Highly Overatted

Maybe because your a tool.

This kind of atmosphere get's my cock hard. :)

Go watch your teenbag thrillers. And let the dead rest.

*points at you*





"The wrestling program in hell is second only to Iowa"

I disagree. I thought this film was quite good. Visually, it's absolutely stunning, with striking use of wipes, stark lighting, superimpositions, and artful fades and dissolves. The amplified sound effects were likewise extremely effective and impressive. The spooky atmosphere was very strong and vividly rendred. Best of all, Bela Lugosi was outstanding as the sinister witch doctor "Murder" Legendre.

"We're all part Shatner/And part James Dean/Part Warren Oates/And Steven McQueen"

This is a brilliant film, briliant. Full of superb atmoshpere and some very eerie scenes.

I would not say it is overrated, no. There is little point in expecting too much of these old horror movies - it is 77 years since this was released; I like all of Lugosi's movies (less so, THE BLACK SLEEP) and so I give this one 6 marks out of ten.

White Zombie is a very powerful film and it is near prefect for it's story-telling, filming, and other movie aspects.

Granted one should view the best version available as if not mastered it can lose some of its appeal.

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I used to think highly of this movie when I had only seen it on a videotape with a picture so dark it was hard to see and sound so poor it was hard to make out the dialogue. Back then I thought the movie possessed "atmosphere".

Now that I've watched the restored Roan version on DVD and have seen the movie as it was meant to be and have followed the story in its entirety, I would have to agree that this movie doesn't live up to its hype. It's not bad, mind you, just overrated. I almost wish I had stuck with my 4th generation VHS copy instead of upgrading, to preserve the illusion that this is a great movie.

For atmosphere, I prefer Dracula. For overall weirdness and to see Bela at his creepiest, I thought Murders on the Rue Morgue was better. The Black Cat, co-starring Boris Karloff, was Bela's best film, IMO (and the only one in which he didn't play the villain).

IF YOU CAN BE OBJECTIVE AND ARE A LUGOSI FAN, THEN THERE IS NO QUESTION WHAT PICTURE HE GAVE HIS BEST PERFORMANCE. "THE RAVEN", IS SECOND TO NONE, BY A MILE AND THEN SOME.

The fact that the OP posted a highly negative statement about a great film and hasn't revisited this discussion in five years makes the red "TROLL LIGHT" flash and the alarm buzzer go off.


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