tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post4174512947269878342..comments2024-03-23T01:38:00.651+00:00Comments on Vicious Imagery: Count yourself lucky, Bishop!DAVID BISHOPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342376036664282348noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-5299148223488499312009-04-10T10:12:00.000+01:002009-04-10T10:12:00.000+01:00I can't believe i've been in your classes for two ...I can't believe i've been in your classes for two weeks and didn't realise who you were. You should introduce yourself with a Simpsons-esque 'you may remember me from such things as...'. I've enjoyed your two lectures although I'm in utter disbelief that you haven't seen 'Strange Days'. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Cameron. How has a genre writer like yourself not seen this? Fix this immediately :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-87021226587042750242009-04-02T16:21:00.000+01:002009-04-02T16:21:00.000+01:00Isn't The Exorcist in the Demon Child sub-genre wh...Isn't The Exorcist in the Demon Child sub-genre which could be seen to have started with Rosemary's Baby in 1968 and the Demonic Possession sub-genre which can arguably be seen to go back to silent films such as Haxan and The Student Of Prague.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious as to what groundbreaking Hollywood horror there was in the early 60's. The one I can come up with is Psycho but that was pre-empted by Michael Powell's career ending Peeping Tom <I>(the first slasher film?)</I>. Some have argued that if the release order of the two films had been reversed it might have been Hitchcock who lost his career!<BR/><BR/>It could also be argued that during the 20's and 30's Hollywood was following others- the key talent behind the camera (Leni, Freund, Julian, Laemmle, etc.), in front of the camera (Karloff, Browning, Lorre, etc.) and the key stories themselves (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, etc.) tended to be imported.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that's my ha'penny's worth...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957384209312857833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-71875070429879304692009-03-31T21:22:00.000+01:002009-03-31T21:22:00.000+01:00The Exorcist was truly shocking in its day. I reme...The Exorcist was truly shocking in its day. I remember hiding under the blankets when I got home, and a friend crying, petrified. For me, it was the evilness of it, not the scariness, if that makes sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591413042967320059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-42261407057461204572009-03-31T16:05:00.000+01:002009-03-31T16:05:00.000+01:00"It's hard to think of a horror film made by Holly..."It's hard to think of a horror film made by Hollywood since the 60s that's broken any new ground."<BR/><BR/>The Exorcist.<BR/><BR/>You can have that one for free. <BR/><BR/>(Admittedly, still the early 70s, and hence not exactly recent either.)Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-80403999848166077722009-03-31T09:44:00.000+01:002009-03-31T09:44:00.000+01:00PG 13 Horrors are an interesting strand. Hollywood...PG 13 Horrors are an interesting strand. Hollywood makes them for kids and leaves out the horror (The Fog). Indies/non-Hollywood types make them and they can be truly scary and affecting (The Others).Brian Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06023888442000424089noreply@blogger.com