angie dickinson is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome in dressed to kill and i forgot to vote for it :(
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
what's unique about onibaba is that it captures the desolation and seedy desperation of life in ancient times.
well, so does monty python & the holy grail but that one certainly isn't a horror film ...
XD
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
dressed to kill, really? why not blow out and body double too? never thought of it as a horror film, more like hitchcockian suspense thriller. the final scene does use some horror movie trappings but that doesn't make it a horror movie.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
blow out was more of a political thriller ... though Lithgow was pretty creepy, as was the final scene w/ Travolta listening to Nancy Allen's final screams on a walkman.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
watched Dressed to Kill earlier this year actually (after seeing it on TV as a kid lol) - really fun, Dickinson is awesome, Caine is good, the elevator attack is nightmarish.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah it's a joyride. Almost as much a send-up of Hitchcock as an homage.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
whoa average curse of the cat people vote was 40 points
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:07 PM (16 minutes ago)
yeah, high passion score there
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
vacillated endlessly on dressed to kill. i really wanted to vote for more than one de palma film, but it wound up being one of my last two cuts. like the silence of the lambs and se7en, i just feel that it's more a dark, erotic mystery thriller than a horror film.
i'm not sure why i exclude DTK when i made room for the likes of repulsion and psycho though. perhaps because those films really pushed at the boundaries of what a "scary movie" could do in their day, and focus so intently on ghoulishness and creepy atmosphere. a line so fine it vanishes on close examination, but i'm nevertheless happy with my decision.
blow out is a straight political thriller, without even DTK's black-gloved, stalk-and-slash giallo trappings, and body double is a romantic, melodramatic thriller that owes a huge debt to vertigo. it's only got one real horror-style moment (but what a moment it is).
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
just perused my ballot, but it looks like i left off onibaba ... i thought that i had voted for it, but apparently not.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
huh, dressed to kill? really? i am thinking that i am operating on a very different definition of horror here than lots of other people
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
My fave things in DtK are the museum sequence, the wacky but relevant STD thing, and maybe Keith Gordon. You can p much have the rest of it.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
whoa average curse of the cat people vote was 40 points― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:07 PM (16 minutes ago)
yeah, high passion score there― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:27 PM (6 minutes ago)
Don't have the numbers in front of me atm, so I'm not sure if COTCP wins the Passiondex for the whole top 100 or not. I will say that it's the only movie in the whole list that got in with less than six votes.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
As a 13-year-old boy I had teh major hots for Nancy Allen.
That STD thing is one of cinema's great punchlines.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Morbius--not sure about RKO. The same people who mucked around with Ambersons, probably.
Fantastic image choice for Dressed to Kill.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
Also in look7ng back at my ballot I actually voted for Se7en, so. At least two weeks ago I though7 it was horror.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
just an aside, but if paranormal activity makes it in this countdown and blair witch doesnt i am going to shake my head at yall so hard that its going to fall off
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
There really was no other choice imo. It's such an instantly iconic image.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Morbz OTM about the museum sequence
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:38 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM. Doubt that'll happen tho
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
oh btw i will join in the chorus abt how awesome the stills are, but lets not forget the cryptkeeper business that eric is doing here which is also a+++
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
btw has Michael Caine ever been worse?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Talk about releasing the Kraken.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
It's such an instantly iconic image.
I can almost tangibly remember my sense of awe when I saw the film for the first time and that image materialized--it really is a thing of beauty.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Michael Caine was also in Stallone's remake of get carter, which was awful.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
My memory of Curse of the Cat People is of a fairly gentle film with a lot of wonder. Seeing its placement here, I'm going to assume The Seventh Victim is coming up, or else you're all gonna get it.
― The Thnig, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
ha the fact that the top three known for results wrt michael caine on imdb are the dark knight, batman begins, and the prestige is just so painful to me
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
i did not vote for any lewton (more on that later) but if i had 7th victim would have been my choice for sure
some people just want to watch the world burn, and all that
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
obv michael caines finest moments are either in austin powers goldmember or as a voice in gnomeo and juliet or cars 2. looking at this list, jesus the man sure likes a paycheck
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
scotch costs money
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
blame it on rio bro
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
he's a higher-rent Christopher Walken in that regard, then!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I like how your image card notes that DTK had a first-place vote. Nice touch.
― The Thnig, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
"Keep an EYE on that rear-VIEW mirror! ... Oh shit, I'm thinking of HOSTEL. Um ... I'm sure contenderizer will HOWL over our next gristly selection!"
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89. WOLF CREEKGreg McLean, Australia, 2005(205 points, 7 votes)
Wolf Creek was a steaming pile of shit. Boring, badly made, not even remotely shocking. (nb: I quit watching the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre right after the first murders because it was boring me to tears)― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:51 PM (6 years ago) then your opinion is invalid.― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:51 PM (6 years ago)Wolf Creek was like Hostel only it replaced the National Lampoon's Amsterdam Vacation with Slow Arty Indie Film With Stunning Cinematography/low-brow comedy with beautiful landscapes. FWIW I loved both of them.― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:55 PM (5 years ago)
then your opinion is invalid.― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:51 PM (6 years ago)
Wolf Creek was like Hostel only it replaced the National Lampoon's Amsterdam Vacation with Slow Arty Indie Film With Stunning Cinematography/low-brow comedy with beautiful landscapes. FWIW I loved both of them.― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:55 PM (5 years ago)
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
have somehow managed to avoid seeing wolf creek
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
it's really well done, just not my kinda thing
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
will take this opportunity to join the choir of thanks and praise to pillbox for these badass illustrations ("screencaps" seems insufficient)
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
every time I scroll past wolf creek screengrab I think killer say hi to me
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
wolf creek = another one that i haven't even heard of, much less watched.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Wolf Creek is fantastic, rises above lots of the modern gritty stuff with a real legit core-hitting menace.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Bitch, you made me vote in this for the express purpose of olding things up and you didn't vote any Lewton?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
I had my reasons! I swear!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Never seen it, always heard it was solid. Has me wondering how high The Strangers will place.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Wolf Creek is the epitome of the kind of movie I hate to admire. I guess that means it is performing a time-honored and vital role in the genre. OK, yes, I think I just convinced myself it belongs on this list in spite/because of my objections to it. I mean, it's horror!
― The Thnig, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
How long are you going to keep your ballot's secret a secret, jjjusten?
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
it certainly belongs on this list. i didn't vote for it cuz i don't like it much (though i do admire it).
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
eleven down, and not one that made it onto my ballot. screen-cap cards are truly gorgeous, Pillbox. running SCARE-ation is sidesplitting, E.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
thanks contenderizer, but w/ few exceptions, the images are all legit screencaps. I formatted them against a template for reasons of consistency, info display & such, but I've actually been fairly particular about not using anything for the central imagery other than actual film stills, screengrabs and what not.
― Troll 3 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Wolf Creek was a steaming pile of shit. Boring, badly made, not even remotely shocking. (nb: I quit watching the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre right after the first murders because it was boring me to tears)― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:51 PM (6 years ago)
this quote is interesting to me because i think it gets at a lot of where i go wrt modern horror (in a very reverso backwards way) - the stuff that tries to hit that TCM mix of dread and hopelessness is where its at. wolf creek is very very much a TCM for now.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
would agree w that. not as punk/lo-fi, but similar in spirit. prefer TCM though.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link