Comments on: 3D Weekend Five: Movies That Creep You Out

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:34:20 +0000

1: Nosferatu
2: Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man barf
3: Kathy Bates, Misery
4: Buffalo Bill Silence of the Lambs…it puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.
Can’t think of a fifth….sorry Wanks.

By: Jake Was Here

Jake Was Here — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:45:28 +0000

Honorable mention: POLTERGEIST. No comment necessary.

By: Wankette

Wankette — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:02:07 +0000

Nosferatu is TCM’s “Silent Sunday” movie tonight.

By: fritz8945

fritz8945 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:14:41 +0000

I always felt like Vincent Price’s “Tomb of Ligeia” had a good creep factor, as well as the original 4 hour version of “Salem’s Lot.” “Ghost Story” with John Houseman and Fred Astaire was also a good one to have company around when watching. I got weirded really bad when watching it alone one night.

By: Matt Helm

Matt Helm — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:06:21 +0000

Yeah, but Ichi the Killer had some laughs, like how Miike superimposed that guy’s face on the bodybuilder’s body.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:48:38 +0000

Matt beat me to it…”Audition”!I went to bed with the lights on after I saw that.

By: Outlaw13

Outlaw13 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:11:32 +0000

Any Jane Fonda film. Oh, you said HORROR movie, sorry.
wanks here: bwah!

By: Floyd

Floyd — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:53:36 +0000

Shadow of the Vampire. You were correct of course….. Women always are.

By: Jake Was Here

Jake Was Here — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:46:11 +0000

5. Suspiria — When I first saw this it was the weirdest fucking thing I had ever seen in my life… mainly because I hadn’t seen the rest of Dario Argento’s movies. This one still had the biggest impact on me, just for the sheer surrealism of it.
wanks here: You’re right — that movie is a freak-fest, and hard to get out of your system. Even after a shower and a brillo pad.
4. Halloween — A master class in suspense-film pacing. A gradual buildup of ominous atmosphere and the occasional sudden shock — and then the creepy shit starts coming in thicker, and by the end you’re being beaten over the head with one scare after another.

3. Audition / Ichi the Killer (tie) — I had to put something by Miike on this list because one of the trademarks of his style is a conscious attempt to disorient the viewer. One of the most excruciating experiences in horror is that uneasy sensation that you’re out of the loop — that “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!” feeling. “There’s a pattern here, I can feel it. The plot’s too coherent to be completely random; it must mean something… but what is it?” If done right, the movie can avoid answering that question entirely and not leave you feeling let down.

2. 28 Days Later — because it was the first believeable zombie movie I ever saw. How they managed to make London look not just trashed but DESERTED… I can’t imagine how much planning that took.

1. Eraserhead — To paraphrase Kevin Murphy, this is a brilliant movie, but I’m not sure I ever want to see it again. It is the most disturbing thing I have ever seen. Miike is a fucking wuss compared to David Lynch.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:52:17 +0000

“The Tingler” was one of Netflix’s new releases this past week. Don’t know if that means it’s just out on DVD or if Netflix just got around to stocking it, though.