Widdershins at the Movies (ct’d): The Late Show
Posted by: chatblu on: May 30, 2010
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The Late Show Classics:
(1) Best Campy Cult Flick: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(2) Best Stephen King Horror Movie: Carrie
(3) Best Zombie Film: Night of the Living Dead
(4) Best Iconic Flick Leading To A (not-so-hot) Sequel: Nightmare on Elm Street
(5) Best Werewolf Film: An American Werewolf in London
(6) Best Satanic Film: Rosemary’s Baby
(7) Best Latter-Day Masterpiece of Horror: The Shining
(8) Best Gory Film: Jaws
(9) Best Totally Freaky Film: Jacob’s Ladder
(10) Best Hard to Classify: The Wicker Man
Enjoy!!!
50 Responses to "Widdershins at the Movies (ct’d): The Late Show"
May 30, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Great Campy (okay, really campy) sci fi film – Mars Attacks, although Space Bells is pretty awful in a funny way too.
I like American Werewolf, but Dog Soldiers is my favorite werewolf movie.
Campy Zombie movie – Shaun of the Dead.
Campy Cop movie – Hot Fuzz
Campy Monster movie – Jack Brooks Monster Slayer
Vampire movie – the original Dracula – Bela Lugosi
Campy vampire movie – Dracula dead and loving it.
Vampire teen flick – The Lost boys, Silver Bullet
Campy comedy – Zoolander
May 30, 2010 at 10:02 PM
I love serial killer movies. Sorry. Don’t mean to ruin your image of me. LOL
Seven
Copy Cat Killer
Silence of the Lambs
May 30, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Not into horror movies but I like film noir:
“Laura” ( The sight of Waldo Lydecker in the bathtub might give you nightmares. )
“Murder My Sweet” ( Velma always was cute as lace pants. )
“The Big Heat” ( Really good. Gloria Grahame is fabulous. )
“Dark Passage” ( Bogie and Baby’s best film together, IMHO. )
“The Blue Dahlia” ( William Bendix can’t stop hearing monkey music. )
“Out of the Past” ( Kathie is one very bad girl. )
“Gilda” ( Rita hates Glenn Ford so much, she thinks she’ll die from it. )
May 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM
The original “Halloween.” What’s remarkable about that movie is that it has virtually no on-screen violence and no blood. All the murders happen either off screen or in complete darkness. It’s really just a guy in a mask walking very slowly and hiding in the shadows (or behind the bushes.) But it’s scary as all heck and you think you see things you never did.
I think “Scream” is great. The original one. It does have on-screen violence, which can be icky. But it’s truly scary and very funny at the same time.
Did you ever see “Suspiria?” Dario Argento’s movie from the 1970s. Visually it’s stunning. And you’ll be scared even before the grossness begins. (And it’s gross!)
May 30, 2010 at 10:12 PM
La, Seven really bothered me, for some reason. I have it, but don’t watch it. My son loved it though. I also like serial killer movies – of course I like all genres obviously.
Manhunter – William Peterson – the first movie where Hannibal Lecter makes an appearance – and it wasn’t Anthony Hopkins.
The Bone Collector – Denzel Washington
I’m assuming that you meant the CopyCat with Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter and Harry Connick Jr (shudder what a shock to have that gorgeous man play such a horrific character).
May 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM
The original “The Vanishing” is superb. Very disturbing. How they could ever give that a happy ending in the US remake is beyond me!
Also, the original Norwegian “Insomnia” (starring Stellan Skarsgard) is terrific. The US remake was flashier (and I’m a big Christopher Nolan fan), but they missed the moodiness and creepiness of the original.
May 30, 2010 at 10:18 PM
Brian Cox was the original Hannibal Lector in “Manhunter.” Many people prefer his performance to Anthony Hopkins. I think it’s because he is a lot less flashy. But I think Hopkins’ take on the role is justly legendary.
“Se7en” is supremely disturbing and upsetting. I’ve seen it once – when it first came out in theaters. Some things from it are permanently ingrained in my mind. And what I mentioned about “Halloween” above is also true to a large degree of “Se7en.” There isn’t very much on-screen violence – it’s always the aftermath of violence we see. But the mood of the film is so…depraved that one leaves it needing a shower (hopefully not alone) and thinking that we’ve seen more than we actually did.
Ditto “The Silence of the Lambs.” There’s very little on-screen violence. And yet these filmmakers manage to do what the makers of torture-porn like “Hostel” and “Saw” never could.
May 30, 2010 at 10:20 PM
That’s The Red Dragon, HT. First in Hannibal series. First Book. First movie made before the remake of it after Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, etc.
It was also the best book.
