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Post by cheesecake on Oct 20, 2020 19:32:33 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. Triangle is good stuff! Years back when I recommended TimeCrimes in this series that was tacked on as a bonus suggestion as I think that would make a killer double feature. Smith is quite consistent in the genre -- Severance is a lot of fun and Creep is quite effective. I saw Get Santa last year and it was decent and Detour has been on my watchlist for a while. I'm going to check out the trailer for The Banishing now.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 21, 2020 11:05:33 GMT
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Oct 22, 2020 6:27:28 GMT
Been getting a lot of first time viewings out of these the past couple of weeks. Not of This Earth is such a swift watch. One thing I really love about Corman that separates him from so many of the other B-movies of that era was the nonstop entertainment factor of his movies. A shocking number of movies of the kind are surprisingly boring rather than the fun cheese that low budget sci-fi/horror promises. It was funny to me to read that the fast pace was actually one of the reasons Birch was unhappy enough to quit the movie before filming was complete. It's always better to feel like you're laughing with the movie rather than at it, and it always feels like Corman is laughing with us. A surprise Dick Miller appearance is always a plus too! On the opposite end of that, it was interesting to watch Daughters of Darkness right after this. The atmosphere is so potent and instantly gripping, I love that it wasn't taking the "start with a bang" approach by introducing the vampires first, but rather only let us know as much about them as the other characters do until it gets crazier. Like I was talking about with low budget sci-fi/horror, there are certain aspects of the genre that so many filmmakers have tried and failed at, that it can often lead to disappointment when you seek out a certain type. When I set out looking for something in the "Gothic horror" realm, I'm pretty much looking for something that looks and feels exactly like this. Hell of an ending too. After watching A Page of Madness, I was pleased to find that it's basically a rabbit hole of discussion and interpretation after you watch it. Following the YouTube copy I watched, there was a video (insightful but not without pretension, lol) where it was discussed by a film historian and a psychoanalyst that talked about the surprising accuracy in its depiction of psychiatry. Lately I've been more in the camp of being able to appreciate interpretation and theories and all that but preferring to just go with the feelings the imagery brings out on its own without having to assign one particular meaning to them, in this case, a lot of dread and disorientation, which tells the story just as well as anything. Something about themoviesinner 's comment made me want to jump directly on Viy, and I was not disappointed. I loved how slow the pacing was, working together with the atmosphere to basically engulf you and make you feel like you've been in the world forever, despite its length not even breaking the 80 minute mark. That flight scene towards the beginning is so beautifully surreal. It's wicked sense of humor is another plus. Then the second half is just relentlessly nuts. It's a tired complaint at this point, but it does make you long for more practical and creative creature designs over so much of the generic stuff we see now. All the Colors of the Dark is a trip. I'm actually currently reading Rosemary's Baby, and their vibes definitely gel. Some scenes are almost unbearably intense, particularly a certain scene where a car won't start. I wasn't really much into giallo until a couple of years ago, and now I haven't been able to get enough of it. Some feel so innovative, they still feel fresh and exciting even some 40 or 50 years after their releases. Not to mention gore that is still as stomach-turning as ever. Also, with all the potential satanism going on, I totally was not at all weirded out by the view count as I watched it on YouTube. Watching Last Shift at 3 o'clock in the morning was a big mistake. It's recommendations like this, in particular, that I really like, because I likely would have been dismissive of it, thinking it might be too straight-to-DVD looking. I was actually discussing with someone recently if and when it's okay for a movie to bombard the audience with jump scares. We talked about how stuff like haunted attractions or rides are dependent on them, and that's pretty much what this movie feels like, is a full on haunted ride. That's definitely not to say it doesn't have effective scares in other ways. I got actual goosebumps during that damn flashlight scene. lol. Also another very memorable ending. My favorite thing in the thread that I've watched this month so far is probably The Body Snatcher. Karloff is so magnetic, especially playing a character that's so fun to hate. I felt called out when, despite all his other despicable acts, I really hated him for killing the dog, then later he practically scoffs as he says "People are so concerned about dogs." lol. The whole thing is so compelling, I almost forgot to even anticipate Karloff and Lugosi getting significant screentime together, which may have softened the blow of it being unfortunately short lived, as therealcomicman117 pointed out. Still always great seeing them together regardless. Another very solid list for this series so far and still a number of days to go.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 22, 2020 11:06:42 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 23, 2020 3:40:07 GMT
