Unknown horror movies

[Skanky Vamp]

Didnt want to taint the BBtv thread but wanted to pass these along in the event someone wanted something alittle different. Three gems (as far as I am concerned)

First, from E. Elias Merhige, Begotten. While not a typical movie in the sense in which you are accustomed, though it does tell a myth story which has been told since man. It is an artful movie in the highest sense (even if it has some cringe worthy moments, I almost could not make it thru the first five minutes) There is no dialogue, no speaking (though the occasional grunts and chants) and it is STARK. Not black and white, but black AND white are the only colors. If you wanted to see how far art in the modern movie-making can be taken, watch this movie.

Second, is Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr. This tells a more straight forward tale than does Begotten, but again, it leans heavily towards art. It focuses on the vampire mythos (hence the name) it is full of atmosphere and amazing camera tricks - considering the time in which it was made. It shows how much a director can do without CGI. It is a silent film so be ready to read if you decide to view it, but it is breathtaking.. some images are as beautiful as Begotten is disturbing.

The third film, is another from E. Elias Merhige; this being the studio motion picture- Shadow of the Vampire. A liberal telling of the "events" which transpired while filming the movie Nosferatu (with the idea that Nosferatu was indeed real). I am sure many have seen the Nosferatu vampire before if not knowing. In fact, in the Angel episode Why We Fight, one of the vampires on the sub was meant to be Nosferatu. Anywhooo.. Shadow of the Vampire is wonderful for the simple fact of seeing the talented Mr. Willem Dafoe play Nosferatu. He owns the role. Dafoe literally, is a vampire, at least in this movie (cant speak for his personal habits) It is a chance to see a brilliant actor play a vampire. And much, peace love and respect to Gary Oldman (i love ya kid) but Dafoe is captivating.

So.. a few unknowns (though shadow may be more known) for you to sink your teeth in if you so desire.

What are the unknowns in your collection?
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found a youtube trailer for begotten if anyone is interested.. 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_c_odzPOZc&feature=related

found excerpt for Vampyr as well (keep in mind the music was added, as there is no actual soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uXk8QjW2nk

 

[Kemy]

Funny you should bring this up, I only recently found myself a special edition version of "Vampyr" with a rather thick booklet detailing the history of the movie.

I don't have many Vampire movies (maybe 20-30) but I have a few odd ones. I have both Nosferatu and Vampyr (and the 1931 Dracula). I've also seen Shadow of the Vampire.

"The Fearless Vampire Killers" as well as a lot of the Hammer Horror Vampire movies (50's-70's).

A few 70's-90's campy Vampire movies. Transylvania Twist, Transylvania 6-5000, Love at First Bite, Fright Night, "Vampires Los Muertos" or something like that.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

Kemy.. here is the one I mentioned before lol

 

[Spuffy78]

Henry Portrait Of a Serial Killer
Cannibal Holocaust
Itchi The Killer
Basket Case
Last House On The Left
Alice Sweet Alice.

 

[Kemy]

Kemy.. here is the one I mentioned before lol

Yeah *that* one. Wasn't that part of a whole era of Blaxplotation (spelling?) horror movies in the 70's or so?

I'd say most of those are obscure, apart from that joke they made in the Simpsons rofl.

Announcer "Blacula, Blankenstein and the Blunch Black of Blotra Blame."
Homer "Ohhh funkay."

 

[Skanky Vamp]

Yeah *that* one. Wasn't that part of a whole era of Blaxplotation (spelling?) horror movies in the 70's or so?

I'd say most of those are obscure, apart from that joke they made in the Simpsons rofl.

Announcer "Blacula, Blankenstein and the Blunch Black of Blotra Blame."
Homer "Ohhh funkay."

Aye it was indeed.. wow, it made the Simpsons.. that's pretty cool actually.

 

[goldenboy]

Stumbled onto this via after-darkness. It's in the can but Warner's hasn't released it for some reason.

Trick r Treat Trailer

12:00 AM, 24-OCTOBER-08

Trick 'r Treat Preview Scoop!

Michael Dougherty, writer and director of the much-delayed Halloween-themed horror movie Trick 'r Treat, told SCI FI Wire that he's been delighted with the rapturous response the film has received in preview screenings--and I'd have to say I can see why after watching it on Thursday.

Speaking after a screening of the film in Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre complex on Oct. 23, Dougherty said, "I'm completely blown away by the response. It's kind of everything I'd hoped for and more, oddly enough. ... They're really getting it. I'm suprised and flattered by that."

Trick 'r Treat is a throwback to the funny-scary horror movies of the past, like An American Werewolf in London and Tales From the Crypt, as well as EC Comics and The Twilight Zone TV show and film and even the black humor of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams. Set on a fateful Halloween night in a small Midwestern town, the movie interweaves four separate narratives that touch on each other.

So why is it taking so long for Warner Brothers to release the film? Finished roughly a year ago, the movie has sat on the studio's shelf while previously scheduled release dates have come and gone. The movie's screened in only a few places, notably this month's 2008 Screamfest Film Festival in Los Angeles. (Legendary Films produced the movie.)

