3 things about Tommy Lee Wallace’s HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH

Halloween III: Season of the Witch [1982]

1. Santa Mira is, of course, the name of the town in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
2. “Halloween. The festival of Samhain! The last great one took place three thousand years ago, when the hills ran red with the blood of animals and children.”
3. The arm is still attached to the car door.

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3 things about Peter Jackson’s THE FRIGHTENERS

The Frighteners [1996]

1. Precariously attached jawbone.
2. Reanimated female mummy.
3. Possessed portrait attacking him from both sides of the canvas.

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3 things about Michelangelo Antonioni’s ZABRISKIE POINT

Zabriskie Point [1964]

1. “Now we realize it’s got great potential, with the marina, with the pier, et cetera. It blends itself with casual living and yet it’s affluent.”
2. Carl Marx.
3. A loaf of Wonder Bread.

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3 things about David Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY

Lost Highway [1997]

1. “It’s what we do.”
2. “Well he’s got some pretty fucked up friends.”
3. A white stucco job on the south side of the street.

3 other things.

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3 things about David Lynch’s WILD AT HEART

Wild at Heart [1990]

1. A bite from the candy necklace.
2. She looks at him sideways and replies, “Hell no!”
3. Crispin Glover sidewalk movements.

3 other things.

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3 things about Clint Eastwood’s PLAY MISTY FOR ME

Play Misty for Me [1971]

1. Making love in a pool near a waterfall, accompanied by Roberta Flack.
2. Shredding the portrait.
3. The detective is fond of Mantovani.

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3 things about F. W. Murnau’s FAUST

Faust [1926]

1. She helps herself to her own potion.
2. The pact writes itself in flaming letters.
3. Looming over the village.

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3 things about Cindy Sherman’s OFFICE KILLER

Office Killer [1997]

1. An attempt to patch the chest cavity using tape.
2. Inhaler substitution.
3. She invites him to stay for dinner: meatloaf.

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3 things about Michael Powell’s PEEPING TOM

Peeping Tom [1960]

1. His fascination with the disfigured girl.
2. “Why don’t you lie to me? I’d never know.”
3. The orb of her face in the mirror.

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3 things about Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN

Kwaidan [1964]

1. Disembodied hair.
2. “I’ll play with all my soul to mourn those thousands of spirits who burn with bitter hatred.”
3.  A mouthful of black teeth.

3 other things.

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