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 begin the 2010s!
4 Shots From 4 Horror Films
The Wolfman (2010, dir by Joe Johnston)
Insidious (2010, dir by James Wan)
Let Me In (2011, dir by Matt Reeves)
The Cabin In The Woods (2012, dir by Drew Goddard)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we take a look at 2011 and 2012!
6 Shots From 6 Horror Films: 2011 — 2012
Insidious (2011, directed by James Wan, DP: John R. Leonetti)
The Whisperer in Darkness (2011, directed by Sean Branney)
Dracula 3D (2012, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Luciano Tovoli)
Sinister (2012, directed by Scott Derrickson, DP: Christopher Norr)
Silent House (2012, dir by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, DP: Igor Matrinovic)
The Cabin In The Woods (2012, dir by Drew Goddard, DP: Peter Deming)
Happy Halloween from horror scenes that I love!
Our final scene of the season: the party starts in 2012’s The Cabin In The Woods!
Welcome the final October edition of Lisa Marie’s Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers!
I’ve enjoyed reviving this feature for October. I’m not totally sure if I’ll continue it because, as I said way back at the start of the month, there are only so many trailers on YouTube and I don’t want to spend too much time repeating myself. We’ll see!
These are trailers for 6 of my favorite horror films:
From the great director, Mario Bava. This film is like a cinematic dream. Plus, the main character is named Lisa!
2. Suspiria (1977)
This trailer is creepy, though it really doesn’t do the film justice. Check out my review here!
3. The Shining (1980)
This is one of the few films that scares me no matter how many times I watch it.
4. Near Dark (1987)
Vampires in Texas! Hell yeah!
5. Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
From the brilliant Jean Rollin.
6. The Cabin In The Woods (2011)
I don’t care how many hipster douchebags disagree. This movie is absolutely brilliant.
Happy Halloween!
Today’s horror scene that I love comes from 2012’s The Cabin In The Woods.
How many references can you spot in that cellar?
Horror films!
Audiences love them but the Academy has never quite felt the same way. True, there have been a few horror films nominated. The Exorcist was a major contender. Jaws was nominated. So was The Sixth Sense. Silence of the Lambs won.
But, for the most part, horror films have struggled to get Academy recognition. While the Academy has recently shown a willingness to honor science fiction, the horror genre has yet to benefit from the decision to increase the number of best picture nominees.
Because I love horror and I love movies and I love lists, here are ten horror films that I think deserved a best picture nomination:
One of the most popular and influential horror films of all time, Frankenstein was sadly ignored by the Academy. It’s certainly better remembered than the film that won best picture of 1931, Cimarron.
2. Psycho (1960)
Psycho may have received nominations for best director, supporting actress, cinematography, and art design but the film that made people afraid to take showers did not receive a nomination for best picture. The winner that year was a legitimate classic, The Apartment. But it’s hard not to feel that Psycho should have, at the very least, received a nominations over the other 4 films nominated.
3. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George Romero’s zombie classic may have set the standard for zombie movies to come but it was not honored the Academy. The Academy was more comfortable with Oliver!
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
1974 was a very good year for the movies and certainly, I would not argue that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre deserved a nomination over The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, or Chinatown. But over The Towering Inferno? That’s another story.
Oscar nominee Dario Argento? In a perfect world, yes.
The night he came home … to Oscars! If nothing else, John Carpenter’s score definitely deserved to win.
Few sequels have been nominated for best picture. Dawn of the Dead definitely should have been one of them. Who wouldn’t want to see, at the very least, Tom Savini’s speech as he accepted his special award for best makeup?
8) The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick’s film may be recognized as a classic now but the reviews, when it was first released, were mixed. So, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that it wasn’t given any recognition by the Academy. It’s a shame because I’ve watched The Shining a few dozen times and it still scares the Hell out of me.
9) The Cabin In The Woods (2012)
One of the best films of the new century, this joyful tribute to the horror genre was sadly overlooked by the Academy in 2012.
Is Nicholas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon truly a horror movie? It’s close enough. Though the film opened to mixed reviews, it’ll be recognized as a classic in another ten years.
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 begin our current decade!
