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You've totally stumped me! Any actors stand out? Ages? You're not thinking of Eye of the devil with Sharon Tate are you? That was 60s.
Burstyn's character being a famous actress not only sets the stakes higher for her, but for us. That character has every resource available to her, but can't save her daughter no matter what choice she makes. The juxtaposition of having her bounced back and forth like a ping pong ball from the medical to the religious without any hope in sight WHILE being famous, rich, having servants and everything else at her fingertips makes her dilemma even more harrowing. Not only that, there is a level of shadenfreude (sp) with the audience: it's more "fun" to watch a privileged person scramble; if a single mom went through all this it would just be too bleak.
I love the offscreen killing of Dennings. Just imagining what he must have gone through is way more disturbing than anything onscreen. Just like Polanski did in Rosemary's Baby: we never see the baby. Our imaginations fill in the blanks and scare us more.
Bravo!
Yes! Amongst all that family crap it was a helluva juxtaposition. Being a horror junkie myself, I found that trailer excellent. Short and disturbing.
You are saying that the 2012 remake of Maniac supercedes the original??? Say it ain't so! I haven't seen it so I don't know but I am shocked to hear that. Shocked I tell you!
No there is not. And that includes all the giallo too! Greatest movie decade bar none.
I stand corrected. I suppose it just FELT longer. We don't need any backstory for these characters; it's superfluous and absolutely ruins the mystique.
100 % agree. WWS 1961 was absolutely perfect. There was absolutely zero reason to remake it. It can't be improved. And it wasn't. PS- I KNEW I was in for directorial masturbation when I noticed the remake was 30 MINUTES longer the the original. Just shameful.
I have seen this film a zillion times and it never occurred to me that it WASN'T set off by the poor love birds in captivity. Why else open the story with the bird's caged brethren being bought and sold by a spoiled socialite. Always seemed to me a commentary on our cruelty to nature.
I cannot believe this thread is getting activity! And you've mentioned some of my faves. No one knows The Night Visitor!🤣
Yup, I agree with many of your assessments. I always say, it's really good for what it is. Yes, the Perugia connection was eerie and I do give credit to Torso for possibly creating the last girl standing trope.
Have you seen Blood and Black Lace yet or any others? I also have an all time favorite Spanish horror called Who can kill a child?" from 1975. 70s is the greatest movie decade in my humble opinion. Are you familiar with it? (Running out of room on this board!)
Bravo. I interpreted it very very similarly. Excellently well thought about post. Love the part about the enabling and the onlookers can't go in because the people inside don't want to be reached. The child tried and he got the closest. Kids are less judgemental and not beaten down by life; they are still motivated to move forward.
I also loved the closet metaphor; hiding suicide and death (and being old and infirmed and a "burden" like the old guy) from everyone. Feeding their denial.
The only thing Lynchian in Perfume of the lady in Black is we aren't sure if the protagonist is insane or not. It's not intolerably trippy at all.
If you love Argento (he's my fave), then Bava is definitely next. I forgot to mention Black Sabbath, his uber popular anthology. Another good one, although I prefer Blood and Black Lace.
You know your gialli! I am shocked you know House of the laughing windows. No one knows that one. Yes, I can see where Don't look now's ending reminded you of it. Don't Look Now is one of my permanent favorites. Beautifully dilapidated Venice. Some of Roeg's shots were incredible.
Perfume of the Lady is another of those a la Mulholland Drive where you don't know what is real and what part is fantasy. It's got a helluva crazy ending. Have you seen L'Orme aka Footprints on the moon? Similar vibe.
I just rewatched Solange. Another top tier giallo. I am not a gore person at all, so I love when a story can creep me out without grossing me out. Solange was salacious but the reveal was unusual for a giallo. I really appreciated that.
Yes, myself (along with another user on this site) are giallo nuts. I've seen all the ones you've listed. Kill baby kill had dubbing that was so awful, I couldn't continue. I can handle mediocre dubbing but this was bad. Hatchet was dull.
I love Bloodstained Butterfly. Great ending too.
Another odd one I really liked was Perfume of the lady in Black. Strange. And what an ending! Another lesser known is House of the laughing windows. A rural Italian town has a secret about past murders. Again, what an ending.
Have you seen Torso? That's quickly becoming a favorite of mine (Sergio Martino did many semi famous gialli) I have an instagram page devoted to horror and I just wrote about it.
Btw, that was Peach schnapps not whiskey Travis poured into his cereal. It was this choice that made Bernard German agree to do the score!
If you held a gun to my head I could never choose. It's like asking to choose a favorite child. These two are the seminal films of the 70s and (this line won't be uttered again) perfect films. There is nothing to change about either. The likes of these two will never be seen again.
Yes. I always loved that moment. His training comes right back as soon as he feels threatened. Yet another of the 10,000 shockingly brilliant acting choices DeNiro made throughout the film to reveal the character.
I like Duckling but Lizard is much better. If you haven't, see Bava's Bay of Blood and Black Sabbath (the latter considered one of his best.) I also loved his Shock from 1977. Blood and Black Lace is probably his best known along with Black Sunday. Blood and Black Lace is my personal Bava favorite: Absolutely gorgeous to look at and it gallops along without losing steam. A true giallo classic.