The Horror...The Horror

[Insidious Von]

Happy Halloween to all.

TCM had an excellent Halloween double bill: The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Night of The Living Dead both are camp horror classics before the slash and gash era. Compared to them, the Friday the 13th films are rather lazy.

So what scared you? I was truly horrified by an advert, I didn't watch any TSN programming for over a decade....the horror...the horror!

 

[Insidious Von]

As much as I love Halloween, The Thing is John Carpenter's best film.

 

[y2kmark]

As much as I love Halloween, The Thing is John Carpenter's best film.

Video of the 2016 Republican Convention still scares the living shit out of me...

 

[Insidious Von]

Video of the 2016 Republican Convention still scares the living shit out of me...

Good thing I skipped it, Rodsky and Dutch nearly terrified me to death!

 

[IM469]

Better with the 3D Glasses !!!

 

[AndrewX]

I watched part of the living dead on youtube last night

 

[Insidious Von]

I've seen Night of the Living Dead before, never watched Dr. Phibes. Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane), the film does have a real creep quality to it but it does it with tongue planted firmly in cheek. 1971 was a good year for Vincent Price, I was surprised by the amount of love for The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. The show had one season, they chose not to continue after Fischa Rais (Igor) died.

Night of the Living Dead is a hoot, Dawn of the Dead is epic!

 

[Insidious Von]

Is it safe?

I nearly shit myself when I saw Marathon Man for the first time. An Arthur Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) film, it cannot be made today. Folks are too Lilly-livered, they might die of offense.

 

[Insidious Von]

Lloyd Robertson is still alive.

 

[Insidious Von]

Happy Halloween to all.

Even though he hasn't made many suspense films, the manner in which he chooses to shoot his movies, Edgar Wright understands Alfred Hitchcock. Will watch Last Night in Soho, maybe even tonight.

Hitch knew how to transition anxiety into terror.

 

[Insidious Von]

Psycho started out as a conventional Hitchcock suspense film. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) steals from her company and goes on the lam. The nameless company hires a police detective (Martin Balsam) to track her down. The shower scene isn't even the most shocking part.

If you haven't seen the film, I'll stop from giving out spoilers.

 

[Insidious Von]

Psycho stunted Anthony Perkins career, the same thing nearly happened to Christian Bale...both were too good at playing psychopaths.

Brilliant scene, Chloe Sevigny was the innocent lamb in American Psycho, too naive for her own good.

 

[Insidious Von]

Halloween is over.

I can stop making my blood run cold with Rodsky and Dutch.