2014! October Horror Movie Marathon!

[Dana Jean]

Horror is different for different people. To me, Clockwork Orange is horror because the whole future in which the story resides is scary as hell. And with that, my movie for the second of October is:

2. John Dies In The End. Very weird little movie.
1. The Legend of Hell House with Roddy McDowall. I don't think I need to say anything else.

 

[skimom2]

1. London After Midnight . A silent horror film from 1927. It wasn't very scary, even though the plot contained a menacing vampire. Nosferatu (1922) was also a silent film but it was a lot creepier and much better done. Even so, the closeups of the vampire (played by Lon Chaney) made the movie worth watching.

Screenshots from that one used to terrify me as a child. Where did you find the film? I was under the impression that it was a 'lost' treasure & I'd love to see it!

 

[skimom2]

I'm getting ready to do a paper on A Clockwork Orange. Not really a horror movie in my opinion. Although it is real horrorshow.....

It's a pretty interesting take on freewill and nature vs. nurture.......

I'm not a Kubrick fan, but I did love the book (well, as much as one can love a creepy, disturbing story--lol)

 

[skimom2]

1. 28 Days Later (2002) Cillian Murphy
   I’ve seen this one before and I think I liked even more this time around. Although there are zombie movie similarities, this is not a zombie movie. The infected are not dead, just hungry and dangerous. Unlike the undead, the infected can starve to death and be killed. This doesn’t make them any less dangerous, however. I think what elevates this movie above standard fare, is the way the director has created the creepy sense of isolation and realistic character issues. Cillian Murphy is excellent in this and becomes the reluctant leader of his band of survivors. The movie is not particularly gory and although very tense, is more about the characters than the carnage. 9/10

Danny Boyle is such an excellent director! I can't think of one of his that I haven't really liked (even when they're dark), and they all make you think. I never did see the follow up, though (28 Weeks Later)--have you seen it, & if so, was it worth a watch?

 

[Dana Jean]

I'm not a Kubrick fan, but I did love the book (well, as much as one can love a creepy, disturbing story--lol)

When I first started reading Clockwork, it pissed me off. I thought Burgess was playing a nasty game with the readers by making up some ridiculous language and the masses would just love anything. It's like if someone poops on a canvas and you are in New York city at a top gallery and everyone around you is seeing it as art and no one wants to be the one to say, "That's s*it on a canvas." I thought he was making fun of us as sheep and he could sell us anything.

BUT, BUT, BUT -- as I kept reading and got to the second half of the book, I realized how small my thinking had been. This language was so important to the whole feel of the story, I ended up just walking away in awe of it.

 

[skimom2]

When I first started reading Clockwork, it pissed me off. I thought Burgess was playing a nasty game with the readers by making up some ridiculous language and the masses would just love anything. It's like if someone poops on a canvas and you are in New York city at a top gallery and everyone around you is seeing it is art, then no one wants to be the one to say, "That's s*it on a canvas." I thought he was making fun of us as sheep and he could sell us anything.

BUT, BUT, BUT -- as I kept reading and got to the second half of the book, I realized how small my thinking had been. This language was so important to the whole feel of the story, I ended up just walking away in awe of it.

Agreed. I almost gave up the first time I read it because I was tired of flipping back to read the glossary. As I went on, though, I realized it was all part of forcing you to realize how fundamentally different this world was from our own…and where it was the same. It's a marvelous book.

BTW, I so admire your analogy to some 'art'. I think of it as The Emperor's New Clothes school of art/literature.

 

[Dana Jean]

Agreed. I almost gave up the first time I read it because I was tired of flipping back to read the glossary. As I went on, though, I realized it was all part of forcing you to realize how fundamentally different this world was from our own…and where it was the same. It's a marvelous book.

BTW, I so admire your analogy to some 'art'. I think of it as The Emperor's New Clothes school of art/literature.

Thanks and yes, exactly.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

I did, when it first came out

A woman after my own heart.

 

[~Ally~]

Danny Boyle is such an excellent director! I can't think of one of his that I haven't really liked (even when they're dark), and they all make you think. I never did see the follow up, though (28 Weeks Later)--have you seen it, & if so, was it worth a watch?

I've seen 28 Weeks Later a few times...I guess that means I like it!

 

[blunthead]

Spoiler

Mama (2013). Very spooky, pretty scary, ghost story. Good visuals.

 

[fljoe0]

Danny Boyle is such an excellent director! I can't think of one of his that I haven't really liked (even when they're dark), and they all make you think. I never did see the follow up, though (28 Weeks Later)--have you seen it, & if so, was it worth a watch?

I've seen it and it was good. I'm watching it again tonight (figured I'd watch them back to back) so I'll have a comment on it later.

 

[blunthead]

I've seen it and it was good. I'm watching it again tonight (figured I'd watch them back to back) so I'll have a comment on it later.

I've only seen one of the sequels.

Last month I watched for the second time an above average teen-horror movie titled The Faculty, which stars about a hundred young actors starting out who've gone on to be real biggies. I guess I can't include it in the Marathon, but I recommend it.

 

[Kati33]

1. Dreamcatcher

 

[blunthead]

1. Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher is a movie which for me upon first viewing seemed disappointing. I think this was due in part to my having already read the book, and finding certain of the movie's artistic interpretations unsatisfying.

Then I was happy to see it again, since it is sK after all, as well as a Goldman script, and really enjoyed almost everything about it. The acting is great, the visual effects, too, and it's scary.

 

[skimom2]

Dreamcatcher is a movie which for me upon first viewing seemed disappointing. I think this was due in part to my having already read the book, and finding certain of the movie's artistic interpretations unsatisfying.

Then I was happy to see it again, since it is sK after all, as well as a Goldman script, and really enjoyed almost everything about it. The acting is great, the visual effects, too, and it's scary.

I had no idea Dreamcatcher had been turned into a movie until a couple of months ago. I can't imagine the SW part...

 

[skimom2]

Okay:

October Horror movies:
1) The Legend of Hell House
2) The House That Dripped Blood

3) Torture Garden--1967 Amicus anthology. Robert Bloch was the writer (the main draw). Interesting!

 

[blunthead]

I had no idea Dreamcatcher had been turned into a movie until a couple of months ago. I can't imagine the SW part...

SW...?

 

[blunthead]

3) Torture Garden--1967 Amicus anthology. Robert Bloch was the writer (the main draw). Interesting!

Now that is a draw! Loved Psycho.

 

[skimom2]

SW...?

The s**t weasels. That part in the book was stomach turning

 

[skimom2]

Now that is a draw! Loved Psycho.

I did, too. I've just watched a couple of other Amicus anthologies that he wrote (Asylum and The House That Dripped Blood) in the last few days, and just learned today that he was the writer on Torture Garden, as well, so I looked it up on YouTube .