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Tag Archives: Halloween
3 things about George A. Romero’s THE AMUSEMENT PARK
The Amusement Park [1973] 1. “There’s nothing out there.” 2. Kind words while pickpocketing. 3. Chicken in the foreground.
3 things about Stuart Rosenberg’s THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
The Amityville Horror [1979] 1. What’s with the blueprint he retrieves from the Town Hall? 2. The house sits atop a massive oil deposit? 3. Why doesn’t he simply use his library card?
3 things about Lew Landers’ THE RAVEN
The Raven [1935] 1. Poe interpretive dance. 2. “You are saying something profound.” 3. The whole bedroom is an elevator.
3 things about Erle C. Kenton’s ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
Island of Lost Souls [1932] 1. Vegetarian because of the natives. 2. All coming right at you. 3. The mob smashes into a case of surgical instruments and begins the vivisection.
3 things about Edgar G. Ulmer’s THE BLACK CAT
The Black Cat [1934] 1. A selection of knives laid out neatly across his desk. 2. Supernatural baloney. 3. Vitrines of dead women.
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3 things about Jordan Peele’s GET OUT
Get Out [2017] 1. Pervasive Microsoft product placement. 2. They had to seal off the basement. Black mould. 3. She has a snack: a small portion of Froot Loops and a glass of milk. 3 other things.
3 things about Ingmar Bergman’s HOUR OF THE WOLF
Hour of the Wolf [1968] 1. She insists on showing him her accounting. 2. The man walks along the floor, walks along the wall, walks along the ceiling. 3. His hand methodically gliding down her body.
3 things about Amy Seimetz’s SHE DIES TOMORROW
She Dies Tomorrow [2020] 1. A rather faster tempo for the Lacrimosa than I’m used to hearing. 2. They agree not to wake her up. 3. Bloody rivers.
3 things about Jim Cummings’ THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW
The Wolf of Snow Hollow [2020] 1. “Anger management.” 2. Falling asleep at the library. 3. Shattered oven door.
3 things about Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer’s DEAD OF NIGHT
Dead of Night [1945] 1. Savagely tearing apart the mirror on the wall. 2. “What shall we do tonight? Dress up, spend lots of money?” 3. Smashed face on the floor.