Been getting a lot of first time viewings out of these the past couple of weeks. Not of This Earth is such a swift watch. One thing I really love about Corman that separates him from so many of the other B-movies of that era was the nonstop entertainment factor of his movies. A shocking number of movies of the kind are surprisingly boring rather than the fun cheese that low budget sci-fi/horror promises. It was funny to me to read that the fast pace was actually one of the reasons Birch was unhappy enough to quit the movie before filming was complete. It's always better to feel like you're laughing with the movie rather than at it, and it always feels like Corman is laughing with us. A surprise Dick Miller appearance is always a plus too! On the opposite end of that, it was interesting to watch Daughters of Darkness right after this. The atmosphere is so potent and instantly gripping, I love that it wasn't taking the "start with a bang" approach by introducing the vampires first, but rather only let us know as much about them as the other characters do until it gets crazier. Like I was talking about with low budget sci-fi/horror, there are certain aspects of the genre that so many filmmakers have tried and failed at, that it can often lead to disappointment when you seek out a certain type. When I set out looking for something in the "Gothic horror" realm, I'm pretty much looking for something that looks and feels exactly like this. Hell of an ending too. After watching A Page of Madness, I was pleased to find that it's basically a rabbit hole of discussion and interpretation after you watch it. Following the YouTube copy I watched, there was a video (insightful but not without pretension, lol) where it was discussed by a film historian and a psychoanalyst that talked about the surprising accuracy in its depiction of psychiatry. Lately I've been more in the camp of being able to appreciate interpretation and theories and all that but preferring to just go with the feelings the imagery brings out on its own without having to assign one particular meaning to them, in this case, a lot of dread and disorientation, which tells the story just as well as anything. Something about themoviesinner 's comment made me want to jump directly on Viy, and I was not disappointed. I loved how slow the pacing was, working together with the atmosphere to basically engulf you and make you feel like you've been in the world forever, despite its length not even breaking the 80 minute mark. That flight scene towards the beginning is so beautifully surreal. It's wicked sense of humor is another plus. Then the second half is just relentlessly nuts. It's a tired complaint at this point, but it does make you long for more practical and creative creature designs over so much of the generic stuff we see now. All the Colors of the Dark is a trip. I'm actually currently reading Rosemary's Baby, and their vibes definitely gel. Some scenes are almost unbearably intense, particularly a certain scene where a car won't start. I wasn't really much into giallo until a couple of years ago, and now I haven't been able to get enough of it. Some feel so innovative, they still feel fresh and exciting even some 40 or 50 years after their releases. Not to mention gore that is still as stomach-turning as ever. Also, with all the potential satanism going on, I totally was not at all weirded out by the view count as I watched it on YouTube. Watching Last Shift at 3 o'clock in the morning was a big mistake. It's recommendations like this, in particular, that I really like, because I likely would have been dismissive of it, thinking it might be too straight-to-DVD looking. I was actually discussing with someone recently if and when it's okay for a movie to bombard the audience with jump scares. We talked about how stuff like haunted attractions or rides are dependent on them, and that's pretty much what this movie feels like, is a full on haunted ride. That's definitely not to say it doesn't have effective scares in other ways. I got actual goosebumps during that damn flashlight scene. lol. Also another very memorable ending. My favorite thing in the thread that I've watched this month so far is probably The Body Snatcher. Karloff is so magnetic, especially playing a character that's so fun to hate. I felt called out when, despite all his other despicable acts, I really hated him for killing the dog, then later he practically scoffs as he says "People are so concerned about dogs." lol. The whole thing is so compelling, I almost forgot to even anticipate Karloff and Lugosi getting significant screentime together, which may have softened the blow of it being unfortunately short lived, as therealcomicman117 pointed out. Still always great seeing them together regardless. Another very solid list for this series so far and still a number of days to go. Glad you're enjoying the list so far and have been able to track them down! How's Rosemary's Baby? Been meaning to read it for years. I'm glad you gave Late Shift a chance especially. The IMDb rating is crazy low and it does look very straight-to-DVD, but I was surprised how effective and downright creepy it was.
