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Post by cheesecake on Oct 4, 2019 13:42:44 GMT
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Post by pessimusreincarnated on Oct 4, 2019 13:55:35 GMT
Planning on giving this one a re-watch. Haven't seen it since I was like 15. I remember the lipstick scene disturbing me to a weird degree lol.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 5, 2019 0:16:22 GMT
Planning on giving this one a re-watch. Haven't seen it since I was like 15. I remember the lipstick scene disturbing me to a weird degree lol. Yes, that lipstick scene stayed with me for a very long time. Haha.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 5, 2019 18:46:48 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 6, 2019 11:09:16 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 7, 2019 12:03:08 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 7, 2019 21:48:09 GMT
I went in blind a few months ago (on Prime, I think?) - my review is in the Classics thread - and kinda loved it! 16mm handmade-style and blathering middle-aged malaise a la Cassavetes, with montage and themes of occult and repression outta Polanski. Romero's editing/direction is snap-tight and works right along with the housewife lead's overhauled mental state. Romero observing/subverting social dynamics, sexual lib, gender, generation, and at times pitched to a comic degree - I remember a little moment, arms rising up from behind the bed like a zombie out of a grave....but it's just the husband doing sit-ups! 5.5 on imdb! it's an underrated gem. How about one of its taglines: "Caviar in the kitchen. Nothing in the bedroom. Hungry Wives with an appetite for diversion."
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 7, 2019 21:51:52 GMT
I went in blind a few months ago (on Prime, I think?) - my review is in the Classics thread - and kinda loved it! 16mm handmade-style and blathering middle-aged malaise a la Cassavetes, with montage and themes of occult and repression outta Polanski. Romero's editing/direction is snap-tight and works right along with the housewife lead's overhauled mental state. Romero observing/subverting social dynamics, sexual lib, gender, generation, and at times pitched to a comic degree - I remember a little moment, arms rising up from behind the bed like a zombie out of a grave....but it's just the husband doing sit-ups! 5.5 on imdb! it's an underrated gem. How about one of its taglines: "Caviar in the kitchen. Nothing in the bedroom. Hungry Wives with an appetite for diversion." Very well put! I also went in blind to it earlier this year, not sure how this one got by me all this time. The imdb rating is nuts.
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Post by hugobolso on Oct 7, 2019 21:52:02 GMT
One of my favourite horror films of the 80s. Linnea Quigley and Amelia (Mimi) Kinkaid are superv as the possessed villians.-
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 7, 2019 21:53:49 GMT
One of my favourite horror films of the 80s. Linnea Quigley and Amelia (Mimi) Kinkaid are superv as the possessed villians.- Are the sequels worth it? I haven't seen any of them.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 7, 2019 21:57:33 GMT
Speaking of Cassavetes, our Faces leads reunited! I luv these sort of vérité vein 70s horrors. There's an alternate universe where Bob Clark after 1974 was hailed our new horror hero, with his low-budget daring here and its searing emotional undercurrent, and Black Christmas that horror masterwork - if the US distribs didn't botch its release. I think I got my halloween costume this year...
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 8, 2019 11:57:26 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 9, 2019 11:22:33 GMT
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Oct 10, 2019 9:17:49 GMT
I was able to track down Night of the Demons, Sundown, Dead of Night, and Season of the Witch throughout this week, all of which were my first time seeing them. Night of the Demons is exactly the kind of thing I tend to look for this time of year. It might be easy to dismiss a movie with lines like "whoa, bodacious boobies, sis!" and complete with all the expected gratuity of the genre, but all of it felt so charmingly tongue-in-cheek, and I think it can't be ignored how well shot it is. That POV shot of the demon emerging through the walls and into and around the room while unseen, the camera moving so fluidly across the aisles during the shoplifting scene, and that amazing shot of everyone arguing reflecting off the shards of broken mirror on the ground. That's nom-worthy shit. I was nervous whenever I saw lipstick after what you and Pessimus said, but I think if I had a million guesses as to what became of it, I assure you, that would not have been guessed. And that ending payoff is great. I had almost forgotten about the set up! Sundown is one of those movies I'm surprised I had never even heard of, especially with that cast. What could have been a tonal nightmare is held together by how fun it keeps itself, mainly by doing wonders expanding on what could have been a one-joke movie with some new and interesting ideas up its sleeve. And god bless M. Emmett Walsh for both his presence and one of the more hilariously unexpected decapitations I've seen in a movie. After those two, there was definitely something more somber and tragic about Dead of Night. I like the idea of taking The Monkey's Paw and going forward on where it could have gone. I have to second the sentiment that we needed more Clark horror. It also made me wonder if King saw any inspiration in this prior to writing the Timmy Baterman story in Pet Sematary. Season of the Witch was also a nice descent into madness with the sound and editing giving such a visceral feel to what were otherwise seemingly mundane events. Polanski comparisons are definitely warranted, with some Roeg as well, I felt.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 10, 2019 11:59:24 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 10, 2019 20:46:05 GMT