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Wolfman (2010, dir by Joe Johnston)
Insidious (2010, dir by James Wan)
Let Me In (2011, dir by Matt Reeves)
The Cabin In The Woods (2012, dir by Drew Goddard)
It’s October, which means that it’s horror month here at the Shattered Lens! Can you believe that we’ve been doing this for six years? I figured what better way to celebrate the start of October than by listing my picks for the ten best horror and supernatural-themed films to have been released since the founding of Through the Shattered Lens!
(Whoops! Derrick Ferguson of the Ferguson Theater just reminded me that House of the Devil came out in 2009. Though I haven’t reviewed House of the Devil on this site — though I did take time to praise this dance scene — it is a film that definitely belongs on this list. So, I’m adding it and another film as well. So now, we have a list of the 12 best horror films of the past six years!)
Check them out below!
Agree? Disagree? Let me know in the comments!
As of this month, I have been reviewing films here at the Shattered Lens for 3 years. In honor of that anniversary, I thought I’d post my picks for the 50 best films that have been released in the U.S. since 2010.
Without further ado, here’s the list!
Here are the winners of the 11th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, honoring the best of 2012. You can find out more about the Rondos by clicking here.
– BEST MOVIE: CABIN IN THE WOODS
— BEST TV: WALKING DEAD
— CLASSIC DVD: A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN
— CLASSIC COLLECTION: UNIVERSAL MONSTERS ON BLU RAY
— RESTORATION: DRACULA (1931)
— COMMENTARY: David Kalat on Criterion GOJIRA/GODZILLA
— DVD EXTRA: Universal Monsters ORIGINAL HOUSE OF HORRORS booklet
— INDEPENDENT FILM: HOUSE OF GHOSTS
— SHORT FILM: FALL OF HOUSE OF USHER (animated)
— DOCUMENTARY: BEAST WISHES
— BOOK OF YEAR: RAY HARRYHAUSEN’S FANTASY SCRAPBOOK
— BEST MAGAZINE MODERN: RUE MORGUE
— BEST MAGAZINE CLASSIC: SCARY MONSTERS
— BEST ARTICLE: Christopher Lee: A Career retrospective, by Aaron Christensen, HORROR HOUND #34
— BEST INTERVIEW: Michael Culhane talks with original DARK SHADOWS cast, including Jonathan Frid’s last interview, FAMOUS MONSTERS #261
— BEST COLUMN: It Came from Bowen’s Basement (John Bowen), RUE MORGUE
— BEST THEME ISSUE: Tie, MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT #30 (Vincent Price); VIDEO WATCHDOG #169 (Dark Shadows)
— COVER: Jeff Preston’s Phibes cover for LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #29
— WEBSITE: DREAD CENTRAL
— BLOG: COLLINSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
— CONVENTION: MONSTERPALOOZA
— FAN EVENT: Rick Baker gets star on hollywood Walk of Fame
— HORROR HOST: Svengoolie
— HORROR COMIC: WALKING DEAD
— MULTIMEDIA (Audio/video): FRIGHT BYTES
— SOUNDTRACK/HORROR CD: ROSEMARY’S BABY
— TOY, MODEL OR COLLECTIBLE: Jeff Yagher’s BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN scene
— WRITER OF YEAR: Tim Lucas
— REVIEWER OF YEAR: David-Elijah Nahmod
— ARTIST: DANIEL HORNE
— FAN ARTIST: MARK OWEN
— HENRY ALVAREZ AWARD FOR ARTISTIC DESIGN: RAY SANTOLERI
— INTERNATIONAL MONSTER FAN: Rhonda Steerer (operates Boris Karloff ‘More Than a Monster’ site from Germany)
— MONSTER KID OF THE YEAR: SIMON ROWSON (for work in Japan unearthing lost footage in HORROR OF DRACULA)
— HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES:
— J.D. LEES — Editor/publisher who helped popularize kaiju scholarship with G-FAN, now a giant-sized100 issues old.
— COUNT GORE DE VOL: Still going strong in multimedia, 40 years later.
— TED NEWSOM: Opinionated but with good reason — he was there researching and interviewing long before most others.
— STEVE BISSETTE — Writer’s love of the genre has spread across all genres, from comic books to deep research.
— JESSIE LILLEY: From Scarlet Street to Famous Monsters and Mondo Cult, she has expanded the outlook of fandom.
— And the late GARY DORST: One of fandom’s founding forces, gone far too soon.
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