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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 1, 2013 20:46:31 GMT -5
And it starts....
The Rules:
Same rules as the original, honor system at work. One point is scored for any horror movie watched. Each movie should be at least an hour long. Exceptions will be made for short, silent films considered full length (pre 1930). Competition ends at 2:00 AM Pacific time on Halloween (November 1st).
JAS, bring it my good man, "Dog will hunt"!
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 1, 2013 21:04:08 GMT -5
The first Horror film from December 1896. The Devil's Castle aka The Manor of the Devil aka The Haunted Castle aka Le Manoir du Diable from The Star Film Company (French: Star Film), a French film production company run by the illusionist and film director Georges Méliès.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 1, 2013 21:28:37 GMT -5
Two films by early British director George Albert Smith, both from 1897. The Haunted Castle, a remake of the Méliès film and The X-Ray Fiend aka X-Rays.
I also watched A Terrible Night (1896) aka Une Nuit Terrible by George Méliès which Wikipidea calls a Horror film. I call it comedy, so no points.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 1, 2013 23:30:09 GMT -5
So for the first part of this competition, I'm using Wikipedia as my guide to watch the earliest Horror films I can find on Youtube, in Chronological order.
I just watched four more Georges Méliès short films. This man was a revolutionary in film, and I'm blown away by what he achieved at the dawn of cinema via special effects and editing. Two of them have been my favorites so far, one that JAS watched last year. I watched each one at least three times.
First I watched Les Trésors de Satan aka The Treasures of Satan (1902), which was new to me and was about a thief trying to steal from the Devil only to be attacked by five female demons with spears.
Next I watched Le Diable Géant ou Le Miracle de la Madonne aka The Devil and the Statue (1902), which was new to me, and a recommend.
Third I watched Le Monstre aka The Monster (1903), which I really dug, especially the dancing skeleton.
Finally I watched Le Chaudron Infernal aka The Infernal Boiling Pot (1903), which was new to me, and I loved and recommend as genius especially for it's time. A demon sets three women on fire in this film and turns them first into ghosts and then fireballs.
I also watched two of his other films including The Man with the Rubber Head aka L'homme a la Tête en Caoutchouc (1901)
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 1, 2013 23:32:53 GMT -5
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 2, 2013 22:59:12 GMT -5
Yep, four more films by Georges Méliès.
First I watched Le Cake-Walk Infernal aka The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) which I understood to be about a slave era dance in the Ante-bellum U.S. South. I dug this movie that included dancing demons (circus acrobats?) and the Devil.
Second I watched Faust in Hell (1903). This movie is about Faust being dragged down to Hell and has the best incarnation of Satan yet with bat wings, multiple demons, and one Cthulu like tentacled-headed demon. I really dug this one.
Third I watched Le Diable Noir aka The Black Imp (1905). A man is tormented in his room by a playful demon in black.
Lastly, I watched Les Quatre Cents Farces du Diable aka The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) about the Devil tormenting two men on a hellacious carriage ride drawn by a skeletal horse through space or the heavens, before being dropped onto earth in a kitchen, and then being dragged down to Hell and one is placed on a spit and roasted. Kinda like a dark and evil cartoon. I watched this one last year.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 3, 2013 11:17:13 GMT -5
I watched four more shorts to finish off the decade of 1900-1909. This consisted of shorts from three directors from three countries, Georges Méliès of France, Segundo de Chomón of Spain, and that racist piece o'shit D.W. Griffith of the U.S.A.
First I watched Méliès' Satan in Prison (1907). It is about what appears to be a powerful magician/sorcerer being kept in a prison, but leisurely enjoying his captivity and a dinner while in captivity, only to spook his jailers by portraying a ghost, and finally escaping as he reveals that he is really the Devil.
Second and third I watched two shorts, which have been my favorites so far, by Segundo de Chomón. His first Horror short was La Casa Encantada aka La Casa Hechizada or The Haunted House (1907). This was an excellent film that as far as plot goes, goes further than all the previous shorts I have watched, with great effects and a very Japanese demon/spirit haunting of a house in the country. I recommend.
