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Which 70s horror movie is your favorite?

For me, it's the Wicker Man.

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by Anonymousreply 161August 6, 2020 10:35 AM

I hate that. I can never follow it.

by Anonymousreply 1July 16, 2020 5:30 PM

So many great ones in the 70s. My favorite is probably DON'T LOOK NOW, with CARRIE close behind.

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by Anonymousreply 2July 16, 2020 5:38 PM

So many good ones.

But I’ll have to go with George A Romero’s “Martin.”

Followed closely by “Alice, Sweet Alice” and “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death.”

by Anonymousreply 3July 16, 2020 5:38 PM

"Suspiria", starring Joan Bennett, going back down "Dark Shadows" territory.....A work of beauty that is artistic yet frightening. (My original choice was "The Fog", but that is a 1980 release....)

A lot of good TV movies in that category as well from the 1970's......

by Anonymousreply 4July 16, 2020 5:40 PM

Carrie.

by Anonymousreply 5July 16, 2020 5:40 PM

R3 Alice, Sweet Alice is one of my all time favorite Giallo-style movies from the 70s. I loved the directing in that film, and Paula Sheppard was great as the creepy "killer".

Burnt Offerings with the wonderful Karen Black is another one of my favorites. The psychological suspense and oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere is torturous. A real slow boil. And the guy who plays her husband is a hot bear, too.

And of course, how could we forget Leatherface?

by Anonymousreply 6July 16, 2020 5:55 PM

Agreed on "The Wicker Man"., although there hasn't been a bad pick yet.

I also have soft spots for gialli (favourite being "The Case of The Scorpion's Tail") and TV movies (particularly "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" or the serial killer thriller "Home for the Holidays", the latter starring DL faves Eleanor Parker, Sally Field and Jessica Walter, and occasional DL mentions Julie Harris and jill Haworth).

by Anonymousreply 7July 16, 2020 6:01 PM

If I may recommend a film that might not be well known, "The House With the Laughing Windows" is worth watching for the titular residence alone. It should be ridiculous. It somehow isn't.

Absolute favorite '70s horror film? So many memorable ones, but have to go with "Alien".

by Anonymousreply 8July 16, 2020 6:04 PM

I still don't think I've ever been terrified by a movie as much as I was the first time I saw "Don't Look Now." Was not expecting that ending at all.

by Anonymousreply 9July 16, 2020 6:18 PM

1) ALIEN

2) HALLOWEEN

3) TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

4) CARRIE

5) JAWS

6) DAWN OF THE DEAD

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by Anonymousreply 10July 16, 2020 7:26 PM

It's not THE EXORCIST, which I see as campy and caused me to laugh my ass off.

So the EXORCIST Troll can fuck right off.

by Anonymousreply 11July 16, 2020 7:31 PM
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by Anonymousreply 12July 16, 2020 7:31 PM

Deliverance (1972)

by Anonymousreply 13July 16, 2020 7:33 PM
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by Anonymousreply 14July 16, 2020 7:38 PM
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by Anonymousreply 15July 16, 2020 7:39 PM

Bad Ronald freaked me out as a child- a tv movie at that.

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by Anonymousreply 16July 16, 2020 8:00 PM

I still go with The Exorcist. It doesn't scare me in the same way it did when I was in adolescence--nothing does--but it still creeps me out in some other ways. That image with a possessed Reagan reaching out her hand and wailing in the bedroom while you see the statue of Pazuzu still creeps me out. It's so effective and conveying evil. Nothing by George Romero or John Carpenter has ever scared me. I think they are seriously overrated and overappreciated.

by Anonymousreply 17July 16, 2020 9:06 PM

My second choice would be When a Stranger Calls. That is the best half hour in the history of film, no contest. It still gets me everytime I watch it. Of course, it's notorious for a crappy second half but I think the second half is actually a very effective cat and mouse game. I like it much more than Halloween which is similarish.

by Anonymousreply 18July 16, 2020 9:07 PM

my personal favorite is Phantasm. there are better, but it's a very effective low-budget movie. and it captures that California 70s vibe well--a lot of teens were, like the main characters, running their own lives then while parents were gone.

none of the sequels are worth anything, though.

