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[revoltub]

Decided to watch all 3 major Nosferatu films. Kinda disappointed.

Nosferatu (1922) is a must see I guess only if you are interested in influential films. As it stands today though, very dated, very boring. The atmosphere is good and orlock is creepy though.

Nosferatu the vampire (1979) is an improvement, but still fairly boring. But the scenes with the rats were good. And Kinski is by far the best Orlock imo.

Nosferatu (2024) has very good atmosphere and is basically nosferatu by way of Tim Burton. Though it still doesn't come close to the atmosphere of Batman Returns which it is trying to replicate. I like some of the ideas here but it gets a little too hammy at times.


Overall, I just think the general story of Nosferatu, overall, is just boring.

Rankings:

3 way tie for last!

 

[the ambush]

I liked it more than I thought I would. I went to it with the plan if the first 20 minutes sucked, I would just walk. I ended up staying for the whole thing and was cackling more than some real comedies I have seen this year.

Silver Bullet had comedy and funny moments sandwiched in it. I really liked it.

I remember enjoying the performances of Gary Busey and Everett McGill.

 

[KnightTemplar]

One of the most chilling moments in the film doesn't involve Pumpkinhead himself. It's when Harley is driving back after having made his deal with the witch, the body of his dead son on the seat beside him. Suddenly, the boy sits up and asks his father,

"Daddy, what have you done?"

It's a superb Jump Scare.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Silver Bullet had comedy and funny moments sandwiched in it. I really liked it.

I remember enjoying the performances of Gary Busey and Everett McGill.

I was bloody annoyed I couldn't find Silver Bullet on Amazon or Netflix.

The Werewolf beating the hunter to death with his own baseball bat always makes me chuckle.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Going to Pennhurst's annual haunted asylum tonight with some friends and a bunch of volleyball hunnies, so I got a movie in early after cutting the grass...

10/1 - Phantasm
10/2 - The VVitch + 28 Years Later
10/3 - I, Madman
10/4 - The Incubus + World Word Z
10/5 - Bring Her Back
10/6 - Train to Busan + Color Out of Space
10/7 - 976-EVIL + Pumpkinhead
10/8 - The Brood
10/9 - Vamp + Gothic + Silver Bullet + The Lost Boys
10/10 - The Thing (2011) + John Carpenter's The Thing
10/11 - The Night Eats the World
10/12 - IT (2017) + Gremlins
10/13 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch + Friday the 13th Part III
10/14 - The Substance
10/15 - Talk to Me
10/16 - The Dead Don't Die
10/17 - Hereditary
10/18 - Death Screams

Death Screams is a slasher flick from '82, trying to cash in on the slasher frenzy of the day, but falls way short.

The kills weren't all that inspired, needed more tits and ass although the few and far between scenes were alright, and it was very derivative.

Ramona, the sluttiest of the girls, was a babe though and her tits were fantastic.

A forgettable slasher when all was said and done.