Classic-Horror updatey goodness

[jetpack_monkey]

I forgot to mention that C-H has now entered the age of XML with its very own RSS feed - chorror_rss. Subscribe to it. Love it. Let it infuse you with the joy of kittens mewing on the front doorstep.

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[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

I really liked how he talked about the desperation of the early filmmakers vs. the contentment of the current ones. It really rings true, you can see it in the film just how desperately the former wanted their film to do well and convey what they were feeling.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

And he uses the perfect example to demonstrate - Texas Chainsaw Massacre, one of the most desperate accidentally-reflective-of-current-social-mores horror films out there, and its remake, which was fun but a bit calculated.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

My best friend is friends with the guy who played Leatherface. That is my tie to movie fame. I've never met the dude, but apparently he's huge.

It's really an interesting point he made, though. It really makes me want to make a low-budget movie myself, although I think I'm far too calculating a person to ever truly make a horror film -- I'd have to be fully comfortable with how it goes. I think I could make a decent suspense film, though.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Horror can be polished and calculating. Usually those are the horror films that don't horrify so much as crawl under your skin and walk around. The Wicker Man is an excellent example of that. Plus, it has Christopher Lee, which is always bonus.

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's creepy. Some people were just made to be scary. He's definitely one.