2nd choice--Perfume of the Lady in Black. a moody giallo-type film where you aren't sure what in hell is happening, but it seems to be about mental illness and then, BAM, cannibalism.

by Anonymousreply 19July 16, 2020 11:57 PM

Neither Exorcist, nor Stranger Calls nor Phantasm are scary.

Exorcist has great atmosphere, but I think you'd have to be a religiously devout person in 1974 to take it or its special effects seriously.

Carpenter's Halloween is one of the scariest movies ever made, especially because it's something that can and has happened in real life, unlike the Exorcist. r17 is just a contrarian cunt.

by Anonymousreply 20July 17, 2020 12:11 AM

R20, uh, you're the contrarian, moron. Halloween is not considered scarier than Halloween by the general public or film critics. You're just a troll.

by Anonymousreply 21July 17, 2020 12:43 AM

*Halloween is not considered scarier than The Exorcist

by Anonymousreply 22July 17, 2020 12:44 AM

A favourite of mine was Sssssss (1973) with Dirk Benedict.

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by Anonymousreply 23July 17, 2020 1:05 AM

[quote] That image with a possessed Reagan reaching out her hand

Terrifying!

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by Anonymousreply 24July 17, 2020 1:13 AM

R24, LMAO. That is indeed terrifying.

by Anonymousreply 25July 17, 2020 1:14 AM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The Stepford Wives

Why are 70s movies scarier? Can’t put my finger on it...

by Anonymousreply 26July 17, 2020 1:23 AM

Wicker man is great. It meanders in a way that today’s movies don’t, young people probably wouldn’t like it for that reason, they need a more structured formula

by Anonymousreply 27July 17, 2020 1:34 AM

Mine would probably be "Don't Look Now" too, though only the beginning (with the drowning death in the pond) and the end are truly scary.

by Anonymousreply 28July 17, 2020 1:51 AM

R27 I disagree. Midsommar was a great homage to the slow burn folk horror genre and was highly praised.

by Anonymousreply 29July 17, 2020 1:55 AM

R29 Was it really? Hmm. So worth a watch? It’s not too too violent is it, I admit to being a bit of a fraidy-cat

by Anonymousreply 30July 17, 2020 2:17 AM

R30 It's visually impressive and gory at times. If you liked the weirdness of The Wicker Man it's definitely in the same category. Hereditary from Ari Aster was also very good.

by Anonymousreply 31July 17, 2020 2:22 AM

Hereditary is mediocre and goes off the rail, don't waste your time.

by Anonymousreply 32July 17, 2020 2:30 AM

R19 I saw that when I was about 13 and it scared the hell out me. Strange, surreal and yes, cool 70's vibe.

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by Anonymousreply 33July 17, 2020 2:39 AM

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

ALIEN

CARRIE (excellent), but I didn't think of it as horror, it seemed to me more as a tragedy about bullying and abuse. Maybe that's the horror?

by Anonymousreply 34July 17, 2020 2:46 AM

Burnt Offerings, 1976. Starring mistress of horror Karen Black, Oliver Reed, and the grand dame herself, Bette Davis. Honorable mention goes to the super creepy chauffeur and the killer house and pool.

by Anonymousreply 35July 17, 2020 3:24 AM

R33 Critics disagree.

by Anonymousreply 36July 17, 2020 3:27 AM

Sorry meant R32

by Anonymousreply 37July 17, 2020 3:27 AM

Yes, HEREDITARY is awesome. It's more traumatizing than MIDSOMMAR; probably equally as gory (which is not a lot).

I wasn't really scared by WICKER MAN but it's definitely creepy and I love the anthropological history.

The remake, however, is one of the best comedies of all time.

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by Anonymousreply 38July 17, 2020 3:35 AM

R32 is the very opinionated little shit behind R21 R22

by Anonymousreply 39July 17, 2020 3:36 AM

R36, I think the bar has just been adjusted really low. I saw it and I thought it was good at times but then it competely goes off the rails.

