I'm watching this on AMC right now
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MystMoonstruck — 18 years ago(December 22, 2007 03:28 AM)
I just saw this on AMC, and I want a copy soooo much! I kept thinking that this film might have inspired filmmakers. When the huge creature picks up the guy, who then shoots the blood into its eye, I thought of Treat Williams in "Deep Rising". The opening, with the topless girl in the water, made me think of "Jaws", with Susan Blacklinie's nude swim in the shark-infested waters. Maybe I watch too many movies, but other films kept coming to mind with various scenes.
I'm really impressed with this one! For a low-budget film, it came across far better than many others that had more money and a name cast to work with. For example, I re-watched "Village of the Damned", the color remake, and had my opinion of it verified. I really tried to give it a chance, but "The Flesh Eaters" is better! Martin Kosleck made a very good villain, which isn't so surprising.
I admit to liking low-budget, bottom-shelf films. If there's a cult following for this, I'm joining up! I'll watch AMC listings so that I can videotape it next time. If I ever get a DVD player, this definitely is going into my collection! -
escalera-2 — 17 years ago(January 24, 2009 08:08 AM)
I watched it last night on AMC. It was worth staying up until 3:30 to see the ending. Sure, it is not without its problems but it is also strangely compeling.
After reading one of the reviews and some of these postings about the making of the picture and some deleted scenes, it is all the more interesting. As one reviewer has already stated the camera work is very fine. A regular "Citizen Kane". It really tries to do something with the camera.
It also reminded me of other movies as another expressed, "Attack of the Crab Monsters" and "She Devils". -
MystMoonstruck — 18 years ago(December 22, 2007 03:30 AM)
I just saw this on AMC, and I want a copy soooo much! I kept thinking that this film might have inspired filmmakers. When the huge creature picks up the guy, who then shoots the blood into its eye, I thought of Treat Williams in "Deep Rising". The opening, with the topless girl in the water, made me think of "Jaws", with Susan Blacklinie's nude swim in the shark-infested waters. Maybe I watch too many movies, but other films kept coming to mind with various scenes.
I'm really impressed with this one! For a low-budget film, it came across far better than many others that had more money and a name cast to work with. For example, I re-watched "Village of the Damned", the color remake, and had my opinion of it verified. I really tried to give it a chance, but "The Flesh Eaters" is better! Martin Kosleck made a very good villain, which isn't so surprising.
I admit to liking low-budget, bottom-shelf films. If there's a cult following for this, I'm joining up! I'll watch AMC listings so that I can videotape it next time. If I ever get a DVD player, this definitely is going into my collection! -
rudeboy8080 — 17 years ago(April 13, 2008 07:59 PM)
You don't own a DVD player yet? WOW! You can buy a decent one for less than $70. I've owned 6 or 7 DVD players/recorders in the last 8 years. I'd buy a Panasonic and give my JVC to a friend or relative.
I've heard that Blu Ray Players can play regular DVD's and convert them to semi 1080i(very sharp video quality). I hope that's true because I own a ton of DVD's and it would be a shame for them to go to waste. I should watch my VHS tapes, too. In 10-15 years, they'll be unwatchable!
Blu Ray Players are still kind of expensive. The most afforable ones(as of April 2008)are around $400.
I've heard that HD DVD players are going to be discontinued. -
MystMoonstruck — 17 years ago(April 13, 2008 11:39 PM)
When AMC reran this, I videotaped it, so I don't have to fret about a DVD player yet. I'm afraid I won't be able to hook up the thing and still use my beloved VCR. I am soooo tech-challenged!
So, I now have "The Flesh Eaters", at least AMC's version, however clipped it might be. I'd still love to see a complete version.
Blu Ray?! I have no idea what that is, let alone understanding the rest of it, so I'll have to steer clear and try for the old-style DVD player, with hopes of someday finding "TFE". Thanks to watching Off Beat Cinema (Channel 18), my "want list" is expanding, what with them showing commercial-packed versions of such wonders as "The Crawling Hand" and "Mesa of Lost Women".
VHS tapes unwatchable?! I have tapes that are 25 years old and still hold up, even for being taped-over. If I should lose my collection of films and TV series, I'd be heartbroken! So, just in case Knock on wood!!!
MystMoonstruck
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