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Tag Archives: Halloween
3 things about David Cronenberg’s RABID
Rabid [1977] 1. “I don’t want to be the Colonel Sanders of plastic surgery.” 2. A movie poster for Carrie in the background. 3. Machine-gunned Santa. Above all, what attracts me the most about this film is its wintry mid-70s … Continue reading
3 things about Ken Russell’s THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
The Lair of the White Worm [1988] 1. Pickled earthworms in aspic. 2. She submerges his head beneath the suds with the sole of her boot. 3. Citizen Kane reference.
3 things about Mario Bava’s LISA AND THE DEVIL
Lisa and the Devil [1973] 1. Squashing the ankles so the body fits in the casket. 2. He plates a slice of cake and says, “It’s with chocolate sprinkles.” 3. Luxurious, empty airplane.
3 things about John Boorman’s EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
Exorcist II: The Heretic [1977] 1. The clinic: a beautiful set that makes no sense. A series of glass-walled rooms arranged in a honeycomb pattern. 2. From shaman to locust entomologist. 3. She turns, and all at once the street … Continue reading
3 things about Richard Donner’s THE OMEN
The Omen [1976] 1. For no good reason, she puts the goldfish bowl on the banister. 2. “And the woman?” “She is an apostate of hell.” 3. Painfully fake head. Junk. On the other hand, there aren’t too many movies … Continue reading
3 things about Val Guest’s THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT
The Quatermass Xperiment [1955] 1. The answers to the mystery hinge on expert film processing. 2. Cactus hand. Very Cronenberg. 3. It seems to look down at the policeman with its single eye.
3 things about David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992] 1. His nametag reads SAY GOODBYE TO JACK. 2. Screaming into a bowl of corn flakes. 3. “I always thought you knew it was me.” 3 other things.
3 things about John Landis’s AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
An American Werewolf in London [1981] 1. Step, step, step, squish. He stops and looks down. 2. Frank Oz has a dual role. 3. Piccadilly smashup.
3 things about AKIRA KUROSAWA’S DREAMS
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams [1990] 1. The rippling of the flag in the wind sounds like a crackling fire. 2. Bright red wagon wheels leaning against a barn. 3. He drops the mutant rose to the ground and indifferently crushes it … Continue reading
3 things about Philip Kaufman’s INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978] 1. Why the name change from Miles to Matthew? 2. He’s only able to destroy his own pod. 3. Her left cheek caves in, begins to crumble. 3 other things.
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