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Post by Smilla on Sept 15, 2015 4:37:22 GMT -4
Bumping because it's (getting to be) Halloween season.
And because I wanted to throw a post in here about the one movie in the last five years I think is genuinely frightening enough to stand up to a second viewing (it was actually scarier the second time around): The Conjuring. Some (really) freaky moments in there. Although I don't care for the Ed & Lorraine Warren explantion, (witches=Satanists) there's enough skillfully frightening direction in that movie to have stopped me from walking my dog last night.
I'm real glad I didn't see that one in the theater.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Sept 15, 2015 10:27:46 GMT -4
A while ago, I broke out my old Val Lewton box set (Featuring old greats like I Walked with a Zombie, The Leopard Man, The Body Snatcher, and the original Cat People) I highly recommend checking out any movie where Val Lewton has a writing or producing credit- they're all pretty wonderful. Not necessarily the scariest movies out there- but definitely the most atmospheric and hauntingly beautiful. And chock full of dread if lacking in the usual jump scares (although the jump scares ARE there- Lewton sometimes get credit for creating the first jump scares)
Still all that said, the first time I saw the final scene of The Body Snatcher (with Boris Karloff AND Bela Lugosi! YEAH!!)- it genuinely freaked the sh*t out of me. I won't spoil it here, but damned if it didn't almost get a full blown shriek out of me (and I'm a very jaded horror movie watcher). It never scared me the same way twice because I knew what to expect. However, it still makes me smile because I love how ingeniously it was shot and directed. All of Lewton's movies were created on less than shoestring budgets, so they only had the lighting effects and maybe a little help from the make up dept to pull the scene off. But it's deeply effective! And if it freaked me out as a very jaded viewer- I'm sure the audiences of the day probably wet themselves! Hee!!
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Post by jmart on Sept 15, 2015 10:35:49 GMT -4
Bumping because it's (getting to be) Halloween season. And because I wanted to throw a post in here about the one movie in the last five years I think is genuinely frightening enough to stand up to a second viewing (it was actually scarier the second time around): The Conjuring. Some (really) freaky moments in there. Although I don't care for the Ed & Lorraine Warren explantion, (witches=Satanists) there's enough skillfully frightening direction in that movie to have stopped me from walking my dog last night. I'm real glad I didn't see that one in the theater. I saw The Conjuring in the theatre not knowing anything about it and it scared the hell out of me. It holds up on rewatch, but I definitely like the first 3/4 of the movie more than the end. When it really got into the witchy stuff I got bored. Give me more ghosts! In university we went as a group to see The Blair Witch Project. We definitely got each other all worked up but really lost it when we got home after and a few of my friends' boyfriends had made little piles of rocks and branches on our front porch. Hilarious now, but then we thought we were going to die. I haven't watched it since, but I can't imagine it would be as scary. |
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Post by trifle on Sept 15, 2015 18:46:44 GMT -4
Girly ghoul, have you see Lewton's Seventh Victim? That's one of my faves. So pleasantly morbid.
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Post by lea1977 on Sept 15, 2015 23:02:44 GMT -4
The Changeling from 1980 and that ball rolling down the stairs just still gets me.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Sept 16, 2015 8:47:11 GMT -4
Girly ghoul, have you see Lewton's Seventh Victim? That's one of my faves. So pleasantly morbid. Yes yes! That's another great one. And while I know I said above that Lewton's movies aren't necessarily the scariest ever, they really are chock full of genuinely scary moments. Poor whatshername with the bangs (it's been a while since I've seen 7th Victim) stuck in the room with a group of satanists demanding that she drink a goblet of poison- it's so oppressive and claustrophobic and awful! It's not scary in the 'BOO!' sense, but just how dreadful to be surrounded by people who want your death and knowing the only real way to be rid of them is to give them what they want... which would be your death! Good gravy, I've got goosebumps just remembering! And I'm not really spoiling it because I can't convey just how awful the scene is by just typing about it. And then right after that scene follows another that IS of the 'BOO!' category. So maybe I should recall my previously statement that Lewton's films aren't the 'scariest ever'. Because he did have a way of layering the fear and dread in his films until it's all almost unbearable and you're left feeling unsettled until the credits roll... and maybe still unsettled after that. Hmmm... Ok. There are movies that have affected me personally so that I was scared for myself afterwards. Like when I didn't want my friends to drop me off home alone after we went to see the remake of Dawn of the Dead. Or when I kept obsessively checking that all my doors were locked and windows were bolted after seeing The Devil's Rejects... or when my cat jumped in bed with me after I watched The 80's version of The Thing... and I was not 100% certain that my cat wasn't the Thing. Or the way I still to this day side-eye every crow, seagull and pigeon after watching The Birds. Lewton's movies don't make me fear for my personal safety. But I feel intense dread and worry for all of his characters and the movies definitely haunt me and stay with me (Even if I can't recall bang girl's name from 7th Victim) So maybe Lewton gets the prize for most Haunting Movies Ever. And I do wonder if I were alive in the 40's and had seen his movies with a 40's mindset if I wouldn't have been afraid to be dropped off home alone after seeing The Leopard Man or constantly checking my locks in case Carrefour the Zombie was summoned to take me away, or not sure if my cat was REALLY a cat, or wondering if my boss was actually a satanist who would want me to drink poison one day. (She does seem out to get me now that I think on it!) |
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Post by lea1977 on Jan 8, 2016 19:30:12 GMT -4
Happen to be flipping through the channels and came upon the Changeling and that scene with the ball, shudder.
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Post by magazinewhore on Jan 14, 2016 14:08:41 GMT -4
Has anyone seen the trailer for The Witch? It isn't out yet, but like settling in colonial America wasn't enough of a nightmare? It looks really scary.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Jan 14, 2016 14:26:12 GMT -4
Has anyone seen the trailer for The Witch? It isn't out yet, but like settling in colonial America wasn't enough of a nightmare? It looks really scary. Yes! It looks awesome and nightmare inducing. I hope they aren't just putting the best stuff in the trailer only. I'd love to have a new genuinely scary movie come out. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2016 20:08:59 GMT -4
Has anyone seen the trailer for The Witch? It isn't out yet, but like settling in colonial America wasn't enough of a nightmare? It looks really scary. Yes! It looks awesome and nightmare inducing. I hope they aren't just putting the best stuff in the trailer only. I'd love to have a new genuinely scary movie come out. It got really good reviews at Sundance and people were saying it is really scary. I'm intrigued because apparently the dialect is supposed to be accurate to the 1630s. The other one I want to see is Goodnight Mommy. The trailer is freaky and it is supposed to be pretty creepy. |
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