by Anonymousreply 40July 17, 2020 3:37 AM

True story. I’m in my 50’s. I saw the exorcist for the first time when it was re released in the late 90’s/ early 00’s. I felt very gaseous prior to movie - major need to fart. I was uncomfortable because of this & found the build up to linda’s possession annoyingly long. I kept hold it in & figured once she’s the devil I could let it rip. Do you all know how silent that movie is? There’s really only a few out bursts - i know because I let out my farts during these few moments. So i was not scared once during that film. I always wondered if i had been gas free if i’d of liked it. My vote is for Halloween. (I’ve had three memorable movie experiences. This is one , last temp of christ is another & the third was minor) R17 R20 R21 R22

by Anonymousreply 41July 17, 2020 4:50 AM

True story. I’m in my 50’s. I saw the exorcist for the first time when it was re released in the late 90’s/ early 00’s. I felt very gaseous prior to movie - major need to fart. I was uncomfortable because of this & found the build up to linda’s possession annoyingly long. I kept hold it in & figured once she’s the devil I could let it rip. Do you all know how silent that movie is? There’s really only a few out bursts - i know because I let out my farts during these few moments. So i was not scared once during that film. I always wondered if i had been gas free if i’d of liked it. My vote is for Halloween. (I’ve had three memorable movie experiences. This is one , last temp of christ is another & the third was minor) R17 R20 R21 R22

by Anonymousreply 42July 17, 2020 4:50 AM

Mame.

by Anonymousreply 43July 17, 2020 5:34 AM

An obscure one worth searching for is "God Told Me To" (1976), aka "Demon", directed by Larry Cohen. Of course, he later did "The Wicked Stepmother", but instead of Bette, "Demon" has Sylvia Sidney.

by Anonymousreply 44July 17, 2020 12:38 PM

[quote] So i was not scared once during that film.

Not even of pushing too hard, r42?

by Anonymousreply 45July 17, 2020 12:41 PM

[quote] I’ve had three memorable movie experiences. This is one , last temp of christ is another & the third was minor

I know it’s not germane to the thread, but what was your memorable Last Temptation experience? Crossing a picket line of deranged fundies to see that magnificent film was one of the highlights of my college years.

by Anonymousreply 46July 17, 2020 12:44 PM

I’m going with the ultra-campy “Theatre of Blood”, with Vincent Price and Diana Rigg as a father/daughter team killing theater critics like Shakespeare killed characters in his plays.

by Anonymousreply 47July 17, 2020 12:51 PM

My brain wants to say Carrie, but Suspiria is the one I keep going back to.

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by Anonymousreply 48July 17, 2020 12:54 PM

It hasn't been mentioned yet and I am very surprised, so I am going to say The Omen.

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by Anonymousreply 49July 17, 2020 12:58 PM

Tales From the Crypt, the best of the anthology films made by Amicus studios. I watch it every year around Christmas because of the story about the killer Santa Claus with Joan Collins, although there is a Valentine's Day story as well (with a great, heartbreaking performance by Peter Cushing). Though Blind Alleys has to be my favorite story of the bunch.

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by Anonymousreply 50July 17, 2020 1:03 PM

Black Christmas is still a very creepy slasher film. Those phone calls are chilling.

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by Anonymousreply 51July 17, 2020 1:07 PM

Yeah, Black Christmas is my holiday fave. I also like Halloween and The Exorcist.

by Anonymousreply 52July 17, 2020 1:09 PM

Alien and it’s not even remotely close.

by Anonymousreply 53July 17, 2020 1:18 PM

R18 Thanks for mentioning When a Stranger Calls. That movie creeped me out; Charles Durning and Colleen Dewhurst were great.

OP, I agree with your top choice. I didn't know what to make of Wicker Man when I first saw it. I thought it was a suspense film but then it turned the corner into horror. And the idea of the gorgeous police sergeant being a virgin added to the intrigue.

by Anonymousreply 54July 17, 2020 1:34 PM

Race With the Devil is another I thought of. Two couples on vacation witness a Satanic ritual where a girl is being sacrificed, so the cult terrorizes them for the rest of the movie and you never know who's in on it and who isn't. It is really great. I love movies like that which make you paranoid and distrustful of all the people around you.

by Anonymousreply 55July 17, 2020 1:35 PM

[quote]Why are 70s movies scarier? Can’t put my finger on it...

R26 I wonder if it's because later 'horror' movies were driven by violence and not story. Yes, there were violent scenes in many of the 70s horror films but those scenes had a purpose to the story. Horror films morphed into slasher films.

by Anonymousreply 56July 17, 2020 1:42 PM

R45 Ha! That’s funny. R46 Yes a picket line at an old style theatre. It had a balcony. I hated the movie (loved the book) (four words Harvey Keitel Barbara Hershey) We (with bf) were in the balcony (infamous for gay action.) & so hated the movie i let him fuck me between the curtains

by Anonymousreply 57July 17, 2020 2:08 PM

Who Can Kill A Child?

