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     Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.161.235.186 |
So, as our favourite season approaches, which films would we REALLY like to see repeated at the witching hour? To get the ball rolling: Dead of Night(1945) which i haven't seen for absolute ages. The Haunted Mirror and Ventriloquists Dummy segments being the best. I also believe E.F.Benson and H.G.Wells are on the writing credits but not sure what segments they contributed to? | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.72 |
Something with little or no CGI would do me. On Friday, 10.35pm, BBC4, there's a documentary about TV's ghost stories over the years. Looks intersting. Usual talking heads, I'd imagine. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
Same title but different thing - I've got the BBC's Dead of Night TV series (the episode The Exorcism was on last Christmas) that could probably do with an airing. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
The Exorcism is stunning...I'd love that on DVD. :-( | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.10.20.129 |
I can actually watch Carpenter's first Halloween picture over and over- I think it is a truly effective piece of low budget filmmaking. Jacob's Ladder is another one. Beetlejuice | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
You got me intrigued there Sean re 'Dead Of Night'. I've checked it out and the ghostly hearse driver segment with his "room for one inside" was based on an E.F. Benson short story while the comedy golfing segment was based on a H.G. Wells tale. Of the rest; the hide-and-seek segment was based on a story by Angus MacPhail(?), the mirror segment by John V. Baines(?), while the petrifying ventriloquist dummy segment (and framing story) seem to have been originals written for the film. I think I might just treat myself for Halloween this year and finally watch my full version of 'The Exorcist' on DVD for the first time incorporating the famed spider walk. It remains my all-time favourite horror film and I've been holding off watching this version for quite some time. As I've said elsewhere... it's all in the anticipation!  | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.161.235.186 |
I always make a point of watching the 'Ghost story at Christmas' offerings on BBC4 every year but somehow missed 'The Exorcism' which i have heard is truly effective. Is the 'Dead of Night' series that it came from available ? | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Night of the Demon for us! | ||
| Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 12.165.240.116 |
I seem to recall that Aickman was involved somehow in the creation of Dead of Night. I'm not sure, but I think Kirby McCauley makes a vague reference to it in the introduction to Aickman's tale in Dark Forces. (Don't have my copy with me at the moment.) If he worked on the screenplay, he must have gone uncredited; however, IMDb doesn't even list him for uncredited involvement, so it's hard to say. Anyone here know if this is true, and if so, in what way Aickman participated? | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Any of these would make me more than happy: 1. The Exorcist 2. Rosemary's Baby 3. Night Of The Demon 4. The Shining 5. Don't Look Now 6. Tenebrae 7. The Birds 8. Dawn Of The Dead 9. Suspiria 10. The Omen ...my Top 10 horror films probably. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
I'll be re-watching GHOSTWATCH. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.196.230 |
[Reposting this here, where it's more appropriate] It might be of interest for the season - five hours long! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c13hl | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.23.139 |
Did anyone see Stephen on the telly last night? | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.161.235.186 |
I would add 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Evil Dead' to that list Stephen. I dare you to crank up the volume on either of these movies. The screams,giggles and throaty demonic gurgles alone are more than enough to give you a bad case of the frights. You'll probably have a visit from the police as well. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.225 |
I think it might be Vault of Horror or Tales From the Crypt for me. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
The Top 10 list above I've seen many, many times so I'd be even happier with something I've never seen before but know by reputation and have always longed to watch. On that list I'd have: 1. 'Four Flies On Grey Velvet' by Dario Argento (1972) 2. 'Blood And Black Lace' by Mario Bava (1964) 3. 'Dellamorte Dellamore' by Michelle Soavi (1994) 4. 'Haxan' by Benjamin Christensen (1922) 5. 'Lust Of The Vampire' by Riccardo Freda (1956) 6. 'The White Reindeer' by Erik Blomberg (1952) 7. 'Santa Sangre' by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1989) 8. 'Zeder' by Pupi Avati (1983) 9. 'The Shadow Game' by Stefano Gabrini (1990) 10. 'La Llorona' by Ramon Peon (1933) ...anyone seen any of these (without spoilers naturally)? | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.10.20.129 |
'Haxan' by Benjamin Christensen is a remarkable film (1922). | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.225.182 |
FOUR FLIES is a big disappointment... you understand, finally, why it's taken so long for Argento to release it.... | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I heard it was due to a legal wrangle... I also heard it's better than 'Cat O' Nine Tails' which is a film I love made in the same period. And even if it does turn out to be crap (can't see it though) it's still No.1 on my "can't wait to see" list. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
And it is only Craig (of the famously erm.. something... taste in films) who's criticising it. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.225.182 |
Go ahead, see it for yourself, Stephen... you'll see.... The word you're looking for, Weber, is "correct." | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
My instant thoughts: 1. 'Four Flies On Grey Velvet' by Dario Argento (1972) - not his best, but certainly worth seeing for some fine set-pieces 2. 'Blood And Black Lace' by Mario Bava (1964) - the birth of the true Technicolor horror film, with imagery that's simultaneously gruesome and beautiful 3. 'Dellamorte Dellamore' by Michelle Soavi (1994) - so long since I've seen it: must take another look 4. 'Haxan' by Benjamin Christensen (1922) - quite remarkable, and Criterion has both the original edit and the one narrated by William Burroughs 5. 'Lust Of The Vampire' by Riccardo Freda (1956) - a striking marriage of neo-realism and the Gothic 6. 'The White Reindeer' by Erik Blomberg (1952) - damn! I've never seen it! 7. 'Santa Sangre' by Alejandro Jodorowsky (1989) - appealingly bizarre in places, but Tod Browning and Argento (two influences, I take it) have the edge 8. 'Zeder' by Pupi Avati (1983) - understated and moderately disturbing 9. 'The Shadow Game' by Stefano Gabrini (1990) - as 6 10. 'La Llorona' by Ramon Peon (1933) - as 6 again! Double damn! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I'd love to see it but the truth is I can't... unless!! You're not telling me it's finally been released! This review alone would be enough to whet my appetite: The third directorial effort by famed Italian splatter maestro Dario Argento, created during the middle of his giallo (pulp thriller) phase, Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio is an unfortunately overlooked and hard-to-find choice nugget in his oeuvre and the final film of his so-called "Animal Trilogy." The bravura opening-credits sequence, tuned to the music of Roberto's band (composed by Ennio Morricone) spliced with beating heart-shock cuts, establishes Argento's signature Hitchcock-meets-garishly-psychedelic style and sets up Roberto's stalked-by-a-stranger backstory. Its final shot, of a fly getting crushed by cymbals, suggests the tongue-in-cheek cant to the murder mystery that follows. Though the film is stocked with several incredibly effective suspense sequences, the inclusion of a pun-prone gay detective and the inchoate ramblings of Roberto's hobo friend God lead one to believe Argento did not take this film too seriously, so it is less stylistically oppressive than later productions. The storyline is burdened by the sort of Freudian hogwash and scientific make-believe used to propel lesser thrillers, but it's nonetheless relatively easy to follow and so grippingly laid out it's hard to get bogged down in specifics and prevents the film from slipping into camp. Franco di Giacomo's endless evocative photography is topped off by a hilariously grotesque ending. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Not damn, Ramsey, but YES more great horror movies to be seen!! You entertained me right royally with the tracking down of an obscure horror film in 'Ancient Images' so hopefully this goes some small way toward repaying the favour. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
The word you're looking for, Weber, is "correct." I can't count the number of ways that statement is wrong. (I always have trouble counting past 5 becuse I drop the pen - before anyone else uses that punchline). |