i'm limiting myself to stuff that i watched on netflix streaming in the last year (which as far as i know is still available), because i am too lazy to plan ahead, and so are you.
AbsentiaThe InkeepersParanormal Activity 3The OregonianYellowbrickroadShutterGrave EncountersAtrociousDream HomeThe Snowtown Murders
bonus just missed the cut stuff:Beyond the Black RainbowApartment 143Pop Skull
tomorrow if work is slow, i will describe further
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 October 2012 06:36 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I've seen any great new horror flicks this year (CiTW doesn't really qualify), and not for lack of trying.
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 October 2012 06:41 (eleven years ago) link
Agree 100%, none of these are from 2012 iirc, but I saw them all in 2012 for the first time.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 October 2012 06:46 (eleven years ago) link
Also limited to stuff I saw for the first time this year:
The OregoneanAbsentiaThe PactAmerKill ListThe InnkeepersParanormal Activity 3The Awakening388 Arletta AvenueThe Woman
Not a vintage crop but worth watching.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Thursday, 25 October 2012 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
netflix streaming is rubbish in the uk, only horror i saw when i got the free trial was 'drag me to hell', so i'll have to sit this one out. co-sign the love for 'absentia' tho.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 25 October 2012 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
sans citw, Also limited to stuff I saw for the first time this year:
Carnival of SoulsPulse aka KairoKill ListThe Woman in Black (had its moments, had its moments)Session 9Silent House (Uruguayan) Shatter DeadMartha Marcy May Marlene (feel like this counts somehow)V/H/S (40-50%)Demons
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Thursday, 25 October 2012 10:04 (eleven years ago) link
if you're talking non-netflix stuff i saw for the first time this year then prob
absentiaameranguishberberian sound studiocitwlet's scare jessica to deathpossessionpulse(kairo)secondstourist trap
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 25 October 2012 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
Hardly ever watch horror films anymore, but I did watch The Howling for the first time ever the other night. Looked really good, and I liked the various allusions to other films (at least two to Rosemary's Baby).
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 October 2012 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
The Howling is a super clever movie.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 October 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link
Martha Marcy May Marlene (feel like this counts somehow)
Agreed. It's totally a horror movie in my eyes
― Number None, Thursday, 25 October 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
Good stuff seen just this month:
Bloody BirthdayThe Night of the HuntedSinisterThe Last BroadcastThe Children (1980s, toxic-cloud-and-schoolbus plot)ManiacDeath Bed: the Bed that EatsGothic (Ken Russell)The Vanishing (original)
Bad stuff seen just this month:
Don't Answer the Phone!Woodchipper MassacreRed StateUncle Sam (I know someone on here loves this, but it wasn't my cup of tea)
― The Thnig, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know if I LOVE Uncle Sam, but really really like it, yeah.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
Berberian Sound Studio rules but it's not v scary (nor should it be)
Actually I think the scariest movie of 2012(at least in a theater screening) is still The Grey.
Hated Sinister.
― Simon H., Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
And Absentia is real good, everyone should see it.
I really haven't watched that many horror movies this year, unfortunately. Martyrs stands out from the relatively small pack. Thought The Kiss was surprisingly fun and lol '80s.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
haha Thnig, if you got death bed from netflix this month, it probably had most recently been in my house, because given how long it sat in the very long wait section before i got it they only have one copy of it.
red state is absolutely TERRIBLE.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
Absentia was terrific!
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Red State was just plain bad
really want to see Snowtown Murders, haven't had a chance to yet.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
I thought my copy of Death Bed smelled like you! That movie was waaaaay more interesting than I expected.
Red State -- good lord, it's terrible. Just terrible.
Uncle Sam -- Yeah, I don't like that I put it in the "Bad" category. There are definitely things to like about it.
― The Thnig, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'll mention "the tall man" again even though some purists might not consider it a horror movie, it's still pretty effective for a movie on netflix streaming starring jessica biel
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
xp.
'snowtown' not really horror but it's relentlessly grim and bleak. and one scene is as hard to watch as almost any extreme genre stuff i've seen.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Good ones I saw this year: Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, Home Movie, Cabin In The Woods, The Legend Of Hell House, Martha Marcy May Marlene (toooootally count it!)
