Er...that was actually pretty creepy, Jonathan.
bill | | Email | 08.08.08 - 9:02 am | #
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Bill - You got to see it! That's makes me happy. I always figure you have to wait until you get home from work to watch these things. And I'm glad you found it creepy. I guess that's a good thing with a Kill Fest trailer.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 9:44 am | #
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Well, I happen to be home today. Not feelin' too perky, sonny...
Weren't you going to making refereng to "regulars" in this trailer? Or am I thinking of something else.
bill | | Email | 08.08.08 - 9:56 am | #
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Very awesome Jonathan. It reveals a whole new part of you that I haven't experienced before.
I can't help but think that you are Jack Nicholson lurching towards those poor innocent ladies!
p.s. I wonder which director(s) was in bed with Margot Kidder in that one shot.
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 10:55 am | #
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Bill - The "some of the regulars will be featured" thingy comes next week, in my Cinema Styles Fall Spectacular Trailer. I find it quite entertaining.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 11:10 am | #
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Well Fox there are a couple of male victims in there (The Wicker Man, The Serpent and the Rainbow) but generally speaking, the sub-genre tends toward female victims. Of course I'll be doing a set of different montages in October (some of which I have already completed) that focus on the different subsets of genres within horror (monster movies, ghost stories, etc.) that have nothing to do with slicing and dicing but for the main Kill Fest trailer, I wanted to splash a little blood about.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 11:15 am | #
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Oh... I wasn't complaining, I thought it was well done.
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 11:20 am | #
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I didn't think you were complaining you sly Fox, I just wanted to clarify to everyone that I wasn't trying to just show a bunch of ladies get knifed, strangled and hanged.
But as a warning about October for the gentler Cinema Styles readers: some of the banners are a bit on the graphic side.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 11:40 am | #
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This might be a good post to introduce the topic of Natalie Portman producing and starring in the remake of Suspiria.
Had you heard of this? David Gordan *Yawn* is directing.
But somehow I think the casting of Portman works. I don't particularly like her as a deep actress, but I think she has the face for this role.
I mean, it's been awhile, but I don't remember Jessica Harper acting much in the original,... but she did a good job at looking cute.
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 11:58 am | #
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They're remaking Suspiria? I had no idea. Why can't they just let the original stand? I doubt they'll do justice to the technicolor glory of the original.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 12:03 pm | #
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Brilliant. Perfectly paced and, yes, creepy. The splash on the light bulb - great timing. What was the music?
Marilyn | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 1:28 pm | #
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Excellent preview. That was better than most trailers I see at movie theaters today. All you need is Adolph Cesare's baritone and you're set.
Fred | | Email | 08.08.08 - 2:06 pm | #
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Marilyn - The music? Glad you asked. I get music from all over the internet, most of it without even hearing it first. I do searches on instrumental, soundtrack and the like to find pieces that might be fitting for a montage or a trailer. This bit of music I discovered a few months back. It is composed by Jack Wall and is, believe it or not, the theme for the game "Myst III".
I listened to it and immediately thought, "Horror Trailer" even though MYST is pretty far from horror. In fact, I'm not sure how the hell this music fits that game but whatever. It's about five and a half minutes long. I took a section from the beginning, middle and end and spliced the three together for the trailer.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 2:48 pm | #
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Thanks Fred! I could start the next one with the words, "One man, on a deserted outpost at the edge of the galaxy..."
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.08.08 - 2:49 pm | #
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That's a great trailer, must have been fun to put together. I loved that there was a clip from "Theatre of Blood," which is one of my favorite horror flicks.
BTW - I really enjoy your blog. I've been "lurking" here for a long time.
Pat | | Email | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 3:21 pm | #
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Thank you very much Pat, I'm glad to know you like the blog and very glad to know you like Theatre of Blood - What a great movie, one of Vincent Price's best.
I enjoy doing trailers and montage shorts a little too much. I'm currently making about four at once. A new Fall trailer goes up this week.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 3:46 pm | #
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Sweet. (No Jesus.)
Arbogast Up Your Ass | | Email | 08.09.08 - 6:35 pm | #
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Thanks Arbo. On all things Horror I value your opinion.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 8:51 pm | #
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Damn that's good...Start with the creep and end with the splatter.
Ya gotta do a J-Horror one. I've been wanting to, but 1) I'm not sure I own enough good clips to make it worth while and 2) I would truly suck at it.
Looking forward to more of 'em!
Bob Turnbull | | Email | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 9:43 pm | #
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Bob - Thanks! I am woefully inadequate to the task where Japanese horror is concerned. It's an area of film in which I am truly lacking. But if someone could recommend some good titles to me, who knows.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 11:20 pm | #
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J-Horror.
Ju-on (and its sequels). Cure. Ghost Actress. The Happiness of the Katakuris (comedy/musical/horror). Ringu (and its sequels). Kwaidan.
Marilyn | | Email | Homepage | 08.10.08 - 9:55 am | #
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Oh, and Dark Water. Excellent film.
Marilyn | | Email | Homepage | 08.10.08 - 9:58 am | #
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The first Ju-On is the only one of the series I've seen, but it really is very good. Genuinely creepy.
