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Harry Caul
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« on: October 12, 2010, 10:48:50 PM » |
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I've been watching scary movies since as long as I can remember... and probably WAY earlier than I should have -- Jaws and Terminator @ 7, A Nightmare on Elm Street @ 8 and it was all downhill from there!
However, since college I really started packing them in to one special time of the year. It started with me convincing a group of friends to watch a scary movie double-header every night the week leading up to Halloween. That tradition continued on for a few years until I met my wife, who being responsible, suggested we space the days out through the month so more people could come. Flash forward a few more years and I've basically settled into a pattern of 10 or so big movie nights scattered throughout October (usually 8-10 people or more... gotta love the projector!) and me watch a scary movie by myself on the "off-nights." So far this month I've seen:
Poltergeist* (1982)
Underworld (2003)
Halloween* (1978)
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
Blood Simple* (1984)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Crazies* (2010)
The Hunger (1983)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
Ginger Snaps* (2000)
Not all scary, and definitely not all textbook-horror, but they have definitely been a lot of fun and help to set the mood for a great month!
However, what I really want to know is what you've all watched so far?
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 11:13:58 PM » |
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Unfortunately, I haven't watched anything yet...
But I just wanted to say I think it is pretty cool you can get 8-10 people together to enjoy some great cinema!
One jealous movie fan...
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 11:21:39 PM » |
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I have seen tons of horror movies over the years, but 3 movies always come back come Halloween.
Halloween, of course, which should always be seen in October. If only for Carpenter's great score.
The Shining. Saw it as a kid, has remained one of my favs ever since.
When a Stranger Calls. The first fifteen minutes of the movie are the scariest I have ever experienced in any movies. Ever.
I haven't seen them yet this year, but will before the end of the month. Halloween will probably be playing in the background when kids come knocking on my door.
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 11:24:21 PM » |
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Oh, and I saw The Crazies a few weeks ago and was greatly impressed by Breck Eisner's direction. Some really cool stuff there. I guess when your father runs Disney for 22 years, it rubs off on you.
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Poster Website- Holiday, I like you and respect you but you are probably the worst violator of all. - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Most Conservatives don't like to be labeled and personally attacked." - Thierry (brainwashed Liberal) (derisive): Really? - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Yeah, really, you smug bastard." - I wish to thank all APF members for being part of the World's Largest Social Gathering of Movie Poster Collectors - "Wishing you the best of luck with All Poster Forum and in encouraging others to appreciate the magical art of film posters" - Martin Scorsese (2009)
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brude
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2010, 11:27:26 PM » |
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I have been slowly building up...
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
FLATLINERS (1990)
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
DEVIL'S DIARY (2007)
THE THING (1951 and 1982)
Question, Harry -- why the asterisks?
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2010, 11:35:58 PM » |
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9 for 12 Brude... I'm impressed! I like the variety as well.
And sorry, I meant to write that the ones with the stars were the group movies. I think the least amount of people I had was 3 for Blood Simple and the most was 11 for The Crazies.
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2010, 11:40:29 PM » |
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Halloween, of course, which should always be seen in October. If only for Carpenter's great score.
The Shining. Saw it as a kid, has remained one of my favs ever since.
When a Stranger Calls. The first fifteen minutes of the movie are the scariest I have ever experienced in any movies. Ever.
The Shining is already in our queue for a group movie sometime before the end of the month. I've never seen When a Stranger Calls... are you referring to the original or the remake? I might have to check it out. As for The Crazies... I thought it was decent, but not great. I found myself wanting more rage/zombie/crazies scenes and less military scenes... different pokes for different folks I guess!  |
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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2010, 02:22:11 AM » |
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A couple of good off the beaten path horrors to check out are Cigarette Burns and The Locals. The former was done by John Carpenter as part of the Masters of Horror series and is, IMO, his best work since The Thing. It is the only film in a long, long time that actually left me feeling a little bit disturbed. The Locals is a little film out of New Zealand. Its definitely very indie and very low budget. As long as you arent looking for something too polished, its worth a watch.
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Zorba
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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2010, 10:10:44 AM » |
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I've been watching scary movies since as long as I can remember... and probably WAY earlier than I should have -- Jaws and Terminator @ 7, A Nightmare on Elm Street @ 8 and it was all downhill from there!
