Jump to content

What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?

Reluctant Daddy

By Reluctant Daddy
in The Lounge

This topic is 2752 days old and is no longer open for new replies.  Replies are automatically disabled after two years of inactivity.  Please create a new topic instead of posting here.  

Recommended Posts

N13 Experienced

N13

Posted
Posted

Does anyone else remember Karen Black in "Trilogy of Terror" (1975)? She played three different characters in three different episodes. The third one had an African tribal doll that comes to life and terrorizes her in her apartment? I think she was one of the truly underestimated actors of her time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 72
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Reluctant Daddy Rising Star

Reluctant Daddy

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Does anyone else remember Karen Black in "Trilogy of Terror" (1975)? She played three different characters in three different episodes. The third one had an African tribal doll that comes to life and terrorizes her in her apartment? I think she was one of the truly underestimated actors of her time.

 

Yes! I loved that movie, particularly the Zuni fetish doll segment!

 

http://www.the-line-up.com/app/uploads/2016/02/scarydolls-he-who-kills.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AdamSmith Grand Master

AdamSmith

Posted
Posted
...not to mention Shelley Duvall's whining Wendy, who convinced me that I was definitely gay, since I was ready for Jack to kill her as quickly as possible! Duvall was an excellent actor but in this role (perhaps because of Kubrick's instruction) I cringed whenever she had a scene in the latter part of the film! :eek:

 

TruHart1 :cool:

Yeah. Very differently apparently from his hands-off treatment of most actors, he really had to terrorize her personally to get the above-and-beyond terrified affect from her that he was looking for, in place of just the usual hammed-up terror act that she began with.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
poolboy48220 Grand Master

+ poolboy48220

Posted
Posted
Does anyone else remember Karen Black in "Trilogy of Terror" (1975)? She played three different characters in three different episodes. The third one had an African tribal doll that comes to life and terrorizes her in her apartment? I think she was one of the truly underestimated actors of her time.

A friend and I saw that was on in reruns one night, and watched it over the objections of his girlfriend, who didn't like scary movies. She left the room - we found out later she'd thrown up in the bathroom it scared her so badly.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JerseyBabyDaddy Collaborator

JerseyBabyDaddy

Posted
Posted
Suspiria is one FUCKED UP movie.

 

I hope you mean fucked up in a good way (it's a horror film after all). :p The reason why I love Suspiria is because it's one of those movies that steer away from using plot and storyline as substance for the film, and instead, derive their substance from music and cinematography. The film is an interesting mix of aesthetic backgrounds and a twisted sense of stylish horror. It's Dario Argento's signature style.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Keith30309 Grand Master

+ Keith30309

Posted
Posted

http://static.rogerebert.com/redactor_assets/pictures/56c0cf7c592cb0213f000267/hopkins.jpg

http://img.wennermedia.com/featured-promo-580/rs-170598-162734042.jpg

http://www.the-line-up.com/app/uploads/2015/10/besthorrormovies_psycho.jpg http://img1.joyreactor.cc/pics/post/full/Music%26Atmosphere-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5-Phil-Collins-Sussudio-978945.jpeg hqdefault.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AdamSmith Grand Master

AdamSmith

Posted
Posted
For mindfucking the audience's expectations shaped by conventions of the genre, of course nobody went farther out there than Stanley.

 

 

Some criticize the movie for draining the life out of the book's plot. But I think Kubrick went above and beyond the usual strategy of imparting terror, etc. through the narrative line. On top of that, he added twists that I think work more directly to create fright and anxiety in the viewer by violently breaching and disrupting storytelling norms for this (or really any) genre. Examples:

  • Scatman Crothers gets a telepathic image of Danny Lloyd's vision of being in peril, then hurries to the rescue through a long sequence of going to the airport, taking a cross-country airline flight, driving a Snowcat up to the snowed-in resort, entering the building -- then, with no buildup or fight or anything, just suddenly being axed dead by Jack.
  • The troublingly ambiguous way the ghost bartender is introduced, and you are forced to see Jack's recurrent alcoholism from inside his own hallucinatory, magical-thinking viewpoint.
  • In the climax, instead of the family dynamic being restored by having Crothers survive and take Jack's place as father figure, Danny and Shelly Duvall go off together, alone, a subtly shocking Oedipal scene.
  • Etc.

And those dead twin sisters in the bathtub.Kubrick's aim was always and ever to expand our minds.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jbdesc Enthusiast

Jbdesc

Posted
Posted

Favorite horror movies. . So I'm a bit of a horror junkie and here are a few that I thoroughly enjoyed.

  1. The Descent
  2. Grave Encounters
  3. Ouija Origin Of Evil

The last one I just saw a week ago and it was really well done, highly recommend it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee345/trickwire2/Men/BrotherhoodV.jpg

 

Maybe I can even see if I understand Canadian French...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FjnmGVzwgeY/TKpDbOf-CiI/AAAAAAAAAK0/Lq4rKnqQYcU/s1600/chroniques+invisibles.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

Yeah, just give me a movie with a bunch of young men running around in their undies or swimsuits, and I'm happy...

hqdefault.jpg

 

42c259f81d72b4398f6e82d07ec06f3b.jpg

 

http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/h7t3PpqdFn3mdQbEBWxNWyumStk.jpg

 

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/leeches/leeches2.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
down_to_business Mentor

down_to_business

Posted
Posted

I remember buying quite a few DeCoteau films myself, surely not for the plotlines! One called Leeches starring cutie Josh Henderson http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jxve5HiqZ_0/UK2mKqHGJ0I/AAAAAAAAEVU/UHULy04rw-E/s1600/Josh-Henderson-shirtlifter.jpg http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/0096009171292_p0_v2_s192x300.jpg was so bad it will always stand out as memorable in my mind. Warning... these movies may be more enjoyable to watch with the sound off :oops:

 

 

 

http://www.homorazzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/josh-henderson-ocean-pacific.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

Contact Info:

The Company of Men
5834 C. North Kings Hwy #4343
Alexandria, VA 22303

Email: moderators@companyofmen.org

Help Support Our Site

Our site operates with the support of our members. Make a one-time donation using the buttons below.

$10 $25 $50 $100 $200

Make a recurring donation

Additional Resources

×
×
  • Create New...