I was able to track down Night of the Demons, Sundown, Dead of Night, and Season of the Witch throughout this week, all of which were my first time seeing them. Night of the Demons is exactly the kind of thing I tend to look for this time of year. It might be easy to dismiss a movie with lines like "whoa, bodacious boobies, sis!" and complete with all the expected gratuity of the genre, but all of it felt so charmingly tongue-in-cheek, and I think it can't be ignored how well shot it is. That POV shot of the demon emerging through the walls and into and around the room while unseen, the camera moving so fluidly across the aisles during the shoplifting scene, and that amazing shot of everyone arguing reflecting off the shards of broken mirror on the ground. That's nom-worthy shit. I was nervous whenever I saw lipstick after what you and Pessimus said, but I think if I had a million guesses as to what became of it, I assure you, that would not have been guessed. And that ending payoff is great. I had almost forgotten about the set up! Sundown is one of those movies I'm surprised I had never even heard of, especially with that cast. What could have been a tonal nightmare is held together by how fun it keeps itself, mainly by doing wonders expanding on what could have been a one-joke movie with some new and interesting ideas up its sleeve. And god bless M. Emmett Walsh for both his presence and one of the more hilariously unexpected decapitations I've seen in a movie. After those two, there was definitely something more somber and tragic about Dead of Night. I like the idea of taking The Monkey's Paw and going forward on where it could have gone. I have to second the sentiment that we needed more Clark horror. It also made me wonder if King saw any inspiration in this prior to writing the Timmy Baterman story in Pet Sematary. Season of the Witch was also a nice descent into madness with the sound and editing giving such a visceral feel to what were otherwise seemingly mundane events. Polanski comparisons are definitely warranted, with some Roeg as well, I felt. Glad you're enjoying these so far! Night of the Demons is so much fun and I think I may revisit it for years to come because it's such a fun ride and combines so many things I enjoy. That lipstick tho.
Sundown I hadn't seen until earlier this year and I was surprised I'd never stumbled upon it before. Turns out it is one of my friends go to movies when they're sick.
The other two (and more to come) have such a melancholic feel to me that I tried to balance in more comedy this year.
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Post by hugobolso on Oct 10, 2019 22:05:49 GMT
I was able to track down Night of the Demons, Sundown, Dead of Night, and Season of the Witch throughout this week, all of which were my first time seeing them. Night of the Demons is exactly the kind of thing I tend to look for this time of year. It might be easy to dismiss a movie with lines like "whoa, bodacious boobies, sis!" and complete with all the expected gratuity of the genre, but all of it felt so charmingly tongue-in-cheek, and I think it can't be ignored how well shot it is. That POV shot of the demon emerging through the walls and into and around the room while unseen, the camera moving so fluidly across the aisles during the shoplifting scene, and that amazing shot of everyone arguing reflecting off the shards of broken mirror on the ground. That's nom-worthy shit. I was nervous whenever I saw lipstick after what you and Pessimus said, but I think if I had a million guesses as to what became of it, I assure you, that would not have been guessed. And that ending payoff is great. I had almost forgotten about the set up! Sundown is one of those movies I'm surprised I had never even heard of, especially with that cast. What could have been a tonal nightmare is held together by how fun it keeps itself, mainly by doing wonders expanding on what could have been a one-joke movie with some new and interesting ideas up its sleeve. And god bless M. Emmett Walsh for both his presence and one of the more hilariously unexpected decapitations I've seen in a movie. After those two, there was definitely something more somber and tragic about Dead of Night. I like the idea of taking The Monkey's Paw and going forward on where it could have gone. I have to second the sentiment that we needed more Clark horror. It also made me wonder if King saw any inspiration in this prior to writing the Timmy Baterman story in Pet Sematary. Season of the Witch was also a nice descent into madness with the sound and editing giving such a visceral feel to what were otherwise seemingly mundane events. Polanski comparisons are definitely warranted, with some Roeg as well, I felt. Glad you're enjoying these so far! Night of the Demons is so much fun and I think I may revisit it for years to come because it's such a fun ride and combines so many things I enjoy. That lipstick tho.
