now look here is a bbc situation comedy which ran for two series of seven episodes each during 1971 to 1973 .

it was written by barry cryer .

it starred ronnie corbett , who played a character of the same name .

he was in a rather similar role to that which he played in the later , longer-running and better-known situation comedy , sorry ! , as an overgrown mother 's boy who was trying to break away from his mother ( played by madge ryan ) but having some difficulty doing so .

however it differs from the later series in that he does leave home after a few episodes , although his new home is only a few doors away , his father is deceased and he does not have any siblings .

in the second series he was married ( his wife played by rosemary leach ) .

his boss was played by donald hewlett .

all episodes still exist , although one of these survived in the american ntsc standard , from which it has been converted .

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now look here is a brisbane - based theatre company established in 2015 by artistic director , kate wil . . .
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sequel to now look here in which laura inherits a pub , causing her and ronnie to begin new careers as publicans .
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but now , fellow member stacey mcclean has revealed a new look in photos for a charity campaign raising awareness for epilepsy action .
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when asked to address the question of what a saudi - iran war would look like , my first instinct is to ask the reader to look around because it is already happening . as the futurist william gibson noted , ' the future is already here — it ' s just not very evenly distributed . '
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the singer , now 28 , is an ambassador for the charity and now wants to raise awareness after her mum leanne suffered a seizure and has been battling the condition for the last three years .
while she sported long blonde locks during her time in s club juniors , hannah now has a bob .
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when asked to address the question of what a saudi - iran war would look like , my first instinct is to ask the reader to look around because it is already happening . as the futurist william gibson noted , “the future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed . ” already , saudi arabia and iran are killing each other’s proxies , and indirectly are killing each other’s advisors and troops , in yemen , syria , bahrain , and saudi arabia’s shiite eastern province .
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now 28 , stacey shared incredible photos from the campaign showing her looking stunning in bodysuits and a jeans and t - shirt combo .
from working in a bank to fronting tv shows , you ' ll not believe what the gang are up to now either . . .
the eight members of the group , who were all young teenagers when the spin off from band s club 7 was formed , are now grown up .
in 2013 , frankie , who is now married to footballer wayne bridge , announced her first pregnancy and later gave birth to a baby boy called parker .
the future is likely to look similar . the existing pattern will intensify , eventually spill over in a short , sharp direct clash , and then sink back down again to the level of proxy wars in other people’s territories .
1 9 5 5 ( uk ) fanny cradock ( introduced here as phyliss cradock ) and her amiable kitchen partner , companion and , eventually , husband johnnie , had been restaurant critics for the daily telegraph before . . .
and yet , 16 years on , our mary — will she ever shake that title ? — seems to be on top of the world . with four gorgeous kids ( check out their most gorgeous moments here ) and 12 years of marriage under her belt , she ' s beloved by the danish public , her royal family and , as always , the country she left behind . here , we ' re looking back at 12 pivotal moments mary has had since meeting frederik , crown prince of denmark , at the slip inn in sydney all those years ago .
arsenal fan sam foulkes now works in the import and export industry , while re - teaming with some of his bandmates for the odd blazin ' squad show . he also correctly tweeted that wispa is the best chocolate bar on the market .
in this sequel to the comedy series , no , that’s me over here ! , bachelor ronnie lived in the suburban town of bramley and was seen off by his mother every morning to his job in an office where he railed against everything in sight , while at the same time pretending to be liberal - minded .
fortinbras the young prince of norway , whose father the king ( also named fortinbras ) was killed by hamlet’s father ( also named hamlet ) . now fortinbras wishes to attack denmark to avenge his father’s honor , making him another foil for prince hamlet . hamlet admires fortinbras for his willingness to fight for no good reason .
easily the most high - profile member of the band after their split , little kenzie transformed into a beefcake after his stint on celebrity big brother in 2005 . more recently in 2013 , he gave the pop game another shot by teaming up with adam rickitt , gareth gates , dane bowers and kavana for itv2 ' s the big reunion for new manband 5th story . he ' s also now a father to two daughters , wynter and wyllow .
the former squad member has also gone under the aliases primetime pro - juice , plat ' num and bezzle ( to his friends ) in recent years . immediately after his time in the group , marcel somerville had a run of reality show stints on celebair , the games and the weakest link – and he ' s back on reality telly now as a cast member on love island . he also founded his own label called dillingergang , but it ' s not put much out recently .
in iraq the iranian - backed militias have been provided with iranian air support , artillery , electronic warfare equipment and medical support . badr , the main shiite militia in iraq , fought as a military division in the iranian order of battle during the iran - iraq war . badr now leads iraq’s largest security institution , the half - million ministry of interior , and the shia militias are being formed into a proto - ministry that resembles their patron , iran’s islamic revolutionary guard corps ( irgc ) .
now iran seems to have provided its shiite houthi allies with c - 802 missiles , which have been used in a number of attacks on united arab emirates ( uae ) warships in the saudi - led war in yemen . the houthis are inflicting heavy damage on the saudi military , destroying scores of u . s . - supplied main battle tanks and other armoured vehicles using iranian - provided anti - tank guided missiles . iran’s proxies are seizing terrain in southern saudi arabia and lobbing scud missiles at military bases deep within the kingdom .
the next stage in the saudi arabian war with iran will be an intensification of the proxy war in syria . this is where riyadh plans to fight its main battle against iran . then saudi arabian foreign minister prince saud al - faisal signaled as far back as march 2012 that “the arming of the [ syrian ] opposition is a duty . ” already saudi , qatari and turkish support has allowed rebels in northwestern syria to inflict severe armor losses on pro - assad forces using anti - tank guided missiles . the provision of anti - aircraft missiles may be next . the u . s . - led coalition seems to be backing away from the morally - ambiguous war west of the euphrates in syria , where the main opposition to the islamic state and assad are radical salafists that western nations cannot engage . but saudi arabia and its allies have been doing exactly this in yemen for half a decade and are now likely to take over the war west of the euphrates in syria . riyadh now seems to view al qaeda in the arabian peninsula as a lesser evil to the iranian - backed houthis in yemen : how soon before it views “moderate splinters” of the islamic state and jabhat al - nusra the same way in western syria ?