Next I watched another Segundo de Chomón short, Satán se Divierte aka Satan s'amuse (1907). Ditto about my feelings about this one and this has been the darkest, most cruel representation and best looking Satan yet. I recommend.
Lastly I watched D.W. Griffith's The Sealed Room (1909). This was drier than all the previous shorts I have watched and also the longest. I don't appreciate this race-baiter, never have, never will. Both JAS and I watched this one for last year's competition. It is about a king who imprisons his favored (favorite?) love in a room with the minstrel she was having an affair with, leaving them to die.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 4, 2013 1:49:08 GMT -5
I just watched Thomas Edison's Frankenstein (1910) for the third year for these competitions. After this, I'm skipping around a bit to other decades before returning to the 1910s to try to watch every Horror film available from this decade. This was the first American Horror film.
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Oct 4, 2013 19:35:46 GMT -5
I started out with a quartet of films I planned watching in previous competitions ,but didn't get around to. Spoilers below:
First I watched Lucky McKee's 2003 American film May starring Angela Bettis and Anna Faris , about a shy, lonely girl who's only friend is a doll. The acting, rock soundtrack, cinematography, acts of violence, and gore were all great. Additionally it managed to be funny while at the same time being serious. I thought it did a great job of building up tension using close-ups and this rock soundtrack that's slowly just getting more intense, while you see the look on May's face. Anna Faris's character was sort of a neat reverse of male characters' I've seen before and I thought she did a great job of making me unable to tell if she was all there mentally. Additionally it did a great job of making you feel for May and seeing why she was the way she was. I loved how she went from being nervous and shy to fully confident and driven at the end once she realized what she had to do. The fact the conclusion takes place on Halloween is such a cool little detail and I also thought the parts obsession was creepy. Great movie and a recommend for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
Second I watched Mick Jackson's 1984 British film Threads which is done in a docudrama style. You follow the story of various groups of characters , while at the same time facts and science are told to you, trying to survive a nuclear war in England. One of the points it makes (similar to The War Game) it essentially just shows how the English government was unprepared for Nuclear war and how it's policies were impractical and would be almost completely ineffective, while using real world facts about how the world would be altered. The acting, soundtrack (Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode and a synth riff), gore, cinematography, acts of violence, and special effects were all great. It doesn't really focus on violence particularly much ,but when it is shown it doesn't hold back. Particularly the part with the fire. Other people consider it a horror movie and I can sort of see that in a few scenes. Great movie and a recommend.
After that I watched Andrzej Zulawski's British-French-German 1981 horror film Possession starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani ,about a disintegrating marriage and the wife's secret. Man this was an inconsistent movie, it's like one third horror, one third family drama, and one third conspiracy. The acting and gore ranged from bad to great, the soundtrack was great, the creature looked great except for its eyes, the cinematography was great, and the acts of violence looked good except for an early fight scene which was laughably bad. Everything is sort of unexplained and the way the characters interact with each other is weird, it's like hokey or stagey I don't really know how to describe it. This was a weird, bad movie with some good elements ,but man I was just wanting it to end the last thirty minutes.
Finally I watched Andrew Monument's 2009 documentary Nightmares in Red, White and Blue about the evolution of horror movies in America. It talked about the usual stuff (the different eras and type of horror movies and how they're reflected by fears of the time), was narrated by Lance Henriksen, and had segments with Roger Corman, George A. Romero, Larry Cohen, Joe Dante, and Mick Garris. It's stuff most horror fans probably already know, but it was still a good watch and in fact intrigued me with a specific movie I'll be watching later during this competition.
I find it sort of interesting that the French started horror, didn't do it as much, and then it came back during the 2000's. I echo your sentiments about some of the early horror movies in that they seem comedic ,but at the same time you could see it really scaring someone back then.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 7, 2013 5:25:28 GMT -5
First a question for JAS, what did you think of From Hell that you finished last month with? I've been meaning to ask. Second, I love May, my local scream queen Angela Bettis, and Lucky McKee. Glad you saw that movie. Angela Bettis rocks and she rolls.
For the next bunch of movies I'm going to watch favorites of mine. Two down, many to go.
