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Director Robert Eggars, of the upcoming Nosferatu remake, laid out his ideal Halloween film festival for AV Club, and it's worth looking at. Some pretty good movies, largely avoiding the obvious, and spanning a solid 24 hours.
The Innocents (1961)
The Queen of Spades (1949)
Svengali (1931)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Uncle Silas (1947)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Black Room (1935)
Jane Eyre (1943)
Bedlam (1946)
Dragonwyke (1946)
The Face at the Window (1939)
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
Demons of the Mind (1972)
Crucible of Horror (1971)
There's several here that I haven't seen - Uncle Silas, Dragonwyke, Face at the Window, Corridor of Mirrors, Sweeney Todd, Catman of Paris, Crucible of Horror - and at least one I don't really like (Demons of the Mind, which I just reviewed this year with a middling 6/10). Also, even though Eggars included the film on his list, he points out that Rue Morgue is "not a good movie", which, for me, strong disagree. But thanks for including it, so you'll have to judge for yourself. All in all though, it's a pretty damn good set for viewing, especially focused on more gothic fare from the '30s-'40s.
You can read Eggars' thoughts on each film here.
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Closed off the month with rewatches of The Beyond, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Black Sunday.
Everything I watched for the season:
I also managed to catch Terrifier 3 in theatres, and I actually didn’t mind. Less of a pure gore FX reel like the last movie (which I hated), more of an actual movie.
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Rock wrote:
Everything I watched for the season:
Can't believe you just got to Serpent and the Rainbow. It's been Pullman's season.
I need to make one of these lists.
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It isn't October yet, but I think I've found the perfect bottom bill for the Halloween party film marathon.
The Curious Dr. Humpp (sic) is the English title for this Argentinian atrocity, a combination sci-fi/horror/porno in full Ed Wood vein, the film is definitely not good but so delicious for reasons beyond its own comprehension. From its description: "His sexual impotence turned him into a horrible monster!" He may have have grown hair on his hands, but at least he didn't go blind. "He gets his instructions from a talking brain", which looks more like a hamburger in a percolator. Lots of ludicrous quotable lines about the libido. Highly recommended, most especially for those who will hate it most because they have no sense of humor. They deserve to suffer this sexy mess.
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