Saw it yesterday. The most unusual, downright crazy thriller in years. But the real reason for wanting to catch it in the theater is it is Diana Rigg’s final role and is dedicated to her. What an amazing career she had.
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And those Bette Davis eyes!
She does B*tchy effortlessly, 
And classy at the same time.
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Revisited a couple old flicks I remembered stood out when I umm - RENTED them years ago.
Both hold up still quite well, however I sometimes rather miss the days of my youth when I was less perceptive to signs, symbolism, foreshadowing and some rather obvious storyline plot points as it made movies a little more mysterious and endings were more culminating and impactful. Now this may have also been an indirect result of the fact that movie rental night and beer rental tended to coincide.
One night in 86, myself and a buddy stopped into the video rental store; we each picked one flick, - just happened to be Blue Velvet AND River’s Edge.
The next day we both went on the wagon and began actively searching local therapists.
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Yes indeed, classy and simmering beneath the surface. A cat waiting to pounce.
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Many years ago I made the mistake of suggesting “Jacob’s Ladder” for movie night when we were visiting my wife’s sister and husband. They still blame me on occasion.
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Old samurai movies are great:
Samurai,harakiri,yoyimbo etc
PS. Love Bram Stoker castle scenens:
https://youtu.be/h1EuAp__IoA
Regarding the Samurai movies, my best guess is I have 20+, mostly on Criterion reissues. Watched this one last night:
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I don’t know how many times I’ve read Travels With Charlie.
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yes these are best; no modern samurai movies can compare:
saw this the other day:
GREAT STUFF
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I’m enamored with the tale of Zatoichi. Which has been the subject of both film and television going back to the sixties. Love him or hate him (nobody working in Japanese cinema today polarizes opinion more), Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano’s take on film of the Zatoichi legend ticks all the boxes for me. Bloody as hell, laugh out loud funny in spots, prodigious performances from the entire cast. Everything I dig when Beat Kitano is at his best.
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Not familiar with Sword of Doom, amoral samurai slasher film?
the film is a classic crazy one, is one of my top samurai movies, it have the great Toshiro Mifune in it;
he and Yūzō Kayama playes also in my another favorite Sanyuro;
i prefer the old zatoichi here also with Toshirô Mifune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XPGthL6d5w
Toshirô Mifune had been in som many classic movies for example another favorite of mine; Stray dog :
i never heard a movie with so great audio than this was (abandone) but that part of the pigs eating flesh it was to much disgusting so for people that dont like to see blood or children sufering i dont recomend this movie 
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A documentary truly worth watching, especially if you like music and especially especially if you’re a drummer (and like to hang around with musicians, buhdum) “Count Me In” on Netflix.