at some point in the coming years we are likely to see both sides miscalculate and unleash a very short , very sharp burst of military force against each other . this will be a wake - up call . both iran and the gulf states are far more powerfully armed than they were during the iran - iraq war . the advanced air forces of the saudis and their key ally the uae are now capable of destroying practically all iran’s port facilities , oil loading terminals and key industries using stand - off precision - guided munitions . iran can shower the gulf coastline with multitudinous unguided rockets and a higher concentration of guided long - range missiles than ever before . in 1988 the iranian navy was destroyed by the united states in a single day of combat — operation praying mantis . even a day or two of such “push - button warfare” would serve as a reminder to both sides of their overriding imperative to avoid direct conflict and to keep their conflict limited to the territories of unfortunate third - parties .
long before the current hullabaloo saudi arabia and the other sunni gulf states have been slowly cultivating their own network of military proxies . the first major recipient of gulf military support was the saudi - supported lebanese government . the uae sent nine fully - armed and crewed sa - 342l gazelle helicopters to help the lebanese government crush al - qaeda - linked fatah al - islam at tripoli’s nahr al - bared refugee camp in may 2007 . in 2009 , a year after saudi’s king abdullah called for the u . s . to “cut the head off the snake” by bombing iran , riyadh launched a nine - week military campaign against the houthi rebels in northern yemen , losing 137 troops . this triggered a major intensification of saudi arabian , jordanian and uae provision of training , salaries , armored vehicles , and weapons to anti - houthi militias in northern yemen . now the gulf states and other allies like pakistan and somalia are building up new proxy forces in yemen to assist in the saudi - led military campaign against the houthis .
“kaleidoscope have been a loyal and active supporter of the rnli since 1994 . over the past 20 years , their members have not only raised over £20 , 000 for the lifeboat service and its volunteer crews , but they have helped to raise awareness of the work undertaken by the institution to a wide audience both at events and online . more recently , they have worked with the rnli’s films and images and archive departments supplying footage and tracing material previously believed wiped . none of this would have been possible without them . whilst kaleidoscope are based in land - locked west midlands , the “shouts” on the coast could not take place without their help and support – we are so grateful to them for their continued support as are those whose lives have been saved thanks to them . ”
“having been made aware of kaleidoscope ' s existence some years ago by a contact at the bfi , i took advantage of their archive facility , with great help from the company ' s work - force . subsequently i learned of the myriad events they organise , the work they do in sourcing archive material and finally , during 2016 , discovered they are publishers too ; had the pleasure of attending one of their book launches . an all - round , tip - top group of people , preserving early television material , keeping the memories alive . ”
kaleidoscope ' s in - depth knowledge and enthusiasm for tracing long lost tv programmes is simply incredible . their definitive library of rare and missing shows is simply essential for those in the archive television industry , like myself . their superb , money raising efforts for the royal national lifeboat , and the way they have helped raise awareness of the work undertaken by the institution is highly commendable too . well done chris and his team . . . long may their splendid work continue .
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you may have been watching love island this year and thought… where do i know that guy from ? from blazin ' squad , that ' s where . assuming it was marcel .
even music snobs were hard - pressed to resist the pop charm of the teen band ' s chart - topping debut single ' crossroads ' when it was released back in 2002 .
the 10 - piece boyband from london went on to achieve seven top 10 hits in various flip - reversed line - ups ( remember the friday hill reboot circa 2005 / 2006 ? ) , but we haven ' t heard a peep from them on the chart since 2009 .
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they ' ve had considerable success working on sam smith ' s hits ' la la la ' and ' like i can ' , as well as songs for emeli sandé and naughty boy .
they also joined kenzie , rocky b and freek to form a five - piece blazin ' squad reunion in 2009 . their comeback single ' let ' s start again ' peaked at no . 51 in the uk and basically ended it again .
stuart baker has continued to appear on stage with some of his former bandmates for blazin ' squad shows over the past few years , while juggling his proper job as a media manager for the bbc .
while melo - d – real name chris mckeckney – has worked as a window fitter in recent years , he ' s also kept one foot in the music biz . he ' s uploaded a handful of original rap tracks to his official soundcloud page , and still tours nightclubs with half of the blazin ' squad crew .
after the short - lived comeback in 2009 , freek – known as oliver georgiou to family and friends – founded his own music management company . he ' s currently helping 19 - year - old singer - songwriter miller blue break through into the industry .
we ' ve not heard much from lee bailey after his solo musical effort the lee bailey project failed to take off .
also known as tom beasley , the former boyband member is still working the decks up and down the country as a dj .
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it’s been 14 years since s club juniors formed and singalong favourites such as one step closer and automatic high – but a lot has changed since then .
and while rochelle humes and frankie bridge are still very much in the public eye thanks to their successful careers in the saturdays and their famous husbands , other members of the band haven’t been spotted in the limelight recently .
she also hit headlines when she got drunk at her wedding and fell out with her groom .
stacey was among the eight hopefuls chosen to be in s club juniors , also known as s club 8 , during the television show search for s club in 2001 .
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just a teen when the group formed , stacey went on to perform with the other seven on their two commercially successful albums together ( 2002 ) and sundown ( 2003 ) .
since leaving the group when it disbanded in 2004 , stacey appeared on x factor in 2009 – making it into the top 6 girls .
speaking to the sun about her new work with epilepsy action , stacey said : “our lives changed forever when my mum was diagnosed with epilepsy . it came out of the blue – we had no warning or history of the condition in the family . ”
the oldest member of s club 8 , aaron had to miss some of the band’s filming days for their comedy programme i dream back in the day as he was studying for his gcses .
since finding fame with the band , aaron went on to join dance company tk , who work at pineapple dance studios in london .
a dancer and choreographer , aaron has appeared as a backing dancer on both the x factor and the voice and even heads out with the saturdays to join his old bandmates frankie and rochelle as a dancer on occasion .
aaron has also appeared on the west end in flashdance : the muscial and we will rock you .
aaron runs an organisation offering street dance classes and has even signed up to run the london marathon on behalf of make a difference this year .
calvin was just 12 when he auditioned for his role in s club juniors and he’s since appeared in the only season of life is wild for the cw network in 2007 .
the star moved to la in 2007 to work on a solo career and was even managed by ashlee and jessica simpson’s dad joe .
calvin played james middleton in 2011 film william and kate that aired on american tv .
