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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 23:23:18 GMT
In other words, name a film that has many horror elements, but isn’t quite a part of the genre.
I’ll start with Visconti’s ‘Sandra’ - the ghostly howls of wind, the encroaching shadows, the decaying Volterra villa...
You?
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Post by stephen on Oct 21, 2017 23:27:22 GMT
Valhalla Rising comes to mind. I don't consider it a horror film, but the atmosphere and mood are oozing with existential dread that I consider it a necessary viewing experience for any horror fan.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 21, 2017 23:49:17 GMT
Well some of these types of films that aren't considered horror at first eventually get welcomed to the genre in a celebrated way (Hour of the Wolf, Safe) but a better example might be Cul De Sac - Polanski's Repulsion follow up.
Structured on the surface as a tense play on film ala Pinter - nothing about the film mixes easily or simply - the sexuality, the character study aspects, funny things aren't funny exactly they are just weird or mocking, and nothing happens for a long time but it isn't boredom exactly, it's like encroaching despair when it comes. Everything seems a little off in it in a most unsettled way and it's shot at German expressionist angles and thrown shadows with gruesome facial close-ups and expressions.
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Post by jakesully on Oct 22, 2017 2:07:33 GMT
Running Scared (2006) Overall, this was a sloppy/messy film BUT it did have some things going for it. Like the pedophile scene & the scene(s) at the park . Definitely had some horror elements to it that were well done .
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Post by DeepArcher on Oct 22, 2017 2:39:37 GMT
Mulholland Drive. The entire film is a panic trip after the Man Behind Winkie's. It's one of the best "horror" films out there (in terms of the amount of fear and dread it incites) though I wouldn't quite classify it as one. But that's Lynch for you.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 3:03:53 GMT
Would second Mulholland Drive here.
While I don't personally consider it strictly as horror film, if The Silence Of The Lambs was a 'horror' film, I don't see why Blade Runner isn't, with its atmosphere and undertones etc
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Post by getclutch on Oct 22, 2017 3:14:49 GMT
Spoorloos/The Vanishing
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Se7en
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Post by Zeb31 on Oct 22, 2017 3:17:08 GMT
Does Bigelow's "Detroit" count? I don't usually associate this kind of fact-based docudrama with horror, but this one might qualify thanks to how startling and dread-inducing THAT hour-long centerpiece is.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 22, 2017 12:17:58 GMT
Another good one here would be Clean, Shaven in the way everyone who comes across the Peter Greene character wrongfully fears him and also how whats going on within his mind subjects him to a horror no one else can understand.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 15:40:05 GMT
Basically all of Lynch's work. I don't consider any of them straight up horror.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Oct 23, 2017 16:17:06 GMT
Might be a little too on-the-nose, but Silence of the Lambs.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 24, 2017 12:08:48 GMT
The Exorcist
Sure it has horrific elements, but for me it has always been a Drama about faith and the Mother / Child bond.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Oct 24, 2017 16:23:43 GMT
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer isn't listed as horror anywhere, but it is basically a realistic horror film. It freaked me out more then most horror movies would actually.
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