Sundown I hadn't seen until earlier this year and I was surprised I'd never stumbled upon it before. Turns out it is one of my friends go to movies when they're sick.
The other two (and more to come) have such a melancholic feel to me that I tried to balance in more comedy this year.
I remember the first time I've seen. When I was a little boy I was afraid of horror movies, so when I was around 10 or 11 I decide to face the music and see horror movies. This one surprise me. I have never seen before tits on a horror film before. But most important, was the first years of the 90s. And I believe on all this demon and satanic things. I was trully scary, I felt sorry for the victims.- For me was a big budget flick and the visual effects were Oscar worthy!!! O Other movie that I love it, but unfortunately I don't know it's name. Is about a woman who decide to live in New England with her husband, and her husband friend. The neighboards looks like the Adams family. They had all fashioned wardrobes. At the end, the elder man was the relative of this weird family from the 17 C. The husband was involve with them, maybe he was a decendent or whatever. Finally the wife burnt all the immortals.- The little girl who in the film was around 200 years looks exactly like Wednesday Adams, can you help me with the movie tittle? This movie should be shooted in the 70s or in the 80s.-
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 10, 2019 22:20:46 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 11, 2019 11:49:35 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 11, 2019 12:00:49 GMT
The very ending of this film, the last scenes are crushingly sad, when she is on the road standing there, alone and abandoned and since she's decided to murder, consciously decided to murder and has in effect now lost her soul - not in some horror movie way but in a realistic flirting with evil way Some of it is too contrived earlier on to get us to that ending but..........what an ending!...... it's a real, immediate chill inducing set of sequences - you want to rewatch it again immediately imo.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 11, 2019 20:00:39 GMT
I liked how the eclipse is barely a reason for their killing spree - they act both on impulse and some unknown planned out principle, nothing too outside of plausibility as awful as that sounds. And the kid perfs are good enough - especially the glasses kid and the normal kid and his ashamed confession scene about the peep-hole which is a pretty good piece of acting. This would never get made today - lol. The big offense from the director is just how much he imitates (Halloween, score from Psycho, Jaws) even though it's towards the front of the slasher surge.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 11, 2019 20:11:04 GMT
YEESSS I love Blackcoat's Daughter! Really slow-burning terror (that furnace * shivers*) with a surprising and really heartbreaking revelation in the final minutes. I remember really loving the score by Elvis Perkins and particularly that lyrical refrain which I would have sworn was a warped reinterpretation of some old spooky folk song because it sooo gives off that vibe, only to discover that NOPE it's an original composition. Amazing. (Did we ever find out what was in the holy water?!?) The sound mixing is also a standout. The mixing in that scene towards the end when the cop finds the boiler room sent chills down my spine. A masterclass example of how to use music and sound to really make something terrifying.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 11, 2019 20:38:25 GMT
YEESSS I love Blackcoat's Daughter! Really slow-burning terror (that furnace * shivers*) with a surprising and really heartbreaking revelation in the final minutes. I remember really loving the score by Elvis Perkins and particularly that lyrical refrain which I would have sworn was a warped reinterpretation of some old spooky folk song because it sooo gives off that vibe, only to discover that NOPE it's an original composition. Amazing. (Did we ever find out what was in the holy water?!?) The sound mixing is also a standout. The mixing in that scene towards the end when the cop finds the boiler room sent chills down my spine. A masterclass example of how to use music and sound to really make something terrifying. God, that song is so unnerving.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 11, 2019 20:40:06 GMT
Nice to see the positive response to The Blackcoat's Daughter here. Has anyone see the director's other film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House? I didn't care for it but I'm pretty pumped for Gretel & Hansel.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 11, 2019 21:27:02 GMT
Nice to see the positive response to The Blackcoat's Daughter here. Has anyone see the director's other film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House? I didn't care for it but I'm pretty pumped for Gretel & Hansel.Haven't seen Pretty Thing yet but I feel like I should (Ruth Wilson's eyebrows are creeping me out already). The divisive reaction gave me pause but maybe I'll check it out next October. Gretel & Hansel looks amazing. Very nice seeing folk horror making a big splash (thanks Eggers!). Hard to call it a favorite subgenre because I feel like there's not much of it, but I do love scary movies that focus on creating creepy atmosphere because you can feel uneasy at any given point even if nothing technically scary is happening. And deep dark woods are IMO the creepiest setting imaginable.
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