:( no Kolchak: The Night Stalker
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Although it was a TV movie pilot first, right?
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
Rocky Horror Picture Show
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
nominations threads are good just so it gives everyone a chance to talk about a bunch of movies before they vote, imho
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
fair enough
xps
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
Edward III - there is a whole world of difference between a TV movie and a TV series. I shake my head at thee.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
eh kinda think of MPD as a miniseries so
warning: last house on dead end street will place high on my ballot
A miniseries is still a series! There is no way you can get around the fact that it just isn't a film.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'll keep it on the list if you're really going to vote for it, edward iii. But, yeah, it's not going to get much support.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
dude I've been wanting to see a bunch of these (God Told Me To, Blue Sunshine, Suspiria, Tetsuo: the Iron Man) forever
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The LanePumpkinhead
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
I kind of want it struck from the list because I don't want to see it languishing at the bottom like an unloved film, when it should instead be seen as a much-loved TV programme.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
liked Tetsuo: the Iron Man.
horror is way cleverer, has better cinematography, more plot, deeper characterisation
B+ trolling, but shitty tech qualities actually HELP many horror films... early Romero, Cronenberg before he moved to the adults' table, etc.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm . . . maybe at some point we should poll "monster movies" separately from "horror movies."
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
Pan's Labyrinth?
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
Morbs sort of makes a valid point, but I'd argue they're expertly deployed shitty tech qualities.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
A stupid choice but one that scarred me for life as a kid because it dealt with two of my worst fears: live burial and anthropophagy
Blood Beach (1980)
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
Really want to veto Pan's Labyrinth, ftr.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Not trolling. And yeah, I used cinematography rather than 'technical qualities' because I think that's a strong point with a lot of horror (but by no means all - I guess I was suggesting that the pinnacle of horror cinematography is far far superior to the pinnacle of comedy cinematography). But I adore low rent lo-fi tech stuff just as much. Hence why in my next post I am going to nominate Herschell Gordon Lewis' The Wizard of Gore.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
man, the VHS cover to Blood Beach used to freak me out.
Another nomination:
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Forbidden World (aka Mutant)
xp: I did say many of my nominations would be pushing it!
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Also I would take issue with the idea that the tech qualities on early Cronenberg are particularly shitty.
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
Massacre at Central High
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
Taking a break to not get fired, but I'll check this thread/update the doc on my lunch break.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
Squirm (1976)
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
the pinnacle of horror cinematography is far far superior to the pinnacle of comedy cinematography
see Play Time, Manhattan
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
The OthersHouseGinger SnapsThe MistRavenousWolf CreekCronos28 Weeks LaterSon of DraculaFaces of DeathFright Night (1985)
― picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not sure how to add to the spreadsheet (at work right now), but I didn't see Robin Wood favourite It's Alive.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
you can't add to the spreadsheet, post here and eric will add them
tv movies opens a whole can of worms given the amount of viable 70s entries
gargoyles (1972)don't be afraid of the dark (1973)bad ronald (1974)crowhaven farm (1970)dead of night (1977)duel (1971)salem's lot (1979)trilogy of terror (1975)dark night of the scarecrow (1981)the dark secret of harvest home (1978)devil dog: the hound of hell (1978)the initiation of sarah (1978)a cold night's death (1973)the possessed (1977)satan's school for girls (1973)
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
omg Devil Dog
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Engaging in some DJP-steez genre-pushing:
Orson Welles's version of Kafka's The Trial
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:48 AM (9 minutes ago)
otm, carnival of souls will place v high on my ballot and it looks like it was made for $5
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
have no prob w/ MPD psycho being dropped from the list
Glad to see people repping for Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Not sure if people will allow Teshigahara's adaptation of Abe's Woman in the Dunes?
― etc, Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
I saw a "live" performance of Carnival of Souls where they had musicians, voice actors and a foley artist on stage below the projection, replacing all the sound. A vast improvement tbh!
― etc, Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
the lipsync was prolly better
I will even rep for tetsuo II: body hammer!
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Hard to add to Edward III's list, but Moju/Blind Beast & Kurosawa's Throne of Blood probably qualify.
― etc, Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
― emil.y, Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:46 AM (21 minutes ago)
kind of a pedantic point imo, also that means no salem's lot unless you're gonna be like "I'm voting for the international theatrical cut!"
that said I don't really care all that much either way, I've already got more shit than my ballot can hold
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
I wasn't completely joking when I said elsewhere that It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive should be nominated. It's hugely entertaining.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
New Zealand has a depressing history of wannabe filmmakers attempting to recreate the Peter Jackson origin story and failing miserably.
OTOH Aussie film has Wake in Fright, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Night of Fear, & Body Melt.
Does Bava's Planet of the Vampires count as horror, or is it too sci-fi?
― etc, Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
does Picnic at Hanging Rock count?
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
Event Horizon
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
ahahaha DEVIL DOG
not voteworthy, but it scared the hell out of me and my brother one sunday afternoon. I could tell that it was a horrible movie, but still effective like most horror on TV during those still summer afternoons when the cicadas are shrill.
close up of dog cut to dude pantomoming trying to stop his arm from being psychically forced into lawnmowercut to dog cut to dude struggling to look like he is struggling not to put arm in lawnmowercut to dogetc
DEVIL DOG
― HE HATES THESE CANS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
oh man
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
did I watch that movie with you or did we watch that independently of each other? that lawnmower scene is all-time
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
another nomination:
The Craft
lol AP
can I take a moment to rep for coffin joe's comeback movie, embodiment of evil? one of the most gonzo horror films of the past decade. the trailer makes it look more grueling than it actually is, there's a comic book zaniness that lightens the proceedings (tho I guess you should keep in mind happiness was my #2 vote in the comedy poll). trailer nsfw to the 10th power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6uTzFKsDqk
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
anyway french stuff ooh la la
dead end (2003)frontiere(s)haute tension aka switchblade romance aka high tensiona l'interieur aka insidein my skinmartyrssheitanles revenants aka they came backils aka them (2006)trouble every day
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:22 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
p sure we saw it separately. and given your reaction to horror, I suspect that you were also a little freaked out despite how awful the movie is
― HE HATES THESE CANS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link