Night of the Lepus – Yes that movie with the rabbits is finally available on DVD. Okay, some might not want to see Janet Leigh and DeForest Kelley running from giant fluffy bunny rabbits, but those are people without a campy funny bone in their body. Not the scariest movie by far – possibly horrifyingly bad, but a classic in it’s own right nonetheless. You'll laugh, maybe cry... A perfect double feature with…
Day of the Triffids – These movies came out on DVD a week apart from each other, coincidence? Much much better in the way of filmmaking with this one – not nearly as campy but still, rather than cuddly bunnies we have some nasty looking rubber plant life attacking us. Well, London anyway. And this has one heck of an opening sequence where we start right of the bat with nearly all of our population going blind and a possibly fairly realistic look at what would happen in the aftermath. Funny that this and 28 Days Later are both British movies, definitely some parallels. Many laughs to be had here but also some good fun.
The Changeling – Okay, enough of the campy crap and the gory Italian shit, gimme something I haven’t seen that might actually give me some scares! All right, buddy, check this shit out. We have George C. Scott in prime fashion, Peter Medak directing at the peak of his powers and one hell of a fucked up haunted house. You think The Sixth Sense was a brilliantly original movie? Um, watch this and tell me if you still think so. Think The Sixth Sense was a piece of crap – reinforce your beliefs with this fine movie. Not many horror movies actually stick with you and get under your skin – this one will do just that. No big special effects, no zombies or monsters – just creepy through and through, wonderful performances, eerie as hell music and sound (this is a movie that will excel with the best stereo system you’ve got), and a great story. Should be on your best of list with The Exorcist and An American Werewolf in London as the top of the crop.
My Bloody Valentine - Yeah, so is this a better valentine movie or halloween flick – not sure. But I do know it’s better than most of the 80’s slasher flicks. The set-up is pretty much pure cheese, I know, but the stuff in the middle is pretty meaty as far as this type of shit goes. Canada came out with a good assortment of this fare in the 80’s, you know those played to death Friday the 13th movies and Mr. Cronenberg’s terrific offerings, but this one’s top shelf as well.
Society – So I want to go to bed, trying to think up one more movie to put on this list… Then it hits me. I’ve talked up Re-Animator and it’s sub-par sequels. Those sequels were done by a guy by the name of Brian Yuzna. This guy never really reached the knowing sly touch that the original Re-Animator’s Stuart Gordon brings to his movies (even with his fighting robot movie Robot Jox that just came out on DVD). But Society came pretty damn close. There’s a funny subversive slant to the plot of what goes on behind the doors of the well-to-do that is rather enjoyable. And it has one of those stories that I loved most when I was growing up. The kid who senses something strange is going on in his town and through some sleuthing of his own finds out it’s worse than he thought and gets in over his head [see: Blue Velvet, Fright Night, some others I can’t think of right now].Others to be noted in this wrap-up: Society beat out Wes Craven's last good scary movie The Serpent and the Rainbow and Stuart Gordon’s Dagon. And speaking of Gordon and his love of H.P. Lovecraft (which is some good shit to read if your thinking of warping you mind with some horror reading this Halloween) there’s this movie you may find interesting… click the pic for more info, thanks boingboing.
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I still occasionally have a nightmare about that bride in The Serpent and the Rainbow. Creepy shit there.
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