An apology to Rolfw and others...

As Jimbo says, we have no problem with criticism of a film, as long as things don't get personal or insulting.

I wouldn't call your crtiicism on that particular film constructive, "put the masters in a furnace" would probably be more constructive. But it is your opinion and everyone is entitled air their opinions in this section.

I never expect as much as you obviously do from a film, even the highly acclaimed ones, sometimes I like to be challenged, sometimes, merely entertained, but normally if it entertains me, then I'll enjoy it.

Lust for a Vampire is the best Horror film (in my collection).
But the Doctor Phibes duo are put on a couple of times a year.

A minor British classic (in my opinion) is 'Death Line', starring Donald Pleasance. More ghoulish than your usual Hammer flick, it sometimes crops up (I believe with some cuts) late on Sky Movies.

Unsubtly titled on US release as 'Raw Meat', I saw it at the cinema in the early '70's and it chilled the hell out of me.

Pleasance stole the show as a (sometimes drunk) police inspector, but the scenes in the London Underground showing the remains of wayward travellers hanging on meathooks was a real 'gorefest'.

My abiding memory is that of the resident killer repeating the call 'Mind the Doors' as the only phrase he ever heard, having lived all his life in the tube.

When a film sticks in the mind long after having seen it (only seen it once since) it becomes a personal film classic, even if it may have been panned by critics and others on release.

Llew