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Thanks for the heads-up on Die Farbe (2010). That one's new to me.

I greatly enjoyed the H P Lovecraft Historical Society film of Call of Cthulhu. I also admit to a soft spot for the 1965 version of The Colour Out of Space starring Karloff and the excellent Freda Jackson (but then, I'm the sentimental type and it makes pleasant comfort viewing).

Has anyone seen Hemoglobin (1997)? I can't find mention of it here. An adaptation of The Lurking Fear, directed by Peter Svatek, I thought it deserved a little better than the miserable 3.7 rating given it by IMDb.

Also known as Bleeders, it's presently available on YT under that title.

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Any fans of Kill List, directed by Ben Wheatley?

One of the most convincingly 'humdrum' beginnings to a horror I can think of, very English, and very bleak in a way that draws its unsettling nature straight from the British tabloids - unemployment, slacking, the'a-job's-a-job' attitude, and the undercurrent of abuse that certain papers want you to believe is lurking on every suburban street in 'broken Britain'. Except in this case it's an out of work hitman who needs the money from one last job .

It then builds to a conclusion that I really don't want to spoil for anyone, but overall this is a GRIM film that should appeal to anyone who likes Dead Man's Shoes as well as weird fiction.

Wheatley has also directed an adaptation of Ballard's High Rise, that should be out next year - I can't think of a better fit!

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I envy you that experience! It was horrendous enough when I knew what I was getting into!

Are you a fan of A Field In England?

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1. John Carpenter's THE THING
2. DIE FARBE/The Color Out of Space
3. the HELLRAISER films of Clive Barker
4. BLUE VELVET (although not technically Horror, David Lynch's vision of reality
is creepy)
5. Bram Stoker's DRACULA-Francis Ford Coppula, for its decadent and symbolist settings.

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A Field in England is wonderful.

The two Nosferati/Nosferatae/Nosferatwos are top-tier auteur cinema and the Coppola film is a laudable piece of pop gothic. The Hammer film is great also, whilst the Universal film is shoddily made but still iconic. None of them do the book right at all, but ol' Drac has had his share of memorable movies.

He's not always horror director, but I'm a huge fan of the Hitchcockian thrillers of Brian De Palma. Body Double, Dressed to Kill, Sisters, etc. I see them as reaching Aickman-esque levels of eerie oneric splendour. Body Double in particular feels like a dream that is always one didder away from nightmare.

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A Field in England is a trip, literally. The dialog is authentic to the historical period and needs to be listened to carefully to get the full enjoyment. Wheatley is a great director. Highly recommend it.

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A Field in Engand - one of the best western's I've ever seen. Right up there with Straw Dogs.

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El Poder de las Tinieblas (The Power of Darkness, 1979) an Argentinian movie based on Ernesto Sábato's Informe Sobre Ciegos (Report on the Blind), a chapter from his novel Sobre Héroes y Tumbas (On Heroes and Tombs, 1961), and directed by Sábato's son, Mario Sábato.


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Any one ever see Behind The Mask


First 10 minutes and last 30 it's a straight horror movie, but in the middle it gets incredibly awesome. I can't find anyone who has ever seen it besides me.

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Though of course Radford had nothing to do with the horror genre proper, this and "Hour of the Wolf" always struck me as the scariest movies I'd ever seen up till the age of, say, 13.

It is the most perfect translation of a novel into a film that one can find, I'd say.