Halloween Viewing
My Halloween film fest for 2005:
1. Cat People: Coquettish Simone Simon finds her new marriage threatened by her latent feline tendancies. New DVD has a great commentary track. Her Serbian name sounds strangely like "Purina".
2. Curse of the Cat People: Sequel directed by Robert Wise. Came on the same DVD.
3. The Gate: Child actor Stephen Dorff finds a gateway to hell in his backyard. Unleashes claymation monsters. The last time I saw this was in the theatres when I was 14 years old. Directed by the great Tibor Takacs, who went on to direct such classics as "Mansquito" and "The Gate II".
4. Bride of Frankenstein: Never seen it, even though many say it's better than the original. Too bad I can't pair it with "Bride of Cat People". Or "Bride of The Gate".
5. Wicker Man: Christopher Lee. Scottish scenery. Pagan society. Wicked.
Also, look for the classic "Night of the Hunter" in theatres in its limited re-release. Mitchum as a homocidal preacher. Weird, spooky, campy, blasphemous genius. You can't believe this really played in theatres in the 1950's. About to get the royal treatment in a new DVD release. I'm already buying it. I can't stop myself. My... hands... Help! Run! They're already here! You're next!
1. Cat People: Coquettish Simone Simon finds her new marriage threatened by her latent feline tendancies. New DVD has a great commentary track. Her Serbian name sounds strangely like "Purina".
2. Curse of the Cat People: Sequel directed by Robert Wise. Came on the same DVD.
3. The Gate: Child actor Stephen Dorff finds a gateway to hell in his backyard. Unleashes claymation monsters. The last time I saw this was in the theatres when I was 14 years old. Directed by the great Tibor Takacs, who went on to direct such classics as "Mansquito" and "The Gate II".
4. Bride of Frankenstein: Never seen it, even though many say it's better than the original. Too bad I can't pair it with "Bride of Cat People". Or "Bride of The Gate".
5. Wicker Man: Christopher Lee. Scottish scenery. Pagan society. Wicked.
Also, look for the classic "Night of the Hunter" in theatres in its limited re-release. Mitchum as a homocidal preacher. Weird, spooky, campy, blasphemous genius. You can't believe this really played in theatres in the 1950's. About to get the royal treatment in a new DVD release. I'm already buying it. I can't stop myself. My... hands... Help! Run! They're already here! You're next!
posted by Francis at 4:53 PM
5 Knee-jerk Reactions:
"Night of The Hunter" is sublime -- ruined only by the remembered voice of my college film teacher, constantly pointing out the use of light, shadow, motif and everything else. I saw a commercial for "Wickerman" when I was little, and I'm still too scared to watch it.
That's me in a nutshell.
"Night of the Hunter" is playing at the Music Box for those here in Chicago.
I love "The Wicker Man" more as a satire than as a horror film.
Thanks for reminding be about "The Gate"!
You... been... BAD!
See now I'm going to have to rent it just to see that scene again.
What was the name written on the rocket again?
Tried once when I was a kid. Not very familiar with him. Saw "Reanimator" and "From Beyond", of course.
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