First I watched George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) which I have seen literally dozens of times since I was eight years old when I discovered it on Night Flight on the old USA Network, back when cable started. To me part of the social commentary is about the upheaval of the 1960s with the coming of age of the Baby Boom generation and the turning upside down of traditional American family norms (the Cooper family and the parents being consumed by their daughter as well as the problems between Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and their loveless marriage), and the Civil Rights movement (Ben as played by Duane Jones and his death at the hands of the country mob symbolizing the unjust legacy in especially the Southern states that led to equality of the Black Man and Black Woman), and the beginnings of the women's lib movement portrayed by Judy sticking with her man while Barbara symbolized the weakness of the majority (view) of past American weak and petrified women. I love this movie for all of the above as well as it's great black and white gore and special effects, cinematography, sparse yet effective soundtrack, and being a 1968 film, the end of the censorship in American films from 1932-1968 and the beginning of the collapse of the Hollywood studio system's stranglehold on American film, and concurrently, the rise of smaller budget independent films, especially in the Horror genre.
Next I watched the longest edit of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) which marries his director's cut with the Argento European edit. There were actually two scenes that were new and fresh to me including a police to police standoff before one group of cops takes a van to escape by boat and the other two cops fly off in the whirlybird with Flyguy and Flygirl. This movie's social commentary is about the "mall mentality" and consumerism of America and the rise (literally by learning to fly a helicopter, and shoot a gun) of American women. Three parts of the overall Argento print are better: the non-use of the "Frankenstein" head/helicopter blade prop/gag, the editing of the deadish children running at full speed towards Ken Foree, and the American superhero/Football star theme for Ken Foree's escape to the helicopter at the end. Again, I love this movie and I recommend this over two and a half hour version regardless of Argento's superior edit. It has more meat.
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 8, 2013 2:32:54 GMT -5
To continue my current theme of favorite Horror movies I watched two movies since yesterday (or since I woke up). First to finish the original Romero Dead Trilogy, I watched Day of the Dead (1985). In many ways this has become my favorite of the three undead films. The soundtrack is the best as are the zombie makeup effects, the kills and gore, and the other special effects by Tom Savini who plays the first zombie shown in this movie, for lack of a better name, I'll call him Mr. Tongue, one of the best looking zombies ever in film history. Miguel and his piss-poor acting grew on me in this, my fourth or fifth viewing, but he is still the weak link in the chain of this flick. I enjoy all the other actors and their performances especially the Irish drinker and John the whirlybird pilot. John is the wisest character in all of these films, he just wants to lay on the beach and soak up the sun. Sounds a lot like my greatest daydreams for my future life. I highly recommend this movie. Second I watched my favorite Universal Monster, not favorite Universal Monster movie which will be next up, Frankenstein (1931). Directed by James Whale and produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. who was the producer of all the famous Universal Monsters from The Phantom of the Opera (1925) until 1936. From the mighty Wikipedia: Frankenstein is a 1931 horror monster film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and adapted from the play by Peggy Webling, which in turn is based on the novel of the same name by Mary Shelley. The film stars Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles and Boris Karloff and features Dwight Frye and Edward van Sloan. The Webling play was adapted by John L. Balderston and the screenplay written by Francis Edward Faragoh and Garrett Fort with uncredited contributions from Robert Florey and John Russell. The make-up artist was Jack Pierce. A huge hit with both audiences and critics, the film was followed by multiple sequels and became one of the most iconic horror films in movie history.
Censorship history
The scene in which the monster throws the little girl into the lake and accidentally drowns her has long been controversial. Upon its original 1931 release, the second part of this scene was cut by state censorship boards in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York. Those states also objected to a line they considered blasphemous, one that occurred during Frankenstein's exuberance when he first learns that his creature is alive. The original line was: "It's alive! It's alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!" Kansas requested the cutting of 32 scenes, which, if removed, would have halved the length of the film. Jason Joy of the Studio Relations Committee sent censor representative Joseph Breen to urge them to reconsider. Eventually, an edited version was released in Kansas.
As with many Pre-Code films that were reissued after strict enforcement of the Production Code in 1934, Universal made cuts from the master negative.
Frankenstein's line, "Now I know what it feels like to be God!", was cut.