since parting ways with manager joe simpson in 2013 , the same year he released his debut single idgaf , aaron has moved back to the uk , released his first ep titled the lemon tree and is even engaged .
no longer the squeaky clean 12 - year - old , these days calvin is looking a little rough and ready with a fuzzy beard .
after leaving s club juniors , daisy went on to join a five - piece girl group , from above , in 2007 .
the group toured the uk and went through a series of line up changes before being signed by mathew knowles ( aka beyonce’s dad ) and music world records in 2008 .
the band moved to the us and appeared on a reality show called breaking from above , which documented them making their first album .
their first single and album , breaking from above , was released in 2011 and the band appeared on the boot camp stages of x factor before being rejected .
in 2015 , daisy married her footballer beau jonjo evans and the pair have two daughters .
jay didn’t appear at the auditions for s club juniors and instead sent in a video of himself , which the members of the original s club liked so much that they put him straight through to the final auditions .
these days , jay goes by the stage name jay perry and has toured the uk in musicals including save the last dance for me and hairspray .
he was involved in a reunion of the s club juniors and most recently appeared in beautiful – the carole king story on the west end .
like his ex bandmate aaron , jay is no stranger to a six - pack baring instagram or two either .
hannah , who wasn’t originally chosen for s club juniors but joined the band two days later , was the youngest of the group .
while she was never given any solos while in the group , she did go on to release a solo song in 2006 after the band split up .
these days , hannah works in barclays bank and has two adorable children , who she shares sweet photos of on her twitter account .
known as frankie sandford during her time in s club juniors , frankie went on to be a member of the successful girl group the saturdays in 2007 .
alongside her fellow s club juniors bandmate rochelle , the saturdays have had numerous top ten hits and albums .
since 2014 , the saturdays have been on hiatus and the members have been working on solo projects , with frankie appearing on strictly come dancing in 2014 and finishing second .
born rochelle wiseman , rochelle is also well known for her work with the saturdays since leaving s club juniors .
rochelle married jls member marvin humes in 2011 and the pair have one daughter together and rochelle is currently pregnant with their second child .
most recently , rochelle has turned her hand to presenting , fronting ninja warrior uk with ben shephard and chris kamara .
recently , bradley mcintosh from s club 7 spoke out on the future of the band , while frankie bridge has been showing of her enviable figure in bikini snaps .
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in the second and last series , ronnie finally fled the nest – though not entirely his mother’s attentions – by marrying a girl called laura ( rosemary leach ) .
the story resumed in a spin - off series called the prince of denmark ( 1974 ) , in which ronnie and his new wife ran a pub she had inherited .
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ronnie is struggling in the continuing suburban status race , and locked in a bitter rivalry with his condescending neighbour and colleague , cyril .
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the preferred method of conflict between these states has for a long time been proxy warfare . since its devastating eight - year war against iraq , the leadership in tehran has demonstrated a strong preference for acting through proxies like lebanese hezbollah , the iraqi shiite militias , and hamas . lacking a strong military for most of its existence , the state of saudi arabia has likewise used proxy warfare to strike painful blows against its enemies , notably against egypt’s occupation forces in the 1962 - 1970 yemeni civil war and against the soviets in afghanistan . both these players try to get others to do most of their fighting and dying for them .
iran’s powerful support for shiite militias is well - documented . lebanese hezbollah has evolved into a central pillar of iran’s retaliatory capability against israel , and more recently has answered iran’s call to provide reliable ground forces to prop up the assad regime in syria . lebanese hezbollah is no militia : it has zelzal - 1 missiles capable of hitting tel aviv . hezbollah has large stocks of advanced anti - tank guided missiles and explosively - formed penetrator ( efp ) roadside bombs capable of penetrating any israeli tank . iran as also supplied hezbollah with advanced c - 802 anti - shipping missiles , which crippled an israeli warship in 2006 , and most recently with even more advanced yakhont anti - ship missiles .
most worryingly for saudi arabia the iranian bloc is demonstrating a disregard for long - lasting “red lines” over bahrain and saudi arabia’s oil - rich eastern province , which has a majority shiite population . in 2011 saudi arabia and the uae deployed scores of main battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers to directly safeguard the bahraini royal family in the face of arab spring uprisings . this robust move seemed to deeply shake tehran , triggering the hapless iranian plot to assassinate adel jubeir , the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states . in the last year iran seems to have been acting increasoingly recklessly in bahrain and saudi arabia’s eastern province . iraqi shiite militias like badr spin - off kataib hezbollah have worked with iranian - backed cells in bahrain and eastern province to import advanced efp munitions in large numbers with the evident intent of giving shia communities the ability to self - defend against future saudi military crackdowns . this kind of game - changing behaviour by tehran is undoubtedly one reason the saudi government chose to recently execute eastern province shia dissident sheikh nimr al - nimr .
so what happens next ? saudi and iran will want to test and hurt each other , signal limits , but not suffer mutual destruction .
iran will begin to stir violence in eastern province and bahrain , and it may try harder to fight supplies through to yemen by sea by bolstering houthi coastal missile batteries .
though neither saudi arabian nor iran envisage an open conventional war between them — a result that saudi arabia’s crown price and defence minister prince mohammed bin salman recently called “a major catastrophe” — there is always the potential for frontier skirmishes on their shared littoral borders and in the neutral space of the gulf . shared gas fields and disputed islands are obvious touchpoints . iran might test missiles closer and closer to gulf sea - lanes and coasts . aerial patrols might begin to test each other : this happened during the iran - iraq war along the so - called “fahd line” until a saudi interceptor shot down two iranian fighter aircraft in 1984 . iran ( or the gulf states ) could undertake tit - for - tat harassment , boarding or even deniable use of naval mines against each other’s trade routes . ( iran also used this tactic in the 1980s ) . cyberwarfare is a likely deniable weapon of choice for both sides also .
michael knights is the lafer fellow at the washington institute for near east policy . he has worked on the military balance between iran and the gulf states for over twenty years .
thomas e . ricks covered the u . s . military from 1991 to 2008 for the wall street journal and then the washington post . he can be reached at ricksblogcomment @ gmail . com .
