I forgot The Fly. The original, supposedly a classic, actually kinda gave me chuckles. But the Cronenberg one, with Davis and Goldblum, was compelling. But more as a drama than a horror. A weird, but effective and tragic, drama.
I saw Dead Ringers, and I can see where it would give one the creeps. It seemed to me to be a quiet exercise in psychopathology and grotesquery (and I didn't realize until then that Beverly could be a man's name).
Lord Tyrion: My comment was meant wistfully, lightheartedly, not literally. Of course we realize from generation to generation how a pivotal flick can change the industry. I'll just say that even in my own generation, there's an underappreciation for how Psycho changed the rules of moviemaking. Not let the audience in after the start of the movie? Kill off the leading lady halfway in? Make the serial killer sympathetic, at least for a few moments at a time? Unthinkable! And people ate it up, and the rules changed.
As far as Star Wars, holy granola, was it ever silly, but it was just so well done compared to other things at the time. Up to then, the definitive scifi effects movie was 2001 with its static ship models and trick sets. Now you have blasters going off all over the place, a land cruiser hovering and speeding across the desert, space fighters in wild dogfights, and light sabers. Forget the plot and the characters. It was a visual feast, and suddenly everyone had to have those effects. It's never been the same since.
I saw Dead Ringers, and I can see where it would give one the creeps. It seemed to me to be a quiet exercise in psychopathology and grotesquery (and I didn't realize until then that Beverly could be a man's name).
Lord Tyrion: My comment was meant wistfully, lightheartedly, not literally. Of course we realize from generation to generation how a pivotal flick can change the industry. I'll just say that even in my own generation, there's an underappreciation for how Psycho changed the rules of moviemaking. Not let the audience in after the start of the movie? Kill off the leading lady halfway in? Make the serial killer sympathetic, at least for a few moments at a time? Unthinkable! And people ate it up, and the rules changed.
As far as Star Wars, holy granola, was it ever silly, but it was just so well done compared to other things at the time. Up to then, the definitive scifi effects movie was 2001 with its static ship models and trick sets. Now you have blasters going off all over the place, a land cruiser hovering and speeding across the desert, space fighters in wild dogfights, and light sabers. Forget the plot and the characters. It was a visual feast, and suddenly everyone had to have those effects. It's never been the same since.
I've never been mugged or abducted but I suspect I'd scream and swing the second they told me not to. We will not be meek victims 
