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Well a couple more of mine have appeared. I had The Haunting at #7. I have it on my 100 so it was a shoe in for this set of nominations and, while there are films on this list which are higher but not on my 100, I had to place it highly. TBH, I'm a little disappointed it's this low. I was hoping for top 30.
Anyway, people have already spoken about this, but I'll just add that I love the understated way this plays out, with the house being the loudest character and Julie Harris perfectly plays the mentally fragile Nell and it's her expressions and presence which really sells this to me. Her reactions to what's going on around her, who's around her and her inner turmoil play out wonderfully across her face and in her eyes. I don't know if it's a truly great performance, but I do think it's the perfect performance for this part.
Interview With The Vampire was the next one to show. I had it at #19. Some of you might notice that that's lower than it is on my 100 (where it's top 10) but while I love the film, as a horror film there are quite a few films I think are better horrors and that's why it's so low on my list. But it had to be there someone because I just love it too much to leave it off. For years this was my favourite film, so I don't know that I'll ever not care for it, let alone dislike it, but I do have to admit that I've not watched it for about 10 years. Like TN, I loved the books (I even liked The Tale Of The Body Thief and Memnoch The Devil) and this film was almost everything I wanted it to be and it even had the bonus of a scene stealing Kirsten Dunst who played Claudia better than I could've hoped. Hell, she plays her better than she's written.
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