This movie is very good and doesn't get enough recognition. There is a short little documentary during the opening credits which shows real footage from the aftermath of wars, famine, etc., and how the most impacted group is always the children. This helps set the tone for the rest of the movie before it cuts to the story which is reminiscent of Children of the Corn, though it came out before.

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by Anonymousreply 58July 17, 2020 2:55 PM

[quote]...the most impacted group is always the children.

Always, the children!

by Anonymousreply 59July 17, 2020 4:50 PM

R54, I actually watched it on youtube while I was in the library 10 years ago and I couldn't leave my seat. It was so good! I don't think any movie has ever surpassed the first 30 minutes of that movie, ever.

by Anonymousreply 60July 17, 2020 5:22 PM

The Last House on the Left

Many modern viewers find the tone kind of awkward because of the scenes of the goofy, incompetent cops interspersed between the brutal scenes of rape and torture. But the latter still pack a punch today. And the low budget, amateur feel of the whole thing makes it feel all the more realistic in my opinion.

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by Anonymousreply 61July 17, 2020 7:55 PM
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by Anonymousreply 62July 17, 2020 11:04 PM

Private Parts (1972) is one of the most underrated horrors of the 70s or ever. Unique and disturbing.

by Anonymousreply 63July 17, 2020 11:11 PM

Texas Chainsaw was a joke. Like a John Waters movie without being funny.

by Anonymousreply 64July 17, 2020 11:12 PM

Texas Chainsaw is vegetarian propaganda

by Anonymousreply 65July 17, 2020 11:20 PM

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973), with Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, and William Demarest.

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by Anonymousreply 66July 17, 2020 11:31 PM

Sisters with Margot Kidder. Yikes.

by Anonymousreply 67July 17, 2020 11:35 PM

R67, Sister is great but Dressed to Kill and Body Double are even better.

by Anonymousreply 68July 17, 2020 11:38 PM

And yes, I know they are 80s films. Although Dressed To Kill is basically a 70s film, released in 1980.

by Anonymousreply 69July 17, 2020 11:39 PM

The fart is coming from inside the house!

by Anonymousreply 70July 17, 2020 11:47 PM

[quote]I let out my farts during these few moments.

The power of Christ compelled you.

by Anonymousreply 71July 17, 2020 11:47 PM

R71 You win! My sides hurt from laughing...

by Anonymousreply 72July 17, 2020 11:55 PM

I like "Don't Look in the Basement" and it's assortment of characters, most of whom I felt very sorry for.

by Anonymousreply 73July 18, 2020 12:04 AM

r70 = r71 + r72.

It's also the Possessed EXORCIST Troll— check the Troll-dar!

It's butt-hurt that nobody on DL shares its deranged fetish for green vomit.

by Anonymousreply 74July 18, 2020 12:18 AM

I'm R72 and I'm baffled at R74. What's the purpose of the post? I was simply showing appreciation for a previous post.

by Anonymousreply 75July 18, 2020 12:22 AM

Here is the top horror film from the 1970s:

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by Anonymousreply 76July 18, 2020 12:52 AM

Mmm hmm, r75.

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by Anonymousreply 77July 18, 2020 1:05 AM

r75 wouldn't be baffled if he checked the Troll-dar on r70 and r71 and were truly a different individual.

by Anonymousreply 78July 18, 2020 1:07 AM

R78 I have no idea what you're writing about. I'm going to assume you're posting the wrong R-numbers. I don't know what Troll-dar is or why my post brought out your hostility.

by Anonymousreply 79July 18, 2020 2:14 AM

When people talk about movies based on Ed Gein, they usually mention Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. But I think more people should talk about Deranged. It is a very good film based on his life as well and doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

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by Anonymousreply 80July 18, 2020 2:34 AM

I’m the farter at the Exorcist. I share a story from my past - With all my innocent naivety & I get attack & bullied. Why? Why do you want to brutalize me? I’m just a boy writing on the DL asking you all to love me.

by Anonymousreply 81July 18, 2020 3:06 AM

Speaking of The Exorcist, let's talk about some Exorcist ripoffs. Beyond the Door and Abby are the most famous and neither one is actually all that bad in my opinion. Warner Brothers filed lawsuits against both of them and actually got Abby pulled from theaters.

