wait cabin fever didnt place either right? bah
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really care for Halloween personally, but I knew it was coming and I sort of get why people like it, it just doesn't do anything for me.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
halloween is totally solid, more compelling to me than F13 or NOES
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'll admit that I didn't pick any Eli Roth movies because mostly I hate how good he looks covered in fake blood.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
dont watch the horseshit remake tho, and i say that as a guy that will rep for the remakes for both the hills have eyes and last house on the left. which makes me realize that neither of those originals seem to have made the cut either?!
xpost hahaha eric
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks to all who remembered to vote for Night of the Hunter and Vampyr.
Here's a film we can enter into the not-horror sweepstakes. But I guarantee it's one of the scariest and most horrifying you'll ever see:
http://www.friendsofhercules.org/images/songofnorwaysmwrrr.gif
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, john carpenter is probably just as responsible for a generation of candy-ravers on account of the "silver shamrock" song as kubrick is responsible for furries b/c of That Scene in the shining!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone ever seen Foster's Release, the babysitter in peril short that allegedly inspired Halloween?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
definitely agree
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
i can make a pretty impassioned argument for the hostel movies doing all that deconstruction of horror stuff that people claim for lots of other movies but ive said it all before i suppose so i dont want to broken record this thread. i dont really remember the trailer at all so let me go watch it and get back to you on that.― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:47 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:47 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
I can get behind this, I suppose - not as self-righteous as Funny Games, as pretentious as Martyrs or as fanboyish as Cabin in the Woods. I like both Hostels (esp. a lot more than the likes of Saw movies, The TCM remake & a lot of mainstream American torture-spectacles of the time). Cabin Fever has its merits as well, tho I couldn't quite make room for any Eli Roth flicks in my top 50.
― "horror shirt" (Pillbox), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
halloween was one of my canon cuts, deep respect for it tho and if it's the only late 70s/early 80s slasher flick that places I'm ok w/ that
also soundtrack is one of the GOAT, the contributions the soundtracks make to this and assault on precinct 13 are immeasurable
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Love this quote form Eli Roth's IMDB page:
Eli Roth began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight, after watching Ridley Scott's Alien and vomiting, and deciding he wanted to be a producer/director.
― oh jeez. I can feel myself quicken. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
<3 the well-chosen minimalistic elements of Halloween - the soundtrack obv & the inside-out Shatner mask.
― "horror shirt" (Pillbox), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I love Halloween. I know it's corny (e.g., the way Donald Pleasance portentously says "evil") and has various other flaws big and small, but beyond just how scary it is, I also love it as a period piece--it conjures up the late '70s as immediately for me as Saturday Night Fever or anything else.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
cheap shock windowpane-breaking jump in Halloween really soured me on it
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
Just that?
I love the sneaks they used to make it look like Illinois in So Cal. They brought in some leaves and then desaturated the print to make the trees and leaves more brown. Clever.
Also: "(Don't Fear) the Reaper"!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
so eric, counting down to 11 today and then rolling out the top ten tomorrow i assume
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
i am now actively rooting for eraserhead just so it doesnt make the top ten fyi
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
Yes x 3 on B.O.C.
I think half the girls I had crushes on high school were good-girl Lauries, and the other half were bad-girl Annies. I do not, regretfully, remember anybody in my school the equal of P.J. Soles.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
I did have Halloween in the middle of my ballot, but honestly I've seen it and its many imitators and progeny SO many times now that it's hard to either recall its initial impact on me or find anything worth re-seeing in it. That said, I can't begrudge it its original effect, or its importance in the canon or the industry.
(That said, the closing shot of the beginning, before the titles, bugs the ever-loving shit out of me. Michael's parents discover him and take the mask off, SHOCK IT'S A CHILD OMG, and then . . . everyone in the scene freezes, "Police Squad!"-style, but instead of it being a freeze-frame or a fade, Carpenter does this big crane-up/pull-back, and everyone is standing there like they're playing freeze tag.)
dont watch the horseshit remake tho,
Hmmmmm . . . Carpenter's Halloween > Zombie's Halloween II > Zombie's Halloween > Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
between halloween, carrie, and rock n roll high school, preteen me found PJ soles to be a very fascinating concept
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
^^ Don't forget Stripes
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
didnt she start in pr0n?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Phil D. otm - RZ's sequel is better than his remake of the first, prob mostly b/c he didn't feel as indebted to the source material. That said, I think the first remake was respectfully done, even if the end result didn't end up standing on its own all that well. It was certainly nowhere near as effective a genre-throwback as The Devil's Rejects, at least.
