First horror flick I've watched in months and I dug it. A few flaws but all up this one was solid.
Quote:
Originally Posted by knife_fight
In my opinion, Zombie could almost be compared to Tarantino
|
I think he does the "homage" thing with a lot more class than Tarantino. Tarantino is more heavy handed and a lot of his films come across as some hyperactive kid's clip tape of films of a certain genre/era. Zombie uses the influences more subtlety tastefully melding the past and present with out being too overblown.
Quote:
Originally Posted by horrorfangirl66
It channeled movies like Rosemary's Baby. It was not exactly cohesive enough for me and some parts were cheesy.
|
Yeah I definitely got the
Rosemary's Baby vibe along with the Jodorowsky and Ken Russell influences knife_fight mentioned. It did kinda fall apart somewhat towards the end for me and got a bit messy but I did like the more surreal elements of the film unlike
Halloween II where they felt out of place. Apart from the goofy radio station ad I felt the film was more mature stylistically and showed he's grown more as a director. It had a really brooding atmosphere and was less cartoonish than his other work.
Great to see Meg Foster back on the screen.
All of his flicks have grown on me the more times I watch them (I'm a big fan... no shame) so I'll definitely be checking it out again.