But here's a list of ten movies (beyond the popular favorites) I love to watch around Halloween (assuming that's the point of the thread):
Brain DamageThe Blob (1988)The TinglerPiecesCathy's CurseGod Told Me ToThe TenantReturn Of The Living DeadChristineNightmare On Elm St. 4: The Dream Master
― Gary Mayonnaise (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I was more interested bc I'm familiar with the story it's based on, and it got some good reviews when it came out in Australia iirc
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
it's v well made, has that surreal-realism thing a lot of australian films seem able to capture, if that makes sense.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, I liked both Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil and The Cabin In The Woods this year too.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Netflix stuff I've watched this month:
The Innkeepers (solid, Sara Paxton is great)The House of the Devil (good first hour, lame ending)Pontypool (good!)Absentia (decent)Bay of Blood (amazing)
also some Hammer stuff I've caught up with on TCM
Horror of Dracula (meh?)The Curse of Frankenstein (very good!)The Revenge of Frankenstein (excellent)Frankenstein Created Woman (interesting!)The Devil Rides Out (dated but enjoyable, Lee is great)
Misc:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2003 (looks great)Vampyr (obv)Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (prob doesn't count, but terrible anyway)Bram Stoker's Dracula (still love this)
― Gukbe, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
Next few things I intend to stream:
Tall ManAbsentiaThe Grey
Recently watched, not mentioned yet & wonder what ppl think:
Intruders (the one with Clive Owen)
― Miss Anus Regrets (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
My favorite horrors I watched in 2012Absentia The GreyInsidiousThe InnkeepersLovely MollyThe Tall ManRec 3PontypoolThe InkeepersParanormal Activity 3Yellowbrickroad
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, I saw bits and pieces of Lovely Molly the other day. Looked intersting.
― Gary Mayonnaise (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
It was relentless at points, Tera said it was too much for her, I thought it was great. Just saw World War Z is coming out next year, but the casting??
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
i don't really get "tucker & dale vs. evil" - had a good concept but beyond that wasn't very funny or incisive or scary
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
Don't think Tucker & Dale was intended to be in any way scary. I've been describing it as a comedy for fans of horror movies.
― Gary Mayonnaise (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
World War Z has been coming for years. To borrow someone else's zing, you know it's a mess when they call in Lindelof to rewrite the ending.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
Still haven't seen Black Death, Amer, Human Centipede 2, House of the Devil, The Woman, Possession (new one), Apartment 143, Shutter, Grave Encounters ,Atrocious, Lots to watch.
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
Amer is incredible, the only reason it isnt on my list is that it isnt streaming
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Top 10 from the past few years:
The ThawCabin in the WoodsPontypoolTucker and Dale vs EvilThe SignalLaid to RestZombielandBlood Snow (aka Necrosis)Black Death (kinda Horror? idk...)The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Stuff I still haven't seen but want to:
The InnkeepersCropseyYellowbrickroadThe GreyBerberian Sound StudioThe Snowtown Murders
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
Most of that stuff I watched on Netflix, don't know if they're still streaming, I don't have Netflix at the moment.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
2012 has been a TERRIBLE year for horror. IMHO only a few films have gotten it right:(starred titles are Streaming on Netflix)
388 Arletta Avenue*AbsentiaExcisionHimizu*HodejegerneMMMMSound of My Voice
want to watch Lovely Molly again before I decide whether or not it's worthy of short-list inclusion. first viewing was confusing and underwhelming.
these were fun... The Aggression ScaleCloset Space*DawningDear God No!The Devil's Business*The Devil's RockFamineThe Guard Post*Mutant Girl Squad*Nazis at the Center of the EarthSeconds Apart*Skjult (Hidden)*SympathyTormented
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
+ The Tall Man. even if this IS a horror thread.+ Exit Humanity. i liked this somber Civil War zombie yarn a lot.+ Juan of the Dead. upbeat/offbeat Cuban "of the dead." refreshing, even for a zom-com.+ Livide. at least it's always pretty.+ Piggy. nasty UK vigilante mindfrig+ Werewolf in a Women's Prison. which managed to be everything its title promised, and maybe more.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently I only saw three horror movies on instant so far this year that were worth giving three stars to this year:Deathdream, Cabin Fever 2, Frozen. I really need to watch more so i'm glad for this thread.
― da croupier, Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
hey viceroy, sorry to report that Cropsey is boring and terrible imo
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ yeah I was so disappointed to hear that when u posted before.
― Miss Anus Regrets (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Tell me about Black Snow cuz idk it looked like it wld be terrible?
― Miss Anus Regrets (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
I don't watch a lot of horror but The Innkeepers is awesome.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
I think I mentioned it in the other thread, but watching Ti West movies, I keep sort of waiting for him to "happen." One of these days, I expect him to blow me away, but as of yet?
