The effects and picture quality in this movie remind me much more of mid to late 1970s horror films than of any 80s films. Besides the music, cars, and tight jeans, this movie would be more 1976 than 1983. Think of late 1970s horror films effects, compared to post 1983 horror films.
shareGot to agree, if I check this one out not knowing it was made in 2009 by Ti West, I would be fooled this was late '70s movie.
It looked like on, it had very similar photography, frame work was screaming '70 and also theme of the movie is something that was found very often in '70 horror movies (much like '80 were dominated by slasher movies).
anyway, excellent movie, it's obvious that West is horror fan himself, because you can easily feel the love of the genre behind the camera. Because it's so slow and character driven, when things happen, it's all more shocking and unease. I happen to like character of Samantha and her friend, something that modern horror movies lack - any likable character that you don't want to die. Even the villains in this movie are likable, so when they start doing their things, they seem even more evil.
something that modern horror movies lack - any likable character that you don't want to die.
Even the villains in this movie are likable, so when they start doing their things, they seem even more evil.
I could easily imagine watching this in 1978, in a double bill with Halloween.
shareMost of this movie (like the way everyone was dressed) looked like the early 80's, which were pretty indistinguishable from the 70's. I personally associate the Fixx song with much later in the 80's (I was surprised it came out as early as 1983). I'm not sure when the Walkman got big either. I sure I didn't have one until '85 or '86, but that doesn't mean other people (college students, for instance) wouldn't have had them in 1981.
The age before cellphones and the internet is an interesting thing to remember. I wonder if some of the younger people today could have made it back then as much as some of them romanticize it.
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