Naked

Today's update features a couple of crazy movies from the 90s.

Johnny's comments:

I think I've seen director Mike Leigh's Naked before but I barely remember it and it's even crazier than Modern Vampires.

Basically a man (David Thewlis) comes to London and finds an old girlfriend Louise (Lesley Sharp) then begins to infiltrate the lives of various people while skirting the edge of homelessness. One part sympathetic character, one part the most annoying person in the world, Thewlis is a whirlwind throughout the movie even after he gets beaten up. But I don't say he's the most horrible character in the movie because that goes to Jeremy (Greg Cruttwell), a charmless man full of misogyny which leads to rape and then he just makes himself at home at Louise's house which he's the landlord of and decides he's not going to leave. Poor housemate Sandra (Claire Skinner) arrives home and becomes incredibly flabbergasted at the nightmare she's come home to.

Can't believe Greg Cruttwell quit acting not long after this as he would've had British arsehole roles locked up for the rest of his life (I'm sure he played one in George Of The Jungle). It's a full on, ugly movie and really something.

1993, 1080hd

Deborah McLaren and Katrin Cartlidge film clips (collages below)

McLaren

Cartlidge

Modern Vampires

1993, 1080hd

Johnny's comments:

I've never seen Modern Vampires before and I'm not sure it was ever released in Australia and if it was it definitely was not on DVD. From Matthew Bright, director of Freeway and Freeway II: Confessions Of A Trickbaby so you know this is going to be crazy and it gets more than a little nuts. Natasha Gregson Wagner plays her vampire character like a savage lion, complete with growling sound effects and a lot of the supporting cast are really hamming it up especially Craig Ferguson but Kim Cattrall isn't without a moment or two. Casper Van Dien, just off Starship Troopers, is an absolute dead loss which would be a feature of his career as a B-grade hack. Silly enough for a watch plus a bit of nudity from Natasha.

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Natasha Gregson Wagner and Roberta Hanley film clips (collages below)

Wagner



Hanley