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09-22-2014 09:21 AM |
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Originally Posted by Straker
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I would definitely recommend The Changeling for the supernatural week, along with The Woman in Black (1989)... I'd throw The Sentinel in there too, but it might not be to everyone's tastes....
If you can get hold of a few of the M.R James adaptations filmed for the BBC they are great and clock in around 30mins. Highly recommended. Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) and A Warning to the Curious (1972) are quality.
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Straker, you do have a secret treasure trove of cool films (like Street of Crocodiles). I'm gonna check those out. I would never know about these if you didn't mention them. Keep em coming.
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Originally Posted by Damn Heathen
(Post 978843)
After watching THE EVIL, I'm interested in revisiting THE ENTITY.
Those who prefer to imagine horror rather than see it, THE HAUNTING is a can't-miss. I found it rather tedious, as the essence of the medium is to show, not evoke. For the majority of its runtime, I had to do the scribe's work, and I don't recall there being anything particularly clever about its non-narrative aspects.
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To date, I've never seen a film go where The Entity did - like the plexiglass room in the laboratory. It's unique.
The Haunting - Even in film, I think some things are best left to the superior format of the imagination. Yes, in film, show us, don't tell us, but film still takes place in the mind. Sound & innuendo are quite effective for that.
Also with The Haunting, I could see where you'd find some parts tedious, but that's where the subtleties of actors come in. In those 'slower parts', one has to really pay close attention to the subtle facial, voice and body postures of the actors - they're conveying a lot of subtext: how the Dr Markway feels about the vulnerable Nell, Theo flirting with Nell, etc; how that's shaping what's happening in the house, and how it's going to turn out. The characters are making the outcomes & story, not the entity of the house. |
