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Yeah they're certainly acceptable efforts, but I can understand being disappointed at not having the more overt humor aspects.
SPOOPY 2K19 THE SPOOPENING - Halloween Season!
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Another Amicus horror anthology released in 1972, ASYLUM. Among other notable facts, all of the stories, were adapted by author Robert Bloch from his own short stories. "Frozen Fear", "The Weird Tailor" (which had been adapted into an episode of the Boris Karloff-hosted anthology series Thriller), "Lucy Comes to Stay", and "Mannikins of Horror" (which was adapted years later into an episode of the low-budget syndicated anthology series Monsters).
Even the framing story was loosely adapted from his story "A Home Away From Home".
Bloch is best remembered as the author of the novel Psycho, but really Bloch was a heck of a writer, and he excelled in the short form.
Even the framing story was loosely adapted from his story "A Home Away From Home".
Bloch is best remembered as the author of the novel Psycho, but really Bloch was a heck of a writer, and he excelled in the short form.
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So, I'm reading Julia by Peter Straub, the source novel of The Haunting of Julia movie.
And just like the movie is one of the scariest that I've seen, the book is one of the scariest that I've read.
Now I don't want oversell it or over hype it, it may not as work as effectively for you as it does me, if you like understated, atmospheric horror and if you're open minded to the possibility of ghosts like I am then Julia is very grounded and believable and that makes it creepier than more in your face, fantastical horror to me.
I'm still fairly early, but I have to say the movie is a great adaption, in fact I'd say some things are actually more impactful in the movie, but as I assumed there's simply a lot more in the book, more backstory on the characters, more spooky goings on and so on and because it's a book you find yourself more in the head space of the main character, so it kind of feels like you are the one in a dark, spooky old house with a ghost little girl running about, ooh, it's deliciously creepy.
So yeah, while I can't promise you the book/movie will scare you as much as it's scaring me it's still highly recommended.
And just like the movie is one of the scariest that I've seen, the book is one of the scariest that I've read.
Now I don't want oversell it or over hype it, it may not as work as effectively for you as it does me, if you like understated, atmospheric horror and if you're open minded to the possibility of ghosts like I am then Julia is very grounded and believable and that makes it creepier than more in your face, fantastical horror to me.
I'm still fairly early, but I have to say the movie is a great adaption, in fact I'd say some things are actually more impactful in the movie, but as I assumed there's simply a lot more in the book, more backstory on the characters, more spooky goings on and so on and because it's a book you find yourself more in the head space of the main character, so it kind of feels like you are the one in a dark, spooky old house with a ghost little girl running about, ooh, it's deliciously creepy.
So yeah, while I can't promise you the book/movie will scare you as much as it's scaring me it's still highly recommended.
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that reminds me I need to watch that thing The Deadly Bees was adapted from or whatever that has... I forget if it's Cushing or Lee or whoever but it's one of the cool guys and they allegedly make The Deadly Bees good instead of sorta okay handicapping for UK
unrelated that new Creepshow tv show is remarkably not shitty and stays true to the aesthetics of the movies' aping of EC, and I even if it's just a B- in terms of spoop that's still about fifty fucking times better than anybody else offers for TV
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After creating the radio series Lights Out and then resigning from the show in 1938, producer/writer Wyllis Cooper went on to write scripts for various other network shows, and in 1947 he created the anthology series Quiet Please which ran on the Mutual Broadcasting Network and then later ABC until 1949. It was an influential show despite only running 100 or so episodes - Rod Serling admitted it was an influence on him, for example. The show, introduced by main voiceover actor Ernest Chappell, had episodes with various tones, Horror, humor, fantasy, and in some episodes a certain melancholy.
The most well known episode would be "The Thing on the Fourble Board", an oil-derrick worker relates a strange tale of the events that followed after an oil well drilled down to what was a then record depth, the fourble board of the title being a term for that catwalk high up on the derrick.
The episodes are available on Archive dot org, collected by more than one person.
The most well known episode would be "The Thing on the Fourble Board", an oil-derrick worker relates a strange tale of the events that followed after an oil well drilled down to what was a then record depth, the fourble board of the title being a term for that catwalk high up on the derrick.
The episodes are available on Archive dot org, collected by more than one person.
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Finished Julia and ehhhhh, this is one of the rare instances where the movie is actually better than the book.
The last chunk of the novel veers off in a totally different direction than the movie and the ending is very different and sadly not as effective.
Still it was pretty good and definitely very creepy, but I do recommend one watch the movie first.
The last chunk of the novel veers off in a totally different direction than the movie and the ending is very different and sadly not as effective.
Still it was pretty good and definitely very creepy, but I do recommend one watch the movie first.