by Anonymousreply 82July 18, 2020 3:16 AM

Who attacked or bullied you? The Exorcist needed some good farts. Didn't it win best sound editing?

by Anonymousreply 83July 18, 2020 3:57 AM

I posted both R70 and R71, but not R72. I am also baffled by R74.

by Anonymousreply 84July 18, 2020 3:58 AM

The Omen and The Sentinel

by Anonymousreply 85July 18, 2020 4:05 AM

Alien

by Anonymousreply 86July 18, 2020 4:19 AM

For the many above who love Carrie and Halloween, guess who turned 70 today!!!

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by Anonymousreply 87July 18, 2020 4:30 AM

R83. Just a joke darling! I’ still just a boy asking r 83 to love me. Also this thread is gone in so many directions that it’s fun to help keep it that way. Can we bring in some Liza?

by Anonymousreply 88July 18, 2020 6:08 AM

R81 = r83, AKA the Exorcist Troll, talking to itself from sock puppet accounts again, trying to make everyone think his fetish for green paint puke and religious hysteria is the pinnacle of horror and the only thing Datalounge should be talking about.

It always gets butt-hurt when its endless attempts to make people think the “nurse station knife attack hallway shot” from the craptacular EXORCIST 3 is the scariest thing since hatching from its own mother’s penis are met with utter indifference, save for his own W&Ws and cheerleading from multiple sock puppet accounts.

by Anonymousreply 89July 18, 2020 7:22 AM

R46 I worked in a video store and Last Temptation always somehow got damaged. We started seeing the trend and ultimately it wasn’t replaced by the store.

by Anonymousreply 90July 18, 2020 7:34 AM

R90 because harvey keitel played judas. The dvd had to defend itself

by Anonymousreply 91July 18, 2020 7:49 AM

The Legacy with Sam Elliott and his wife Katherine.

by Anonymousreply 92July 18, 2020 8:36 AM

So many good ones to choose from. I'm extremely fond of Don't Look Now and Dawn of the Dead, but my all-time favorite is Jaws.

by Anonymousreply 93July 18, 2020 8:53 AM

[quote] Beyond the Door

The TV commercial for this scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

"Whoooo aaaare yooouuuu?"

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by Anonymousreply 94July 18, 2020 11:17 AM

Phantasm

by Anonymousreply 95July 18, 2020 2:39 PM

the crazy eyes of Laura Mars

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by Anonymousreply 96July 18, 2020 2:55 PM

This is Lulu and Michelle. We're not here so go to hell!

by Anonymousreply 97July 18, 2020 2:59 PM

Not a typical horror film, per se, but hermaphrodites were given the spotlight for the first time with the stark, moody, little seen [italic]Who Will Love My Penis?[/italic] starring the boyish Jamie Lee Curtis.

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by Anonymousreply 98July 18, 2020 3:09 PM

Did I mention the EXORCIST troll's jokes are always met with indifference, too?

Exhibit A = r98.

by Anonymousreply 99July 18, 2020 3:31 PM

Clearly, the "please love me" accusation is classic projection from the creep.

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by Anonymousreply 100July 18, 2020 3:34 PM

r51 Black Christmas is being re-released as Kwanzaa.

by Anonymousreply 101July 18, 2020 3:38 PM

It's Alive.

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by Anonymousreply 102July 18, 2020 3:40 PM

Salem's Lot is better and scarier than 90% of the movies listed here, even though it was only a TV movie. Tobe Hooper did an amazing job as director. Other than Carrie and The Shining, it's the best movie adaption of a Stephen King novel.

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by Anonymousreply 103July 18, 2020 4:13 PM

Salem's Lot isn't scary at all and never could be with broadcast TV network restrictions.

by Anonymousreply 104July 19, 2020 2:02 AM

Halloween. It did exactly what a horror movie is supposed to do: it scared the hell out of m.e

I don't think "Bad Ronald" or "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" or "Salem's Lot" count. They were TV MOVIES. Anyway, I heard there's going to be a movie version of Salem's Lot. That might be interesting. I always wanted Stephen King to write a proper sequel to Salem's Lot. I heard he was considered one at one time and the plot sent something like this. Mark Petrie is now a priest. And he's getting phone calls from his mother. His DEAD mother. She tells him "they're hurting me"....sounds pretty scary, doesn't it? But that was just rumors from long ago. King doesn't seem inclined to do a sequel but if he did his readers would stampede to the book store if one came out.