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hamlet the prince of denmark , and a student at the university of wittenberg . at the beginning of the play , hamlet’s father , king hamlet , has recently died , and his mother , queen gertrude , has married the new king , hamlet’s uncle claudius . hamlet is melancholy , bitter , and cynical , full of hatred for his uncle and disgust at his mother for marrying him . when the ghost of hamlet’s father appears and claims to have been murdered by claudius , hamlet becomes obsessed with avenging his father’s death but keeps thinking of reasons why he should wait before killing claudius—then chastizes himself for failing to act boldly . hamlet is a character of contradictions . he admires characters like fortinbras and the player king , who behave passionately and even violently for no good reason , but is himself thoughtful , reflective , and philosophical . at times hamlet is indecisive and hesitant , but at other times he is prone to rash and impulsive acts of violence .
claudius the king of denmark , hamlet’s uncle . the villain of the play , claudius is a calculating , ambitious politician , adept at manipulating others for his own ends and willing to execute , assassinate , or murder to stay in power . he doesn’t understand hamlet or hamlet’s motives , but he is quick to perceive hamlet as a threat and take decisive action against him . claudius does occasionally show signs of remorse and human feeling—his affection for gertrude , for instance , seems sincere .
gertrude the queen of denmark , hamlet’s mother , recently married to claudius . we never get to observe gertrude on her own , so we know much more about how hamlet feels about her than about how she sees herself . she seems clearly to love hamlet , but hamlet sees her as a weak , even depraved , woman motivated wholly by lust . hamlet has such strong feelings about her sex life that he becomes momentarily distracted from his revenge quest , urging her toward a life of chastity .
polonius the lord chamberlain of claudius’s court , and the father of laertes and ophelia . polonius has good intentions , but he tends to be somewhat conniving and underhanded . he frequently leaps to the wrong conclusions , and his speeches are comically pompous and long - winded . he is completely incapable of figuring out what hamlet is up to .
horatio hamlet’s close friend , who studied with the prince at the university of wittenberg . hamlet trusts horatio above any of the other characters , valuing him for his even temper and equanimity—qualities that hamlet seems to despise in himself . horatio is loyal and helpful to hamlet throughout the play . after hamlet’s death , horatio remains alive to tell hamlet’s story .
ophelia polonius’s daughter , a beautiful young woman with whom hamlet has been in love . a sweet and innocent young girl , ophelia dutifully strives to obey her father and her brother , laertes , allowing polonius to use her in his scheme to spy on hamlet . when her father dies , her sanity unravels , and in her madness she paints a scathing picture of young men as sexually exploitative and unfaithful , and her mad speeches about flowers conceal implied condemnations of claudius and gertrude .
laertes polonius’s son and ophelia’s brother , a young man who spends much of the play in france . passionate and quick to action , laertes is a foil for the reflective and agonized hamlet .
the ghost the specter of hamlet’s recently deceased father . the ghost , who claims to have been murdered by claudius , calls upon hamlet to avenge him . however , it is not entirely certain whether the ghost is what it appears to be . hamlet speculates that the ghost might be a devil sent to deceive him and tempt him into murder , and the question of what the ghost is or where it comes from is never definitively resolved .
rosencrantz and guildenstern two slightly bumbling courtiers , former friends of hamlet from wittenberg , who are summoned by claudius and gertrude to discover the cause of hamlet’s strange behavior .
osric the foolish courtier who summons hamlet to his duel with laertes . his speeches are pretentious and difficult to understand .
voltimand and cornelius courtiers whom claudius sends to norway to persuade the king to prevent fortinbras from attacking .
marcellus and barnardo the officers who first see the ghost walking the ramparts of elsinore and who summon horatio to witness it . marcellus is present when hamlet first encounters the ghost .
reynaldo polonius’s servant , sent to france by polonius to check up on and spy on laertes .
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i think i hear them . stand , ho ! who ' s there ?
i ' ll cross it , though it blast me . stay , illusion !
not so , my lord ; i am too much i ' the sun .
seems , madam ! nay it is ; i know not ' seems . '
though all the earth o ' erwhelm them , to men ' s eyes .
and you are stay ' d for . there ; my blessing with thee !
where wilt thou lead me ? speak ; i ' ll go no further .
to ears of flesh and blood . list , list , o , list !
[ aside ] nay , then , i have an eye of you . - - if you
ay , that they do , my lord ; hercules and his load too .
ring . masters , you are all welcome . we ' ll e ' en
' tis well : i ' ll have thee speak out the rest soon .
follow him , friends : we ' ll hear a play to - morrow .
we ' ll ha ' t to - morrow night . you could , for a need ,
as i do thee . - - something too much of this . - -
enter a king and a queen very lovingly ; the queen embracing him , and he her . she kneels , and makes show of protestation unto him . he takes her up , and declines his head upon her neck : lays him down upon a bank of flowers : she , seeing him asleep , leaves him . anon comes in a fellow , takes off his crown , kisses it , and pours poison in the king ' s ears , and exit . the queen returns ; finds the king dead , and makes passionate action . the poisoner , with some two or three mutes , comes in again , seeming to lament with her . the dead body is carried away . the poisoner wooes the queen with gifts : she seems loath and unwilling awhile , but in the end accepts his love
ashamed to show , he ' ll not shame to tell you what it means .
you are naught , you are naught : i ' ll mark the play .
me to the top of my bent . i will come by and by .
and - - would it were not so ! - - you are my mother .
nay , then , i ' ll set those to you that can speak .
of nothing : bring me to him . hide fox , and all after .
and wife is one flesh ; and so , my mother . come , for england !
love , remember : and there is pansies . that ' s for thoughts .
and of all christian souls , i pray god . god be wi ' ye .
he shall , sir , an ' t please him . there ' s a letter for
did ; i am to do a good turn for them . let the king
i ' m lost in it , my lord . but let him come ;
that hurts by easing . but , to the quick o ' the ulcer : - -
we ' ll make a solemn wager on your cunnings : i ha ' t .
so fast they follow ; your sister ' s drown ' d , laertes .
the gallows may do well to thee . to ' t again , come .
but to play at loggats with ' em ? mine ache to think on ' t .
i think it be thine , indeed ; for thou liest in ' t .
yours : for my part , i do not lie in ' t , and yet it is mine .
' tis for the dead , not for the quick ; therefore thou liest .
one that was a woman , sir ; but , rest her soul , she ' s dead .
there ; or , if he do not , it ' s no great matter there .
enter priest , & c . in procession ; the corpse of ophelia , laertes and mourners following ; king claudius , queen gertrude , their trains , & c
and a man ' s life ' s no more than to say ' one . '
spirit . put your bonnet to his right use ; ' tis for the head .
' twere , - - i cannot tell how . but , my lord , his
if not , i will gain nothing but my shame and the odd hits .
i ' ll play this bout first ; set it by awhile . come .
[ aside ] it is the poison ' d cup : it is too late .
i can no more : the king , the king ' s to blame .
give me the cup : let go ; by heaven , i ' ll have ' t .
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if you tuned in to mary : the making of a princess on network ten a couple of years ago , you ' d have been struck by the same things we were . one , we never realised just how romantic mary donaldson and crown prince frederik of denmark ' s courtship was . from the secret rendezvous in australia to the long - distance phone calls , to the asking of her hand in marriage , fred was the perfect prince charming to mary ' s humble
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offspring is a horror film about survivors of a feral flesh-eating clan who abduct locals .

