yay i picked kwaidan -- placed it high on my ballot, too.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
gah. OK FINE I WILL SEE KWAIDAN TOO
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
i like lets scare jessica a lot but i am not so sure its going to place
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
By the by, I've always described I Can See You (Graham Reznick, 2008) as "Blair Witch directed by David Lynch" so that film might be of interest to some of you. xpost
― The Thnig, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
a certain poster here will retch, but "the woman in the snow" portion of kwaidan works in a similar way to hausu (e.g., the almost exaggeratedly artificial backgrounds and colors).
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
this was my #7
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Near Dark was #12
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
huh i havent seen I Can See You, and its on netflix instant!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
'I Can See You' is really well done, excellently paced. Would like to see more of his stuff.
― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
given breaking necrology news, I think we may lose the Cryptkeeper for the day (and I will have to stay out of gay bars for at least a week)
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
cryptkeeper is cryptic
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
donna summer just died ... to dispel the crypticism here.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
oh no!
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
WHAT
― Chris S, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
She was the Crypt-Keeper's all-time jam, but the poll will soldier on.
(and I will have to stay out of gay bars for at least a week)
Or forever.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
ok re-reading a bunch of things there you will all be glad that i am now actively rooting for eraserhead to place soon, because i have the yawning fear that it could make top ten or possibly number one. C'mon Eraserhead! place in the next few days, i know you can do it!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
jjjusten I think yr fear that Lynch will place more movies than any other director is kind of unfounded
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, we haven't even gotten to the Uwe Boll ouvre yet.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
NIT-PICKING:
Uh, Maskai Kobayashi directed Kwaidan - Wakatsuki was the producer.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
to further nitpick, MaSAKi Kobayashi (not Maskai).
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
never heard of Kwaidan. comments don't make it sound appealing, apart from the Takemitsu score. love that guy.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Typed too fast!
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
I love it, that's all you need to know SMC
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
two for me so far today, near dark and kwaidan.
i'd be totally okay with eraserhead top tenning.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
it's four stories, of various lengths. more like ugetsu in that each of the four stories are ghost stories and are heavier on atmospherics and suspense than "horror" per se. personal favorite is the second story -- "the woman in the snow" -- which features some rather striking backgrounds and use of color:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PM1ZKIZPNOM/TLHBlNCmXcI/AAAAAAAADDA/ikkncDw0FmA/s1600/kwaidan-10c-web.jpg
http://www.2012movies.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kwaidan-400-x-300.jpg
http://ferdyonfilms.com/kwaidan%206.jpeg
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
more like ugetsu than onibaba, i meant.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with the quotidian-defenders on that count. While I may prefer an ambiguous line, if you're going to break through the ambiguity then banality of evil is much scarier to me than spooky superpowered evil.
― emil.y, Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:46 AM (3 hours ago)
catching up here, but no way! quotidian horror (stabby man, crazy brain, dark conspiracy, etc) will always be a pale shadow of real, supernatural, spookshow shit. give me ghosts, witches, devils, draculas and backwards dwarfs every time.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
there are exceptions (wicker man yay), but mostly i want the beyond, not the here and now
I prefer ghosty spooks to stabby man horror, actually. But I like crazy brain and futility of humanity horror the best.
― emil.y, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Stabby man is probably my least favourite form of horror, now I think about it.
― emil.y, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost
It depends. The Descent worked beautifully in its first half, when it was dealing with concrete and realistic terror. And then it fell apart once it introduced the moleman heebie-jeebers.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
maybe this is a thread/poll of its own, but which of the following canonical supernatural spookshow shit is the scariest to each of you?
ghostswitchesdevilselves/faeriesvampireswerewolvespossessionslots of others that i've forgotten...
because for me, the scariest is always gonna be not entirely explain-awayable ghosts/possessions first, followed by witches, devils, etc, in inverse order of plausibility.
― remy bean, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Ditto Jeepers Creepers. Really great while they were being harassed on the road, Duel-style. Turns to poop after monster reveal. xpost
― The Thnig, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
ghosts have a versatility that none of the others do, but although it isnt on the list, theres a lot that can be done w/zombies
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
The Descent worked beautifully in its first half, when it was dealing with concrete and realistic terror. And then it fell apart once it introduced the moleman heebie-jeebers.
Totally agree. I was really annoyed when the silly monsters showed up.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really find any horror trope intrinsically scary, it's more about how it's depicted
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
and re jjj: david lynch has not only made some horror movies, he's a horror filmmaker. he's completely dedicated to the genre, just as much so as hooper, romero or craven. not only that, he's the greatest working horror filmmaker we've got. i only voted for a few DL films in this poll, and only the most explicitly horrific (i.e., not blue velvet), but i can't see why anyone would claim that he's not making "real" horror films. his movies are more genuinely terrifying than 99% of what gets covered in fangoria.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah xxxp stabby man horror is the worst (unless done Argento or De Palma style). Halloween is probably going to place way too highly on this list imho
― Chris S, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
If you need the terror to be corporeal, avoid Val Lewton.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
I find zero (0) of those canonical superstars intrinsically scary. Except maybe possessions, but that's because it manifests itself with the physical reality of a medical problem. Ghosts can be scary, too, but again, that's when they play up the natural "something's in the house" fear, a la Paranormal Activity.
― The Thnig, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
it's more about how it's depicted
Agree--my favourites are all over the spectrum.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
Oh god, I'm tempted to go through my list and statistically analyse the 'big bad' of them all, just to see if what I think my preferences are actually hold true...
― emil.y, Thursday, 17 May 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder when polanski's /the tenant/ will show up.
― remy bean, Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
not to get armchair analytical about it, but i kind of wonder if zombies are so great b/c they tap into a primal fear of an inverted pecking order coupled with a dead/not dead uncanniness. which reminds me to write my zombie dinosaur pilot.
THEY WILL EAT YOU
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
i'm just specifically interested in the otherworldly, in horror-as-fantasy, and i'm always disappointed when what seems fantastical is revealed only to be delusional imaginings.
okay, that's not always true. if the delusion is maintained and not "explained", i love delusional POV
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
i dont want to go down the lynch rabbithole again, and in case i havent made it clear i am a HUGE lynch fan, but this
he's a horror filmmaker. he's completely dedicated to the genre, just as much so as hooper, romero or craven. not only that, he's the greatest working horror filmmaker we've got.
is just fucking madness.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
he's completely dedicated to the genre
yeah this is kinda pushing it
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
I always figured potency of zombies was simply the primordial fear of being eaten by a ravenous pack. If that well-dressed living room group at the end or Rosemary's Baby turned on Rosemary and started mobbing her, it'd look no different than those no-make-up zombies pressing in at the end of Night of the Living Dead.
― The Thnig, Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link