Directed by Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven's movies have a knack for raising grand, philosophical questions about the world which he rushes through in order to tell a more entertaining, even silly story. It's in that rush to move past the horrifying implications of these dystopian worlds, as if they don't deserve a second thought, that … Continue reading Total Recall (1990)
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Altered States (1980)
Directed by Ken Russell Altered States will remind you of other 80's movies like The Fly and An American Werewolf in London. It's one of those stories that builds to a particularly gruesome, practical effects-laden transformation which marks the protagonist's irreversible shift from an everyman into something monstrous. William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with finding … Continue reading Altered States (1980)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
Directed by Terence Fisher The Man Who Could Cheat Death is pure, delightful pulp outside of a long conversation on the morality of immortality. It's actually quite a good movie, one whose selling points indicate none of the real quality of the film. This is a horror movie that is never quite horrifying, a drama … Continue reading The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
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