it is based on the novel of the same name by jack ketchum , which is itself the sequel to off season .

pollyanna mcintosh reprises her role in the sequel , the woman .

before he began to direct the film , a friend of van den houten 's specifically requested that he keep the woman alive so she could appear in a sequel .

the cannibals in this film speak a language of grunts which is subtitled for the viewer .

this did not happen in the sequel , as it only contains one of them .

offspring ( 2009 film )

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director paul solet gave us one of the darkest and most devastating character dramas in horror with the release of grace in 2009 . his background in psychol . . .
, the 2009 film version of jack ketchum ' s second novel about feral cannibal people living in the caves of maine . i say i ' m going back to it because i tried to watch it online once many months ago and it pooped out on me halfway through .
the movie opens with the feral woman ( pollyanna mcintosh ) circling what appears as her child . a wolf , apparently tamed by the feral woman , circles the infant as well but does it no harm . although it is not referenced in the film , the woman is the last remaining member of a cannibalistic tribe that has roamed the north - east coast for decades ( as seen in the 2009 film
offspring really doesn’t bring anything new to the genre ; the idea of cannibalistic clans has been seen in many films such as the texas chainsaw massacre , the hills have eyes and even modern films like wrong turn . the clan in offspring however isn’t really a family , which is why they do not look alike , they are all children that are stolen from other homes and raised by the feral clan , now you see why it’s called offspring .
andrew van den houten’s film offspring is a sequel to the jack ketchum novel off - season ; one however doesn’t need to read the book to understand what is going on in the film everything gets explained at one point or another . jack ketchum also wrote the script for the film , you may remember a few years ago a couple other film adaptations were made from his work most notably the lost and the girl next door . ketchum’s style of horror is the kind of nightmare that can happen at anytime and anywhere to anyone you know .
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the set pieces of offspring are set up very well and the sets are wonderful to look at . andrew van den houten did a very good job at capturing these horrible acts on film , and he didn’t over use the “shaky cam” technique ( pay attention film makers ) . i will state that some of the dialogue is not that great and the cast is limited in the performance in most parts , however if you are a fan of the survival horror branch of our beloved genre offspring is definitely one to add to your collection .
just saw the woman , it like totally freaked me out . i had to research it . which brings me to the offspring . wow , i love a good horror movie . . . . .
lucky mckee ' s the woman is one of the most original and violent horror movies of the past few years , it has a cruel story shot with a fantastic cinematography and an even better score by sean spillane whose music i ' ve listened a lot . it ' s disturbing and a very fresh take in the horror genre . for my susprise , i ' ve just discovered throught katherine backoff that the woman is a sequel for the totally underseen 2009
offspring
, what imediately made me wanna see the it .
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offspring is a movie starring jessica butler , kelly carey , and holter graham . a clan of cannibalistic inbred savages which plague the northeast coastline since 1858 , is after an unsuspected family and their innocent baby girl .
ha ! just finished watching the woman on chiller - and here i am ! can ' t figure out if the woman is the sequel to the offspring ? seems to have a better storyline than just killer cannibals . . .
good to see that you reviewed a film willingly that i was ' forced ' to do as part of project terrible this round . damn !
( according to imdb , there is a version out there that is about 20 minutes longer than the cut i watched . for this reason , i almost don ' t feel right about rating the film , because i ' m open to the idea that another 20 minutes could have corrected some of the problems i had with it . but i have to review the film i watched , not the film i might have watched . )
google images ; yet another example of a poster that barely breaches what the film is really about . somewhat deceptive , this was a regular pr . . .
while it ' s mostly the aftermath that ' s shown , the film pulls few punches in its depiction of violence by , or against children . far from a good movie , offspring is the neolithic brethren compared to the other ketchum based movies . for this picture , ketchum also stepped up and wrote the screenplay . having not read the novel , i do not know how faithful it is to his own source material .
isn ' t it weird how we all searched for this ? * * great film . i believe this would be my first cannibal movie and i loved it .
i ' m always happy to post something that could help an independent film out . these people bust their asses to get word around about their films and i respec . . .
uma história sobre uma família de habitantes canibais das cavernas tinha tudo para ser risível apenas por tal premissa . entretanto , offspring consegue ser marcante nos pontos certos para um filme de terror , mesmo que a trama seja simples e com poucas ramificações a se explorarem . com um gore razoável e algumas mortes…
then news came in the fall that the film had been accepted into the sundance film festival . this was around the same time that ketchum was actually hosting and teaching a one month workshop with us . january rolled around and the elite of the independent filmmaking world descended upon park city , utah . the woman was slated to have its official worldwide premiere on sunday the 23rd .
ti west is an interesting filmmaker . his first real splash came with the release of * the house of the devil * , a film that apes the devil / cult thriller . . .
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father ' s day ( 2011 ) by astron 6 ( adam brooks , jeremy gillespie , matthew kennedy , and conor sweeney ) i have just returned from the toronto after dark film . . .
i had no idea there was another film based on the same events as
an american crime
. i ' m gonna watch that , and
the woman
of course sounds irresistibly interesting .
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upgrade may not be the new sci - fi masterpiece that you ' re looking for , but it is a fun and violent cyberpunk gem well worth your time . the film ' s shoest . . .
* the stepfather * is a film about a stepfather who is evil . you can tell he ' s evil , because things preceded by
the
in titles always are , as point horror . . .
the unrelenting gore and depravity is what makes this series of books famous and we can perhaps be thankful in that regard that offspring wasn ' t optioned for a big budget film version . the filmmakers go all out in most of the scenes - dead babies , bloody torsos , beheading and brain - eating , a girl pulling a guy ' s intestines out of his stomach with her teeth - it ' s all here . these cannibals really enjoying killing their prey in the most gruesome ways , depicted to us in all the bloody glory the filmmakers can muster .
other than the ending of the film * it was pretty faithful to the novel from what i remember and as usual what works in a book doesnt always translate well to the screen i . e . the ex - husband . either way they both sucked in my opinion . i enjoyed off season well enough and other various ketchum novels but offspring was just a disappointing mess and the only reason i watched the film was to see how the hell they were gonna explain that this was a sequel . and why did the makers do that anyway ? why make the sequel first when the original hasn ' t even been filmed yet ? * major spoiler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - in the novel the retired sheriff doesn ' t die .
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totally bizarre ketchum film adaptation is the lesser of the four evils made from his novels thus far . still , gore fans will slobber all over the nasty and brutal violence on display here . the frequent scenes of pugnacity bring to mind a modern cannibal holocaust and the hills have eyes , but the film feels strangely out of place with its feral , jungle dressed killers laying siege to rural families . worth a look , but compared with the other jack ketchum movies , you might be disappointed with the quality .
, offspring pales in comparison looking like the work of an amateur as opposed to an auteur . i ' m not saying it ' s a bad movie , it just seems less polished and rough around the edges . the director also has a brief appearance as a medical examiner . all of ketchum ' s novel based movies have been dark affairs and this one carries the torch passed on by the others before it .
