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Fernando Vicente

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Stranger Things (2016-) The Conjuring (2013) Halloween (1978) Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) A Ghost Story (2017) Annabelle: Creation (2017) Julie and the Phantoms (2020-) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) Beetlejuice (1988) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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Trailers: Home Alone - Home Alone 3 - The Collector

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Jeezus

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CATS IN HORROR CINEMA Cat People (1942) dir. Jacques Tourneur Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott Friday the 13th Part II (1981) dir. Steve Miner Pet Sematary (1989) dir. Mary Lambert Hocus Pocus (1993) dir. Kenny Ortega American Psycho (2000) dir. Mary Harron Coraline (2009) dir. Henry Selick

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I am that very witch. When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with The Devil.

The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015) dir. Robert Eggers

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Trailers: Would you Rather - The Last Supper

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SHREK + CINEMATIC PARALLELS 

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So far I'm really digging the new Ju-On series, however there's some serious triggers in the first episode alone. It's good though! Just wish there were some trigger warnings for the people who need them.

I’m really enjoying the series so far! I’ve watched the first three episodes and finding it some of the most interesting Japanese horror I’ve been in a long time. Your warning is warranted though, it’s a fair degree darker than the other entries by grounding itself in human nastiness. 

Of the four episodes that I’ve seen so far, each one references a real crime from Japan at the time with its own events fitting alongside those, which is a big reason for the darker tone. That’s why I think the opening crawl is being misread in a lot of articles I’ve seen talking about the show. I think it’s a play on the real events it references in its episodes rather than any claim to meta-chronology or reality.

  “Ju-on is inspired by true events. All of these events originated from one house. However, the real events were far more frightening than the movies.”  

It’s an interesting change from the previous Juon film Sadako vs. Kayako which went all-in on the culture surrounding urban legends.

Above all else, I love how this series looks. Japanese horror in recent years has looked very glossy or digital video, but this has some real atmosphere to it which came as a very welcome surprise!

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POV: You’re the “i” in the Pixar logo

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The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers, 2019) Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018) Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019) The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)

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You know. They named the 13 ghosts, but they never really expanded on how they ended up they way they were. Some were obvious, but others not so much. What’s your theory on some of their backgrounds?

The special features give a backstory to each of the ghosts we see on film:

But as for the Arcanum illustrations, we only get a rough idea of what the original incarnations of the ghosts were like. 

I even had a theory that all of these spirits are reincarnated throughout all of time, doomed to live out the same horrible fates. However, it’s most likely that Cyrus Kriticos was just collecting the closest equivalent to the original Arcanum ghosts to power his machine.

The creator of the Arcanum was a 15th century astrologer who was demon possessed (similar to the Necronomicon). The illustrations within the book seem to suggest that he got a glimpse of the future and past, because the clothing styles of the ghosts range from 5th century to 18th.

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Today’s #filmfriday is a tribute to the late Japanese director Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, whose passing last week left many broken hearts in its wake. 💔 He is credited with changing Japanese cinema forever with his groundbreaking horror film House (1977), also referred to as Hausu. The only word that should ever be used to sum up House is ‘BANANAS!’ The film is a wild masterpiece of comedic, kitschy horror at its finest. It follows a young girl, Gorgeous, and a group of her friends (each with an archetypal name) as they vacation at her aunt’s house and experience all manner of strange happenings. When writing this movie, Ōbayashi took inspiration from his own post-atomic-bomb childhood in Hiroshima as well as his daughter’s fears of a haunted house that eats children. The resulting movie is unforgettable and arguably one of the most unique, entertaining, and batshit crazy horror films out there. In a fantastical array of special effects and supernatural elements, House unfolds like a dark storybook and captivated from the very beginning. The movie uses childlike imagination to springboard into a mesmerizing world of strange, humorous horror, all the while commenting on tragic love, bitter despair, and passions that consume. This cinematic wonder plays by its own rules as it uncannily delivers a healthy doses of the macabre along with laughter and sunshine. There are few horror films that can boast of such a feat. House also has an ever-changing score that’s just as over-the-top as the narrative and visuals, further adding to the movie’s weird wonderment. Gorgeous’ Aunt is one of my all time favorite horror movie characters. I revel in her demeanor and sense of humor, as well as her twinkly-eyed cat, Blanche. For real though, who doesn’t love a good horror movie cat? House is definitely a must-see, even if you’re not a horror movie fan! 🍌 #house1977 #hausu #ripobayashi #blanchethecat https://www.instagram.com/p/B_GETwlpCpl/?igshid=r2gohfpsiyfv

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What do you consider a great found footage film that’s severely underrated? Noroi: The Curse really doesn’t get as much love as it should in my opinion.

Noroi: The Curse is fantastic! 

One that personally scared me so much as a kid and doesn’t get a lot of attention is Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (or Alien Abduction: The McPherson tapes).

It follows the youngest son of the McPherson family documenting his thanksgiving night, when suddenly--ALIENS.

One of the genius things about this found footage documentary is that they place interviews of scientists and skeptics giving their thoughts on what is happening to the family. This gives the film a sense of credibility, because you yourself don’t know if the film is real or produced.

I mean, it’s obviously produced, but this was in the 90′s (before Blair Witch Project and amidst the X-Files craze) so there was no way of knowing if this was real or not. And they play it out with such a straight face. The film aired very late at night and I have very vivid memories of how creepy and realistic it felt.

Another thing this film does well, that I haven’t seen many found footage movies do, is take advantage of what is being seen by the camera and what the characters are experiencing. For instance, the characters hear voices and see things caused by the aliens, but the camera doesn’t pick it up. It leads to some very surreal moments. 

You can check out the whole movie here, if you’d like. The low VHS quality adds to the experience very well: 

https://vimeo.com/143485820