Seven Nights of Horror

[Philotomy Jurament]

Man, I remember watching Asylum back in the 70s. Creeped me out. I'm not sure I want to watch it, again, because I want to remember it as I experienced it at the time.

[austinjimm]

Last year the final chapter in the Phantasm series came out. If you haven't seen those, I reccomend watching them, all, in order. They all are (or were) on Amazon.

This year, my wife and I have watched a dozen or so (so far) off this Netflix list. We're trying to watch new stuff we haven't seen before. Recommendations from the list so far are:

1. Baskin
2. It Follows
3. Late Phases
4. Stake Land
5. The Hallow
6. The Canal
7. We Are Still Here

The first one, Baskin, is intense. I probably have not had such a strong reaction to a horror movie since I first saw Hellraiser. It's by far the best on the list. FYI, the film is in Turkish, so be ready for subtitles.

We watched the first two Nightmare on Elm Streets this week. On deck, among others, for the next few nights:

Bubbahotep
The Void
John Dies at the End

Plus-- for Halloween, I'm hosting a triple feature of Swords & Sorcery on a movie screen in my garage:

6:00 PM - LORD OF THE RINGS (1978; Animated)

8:15 PM - THE DUNGEONMASTER (1984)

9:45 PM - SORCERESS (1982)

[Kellri]

I'll second the Phantasm recommendation. My son and I watched them last year (I'd seen them before). I'm partial to the first two, because they are just so far out in left field that I gotta think there was a lot of high-quality 70's-era drugs involved in every part of making them. The acting is bad in that so bad it's good kind of way. Again...just fine, fine films.

Prior to watching those films my son had a thing for the Saw series which I (rightly) consider on an artistic par with professional wrestling. Phantasm cured him of that, for which I will be forever grateful.

P.S. If you want to know just how completely off the wall Phantasm is, try this experiment: pitch that movie concept like it's your original idea to someone who's never heard of it before. Almost certainly at some point the other person is going to ask what kind of drugs you've been taking.

[rogatny]

Black & White Classics...

The Golem (1920) - Such great visuals. The scene with the astrologers alone makes it worth watching.
Nosferatu (1922) - The masterpiece. So far ahead of its time.
Vampyr (1932) - Not really sure if it's good, but it's certainly creepy and weird.
The Mummy (1932) - Karloff's best role. Atmospheric.
The Island of Lost Souls (1932) - So, so, so good. Charles Laughton's sinisterly fey mad scientist and Bela Legosi at his most bestial. Pre-code savagery.
The Black Room (1935) - Karloff's second best, alternating between the angelic and homicidal.
Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Crazy underrated compared to its two more critically lauded predecessors. Maybe Legosi's best (stretching to show up Karloff?) and Basil Rathbone chewing up scenery like bubblegum.