chalk this one up as a film that was overhyped . i did enjoy it , but i don ' t understand the accolades . i didn ' t care for any of the characters , beyond the asshole husband . that dude was cracking the shit outta me . because of that , the horrific events that followed didn ' t affect me at all . that being said , i was entertained by everything . the wild bunch was interesting and i dug their look . the leader had a decent presence . the cops were worthless and only there to serve the body count . speaking of which , the gore was fantastic . the effects were the driving force of the film . i hear the woman is a better film . i ' ll check that one out soon .
the dvd has a lot of extras , but none of them changed my mind on the film . there’s a standard 20 minute making of fluff piece of little use , especially if you’ve already watched the eight “webisodes” that cover the same goddamn material . then there’s a little piece about one of the actors being arrested for driving with a suspended license , which i guess is supposed to be funny . the full script is also available , a feature i haven’t seen for quite a long time ( i skimmed a lot of it and didn’t see a single difference from the film ) .
i also watched the woman on netfix . i did the same as you i did a lil googling lol . i think its so cool that more and more females are into the horror genre . i could never watch a horror film with any girl ive ever dated . you gals rock ! !
your review was right on the money . i just got done watching this and still have no idea what the freaking thing was about ! total was of time but at least i only paid 2 bucks for it , the money and time put in this film could have been used in so many better projects .
completely agree on mcintosh ' performance , she was the only factor that made the film bearable outside of the bloody gore . so . . incredibly . . out of place . . if the cannibals had been toned down and not so outlandishly over the top i may have been able to accept them a little more readily
based on the acclaimed novel and adapted for the screen by best selling author , jack ketchum ; offspring follows the survivors of a brutal flesh - eating clan that has re - surfaced in the once sleepy town of dead river , maine . the locals are in for a rude awakening when they realize it ' s the same pack that the sheriff thought he killed off a decade ago . just when they thought the nightmare was over , they ' re about to discover that the fight for their lives . . . has only just begun .
hi michele ! glad to hear that someone appreciates the work of jack ketchum ( real name dallas mayr ) . i adore many things horror and recently discovered him . just finished reading off season and am trying to locate offspring in novel form . thankfully my mother is a librarian , so let ' s hope ! the girl next door i saw a couple of years ago and didn ' t know of the author and his work . seems like it was ok . really am hooked on the off season trilogy . want to experience more ! thanks !
i ' m really looking forward to seeing this . ketchum ' s stuff is brutal on film , ( if you ' ve seen ' the girl next door ' you know what i mean ) . and i ' ve loved lucky ' s work . ' may ' was an unexpected treat for me , as was ' red ' . great interview dennis .
would continue the trend . and since it involved cannibalistic children , i figured it was a shoein for one of my favorite movies of the year . but alas , the film simply doesn’t work , due to an almost criminally bland approach to everything but the kill scenes , laughable costumes for the children , and an unnecessary mean streak that even i , lover of
this year at the sundance film festival our friend jack ketchum premiered his new film the woman to a crowd of unsuspecting press , filmmakers and festival - goers . the woman was co - written with lucky mckee , who also directed it . lucky is , in my opinion , one of the best horror filmmakers working today . with films such as may , the woods , red and what was easily the best entry of the master ' s of horror anthology , sick girl , you could understand how excited i was when i read the news that both he and ketchum would be teaming up to not only pen the script for the woman together , but also collaborate on a movie tie - in novel at the same time .
easily the best performance in the film is from pollyanna mcintosh , the female leader of the band of brutes . despite their seemingly out of place and silly dress , these killers are utterly ruthless and bloodthirsty . a prolonged rape and torture scene towards the end is a highlight , or lowlight depending on one ' s perspective . it was also nice to see art hindle
and that is where offspring belongs , its heart is firmly in the explortation era . its not shocking has those films , in fact its quite tame , and the movie may struggle to find much of an audience . what i mean by that is the low budget and dubious acting will put many off , and those who are a fans of the modern wrong turn may laugh at what is on offer , but there are a few who remember when these kind of films were the rage , will get a lot of kicks from watching and like i said before , the lack of any hero and character base means you will never know who will survive and for that , the unexpected edge is a huge bonus for a film that does what many has done before , and it needs to be watched just to be introduced to the character of the woman which the role is played brilliantly in both the films by pollyanna mcintosh , and for a double header……the two films are a brilliant watch .
after a prolonged start in which the film does not quite build the impending doom , maybe to do with the sub acting that at times gets on your nerves , the film kicks off when we visit the cave in which the humans animals live . we witness a sex scene in which one of these very young looking things gets on one of their relatives who is chained up and called a cow by their language of grunts which thanks to the aid of subtitles we get what they are saying . while she is jumping up and down in what is an uncomfortable scene due to the fact that there are very young children creatures watching the whole show , the leader of this clan is making plans to go the house and do what they do best .
) garnering praise and a few great actors in each , i’m a bit baffled why everyone in this film was a complete unknown . there’s a major character death that occurs around the halfway mark that should be a huge shock , but it doesn’t really work because i had no attachment whatsoever to the character . since there are so many other plot threads to deal with in the first act , they never really develop the guy beyond setting him up as a stock hero . at least with a well - known or even recognizable actor in the role , the audience would form that instant attachment to him and thus spare the need for excessive and time - consuming character development anyway . so what should be one of the film’s most shocking events is hardly even interesting .
lots of folks tell me the book is better ; i will give them the benefit of the doubt , but the tone of ketchum’s script was just as big of a problem for me as the low - budget trappings , so i am wary to spare him any of the blame for this film’s shortcomings . the best thing i can say about it is that at least it was shorter than
when the attack happens , its here that the film mightily kicks off . the normal family is having a night in , there is a knock on the door and all of a sudden blood , death , rape , it all happens in what is a relentless horror assault and despite its quite low budget status , it really is a very strong horror set piece , that will delight all gore hounds .
the film does not stop there , those who die are left there and the unlucky ones get dragged back to the cave , and again this where the strong aspect of the film , the unexpectedly again kicks in . having been stunned at who dies , we then see kids die . ok not everyone’s cup of tea but there is a reason here , its not added on for shock value like some films do . when you fighting off survival and have these kids dressed in primitive clothes coming to attack you , what would you do , especially when they are holding knives and hatchets . you do anything to survive in those circumstances even though if it means killing young children . its not done in a gruesome way as well , its what would happen if normal people are confronted with blood thirsty children .
jack / lucky : yeah , that’s a great horror film . dennis : jack , what about you ? jack : you’ve nailed most of them already . i thought a serbian film was pretty damn disturbing . really nasty . the first time i watched it i wasn’t real fond of it , but i was a little drunk . ( laughs ) but i watched it a second time and there’s this strange , real intelligence going on in it . and it’s really pretty vile , but it wants to disturb you . and i think it’s not just the next slasher flick or the next “saw 12 . ” it’s got more on its mind than that . and the other one recently that disturbed me… umm , what was it , “caterpillar man ? ” all three of us answer at the same time : “human centipede ? ”
