Worth watching or just gross-out?
Inside was one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. Really, really gross as well. And most definitely not a movie to see if you are pregnant. Beatrice Dalle gives unbelievably convincing psycho.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2010 8:57:13 am PDT #11822 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
megan walker - Oct 28, 2010 12:24:59 pm PDT #11823 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sadly, The Ice Storm is actually a pretty good choice for CT.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2010 12:47:06 pm PDT #11824 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For horror lists I really like Kimberley Lindberg's blog Cinebeats and her 31 Films That Give Me the Willies.
Excellent mix of classic and contemporary, known and obscure but with a distinct, personal taste. I found her blog by searching reviews on early sixties horror (which I'm writing about currently) and she's a huge fan of that era.
Her list was a meme for several hardcore horror film bloggers, which was compiled into this very intriguing master list of scary movies.
billytea - Oct 28, 2010 12:54:51 pm PDT #11825 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Sadly, The Ice Storm is actually a pretty good choice for CT.
I saw that in an air conditioned theatre when it was over 40 degrees outside. Worth the price of admission for that alone.
Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2010 12:58:06 pm PDT #11826 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
does a double-take, remembers about Celsius, understands
Laga - Oct 28, 2010 12:58:53 pm PDT #11827 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
does a double-take, remembers about Celsius, understands
ohhhhhh.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2010 7:45:22 pm PDT #11828 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
For horror lists I really like Kimberley Lindberg's blog Cinebeats and her 31 Films That Give Me the Willies.
Deep Red over Suspiria is an interesting choice. I favor Suspiria, but probably because I saw it first at a very impressionable age, and it was far less edited to incoherence than the US version of Deep Red. Ultimately, I think Tenabrae is the best Argento movie, over both (or any), but Deep Red is pretty amazing.
Volans - Oct 29, 2010 5:15:53 am PDT #11829 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I'm just going to double down on what Frank said. With the exception that I saw Suspiria at the impressionable age of 30-something, and it was still highly effective.
Volans - Oct 29, 2010 5:27:20 am PDT #11830 of 30000
move out and draw fire
And from Hec's link to Shoot the Projectionist:
17. (TIE) Nosferatu (1922; F.W. Murnau) 413 pts.
The Descent (2005; Neil Marshall) 413 pts.
That's right, Murnau's insanely creepy vision of the vampire--the most animalistic and downright scary bloodsucker ever put on film--received exactly the same amount of votes as that movie about the spelunking girls from a few years ago.
LAME!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 29, 2010 5:56:48 am PDT #11831 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I can see it though. It's such an early film, the stylization (not to mention the silence) is really a barrier to getting into the story for a modern audience. I caught a broadcast of Nosferatu on AMC or TCM the other day and dozed off in the middle of it, and horror enthusiasts more biased toward classic films than I aren't exactly thick on the ground.
Filmmaking had advanced enough by the 30s that I don't think the Universal horror greats have the same problem translating for modern tastes. Those movies are still damn entertaining, if you can only find a channel that broadcasts them these days.