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Oct 23, 2020 9:26:55 GMT
I'm a little past the 100-page mark and, so far, it's basically like Polanski did a straight up copy-and-paste job. Like not only is it word for word, but some of the moments like her seeing Minnie through the door's peephole, to Rosemary's dreams, are described on the page exactly as they looked onscreen. The movie has to be one of the most faithful adaptations ever, and is surely one of the most easily gained screenplay noms. It's pretty crazy because I feel like if I had read the book first, I'd have likely thought some of it was unfilmable, making the movie all the more impressive.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 23, 2020 11:01:50 GMT
Shoutout to Mattsby who recommended this to me a couple years back.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 23, 2020 14:53:16 GMT
Messiah of Evil (1973) - 7+/10 Re-watch (free on Youtube in a very good print too!) Tremendously effective, trippy Art-horror that somehow manages to feel Lynchian at times and at others almost pre-dates the vibe of Suspiria.....one of the most genuinely frightening - at times anyway - movies from the golden early 70s era.....this isn't like The Redeemer: Son of Satan (reviewed earlier) where it's so amateurish it then seems "evil" in its effect on you......this is in its best scenes a series of visually happy accidents ........that are so artistic you get jump and down excited and set you off-balance. One of the great openings in horror too....
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 24, 2020 0:30:55 GMT
The Hand (1981) - 5.5+/10 re-watch - Some great ideas here but the execution botches nearly all of them. First at a screenplay level (change in location and adultery, wrong moves) and in implementation of the horror itself. There is no reason to show "the hand" this much and no reason to obscure Michael Caine's actions so much either. Caine is actually good here - in some scenes anyway at least .....but this is either a body horror a la Cronenberg or a The Shining-like story of mental decay........this film is neither - or only half of each - as conceived and misdirected by Oliver Stone it veers too close to camp.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 24, 2020 11:59:41 GMT
Mattsby For those that have the Decades TV channel - they are showing all of the episodes of Hammer House of Horror in a marathon today (and into tomorrow AM it repeats). A somewhat legendary horror anthology show....it's not THAT big of a deal but iirc none of the episodes is bad - some are quite good and even though it isn't that star heavy you do get Jon Finch, Peter Cushing, Brian Cox - This is next up on my Halloween list - I've seen most but not all....and these are free on Youtube as well, but I'm not sure they have all of them there.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 24, 2020 15:19:56 GMT
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Post by thomasjerome on Oct 24, 2020 20:24:31 GMT
Probably one of the most disturbing endings I've ever seen. Great film overall.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 25, 2020 15:00:44 GMT
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 26, 2020 9:22:35 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 26, 2020 11:02:12 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 27, 2020 2:37:51 GMT
didn't realize the kickass poster was from a comic book but that makes so much sense. saw this movie in 2018 I think and was caught off guard by how good it was. Didn't really have any expectations but what you get is a deeply unsettling psychological drama about a woman's trauma. It's a rape/revenge story without the leery rape scenes, instead you get a lot of extended shots of shirtless men! And god I remember that sound design during the more surreal sequences. Gets under your skin. Perkins is sympathetic and terrifying. Also loved Vanessa Brown as the mom. if you're seeing this face post-sex, get outta there quick
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 27, 2020 11:03:53 GMT
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Post by themoviesinner on Oct 28, 2020 9:55:51 GMT
This is a pretty good film. I agree that it's biggest plus is the haunting, nightmarish atmosphere it creates, although it does feel a bit on the long side. It reminded me a lot of another Korean classic, The Housemaid (1960), but this leans more on the horror side, while the 1960 film is more of a drama. Also, it's on Youtube with english subtitles for snyone interested:
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 28, 2020 11:07:10 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 29, 2020 11:09:10 GMT
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Post by LaraQ on Oct 29, 2020 13:11:00 GMT
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 29, 2020 17:12:33 GMT
