Fall
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OldFriendOfTheChristys — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 12:13 PM)
Creepshow III is awful - It went directly into the garbage can.
In all these years I still haven't seen it. Probably a good thing.
Even Creepshow 2, which is far inferior to the original, has its moments. I actually think The Raft is the eeriest story of the first two films. -
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PrometheusTree64 — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 07:40 AM)
Ironic, too, since the original Halloween was shot in the spring. But they made an effort in making it
feel
like fall: the fallen leaves, etc., even though they had a tiny budget with which to work.
Today, of course, they'd digitally turn all the leaves red, yellow and orange.
And HALLOWEEN being made in the '70s doesn't hurt, as that decade had an intrinsic melancholy which was easily accessed cinematically.
And that's basically it: HALLOWEEN attempted to capture an auntumnal melancholy, and did so thru whatever low-budget tricks they had available to them, and even with the casting of a teenaged Jamie Lee Curtis.
As I've said countless times: if you don't have the Sad then you don't have the Scary.
That's something that most horror directors for the last 35 years seem to completely miss. They just seem to think it's all about the slaughter.
LBJ's mistress on JFK: -
puredieselbc — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 08:29 PM)
'As I've said countless times: if you don't have the Sad then you don't have the Scary.'
Yeah, that's so true.
My favorite horror films are from the Seventies.
Exorcist
when the priest questions his faith after the death of his mother;
Carrie
bullied at school and then again at home with her religious fanatic of a mother;
The Omen
with Gregory Peck and Lee Remick portraying a wealthy couple with everything except a child of their own.
Come to think of it all these films' premises deal with 'mother' or parenting issues.
Anyways by the Eighties - Jason, Freddie and the rest - it was just all about the body count.
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NorthernLad — 9 years ago(September 11, 2016 06:29 AM)
As I've said countless times: if you don't have the Sad then you don't have the Scary.
HmmmI had never thought of that, but it's a good point. Some of the best horror movies out there have something sad about them which can lead to something very scary. I'll ponder this for a while. Thank you!
American Horror Story Season 6: Donald Trump -
TwoThousandOneMark — 9 years ago(September 11, 2016 10:07 PM)
Rushmore
top 50
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls056413299/