At The Mountains Of Madness / Lovecraft film adaptations?

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:28 pm

The Japanese are great fans of Lovecraft, and they make some of the best horror films ever.
"The Grudge" is a wierd tale, not a blood-spattered horror film, there is a difference.
Some films satisfy some tastes, otheres satisfy another.
I stand by what I said, but you are entitled to your opinion.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:40 pm

Well atleast your understanding...I can admire that...I think I've learned a valuable lesson today...I believe now that classical horror movie fans and new aged horror movie fans can get along in peace

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:13 pm

Let's see if the Mountains of Madness ever yield a film-looks like 'Cthulhu' with Tori Spelling is going to ba a no show.
The Japanese horror tradition goes back a long way, Lafcadio Hern collected many stories, translated them, and maqny years ago they were filmed as 'Kwaidan', a very spooky bit of work.
I'd also like to reccomend 'Curse of the Demon', which despite a totally cheesey title, is a chilly yarn adapted from M.R. James.
The greatest horror is the one that you imagine for yourself.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:50 pm

Yah but its easier if someone else does it for you...thats why Blair Witch pissed me off so much

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:08 pm

Blair Witch was loosely based of at least influenced by 'Equinox', a less than distinguished film released around 1970.
Blair Witch was also influenced by the Bell Witch legend.
What makes these things scary is the very nebulous nature of them, how one never quite knows what's real, and what's imagined.
That's my favorite sort of tale.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:17 pm

The only part of it I found scary was the idea of something like this might happen to me and my friends...considering we tend to go camping alot and get drunk in the middle of no-were frequently...

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:33 pm

Where precisely do you think that the conventions of teenage slasher flicks come from?
You know, "Take off your bra and die"?
Camping trips are supposed to be scary!
Blair Witch simply exploited this effectively, then added a layer of beliveability from a successful whispering campaign, which captialized on the grim tale of the Bell Witch in Tennessee.
Of course, the cat was soon out of the bag, but it was a pretty good trick.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:53 pm

Yah but what kind of people expect to be choped to pieces by a hocky masked chainsaw weilding mainac when they go champing...?

And on a side note that movie pisses me off because it prolly cost the tool like 120bucks to make the movie grossed like several million...And the sequal sucked balls!

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:56 pm

Eternities End wrote:Yah but what kind of people expect to be choped to pieces by a hocky masked chainsaw weilding mainac when they go champing...?

Paranoid hockey fans.

Also the sequel was made by a different director.

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:09 pm

Blair Witch cost a lot more than $1200-but most of the money went for film and processing same.
Digital will make that kind of money possible for a feature film.
The sequel was pretty sad-that one actress had a wonderful body, though.
There was a mocumentery that was shown with the film, and that was actually quite good.
Has anyone ever heard of one called "The Minnesota Death Project"?
I saw it on cable, and it was interesting.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:25 pm

"Clerks." was one of the few films ever made in which making the film cost less than licensing the sounctrack.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:01 pm

Yah Kevin Smiths a sell out

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:03 pm

krakenten wrote:The Japanese are great fans of Lovecraft, and they make some of the best horror films ever.
"The Grudge" is a wierd tale, not a blood-spattered horror film, there is a difference.
Some films satisfy some tastes, otheres satisfy another.
I stand by what I said, but you are entitled to your opinion.

If you like 'The Grudge' then you need to read 'Ju-On' by Kei Ohishi.
It is based on the original 'Grudge' movies only much better

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:10 pm

Man why does everone know a shitload about japonese movies around here?

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:04 pm

i saw the seven samurai on tv.. also, hentai, but not on tv