>>the last movie you watched - Page 723

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.03.2011, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

which reminds me, are there any Japanese slasher films? Besides EVIL DEAD TRAP, I can't think of any! .

Executive Koala?

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.04.2011, 06:51 AM

SONIC GAIL · 04.04.2011, 08:48 AM

Drunk on locos and laughing my fucking ass off

a-p a. niemi · 04.04.2011, 02:27 PM

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.04.2011, 02:39 PM

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.04.2011, 09:49 PM

It's funny how Romero gets so much credit for taking horror out of it's gothic-age, and adding a real grittiness to it, with Night of the Living Dead, when a film like Carnival of Souls came out 7 years prior. Also, what about all of the 1950's mutation flicks? They may not have the grit of NoTLD or CoS, but they certainly aren't "gothic" - arguably even less-so than either film.

Maybe it's because Carnival of Souls went unnoticed during it's original run, and Night of the Living Dead hit it big initially? Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter - seeing as they're both widely considered classics now. But Night of the Living Dead was obviously strongly influenced by Carnival of Souls for many of the traits it is so heavily praised for.

Carnival of Souls creeps the hell out of me though, which, ironically, very few films actually do. The cinematography is stunning, and obviously inspired by early German expressionist horror like Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu (I still have yet to see Vampyr). It also feels uncannily modern at times, given all the fluid camera movements.

Has anyone ever seen the atrocious 1998 remake produced by Wes Craven? What a disaster that is. Yuck!

deflinus · 04.04.2011, 11:42 PM

haha i thought this movie was entertaining. i didn't expect any less considering who's in it.

jon boy · 04.05.2011, 12:50 AM

thought it was excellent.

EVOLghost · 04.05.2011, 03:02 AM

kind of like inception with dream machines, sharing dreams n sttuff. pretty cool. I'd recommend it.

noisereductions · 04.05.2011, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

Has anyone ever seen the atrocious 1998 remake produced by Wes Craven? What a disaster that is. Yuck!

as you are well aware, Craven is pretty much my favorite director. Yet I've stayed almost completely away from the movies he's produced. They're usually just ... yeah. SO I skipped Carnival altogether.

SuperCreep · 04.05.2011, 12:02 PM

meshes of the afternoon - 9/10

EVOLghost · 04.06.2011, 02:08 PM

Has anyone seen Dogtooth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFtDz...layer_embedded

atsonicpark · 04.06.2011, 02:35 PM

^Yeah. It was pretty average.

duck season - 7/10
paper chase - 9/10

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.06.2011, 03:15 PM

Dogtooth sucks

!@#$%! · 04.06.2011, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

It's funny how Romero gets so much credit for taking horror out of it's gothic-age, and adding a real grittiness to it, with Night of the Living Dead, when a film like Carnival of Souls came out 7 years prior. Also, what about all of the 1950's mutation flicks? They may not have the grit of NoTLD or CoS, but they certainly aren't "gothic" - arguably even less-so than either film.

Maybe it's because Carnival of Souls went unnoticed during it's original run, and Night of the Living Dead hit it big initially? Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter - seeing as they're both widely considered classics now. But Night of the Living Dead was obviously strongly influenced by Carnival of Souls for many of the traits it is so heavily praised for.

Carnival of Souls creeps the hell out of me though, which, ironically, very few films actually do. The cinematography is stunning, and obviously inspired by early German expressionist horror like Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu (I still have yet to see Vampyr). It also feels uncannily modern at times, given all the fluid camera movements.

Has anyone ever seen the atrocious 1998 remake produced by Wes Craven? What a disaster that is. Yuck!

i don't know a lot about horror flicks or their history but the thing that got most of my attention in NoTLD was that the main character was a brother rather than the usual whitey. this is probably the only non-token black character in horror films outside of Blackula. of course at the end (surprise!!!) he gets shot by a bunch of rednecks. i find weird that nobody ever discusses this movie within its civil-rights era context. it was 1968 for fucks sakes. anyway, yeah.

tw2113 · 04.06.2011, 03:39 PM

EVOLghost · 04.06.2011, 03:55 PM

oh yeah cause this like 2 weeks ago.

