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Post by cheesecake on Oct 11, 2020 15:06:36 GMT
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Oct 12, 2020 2:54:23 GMT
Love The Body Snatcher. Such a classic Val Lewton production, completely dripping in atmosphere, and featuring a terrific performance from Boris Karloff. My only complaint is that I wish Lugosi had a much larger role, and that Karloff's big scene with him was better. Coma is really suspenseful too. One thing I think that really works in its favor is that the first third has no music at all, just strange sounds, once that Goldsmith score kicks in, you know bad shit's about to happen. I remember the first time I saw that movie it was so effective, it basically made me semi-weary of hospital, because I figured there were strange happenings occurring behind the scenes. Obviously that wasn't the case at all, but hey that's what imaginations are for.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 12, 2020 3:20:52 GMT
Love The Body Snatcher. Such a classic Val Lewton production, completely dripping in atmosphere, and featuring a terrific performance from Boris Karloff. My only complaint is that I wish Lugosi had a much larger role, and that Karloff's big scene with him was better. Coma is really suspenseful too. One thing I think that really works in its favor is that the first third has no music at all, just strange sounds, once that Goldsmith score kicks in, you know bad shit's about to happen. I remember the first time I saw that movie it was so effective, it basically made me semi-weary of hospital, because I figured there were strange happenings occurring behind the scenes. Obviously that wasn't the case at all, but hey that's what imaginations are for. Good call on the music and use of sound in Coma. I revisit it every few years and it's a really effective film.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 12, 2020 14:53:35 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 12, 2020 15:05:59 GMT
This looks sooo good. Was so close to getting on the docket this year but I erred more in favor of 70s/80s stuff. Not much 60s horror in my watchlist so I'm spreading it out, but it's on Tubi for those interested!
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 12, 2020 17:39:31 GMT
This looks sooo good. Was so close to getting on the docket this year but I erred more in favor of 70s/80s stuff. Not much 60s horror in my watchlist so I'm spreading it out, but it's on Tubi for those interested!Thanks for the link! Definitely worth seeing and it's gorgeously shot. I've really got into '60s horror this year and there's a lot to recommend here if you need more in the future.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 13, 2020 11:06:38 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 13, 2020 18:13:48 GMT
This looks sooo good. Was so close to getting on the docket this year but I erred more in favor of 70s/80s stuff. Not much 60s horror in my watchlist so I'm spreading it out, but it's on Tubi for those interested!Thanks for the link! Definitely worth seeing and it's gorgeously shot. I've really got into '60s horror this year and there's a lot to recommend here if you need more in the future. I tend to associate 60s horror with Hammer films (witches, vampires, haunted castles, campy Poe adaptations). Roger Corman, Terrence Fisher and the like, and I'm apprehensive to pull the trigger on a lot of those movies. I know I have to check them out eventually but I assume horror from this decade will be too much on the tame side. Watched City of the Dead a week ago and it wasn't my speed, and I'm probably projecting waaaaay too much but I imagine a lot of the more famous horror movies from that era will be tonally similar. Am I way off-base? as far as this season goes, I only have three more 60s horrors I plan on seeing: Bava's Kill, Baby… Kill!, Night of the Living Dead, and Jess Franco's Venus in Furs.
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Post by themoviesinner on Oct 13, 2020 20:11:38 GMT
Viy is a pretty great film. It's more of a dark fairy tale than a standard horror film, but it's gorgeous production design and folkloric vibe make it extremely memorable.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 13, 2020 20:25:51 GMT
Thanks for the link! Definitely worth seeing and it's gorgeously shot. I've really got into '60s horror this year and there's a lot to recommend here if you need more in the future. I tend to associate 60s horror with Hammer films (witches, vampires, haunted castles, campy Poe adaptations). Roger Corman, Terrence Fisher and the like, and I'm apprehensive to pull the trigger on a lot of those movies. I know I have to check them out eventually but I assume horror from this decade will be too much on the tame side. Watched City of the Dead a week ago and it wasn't my speed, and I'm probably projecting waaaaay too much but I imagine a lot of the more famous horror movies from that era will be tonally similar. Am I way off-base? as far as this season goes, I only have three more 60s horrors I plan on seeing: Bava's Kill, Baby… Kill!, Night of the Living Dead, and Jess Franco's Venus in Furs. I'd say the subgenres and directors you listed are definitely at the forefront of the decade. Like with any year, you have to dig for gems and there are quite a few iconic classics ( The Innocents, Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Living Dead, The Haunting, Psycho, Kwaidan, Eyes Without a Face, The Birds, Onibaba, Repulsion), but some more under the radar stuff I like include Blind Beast, Mother Joan of the Angels, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Cremator, A Quiet Place in the Country, The Housemaid and This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse. There are a couple more that will appear on this year's list as well.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 14, 2020 11:18:56 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 15, 2020 3:39:38 GMT
YESSS I watched this last year and it was one of my favorites! Gorgeous cinematography and setting (this giant abandoned hotel that looks like it's in the middle of nowhere makes for such lonely/moody establishing shots), and Seyrig practically oozes sexuality in those Bernard Perris gowns. Has some genuinely creepy moments too. One reason of many why '71 is just the best.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 15, 2020 16:52:01 GMT
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Oct 15, 2020 17:05:37 GMT
My list so far this year.
