...Instead, Wan snorted the ashes of Lucio Fulci and said "what if horror had more parkour?"
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Oh yeah, I remember you telling us about that before, thanks.
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On my Jesus Franco journey, The Awful Dr. Orloff was OK, easily the best he's done so far. Much better direction and acting.
What in the actual ass happened to him?
What in the actual ass happened to him?
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Watched Dementia 13 for the first time this morning, and recognized a frame from Wooley's quiz. I hereby award myself one belated point.
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Watched Dementia 13 for the first time this morning, and recognized a frame from Wooley's quiz. I hereby award myself one belated point.
James Wan's Malignant is simply wonderful. It's befuddling, campy, Gonzo, hyper-violent, stylish and bananas filmmaking that Hollywood usually avoids like the plague in order to not alienate audiences. Instead, Wan snorted the ashes of Lucio Fulci and said "what if horror had more parkour?"
Oh, and I didn't hate the film. It was just heartbreakingly mediocre, and it saddens me if it's the "befuddling, campy, Gonzo, hyper-violent, stylish and bananas filmmaking" of today.
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Wonderful wasn't the term that popped into my head while watching Malignant. It was like Wan gathered all the films of his childhood, put them in the blender, added silly-looking CGI in galore, and turned the whole mess into a bland tribute. I guess the biggest value it has is the potential to interest the modern audience of the "source material."
Oh, and I didn't hate the film. It was just heartbreakingly mediocre, and it saddens me if it's the "befuddling, campy, Gonzo, hyper-violent, stylish and bananas filmmaking" of today.
Oh, and I didn't hate the film. It was just heartbreakingly mediocre, and it saddens me if it's the "befuddling, campy, Gonzo, hyper-violent, stylish and bananas filmmaking" of today.
Be sad if you want. I'll continue enjoying things.
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Wonderful wasn't the term that popped into my head while watching Malignant. It was like Wan gathered all the films of his childhood, put them in the blender, added silly-looking CGI in galore, and turned the whole mess into a bland tribute. I guess the biggest value it has is the potential to interest the modern audience of the "source material."
Oh, and I didn't hate the film. It was just heartbreakingly mediocre, and it saddens me if it's the "befuddling, campy, Gonzo, hyper-violent, stylish and bananas filmmaking" of today.
Oh, and I didn't hate the film. It was just heartbreakingly mediocre, and it saddens me if it's the "befuddling, campy, Gonzo, hyper-violent, stylish and bananas filmmaking" of today.
If you take out the, "Oh, and I didn't hate the film," that sounds like every Crumbsroom review of any James Wan film I've ever read.
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Looking forward to Malignant since horror movies rarely scare me anyway, and I love gonzo.
Watching the Hills Have Eyes. Stopping just to say that it's another grand exercise in how a lacking plot can sometimes make a movie more scary. It's Wes Craven's mix of slow building and frantic thrills that does it this time.
Watching the Hills Have Eyes. Stopping just to say that it's another grand exercise in how a lacking plot can sometimes make a movie more scary. It's Wes Craven's mix of slow building and frantic thrills that does it this time.
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There's a few good ones from '73 that I'd recommend over these. Or did you choose these for a reason? (availability?)
I'll just throw these out there in case one of them works for you.
the obvious ones:
Exorcist
Don't Look Now
The Wicker Man
personal faves:
Theater of Blood
The Iron Rose
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Frankenstein: The True Story
Lisa and the Devil
Attack of the Blind Dead aka Return of the Evil Dead
Vault of Horror
Tales That Witness Madness
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
and there's also The Legend of Hell House, which I have loved and not loved at various points in my life. But it has a following.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow >>>>>>>>> The Dark Knight
You were supposed to watch this two years ago when the rest of us did. Until you rectify this we will all secretly think that you're less cool than we are.
