A hypothetical October movie plan
These are some of the best i've seen that I haven't mentioned recently, to give those who are in need of spooky watches in this time of year.
1. The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney, the tinted version oh it looks so good on my Eureka Blu!!
2. The Ring with Naomi Watts, I don't have this in my collection, but I rented the hell out of it, a rare example of a remake being better, but the same director I believe. .... no different director
3. City of the Living Dead
4. The Beyond
5. The House by the Cemetery -- these being Lucio Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy, i'd take these over anything Argento did.
6. The Return of the Living Dead -- I've just seen the original and it's a hoot!!
7. The Innocents -- but here we need something classy and this is so good, based on The Turn of the Screw, a book I'll be listening to.
8. Haxan -- I love the big symphonic score on the Criterion disc, it matches the visuals so well like when an ole crone is getting all this money and stuff in a daydream and the music is so lofty and grandiose. The other version with William S Burroughs narrating with experimental jazz is interesting but I prefer the silent version with that glorious music.
9. The VVitch -- i'm not too high on modern horror, but this was an exception, very immersive.
10. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary -- Guy Maddin creates a splendiferous experience by telling the classic tale in ballet with epic classical music.
11. Nosferatu -- Werner Herzog's remake is very special to me for being the first arthouse film I ever saw.
12. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer -- this is a serious horror that I respect a lot.
13. House -- that wacky 70s Japanese funfest, it's goofy spooky, what one needs at this point.
14. A Tale of Two Sisters -- a great one from South Korea, where horror lives strong
15. Evil Dead 2 -- another 80s gem, Bruce Campbell is a national treasure, and that hand scene will always bring a devilish smile to my face.
16. Rosemary's Baby -- I was playing this a few weeks ago, and dad said Mia was pretty, we didn't get too far into it, so he missed the plot development which would have bothered him. I love Mia, and even have a autobiography by her, she had a time when she read Dostoevsky.
17. Viy -- a really spectacular Russian folk horror that I used to have in a splendid Severin set, that I foolishly sold off.
18. Psycho -- this was the first movie I recognized as perfect, long before my revelation in late 2004, we all know it, but how long has it been since you seen it, will it hold up? The only things that become shaky to me later on is when the bald spot guy falls down the stairs, and too wordy at the end explaining Norman.
19. Martyrs -- this is the scariest and most disturbing horror i've seen, that I respect, I even showed the beginning of it to dad not too long ago, and right off the bat he said sarcastically "Thanks Jeff, thanks alot" .... this film is no laughing matter, and if it does cause laughter, there should be hospitalization for such.
huh, I think i'll finish this list in edit mode, 31 is a lot to think of .... I like to imagine there's some kind of master plan feel to the sequence here, but when you put Martyrs in there, you have to pause, and reassess what's going on here, what is wrong with the world, how can the horror genre be pleasant again. Stay tuned!!
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1. The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney, the tinted version oh it looks so good on my Eureka Blu!!
2. The Ring with Naomi Watts, I don't have this in my collection, but I rented the hell out of it, a rare example of a remake being better, but the same director I believe. .... no different director
3. City of the Living Dead
4. The Beyond
5. The House by the Cemetery -- these being Lucio Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy, i'd take these over anything Argento did.
6. The Return of the Living Dead -- I've just seen the original and it's a hoot!!
7. The Innocents -- but here we need something classy and this is so good, based on The Turn of the Screw, a book I'll be listening to.
8. Haxan -- I love the big symphonic score on the Criterion disc, it matches the visuals so well like when an ole crone is getting all this money and stuff in a daydream and the music is so lofty and grandiose. The other version with William S Burroughs narrating with experimental jazz is interesting but I prefer the silent version with that glorious music.
9. The VVitch -- i'm not too high on modern horror, but this was an exception, very immersive.
10. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary -- Guy Maddin creates a splendiferous experience by telling the classic tale in ballet with epic classical music.
11. Nosferatu -- Werner Herzog's remake is very special to me for being the first arthouse film I ever saw.
12. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer -- this is a serious horror that I respect a lot.
13. House -- that wacky 70s Japanese funfest, it's goofy spooky, what one needs at this point.
14. A Tale of Two Sisters -- a great one from South Korea, where horror lives strong
15. Evil Dead 2 -- another 80s gem, Bruce Campbell is a national treasure, and that hand scene will always bring a devilish smile to my face.
16. Rosemary's Baby -- I was playing this a few weeks ago, and dad said Mia was pretty, we didn't get too far into it, so he missed the plot development which would have bothered him. I love Mia, and even have a autobiography by her, she had a time when she read Dostoevsky.
17. Viy -- a really spectacular Russian folk horror that I used to have in a splendid Severin set, that I foolishly sold off.
18. Psycho -- this was the first movie I recognized as perfect, long before my revelation in late 2004, we all know it, but how long has it been since you seen it, will it hold up? The only things that become shaky to me later on is when the bald spot guy falls down the stairs, and too wordy at the end explaining Norman.
19. Martyrs -- this is the scariest and most disturbing horror i've seen, that I respect, I even showed the beginning of it to dad not too long ago, and right off the bat he said sarcastically "Thanks Jeff, thanks alot" .... this film is no laughing matter, and if it does cause laughter, there should be hospitalization for such.
huh, I think i'll finish this list in edit mode, 31 is a lot to think of .... I like to imagine there's some kind of master plan feel to the sequence here, but when you put Martyrs in there, you have to pause, and reassess what's going on here, what is wrong with the world, how can the horror genre be pleasant again. Stay tuned!!
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46-50, M