1. Revenge (2017) 9/10 2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 9/10 3. Suspira (1977) 9/10 4. Black Christmas (1974) 9/10 5. The Conjuring 9/10
6. The Creature from the Black Lagoon 8/10 7. Carnival of Souls - 8/10 8. Dawn of the Dead (2004) 8/10
9. Insidious (2010) 7/10 10. 1 BR (2019) 7/10 11. The Ritual (2017) 7/10 12. Summer of '84 (2018) 7/10 13. Shutter (2004) 7/10 14. House of Wax (2005) 7/10
15. Drag Me to Hell (2009) 6/10 16. Pulse (2001) 6/10 17. Cam (2018) 6/10 18. Insidious 2 (2013) 6/10 19. The Stuff (1985) 6/10 20, The Crazies (1973) 6/10
21. Chopping Mall (1986) 5/10
22. Final Exam (1981) 3/10
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 15, 2020 17:15:25 GMT
My list so far this year. 1. Revenge (2017) 9/10 2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 9/10 3. Suspira (1977) 9/10 4. Black Christmas (1974) 9/10 5. The Conjuring 9/10 6. The Creature from the Black Lagoon 8/10 7. Carnival of Souls - 8/10 8. Dawn of the Dead (2004) 8/10 9. Insidious (2010) 7/10 10. 1 BR (2019) 7/10 11. The Ritual (2017) 7/10 12. Summer of '84 (2018) 7/10 13. Shutter (2004) 7/10 14. House of Wax (2005) 7/10 15. Drag Me to Hell (2009) 6/10 16. Pulse (2001) 6/10 17. Cam (2018) 6/10 18. Insidious 2 (2013) 6/10 19. The Stuff (1985) 6/10 20, The Crazies (1973) 6/10 21. Chopping Mall (1986) 5/10 22. Final Exam (1981) 3/10 You're having a rather successful month! I recently found out Carnival of Souls was remade and it looks special as hell. House of Wax I've been wanting to give another go.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Oct 15, 2020 21:17:58 GMT
You're having a rather successful month! I recently found out Carnival of Souls was remade and it looks special as hell. House of Wax I've been wanting to give another go. I started in September so I had a head start! House of Wax is your stereotypical teen slasher but it's a lot of fun.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 16, 2020 11:14:43 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 16, 2020 16:18:16 GMT
Impulse - 5.9 on IMDB, 29% RT audience score. Wtf! It's an absolutely solid horror, a bit like a Twilight Zone feature (plus the refs you mention) except it's also a bit disturbing and with some surprising sexual scenes that you wouldn't see on television. Tilly isn't a terrific actress but her tender, adorable quality made an interesting and good fit in the genre at the time (One Dark Night, Psycho 2, Masquerade). The standout in the cast is Hume Cronyn - who started his career with Hitchcock, y'know. He gives a very creepy, kinda great perf and I love the moment when Tilly smacks the smoke outta him, literally.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 16, 2020 16:59:07 GMT
Alpha (2015) ~7/10 on TUBI Horror is stretching it but this Greek art-film is a nightmarish-scape of political horror I guess and how it weighs on you and crushes you. Shot in a sharp black and white this evokes David Lynch more than just a little and set just slightly (I guess) in the future so it evokes Bergman's Shame a bit as well.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 16, 2020 20:18:23 GMT
Impulse - 5.9 on IMDB, 29% RT audience score. Wtf! It's an absolutely solid horror, a bit like a Twilight Zone feature (plus the refs you mention) except it's also a bit disturbing and with some surprising sexual scenes that you wouldn't see on television. Tilly isn't a terrific actress but her tender, adorable quality made an interesting and good fit in the genre at the time (One Dark Night, Psycho 2, Masquerade). The standout in the cast is Hume Cronyn - who started his career with Hitchcock, y'know. He gives a very creepy, kinda great perf and I love the moment when Tilly smacks the smoke outta him, literally. I recently rewatched the meh Body Snatchers from 1993 and Tilly is quite unsettling in it. Cronyn is so good here as you said, wish he'd done more stuff like it.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 17, 2020 15:47:08 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 18, 2020 15:25:44 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 19, 2020 11:05:25 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 20, 2020 10:50:39 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 20, 2020 19:03:07 GMT
Haven't seen Black Death yet but I just watched Triangle last night! Very entertaining and I like how it seems to actualize the flummoxed paranoia of the lead right in front of her, her behavior at extreme odds with her intentions, the hellishness makes sense by the final character twist. Christopher Smith is slightly underrated in the genre - he likes to look at horror in new spaces and periods. Have you seen the trailer for his latest, The Banishing? It looks pretty good.
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