Yo, I heard that human feces was good as a plate cleaner.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Cronos is the only del Toro I voted, and if Pan's is placing this low I doubt if it'll make the top hunnert. Good movie, tho.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for pan's labyrinth (though it wasn't high on my ballot). more b/c it was a good movie overall than because it was oooooooh scary -- though i kept thinking that that faun thing would snap and commit some really vile act of ultra-violence but never did.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Surely our fave Cronenberg cameo is as the surgeon who delivers the maggot-baby in The Fly
Sorry--think I got the two confused.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
Pan's Labyrinth is most interesting for trying to embed horror in a key historical event; in Hollywood we only are getting that, it appears, with this Lincoln Vampire Hunter bullshit.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
this is shaping up to be a dark fantasy poll and not the horror poll i expected
i'm okay with that, as at least half my ballot arguably falls into the "dark fantasy" category. i like what i like, what can i say? i also like moody, arty, atmospheric shit. and gore, but i'm weird that way. the idea that horror fandom isn't legit if it isn't sufficiently bloodthirsty and nihilistic is bullshit, imo. those are exploitation aesthetics, and they're not precisely the same as horror aesthetics. i'm kind of bummed by the tendency to confuse the two, tbh. i like grindhouse/exploitation/sleazy dirtbag movies, but i also like horror movies that have nothing (or just a little) to do with that.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
rant rant rant
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost
Yeah, but I think it'll actually be pretty interesting to see a filmed account of the vampire battles he fought around the time he signed the Declaration of Independence.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
i'm okay with that
i'm not okay with that.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh just to be clear i am not calling anyones fandom into question here or questioning their legit horror cred, these last ten or so have just been kind of a rough patch to my particular brand of horror interests
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
we have 76 more films to go!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
plenty of time left for corpse grinding and buckets of blood and disturbingly mutilated bodies etc.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Just to infuriate everyone, one of the films I found most unnerving in the past year or two was Harmony Korine's Trash Humpers.
― The Thnig, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
"Ooh, check it out, KIDDIES! A DIE, er, tie ranking!"
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75. (tie) CREEPSHOWGeorge A. Romero, USA, 1982(250 points, 10 votes)
75. (tie) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERSDon Siegel, USA, 1956(250 points, 10 votes)
I can't get enough of Ed Harris' disco dance moves in the first Creepshow segment.― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:58 PM (7 years ago)man the cover of creepshow freaked me out so much as a kidjust watched it... it's adorable!― ksha (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, March 26, 2010 12:57 AM (2 years ago)Ooh. Creepshow. I don't know what it is about that movie, but it gets me a little. It's very overtly cartoonish for long stretches, and then there are these very vivid moments of horror that offset the cartoonishness in an unsettling way. And the Creep, just soundlessly standing outside of that kid's window. I love it.― Deric W. Haircare, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:11 PM (4 years ago)I tried to watch Creepshow last night; I got through the one where Patsy Stone's dad crawls out of the grave and kills her while she lies there immobile for 30 seconds, and about 10 minutes into the one with the green moss, and just couldn't do it anymore. OTT dumbed-down shit grates on me so hardcore.― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, April 23, 2012 10:13 AM (3 weeks ago)
man the cover of creepshow freaked me out so much as a kidjust watched it... it's adorable!― ksha (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, March 26, 2010 12:57 AM (2 years ago)
Ooh. Creepshow. I don't know what it is about that movie, but it gets me a little. It's very overtly cartoonish for long stretches, and then there are these very vivid moments of horror that offset the cartoonishness in an unsettling way. And the Creep, just soundlessly standing outside of that kid's window. I love it.― Deric W. Haircare, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:11 PM (4 years ago)
I tried to watch Creepshow last night; I got through the one where Patsy Stone's dad crawls out of the grave and kills her while she lies there immobile for 30 seconds, and about 10 minutes into the one with the green moss, and just couldn't do it anymore. OTT dumbed-down shit grates on me so hardcore.― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, April 23, 2012 10:13 AM (3 weeks ago)
The '78 version is about New Ageism. '56 is better especially without the wraparound they imposed on it.YOU'RE NEXT!― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:11 PM (7 years ago)Favorite Right-Wing Movies
Favorite Right-Wing Movies
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
jjj, we are on opposite ends of the color wheel, horror fandome-wise, and I've been a little :| about some of these, too.
xp I AM HAPPIER NOW
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
yay to OG invasion, pfffffft to crapshow.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
I think I get the dark fantasy distinction. And the objections make sense to me, but I am rebellious against rigid genre definitions. Sincere apologies, horror geeks, but a third of my votes are for non-horror horror, including extreme cinema, sci-fi, art films, suspense, and I guess dark fantasy.
