I watched Jennifer's Body for the second time a few days ago--not in anticipation of Halloween but because it was on Amazon Prime and I hadn't seen it for a while. Mark Kermode is right; it's a better than average horror flick.
Jennifer’s Body will be available on the Criterion Channel starting on October 1st, which makes me wonder if a Criterion blu-ray (or 4K) is in the works.
The Bad Seed (1956): Saw this classic psychological horror flick for the first time last night, and while more than a bit campy in places, it definitely left a chilling vibe. I can certainly see why folks like John Waters consider it a favorite, and I especially appreciated the rather ambiguous ending, which I was not expecting (and won't give away for those who haven't seen it). All the players here I thought were superb in their roles, particularly Henry Jones as Leroy, whose character I could easily imagine being reprised by either Billy Bob Thornton or even Stephen King if this film were ever properly remade (I do not rate the similarly titled/themed TV movie attempts). Disturbing, to say the least, so my advice is enter at your own risk!
How about bringing back the Amicus ones? Svengoolie showed "The Beast Must Die" a few weeks ago so it must be doable, plus they wouldn't have any nudity to censor...
i'll be watching all the low budget spooky films on streaming. really baaad acting lol but fun to watch.
I watched 'Mandy' yesterday. Seems people either loved it or hated it. I fall in the 'hated it' camp. "Stunning" (note the sarcasm please) visuals don't make a movie good. The story is nonsensical, and the slow pacing of the movie becomes tedious after just a short while. Gore for gore's sake is mostly what this movie offers. Nic Cage's 'acting' is somnabulistic and whatever acting he does eventually devolves into not much more than wild-eyed staring and grunts. The movie is a mess of cosmological mysticism, demonology, cults, drugs, sex, and violence. There's barely a plot. It's a revenge film, without any of the satisfaction that a good revenge film offers. Those are 2 hours wasted.
Halloween Month 2022 So far Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu (1979) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005) The Tomb of Ligeia The Revenge of Frankenstein The Masque of the Red Death Shadow of the Vampire Tales of Terror The Raven (1963) The Pit and the Pendulum Munster, Go Home!
@Wildest cat from montana : I concur about the 'Mother' character played by 'Nancy Kelly' from THE BAD SEED (1956). Her performance detracts from the picture, to be sure.