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I might be an old soul, but It just isn't Halloween until I've watched some of the classic 30s-40s Universal Monster movies.
My favorites are the Frankenstein movies. The original film, my personal favorite Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, and Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (the first crossover in cinema history, right?) all range from, at worst, entertaining, to at best, awesome classics and some of my favorite movies ever. The weakest one is House of Frankenstein, which is really a Frankenstein movie in name only and just an excuse to cram all the monsters together without much care or thought.
Dare I say the Universal Frankenstein movies make up my favorite horror movie series? I mean, they aren't scary by today's standards, but there is a sense of wonder to them that just can't be beat, and I can watch them a million times and not get bored with them. And there are so many performances I appreciate like Boris Karloff as The Monster (he absolutely breaks my heart in Bride every time I watch it), Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein, Ernest Thesiger as the deliciously evil Dr. Pretorious (one of the greatest movie villains ever, fight me), Basil Rathbone as the cursed Son of Dr. Frankenstein, Elsa Lancaster as The Bride (only on screen for a few minutes, but definitely leaves an impression), Lionel Atwill as the Inspector, and Bela Lugosi as Ygor. All memorable in their own ways.
My favorites are the Frankenstein movies. The original film, my personal favorite Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein, and Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (the first crossover in cinema history, right?) all range from, at worst, entertaining, to at best, awesome classics and some of my favorite movies ever. The weakest one is House of Frankenstein, which is really a Frankenstein movie in name only and just an excuse to cram all the monsters together without much care or thought.
Dare I say the Universal Frankenstein movies make up my favorite horror movie series? I mean, they aren't scary by today's standards, but there is a sense of wonder to them that just can't be beat, and I can watch them a million times and not get bored with them. And there are so many performances I appreciate like Boris Karloff as The Monster (he absolutely breaks my heart in Bride every time I watch it), Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein, Ernest Thesiger as the deliciously evil Dr. Pretorious (one of the greatest movie villains ever, fight me), Basil Rathbone as the cursed Son of Dr. Frankenstein, Elsa Lancaster as The Bride (only on screen for a few minutes, but definitely leaves an impression), Lionel Atwill as the Inspector, and Bela Lugosi as Ygor. All memorable in their own ways.
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I love Bride of Frankenstein. It's showing on TCM this Halloween and I've made up my mind to record it. Undoubtedly the greatest Universal horror film.
(Of course, I just watched Young Frankenstein on DVD, and let me tell you, it's still funny as hell but nobody could scream as hilariously as Gene Wilder could.)
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So, here's a Rarelust link to The Haunting of Julia https://rarelust.com/the-haunting-of-julia-1977/
It's HD but it doesn't look as good as streaming it on Amazon, however it's free and better quality than what can be found on Youtube, so it's a decent option.
I just really want more people to see this movie, it's without a doubt one of the most underrated horror movies ever made.
It's HD but it doesn't look as good as streaming it on Amazon, however it's free and better quality than what can be found on Youtube, so it's a decent option.
I just really want more people to see this movie, it's without a doubt one of the most underrated horror movies ever made.
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I dunno, some Filipino crap.
Watched that Vault of Horror movie, fun stuff.
Started watching that Frankenstein animus.
THE STEAK! IT'S RARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit if that's the way it rolls in the start I gotta make sure I'm actually paying attention when I watch that one.
that reminds me I never checked if Amazon Prime streaming can get youtube-dl ed the same way twitch does if it needs a login to get to the video
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If you're still at all interested in Straub, might I suggest Floating Dragon? Good, creepy read that has a sort of fever dream feel to it. I really enjoyed that one. His novella "Pork Pie Hat" is another great one to read if you're looking for some horror that doesn't rely on the supernatural.
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Enjoyably shitty made-for-tv terror that's totally unrelated to that Twilight Zone! Not in a sarcastic way. Despite the presence of Bill Shatner in the cast it really isn't related to that story at all. It's crap but it plays it straight.
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As a matter of fact I already own Floating Dragon and yeah, next Straub novel I read will be that one, although not sure when.
4 years ago I read Ghost Story by him, which was really good.
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Okay. Here's some vids I missed in my earlier posts.
How could I have forgotten to post this? Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe -it's like the Halloween Singularity!
A shame there isn't a better copy of this around. It's an adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story "HopFrog". It was shown briefly on PBS a couple of times, so all there is are some crappy VHS copies. Still, the production design and overall creepiness more than make up for the lack of image sharpness.
https://rarefilmm.com/2018/05/fools-fire-1992/
How could I have forgotten to post this? Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe -it's like the Halloween Singularity!
