Le pacte de loups (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001)
This French movie is an awesome combination of excellent direction and script-pacing, gorgeous cinematography and vivid colouring, and with a haunting soundtrack, rounded off by terrific performances, most notably by Mark Dacascos and Vincent Cassel.
Right from the very first frame of the opening scene, one is in awe of the way in which this movie is shot...and it is totally breathtaking! This is a movie which combines many genre elements together and with such surreal ease, that it remains a perfect and unequalled example of unique film-making. Christophe Gans, who has gone on to direct the highly successful
Silent Hill, is pure genius as he guides us through a tale of the supernatural with enough bizarre twists and suspenseful moments that keep us bound to our seats till the end, with quite a few unexpected surprises in the latter part of the movie.
Slightly resembling the Baskervilles and Gevaudan legends, Brotherhood of the Wolf is based on the premise of a huge unknown creature preying on the innocents of the 17th Century French countryside. and two travellers trying to find it and bring an end to its reign of terror. The plot is full of action and non-stop suspense, and the visual depictions of each scene make this a continuous Sunday barbecue for the eyes.
Using stunning camera-work and some decent CGI, Brotherhood of the Wolf is a movie which leaves a permanent mark in the horror movie buff's mind. The length of the movie stretches well over two and half hours, but the dazzling reels of absolute visual joy make the time look insignificant. Watch it, and let it sweep over you with its lovely surrealness, interspersed with some genuinely frightening and creepy sequences. -
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Alferd Packer: The Musical (aka Cannibal! The Musical) (1996)
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)
Cat People (1942)
Cat People can justifiably be named one of the boldest and genuinely well-made films in horror history. For most of his career, Val Lewton worked off of RKO's table scraps to create vividly stunning horror masterpieces. What makes Lewton's works so damn scary, most especially Cat People, is not what we see, but what we don't see. This terrifying picture's strength falls into director Jacques Tourneur's creative and masterful use of shadows and sound. -
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Creep (2004)
