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Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 11 Comments
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I totally agree about Fulci's pacing of his films–everyone always raves about Zombi and while it did have some epic moments (zombie vs. shark! Piece of wood vs. eyeball!) the pacing was just too slow. That said, The Beyond's pacing is fine (actually, that's probably his best, imo).
Re: Black Sabbath: The Italian subbed into English is very much not the way to watch that film–but alas, it's the only version available. The film was orginally re-edited, rearraged, and rereleased by American Intermational Pictures (AIP) here in the states, which made for much better viewing.. I saw the AIP Black Sabbath on TCM aaaaggges ago, and just loved it. Unfortunately, since we're all movie purists these days, that version has not been released, and the bizarro English subbed Italian dubbed English one is the one we're stuck with.
Anyway, great stuff
I have never heard of Fangs of the Living Dead, I have to check that one out.
There is a special place in horror heaven for those who are willing to watch the stinkers and warn off the rest of us. Thank you, Gil.
Also for resuscitating some great memories: The first horror movies I ever saw were broadcast on KCTV's Friday Fright Night. Later in Rome with fellow ex-pat students, we'd blow off Classical Antiquities homework and go out to watch awesome Italian horror movies in run-down cinemas, where we tipped ushers 100 lire to lead us to our seats by flashlight. (Sometimes the ushers were scarier than the movies…at least if you were a blonde American female they were…) Try walking through Trastevere late at night after a D'Ossorio film fest!
Now I've got some new gems to check out. As a big Polanski fan (The Tenant!!!), I can't believe I've missed FVKs…I'm hyper-heading to Amazon right now to get me some of that . Just recently re-watched 'The Ninth Gate,' and "30 DoN"…you are spot-on with those.
Great pans and picks, dude. Again, many thanks.
To each his own… but bagging on BLACK SABBATH & LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES – and recommending 30 DAYS OF CRAP and CONSTANTINE?!?!
For penance, watch CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER and HORROR EXPRESS … and sin no more.
Horror Express is one of my favorite movies.
I enjoyed Gil Bavel's survey of these films. Had never heard of City of the Dead. I keep wanting to see 30 Days of Night and give it its chance. Gil says it scared him so that's the main thing accomplished.
I think though tht the best vampire film of recent years would HAVE to be LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, I can't imagine a better one.
Good job, Gil
30 Days of Night was poopy. Give me Frank Langella's vamp any day!
I recommend the Bunny Short of 30 Days of Night. It's much better, lasts only 30 secs, and you can watch it on Youtube. And I have to agree with John Shirley… Let The Right One In is an amazing vampire flick. Thanks for posting this Gil, it takes a lot of time and sanity to watch crap movies. TWO THUMBS UP!
Frank Langella in just about _anything_ is worth watching. I certainly enjoy his performance in the Ninth Gate, and his Nixon in Frost/Nixon had me in the same mindset I was in watching Landau in "Ed Wood": "God, isn't Lugosi great?"
He really suspends disbelief to the point that one forgets he's an actor, acting, at all.
More Frank Langella and less crap, please. I'm looking forward to The Box.
Peter Cushing was still appearing in films nearly ten years after Star Wars, so 'among his final films' while not strictly *untrue* isn't really acurate either. For some reason it's not reflected on imdb, but he was still doing television work within a few years of his death in the mid-nineties too.