The Criterion Collection

[movieben1138]

Actually, my vote would be ROSEMARY'S BABY, so you've already got it! Though I think some of the creepiest scenes aren't from a horror movie, but rather a Shakespearean translation. The forest spirit in Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD gives me chills every time. If you like Guillermo del Toro, you should definitely give CRONOS and THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE a look.

-Ben

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by SammyJankis

You have zero respect for your customers. This is an insult. Way to keep us waiting until the last second to let us know. - Random Facebook user.

This is hilarious. Zero respect for customers? An insult? Good grief.

The second I read this I knew it had to be Diddler.
Good god, that guy....

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

The Vanishing has my vote.

[silverlakephil]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

Since you already have Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, I'd recommend Repulsion. It"s mainly atmospheric with it's creepy B&W photography, but there are chills here and there.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

I would probably vote for Peeping Tom and Carnival of Souls.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

I'd say The Vanishing and The Brood

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

I find Antichrist to be a rather disturbing (in a good way) film.

[Scottie]

I spent my evening watching Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. I have owned the film for quite awhile now, but have been avoiding it due to the plot description not really doing much for my interest level. Still, I went into it with a neutral attitude and I found it quite enjoyable, overall.

The film does a pretty good job at showing cultural clashes, cultural practices, and attempts to retain dignity and humanity in such poor conditions. While it is not a perfect film by any means, and I'm still not entirely sure what the narrative was trying to get at, it certainly passed the time.

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

Carnival of Souls, Repulsion, and The Silence of the Lambs get my vote for the creepiest films in The Criterion Collection.

[StLouisRibs]

Hey, look at it this way; after the announcements, we'll only have to wait 29 days for the next announcements rather than 30!

[Brad1963]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

Hey, look at it this way; after the announcements, we'll only have to wait 29 days for the next announcements rather than 30!

1 less day to complain about the announcements also.

[Yojimbo]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

HOUSE

Hah, not much of an actual horror movie, though, unless you're on acid.

[Alex DeLarge]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I spent my evening watching Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. I have owned the film for quite awhile now, but have been avoiding it due to the plot description not really doing much for my interest level. Still, I went into it with a neutral attitude and I found it quite enjoyable, overall.

The film does a pretty good job at showing cultural clashes, cultural practices, and attempts to retain dignity and humanity in such poor conditions. While it is not a perfect film by any means, and I'm still not entirely sure what the narrative was trying to get at, it certainly passed the time.



Carnival of Souls, Repulsion, and The Silence of the Lambs get my vote for the creepiest films in The Criterion Collection.

I love Oshima's casting of David Bowie as a man who can't sing! It's his hunchbacked little brother who has the angelic voice (in flashback). It's one of my favorite Oshima films and I'm hoping BOY gets announced tomorrow.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Alex DeLarge

I love Oshima's casting of David Bowie as a man who can't sing! It's his hunchbacked little brother who has the angelic voice (in flashback). It's one of my favorite Oshima films and I'm hoping BOY gets announced tomorrow.

I've only seen ITROTS and MCML, but I can't say I'm really a fan.

David Bowie did do a great job, though. Speaking of, I really need to get around to seeing TMWFTE.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

Since you already have Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, I'd recommend Repulsion. It"s mainly atmospheric with it's creepy B&W photography, but there are chills here and there.

I first saw Repulsion when I was like 11, or there a bouts, and it has never left me. I found it utterly disarming and disturbing at that age; and to be honest, I still do pretty much.

[Edward J Grug III]

Well, it's not the end of the world that the announcments are pushed back a day, but it does seem kind of mean to not say that until the end of the day!

Having said that, it doesn't effect me since I wake up and the titles have just been announced most months, so I wasn't waiting and refreshing like many people.

Didn't this happen right before the Zatoichi boxset announcement? Must be something big, right? ;D

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by Gusto-Guus

What would y'all say is the best horror flick in Criterions' collection?

Rosemary's Baby and The Uninvited are the only 2 I own. Looking to get a pretty scary one for October.

Any thoughts?

THE INNOCENTS. Absolutely, positively get that one.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I've only seen ITROTS and MCML, but I can't say I'm really a fan.

Then get this and become one....



Nagisa Oshima was a lion of the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s. The movies showcased in the Oshima's Outlaw Sixties set are some of the most complex of all the films available in Criterion's Japanese cinema library. They are filled with symbolism and frequent absurdities, and some of the story constructs can make parts of them difficult to grasp, but if you make the attempt to take hold the rewards are there in spades.

One thing I find striking about Oshima is that in many of his films he asks uncomfortable questions of his audience about the darker side of the Japanese psyche. He often acknowledges the postwar implications of the death-obsessed nature of many in Japanese society during the militaristic period before and during WWII, including its cultural impacts and carryover into a rebuilt and thriving Japan. He was doing this at a time when few others dared such a thing. The films in this set were all made barely 20 years after Japan's surrender, and only 10 years after the signing of a final peace treaty with the US.

Each film in the Eclipse set is unique, not just in plot, but also in overall look and "feel", even while re-using some of the same actors (who are invariably great in each role they play). In a way, Oshima's Outlaw Sixties is like a Japanese BBS set. Pleasures of the Flesh and Japanese Summer: Double Suicide are probably my favorites.

The most complex and memorable film in the set by far, in my opinion, is Sing a Song of Sex. At its core, Sing a Song of Sex chronicles the actions of four disillusioned and frequently callous Japanese youths who seem only interested in pursuing a good time while remaining disinterested in the social activism swirling around them. Parts of the film are laugh-out-loud funny in the antics of the four students, making it both the most humorous and the most darkly serious film in the Eclipse set. It has multiple layers and subtexts involving, among other things, getting laid, forced sex fantasies, the poor treatment of Koreans in Japanese society, the clash of traditions vs 1960s modernism in post-war Japan, and even the deeper social and political meanings in bawdy pub songs sung by working class Japanese (hence, the title of the film). Ironically, the bawdy nature of these songs is why the young men enjoy them; singing these songs becomes the students only real connection to the social activism surrounding them.

[AlucardtheIII]

Watched House (Hausu) with a group of friends and we all had a blast.
Highly recommend it.

[skytreader]

Has anyone seen "Tie me Up! Tie me Down!"?

Am thinking about getting it during the next BN sale...

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by skytreader

Has anyone seen "Tie me Up! Tie me Down!"?

Am thinking about getting it during the next BN sale...

It's not a bad film, but it doesn't come close to Volver as my favorite film of his (I've only seen a small handful of his catalogue).

It's available on Netflix and Hulu, so I would recommend checking it out on there before you commit to a purchase. It seems to be a love-hate type of film.