Really loved this on first watch - I have the Mondo Macabro blu of it. The visuals and the score are outta this world. Its plot isn't remarkable - Korean cinema riffed on The Housemaid an insane amount after its release in 1960, that mixed w/ the famous Japanese yotsuya kaidan tale. But there's a terrific charge to it in its sexual elements and style.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 29, 2020 18:44:53 GMT
One of my fav horrors. Idk if anyone else likes it besides me you and getclutch ~ Back in 2018, film/tv academic and horror buff Amanda Reyes was doing a "#SlasherSisters" rundown on Twitter where she discussed how friends were portrayed in slashers, where it worked where it didn't and why it mattered, and she called this movie the best of 'em. That's how I came to it. And back in 2018-19 it was rated 4.7 on IMDb (now a whopping 5.1) which is scarily low for such a fun movie. The movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie opening sets the tone for what's primarily a genre-deconstructing and silly satiric movie. The notion of pranks and fake-outs is pervading here and play into its college culture, subvert our expectations, and gets into a deeper idea that life is light, a joke, until it isn't. Fun fact - the production designer did Porky's, and the production manager did Prom Night 2 which shares an 80s-frill excess. The DP followed this with The Stepfather, and The Serpent & the Rainbow. Back to the Party. The credits montage of our three leads is ridiculously lovely and autumnal and collegey... and we sort of instantly sense a close friendship amongst them. My favorite of them is the cute-dorky Sherry Willis-Burch (her only other movie is Final Exam). It's a pretty loose, hilarious movie before settling (unsettlingly) into a horrorshow - a triple swirl of sorority slasher, haunted house, and demonic possession. Conditioned by this point with its wittiness and false-starts, the violence comes as a genuine shock, as it would, and the ending note is one of the most chillingly sad of any movie I've seen. The director William Fruet started as a playwright and his debut Wedding in White is an underseen and devastating domestic tragedy, starring Carol Kane and Donald Pleasence. So the core dividing here of relationships and sullying of innocence is what he had aced before, but the playfulness, rerouted genre tropes, and the beam of it comes as a surprise. And it's unsung as a campus horror - like The Initiation of Sarah - college as selective, maniacal, a trick.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 29, 2020 19:11:30 GMT
One of my fav horrors. Idk if anyone else likes it besides me you and getclutch ~ Back in 2018, film/tv academic and horror buff Amanda Reyes was doing a "#SlasherSisters" rundown on Twitter where she discussed how friends were portrayed in slashers, where it worked where it didn't and why it mattered, and she called this movie the best of 'em. That's how I came to it. And back in 2018-19 it was rated 4.7 on IMDb (now a whopping 5.1) which is scarily low for such a fun movie. The movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie opening sets the tone for what's primarily a genre-deconstructing and silly satiric movie. The notion of pranks and fake-outs is pervading here and play into its college culture, subvert our expectations, and gets into a deeper idea that life is light, a joke, until it isn't. Fun fact - the production designer did Porky's, and the production manager did Prom Night 2 which shares an 80s-frill excess. The DP followed this with The Stepfather, and The Serpent & the Rainbow. Back to the Party. The credits montage of our three leads is ridiculously lovely and autumnal and collegey... and we sort of instantly sense a close friendship amongst them. My favorite of them is the cute-dorky Sherry Willis-Burch (her only other movie is Final Exam). It's a pretty loose, hilarious movie before settling (unsettlingly) into a horrorshow - a triple swirl of sorority slasher, haunted house, and demonic possession. Conditioned by this point with its wittiness and false-starts, the violence comes as a genuine shock, as it would, and the ending note is one of the most chillingly sad of any movie I've seen. The director William Fruet started as a playwright and his debut Wedding in White is an underseen and devastating domestic tragedy, starring Carol Kane and Donald Pleasence. So the core dividing here of relationships and sullying of innocence is what he had aced before, but the playfulness, rerouted genre tropes, and the beam of it comes as a surprise. And it's unsung as a campus horror - like The Initiation of Sarah - college as selective, maniacal, a trick. Well put! Prom Night 2 is so much fun as well, but as you said, the rating on this is ridiculously low for how much fun it is. I hope it continues to gain traction in the future because it's a complete blast. I've seen a couple of the directors other features (and he did a bunch of Goosebumps) but I'll have to check out Wedding in White.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 30, 2020 11:03:30 GMT
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