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stonepicnicking_okapiI am reading The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson and it's scaring the shit out of me. It's non-fiction! About a family's experience in a haunted house in Long Island. It seems so plausible, so realistic in the sense that it might happen. I am loving it but I have to read it in small doses for the sake of a decent night's sleep.
I listened to HG Wells' The Invisible Man. It isn't a horror story in the same sense Frankenstein isn't a horror story (though the images of both have been appropriated by the horror world). It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of human pride.
My final horror film of the scary season was The Lost boys (1987). I watched it for the first time and I LOVED IT! Funny and creepy and so, so, so nostalgic. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman! Kiefer Sutherland in a long coat! Gosh, remember Tiger beat magazine?!
1. The Invisible Man (1933) zany and harsh, the old lady steals the show
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) fucked up. Hyde keeps a prostitute as a sex slave.
3. Halloween (1978) I had to remind myself that this is where a lot of the tropes (and parodies) come from
4. Frankenstein (1931) The creature looked wonderful, makeup, lighting, etc. my favourite part
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) again, one that spawned a lot of others, but whoa a gore fest, family of murderous cannibals, and leatherface, and I couldn't help wonder about the guy in the wheelchair, I wonder what the authors who wrote all those essays on disability I read for the book bingo would say about him
6. The Uninvited (1944) Meh. I didn't care about the characters, any of them
7. The Others (2001) I liked this but I have seen too many ghost movies not to guess what was going on pretty early. Nevertheless as far as atmosphere, this is one of my favourites. Definitely watch it on a big screen in the dark to get Full Effect. I finished it the following day in daylight and it wasn't the same. It also made me say 'gosh there's a lot of Whitey here,' but Nicole Kidman has that effect on me.
8. Dark Water (Japanese, 2002) Solidly creepy, but I felt bad for the mom too much to be too scared. (Just like my reaction to The Exorcist). I want a haunted house/scary movie that ISN'T a metaphor for bad motherhood.
9. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Johnny Depp is in this??!! And Freddy is a bit more gross than I imagined. Like tongue through the telephone. I was a bit disappointed that all she had to do was not BELIEVE to make Freddy go away but they fooled me! Ha, ha! That ending got me good! I love being surprised.
10. Friday the 13th (1980) Kevin Bacon is in this??!! I liked this. I really liked the scene of the girl in the canoe waking up in the middle of the lake after it's (almost) over. Excellent surprise there. And she cuts the killer's head off with a sword. Nice.
11. The Shining (1980) Hated it. And I wasn't convinced about what changed a horrible dad/husband into a more horrible husband/dad. And of course the black guy is the only decent character
12. The Blair Witch Project (1999) LOVED it! I knew people like these growing up and the horror was understated and the going-mad very, very believable
13. The Lost boys (1987) Loved it. A walk down memory lane.
Spook Me always does an Inspiration post. I am always too stressed about finishing my offering to look at them until November but they are always some amazing things: short films, music, images, etc. https://spook-me.dreamwidth.org/21078.html
And in the comments section is Cyberiad Queen has shared their own list so it's an embarrassment of spooky riches.
I listened to HG Wells' The Invisible Man. It isn't a horror story in the same sense Frankenstein isn't a horror story (though the images of both have been appropriated by the horror world). It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of human pride.
My final horror film of the scary season was The Lost boys (1987). I watched it for the first time and I LOVED IT! Funny and creepy and so, so, so nostalgic. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman! Kiefer Sutherland in a long coat! Gosh, remember Tiger beat magazine?!
1. The Invisible Man (1933) zany and harsh, the old lady steals the show
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) fucked up. Hyde keeps a prostitute as a sex slave.
3. Halloween (1978) I had to remind myself that this is where a lot of the tropes (and parodies) come from
4. Frankenstein (1931) The creature looked wonderful, makeup, lighting, etc. my favourite part
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) again, one that spawned a lot of others, but whoa a gore fest, family of murderous cannibals, and leatherface, and I couldn't help wonder about the guy in the wheelchair, I wonder what the authors who wrote all those essays on disability I read for the book bingo would say about him
6. The Uninvited (1944) Meh. I didn't care about the characters, any of them
7. The Others (2001) I liked this but I have seen too many ghost movies not to guess what was going on pretty early. Nevertheless as far as atmosphere, this is one of my favourites. Definitely watch it on a big screen in the dark to get Full Effect. I finished it the following day in daylight and it wasn't the same. It also made me say 'gosh there's a lot of Whitey here,' but Nicole Kidman has that effect on me.
8. Dark Water (Japanese, 2002) Solidly creepy, but I felt bad for the mom too much to be too scared. (Just like my reaction to The Exorcist). I want a haunted house/scary movie that ISN'T a metaphor for bad motherhood.
9. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Johnny Depp is in this??!! And Freddy is a bit more gross than I imagined. Like tongue through the telephone. I was a bit disappointed that all she had to do was not BELIEVE to make Freddy go away but they fooled me! Ha, ha! That ending got me good! I love being surprised.
10. Friday the 13th (1980) Kevin Bacon is in this??!! I liked this. I really liked the scene of the girl in the canoe waking up in the middle of the lake after it's (almost) over. Excellent surprise there. And she cuts the killer's head off with a sword. Nice.
11. The Shining (1980) Hated it. And I wasn't convinced about what changed a horrible dad/husband into a more horrible husband/dad. And of course the black guy is the only decent character
12. The Blair Witch Project (1999) LOVED it! I knew people like these growing up and the horror was understated and the going-mad very, very believable
13. The Lost boys (1987) Loved it. A walk down memory lane.
Spook Me always does an Inspiration post. I am always too stressed about finishing my offering to look at them until November but they are always some amazing things: short films, music, images, etc. https://spook-me.dreamwidth.org/21078.html
And in the comments section is Cyberiad Queen has shared their own list so it's an embarrassment of spooky riches.
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Date: 2023-11-04 06:18 pm (UTC)I'm pretty sure I did suggest to you Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria (2018) already, but I forgot if you watched it? It's brilliant! The show-down is one of the most intense things I'd seen in a long time, phew!
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Date: 2023-11-04 09:36 pm (UTC)I think you did. And I think I need to follow up! :)