I'll just throw these out there in case one of them works for you.
the obvious ones:
Exorcist
Don't Look Now
The Wicker Man
personal faves:
Theater of Blood
The Iron Rose
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Frankenstein: The True Story
Lisa and the Devil
Attack of the Blind Dead aka Return of the Evil Dead
Vault of Horror
Tales That Witness Madness
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
and there's also The Legend of Hell House, which I have loved and not loved at various points in my life. But it has a following.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow >>>>>>>>> The Dark Knight
You were supposed to watch this two years ago when the rest of us did. Until you rectify this we will all secretly think that you're less cool than we are.
I've seen the obvious 1973 ones. Of the others, wouldn't mind tackling Theater of Blood. It looks a bit insane with Vincent Price as a hammy actor and Diana Riggs in it as well? Probably will replace Werewolf with that. At least Screaming gets me the connection to Peter Cushing.
Good, glad you liked Scarecrow. Heard good things about it.
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If you take out the, "Oh, and I didn't hate the film," that sounds like every Crumbsroom review of any James Wan film I've ever read.
If only James Wan was clever enough to use a blender. Usually he just wraps all of his influences up in shrink wrap until they run out of oxygen and die.
That said, while I definitely hate Saw and Insidious, I don't hate Conjuring. It's passably watchable. It just attract my ire because of how much it seems to impress the horror community, and it makes me feel that maybe possessing some kind of observable soul isn't essential for so many fans of the genre.
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Going to letterboxd, filtering by 1981 + horror, and then going down by popularity, it looks like the next four films for me would be: My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler, Happy Birthday to Me, and Madman.
Kind of surprising I never saw the first and third listed as I feel like I've heard their names a lot when growing up.
Kind of surprising I never saw the first and third listed as I feel like I've heard their names a lot when growing up.
Haven't seen any of the others. I may have Madman recorded on VHS and perhaps I should consider it instead of Don't Go In the Woods? I'll think about it.
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I will particularly be looking forward to your thoughts on these.
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Wes Craven's TV movie Chiller is on YouTube. Anybody want an 80's direct-to-TV horror cheesefest?
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If only James Wan was clever enough to use a blender. Usually he just wraps all of his influences up in shrink wrap until they run out of oxygen and die.
That said, while I definitely hate Saw and Insidious, I don't hate Conjuring. It's passably watchable. It just attract my ire because of how much it seems to impress the horror community, and it makes me feel that maybe possessing some kind of observable soul isn't essential for so many fans of the genre.
That said, while I definitely hate Saw and Insidious, I don't hate Conjuring. It's passably watchable. It just attract my ire because of how much it seems to impress the horror community, and it makes me feel that maybe possessing some kind of observable soul isn't essential for so many fans of the genre.
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Watched Dementia 13 for the first time this morning, and recognized a frame from Wooley's quiz. I hereby award myself one belated point.
Great flick.
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I've seen Valentine and thought it was above average. The smalltown life in Canada feels real and they did a good job building on the history and dread.
Haven't seen any of the others. I may have Madman recorded on VHS and perhaps I should consider it instead of Don't Go In the Woods? I'll think about it.
Haven't seen any of the others. I may have Madman recorded on VHS and perhaps I should consider it instead of Don't Go In the Woods? I'll think about it.
Oh, I was just looking because, while being vaguely aware of Hooptober over the years, I've never participated, and that got me wondering what I'd do for the '81 requirement if I were to do it.
Possession was an '81 movie. If you haven't seen that and can find it playing, I'd recommend it.
Otherwise, from my exchange with Rock and Crumbs, it sounds like Don't Go Into the Woods is the movie I think it is, and while I don't remember much of it, I do remember it was a lot of fun (and laughter) with the crowd I watched it with. So I'd suggest leaving it in.
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Crummy, please watch Malignant. Do it for good ol' MKS. I'll watch something of your chosen (assuming it's easily available on streaming)
I have no access to it. It seems like Netflix in Canada has the good taste to keep such bland Wan-ness out of its mouth.
Just kidding. Canadian Netflix ****ing sucks balldicks.
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I have no access to it. It seems like Netflix in Canada has the good taste to keep such bland Wan-ness out of its mouth.
Just kidding. Canadian Netflix ****ing sucks balldicks.
Just kidding. Canadian Netflix ****ing sucks balldicks.
I guess it is okay to live in this American dystopia. It could be much worse.
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