Some footage of Frankenstein's assistant Fritz taking sadistic glee in scaring the monster by waving a lit torch near him while the monster is shackled in chains.
Close up of needle injection was removed.
In the scene of the monster and the little girl tossing flowers into the lake, the second part of the scene was cut, beginning at the moment he extends his hands to pick her up.
These censored scenes were not shown for decades; in 1986, MCA-Universal restored the shots of Fritz tormenting the Monster, the close up of the needle injection and Maria being thrown in the water, while the full "Now I know what it feels like to be God!" line would not be fully restored until 1999.Drinking a Breckenridge Agave Wheat Ale (Breckenridge, Colorado). Though it doesn't sound very Halloween, it has a skull wearing a sombrero on its label. Salud and Arriba! LOB-20
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 9, 2013 2:41:08 GMT -5
Today I watched my favorite Universal Monster film, The Bride of Frankenstein, which was a sacrilegious movie. So much of this movie flies under the radar, and for that I toast it, and James Whale, and Dr. Pretorius. From the mighty Wikipedia:
Bride of Frankenstein (advertised as The Bride of Frankenstein) is a 1935 American horror film, the first sequel to Frankenstein (1931). Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as The Monster, Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of his mate and Mary Shelley, Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, and Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Septimus Pretorius.
The film follows on immediately from the events of the earlier film, and is rooted in a subplot of the original Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein (1818). In the film, a chastened Henry Frankenstein abandons his plans to create life, only to be tempted and finally coerced by the Monster, encouraged by Henry's old mentor Dr. Pretorius, into constructing a mate for him.
Preparation began shortly after the first film premiered, but script problems delayed the project. Principal photography started in January 1935, with creative personnel from the original returning in front of and behind the camera. Bride of Frankenstein was released to critical and popular acclaim, although it encountered difficulties with some state and national censorship boards. Since its release the film's reputation has grown, and it is hailed as Whale's masterpiece. Modern film scholars, noting Whale's homosexuality and that of others involved in the production, have found a gay sensibility in the film, although a number of Whale's associates have dismissed the idea.
Censorship
Bride of Frankenstein was subjected to censorship, both during production by the Hays office and following its release by local and national censorship boards. Joseph Breen, lead censor for the Hays office, objected to lines of dialogue in the originally submitted script in which Henry Frankenstein and his work were compared to that of God. He continued to object to such dialogue in revised scripts, and to a planned shot of the Monster rushing through a graveyard to a figure of a crucified Jesus and attempting to "rescue" the figure from the cross. Breen also objected to the number of murders, both seen and implied by the script and strongly advised Whale to reduce the number. The censor's office, upon reviewing the film in March 1935, required a number of cuts. Whale agreed to delete a sequence in which Dwight Frye's "Nephew Glutz" kills his uncle and blames the Monster, and shots of Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley in which Breen felt too much of her breasts were visible. Curiously, despite his earlier objection, Breen offered no objection to the cruciform imagery throughout the film – including a scene with the Monster lashed Christ-like to a pole – nor to the presentation of Pretorius as a coded homosexual. Bride of Frankenstein was approved by the Production Code office on April 15, 1935.
Following its release with the Code seal of approval, the film was challenged by the censorship board in the state of Ohio. Censors in England and China objected to the scene in which the Monster gazes longingly upon the as yet unanimated body of the Bride, citing concerns that it looked like necrophilia. Universal voluntarily withdrew the film from Sweden because of the extensive cuts demanded, and Bride was rejected outright by Trinidad, Palestine, and Hungary. One unusual objection, from Japanese censors, was that the scene in which Pretorius chases his miniature Henry VIII with tweezers constituted "making a fool out of a king".
Just opened a Real Ale Devil's Backbone from Blanco, TX. A Cheers! to Mary Shelley, James Whale, and the monster himself, Boris Karloff.
