The Shining
Let the Right One In
An adolescent outcast is befriended by
his mysterious neighbour whilst her dad/
caretaker/the creepy paedophile who
lives with her spends his nights draining
the town’s bullies. Go original Swedish
version, not the American one; which
was also good, and quite true to the tale,
but missing the creepiness one can only
truly portray with a cold climate and
dodgy haircuts.
Stephen King notoriously hated it. As
an alcoholic himself, he felt that Kubric
downplayed the affliction, as well as the
supernatural influence making the character
less sympathetic. He also disapproved of the
casting of Jack Nicholson in the lead. I’m
assuming he never watched Secret Window…
Psycho
A dude in his dead mom’s dress takes out a
lady in a shower – what’s not to love?
The Fly
The Exorcist
A kid with a tummy bug hangs out with a
priest. Never a good idea.
Jeff Goldblum gets stuck in a machine with
an insect and comes out looking like… Jeff
Goldblum
Rosemary’s Baby
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
Children are evil little fuckers. Use
condoms.
Mama
I know the adoption process can be
gruelling, but really, the forest?
He’s gets out of hand when he drinks. Much
like Julie Andrews in the 60’s.
IT
The move that scared an entire generation off
clowns.
Insidious
Some drawings you don’t want to pin to
your fridge.
in my Mouth
The Human Centipede
Dutch director Tom Six attributes
the concept for the film to a joke he
made about what should be done to
child molesters (it wasn’t funny) and
experiments carried out during WWII
in the concentration camps by doctors
(not funny either). The film’s investors
were the least amused of all when at the
release they discovered the central plot
of the film was nothing like what they
had been pitched. You, at least, have
been warned. You don’t need to watch
the whole movie; good luck to you if you
try. Google it. See how that tastes.
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Hitchcock was refused
access to film at Disneyland
in the early 1960s by Walt
Disney, the reason being
that Hitchcock had made
"that disgusting movie,
Psycho"
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