I know what you mean...My father liked taking his children to see such loveable kid favorites as The Exorcist, The Devil's Nightmare and Horror Express. Dont do anything cool like you do but so far this month this month I have watched.... Exorcist III....Not that good a movie but the hospital scene is amazing. Horror of Dracula and The Brides of Dracula double feature....TCM was running Hammer vampire last week. The Mothman Prophecies....Dont know if its horror really but it sure creeps me out. Bram Stoker's Dracula...Oldman and Hopkins are great. The Thing...Just last night. |
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2010, 10:28:00 AM » |
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Great selections Zorba! Horror of Dracula and The Brides of Dracula double feature....TCM was running Hammer vampire last week. I'm a total amateur when it comes to silver age horror... would you believe that the Horror of Dracula (last week) was my first!? Any others you guys would recommend? TCM HD has a Mummy marathon in week or so as well... Bram Stoker's Dracula...Oldman and Hopkins are great. This movie got dogged when it came out due to Keanu and Winona acting like they were in a high school play... however, its a lot to ask of some people, but *if* you can accept those performances as limited, the rest of the movie is absolutely stunning. Watch the making of with Roman Coppola sometime... Golden age horror aficionados should be delighted! They used vintage cameras and lenses and only utilized special effects techniques that were available in the 1930s. There is no CGI in that movie... only overlays and double exposures. It is quite incredible. And don't get me started on the score... WOW. My scary movie month ALWAYS culminates with Bram Stoker's Dracula on Halloween. I've seen it something like 14 years running now. The Thing...Just last night. This is my other October favorite. Such a fantastic film. Dare I say it even rival's Halloween for Carpenters best film? |
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2010, 10:36:17 AM » |
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By the way, I watched Carnival of Souls for the first time last night... what a trippy movie. Can you believe it was made for $17,000? Most of the cast were amateurs and the director/crew (all 5 of them) were employees at an educational film company in Kansas. Crazy.
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2010, 11:07:08 AM » |
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Blair Witch Project does it for me,
Stew
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2010, 01:18:19 PM » |
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FYI, I was wrong about TCM's Hammer fest... it is tomorrow night! Here is the line-up (eastern times):
8:00pm Mummy, The (1959)
9:45pm Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The (1964)
11:15pm Mummy's Shroud, The (1967)
1:00am Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
They have very few other horror movies scattered through the rest of the month. However, things really pick in the last few days of October.
October 29th
6:00am Doctor X (1932)
7:30am Mystery Of The Wax Museum, The (1933)
9:00am Vampire Bat, The (1933)
10:15am Ape, The (1940)
11:30am Isle Of The Dead (1945)
1:00pm Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
2:15pm Devil Bat, The (1940)
3:30pm White Zombie (1932)
4:45pm I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
6:00pm Curse of the Demon (1958)
8:00pm Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
9:30pm Revenge of Frankenstein, The (1958)
11:15pm Frankenstein Created Woman (1966)
1:00am Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed! (1969)
October 30th
4:30am Berserk (1967)
6:15am Devil Commands, The (1941)
7:30am Ghoul, The (1933)
9:15am Walking Dead, The (1936)
10:30am Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters, The (1954)
11:45am Old Dark House, The (1963)
1:30pm 13 Ghosts (1960)
3:00pm Homicidal (1961)
4:30pm Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
6:15pm Strait-Jacket (1964)
8:00pm Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1939)
10:15pm What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
12:45am Mad Love (1935)
2:00am Cat People (1942)
October 31st
5:00am Leopard Man, The (1943)
6:15am Freaks (1932)
7:45am Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
9:00am Devil Doll, The (1936)
10:30am Terror, The (1963)
12:15pm Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
1:30pm Tower Of London (1962)
3:00pm Tingler, The (1959)
4:30pm Mad Magician, The (1954)
6:15pm House Of Wax (1953)
8:00pm House On Haunted Hill (1959)
9:30pm Haunting, The (1963)
11:30pm Poltergeist (1982)
1:30am Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
3:15am Quiet Place in the Country, A (1969)
That is quite a line up!
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2010, 01:30:41 PM » |
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That IS a fantastic lineup! If only I had TCM  And, The Mummy 1959 is great (better than Horror of Dracula in my opinion despite its iconic status)! |
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brude
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« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2010, 01:52:41 PM » |
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Thanks for posting the lineup, Harry. They've done a fine job scheduling.
I've seen them all except A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY, the last movie scheduled...
