My horror top 10 x 10:
http://letterboxd.com/ephender/list/slant-magazines-100-greatest-horror-films-1/
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
great list
intrigued by decasia and leviathan, neither of which i know anything about
also a big fu to them for disallowing short films because outer space is so so worthy. next time tell them if they don't want to count it, they should just loop it ten times
― Y KANT LOU READ (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
if i'm gonna watch 1 netflix horror flick tnite, which one should i make it?
― Mordy , Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
For some reason, the ed. there has this thing against counting short films in any of Slant's lists to the point that he doesn't even list Un Chien andalou among his favorites despite Bunuel being possibly his all-time favorite director. I find it infuriating, but have made my peace with it. Whatever gets one out of having to sift through which Chuck Jonze and Frank Tashlin Looney Tunes to count and which to exclude, I guess.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
which ones from my 2 lists havent you seen mordy?
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
i've seen none of them!
― Mordy , Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Decasia is a really interesting choice, EH. I would never have thought of it fitting there, but I can totally see it.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
oh, i've got a copy of john dies at the end just sitting on my computer - should i watch that?
its a total mess, but an endearing one. it would be about my last pick of what i listed
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Thanks, emil.y. As I posted on Twitter earlier this week, I adore Horror Not Horror nearly as much as I do Disco Not Disco.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
from my 2 lists, i would vouch most for absentia, the innkeepers, or last will and testament of rosalind leigh i think
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
i mean of the stuff that i know is streaming.
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
bit of crossover bc I watched a lot based on recommendations here, lots new to me
Cheap Thrills (only moderately horror-ish but...)You're NextTucker and Dale Vs. EvilMartha Marcy May MarleneLords of SalemMamaCitadelV/H/S 2Last Will and Testament of Rosalind LeighThe Innkeepers
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
decasia is aaaamazing but it's experimental, might as well suggest the act of seeing with one's own eyes
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
why is marienbad on the slant list
― cozen, Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
Because I adore Horror Not Horror, sez the list-creator.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
oh wait, you did!
xp to self
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
might as well suggest the act of seeing with one's own eyes
This is def pretty horrifying.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
re: John Dies at the End
it is def a mess, and I can't really remember exactly what happens in it but it gets points for throwing out a lot of ridiculous ideas a mile a minute.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
http://www.film.com/movies/the-act-of-seeing-with-ones-own-eyes-is-the-scariest-movie-ever-made
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
(revises list of films he will never, ever watch)
― Wayland Flowers and Madame's® brand Mustard Pork Rub (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
hey eric have you gotten any blowback for including freddie got fingered in your list?
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 October 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
Nope. Just another lone voter on that one, obv.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
Seriously, though, a revisit of that movie's highlights confirmed my belief that it was on some sort of Bunuel-on-bath-salts wavelength.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, pretty sure Ebert said roughly the same thing in his zero-star review.
― Wayland Flowers and Madame's® brand Mustard Pork Rub (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Dead minds think alike.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 October 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Even if only for the sake of riling those who've argued that it decidedly is not a horror film, I wanna double down on the praise I gave Martha Marcy May Marlene in one of these horror threads. I rewatched it the other night and it holds up. It's like a horror film with the horror cored out. Beautiful and dreamlike but with lots of slowly mounting dread (and a slow reveal of that dread's source). And I only noticed this time around (trying not to spoil...) the possibly horrific implication of the line of dialogue regarding the specific type of children John Hawkes has.
― Wayland Flowers and Madame's® brand Mustard Pork Rub (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
films that are new to me from eric's list:
insidein a glass cagejoshuaotto
horror not horror:lots of bergman
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 31 October 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
So, I watched House With Laughing Windows last night. Really good, actually, though the bits I kind of want to talk about are spoilers. But good.
― emil.y, Friday, 1 November 2013 11:47 (ten years ago) link
I'm really champing at the bit this year so I've already gotten started on the marathon. I still have a bunch of older stuff I never got around to watching and a whole slew of new stuff to boot. I've been whetting my appetite with episodes of Tales From The Darkside and Ray Bradbury Theater (both oozing the brand of creepy '80s low-res video cheese that I have a huge fondness for). Here's what I haven't seen but hope to get to in the next month and a half:
Night Of The CometValerie And Her Week Of WondersLet's Scare Jessica To DeathSalem's LotThe OmenThe FunhousePhantasm 2The Innocents
I also ordered the Val Lewton box sight unseen and I'd like to get at least one of the Amicus anthology films (also sight unseen).
― Bouffants and Other Coifs (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 September 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
Good list, there are some on there that are super high on my to watch list as well (Valerie, innocents). I really should get the DVD part of Netflix added so I can see that kind of stuff.
― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Monday, 15 September 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
yes you shouldseptember is horror blackout and then october is ALL HORROR ALL THE TIMEi am excited about october
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Monday, 15 September 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
I want to watch horror with all you guys ;_;
― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Monday, 15 September 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
Also: time to start reading Bradbury and Ligotti
― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Monday, 15 September 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I wanna finally read From The Dust Returned! I also bought an Arthur Machen collection that I haven't gotten to yet.
I really want the new Constantine show to be good, as I've always thought a faithful Hellblazer adaptation would be my favorite horror film/TV series ever. I don't have high hopes.
― Bouffants and Other Coifs (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 September 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
Love horror movies - hate crappy haunted house jumpfests though. What are some good non-jumpy films in the style of the Wicker Man, the Others or what have you, that I might have missed?
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
The Tenant is one I can never recommend enough.
― Bouffants and Other Coifs (Old Lunch), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
god i hate that movie - but i hate it because it works?
― Nhex, Monday, 15 September 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
Black Christmas!
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
i ain't seen either of these, i'll check em.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
original Black Christmas is the BEST
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
yep Black Christmas is amazing
― yarn (jjjusten), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Orig black christmas and the tenant both ruuuuuule
― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Monday, 15 September 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
hmmm i might have to refine this but off the top of my head
The AbandonedBad Milo! (no really! horror comedy so you know, youve been warned)The ConspiracyEscape From TomorrowThe ABCs of DeathAlien AbductionThe Bleeding HouseAntiviralThe Possession of David O'ReillyTony
and Only God Forgives if people are down with calling that horror
― yarn (jjjusten), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
i actually watched The Abandoned a while ago but don't know if I ever brought it up.
― yarn (jjjusten), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
The ones I'd suggest that deserve more viewers(I've written about most of these in the horror threads)...
Ghost Of Yotsuya (late 50s Colorado version, probably need to resort to YouTube)Lemora: A Child's Tale Of The SupernaturalHorror Hotel/City Of The DeadBeauty And The Beast/Panna A NetvorAlucardaDark Waters (Baino)Faust (Murnau)Haze (Tsukamoto, and throw in more of his films whether or not they are horrory)Great Yokai War (monstery fun for all ages)Room Of Laughter (Nina Shorina short film, youtube)Dir En Grey- Agitated Screams Of Maggots music video (by Keita Kurosaka)
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 15 September 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Give me all of your fall horror viewing lists!
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
i wanna know yours
― yarn (jjjusten), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Valerie is def on it now that I have Hulu Plus! (shaking my own head I haven't seen it until now)
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
Re: Yotsuya. Color version not Colorado version!
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 15 September 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link