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Originally Posted by Giganticface
I'd like to give just a little time to guage interest in the arguments I made if possible. Based on the criteria I outlined, I'm going to back the following four movies:
Italian/Giallo:
- I'll back Black Sunday (aka The Mask of Satan) (1960), although I'm happy to change my vote to Black Sabbath, Kill Baby Kill, Blood and Black Lace, or any Mario Bava film that anyone is willing to back. IMO, if Bava can't make a list of the 28 most important horror films of the 60s, something is seriously wrong.
The Sixties being a Transitional Period:
- This is an odd choice, and won't get any support, but I'm going to back Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967). It's a horror/western hybrid that reflects the cultural changes of the time and a general shift towards cynicism in art: Hypocrisy in religion, gay cowboy gangs, suicide, and explicit violence (the scalping scene is epic). Plus, the avenging protagonist is the walking dead, and a generally a bad dude. An anti-hero.
If anyone else gets what I'm saying about this concept, agrees and would like to put forth a different example, I'll consider backing that too. Basically, it's the difference between Help! and Revolver.
Inception of Splatter:
- As mentioned (and already accounted for by V), I'll back Blood Feast (1963), not because it's a great movie (it sucks), but because it has balls, and it opened the door for a whole new element in horror.
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I've enjoyed reading your incite in the era, getting some representation of what we might call 'a minor sub-genre', and a nod towards Bava's. Actually, it would be cool to include your write-up below the Honorable Mentions.
My thinking on having diversity, and having a representative film by a director of many films, or rep of a country, or being concerned with having too many films with an actor or actors is:
I personally think it's a much higher priority to pick the best films. The single film is king.
If you've ever worked on a film/video/play/recording/etc, you get an appreciation for the 'life of their own' these films take. It comes from the input of so many different people, from personal, accidental & metaphysical means. What actor is in it, the director, country, era elements are secondary -- something to consider -- but secondary. That's just my long considered opinion. I think if a film is good enough, it will earn a spot on it's own merit.
Having said that, I'm OK with the original outcome we came to, and V presented. Which was:
Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Raven (1963)
Onibaba (1964)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Blood Feast (1963)
As I stated, I think the best films deserve to get in. I think Day of Triffids and The Raven are the best, & too big to leave out.
I don't have an objection to replacing Blood Feast (or Mr Sar/Sho/Oni) if you guys really think Black Sunday is a straight-up better film.
Finally, if we're still in discussion, I actually agree with Metternich, where I think Village of the Damned (1960) is a classic. I'd be in favor of replacing Blood Feast with Village. But again, I'm OK with the list of 6 we have.