xpost.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
also my dad took baths instead of showers for like a week afterward
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Eeeeeg, that shot of the body shape in the mattress!
― The Thnig, Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
To be honest, I'm starting to wonder if The Wicker Man is actually going to be perplexingly missed out. I can see it beating a bunch of these, but... beating Psycho? Really? But then... surely it can't have been beaten by everything else here, including a film that only came out a week before voting? Surely?
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
per Robin Wood, I think of Psycho as the cinematic equivalent of Hamlet as much as a proto-slasher film.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
I do like the smell-ntal image I have of people walking around in 1960 in total full stink due to their newfound fear of showers.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
i knoweither way it won't end well
option a: everyone hates on the wicker manoption b: wicker man gets shut out
both result in ;_;
― game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
all of this "how can hicks be terrifying" stuff is making me think that england must have really low-quality hicks or something
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
High quality hicks in "Straw Dogs!"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
my mother saw psycho by herself in 1960 when she was 10 yrs old
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
English hicks, yesterday:
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_images/articledir_12509/6254898/1_fullsize.jpg
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
i mean to be clear "backwoods psycho" is one of the cornerstones of horror, but maybe more so/only in america? honest question
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of proto-backwoods psychos in Hammer-ville, no?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
also might explain tragic lack of the hills have eyes here. also i am totally amazed that last house on the left didnt make this poll at all, apparently.
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
In England, the backwoods psychos live in castles near quaint villages.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Dracula: backwoods psycho.
(also: vampire)
Nah, I totally get the trope, but I think the Brit version is maybe more culty/hippy anyway?
xposts - yeah, we're a lot smaller, the threat tends to be little village conspiracies, rather than isolated US nutters... I think.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Also, when your car breaks down in rural England, you're never that far from a big city.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
in the novel, Norman Bates is a squat Rod Steiger type
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
omg that nic cage wicker man montage
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
In the novelization of Psycho II that I once read, Norman Bates is just like Anthony Perkins.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
This, btw, is far and away one of the best film-studies books I've ever read, not just on "Psycho," but at all.
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm118050261/a-long-hard-look-psycho-raymond-durgnat-paperback-cover-art.jpg
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't seen The Wicker Man yet, but apart from The Shining (which, surely, must be #1), I can't think of any horror films better than Psycho.
― daavid, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://rue-morgue.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Official-Norman-Bates-Halloween-Costume-Rubies-Costume-Co.-235x490.jpg
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
Not that Psycho II is entirely a bad movie, but man the fucking hit job that movie does on Vera Miles/Lila Crane-Loomis just pisses me off to no end.
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
oh great, some other late voter put a HOTEL MOVIE ahead of this MOTEL MOVIE?
FIX! FIX!
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
which movie is the HOLIDAY INN MOVIE
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
i bet morbz knows
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Holiday_Inn_poster.jpg
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a SHORT TERM BUSINESS RESIDENCE horror movie?
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
wouldn't the native townsfolk in an american werewolf in london be hicks? not just by lol britishes standards, but by anyone's standards?!?
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
the fact that there isn't a tradition in english horror of threat from poor & ugly outsiders is sort of weird, now that i think about it. they drag you into coal mines and pulp you with mallets. they drown you in pig shit and make sausages of your innards.
in america, this is a very common expression of distaste for the impoverished and unsightly.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
i'm more rmde at potential placement of The Shining than the Wicker Man right now
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
"I'll go ahead and just CIRCUM-TORMENT the anti-pagan sentiment OTT today right now!"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7262715084_d8d7a832f8_o.gif
05. THE WICKER MANRobin Hardy, UK, 1973(1057 points, 33 votes, 2 first-place votes)
I HATE WICKER MAN― everyone on this thread today, Thursday, May 24, 2012
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
there was a story in the Victor comic when i was a wee boy that completely spoilered my first viewing of Wicker Man
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
oh my god if i had given TCM a first place vote it would have made the top 5
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, masks are fucking scary is the basic premise of TCM and TWM
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, phew, was really getting worried. Now I can just say: TOO LOW.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Whoomp there it is.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/124/350632146_e3ee38fc79_b.jpg
― game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
Bought this just as videos were hitting the market:
http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/117/096/565/o_cBhXauvv57xfuye.jpg
Lays out the film frame by frame, a real novelty at the time.
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
La Lechera placed on suicide watch
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I love every single last thing about this movie! You can't make me change my mind. #1 #1 #1.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
jjjusten placed on MURDER WATCH
I pored over that Anobile book in high school.
at least The Wicker Man is better than The Shining.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
i dont think i can really accurately appraise TWM because that room to room sexytime suddenly its a musical thing just absolutely ruins the movie for me, and i have never been able to get past that.
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Wicker Man rules, fuck y'all
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
my favourite bit in wicker man is the ritual with the swords. sheer panic!
― kid steel (cajunsunday), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Man I don't think I voted for a single one of these top 10s so far except maybe Suspiria. TCM, TWM, and NOTLD I found unexceptional and Psycho I haven't seen since I was like 11 and Carrie I haven't seen.
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link