by Anonymousreply 105July 19, 2020 2:12 AM

Because of this thread we watched 3 slasher pics tonight. First The Burning: standard camp slaughter but with a cast of future stars. Then Black Christmas: it was good. I see how it’s the basis of many slashers to come (even dumb plot points) & then Curtains: a group of actresses after the same part begin to die. Curtains was the better of the three (once it settles down from a 20 minute opening head scratcher) we’re going to do more

by Anonymousreply 106July 19, 2020 3:58 AM

The TV Salem's Lot didn't work for me because I could never understand why the movie version of the vampire, Barlow, who seems to be barely sentient, has a human servant. In the book, there was an indication that the two had a relationship of sorts (not necessarily anything sexual, but still a relationship). In the movie this was obviously impossible, so what's the payoff? "I enjoy working for a slavering hellbeast who drinks human blood because, I don't know, slow Wednesday"?

by Anonymousreply 107July 19, 2020 4:00 AM

In the novel Salem's Lot Barlow is a suave, courtly vampire, always well dressed, with hair swept back from his forehead. I think he has a mustache, too. Very Bram Stoker Dracula-like. Straker is his faithful human servant; tall, totally bald, very strong and menacing. He, like Barlow, is always well dressed in a suit and has courtly manners. Neither of them have ever been depicted in the tv movie versions as they were in the novel.

I thought the blue, wordless, bat-eared Barlow in the first tv movie was ridiculous. That was such a dumb idea. But neither version was satisfying and both were pretty silly in a lot of ways. So many plot changes, so many miscast roles.

by Anonymousreply 108July 19, 2020 4:37 AM

The Salem's Lot movie is perfection. I love the way Tobe Hooper depicted the vampire. It scared me to death as a child.

by Anonymousreply 109July 19, 2020 5:19 AM

What makes ‘Alien’ so effective, even today, is the performance at the center. A lot of the films mentioned are favorites of mine, but they don’t have Sigourney.

by Anonymousreply 110July 19, 2020 11:41 AM

The director had a hardon for Nosferatu, r108.

But it sounds like they're very different vampires.

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by Anonymousreply 111July 19, 2020 4:50 PM

R110, she was amazing, but I would argue the whole cast was very strong. There really isn't a bad performance or false note in the whole thing.

by Anonymousreply 112July 19, 2020 5:03 PM

I agree R112. It's hard to fault a cast that includes John Hurt, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton.

One of the most interesting things about casting Sigourney was that fact that she was probably the least known of the cast. One would presume, therefore, that she would be alien fodder. The movie, however, flipped the script and turned her into the hero instead. It's one of the reasons ALIEN remains so potent today (in addition to being scary as shit).

by Anonymousreply 113July 19, 2020 6:44 PM

"The Salem's Lot movie is perfection."

No, it's not, not by a long shot. But I did think the little boy vampire floating outside the window was effectively scary. I thought the Nosferatu version of Barlow was just silly.

by Anonymousreply 114July 19, 2020 8:34 PM

R107 R108 i use to read S King books. There’s a short story collection that has a barlow story in it. The book title has the word season in it - it has the short story that became stand by me in it as well. I should look it up but i won’t.

by Anonymousreply 115July 20, 2020 3:46 AM

R115 i’m wrong. It’s in night shift. I did look it up. Story called one for the road. R107 R108 I gove & give.

by Anonymousreply 116July 20, 2020 3:51 AM

Making the vampire look different than the Dracula that we're used to was a stroke of brilliance. It set the Salem's Lot movie apart from all the other vampire movies. He was also much scarier and creepier than a typical Christopher Lee lookalike.

by Anonymousreply 117July 20, 2020 4:47 AM

Agree with you both, R112 and R113. It really was the perfect ensemble, and you instantly believed that all of those people were coworkers.

by Anonymousreply 118July 20, 2020 4:56 AM

"He was also much scarier and creepier than a typical Christopher Lee lookalike."

Which is why he stuck out like a sore thumb. That vampire looked like he belonged in a totally different movie, not Salem's Lot.

