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Robert Summit		#141	[-]
Jul 22 12 2:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The ONLY scene in a horror film that actually scared me was in EXORCIST III--and you know which one! "If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right in the nose, and I'm just the fella that can do it!"
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strangenstein		#142	[-]
Jul 22 12 6:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Robert Summit wrote: The ONLY scene in a horror film that actually scared me was in EXORCIST III--and you know which one! I was in the theater with my wife watching EXORCIST III and the entire theater let out a tremendous scream during "that scene"! Great, great setup with a real payoff.
robnov.marvelmasterwor...		#143	[-]
Sep 9 12 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Reading this thread I see I'm not the only one who consider Dead Of Night to be overrated and boring. Maltin's Movie Guide gives it 4 stars (!) and many European critics still hold it in high regards. I think that Dead Of Night much like the 1941 Jekyll and Hyde is a 'Horror' film made by and for people who don't like Horror films. Maybe that's why mainstream critics like them so much.
Rick		#144	[-]
Sep 9 12 8:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sorry, rob, I'm gonna cancel your (!). I think the Maltin guide got it exactly right. 4 Stars from me too. I think that Dead Of Night ... is a 'Horror' film made by and for people who don't like Horror films. I don't know if the filmmakers liked horror films or not, and I don't know how the movie appeals to non-horror fans. But I think it would be more accurate to say that DEAD OF NIGHT was made by and for people who like good films, horror or otherwise.
jamesenstein31		#145	[-]
Sep 9 12 8:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	DEAD OF NIGHT is made for people who like a good ghost story...or five?
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Joe Karlosi		#146	[-]
Sep 10 12 6:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	robnov wrote: Reading this thread I see I'm not the only one who consider Dead Of Night to be overrated and boring. Maltin's Movie Guide gives it 4 stars (!) . Let's shake on this one! I'm at least one of the guys who found DEAD OF NIGHT deadly dull. But keep in mind that many of the reviews in that Maltin book were actually written by different people, including Bill Warren (who used to be a regular poster here -- I have no idea if the DON review was his). DEAD OF NIGHT was made for people who love a good nap. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel." Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Sep 10 12 6:06 AM. Edited 2 times.
Gustav Weil		#147	[-]
Sep 10 12 8:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dead of night is horror movie marmite alright! Remember being really pleased when I finally picked this up on DVD. I'd seen it many years ago as a child and always remembered the ventriloquist section as being utterly terrifying! However... On my first adult viewing, I fell asleep. Really. On second viewing, I managed to get through it but boy was it tough going. Think it's a case of a movie dating really, really badly. Only the dummy section (barely) holds up for me now. Last Edited By: Gustav Weil Sep 10 12 8:15 AM. Edited 1 times.
stuthehistoryguy		#148	[-]
Sep 12 12 3:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: If I were to try a list of 10 (or11?) Scariest Movies, I'd probably grab 5-7 of Scorsese's choices. Some of the others, not so scary, but excellent anyway. Then...THE ENTITY. Yeah, I don't get that one either. Depends. If two of the main things you fear are rape (especially of a loved one) and ghosts, then I can see it. Scorsese has directed a lot of films that empathize with women faced with violence and violation (Raging Bull, Cape Fear). I can see him being particularly spooked by The Entity. To each his own. Sorry I missed all the love for Isle of the Dead. I'm sympathetic to it for lots of reasons, including its attempt at Greek vocabulary (vrovrolyka vs. vrykolakas) and its setting in the Balkan Wars. I'm also a huge Karloff fan, and this was a great performance for him. Sorry to quibble with my superiors in this area, but it would have been great to have an Isle of the Dead commentary on the Lewton Box Set. Perhaps time will vindicate it in some way; it certainly deserves reconsideration. It's difficult for me to single out a 40s film as overrated, since 40s horror is more neglected than that of other eras; my heart wasn't really in it when I said Dead of Night before. If David Lean had directed a horror movie, then we'd be talking.
Jay Maggio		#149	[-]
Sep 16 12 6:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	underrated: MACABRE 1958, NOT OF THIS EARTH 57 absolutely agree about these 2 films. overrated: The Leopard
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