Today we break through the #200 ceiling, starting with movies that received three votes each. Do you feel as powerful as I do??
200. Antichrist -- 2009, Lars von Trier199. Anna and the Apocalypse -- 2017, John McPhail
198. American Mary -- 2012, Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska
197. Alligator -- 1980, Lewis Teague
196. Alice, Sweet Alice -- 1976, Alfred Sole
195. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein -- 1948, Charles Barton and Walter Lantz
194. A Field in England -- 2013, Ben Wheatley
Oh, look at this, it's time to get down with some foursomes! SHOCKtober is turning into a regular horror-flavored key party. That's right, each of these films received four votes.
193. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? -- 1962, Robert Aldrich
192. Tremors -- 1990, Ron Underwood
191. Theatre of Blood -- 1973, Douglas Hickox
190. The Village -- 2004, M. Night Shyamalan
189. The Tenant -- 1976, Roman Polanski
188. The Substance -- 2024, Coralie Fargeat
187. The Sentinel -- 1977, Michael Winner
186. The People Under the Stairs -- 1991, Wes Craven
185. The Orphanage -- 2007, J.A. Bayona
184. The Love Witch -- 2016, Anna Biller
183. The Hunger -- 1983, Tony Scott
182. The Haunting of Julia (aka Full Circle) -- 1977, Richard Loncraine
181. The Craft -- 1996, Andrew Fleming
180. The Blackcoat's Daughter -- 2015, Osgood Perkins
179. The Beyond -- 1981, Lucio Fulci
178. Picnic at Hanging Rock -- 1975, Peter Weir
177. Perfect Blue -- 1997, Satoshi Kon
176. One Cut of the Dead -- 2017, Shin'ichirô Ueda
175. Night of the Demon (aka Curse of the Demon) -- 1957, Jacques Tourneur
174. Night of the Creeps -- 1986, Fred Dekker
173. Night of the Comet -- 1984, Thom Eberhardt
- A reader on Picnic at Hanging Rock: "This made me come to terms with the fact that nature will take us out and we won't see it coming."
- The Substance hit wide release like fifteen minutes after the voting period ended; I expect that the next time I do this it will be ranked higher on the list (if only because I will vote for it 10,000 times).
- A reader on Night of the Demon: "Peggy Cummins and Dana Andrews!!! After seeing Gun Crazy with Miss Cummins I will watch anything she’s in and this has the coolest demon and atmosphere of doom - it’s the total package."
- Me on Night of the Demon: It's so good and the first time I saw it and experienced "It's in the trees! It's coming!" in its actual context was chef's kiss.
- They sure don't make 'em like The Sentinel anymore! I can't help but love it forever.
- A reader on The Haunting of Julia: "For a person who eats fast and enjoys apples it surely scares me every time I see it."
- Me on The Haunting of Julia: Some swell commenters have informed me that it's currently on Tubi! Between that and the recent Blu-ray release, I'm so pumped that it's finally readily available. It's sad and spooky and gorgeous, if you've yet to avail yourself of it, do it! Give yourself a treat.
3 comments:
Yeessss, there are 3 other lovers who love The Haunting of Julia! I hereby nominate it also for Greatest Generally Unheralded Music Score (by Colin Towns). It's the height of melancholy autumnal gorgeousness.
When I first saw Night/Curse of the Demon I too went, "THAT'S WHERE KATE BUSH GOT THAT SNIPPET OF DIALOGUE!" It was a moment.
Hello, Anna and the Apocalypse & One Cut of the Dead friends!
I adore The Blackcoat's Daughter and I'm happy to see that it still sits at a comfortable four votes. I didn't include it on my list this SHOCKtober, but if I had to pick my one favorite horror film from the last ten years it would very likely be this one. TBD is just drenched in atmosphere, with every piece of it working together to suck you in. I love the slow pacing, the understated performances, the haunting score and the bleak, wintry visuals. I even love the ending, as depressing as it is. But it feels depressing in a deliberate and poetic kind of way, almost like a Greek tragedy, so it's more than merely a case of "hey, this is a horror movie, whaddaya expect?"
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