Dougherty, ever the diplomat, shrugs his shoulders when asked the source of the hangup. "I don't know," he says. "I don't know. It's like, ask the magic eight ball, you know?"

Drew McWeeny, the screenwriter and Ain't It Cool News contributor who hosted last night's screening, theorized that the studio may not know how to market a movie that combines humor with horror.

After watching the film, I can see that its sly tone, intertwined storylines and multiple characters may flummox marketers used to selling more straightforward teen fare.

Which is a shame. Trick 'r Treat is a delight--funny, suspenseful, scary in the right parts--horrifying even--touching at times and always surprising and original. It's a movie made by a filmmaker with a deep love for Halloween and old-fashioned storytelling, smart enough to tweak the genre's conventions while honoring them, and weird enough to take his horror just those few steps beyond the expected into shocking and perverse.

The four stories are preceded by an introduction in which a Halloween-obsessed young man (Battlestar Galactica's Tahmoh Penikett) argues with his wife (Leslie Bibb), who hates the holiday.

That leads into the first story, involving four young women who have come from the big city to the small town to find a party in the woods and seek out suitable dates. Laurie (Anna Paquin), dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, finds herself stalked by a dark hooded figure with a taste for blood.

In the second story, a group of young trick-or-treaters, led by Marcy (Britt McKillip), makes a night pilgrimage to a rock quarry, site of a Halloween-night disaster 30 years earlier that has become an urban legend. A prank aimed at the socially inept Rhonda (Samm Todd) doesn't go quite as planned.

In the third story, a bully gets his comeuppance at the hands of a creepy school principal (Dylan Baker), who isn't all that he seems.

And in the film's fourth and perhaps most effective sequence, the reclusive Mr. Kreeg (Brian Cox) wants nothing more than to be left alone in his ramshackle house. But one Halloween prankster won't give him any peace.

Thirty years ago, this schoolbus figured in a horrific disaster in Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat.

The sequences are deftly woven together with flashbacks, and at various points in the movie, characters explain the history and rules of Halloween: Wear a costume. Hand out candy. Never blow out a jack o'lantern. And always check your candy.

Connecting all the stories is the diminutive figure of Sam (Quinn Lord), dressed in orange flannel footie pajamas, wearing a burlap hood with button eyes.

"To me it's more of a Halloween movie than a horror movie, if that makes any sense," Dougherty says. "It's an odd mixed candy bag of laughs and scares and morbid humor. ... I don't think you can classify it solely as a horror film."

We can say it's destined to become a Halloween classic. If only it gets released. --Patrick Lee, News Editor

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=61693

 

[Allycat]

Henry Portrait Of a Serial Killer
Cannibal Holocaust
Itchi The Killer
Basket Case
Last House On The Left
Alice Sweet Alice.

Cannibal Holocaust is the movie the movie in which the following happens, right?

• A coatimundi (mistaken as a muskrat in the film) is stabbed multiple times in the neck by an actor.
• A large turtle (about three feet long) is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs and shell removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.
• A large spider is killed with a machete.
• A snake is killed with a machete.
• A squirrel monkey has its face cut off with a machete.
• A pig is kicked and then shot with a rifle.

Source: Cannibal Holocaust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Blackloliita]

I saw My Bloody Valentine, not really a "horror", but a slayermovie... Not that known, but it's Quentin Tarantino's favorite slayermovie though.

 

[Spuffy78]

Cannibal Holocaust is the movie the movie in which the following happens, right?

• A coatimundi (mistaken as a muskrat in the film) is stabbed multiple times in the neck by an actor.
• A large turtle (about three feet long) is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs and shell removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.
• A large spider is killed with a machete.
• A snake is killed with a machete.
• A squirrel monkey has its face cut off with a machete.
• A pig is kicked and then shot with a rifle.

Source: Cannibal Holocaust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah, that about sums it up.

That's just the animal cruletly.

MBV is a Slasher so it'd be under the horror sub-genre.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

I saw My Bloody Valentine, not really a "horror", but a slayermovie... Not that known, but it's Quentin Tarantino's favorite slayermovie though.

It's VERY well known, at least by me, and the moment I saw the miners mask in a new commercial I said 'oh no, not my bloody valentine too' but yup, its a remake

 

[white avenger]

I don't really know if they would fit in here, but back in the bygone days of my youth, there were a couple of what were called black documentaries about the macabre practices around the world.

"Mondo Cane"

"Ecco"

I don't know if either of them are still available.

(I just checked on Amazon, and both movies ARE available, plus several others of the same genre if anyone might be interested.)

 

[Skanky Vamp]

"Ecco"

the castrated reindeer ecco?? or?? is that the one? I was hooked on faces of death.. I pert near grew up on them. Single digit aged and parent encouraged watching that.. and you wonder why I am the way I am.

I did like the cannibals in new guinea episode where the maggots were eating the meat parts from the skull and the gunieas were eating the maggots.