Aww I love Sleepy Hollow. Scared me in middle school, by high school it became one of my favorite horrors. I appreciate it even more now after years of seeing Hammer and Mario Bava films.
Aww I love Sleepy Hollow. Scared me in middle school, by high school it became one of my favorite horrors. I appreciate it even more now after years of seeing Hammer and Mario Bava films.
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Sleepy Hollow is one of the most visually arresting movies ever made.
The Burton's that matter, in order:
1. Ed Wood
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. Batman Returns
4. Sleepy Hollow
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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My top 4 of his (many subjected to rewatch, especially #4) would be
1. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
2. Beetlejuice
3. Ed Wood
4. Batman Returns
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
Sweeney Todd (aka, his best movie) is noticeably absent from both those lists. >.>
Sleepy Hollow is as average as it gets.
Sleepy Hollow is beautiful and an amazing film and yeah, it gets even better as one gets more literate in classic Horror.
Writing wise, yep.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
But it is so visually sumptuous I freaking adore it. It’s like watching a gothic art exhibit for 2 hours.
I like the cartoon more in both regards.
Will that be on Disney+?
Guess it's called Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadQuoting Grouchy (view post)
^ I saw this poll just now & immediately thought of Duke, lol
Hahah. I'm happy the Lights Out lost the poll because it's actually got some good stuff in it. Pet Sematary was bad, but not worst of the decade bad. Off the top of my head, Wish Upon needs to be on here and that one with Olivia Wilde.Quoting Irish (view post)
So glad I haven’t watched any of those.
Random question: What are some of the newer decent horror flicks people have seen? Been awhile since I fired one up.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Maybe not "newer" but have you seen the British werewolves-on-a-train flick Howl?
I think it was 2015 or so. It's pretty darn good.
‘New to you’ works for me too. Haven’t seen that one.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Weirdly, the best I've seen recently have been French:Quoting Scar (view post)
- Revenge (2017)
- Raw (2016)
- Night Eats the World (2018)
Of those 3, I think you'd get a kick out of "Revenge," which starts out ugly and gets increasingly crazy, violent, and bloody as it goes on. "Raw" is disturbing and to date it's the only horror movie that has made me involuntarily gag. (Like, I had to concentrate and breathe deep through my nose to avoid the nausea.) "Night Eats the World" is like a lo-fi, chill version of "I am Legend," about a guy stuck in an apartment building during a zombie apocolypse & man he's just trying to figure shit out. "Raw" and "Night Eats the World" both lean more toward the arthouse than the grindhouse, though.
Also, I haven't seen it yet but I've heard great things about "Tigers are Not Afraid." Several pubs had it at the top of their "best ofs" last year. It's on Shudder now.
ETA: There's some great picks in Meg's Hidden Gems thread. If you haven't seen it, I'd heartily recommend "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie."
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Okay, Irish...what is it you want?Quoting Irish (view post)
Raw and Revenge are both great flicks.
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Not sure if this counts as a horror movie, but I got to see a 35mm print of The Keep at my local arthouse theater last night. The practical effects were awesome as are the production design and score, and I loved the dark, fantastical tone. However, the story aims to say something profound about fanaticism, extremism and evil as a construct, but was largely incoherent throughout, and the sound mix made a lot of the dialogue incomprehensible. It's unfortunate that was the result of studio meddling, because there's an effort to be something unique right from the opening frame. As someone who loves this kind of mind-bending epic sci-fi, I'm glad to have seen it in a theater. It's very much an amalgam of Legend, Prince of Darkness and Hellraiser and that was pretty cool.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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I'm so jealous, Ivan. That movie is astoundingly hard to acquire or view.
As both a horror hound and a huge Michael Mann fan, I am super mega jealous.
I saw The Keep once but it was a really shitty rip.
I would like to see The Keep at some point.
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