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brude
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« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2010, 02:37:46 PM » |
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Added a few more for the month...(at bottom)
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
FLATLINERS (1990)
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
DEVIL'S DIARY (2007)
THE THING (1951 and 1982)
FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)
CUJO (1983)
WICKED THINGS (2006)
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Zorba
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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2010, 03:03:53 PM » |
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Watch the making of with Roman Coppola sometime... Golden age horror aficionados should be delighted! They used vintage cameras and lenses and only utilized special effects techniques that were available in the 1930s. There is no CGI in that movie... only overlays and double exposures. It is quite incredible. And don't get me started on the score... WOW.
Popped the blu ray in after reading this. Pretty interesting stuff in the special features. From Francis firing the special effects guys and putting his son Roman in charge to the trouble he had getting Oldman to do the scene in the castle with Keanu. I see Oldman can be a real pain in the ass...Love him in almost everything from Romeo is Bleeding to Leon. Added a few more for the month...(at bottom)
FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)
I love that movie. I used to tell the girls at parties and bars that we were doing the Fright Night dance. Sadly most of them had NO idea what I was talking about. |
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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2010, 08:34:06 PM » |
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My father liked taking his children to see such loveable kid favorites as The Exorcist, The Devil's Nightmare and Horror Express Holy shit, my parents did the same thing LMAO I was probably 7 or 8 when my parents took us to see HORROR EXPRESS, conceivably because Telly Savalas was in it. It never dawned on them that the title of the movie had the word "Horror" in it lol I still remember covering my eyes during the autopsy scene where the skull was cut open to reveal the brain |
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2010, 11:19:32 AM » |
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I love that movie.
I used to tell the girls at parties and bars that we were doing the Fright Night dance. Sadly most of them had NO idea what I was talking about. Well now I know what you are talking about! I just saw Fright Night for the first time last night... I can't believe I missed that one when I was younger. Quite a trip... I nearly lost it when I spotted Mary D'Arcy and Prince Humperdinck!   |
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« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2010, 08:10:06 AM » |
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I mostly go for older ( Black & White ) films this time of year. As my cinema room is having a re-vamp It's only Yvonne and me.Up to now we've watched :-
Frankenstein 31
Bride of Frankenstein
Mark of the vampire
Dracula's daughter
Curse of Frankenstein
Grease paint & Gore ( documentary )
Night of the Demon
Wolfman ( remake )
Tonight we have 30 days of night-Dark days.
If anyone has any Ideas for my cinema room please post them as we are not quite sure how to go yet? I wanted 30's Art Deco, She wants Newer?
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2010, 04:41:42 PM » |
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Well now I know what you are talking about! I just saw Fright Night for the first time last night... I can't believe I missed that one when I was younger. Quite a trip... I nearly lost it when I spotted Mary D'Arcy and Prince Humperdinck! By the way, did anyone notice that in Peter Vincent's apartment that he had both a House of Dracula 1/2 sheet and a Son of Dr. Jekyll 1-sheet? They flashed them up for just a second, so I couldn't tell if they were original or not... however, they looked to be more or less the correct sizes. |
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Harry Caul
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« Reply #22 on: October 18, 2010, 05:04:06 PM » |
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To make sure I wasn't talking out my ass I just queued it up on Netflix streaming... sure enough they are both there clear as day. However, on second take, that Son of Dr. Jekyll looks a little small for a 1-sheet. It is weird though as depending on the shot/lens-compression, it changes shape quite a bit when put to film. For a while I thought it might be an insert as it was being squeezed horizontally...  Here is a shot of House of Dracula just as they are walking in the other room...  You can see the House of Dracula poster better when he flips on the light but by that time it is leaving the frame...  Sorry for nerding out  So what did you guys see this weekend anyway? I didn't get a chance to see anything on Friday, but Saturday I watched Silence of the Lambs and last night I saw The Mummy (1959). |
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Zorba
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« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2010, 05:17:33 PM » |
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Sorry for nerding out So what did you guys see this weekend anyway? I didn't get a chance to see anything on Friday, but Saturday I watched Silence of the Lambs and last night I saw The Mummy (1959). I thought nerding out was the purpose of this forum.  Anyway. This weekend I watched American Werewolf in London, The Ninth Gate, and 300 ( I know. I know). |
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brude
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« Reply #24 on: October 18, 2010, 08:28:12 PM » |
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No horror this past weekend. I re-visited HIGHLANDER and DARK CITY. Though in HIGHLANDER, Clancy Brown does have that great line to the nuns in church, "Happy Halloween ladies!" |
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