This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 Shots From 4 Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we complete the 80s!
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Fly (1986, dir by David Cronenberg)
Near Dark (1987, dir by Kathryn Bigelow)
Evil Dead 2 (1987, dir by Sam Raimi)
The Church (1989, dir by Michele Soavi)
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It’s the first weekend of October so, of course, this latest edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse Trailers has a horror theme!
Enjoy
2) Central park Drifter (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDoBORWobk0
3) Blacula (1972)
4) Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)
5) The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdU-zOo-kxk
6) A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
What do you think, Trailer Kitty?
It’s time for another edition of Let’s Second Guess the Academy! This time, we’re taking a second look at the race for Best Picture of 1987.
Can you remember which film won Best Picture for 1987? Don’t feel bad if you can’t because Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor is one of the lesser known Oscar winners. The film’s relative obscurity leads to one natural question: was it truly the best film released in 1987?
Or should the Oscar have gone to one of the other films nominated — Broadcast News, Hope and Glory, Fatal Attraction, or Moonstruck?
Let your voice be heard by voting below!
After voting for which nominated film you think should have won, give some thought to some of the 1987 films that were not nominated. Was Moonstruck truly a better film than Near Dark or Full Metal jacket? Ask yourself what would have happened if The Last Emperor hadn’t been released in the United States or what if Fatal Attraction hadn’t been a huge box office smash. What if none of the five best picture nominees had been eligible to be nominated in 1987? Which five films would you have nominated in their place?
Let us know by voting below. As always, you can vote for up to five alternative nominees and write-ins are accepted!
Happy voting!
I recently came to the realization that my destiny is to list and share 666 of my favorite grindhouse and exploitation film trailers. Previously, I’ve shared 12. Here’s 6 more.
Part One and Part Two of my trailer survey can be found here.
1) Liquid Sky — Have you seen Liquid Sky and if the answer is no, why not? Liquid Sky is one of the great underground films of the early 80s, an epic about drugs, aliens, bisexuality, and performance art. Quite simply put, you must see this movie.
2) Blacula — When I first saw this trailer, my first thought was, “Oh, that is sooooo wrong.” But, the movie actually isn’t that bad. William Marshall is wonderfully dignified and haunted as the tragic title character.
3) Bio-Zombie — I haven’t actually seen this movie but I love this energetic trailer (and the Hello Kitty reference, as well).
4) Martin — This trailer for George Romero’s vampire movie features the film’s star, John Amplas, speaking to the audience in character. Martin is one of the unacknowledged great vampire movies. Supposedly, there’s a remake in the works which, needless to say, is not necessary in the least. The original is more than good enough.
5) Near Dark — Speaking of vampire movies, here’s Near Dark. Before Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for The Hurt Locker, she made her debut with Near Dark. Of the two, Near Dark is the better film.
6) Rabid — This is an early David Cronenberg film and probably one of his first stabs at being a “commercial” filmmaker (I would have to ask R-Lee for sure on this as he’s the resident Cronenberg expert). The late Marilyn Chambers plays a young woman who gets infected with rabies and proceeds to spread the disease throughout Montreal. As you might expect with a Cronenberg film, the Canadian government quickly turns fascist and a lot of Canadians die as a result. The movie’s not totally succesful but the trailer is. As a sidenote: in 2004, Marilyn Chambers Taylor was the vice-presidential candidate of the Personal Choice Party. I cast my first vote ever for her.
Through the Shattered Lens 