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
someday he'll team up with someone who knows how to make something actually scary at the end of the hallway
― da croupier, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
or he'll learn how to keep the suspense ambiguous throughout
― da croupier, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
how is this? and how is it see-able?
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp Damn, the premise seemed so rad. I hate it when people take good ideas and butcher the execution of them.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
xp -- Re: The Poughkeepsie Tapes... If you can handle, I dunno, "moderate scenes of torture" its a really good mix of law/police procedural and "inside the mind of the serial killer" type movie. Its very shocking in spots but completely engrossing and well made. It's not as graphic as some of the french new wave horror but it's not exactly light on the torture either. Fortunately, you're not supposed to revel in it and it doesn't really keep the camera on extremely terrible things.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, did I just see Creep this year? Creep was great.
― jjjusten, Friday, 20 October 2017 05:02 (six years ago) link
Just saw HAUSU. As crazy as everyone says. I dug it.
― Nhex, Saturday, 21 October 2017 06:14 (six years ago) link
Hausu is all time amazing.
― jjjusten, Saturday, 21 October 2017 06:51 (six years ago) link
30th anniversary remaster of Christopher Young's Hellraiser score is fucking gorgeous
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 21 October 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
new to me in the past year:
the exorcist iiithe beyondcarriethe house on sorority row phantasm iv: oblivion hello mary lou: prom night iighostwatchfright nightthe initiation daughters of darkness
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 October 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
I finally watched Michael Powell's Peeping Tom this week, which I liked, but is kind of another case of the old Casablanca vs. To Have and To Have Not debate where I've heard enough "better than Psycho" arguments that I'm just not buying. I think my main problem was that I couldn't believe the neighbour's attraction to him, which survives not only their first uber-creepy meeting, but the countless red-flags that follow. Marion, in comparison, is kind of trapped into interacting with Norman Bates and regards him with a far more believable mixture of sympathy and suspicion. Also, as I'm pretty sure Scorsese is a big fan, I can see the seeds of the Robert De Niro/Cybil Shepherd relationship in Taxi Driver, though that one, again, feels more plausible than the one here.
Trying to decide what other classic horrors I want to catch up with this week: Black Sunday? Eyes Without a Face? The Bird with the Crystal Plumage? Fade to Black? (Advice welcome!)
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Saturday, 21 October 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
Have you seen blood on satans claw?
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 21 October 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
read this thread title to the tune of men without hats 'we can dance / everybody look at your hands'
― flopson, Saturday, 21 October 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
I have not! The titles I listed are the ones I just grabbed from the library and, since I don't know if I'll get around to all of them this week, I was more wondering which ones to prioritize. Plus, I tend to like to watch something that I've seen before and that I know is classic on the actual night of Halloween. I'm thinking The Fog this year.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Saturday, 21 October 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
See Black Sunday.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 21 October 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
Just got my copy in the mail yesterday so I'm on it.
In addition to all of the unimpeachable old-school classics I have lined up, I also got some new-school stuff I haven't seen yet but that I already know will be half junk (Annabelle, Conjuring 2, Ouija twofer) but I'm looking forward to the half that isn't (and, okay, yes, I'm looking forward to the junk, too).
― The Wetting Planner (Old Lunch), Sunday, 22 October 2017 05:48 (six years ago) link
I'm pretty fond of Eyes Without a Face, Black Sunday also good
― Nhex, Sunday, 22 October 2017 06:10 (six years ago) link
I hear the second Oujia is actually not crap!
That's really the only reason I bought the set. Although I'm not sure why the good word-of-mouth re: the second Annabelle movie necessitated my buying the first.
I also have an unwatched copy of Eyes Without a Face! There are only so many movie-watching hours before Halloween is over! Guess I just need to call in sick or something, huh.
― The Wetting Planner (Old Lunch), Sunday, 22 October 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
Late on the revive but I've been tearing it up in the usual style. Here are some things I've seen for the first time this month:
Witchfinder GeneralNight of the DemonMandyGhoulies
Okay, so one of those things is less awesomely classic than the others, but it was pretty entertaining cheese. Mostly I've just been watching episodes of Friday the 13th: the Series, which is extra extra cheesy but so watchable.
Also, I decided to stop pussyfooting about and jumped all the way back to the beginnings of gothic fiction a couple of months back, starting with Castle of Otranto. Lots of Ann Radcliffe on the docket.