So far, you only have Pan's Labyrinth to pin on me.
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
the first creepshow is the one with the thing in the crate right? i have many fond memories of that segment.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
love pan's labyrinth, and it's certainly a dark fantasy flick, but i went with the devil's backbone for my del toro pick. it's less fantastical, more straight-up spooky, though neither is fully dedicated to horror. they're both great movies though. need to see cronos again, as i was underwhelmed the first time around (when it first appeared on video).
agree that the devil's backbone and pan's labyrinth are unusual in the way they tie fantasy horror elements to real-world historical horrors. would be interesting to see more filmmakers try this with the horrors of US history.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
I've got shit like a company of wolves and hour of the wolf on my ballot, but that last stretch of films was a little heavy on the arthouse approved list for me
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
ok that's more like it
actually fuck it, i unreservedly dig creepshow when i think about it, i just havent seen it for a long long time. even the stephen king bumpkin segment has the crazy shotgun thing.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
i'm admittedly not a huge horror fan ... at least, not the buckets-of-blood-and-gore stuff ... so my ballot was probably chockful of stuff that would piss off fans of the really bloody stuff. like kwaidan, pan's labyrinth and eraserhead. i will argue that all of them are horror in a sense, but whatever.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
invasion (56)was another las min cut. But close!
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the thing in the crate w/ Adrienne Barbeau as a shrill harpy. I love Creepshow.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
was really torn about which of the first two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to vote for. went with the first one.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
lol i wonder if hour of the wolf will make it and how the grindhouse lot here will react!!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for both Body Snatchers -- '78 higher, on the subjective basis that it actually kept me awake for a few nights when I was 9, but the original is supremely creepy too. I think it's just one of the great horror concepts, it works on various socio/political allegorical levels, but also on this really fundamental psychological freak-out level of identity and alienation.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
was the raft in the same one with the meteorite moss?
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I went with both the 1956 and 1978 Body Snatchers, because they're quite different movies; which led to my Nosferatu conundrum mentioned above.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
nope that's creepshow 2 xp
not really a creepshow lover but it at least broke up the monotony of the criterion collection.
also <3 invasion of the body snatchers. I must've vaporlocked over choosing between the '56 and '78 version, neither on my ballot.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
this:
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vs. this:
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at least the nicole kidman piece of shit doesn't look likely to make it!!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Creepshow is really fucking goofy but it is fun, breezy and full of great moments. I didn't vote for it but it's placement here is fine with me.
xp
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
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THANKS FOR THE RIDE LADY
^ the best Creepshow short by several miles, I'd say - but that one's in #2 & the other stories in that one are pretty dreadful, so I voted no creepshow, tho I'm happy to see it around nevertheless.
― Apartment of Evil (Pillbox), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
i'll take the '78 Body Snatchers every day of the week, pls!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
still gives me the shivers!
the first creepshow is the one with the thing in the crate right?
?!?! Uh, yeah!!! I love this movie more than life itself. Sorry, life.
― The Thnig, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
co-sign w/ everyone else who voted for both the 1956 and 1978 invasions ... quite different, both effective.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
vaporlocked
lol is this actually, like, a thing people say now
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
I voted Creepshow because it is a family favorite and also the soundtrack is really good.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
dunno, I've been saying it for decades xp
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:50 PM (1 minute ago)
well I am part of the grindhouse lot and I'll be pleased as punch
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Bodysnatchers is the first thing on my ballot to appear so far
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
love love love creepshow. was only #32 on my ballot, but of the movies to show up so far, it's probably the nearest and dearest to my heart. watched it so many times when i was a snotty teen. "bedelia! it's father's day! WHERE'S MY CAKE?"
would take the 78 body snatchers over the original, but didn't vote for either.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Man I remember my mom taking me to see Creepshow and having no idea what to expect. I had already read the comic adaptation so I was excited as hell. I thought by the time the cockroaches busted out of E.G. Marshall in the last segment that she was going to puke.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
2nd invasion also has Evil Spock, so that has to rate!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
'56 is better especially without the wraparound they imposed on it.
I think the first time I saw this the final scene was of the lead guy on the highway, freaking out, surrounded by trucks filled with pods...? this is the original ending, right?
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
and the tide coming in. man i might need to go buy creepshow tonight. xposts
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
i do like the thanks for the ride lady part and the raft from creepshow 2 but the rest of it is pretty soft
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
love invasion '56. never saw '78
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Leslie Nielsen. "I can hold my breath . . . for a LOOOOOONG time!"
Also, Gaylen Ross in the only other thing I've ever seen her in.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link