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Ashton 10:09 am UTC 10/26/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Disturbing films for Halloween! - Ashton 10:03 am UTC 10/26/10 |
| DVD artwork for Jean Rollin's LIPS OF BLOOD at bottom of above post, BTW. I also love many of the films of Jess Franco (you can tell I'm a Euro-horror fan), most notably the VAMPYROS LESBOS and SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY. He also did some brilliant De Sade adaptations. > Well you're ahead of everyone else here (except maybe me, > LOL) if you've seen SALO... a true horror film, and a > brilliant adaptation of De Sade. I own it, but have not > been able to bring myself to watch it a second time. > > To mention a few favorites... Obviously Dario Argento > (Suspiria, Opera) and Lucio Fulci (Zombie, The Beyond) > must get mention here. Also anything by Mario Bava. > > For some truly surreal and artistic vampire films, check > out the work of Jean Rollin (Requiem For A Vampire, Lips > of Blood). > > > ... and maybe some not so disturbing, but also good > > flicks... > > > > > > So with this being my favorite month of the year I have > > been getting into the spirit much more than usual. To > > begin with, for the first time in 5 years Ive grown out my > > Jesus beard (I used to always dress as "Ten Neeley" for > > Halloween as a kid), and Ive been doing a daily Horror > > movie on my new projector. > > > > I wanted to start a thread on some of our favorite (and > > not so favorite) horror flicks and disturbing movies. > > > > So far Ive watched Salo, Eden Lake, all four Phantasms, > > first two Evil Deads, Irreversible, Robocop (good for gore > > hounds), all three resident Evils, Orphan, The Shining, > > Xfiles episodes, and though it isnt horror "Faerie Tale > > Theater" (I love Shelly Duvall). > > > > Also, I watched a horrible video that I didnt think would > > actually be real of a man being murdered. It was, and I > > wont go into any more details, that was a big mistake. > > > > > > Anyways, Happy October! If people are interested in > > discussing some Horror Im all about it :-) > > > > | |
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