Cool gem of an occult horror film with plenty of atmosphere, tension, and frights. There are moments where the acting or editing are maybe a tad bit amateurish, but overall it's a surprisingly eerie and suspenseful tale of loss, vengeance, and black magic. The cinematography is pretty good, and Arrow really did a spectacular job on the restoration. Genuinely had some pretty creepy moments. I really dug this one. Recommended viewing.
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Thirst 1979
An interesting slice of vampiric dystopianism from Australia. There's some nice cinematography, some ghastly, blood-drenched imagery, and surreal, hallucinatory, nightmare "conditioning" sequences to help supplement the novel mix of sci-fi and gothic horror tropes. It was also a treat to get to see David Hemmings of Deep Red fame once again. It's a bit of it's era at times and occasionally it veers a bit on the melodramatic side, but overall it's a pretty well-made and unique vampire film. High-tech human blood farms are a fun concept. Recommended.
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House on Haunted Hill 1959
Perhaps the best known work of William Castle, featuring an iconic role from Vincent Price, House on Haunted Hill is a mix of a haunted house story and murder mystery that features heavy helpings of both delightfully spooky camp and some genuinely creepy (for there era) scenes. It's a short and fun ride that features some additional good performances by Carol Ohmert as Price's catty and unsatisfied wife, Elisha Cook Jr. as a neurotic, haunted, theatrical lush, Leona Anderson as…
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One Missed Call 2003
Definitely one of Takashi Miike's more commercial efforts, One missed call isn't necessarily a bad film, but it definitely relies heavily on the tropes and trends of the J-horror hits of it's era, and it falls well short of his other classics like Audition or Ichi The Killer. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely got some decent gloomy atmospherics, and a couple of good scary scenes (the televised exorcism and learning why Yumi is afraid of peepholes, to be specific),…
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