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Tag Archives: Halloween
3 things about Daniel Haller’s THE DUNWICH HORROR
The Dunwich Horror [1970] 1. Unconvincing mustache. 2. A test tube filled with gravel. 3. He spreads her legs and props up the Necronomicon between them.
3 things about John Hough’s THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE
The Legend of Hell House [1973] 1. “What’s to tell. The house tried to kill me. It almost succeeded.” 2. Soggy cat corpse. 3. A statue near the foot of the staircase. Metallic breasts draped in cobwebs.
October 2 haiku.
Roddy McDowall says This house tried to kill me once Almost succeeded
3 things about Peter Strickland’s BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
Berberian Sound Studio [2012] 1. Cabbage in a bin of water = drowning witch. 2. Nagra, Nagra, Nagra. 3. Courtesy of dubbing, he suddenly speaks Italian quite well.
3 things about Drew Goddard’s THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
The Cabin in the Woods [2012] 1. Honeytoes. 2. Puppeteer. Pop-Tarts? 3. Elbow-length black leather gloves.
3 things about Ivan Reitman’s GHOSTBUSTERS II
Ghostbusters II [1989] 1. Severed heads on poles. 2. “No, no. I’ve got all new cheap moves.” 3. A Santa Claus decoration stuck in the corner.
3 things about Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
Only Lovers Left Alive [2014] 1. She opens her mouth in pleasure, revealing her teeth. 2. “How I wish I had met him before I wrote Hamlet. He would have provided the most perfect role model imaginable.” 3. Face dissolving … Continue reading
3 things about Michael J. Paradise’s THE VISITOR
The Visitor [1978] 1. More proof that John Huston wore a safari suit the entire span of the 1970s. 2. Who dubbed Peckinpah. 3. The bird hovers in mid-air then suddenly grows a long, razor-sharp beak. It flies straight into … Continue reading
3 things about Vincenzo Natali’s CUBE
Cube [1997] 1. Scaramanga. 2. Wire twist. 3. Into the light.
3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s HELLBOY
Hellboy [2004] 1. Dents in the roof of the vegetable truck. 2. A wooden match. 3. Clouds with lightning and tentacles.