The Last Broadcast is a Blair Witchy, found footage horror film sans the horror. Presented as a documentary about the brutal murders of 3 people in some remote forest it's narrated by the filmmaker and peppered with interviews and news footage to set the scene & build the atmosphere before showing us the footage taken by the victims on the day of the murders. It could've been quite a nice little film but the plodding first half and ropey acting didn't help and the denouement was very poorly handled: it broke the documentary style it'd worked hard to create and made little sense.
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter is a late Hammer romp written and directed by Brian Clemens and imo it's one of Hammer's better films. Sure it's cheap as chips but it's got a interesting take on the vampire mythos and there's no shortage of action as the dual sword wielding Kronos and hunchback assistant Prof Grost sniff out a vamp in the English countryside while fending off some ignorant locals. Apparently this was the first in a series of films featuring Cap. Kronos but it bombed on release which is a shame. It's ripe for a remake though so someone should snap up the rights.
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