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Oct 11, 2013 2:21:02 GMT -5
Spoilers Below:
First I watched Bernard Rose's (Candyman) 1988 British film Paperhouse, starring Charlotte Burke, Elliot Spiers, and Ben Cross, about a girl who finds herself getting more and more sucked into a fantasy world in her dreams. The soundtrack and cinematography was great. The acting, gore, and acts of violence were good. The movie has heavy elements of dark fantasy and in fact those scenes look great, not only beautiful, but ominously creepy. It keeps up a creepy atmosphere for most of the film in the dream world and I thought it was cool that the inside of the house drawn by the protagonist is featureless and hollow on the inside, looking like a paperhouse. It also actually managed to scare me with a scene that came quicker than I'd anticipated, which is always a good sign. The only real issue with the movie is that it sort of takes a little while to wrap up and would've been better if it ended slightly earlier. It's still a really good movie though in spite of this.
Second I watched David Paulsen's 1979 (filmed in 1976) American slasher Savage Weekend about a group of friends who go to the country and start to be picked off one by one. The cinematography and soundtrack (bluegrass along with 70's rock) was great. The gore, acts of violence, and acting ranged from bad to good. The gay character was interesting in that he's over the top flamboyantly gay, yet at the same time, they show he's tough when he beats up some redneck's harassing him at a bar. The fight scene at the end was hilariously bad and had me laughing. This movie wasn't a good one, but it managed to amuse me, especially at the end. Sadly it wasn't the movie I was hoping it was (more on that later).
After that I watched Tom McLoughlin's 1983 American film (and directorial debut) One Dark Night , which I saw parts of on the horror documentary I watched earlier and was intrigued by enough to watch, starring Meg Tilly and E.G. Daily, about a girl who desperately wants to become part of a club and to do so has to stay overnight in a mausoleum. The acting ranged from ok to good, the soundtrack was great (a combination of this unrelenting synth track and orchestral music) , as was some of the cinematography. The gore was good, but the special effects were bad, with exception to one corpse that gets fried. Not a bad movie, but not as good as I was hoping. Sort of on the better side of ok.
Finally I watched The Lost again, not much to say that I didn't last time, except that it's a great film and I managed to share it with someone else, who also thought it was great.
LOB in regards to your question I really enjoyed From Hell and thought it was great, wasn't expecting the supernatural element, but still enjoyed it.
Now there were three reasons I decided to watch Savage Weekend: even though slashers originated in the 70's they didn't really hit their heyday and become mainstream until the 80's so I kind of find it interesting to see pre 80's slashers that aren't Halloween or Black Christmas which are great movies, second it is another film I'd been meaning to watch ,but didn't get around to in a previous competition, and finally there was some horror movie I was watching on TCM about a year ago where the killer wore a mask that looked similar to the ones I'd seen in pictures of Tourist Trap and Savage Weekend ,but neither was the movie I was looking for. I usually try to make it a habit to finish a movie once I start it at either in one sitting or at a later point, and it's one of the only ones I don't know the name of along with one other horror film.
Edit: Not JASE, JAS-8
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Post by loverofbeers on Oct 11, 2013 6:35:53 GMT -5
Last things first. I found a website that is a treasure trove of movies. Here is the website: viooz.co/ . And here is the Horror subcategory which contains 2809 Horror films: viooz.co/movies/horror/ . I've been using this site for the last bunch of movies..... Enjoy Jake, and you're welcome. First I watched F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922). This is the print I watched on the silver screen a few years ago, and the full movie as we know it. Once again, this is one of my favorite Horror movies. The one bone I have to pick with Murnau is the actor he chose to plat Hutter. He is another Miguel as far as this movie goes. Awful, just plain awful. Otherwise I dig the rest of the movie. Next I watched another of my favorite Horror movies, second on my favorites list only to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" indeed. The Shining (1980) by one of my two favorite directors, Stanley Kubrick. The other favorite director is Akira Kurosawa, but this is not the time to talk Japanese cinema. I've said much about this movie in the past that I won't repeat now. Instead I will mention two things I noticed. First, the move-in date of the Torrance family into the Overlook Hotel is October 30th and that is the date of the moving out of the hotel staff for the season, making October 31st the first full day the Torrance family spends in the evil hotel. Second the color red. Red is used like a motif (just like Native Americans: the ancient Indian burial ground and the baking powder containers in the pantry that wendy locks Jack inside of, and more...). Red is the color of the manager of the Overlook's office. Red