worth your time.
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I loved the song at the end - always thought it was very creepy, but yes do get it. It's quite a slow burner of a film actually, more mystery than anything else - but it's worth your time.
I remember watching this on tv (prob channel 4) some years ago and really enjoyed it, though some of the end scene (the bit with the eyes) was a bit hard to watch as I'm a bit of a wuss!
I liked the ending tune but can't remember it now.
Can anyone refresh my memory as to what the tune was?
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http://www.etoncollege.com/eton.asp?di=1359#
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Society's great, btw: its reach truly outstretchs its grasp but I'd rather watch it than most rubbish splatter. At least it had a brain.
It lapses in 90210 cliches too often tho, and an unsure director films most things far too flatly. It meanders around a bit too much as well.
Better than the sum of its parts. And I thought the shunting scene was stupendous... Nice visual metaphor.
Deffo go for the Anchor Bay. It's got much nicer art as well...
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Not a bad film. R1 has audio commentary and is in the correct aspect ratio. R2 is in 1.77:1 rather than 1.85:1 :)
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I'm not keen on any of Yuznas showcases for his (unconvincing) signature latex effects and this is no different. Society is too obvious in it's desire to be outrageous and ends up just being silly. It's not smart enough to work as satire and not scary enough to make it as a horror film.
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It has shunting. It is good. I like it very much.
Seriously, it could've been much better (as I said before) but it's still a hell of a lot more interesting than your run-of-the-mill horror flick (and any number of big-budget labours such as Scream etc).
Flawed but great: could've been a masterpiece (if Yuzna wasn't so journeyman). Saying that, I don't think anyone would've shot the ending as well as he did, and Screaming Mad George's FX perfectly suit the hallucinatory, nightmarish milieu. They're supposed to be hyperbolic, in-your-face, Dali-esque monstrosities.
I agree with you about every other Yuzna film, tho, although Faust has comedy value.
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I haven't watched Society for a while, but I've still got it on video somewhere, I'll have to dig it out...! I do love its ever-present sense of paranoia, and when I first saw it all those years ago I was blown away by the effects at the end. Whatever happened to everyone involved in this film anyway??
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It is a very good film, and I have to agree about the effects, certainly brought a new meaning to the term fisting...lol
seriously though, I had no idea what i was going to see when i watched it years ago and I was not dissapointed by it, which is something that is happening less and less these days.
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I haven't watched Society for a while, but I've still got it on video somewhere, I'll have to dig it out...! I do love its ever-present sense of paranoia, and when I first saw it all those years ago I was blown away by the effects at the end. Whatever happened to everyone involved in this film anyway??
Yuzna set up Fantastic Factory in Spain with Stuart Gordon, Screaming Mad George etc and churns out stuff like Dagon and the aforementioned Faust.
http://www.fantasticfactory.com/
They recently did Beyond Re-animator...
Billy Warlock was in Baywatch: I don't care if he was in anything else ever....
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