a disturbingly graphic , nightmarish tale of sadistic mayhem , as a nomadic clan of feral cannibals cross paths with two young families staying in a coastal cottage . it seems like there is no limit to the level of on - screen atrocities we are subjected to in this film ; people are raped , tortured , and eaten alive , and children are brutally slain in full gory glory . it got to a point where it was almost too much for me , but luckily i stuck with it to it ' s conclusion and i ' m glad i did . because for all it ' s gleeful brutality , i thought it was a pretty engrossing film and had a fair amount of thrills and suspense to keep me entertained throughout the most part . you ' ll definitely need a strong stomach for this one though , you have been warned .
the fx in offspring are also done quite well there is plenty of the red stuff for all of the gore hounds out there . since the children mostly use knives and hatchets for their acts of carnage it does get pretty messy . there is of course the disembowelment scene i mentioned above but there is also a frightening scene in which amy is forced to breast feed one of the cannibal tribes stolen children which could easily make any viewers skin crawl . if that’s not enough for you there is a brutal scalping ( if you can call it that ) and a scene where the children put sharpened teeth over their own only to brutally bite and tear away the flesh of one of their victims .
so lets get to steve . now this is the clever part of the film . an ex husband of one of the family who get attacked and who is on his way to the house to cause trouble , he really is a disgusting excuse of a human being . when we first meet him , he picks up a female hitchhiker and then sexually assaults her . by the time he gets sucked into all the terror , the film makes you think who is the most brutal human being . these things that only know one way of living and at no fault of their own , or this man , that does things in here that you can can not help but shake your head in disbelief . when the two attitudes clash , it brings a scene of shockness to the lengths at which steve goes to and its this theme that harks back to the 70’s when this social debate was a strong fore in horror films .
viewing offspring is a lot like a riding a rollercoaster , granted it’s a very messy one . the initial jump before the credits is enough to tide you over while andrew van den houten begins to set up the story for you . the characters are very likeable , even the child luke ( normally characters like him annoy me in these types of films ) and you actually start to worry and care about them as their evening gets progressively worse . the cannibalistic children also get ample screen time where the viewer gets to see exactly how the group lives and communicates with each other . the character stephen however is nothing but a creep ; this is displayed in several scenes . the most noted scene however is when stephen picks up a young hitchhiker who is on her way to see her boyfriend .
not completely without it ' s merits , but most of them are buried below a sea of shit . i like jack ketchum , his stories do have an extra something . the script is let down by some poor acting and hilariously awkward moments that just don ' t fit . you can set up a character as a slimeball without such a heavy handed pervert / hitchhiker scene . the acting from the offspring / wild people is comic at best . one boy jumps into shot going
hee hee hee
, like some pantomime witch . the gore is done rather well , and there were nice parts , such as the first kill . it made a nice and chilling change to see a scene not played for jumps , but for the awkward silence . perhaps worth a watch , as it is short .
a decade after the sheriff of dead river , maine killed a murderous clan of cannibalistic savages , the nightmare returns to the sleepy small town in this brutal screen adaptation of jack ketchum ' s terrifying novel ( originally penned as a follow - up to his 1980 fiction debut off - season ) . ketchum adapts his novel for the screen in a film directed by andrew van den houten ( who previously produced the feature adaptation of ketchum ' s the girl next door ) . ~ jason buchanan , rovi
the fourth , and least of the brutally violent novels by jack ketchum adapted for the screen . the sequel novel to ketchum ' s earlier ' off season ' , this follow up was commissioned since the other was tied up in rights issues . i ' ve read neither book , but judging from the film itself , it doesn ' t seem to be a requirement to have read the prior tome . still , this movie version is a strange potpourri of graphic violence and italian cannibal movie conventions .
the viewer is then of course introduced to the halbard’s who seem to be a nice couple . during david and amy’s morning routine david mentions that he saw a strange young girl at the edge of their field , strange because she appeared to be naked from the waist up . amy then mentions to david that claire is coming up to visit with her son luke , both show signs that they really do not like claire’s husband stephen and there is of course good reason all revealed later in the film .
of course the police begin to investigate the murder and call in a seasoned vet named george peters to help them on the case . george is your stereotypical “i’m no longer on the force so i’m going to drink a lot and drop a lot of one liners” type of characters , very similar to the detectives in the film the lost . the police of course link the murders to the events eleven years ago and instantly they put a posse together and begin to search the coast line for the clans hide out so that they can stop the carnage before it starts again .
offspring starts by showing a drunken woman returning from the bar back to her house . the woman stumbles around drunkenly in her yard before she goes inside her house . once inside her house though she sees a sight that will strike fear into any parent’s heart . a group of children have invaded the house and are eating the babysitter who was left with her infant . it only takes a few seconds before these wild children ( they are dressed in leather and furs and look as if they have spent most of their lives in the wild ) turn to attack the woman . all of this happens before the opening credits begin to roll and this is one time that you should really pay attention to the opening credits because as they are played the viewer is shown various news paper clippings that tell the story from the off - season novel in a way to catch the viewer up to speed ( the events take place eleven years after the novel ) .
“the woman is an exploration of the very definition of horror . it is designed to incite feelings of fear , shock , nervousness , dismay , anxiety and disgust . it is designed to make you question what it is to be civilized , what it is to be feral and all the shades of gray in between . on a surface level , the film will make you jump , it will make you squirm and , for the more sensitive , it might even induce nausea . it will make you question my intentions in making it , as well as your own desire to watch it .
since my mother sat me down at the age of five years of age and watched a little called halloween , i have been hooked on horror . there is no other genre that gets me excited and takes me to the edge of entertainment . i watch everything from old , new , to cheap and blockbusters , but i promise all my readers that i will always give an honest opinion , and i hope whoever reads this review section , will find a film that they too can love as much as i do ! have fun reading , and please do have nightmares ! ! ! ! ! !
i ' ve been a huge movie buff since childhood catching old horror and monster flicks on shock theater and kung fu movies at the drive - in during the late 70 ' s and early 80 ' s . i ' ve had a long time fascination with , and appreciate all genres of fantastic cinema , good and bad . one fans cheese is another fans juicy steak . i like both equally and seldom find a film i truly dislike as i will find something of interest in just about anything . the bulk of the films or tv series ' seen here are mostly from my childhood , or films i own in what has become an amazing colossal dvd collection .
what i liked about this horror and also what is the strongest aspect of the entire film , is that there are moments when the word unexpected will soak into your brain . what is the normal trait of all horrors are totally ignored , one point that emphasis this is that at the beginning we spend an enormous amount of time with one character who we all think must be the hero of the piece . the build up is quite nice , and just when you think that this one human will fight back , we are stunned by the fact that they die so brutally and harshly . it was that on that moment when this horror put me on a path of uncertainly and the unknown , and for that , i can only admire it .
