Ok, that thumbnail gave me a burst of laughter. Thank you for being you.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

I aim to please!

The kills were cool. But, aside from those, I was bored to tears. I almost walked out during that final scene.

Scum is one of my all-time faves and is responsible for Ray Winstone's entire career as a tough guy.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

I was absolutely blown away when I saw it. Alan Clarke was an incredible filmmaker.

Hahahaha, I understand the bloodbourne frustration.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

All I needed was one last hit and I kept spamming R1. Amateur mistake.

You have got to admit it has a great title! Alan Clarke could not believe you mentioned him. I have been a fan since the late 70's. Keep up the good work sir.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

Always a pleasure interacting with a fellow Alan Clarke enthusiast. He definitely deserves a much bigger following. I got lucky when I rented boxed set of his work about 20 years ago. 'Rita, Sue and Bob Too' is also hilarious.

James has A Violent Nature. 😅

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

James Has a Childish Nature. Could have been worse, I used to smash my controllers back in my hormonal teen years.

My slasher hot take is that Friday the 13th Part V is actually a blast

@JacobCorenthose

Ай бұрын

Part V is fun. It just has the bad luck of being sandwiched between two better entries.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

It also has one of the strangest scenes in movie history with the singing as the dude drops a bomb in the bathroom. Watched it several times back in the day.

@IJohnSmith

Ай бұрын

@@geekinwithJamesHancock those damn enchiladas!

Heh thanks for your review of this because I was so aching to see this at the movie theater solely based on the point of view gimmick they were using and to find out that they really don’t follow through with that really just made me say to myself that I will wait for it to stream. Also it is not very often that I get information about horror movies and directors that I don’t know and you managed to do that in 15 minutes, with some of your director name throw outs. Incredibly impressed with your knowledge and to top it all off you have a great broadcasting voice, so I am sold on you hook, line and sinker!

Always enjoy a shout-out to The Final Chapter. Ted White is my favorite Jason actor. His Jason is ferocious in that movie. I was pretty excited for In a Violent Nature. My high expectations have now been adjusted accordingly.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

Ted White knocked his interpretation of Jason right out of the park. My siblings and I watched the Final Chapter over and over again back in the day.

@billg3356

Ай бұрын

@@geekinwithJamesHancock you have good taste, man. You should pull a Chris Stuckmann and try your hand at writing & directing something. I bet you could pull it off; you're a smart dude.

I love ya, James. We share a lot of the same opinions, and/or tastes about cinema, but you should bang yourself over the head a few more times with the joystick over this one. I was really taken with In A Violent Nature. It is a film which opens up an intriguing conversation as to what style is, and what it should be applied to? As to why we have genre conventions in the first place, and what even constitutes as film poetry? I was reminded of a recent article about Friday the 13th Part VII, how the very young, new producer of the series wanted to make not just another addition to the series, but a universally critically acclaimed one! A Friday the 13th that could win an Oscar! She reportedly sent the script out to every big director she could, including Federico Fellini, if you believe that. Regardless of the facts, the movie became what it was, and that not to say that In A Violent Nature is the film that Fellini would have directed, or Gus Van Sant, or Alan Clarke, or anybody else, but just look at the difference between this movie and those. Or even gore-centric recent popular garbage, like the Terrifier series. Does that approach add to the genre, or detract from it? Well, I think it's fair to say that it doesn't make a slasher film any worse. Maybe it punctuates what was always funny, but never really spoken about? I would say that for an hour and fifteen minutes, this movie is a lowkey comedy. I especially liked the part where they take the dismemberment cliche to an absurd, slow-motion extreme. He's making crafts! Also, in that big kill scene that you're referring to, what makes it REALLY funny is the silent long pause afterwards, where the killer takes a moment to appreciate the scenery. LOL. Then we get the ending, which, in my opinion, was the most brilliant thing I've seen in genre cinema since Godzilla Minus One. Probably like you as a kid, I never found these movies scary. What delivered was gore and tits, that's about it. And some of them did. Like you pointed out, what the expectation was of In A Violent Nature is that of a conventional slasher flick entirely shot from the point of view of the killer. Fine. But, I think if you take that gimmick to the furthest possible extreme, it becomes just that: a gimmick, rather than a reason for the camera to be there. The ending binds the movie by switching gears: similar to how Gaspar Noe movies could be read as carnival gimmicks, but instead, the style interprets the material, and not the other way around. And it makes sense it you consider the final girl expectations. That ending was as unnerving any final 10 minutes as I've experienced in a dumb, body count flick, and the whole time, you're looking at the clock, waiting for something to pop out, but it never does. It's a suspended moment of fear, which rings true to the survival story which we've just heard (in the car), and I'd liken it to no less than the ending of Deliverance. Anyway. As I said, I'm a fan of your videos, lists and reviews, and always will be. Rest your head, sir, and lay off the fucking video games.