Stephen King's best short story collection, "Night Shift" featured two stories about Salem's Lot. The first, "Jerusalem's Lot", is a kind of prequel to "Salem's Lot." Seems Salem's Lot had a VERY dark history long before Hubie Marsten and Kurt Barlow came to town. "One For The Road" is a story after Salem's Lot becomes a vampire colony. Both stories are very effective and scary. I'd like to see a movie version of the short story "Jerusalem's Lot." I don't know why nobody has made one. I guess they're too busy doing remake after remake of Stephen King's books.

by Anonymousreply 119July 20, 2020 8:46 PM

Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' is getting remade.

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by Anonymousreply 120July 23, 2020 6:26 PM

Has anyone seen the Herzog version of Nosferatu?

by Anonymousreply 121July 23, 2020 6:29 PM

Yes, it's fine.

by Anonymousreply 122July 23, 2020 6:33 PM

R122, not great? It's one of those remakes that I hear are better than the original.

by Anonymousreply 123July 23, 2020 6:34 PM

They're both exercises in great style. They're not scary.

Honestly, the black and white original is more scary/ believable as its own world.

by Anonymousreply 124July 23, 2020 6:50 PM

[quote]Honestly, the black and white original is more scary/ believable as its own world.

R122, If you've only ever seen 𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮, 𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐬 (1922) in black and white, without the tinted remaster and re-score, then you haven't truly seen it.

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by Anonymousreply 125July 23, 2020 6:55 PM

^^ A version with English title cards exists, too.

by Anonymousreply 126July 23, 2020 6:57 PM

Let's Scare Jessica to Death was scary towards the end but very creepy throughout.

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by Anonymousreply 127July 23, 2020 8:17 PM

R127, I've long awaited a comprehensive soundtrack release on 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, including not only the Orville Stoeber score, but also the terrifying and disorienting sound effects by John Sears. I'm hoping someone like LaLa Land Records will undertake it.

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by Anonymousreply 128July 23, 2020 8:24 PM

Another vote for ALIEN, with HALLOWEEN and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS close behind.

I never got the acclaim for THE WICKER MAN. It's a film with a great idea/concept that isn't well executed by director Robin Hardy, perhaps due in part to the relatively modest budget. The scene with Britt Ekland dancing/writhing nude in her room with the cop next door in misery is just silly and laughable, which kills the attempted mood of the film.

MIDSOMMAR takes the same concept and drags it on for 2.5 hours, though Aster is a better director than Hardy ever was.

by Anonymousreply 129July 23, 2020 8:35 PM

[quote] The scene with Britt Ekland dancing/writhing nude in her room with the cop next door in misery is just silly and laughable, which kills the attempted mood of the film.

The scene where the enchantress is dancing nude in pagan revelry is one of my favorites in The Wicker Man. She's casting a spell over the pious Christian with her old timey magic. He's driven mad with lust!

Did anyone see Gretel & Hansel (2020)?

by Anonymousreply 130July 23, 2020 9:59 PM

Deep Red

by Anonymousreply 131July 23, 2020 10:22 PM

R131 my husband made me sit through his favorite musical movies - something i was never into. (Some were very good) I’m now making him sit through horror & slasher flicks - argento stuff all the way. (If you haven’t seen it his inferno is so good)

by Anonymousreply 132July 24, 2020 5:07 AM

I liked Inferno and Phenomena way more than Suspiria, which didn't scare me at all.

by Anonymousreply 133July 24, 2020 6:17 AM

I would have voted for Inferno, but it is 1980. It's the most dream-like of all his films. You can see the influence on David Lynch, particularly Lost Highways, Fire: Walk With Me and Mulholland Drive.

by Anonymousreply 134July 24, 2020 6:25 AM

My fave is the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which I actually prefer to the original.

by Anonymousreply 135July 24, 2020 6:26 AM

I love both versions. The original for that one shot - brilliantly done with no more than a close-up - in which the girl is revealed to now be an alien monster.

by Anonymousreply 136July 24, 2020 6:28 AM

Another vote for The Omen, which may not have been especially scary, but was quite unsettling.

by Anonymousreply 137July 24, 2020 7:08 AM

[quote]Salem's Lot isn't scary at all and never could be with broadcast TV network restrictions

The Glick boys faces as they floated outside the windows scared the shit out of my brothe and me.

by Anonymousreply 138July 24, 2020 7:16 AM

R134, I don't really notice any Argento influence with Lynch. I'm sure Argento influenced Brian De Palma though.

by Anonymousreply 139July 24, 2020 7:52 AM

SUSPIRIA scared the hell out of me when I first saw it in the 70s. Not so much now, except for the first murder.

