that horror movie meme

[gwynnega]

Horror Movie I Hate: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000). I'm a fan of The Blair Witch Project (1999), and wow the sequel is terrible.

Horror Movie I Think Is Overrated: I'm having a hard time thinking of one in particular, but in general I find the slasher genre overrated (or maybe just not to my taste).

Horror Movie I Think Is Underrated: Son of Dracula (1943). Lon Chaney Jr. does not make a convincing vampire, but I love this story of a woman who actively seeks out getting turned. (Possibly the first example of this in film?)

Horror Movie I Love: Carnival of Souls (1962)

Horror Movie I Could Watch on Repeat: Rosemary's Baby (1968), though I could easily say Carnival of Souls for this as well.

Horror Movie That Made Me Fall in Love with Horror Movies: Young Frankenstein (1974), which I saw new in the theater before I saw any of the source material it was spoofing.

Horror Movie That Changed My Life: Frankenstein (1931), which I must've seen not long after Young Frankenstein.

Guilty Pleasure: Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970). I first saw this on TV as a kid. It is very silly yet gorgeous and compelling.

Comments

[sovay]

Guilty Pleasure: Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970). I first saw this on TV as a kid. It is very silly yet gorgeous and compelling.

Will you talk about this? I've never heard of it and that is a tantalizing summary. (I still need to see Son of Dracula.)

[gwynnega]

I've only seen a handful of Bava's films, but this is my favorite. He has great style and color sense.

The protagonist/slasher is a fashion photographer who takes pictures of brides. The movie takes a turn when he kills his wife Mildred and she proceeds to haunt him with great aplomb. Mildred is brilliantly portrayed by Laura Betti (who also worked with Fellini and Pasolini). My poem "Mildred's Villanelle" in People Change is about this film.

The trailer is pretty great in its own right.

[sovay]

The movie takes a turn when he kills his wife Mildred and she proceeds to haunt him with great aplomb.

That sounds great. Now I want to see it and re-read the poem.

[moon_custafer]

Horror Movie I Think Is Underrated: Son of Dracula (1943). Lon Chaney Jr. does not make a convincing vampire, but I love this story of a woman who actively seeks out getting turned.

Yess. It’s like Dracula noir. And Chaney works if you consider he’s playing a poor sap of a vampire who doesn’t know what he’s getting himself into.

[gwynnega]

Very true.

[teenybuffalo]

Oh my goodness, she took that poor vampire for everything he had.

[moon_custafer]

She sacrificed her own dad, plus a bunch of other locals!

ETA — Also I love vampire expert Professor Laszlo— Joseph Bromberg plays every scene like this is all just a typical week for his character.

[usedtobeljs]

I enjoy reading your thoughts and poetry about horror movies. :)

[hugs]

[gwynnega]

Thanks, Lori! ::hugs::

[seeksadventure]

This is a great meme! I haven't seen it around, either. Your answers are very interesting, too.

[gwynnega]

Thanks!