I'm not much of a fan of Miike, but Audition is definitely worth checking out.
bill | | Email | 08.10.08 - 10:36 am | #
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Marilyn has hit some of the biggies. Some others:
Pulse, Seance, Retribution (all by Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Reincarnation (by Takashi Shimizu, director of the Ju-On films), Audition, One Missed Call (both Takashi Miike), Uzumaki, Onibaba, Jigoku.
Non-Japanese Asian horror:
Alone, Shutter (both Thailand), A Tale Of Two Sisters, Acacia (both Korean).
You'll never look at long flowing black hair the same...
Bob Turnbull | | Email | Homepage | 08.10.08 - 11:00 am | #
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Not J-horror but you've got to sneak MR. VAMPIRE in there - it's got the most hysterically geometric laughs I've ever had. The classic 60s omnibus KWAIDAN is worth investigating, too, and how about the scene from DIAL "D" FOR DEMONS where all the cast members smash their haunted cell phones? Actually, you could do a whole cell phone montage.
Arbogast Up Your Ass | | Email | 08.10.08 - 11:21 am | #
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Thanks everyone. I've seen only a couple of those so I'm clearly lacking when it comes to J-horror. But that's what queues are for. And MR. VAMPIRE I am also unfamiliar with. My horror has concentrated primarily on Universal, Hammer and Bava over the years ( I really like the thirties and sixties set designs) and mainly English language horror films of the seventies, eighties, nineties and 00's. I must begin to expand my horizons in this area.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.10.08 - 3:39 pm | #
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Neato! October can't come soon enough.
Since J-horror is a favorite of mine I have to recommend some other classic favorites not mentioned yet like Jigoku, Onibaba, Kuroneko, The Bloodthirsty Trilogy and Hausu. As well as newer films like Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure. For my money Kiyoshi Kurosawa is probably the best director currently making horror films in Japan.
p.s. looking over your older posts I noticed you have had some health problems and I'm glad you're feeling better!
Kimberly | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 3:44 pm | #
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Kimbery! Thank god you're back. I have most definitely missed you in the comment section here. I really never knew about J-horror until I started blogging to be honest as embarrassing as that may be to admit. I have a lot of catching up to do so thanks for your expert recommendations.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 3:49 pm | #
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Oh and thanks. That illness was life sucking. My son got it the next week and had to go through the same crap I did with it.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 3:50 pm | #
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Neato! October can't come soon enough.
Since I'm rather fond of older Japanese horror films I thought I'd recommend some classics no one has mentioned yet like Jigoku, Blind Beast, Onibaba, Hausu and The Bloodthirsty Trilogy. As for newer films I highly recommend Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure (for my money he's the best director making horror films in Japan right now) as well as Angel Dust, Freeze Me and Kickiku. Some of these verge on being more art/social commentary than straight out horror movies but I tend to prefer that in a lot of modern Japanese horror films myself.
Kimberly | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 3:58 pm | #
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DAMN!
I thought my first comment didn't show up so I wrote it again and remembered some other titles. Oh well...
Anyway, thanks for the welcome back and I'm glad to hear you're doing better. I'm trying to catch up on my blog reading this week but it's slow going. I was happy to see you're gearing up for October! Maybe we should plan some kind of horror related blogathon? I know I'd like to join in one.
Kimberly | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 4:03 pm | #
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p.s. clearly I need to get the hang of how to "comment" again in people's blogs!
Kimberly | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 4:11 pm | #
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I never know what to do with blogathon's which is why I've never done one. But I'll be happy to participate if you come up with one. Besides, I'm no expert like you and the Arbo.
And Haloscan sucks today, and often. I've been getting a lot of double posts of comments today. I'd like to drop it but I don't want to lose over 5,000 comments.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 4:12 pm | #
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Jonathan, since Kimberly mentioned Kurosawa again, you should check out the Kiyoshi Kurosawa Blog-a-thon that just wrapped up. Not to wave my own flag, but I contributed a post to it as well with some clips of a few of my fave creepy moments from his films that use sound (or lack of it) really effectively.
Bob Turnbull | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 7:28 pm | #
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Bob - Thanks I'll definitely check it out. And wave your own flag as much as you want. Wave it high!
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.11.08 - 7:44 pm | #
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Jonathan: C'mon to my place, and browse through the archives as I've been covering Asian horror films fairly regularly. For Thai films available in the US, recommend Nang Nak, Ghost of Mae Nak, S.A.R.S. War which is one of the funniest horror comedies made, and for those times when you're just looking for shocking images to "borrow", both Art of the Devil movies, and Sick Nurses.
Peter Nellhaus | | Email | Homepage | 08.12.08 - 12:23 pm | #
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Believe me Peter, I know. I've read the reviews and they've made you the all-time Thai Horror expert in my opinion. Basically, I'll just load up my queue with all of these titles and then I will be the Asian Horror King of the Hill. Mwahaahaahahahaaa. But I don't believe I'll time before October to get a montage together with any of these, sadly. I'm also doing some original work as well and that's taking some time.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 08.12.08 - 1:21 pm | #