― "horror shirt" (Pillbox), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
bite your tongue!
xp
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Wipe the smirk off your face, Norma. (Sorry for jumping the gun.)
http://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/d/z/dz1vh6iec5cgv16g.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
re: PJ soles
John Carpenter wanted her for his film Halloween after seeing Carrie.[1] He wrote the part of Lynda especially for her because of the way she said the word "totally".
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
never been substantiated afaict
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
"If I were James Woods, I'd change the channel to ESPN -- Evil Scary Porn Network!"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7234/7256881160_0f0fec6911_o.jpg
17. VIDEODROMEDavid Cronenberg, Canada, 1983(673 points, 23 votes)
memorable scenee: james woods watching softcore samurai porno― ' ( *_*) ERROR HANDLING (^_^ ) (Alan N), Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:59 PM (2 years ago)Videodrome was probably my favorite movie when I was 23/24.― sarahel, Monday, November 9, 2009 7:48 PM (Yesterday)only for that one split second?? cold― goole, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM (2 years ago)nah - for about a year and a half.― sarahel, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:12 PM (2 years ago)...and then Good Burger came out― fel (latebloomer), Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:23 PM (2 years ago)Videodrome c/d
Videodrome was probably my favorite movie when I was 23/24.― sarahel, Monday, November 9, 2009 7:48 PM (Yesterday)
only for that one split second?? cold― goole, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM (2 years ago)
nah - for about a year and a half.― sarahel, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:12 PM (2 years ago)
...and then Good Burger came out― fel (latebloomer), Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:23 PM (2 years ago)
Videodrome c/d
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
(Yes, going to try to get up to 11 today, and then the top 10 tomorrow.)
jjj's rage on this thread is basically the setup for our own ILX horror movie, The Angriest Rothstan, where messageboard posters go mysteriously missing after disparaging the works of Eli Roth and the crack duo of Ned and ENBB follow the grisly clues to a horrifying stand off in a WSP guitar shop
btw I had this post ready to go an hour ago but had to pause my participation for a conference call, so even though it's now hopelessly late I'm posting it anyway because I am inordinately proud of The Angriest Rothstan
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
thank god cuz this thread was about to devolve into a PJ soles youtube channel
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Videodrool
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
there's really nothing to say about videodrome tho, let's move on
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
pomo film academics love Videodrome b/c dude GOES INTO THE TELEVISION
― "horror shirt" (Pillbox), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
back to your regularly scheduled programming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJ-KeJzSyg
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
She looks like Lynn Redgrave's Baby Jane in that preview image.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
it's a rare thing not to have been bonny once
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
long live the new flesh and all that
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
James Woods shooting "Barry Convex" with that gun that shoots teeth, after which Convex basically slowly explodes, is one of the freakiest things I've ever seen in a movie. Honestly I don't know how he got an R rating with that.
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
PJ Soles' personal-life timeline for 1983 is p hilar in her wiki
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyPVOrga9FA#t=127s
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
If you live here, picking out all the Toronto-centric stuff in Videodrome is extra fun.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:40 PM (1 minute ago)
she moves quick!
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Just watched a youtube w/sound off of James Woods having headsex with a veiny inflatable TV after Debbie Harry, dressed as a disco executioner, garrotes a guy. Huh.
And now with the mutant gun and the game show host.
― oh jeez. I can feel myself quicken. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
I guess now would be a good time for these...
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2193-notes-from-a-videodrome-test-screening
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
xxp Like CIVIC-TV is really CityTV, and "Barry Convex" is really Spadina Street.
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Videodrome is soooo creepy. Really ahead of its time. Awesome Criterion packaging, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
I really need to rep for the Cronenberg short, "Camera," which is included on the "Videodrome" DVD. I think it's a masterpiece.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
I'm no doubt in the minority, but I think it's a great film until all the new-flesh mumbo jumbo and the gross-out ending.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link