for such uncertainly we do start with certainly , in a title sequence that is becoming a norm for horrors these days . newspaper cut outs in which you probably have to read , tell the story of a lighthouse family who went missing over 100 years ago in a storm . never to be found , over the years people , especially children have gone missing never to be seen again , and the myth is that the missing family survived the storm that engulfed the area and lived in the dense forest . over the years and a lot of inbreeding , they now live us cannibals , and their need for human flesh , results in many innocent people being killed and eaten . they also have a bizarre upbringing rule of stealing children to either have as their own or to kill , for the latter reason the film never quite explains . it is this rule that brings them to the family of the halbards , who have friends over and a newborn baby .
also , ketchum’s script ( adapted from his own novel , something the credit designer decided to split into two separate title cards for some goddamn reason ) is overly vile , for no reason . there’s an ex - husband character who we hate before we even meet him , because we know he slapped the wife around and forgot his kid’s birthday . so why spend five minutes on a scene where he picks up a teenage hitchhiker and tries to seduce her ( and then throws her out of his car when she refuses , but not before groping her breast ) ? this is time that can be spent further developing the “hero” guy . then , later in the film , he sells out his ex to the cannibals , and smirks as they rape her . again - why ? like we don’t already hate this guy ? and then they don’t even offer us a particularly nasty demise for the asshole . he should have been castrated or torn to shreds by the children , but nope , he gets a simple decapitation . big deal .
along with tenacious producer andrew van den houten and a talented cast and crew , the team spent the next two years bringing the project out of the murky woods and into light . but what exactly was ambling its way out of those dark groves ? and were we really prepared to see it in the flesh ?
and moments after the end credits began to roll , this happened . . .
i watched the above the clip early monday morning and like most people who have seen it , was immediately transfixed by this upset man ' s rant in the lobby of the theater . i felt we had something special in our hands with this clip . something that would touch a nerve with people and boil up feelings of intense curiosity , doubt and fear . so i went ahead and tweeted the clip out to over 305 , 000 of chuck palahniuk ' s followers on twitter . i then did the same thing to about 260 , 000 of his fans on facebook . and i guess a lot of other sites did the same , because pretty soon the video went viral . as of my typing this , it ' s about to hit 50 , 000 views in under a week .
a day later , i was on the phone with andrew and lucky ( still in park city at the time ) and jack , via snowy nyc , in a four way call that lasted almost 90 mins . here , for the first time , is the exclusive reaction and backstory to what went down that cold night in utah , from all three of them . i started with andrew and jack , as lucky was running a little late due to another interview with the la times .
jack : yeah , that’s pretty whacky too . so i like those both . dennis : alright , final question . and this one is solely for the filmmakers : what’s your favorite jack ketchum novel ? lucky : ( thinks long ) the woman . ( laughs ) dennis : hey , that’s not a fair answer . lucky : ha , no . i’d say the girl next door . it’s one of the most powerful pieces of writing i’ve ever experienced . it’s the roughest thing i’ve ever read . but it felt so worth it by the time i got to the end of it because of what it means . it’s just beauty , the fact that you can do that with just ink on paper , it just blows my mind . i’m so in awe of that writing . there’s just nothing like it . andrew : yeah , i’d agree with that too .
good interview . i didn ' t love may , but am very interested in the woman . not even based on the controversy or the adverse reactions , but based on what has been said by the people who have come to its defense .
awesome insights . just a heads - up , the spanish festival is called
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not
stiges
. it takes place in sitges , a town in catalonia , and it is awesome .
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its heart is firmly in the explortation area… . there is something quite alright about this horror that many will call just another the hills have eyes rip off !
please forgive me as well , i usually manage to put all the name of the characters in my reviews but its very hard here . with names of rabbit , first stolen and eartheater , it was quite impossible to know who was playing who , the only person i pinpointed was the character of steven played by eriick kastel but i get to the reason for that in a bit !
overall : 70’s horror revisited , this may be a clone to many superior films of this nature , but it delivers when required , and not many horror films make you root for characters who kill little kids……… .
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for whatever reason , these jack ketchum adaptations never gel for me . this one has moments , but still fails to build suspense . the cast is game .
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david and amy halbard are your typical nice american family ; they have even recently added an addition to their clan by having a baby . amy’s friend claire comes to visit bringing her son luke with her , as well as some excess baggage . claire has been having some troubles with her husband stephen , it seems stephen not only beats his wife when he has been drinking he is also on the run from the law . a call from stephen letting claire and the halbards know that he is on his way is the least of their worries however . there is a clan of cannibalistic children who are tearing up the coastline and killing all in their way and stealing their infants . guess stephen is the least of their worries now .
when claire arrives she talks to amy and tells her about all of her troubles . claire has a lot of troubles way beyond the fact that stephen was abusive to her , he also got her in trouble with the irs and now he’s ran off . claire hasn’t heard from him in quite a while ( she mentions in one scene that luke still has stephens christmas present wrapped up waiting to give it to him ) so it is a big surprise when he calls the halbard house and informs him that he is coming to visit . david upon finding out immediately calls the police to report that the criminal is in fact coming to their house . while on the phone the receptionist at the police department informs david that there was a murder , so the police force is running on a skeletal crew and suggests that if david has a gun he stand guard ready to shoot stephen or anyone else that he doesn’t recognize on his property . david shrugs this off not seeing himself as a tough guy and it really is ashamed he does because in the next few hours he really is going to wish he listened to the receptionist .
the films main jump start though is a very brutal home invasion sequence in which the cannibalistic children storm into the halbard’s house . the scene is chaotic and quite bloody ; one of the characters is disemboweled while another is tied up forced to watch the brutal act .
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it needs to be insisted on that horror films are not for the morbid , they ' re for the life - lovers .
so after seeing the video of the guy freaking out at the screening of
the woman
at sundance and his six - minute tirade against it at some sundance dude after getting kicked out , i really want to see
the woman .
but that movie seems to have fallen into the strange , gaseous ether of movies that people hated at sundance , and searching for a nationwide release date for it turns up bupkiss . instead i turn my attention back to
the sequel starts off with a grisly murder of three people by the children of the cannibal clan , which sets the local police and one harried ex - cop whose dealt with their damage before off on a mission to find the family and stop them for good . meanwhile , david and amy halbard ( a young couple with an infant daughter ) and their houseguests claire and young luke must fight against the bloodthirsty killers , while also dealing with claire ' s psycho soon - to - be ex - husband .
. but even that one , though it had great actors in the main roles , fell a little flat in some respects . i just feel like ketchum ' s work has not gotten the treatment it deserves by movie standards . is his work too disturbing ? gore is all over the place in movies nowadays but the underlying subject matter is perhaps what people can ' t handle about him .
i ' m a little - but not totally - put off by the look of the cannibals . with their crazy afro hair and dress that makes them look like aboriginal headhunters or something , it ' s a bit too on the nose . why don ' t they just wear the clothes of the people they kill ? how do they even know how to make their fur bikinis and crop tops ? also they speak in their own cave - people language which is funny , but if they were the descendants of lighthouse people or whatever , wouldn ' t they have known english and passed it on to the rest of the clan ? just sayin ' .