A shame there isn't a better copy of this around. It's an adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story "HopFrog". It was shown briefly on PBS a couple of times, so all there is are some crappy VHS copies. Still, the production design and overall creepiness more than make up for the lack of image sharpness.
https://rarefilmm.com/2018/05/fools-fire-1992/
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Take a look at this:
This is a staple of my Halloween viewing and I hope it will become one of yours.
This is a staple of my Halloween viewing and I hope it will become one of yours.
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the classic splat gore zombie comedy
I remember when the Lord of the Rings movies were forming and it was found out that Peter Jackson was directing, there was a brief delay with my nerd buddies and me between hearing that and realizing that was the same Pete Jackson who made this.
Some Filipino Guy takes on a devil cult! More a hero's journey sort of thing than necessarily horror, but still great crap weird foreign movie styles. Takes an unusual (and not porn) turn about a half an hour in, but sticks to the basic premise. Also has naked chicks.
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I know it's pretty main stream by this point but I've made it a tradition to watch The Exorcist every Halloween. I'm not very easily scared by horror movies so this one is more of a roller-coaster ride for me. It's enjoyable from start to finish and has some pretty damn fine special effects that've aged extremely well. It's also nice to see a horror film that didn't cast the priests as dumb sheep/Stephen King style strawmen/straight up antagonists and actually took a look into just how serious an exorcism can and perhaps should be.
Has anybody here talked about Phenomena yet? It's prob one of my favourite horror films which isn't surprising considering I'm also a huge fan of the first Clock Tower game, which is what this movie help inspire. Once again the special effects hold up extremely well (not to mention the makeup stuff they did for Patua, who I'm gutted only had a little bit of time onscreen because he was fun) and of course we got a kickass rendition of the main theme courtesy of Daemonia:
Has anybody here talked about Phenomena yet? It's prob one of my favourite horror films which isn't surprising considering I'm also a huge fan of the first Clock Tower game, which is what this movie help inspire. Once again the special effects hold up extremely well (not to mention the makeup stuff they did for Patua, who I'm gutted only had a little bit of time onscreen because he was fun) and of course we got a kickass rendition of the main theme courtesy of Daemonia:
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shit knock-off Jaws from Italy, hits some similar notes as Devil Fish
not very fun outside of some enjoyably Ed Wood-ian shots of a bored octopus edited to try to look like it's killing people, maybe if you have a taste for shit Ita stuff there's something to it, like how Devil Fish has some music by Goblin?
an enjoyably trashy "monsters attack the town" movie, includes nudity and the monsters are more overtly rape-y than just non-specified "attacks" on the womenfolk. Very sincere, plays it very straight, not winking at the camera.
from a technically level it's pretty decent, especially for Corman-related
from recent day Thailand, looks like some 3kewl5me crooks vs spoopy ghosts or something? Reminds me of Gen-X Cops sorta. Seems to not be zombies, especially not Train To Busan. That reminds me I never watched that prequel Seoul Station.
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I watched the 2009 film Orphan.
This was surprisingly way better and scarier than I expected, it's actually a pretty good movie.
But there's something weird and interesting I noticed, the movie was made by WB and there's a whole neon paint motif over the end credits and a Jimmy Durante song, the same singer who sang "Smile" used in the Joker trailer, is played, so it reminded me of both Suicide Squad and Joker.
Just kinda strange how the movie anticipated a whole Warner Bros aesthetic thing.
This was surprisingly way better and scarier than I expected, it's actually a pretty good movie.
But there's something weird and interesting I noticed, the movie was made by WB and there's a whole neon paint motif over the end credits and a Jimmy Durante song, the same singer who sang "Smile" used in the Joker trailer, is played, so it reminded me of both Suicide Squad and Joker.
Just kinda strange how the movie anticipated a whole Warner Bros aesthetic thing.
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Been checking out some bad/obscure horror flicks lately. Watched Pinocchio's Revenge just because the title alone made it sound like a good one to laugh at.
It's not a very good movie. I'm not into killer doll horror movies anyway, but it's one of those mediocre movies that could have been better if more effort was put into it. They do a good job with the idea whether or not the doll is alive and doing the killing, or if the little girl has a mental/personality disorder. This is an old, old cliche to use in killer doll flicks, but it usually comes off as an afterthought and not expanded on much. This one up to the end leaves it relatively ambiguous. Shitty movie still, but better than I thought it would be.
It's not a very good movie. I'm not into killer doll horror movies anyway, but it's one of those mediocre movies that could have been better if more effort was put into it. They do a good job with the idea whether or not the doll is alive and doing the killing, or if the little girl has a mental/personality disorder. This is an old, old cliche to use in killer doll flicks, but it usually comes off as an afterthought and not expanded on much. This one up to the end leaves it relatively ambiguous. Shitty movie still, but better than I thought it would be.