Posts Tagged ‘Horror’
Bird Watching – Mary Lambert’s “Pet Sematary”
Because February is Women in Horror month (you can get lots of information on that here), I’ll be devoting the month’s Bird Watching columns to horror films. As a big horror fan, and as someone who pays a lot of attention to female-directed films, I’m…
READ MOREFilm Review – Dead Snow
I was completely sucked in by the front of the DVD case with Dead Snow. Nazis AND Zombies? Sold! Then throw in some snow and the search for Nazi gold? How could this movie fail?
READ MOREFilm Review – The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
I had wanted to see Human Centipede since I figured out the preview/trailer wasn’t a joke. Seriously, the drawing by the doctor as to what he’s trying to create is 1st-grade-art-class level stuff. Doctor sews three people together – there’s the plot. Alright, there’s a…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #1 – The Exorcist
The Exorcist 1973; directed by William Friedkin; screenplay by William Peter Blatty, from his novel Allen: What is it about The Exorcist that has left such an impression on audiences?
READ MORETop Horror Films – #2 – Alien
Alien 1979; directed by Ridley Scott; screenplay by Dan O’Bannon; story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett Allen: To me, not only does Alien belong up there as one of the best horror films, but also one of the best science fiction films ever made.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #3 – The Shining
The Shining 1980; directed by Stanley Kubrick; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson, from the novel by Stephen King Jeremy: The Shining is as seminal as films come.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #4 – Halloween
Halloween 1978; directed by John Carpenter; written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill Allen: Of all the movie killers in film history, none had quite the effect on me as Michael Myers did in Halloween.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #5 – The Thing
The Thing 1982; directed by John Carpenter; screenplay by Bill Lancaster, from the story by John W. Campbell, Jr. John: The best remake ever made.
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