Been watching Haunting of Hill House on Netflix which is surprisingly good value thus far. I bought a copy of Heredity sight unseen. Hopefully I can coerce company into watching it this evening.
Tell me what's good, peeps.
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
as documented elsewhere i watched every halloween movie this month. tbh one of the better horror franchises, gets a bad rap bc the original is so totemic but the sequels all manage to have incredibly distinct identities and approaches to the mythology of michael myers (which i can't really say for friday the 13/jason or nightmare/freddy). the "shitty" ones (five and six, mainly) have a "recorded straight to a vhs tape that was then buried 100 miles underground" quality, even in crisp hd. the zombie films were both better than i'd remembered. i is a total failure, its two parts don't match up at all, but ii is fascinating, dreamy, and sad, aka a true halloween movie
if i had to rank them:
halloween iii: season of the witchhalloween h20: 20 years laterhalloween ii (2009)halloween (1979)halloween 4: the return of michael myershalloween: the curse of michael myershalloween ii (1981)halloween (2018)halloween (2007)halloween 5: the revenge of michael myershalloween resurrection
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
beyond that these were all new to me:
messiah of evil (fucking incredible early '70s horror that's not quite sure what it is, theater scene is legitimately terrifying)let's scare jessica to death (budget-less droning early '70s horror that's not quite sure what it is, completely awesome)mandythe foghell house llc (found footage haunted house trash but a surprisingly well-done version of it)the haunting (1963) (god i fucking love robert wise)
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
Just rewatched Legend of Hell House last night which I think, at this point, officially seals the deal on that as an annual tradition. Love that thing to pieces.
Yes, Season of the Witch is absolutely the best Halloween movie. Aside from the new one, Resurrection is the only one I have not seen and do not own, and nothing I've heard suggests that I need to change that state of affairs.
Really want to see Let's Scare Jessica. Come on, Scream Factory. (And also come on with the dozen movies I ordered from you a month ago and hoped I'd be able to watch by tonight.)
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
halloween resurrection is sorta fun after the opening twenty minutes, which are unfortunately... insulting. great busta performance
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
I haven't watched a damn thing this season. my local video store shut down (waiting for Alamo to re-open whatever rental service they're going to run with their acquired stock) so I don't have a good reliable source for stuff anymore.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
I have 100s of spooky movies on the shelf with many still unwatched so I don't really need to indulge myself, but I understand Shudder is good value.
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Having read an inordinate amount about the French Revolution of late, I've found myself wondering: is it possible that no one has ever done a historical horror film about la Terreur? And if not, for the love of god why not?
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
I've stepped up the pace a lot for International Halloween Month
Glad to watch these again on Shudder: Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980), Argento's Tenebrae and Inferno
New-to-me on Shudder: Wolf Guy (Sonny Chiba!), Demons, C.H.U.D., The Lords of Salem
Best recent re-watching TCM: Bride of Frankenstein, The Cat People (1942), Carnival of Souls, Black Sabbath
― Brad C., Wednesday, 31 October 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
hell house owns. really well done
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
i loooove Wolf Guy
saw a 35mm screening of Witchfinder General tonight, that is some stark doom in there
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 November 2018 06:39 (five years ago) link
In the Mouth of Madness wound up being the pick of the evening. It's possible that I love it more every time I see it (in an empty theater, laughing maniacally as my mind unravels).
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 November 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
Definitely underrated.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 November 2018 11:56 (five years ago) link
one of my faves
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 November 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
we rewatched Fright Night last night & i decided i dont like it anywhere near as much now as i used to. The overracting really bugs me now, and the makeup effects are really unpleasant. Especially evil ed’s janky teeth & chris sarandon’s weird red gekko eyes
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
aw i loooooooooooooooove fright night and the sequel
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
the music is still great tho
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
at the time (pre-Scream) the meta-commentary aspects of it maybe made it seem more clever than it is. cuz yeah I don't love it so much anymore either.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
Perhaps u would like it better if it starred Colin Farrell, and if so I have good news 4 u.
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
u r incorrect
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
last night's Halloween pick was JAWS, which my wife had never seen before. It's on streaming in what i assume was the most recent clean-up version and it looks amazing. I enjoyed her reaction to some of the choice moments: Ben Gardner's face popping down into the open hole in the hull, the actually horrifying moment the shark attacks the boy on the raft behind the other people in the water (something in this version made it even more shocking), the buildup of suspense before the shark attack in the "pond" with the kids and the fake fin, and the girl on the shore who spots it. It's all just as good as I remembered.
