tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post2779387733694417425..comments2024-03-27T14:29:31.460-05:00Comments on Cinema OCD: Horror movies for non-horror fansJennythenipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-49047879792413799562008-11-14T09:35:00.000-06:002008-11-14T09:35:00.000-06:00Esther, the Changeling is awesome. I first saw it...Esther, the Changeling is awesome. I first saw it at a church lock-in when I was a teenager. A couple of us got so scared we had to go sleep in the nursery with the lights on.<BR/><BR/>I have thought of the horror movie every time I've seen Clint Eastwood's movie advertised. I think it will definitely be in the running for the Oscars so it won't go away anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>I agree on Blair Witch too. It's funny how what scares a person is totally subjective like what makes you laugh.Jennythenipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-81497919925499598542008-11-07T01:21:00.000-06:002008-11-07T01:21:00.000-06:00I read your wonderful blog all the time but it too...I read your wonderful blog all the time but it took a horror post to get me to track down my password and comment. Go figure. And I have to comment on only 3 of these.<BR/><BR/>First: Wicker Man. Love it. How AWFUL was the remake with Nicholas Cage? (Yet I sat through it.) The original reminds me of Picnic at Hanging Rock. I always pair these movies for some reason. <BR/><BR/>The Changeling: OMG! I have thought a lot about this one lately. It was on TV all the time when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me...the whole thing with the wheelchair and the bouncing ball. I keep wondering...in all the press for the new Clint Eastwood/Angelina Jolie movie of the same name...why no one at least gives a nod to this movie. I know it's a completely different story but it deserves a mention!<BR/><BR/>And Blair Witch: I'm one of the ones that was seriously frightened, to the point of nausea-frightened. And afterwards really impressed by the concept of this type of film. I felt like it was as close as one could come to actually being in that kind of desperate, terrifying situtaion. The ending is probably the scariest in movies. Well, a toss up between that and certain scenes from The Shining.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02512604207407995422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-393423589530695062008-11-03T08:22:00.000-06:002008-11-03T08:22:00.000-06:00I'd love to do a pre-code horror post. Maybe by n...I'd love to do a pre-code horror post. Maybe by next Halloween I'll have seen enough to do so. I have seen Freaks and the silent movie, Unknown. I should have added The Unknown, it is completely creepy and though it is an "effects" horror movie, it relies most on Chaney's acting and atmosphere to bring thrills.<BR/><BR/>Good suggestion Steve.Jennythenipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-20048637885476185052008-11-02T12:20:00.000-06:002008-11-02T12:20:00.000-06:00Why not pre-code horror films? The Tod Browning-di...Why not pre-code horror films? The Tod Browning-directed Lon Chaney films are stranger than anything being made today.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429340425396153262.post-24515291331551021292008-11-02T10:49:00.000-06:002008-11-02T10:49:00.000-06:00Horror is one genre that I don't watch all that of...Horror is one genre that I don't watch all that often; particularly the modern day slasher stuff. Sometimes it is fun to watch the old Universal horror stuff from the 30's. I have The Old Dark House, primarily for Charles Laughton and Melvyn Douglas, but it is a creaky movie, (pun intended). It's interesting to see someone of Lionel Barrymore's stature in Mark of the Vampire, which I suppose was considered an "A" picture, as far as horror goes.kda0121https://www.blogger.com/profile/04755030262681599815noreply@blogger.com