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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2020 20:20:31 GMT
Reece Shearsmith is terrific and I'd love to hear him in a Big Finish. He's been in a few Bafflegab audios, and excellent in every one.
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Now then though. Halloween films and things.
TV: Hammer House of Horror (specifically The Two Faces of Evil) Sky Ghostwatch Salem's Lot
Films: Bride of Frankenstein (absolutely my favourite film. They're talking about remaking it. I hope they don't) Nails The Blair Witch Project Lorna The Exorcist Virgin Among the Living Dead The Nude Vampire/Shiver of the Vampires/Requiem of the Vampire (I'm a big fan of director Jean Rollin. He knew how to make no budget look like an on-screen fairy-tale)
Daughters of Darkness Viy Across the River
Satanic Rites of Dracula Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Carnival of Souls Blood for Irina (Fangoria editor Chris Alexander's first foray into film-making. Blimey!) Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (watched this little baby already) Blood on Satan's Claw The Creeping Flesh The Curse of the Demon
That's almost one film every night for October. To be honest, I'm always happy to watch a horror film. I love them. And in these troubling times, I find them strangely comforting. Apart from 2017's Nails, which I've only just discovered - it's terrifying (not that the others on the list aren't; it's just that I'm more familiar with them). There's nothing like a jump-scare that sends you careering out of your chair to remind you you're alive!
All excellent choices there although I’d perhaps also add Carry On Screaming as a recommendation as well. I’ll be sure to check out Nails sometime down the line. Yeah, Mr Shearsmith is great and as you say he’s done his fair share of radio work so he’d be suited to a role in Big Finish. Mind you, considering Inside No.9 won a BAFTA recently and continues to garner critical acclaim the pair of them are probably a bit hard to get at the moment. Carry on Screaming is a definite recommendation, you're right! As a youngster, I found the scene involving the fate of Dan Dann quite upsetting! Poor Charles Hawtry.
I heard in an interview that Reece Shearsmith isn't a huge fan of Doctor Who - perhaps that explains why he hasn't been in a BF audio. Hopefully one day ...
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Post by timegirl on Oct 1, 2020 21:36:21 GMT
A few more I just remembered: Witches of Eastwick: Because Jack Nickelson Death Becomes Her: Very campy and twisted black comedy about two rival women whom the secret of eternal youth goes horribly Sleepy Hollow( both Disney and Burton): Both totally different but equally brilliant interpretations!
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Oct 2, 2020 19:10:46 GMT
I forgot the original Suspiria
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Post by shallacatop on Oct 2, 2020 21:06:01 GMT
My instant thought reading the thread title was an episode of The X-Files called Home. It’s grim, but I watch it every single year around Halloween.
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I watch Toy Story of Terror every year too!
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Post by grinch on Oct 3, 2020 10:06:28 GMT
I used to enjoy watching Halloween is Grinch Night back in the day for Halloween. Upon rewatching it is a rather slow piece so I’d suggest just skipping to the Paraphernalia Wagon bit.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Oct 3, 2020 11:07:43 GMT
"Daffy Duck's Quackbusters"
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Oct 3, 2020 21:32:02 GMT
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Post by timegirl on Oct 4, 2020 1:10:39 GMT
The original Fright Night is also a brilliant Halloween watch! The TV movie the Midnight Hour is brilliant so bad it’s good Halloween viewing! Complete with cheesy “thriller” rip off musical number!😄 Not to mention it’s got Lavar Burton and Sheri Belafonte ( Harry’s daughter) youtu.be/bMMCG--ex_8Some creepy obscure things: Children of the Stones is a brilliant creepy folk horror mini series, that at times feels very reminiscent of classic Who: youtu.be/SwT0wLnT7RcEscape into Night is a very psychological creepy series about an injured and bed ridden young girl who visits her drawing of a house every night and is watched over by evil one eyed stone creatures (who oddly talk almost exactly like Daleks) www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxoLRc0JURRWuG7Z3_YQkv5dQJUnJ6BKQ It was also remade as the equally creepy and slightly more graphic Paperhouse youtu.be/kidKTsAPzicThe Owl Service, a bizarre, creepy and psychedelic series about teenagers who get caught up in Welsh mythology www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-JbmpPdSiHfTm10T0wFWSXmJtueF-q40
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Post by grinch on Oct 6, 2020 15:01:57 GMT
I’d recommend Crooked House if you can find a copy of it. It’s a 2008 mini series written by Mark Gatiss. Very much an anthology piece with three separate stories focusing on the history of an old house.
Very good and rather like the old Ghost Stories for Christmas we used to get back in the day.
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Post by timegirl on Oct 7, 2020 13:55:20 GMT
The Loved One Bizarre black comedy satire about an English man who gets a job at an exclusive LA funeral home. It’s a good unconventional Halloween watch with plenty of gothic imagery, not to mention Liberace and Paul Williams! Also classic who fans might be interested in the fact that it was the direct inspiration for Revelation of the Daleks! youtu.be/62FuWtAvNpo
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Post by grinch on Oct 17, 2020 19:13:03 GMT
I know it’s not exactly a Halloween film and labelling it as a horror film is debatable but I feel I have to recommend The Cabinet of Dr Caligari from 1920. It’s a masterful example of German Expressionism with it’s use of shadows and bizarre shapes giving the film a very eerie edge.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2020 19:53:16 GMT
I know it’s not exactly a Halloween film and labelling it as a horror film is debatable but I feel I have to recommend The Cabinet of Dr Caligari from 1920. It’s a masterful example of German Expressionism with it’s use of shadows and bizarre shapes giving the film a very eerie edge. Its funny that I cannot remember actually watching it, but recognised on first viewing the Red Hot Chilli Peppers video for Otherside as being heavily influenced by its imagery. So I must have done at some point. For me as a Brit though, Halloween is a distinctly American import, which has gained popularity the past 40-45 years as as compliment to Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night. Certainly my Parents never knew it as kids and it was fairly new as I was at Infants. For that reason, Tim Burtons Sleepy Hollow remains the most spirited accompaniment to the event. And of course Catspaw, from series 2 of Star Trek, broadcast on Halloween in the US in 1967. I had my first true, scurrying behind the sofa in terror moment seeing that as a kid in the 1970's when the Witches appeared screaming and cackling. I actually jumped out of my chair and hid behind the side of the sofa. At least with Doctor Who, I merely watched it around the door from the kitchen the week after been given the scares. And of course Salems Lot (1979). I remember watching Barry Took reviewing viewer feedback on Points of View without paying attention and saw it thinking, yeah! David Soul! This must be a clip from Starsky and Hutch. Then came the scene in the Jail, where the Vampire opens the door and 'pops up' with a surprise! I screamed out loud with shock at that too. Just before bedtime. Oh hell! So that's another in the American tradition of Halloween for me, with nary a Pumpkin in sight.
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Oct 17, 2020 22:51:20 GMT
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Post by redsharkJason on Oct 17, 2020 23:05:37 GMT
Website unavailable in Canada...interesting.
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