And also it's an extremely amusing film in a very naturalistic way that seems to have been replaced in current films w/more meta humor, the latter really irrationally embarrassing me bc i can see the snarky effort from the writers. Compare that to Jaws w/Brody's little asides and replies and the timing in those moments, Hooper's perpetual bemusement mixed with shock at the ignorance of the people he's dealing with, and also the very easy, low-key funny way Brody and his wife deal with each other.
my wife noted correctly that it's not a horror film, it's more a seafaring adventure thriller, but it does show a knack for horror moments that a lot of more mediocre directors of horror aren't very skilled at.
― omar little, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
I love all the moments w Sherriff Brody & Mrs Brody
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 November 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
the makeup effects are really unpleasant. Especially evil ed’s janky teeth & chris sarandon’s weird red gekko eyes
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:06 PM (two days ago)
Wrong type of unpleasant? Or do you mean they were low quality? I always quite liked the scary faces in the first two films.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 November 2018 10:08 (five years ago) link
unpleasant as in, idk - they look like they are REALLY uncomfortable to wear? like those contact lenses are so big, too big for Sarandon’s eye, and almost completely opaque, and they look really thick. i just look and think OW. and Ed’s vampire teeth are way bigger than his mouth & he can’t really talk... like that set of teeth would be comically oversized on an adult & with the added saliva effect it’s just kinda hard for me to look at him
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 November 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
the visuals were cool when i first watched the movie though, no real diss against them as effects.but the practical aspect stands out to me more now
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 November 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
Somebody should write a history of sharp teeth on film actors. So many years of vampire teeth looking a bit silly and concept artists cant really go crazy with the teeth because it probably wont work.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 4 November 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
i looked up the wikipedia & jfc @ this: The most excruciating part of the makeup process for the cast were the contact lenses. In those days the lenses were hard plastic, which Steve Johnson hand-painted (throwing some glitter into the mix), lacquered and sanded.[22] The cast could only wear them for a maximum of 20 minutes because they were virtually blind in them, and they were thick, painful and dried out their eyes. A set was made for Stark to wear when he's in his final pursuit of Peter and Charley, but he kept tripping on the stairs. Holland told him to take one out, and he was then able to perform the scene.[9][22] Three sets were made for Amanda Bearse, but one of them caused her agonizing pain which she initially tried to endure. When it finally became too much to bear, she took the contacts out and the crew realized they'd forgotten to buff them.[22] For the scene in Mrs. Brewster's bedroom, Geoffreys kept his contacts in for nearly 40 minutes, resulting in scratches on his eyeballs for months afterward.[22]
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 4 November 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
and this is nightmare fuel O_o The makeup for Evil Ed's wolf transformation took 18 hours.[22] While he had the wolf head on, the crew began pouring what they thought was Methylcellulose into his mouth to create the illusion of saliva, but when Geoffreys began to complain about the taste, Mark Bryan Wilson realized they'd been using prosthetic adhesive, which was gluing his mouth shut.[22]
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 4 November 2018 00:59 (five years ago) link
there are awful stories from back in the day too...the shit that karloff went through for the Mummy, Frankenstein etc sounds godawful (and painful)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 4 November 2018 01:09 (five years ago) link
I first heard about those lenses on the commentary to Evil Dead, but I don't recall there being any mishaps like those examples above.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 4 November 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
I recently acquired a trove of unseen (by me) classics. But which do I watch on this All Hallows' Eve?! Which!?!?
Dead of NightTrilogy of TerrorThe Night StalkerThe Girl Who Knew Too MuchDr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2019 12:56 (four years ago) link
considering when it was released, Dead of Night is damned scary
I haven't seen Trilogy of Terror since it came out but Karen Black vs. devil doll is classic
I saw The Night Stalker again recently; the comic elements haven't aged well, but Barry Atwater as the non-speaking vampire is better than 98% of all other vampires
The Girl Who Knew Too Much aka The Evil Eye is an entertaining proto-giallo, if you can get past the silliness of the protagonist; extra points for John Saxon as her romantic interest
The 1931 Jekyll & Hyde is the best J&H if you like the property, but none of the film versions do much for me
so I'd recommend watching them all in the order listed
― Brad C., Thursday, 31 October 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
is dead of night aka deathdream? watch that immediately
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 October 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
No, it's the '40s Dead of Night. Too damn many Dead of Nights out there.
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
Deathdream by any title is creepy as hell, even though it looks like they spent about $500 making it
― Brad C., Thursday, 31 October 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
Bob Clark's career was weird as hell.
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link