tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6037255038317496127..comments2024-03-29T01:43:05.524-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): One Movie to Watch for Halloween-What would it be? pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50191531907162021962013-10-24T14:00:41.225-04:002013-10-24T14:00:41.225-04:00Arsenic and Old Lace.Arsenic and Old Lace.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12757700915416653112013-10-23T17:56:33.528-04:002013-10-23T17:56:33.528-04:00Me, too even after seeing it in its entirety. But ...Me, too even after seeing it in its entirety. But this is not my favorite genre on screen. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22366470685456221152013-10-23T17:52:59.037-04:002013-10-23T17:52:59.037-04:00On the UIndiana Horror list, Kate Laity noted the ...On the UIndiana Horror list, Kate Laity noted the other day that seeing just a piece of CARNIVAL OF SOULS gave her recurring nightmares, which ended after she was able to see the entirety of the film...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26082004691432440352013-10-22T22:36:14.591-04:002013-10-22T22:36:14.591-04:00After some more thinking:
Repulsion
Snow White
Pe...After some more thinking:<br /><br />Repulsion<br />Snow White<br />Peeping Tom<br />Les Diaboliques<br />Carrie (1976)<br />Freaks<br />The Mummy (1932)<br />Night of the Living Dead<br />Dawn of the Dead<br />Duel<br />The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane<br />Forbidden Planet<br />Let the Right One In (2008)<br />Bad Ronald<br />The Fog (1980)<br />Cat People (1942)<br />Buffy the Vampire Slayer<br />Them!<br />Videodrome<br /><br />For dark humor:<br /><br />Heathers<br />The People Under the Stairs<br />Beware! The Blob (1972)<br />The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)<br />Night of the Comet<br /><br />Perhaps too morbid choices:<br /><br />Gimme Shelter<br />Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9532417090644199122013-10-22T21:19:15.993-04:002013-10-22T21:19:15.993-04:00Though the first FRANKENSTEIN film I'm aware o...Though the first FRANKENSTEIN film I'm aware of is the Edison silent which has recently been pieced back together...<br /><br />DEAD OF WINTER is pretty solid. Though perhaps a little too much Poor Maiden at the hands of blackguards, Steenburgen particularly makes it work.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76125011681623228232013-10-22T19:24:36.839-04:002013-10-22T19:24:36.839-04:00The original FRANKENSTEIN. James Whale was a geniu...The original FRANKENSTEIN. James Whale was a genius. Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59311244983544634972013-10-22T11:07:38.603-04:002013-10-22T11:07:38.603-04:00Well put!Well put!Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42916713225459177792013-10-22T10:24:27.605-04:002013-10-22T10:24:27.605-04:00I guess she had seen worse in real life rather tha...I guess she had seen worse in real life rather than reel life. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59906917266835220862013-10-22T09:08:51.225-04:002013-10-22T09:08:51.225-04:00When THE EXORCIST was new in theaters, my grandmot...When THE EXORCIST was new in theaters, my grandmother took herself to see it. We never really figured out why, but we think she saw the senior citizens' discount advertised and took it to mean that she was required to go. (She grew up in Vienna under the last Habsburg emperor, and obedience to authority was in her genes.)<br /><br />I asked her if she was scared. <br /><br />"Not particularly."<br /><br />Al Tuchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46235207201293609842013-10-22T08:21:29.819-04:002013-10-22T08:21:29.819-04:00I have not thought of THE LOST BOYS in many years....I have not thought of THE LOST BOYS in many years. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9465134322616772412013-10-22T07:28:24.519-04:002013-10-22T07:28:24.519-04:00As hardly anyone else sticks to the limit of one s...As hardly anyone else sticks to the limit of one single movie, why should I? These have not been mentioned yet.<br /><br />For comedy, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.<br /><br />For 1980s kitsch, THE LOST BOYS.<br /><br />For weirdness, ERASERHEAD.<br /><br />For claustrophobia, John Carpenter's THE THING.Anders Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164550847416446757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75403356800503025672013-10-21T18:50:57.885-04:002013-10-21T18:50:57.885-04:00Lots of Internet troubles today. I am getting emai...Lots of Internet troubles today. I am getting emails from some of you but the comments don't show up all the time. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62198319338310171992013-10-21T17:00:21.959-04:002013-10-21T17:00:21.959-04:00Don't know that I've seen it!Don't know that I've seen it!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50118812397643153652013-10-21T16:56:25.184-04:002013-10-21T16:56:25.184-04:00"Dead of Winter" isn't well known bu..."Dead of Winter" isn't well known but I still remember watching it and being scared half to death. Very creepy movie. It was directed by Arthur Penn and stared Mary Steenburger and Roddy McDowall.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8963240419294599562013-10-21T14:23:14.477-04:002013-10-21T14:23:14.477-04:00I think my favorite Oz horror remains THE LAST WAV...I think my favorite Oz horror remains THE LAST WAVE. For Bergman, HOUR OF THE WOLF, of course. <br /><br />The most important aspects of CABIN IN THE WOODS are definitely not the jump scares.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59885018338841357012013-10-21T13:55:09.226-04:002013-10-21T13:55:09.226-04:00THE OTHERS, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.THE OTHERS, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85148705428123706932013-10-21T13:49:42.145-04:002013-10-21T13:49:42.145-04:00I had forgotten about THE OMEN. Good choice.
The ...I had forgotten about THE OMEN. Good choice.<br /><br />The two that popped into my head were THE EXORCIST and POLTERGEIST. Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-78596773496399812672013-10-21T13:43:09.804-04:002013-10-21T13:43:09.804-04:00p.s. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- the creepy ...p.s. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- the creepy idea in both, for sure. Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18717447591942084812013-10-21T13:41:47.071-04:002013-10-21T13:41:47.071-04:00Yeah, The Haunting, Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby,...Yeah, The Haunting, Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, The (first) Wicker Man, The Innocents, Nosferatu (any version), Heart of Glass. Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56822130761459609722013-10-21T13:28:06.305-04:002013-10-21T13:28:06.305-04:00I guess I am going to have to watch it!I guess I am going to have to watch it!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26789272126137597312013-10-21T13:14:59.432-04:002013-10-21T13:14:59.432-04:00One movie? Come on! I can never reduce it to one. ...One movie? Come on! I can never reduce it to one. I have a list I make each year of overlooked horror and ghost movies perfect for Halloween. One of the best I recently saw is a movie from Scotland called OUTCAST. I also recommend the truly grisly and frightening British movie WAKE WOOD. Very much in the vein of the original THE WICKER MAN.<br /><br />BTW - I loved <i>Cabin in the Woods.</i> Just saw it a couple of weeks ago for the first time. Fans of H. P. Lovecraft definitely need to check it out for the bizarre twist that so comes a little after the halfway mark.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1668901972023157722013-10-21T12:51:28.860-04:002013-10-21T12:51:28.860-04:00The original HALLOWEEM or NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET...The original HALLOWEEM or NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60926918487091858202013-10-21T12:19:14.151-04:002013-10-21T12:19:14.151-04:00The Innocents, a wonderfully-evocative adaptation ...The Innocents, a wonderfully-evocative adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. Deborah Kerr (my namesake) plays a young governess who gradually comes to believe that her charges (a brother and sister) are the objects of evil intentions from the ghosts of two servants. Moody black-and-white cinematography and a gradual ratcheting up of the tension make this one to watch.<br /><br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62746556327404545532013-10-21T12:15:06.023-04:002013-10-21T12:15:06.023-04:00Oh, there may have been a film or TV mini-series m...Oh, there may have been a film or TV mini-series made of HARVEST HOME, a book I enjoyed a lot.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41001422075056848752013-10-21T12:10:52.418-04:002013-10-21T12:10:52.418-04:00Barbara says SAW. I don't watch much of those ...Barbara says SAW. I don't watch much of those kind, though I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER isn't too bad. For pure scary suspense, ALIEN is always good.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com