is the color of both snowcats. Red is the color of the lipstick used to write "Redrum". Red is the color of the hallway columns. Red is the color of Dick Holloran's skullcap. Red is the color od the baking powder containers. And red is the color of the blood shown thrice flowing from the elevator and hallways. To share a secret, I was too cowardly to watch this movie until I was in my early twenties. I had watched the first few minutes as an eight year old but got spooked. Shhh! Don't tell anyone. Jack Nicholson delivers one of my favorite two performances in Horror history here, the other being John Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920). The last factoid I'll throw out is that I do believe a number of conspiracy theories (conspiracy facts), but one I don't believe is that the moon landing was a hoax. The conspiracy theory is that Stanley Kubrick filmed the NASA Apollo footage on a Hollywood lot. Kubrick had fun with this by putting Danny Torrance in an "Apollo Rocket" sweater in one scene. Little known movie fact.... LOB-23
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Oct 13, 2013 22:43:18 GMT -5
Spoilers Below:
First I watched Alex Proyas's 1994 American film The Crow , starring Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, and Rochelle Davis, about a man who's killed along with his fiancé and comes back to get revenge. The cinematography, gore, and soundtrack (so much awesome 90's rock) was great. The acting and acts of violence are good, but a lot of the sound effects were sort of off. It also managed to be funny and I'm glad I finally watched this movie (not sure if I saw this when I was a kid or it's sequel). The main thing about this movie is just how fun it is, really good movie. R.I.P. Brandon Lee
Second I finally completed John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy and watched his 1995 film In the Mouth of Madness. Starring Sam Neill and Julie Carmen, it is about an insurance fraud investigator who's search for a popular horror writer leads to dangerous events. The acting, gore, soundtrack, cinematography, acts of violence, and creature effects all looked great. The only issue I had with this film at all was the bad sound effect during this scene where punching is involved, otherwise this is such a great movie. I also thought that all the illustrations in this movie looked great as well. I loved all the Lovecraftian references in this movie and also liked how it sort of made sense what was happening, even if it was crazy, and similar to Christine one of the things that really made this movie was all the little details that helped to form it. Great movie and a recommend.
I then watched Die Screaming, Marianne which I was under the impression was a horror movie, but it wasn't and also wasn't very good.
After that I watched a movie I'd been wanting to watch since I was a child because of it's great illustrated cover/poster, Mick Garris's 1992 American film Sleepwalkers (based on an unpublished Stephen King story) about vampires with a unique twist. It stars Brian Krause, Alice Krige, and Mädchen Amick , but also features Stephen King, Clive Barker, Joe Dante, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, and Ferris Bueller's parents (Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett in smaller roles. The cinematography and acting ranges from bad to good. The soundtrack is really good (especially all the rock songs), but parts of it are mediocre. The acts of violence range from bad to good (the slapping looks especially bad... and funny) and most of the creature special effects looked bad ,however the gore was great. It was also funny, both intentionally and unintentionally. I liked that it had a unique take on vampires (they're both energy vampires and cats are their weakness/mortal enemy) and thought it was cool how they can't blend in to long because cats will eventually just siege and swarm their home. Originally I was going to watch it on Youtube, but it was dubbed in Spanish, but due to your website recommendation I was able to watch it so thanks LOB. This is a perfect example of a fun, so bad it's good movie.
Finally I watched Robert Mullgian's 1972 American psychological horror film The Other, starring Chris and Martin Udvarnoky and Uta Hagen, about a pair of twins who live in the country during 1935 ,who's antics start to escalate. The cinematography was great, while the acting, soundtrack, and acts of violence looked good. This is a slow burn sort of film where things slowly start to get out of hand, while you're realizing things aren't quite right. Really good movie overall, that leaves you with a sort of ambiguous ending.
The Shining is one of the first horror movies that I remember clearly watching and I was about 5 when I saw it, but it was during the day and the room was really bright and I was sort of busy with something else. When I finally watched it a few years ago from beginning to end at night, with no distractions it was such a great experience. A movie I was sort of scared to watch for a while was Don't Look Now, I'd heard about if from some of my family members and had seen the ending on a scariest moments list and it terrified me. So I really built up the ending in my head ,but when I finally watched it (I think sometime within the last year) it was still good, but the ending wasn't that scary.
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