Dood takes drug then gets 4 digit IQ. Cool premesis but everything else was boring.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.06.2011, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i don't know a lot about horror flicks or their history but the thing that got most of my attention in NoTLD was that the main character was a brother rather than the usual whitey. this is probably the only non-token black character in horror films outside of Blackula. of course at the end (surprise!!!) he gets shot by a bunch of rednecks. i find weird that nobody ever discusses this movie within its civil-rights era context. it was 1968 for fucks sakes. anyway, yeah.

Ha! I just wrote an essay on this a week ago. The funny thing about it is that Romero didn't even initially plan to create that subtext. It just so happened that the best man for the part was black. His filmography is full of lucky accidents.

!@#$%! · 04.06.2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

Ha! I just wrote an essay on this a week ago. The funny thing about it is that Romero didn't even initially plan to create that subtext. It just so happened that the best man for the part was black. His filmography is full of lucky accidents.

ah ha ha-- cool!

maybe the guy was the best actor but i can't believe that he wasn't aware of what he was doing once he started.

also-- hey, i just read the wikipedia article. sez he was inspired by "revolution" so i suspect this was in the back of his head even if he wasn't aware of it. all that LSD in circulation wasn't for nothing.

04.03.2011, 07:38 PM	#14441
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.04.2011, 06:51 AM	#14443
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.04.2011, 08:48 AM	#14444
SONIC GAIL invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I moved from hillbilly Florida to hillbilly Alabama Posts: 3,723	Drunk on locos and laughing my fucking ass off __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.04.2011, 02:27 PM	#14445
a-p a. niemi the destroyed room Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: tampere, finland Posts: 568	__________________ kaukana väijyy ystäviä
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.04.2011, 02:39 PM	#14446
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	Carnival of Souls (1962)
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.04.2011, 09:49 PM	#14447
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	It's funny how Romero gets so much credit for taking horror out of it's gothic-age, and adding a real grittiness to it, with Night of the Living Dead, when a film like Carnival of Souls came out 7 years prior. Also, what about all of the 1950's mutation flicks? They may not have the grit of NoTLD or CoS, but they certainly aren't "gothic" - arguably even less-so than either film. Maybe it's because Carnival of Souls went unnoticed during it's original run, and Night of the Living Dead hit it big initially? Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter - seeing as they're both widely considered classics now. But Night of the Living Dead was obviously strongly influenced by Carnival of Souls for many of the traits it is so heavily praised for. Carnival of Souls creeps the hell out of me though, which, ironically, very few films actually do. The cinematography is stunning, and obviously inspired by early German expressionist horror like Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu (I still have yet to see Vampyr). It also feels uncannily modern at times, given all the fluid camera movements. Has anyone ever seen the atrocious 1998 remake produced by Wes Craven? What a disaster that is. Yuck!
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.04.2011, 11:42 PM	#14448
deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	haha i thought this movie was entertaining. i didn't expect any less considering who's in it.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.05.2011, 12:50 AM	#14449
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	thought it was excellent. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.05.2011, 03:02 AM	#14450
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	kind of like inception with dream machines, sharing dreams n sttuff. pretty cool. I'd recommend it.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.05.2011, 12:02 PM	#14452
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	meshes of the afternoon - 9/10 __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.06.2011, 02:08 PM	#14453
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Has anyone seen Dogtooth? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFtDz...layer_embedded
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.06.2011, 02:35 PM	#14454
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	^Yeah. It was pretty average. duck season - 7/10 paper chase - 9/10 __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.06.2011, 03:15 PM	#14455
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	Dogtooth sucks
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.06.2011, 03:39 PM	#14457
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,146	__________________ Shake shake
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.06.2011, 03:55 PM	#14458
EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	oh yeah cause this like 2 weeks ago. Dood takes drug then gets 4 digit IQ. Cool premesis but everything else was boring.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|