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Post by kingstownted on Apr 25, 2010 8:34:29 GMT -5
It became clear that an attempt to do Italian Horror as a single show topic would be hopeless. There really is no such thing as Italian Horror "genre", more like several subgenres of film produced by very different filmmakers from that country. I believe it would be much more fair to have an ongoing film festival where we could jump around between filmmakers. For example the first 3 were Bava (Bay of Blood, Black Sabbath and next up The Girl Who Knew Too Much), then it will be a Fulci flick, then who knows. I've got a very long list of movies I want to cover so this could go on for some time. Fair warning...at some point down the road we may very well end up compiling the segments into an episode a la Ozploitation. I fear that a single Italian Horror episode would end up sounding like a lecture on the evolution of filmmaking in Italy and the major directors and their filmographies...by a couple of guys who haven't seen enough of the movies to have an opinion (yet).
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Post by 808synikal on Apr 25, 2010 20:54:42 GMT -5
great podcast. it was cool having my questions answered. I know nothing about italian horror. But like your silent films episode, an all italian horror one would be very useful to someone like me.
oh and sorry Anthony, I spend all my time trying to get myself lei(ed)
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Post by Stuart on May 11, 2010 5:03:52 GMT -5
Remakes: Witchfinder General. “Sacrilege!” I hear you cry. Well, I’d always had a soft spot for WG and kept a bootlegged VHS among my “precious things”. Rewatched it recently and found is soooo sloooow I switched off. Seriously, it is dated and the only thing holding it together is VP’s ripe tones. I’m sure they’d completely ruin it if they remade it – probably as a torture porn flick – but I think it’s worth a shot.
Black Sabbath. In the American/British version I watched the stories came in this order:- 1) The dead body story: Using a dummy for the corpse was a genius idea (notwithstanding the cartoonish appearance), and made it more disturbing than if it had relied on make-up. 2) The Telephone: This was the weakest; the initial premise of being watched was effective but the relationship between the three protagonists was unclear and the punchline was a let-down. I suspect the way it was hacked about for the US/UK market has something to do with it. 3) The Wurdelak: Like the rest, there was a neat enough concept with some tense moments and a nice Gothic atmosphere – the whole thing was v. reminiscent of Hammer movies of the era. But I couldn’t get past Karloff’s Shirley Temple wig. Overall there was a great creepy atmosphere throughout the trilogy and there were some effective scenes. Not sure I’d recommend it to anyone but a hard core horror fan though.
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