I found INFERNO rather dull - there's barely a plot - but a few murder scenes are effective.

by Anonymousreply 140July 24, 2020 2:29 PM

R140, I found the lack of plot refreshing. Argento doesn't do plot well at all. And what beats getting eating alive by rats in Central Park?

by Anonymousreply 141July 24, 2020 5:30 PM

R139, for me it's about Argento's use of colors - deep reds and blues - the use of shadow as a total blackness - and the idea of the curtain as a literal wall between the known and the unknown. Add to that the flashes of stylized violence, which Lynch occasionally uses, and the "set-piece" like configurations of the crime scenes. Then you have the dream non-logic of Suspiria and Inferno, in which the stories collapse along with the sets.

by Anonymousreply 142July 24, 2020 5:36 PM

The 2018 remake was better on almost every level and Argento bashed it because of this.

by Anonymousreply 143July 24, 2020 6:05 PM

I loved the remake of Suspiria. Required viewing for all you bitches who say Dakota Johnson can’t act.

by Anonymousreply 144July 25, 2020 5:26 AM

I love The Wicker Man (1973). I went to the film location sites in Scotland. Eerie.

by Anonymousreply 145July 25, 2020 5:28 AM

I also love The Other (1972), about twin boys, with Diana Muldaur as the mother and with John Ritter in a small role. Story and screenplay by (gay) Tom Tryon. Not to be confused with The Others (2001) starring Nicole Kidman.

by Anonymousreply 146July 25, 2020 5:34 AM

R143 R144 I found the remake over long & unneeded. Tilda Swinton as the man an awful decision. It didn’t need to be remade - the original is an Argento classic & a great example of giallo film making. As for dakoda johnson she was fine.

by Anonymousreply 147July 25, 2020 2:57 PM

Agree R147. I kept waiting for the remake to become genuinely suspenseful and scary, but it never happened. It's just a long-winded movie that tries to be about too many things.

by Anonymousreply 148July 25, 2020 6:37 PM

"I also love The Other (1972), about twin boys, with Diana Muldaur as the mother and with John Ritter in a small role. Story and screenplay by (gay) Tom Tryon."

Somebody should do a remake of "The Other." The original was ok in a few ways (the twin boy actors were very good) but it needs a good retelling. There was plot changes that were dumb, like what happened to the handyman. I also disliked the ending, which is confusing and very different from what happened in the book. The discovery of the baby was much more horrifying in the book, too. Yes, "The Other" deserves a good remake.

by Anonymousreply 149July 25, 2020 10:57 PM

Trailer for 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 (1972):

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by Anonymousreply 150July 25, 2020 11:04 PM

True story. I’m in my 50’s. I only plug the Exorcist ad nauseam because it's a positive portrayal of those of us who suck cocks in Hell. Satan's always giving me the Demon of the Month Award because my company is tortuous.

by Anonymousreply 151July 26, 2020 1:06 AM

Audrey Rose.

by Anonymousreply 152July 26, 2020 1:13 AM

R151 Good try at comedy - don’t quit your day job

by Anonymousreply 153July 26, 2020 2:04 AM

Phantom of the Paradise

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by Anonymousreply 154July 26, 2020 4:39 AM

I want to talk about Gretel & Hansel (2020). I really liked it.

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by Anonymousreply 155July 26, 2020 7:43 AM

Has anyone seen the movie The Manitou with Susan Strasberg? It's so bizarre that it's worth watching at least once.

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by Anonymousreply 156July 27, 2020 4:47 AM

The Shout (1978). Well filmed and with Alan Bates. Free on Amazon Prime!

by Anonymousreply 157July 27, 2020 4:52 AM

What's new worth seeing?

by Anonymousreply 158July 28, 2020 7:18 AM

condor

by Anonymousreply 159July 28, 2020 7:29 AM

Before Texas Chainsaw Massacre there was 2000 Maniacs (1964), IMHO latter is far more scary.

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by Anonymousreply 160August 6, 2020 10:25 AM

Mad Room

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by Anonymousreply 161August 6, 2020 10:35 AM
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