May 30, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Yes, CopyCat.
And so right you are. “Manuhunter” was the first.
May 30, 2010 at 10:30 PM
I have never seen any of the movies you all are mentioning, except for “Carrie” and “Rosemary’s Baby”. I avoid disturbing films.
May 30, 2010 at 10:35 PM
@17: Filmed in my hometown, La. The sheriff was the actual sheriff, the doctor the actual doctor, etc.
May 30, 2010 at 10:44 PM
And “Bullets Over Broadway!” Dianne Wiest is magnificent. Watch this scene – a single take!
May 30, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Of the noirs – “Kiss Me Deadly” is unique. What a great film. And you know the glowing briefcase in “Pulp Fiction” was Tarrantino’s homage to “Kiss Me Deadly.” (Which has a briefcase with an atomic bomb in it, naturally!)
May 30, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Yes, “Sleeper” I can handle! My, that was a big banana Woody had.
May 30, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Oh My, I forgot,
Misery
Deloris Claiborne ~ “My grand pubah of upper butt crack”.
May 30, 2010 at 10:53 PM
DYB, how could I forget “Kiss Me Deadly”? Love it. Mike Hammer meets Christina Rossetti.
May 30, 2010 at 10:56 PM
My all-time favorite movie and one that got little notice:
The Fisher King – Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer. It’s a perfect redemption movie.
Others I can watch over and over:
Lars and the Real Girl
Fargo
The Princess Bride
Tombstone
Quigley Down Under
Lost in Translation
The Bird Cage
The Sting
Normal
The Piano
Always
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Terms of Endearment
Far From Heaven
May 30, 2010 at 11:00 PM
Love “Lost in Translation” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind!” Beautiful films.
“Misery” was great, too!
May 30, 2010 at 11:08 PM
Hi chat! So far it’s marvelous. We spent the afternoon out on the beach, had a wonderful seafood dinner, picked up some groceries for breakfast and lunch and are resting up for another day of sun and water tomorrow. In the meantime, I’ve got a post to work on…I’m sensing a theme this weekend, so I think I run with it.
May 30, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Rosemaries Baby was the first scary move I saw, Beata. Scare me.
May 30, 2010 at 11:11 PM
BL@34: I think the theme is that a little escapism is good for the soul. 
May 30, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Loved Lars and the Real Girl, and the rest you noted Blue.
Fido – Zombie movie with a difference.
Silverado
Enchanted – hokey but fun.
Noir – The Big Heat – Gloria Grahame and Glen Ford as well as the films mentioned in the previous thread. Blackboard Jungle – Glen Ford again.
Stardust – Robert DeNiro as the pirate and Michelle Pffeifer as the witch – total camp.
May 30, 2010 at 11:12 PM
HT, check out Paper House trailer above. For some reason I think you might like it. Could be wrong though.
May 30, 2010 at 11:15 PM
I really loved “Far From Heaven.” Everything about the movie, from the costumes to the soundtrack was like taking a step back in time.
May 30, 2010 at 11:19 PM
A friend of mine keeps trying to get me to watch “Dark City”. Has anyone here seen it?
May 30, 2010 at 11:20 PM
@34 and 36: The Widdershins Total Weekend Escape Package. We should do this more often.
May 30, 2010 at 11:22 PM
La, I already watched the clip, and it’s on my list of “Must see”.
If anyone is interested in a silly fun kids movie, the Spiderwick Chronicles.
May 30, 2010 at 11:26 PM
HT, “Enchanted” is a lovely feel-good movie. One of my favorites in recent years. I tend to go for classic films.
May 30, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Beata, then you would like Stardust. It’s got pirates, a young couple in love, a wicked witch – just fun.
May 30, 2010 at 11:28 PM
I’ve heard of “Dark City,” but haven’t seen it. It seems to be the sort of movie you either really love or are indifferent to. I remember either Siskel or Ebert named it best picture of the year (whatever year that was.) It’s a sci-fi fantasy flick.
I will leave you with a clip from one of my all-time favorite movies: “The Opposite of Sex.” Its tagline is “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be offended.” It’s a hilarious film and, I find, with many truths in it. Good night!
May 30, 2010 at 11:31 PM
Oh, and another one you might like is Inkheart with Brendan Fraser.
May 30, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Okay, I got pulled in watching another clip from “The Opposite of Sex” – with which I really bid you all good night. This is a continuation of the scene above. And the final line in this clip – has become something of my motto in life…
May 31, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Getting back to the horror flix, Wolf, with Jack Nicholson & Michelle Pfeiffer, is a terrific werewolf movie. The publishing angle was fun for me, as an insider, as well.
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Is this horror or camp? Or combination of the two?