Definitely a mixed bag as far as the reviews! I’ve been watching a ton of them and people seem to either be very unimpressed or they absolutely love it

Forgot to mention 1979 Scum is on Tubi

I don't have mixed reactions as much as I do indifferent ones. I like Johnny and the cinematography, but nothing stood out whether good or bad. I feel like this took a mid-level slasher movie and made it look pretty. I find that there's the ability for slashers to be solid horror movies like in the 1978-1982 period, but they quickly went into self parody with a couple of exceptions, and it hasn't recovered since 1982. I wish we had a more back to basics slasher movie with well written characters that is actually scary.

I found it tepid Dull and Vapid Yeah the Buckets of Blood is alright It lacked style and panache

It reminds me of Madman Mars as well. Speaking of recomendations

we've all bled to bloodbourne james, you look good wounded.

If you want to see a film that does the killer pov gimmick well, I cannot recommend Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon high enough.

Halloween, the original, used to be my favorite slasher film, but during the pandemic I finally watched Black Christmas, and now I am torn between which of the two is the better flick. Halloween gives me the creepy masked man trope that I love, a final girl that I actually root for, and Loomis' speech. Black Christmas gave me Margot Kidder being her awesome self, a lovable but drunk den mother, and a cool mystery "whodunit" mystery. I love the atmosphere of both films. Also, I know The Terminator is sci-fi, but does it count as a slasher, too? That first film feels like a slasher. At least the first half does. For me, a slasher works if I have someone to root for, otherwise, I will just watch American Psycho or Badlands, or some other movie from the villain's POV. The biggest flaw of slasher films, for me, is the cast of unlikable, stock teenage characters.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

I'm a colossal fan of the original Black Christmas. I discovered it later on in life but that infamous "eye" scene about gave me a heart attack.

I like subversive movies! Looks interesting. Although in this case making the killer the protagonist means no jump scares! Plus a lot of screen time following him walking through the woods.

My thing has always been Fulci and Argento, the American side was too cheap and not nearly sleazy enough if you can believe it.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

I didn't discover Fulci and Argento until the late Nineties. Throughout the Eighties, I had a steady diet of American slasher flicks, but sadly I was never allowed to go to any of the cool coed camps featured in the movies.

Sleepyaway Camp is creepy still to this day this film sleepy to this day lol

THE PROWLER AND THE BURNING are great...DEEP RED...SO MANY. DRESSED TO KILL IS STELLAR. I think I pretty much agree with you in this film I wanted to like it more than I did I didn't hate it I didn't love it. It was just two minimal it's worth one watching the theater and that is all I will not plan on owning it or watching it again

Cheers

To be fair James, the first 10 minutes of the movie are from the audience perspective. So I'm not sure why the whole thing had to take place from the killer's perspective. I have a sneaky suspicion that the idea for this film was originally a Friday the 13th pitch. Likely it was passed on because of the copyright hell it's been in the past 5 years. Nonetheless, a lot of people were calling this "The Jason Movie" because of the plot, setting, and obviously the undead murdermachine. I loved the first hour of this film. In the later half there's definitely some bizarre creative choices made, and I didn't like how they showed the killers face especially. They didn't need to. BUT, One thing I did love about this movie is how there was an active plot happening off scree that we weren't really privy too. But every so often we would get bits and pieces of how the victims were piecing everything together. There's also several scenes that were filmed in one single shot (Daredevil style) which were beautifully done. I think the ending was a callback to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and how everything had psychologically broken the victim. But it definitely went on too long. BTW, this film has the best line of 2024. "You're uncle is a pedo." "Not if I forgave him!" 😂

First time playing bloodborne? edit: no judgement just excited for you if it is. It's the game that got me into the genre.

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

It's my second playthrough. I screwed up by killing Gehrman without running the DLC so now I'm working my way back to that content. Brilliant game.

@jaycollins2036

Ай бұрын

@@geekinwithJamesHancock I never actually finished the game. I answered Ghermans question wrong and got executed. Looked it up afterward because I hadn't used guides and realised I could fight him and that I had somehow managed to grab all the umbilical cords so I could have accessed the true ending. Biggest L in my gaming career. Havent built up the courage to dive back in but I'm owe it to that masterpiece. Good luck, fellow hunter.

I agree, that poorly acted and cringe last 10 min almost ruins the entire movie. But the kills ARE great.

"Grossest, most elaborate k8ll scenes " well ok😂 btw Hi James😊

@geekinwithJamesHancock

Ай бұрын

Hello to you as well!

I have to agree, that final scene is atrocious and nearly ruins the whole movie, also the actors are amateurish and wooden ...but the film is quite brutal and mostly enjoyable overall.

Terrible skipped most of it talking mainly cast is wooden and only one kill been the highlight but its got none of the fun of other slasher flicks in the same setting (Friday 13th , Hatchet and The Burning )

… and this is why I don’t play bloodborne games

Spoilers but Ripped off F13 and then the Halloween ending still had fun with it but you hit the nail calling it a highlight reel