#swan lake 1981

[residentialsinyomakai]

So

This guy from swan lake huh

[cure-yell-liker]

[bryqe]

✧ swan lake, ¹⁹⁸¹

prod by toei company dir. kimio yabuki

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[the-backwards-eel]

Odette and Odile from the 1981 Swan Lake!

[katlimeart]

Made in 2020 + 2022

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Mario girls cosplaying as characters from fairy tale movies from Toei

1. Mermaid Princess

2 + 3. Princess Rosa (Puss in Boots 1969)

4 - 6. Thumbelina

7 + 8. Odette

9 + 10. Odile disguised as Odette

[sirendeathcult]

Ballet in Horror Pt. II: Mirrors, reflections, and doppelgängers

Possession (1981) | Us (2019) | Black Swan (2010) | Perfect Blue (1997) | Suspiria (1977) | The Red Shoes (1948)

Repression, obsession, perfection, abuse, self & identity, gender...

One of the most underrated elements of POSSESSION (1981) is how the use of ballet in the film actually relates to its many themes— which are themes that can be traced across other films that depict ballerinas (or other types of performers in the case of Perfect Blue—it just fit too well to not include)

Read my article Blood-stained Satin: A Reflection on the Aesthetics of Ballet in Horror on Beauty of Horror

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 1-100

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) had the most votes with 2,493 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Coraline (2009) was the most watched film with 89.41% of voters saying they had seen it.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

Halloween (2007) was the least watched film with 64.13% of voters saying they hadn't seen it.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Coraline (2009) was the best known film with only 0.08% of voters saying they'd never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Shrooms (2007) was the least known film with 74.77% of voters saying they'd never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

Carrie (1976) Scream (1996) Hereditary (2018) It (2017) Candyman (1992) Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) The Babadook (2014) Paranormal Activity (2007) An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Misery (1990) The Fly (1986) Black Swan (2010) House of 1000 Corpses (2003) The Devil’s Rejects (2005) 3 from Hell (2019) Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Halloween (1978) Halloween (2007) Re-Animator (1985)

My Bloody Valentine (1981) Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Scary Movie (2000) Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) Psycho (1960) Train to Busan (2016) Thelma (2017) The Dark (2018) Ravenous (1999)

Shrooms (2007) Let the Right One In (2008) It Follows (2014) Martyrs (2008) The Wicker Man (1973) The Descent (2005) Dead End (2003) Fear Street trilogy (2021) The Ring (2002) Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Frankenstein (1931) Broken (1993) NoroI: The Curse (2005) The Eyes of My Mother (2016) Jacob's Ladder (1990) Phenomena (1985) Ichi the Killer (2001) Nightbreed (1990) Braindead (1992) Hatching (2022)

Wait Until Dark (1967) The Host (2006) Oculus (2013) Skinamarink (2022) We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021) Perfect Blue (1997) The Night House (2020) Lake Mungo (2008) Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Devour (2005) My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) Unfriended (2014) Choose or Die (2022) The Ritual (2017) Countdown (2019) The Wretched (2019) House (1977) Suspiria (1977)

Hatchet (2006) Hell House LLC (2015) The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) The Exorcist (1973) Poltergeist (1982) Gremlins (1984) Child's Play (1988) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Audition (1999) Cam (2018)

Jennifer's Body (2009) Ready or Not (2019) Dracula (1931) Freaks (1932) Alien (1979) Saw (2004) House of Wax (2005) Parasite (2019) Nope (2022) The Lost Boys (1987)

Hellraiser (1987) Ghost Ship (2002) Triangle (2009) Talk to Me (2022) Terrifier (2016) Coraline (2009) Monster House (2006) Mama (2013) Pulse (2001) Midsommar (2019)

[escapedaudios]

I think I found Crow's post-mortem theme song. For Neon Memoriam.

I'm obsessed. It sounds so melancholy but so hopeful and adventurous at the same time. The buildup at 3:50 suits him so well. I think it'll match his journey of Swan Song has a theme too! It's very different though. I think they'll both fit neatly together into their story. One side being the story of an emotionally wounded man who never found lasting happiness in spite of his gentle heart, and the other being the story of a jaded woman who thought she'd seen it all learning just how much there is left to discover.

Oh and of course Acid Rain. She's actually named after her theme song. I originally intended for her to have more backstory in season one and ended up cutting the scene featuring her theme. It will finally appear in season three. Her present self's (1994) theme song is Acid Rain by Lorn.

Her past self's (1981) theme song is Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite, Op 20.

Conflicted by her feelings for Crow, she defends the last living piece of him (Project Vengeance, seven years old by Neon Memoriam). She is still painfully in love with him, but she knows she is in love with the version of him that exists only in the past, before time passed in her absence and he changed. I kind of want to give her this tragic but powerful and epic presence.

[shewhowantsmouseears]

I was watching this anime of Swan Lake from 1981, and I am just... so predictable.

[micedcoffee]

hiii thanks for rbing my horror recs post! here's your recs! :)

nope is hard because there's truly nothing like it....but if i had to say maybe barbarian (2022) and malignant (2021) for their uniqueness and crazy twists, and nope does take a little bit of inspiration from signs (2002) so that could be interesting too.

based on the silence of the lambs i'd recommend you longlegs (2024), pulse (2001), se7en (1995), the empty man (2020), terrified (2017) and lake mungo (2008) because they're all about investigations that get weird and fucked up.

based on color out of space i'd recommend annihilation (2018), the beach house (2019), mandy (2018), event horizon (1997) and the endless (2017) about cosmic horrors happening to a group of people. 

based on re-animator i'd recommend night of the creeps (1986), an american werewolf in london (1981), lost boys (1987) and brain damage (1988) because they’re all super fun 80s horrors with gay undertones.

based on candyman (2022) i'd recommend the people under the stairs (1991), his house (2020), get out (2017) and master (2022) about racial injustice, and the devil's candy (2015), black swan (2010) and the perfection (2018) about getting completely consumed by your art.

hope there's some you haven't seen yet! :)

!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you! I’m super excited to watch the ones I haven’t seen (and rewatch the ones I have!)—thank you again for sharing your vast knowledge and expertise with this unlearnéd wanderer…

[jellogram]

October/Halloween Movie List Inspo by Theme!!!!

I probably forgot or omitted a ton of stuff so please don't get mad lol. Most of the older ones are available on YouTube or Tubi, the majority are in English, and most of the lists are in chronological order. I also avoided most sequels for simplicity's sake. I've seen most but not all of these so no content warnings are listed, so be sure to check accordingly.

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The Silent Era:

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

The Phantom Carriage (1921)

Nosferatu (1922)

Häxan (1922)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Faust (1926)

Vampyr (1932) (Almost silent)

The Universal Monsters Starter Pack

Dracula (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)

The Mummy (1932)

The Invisible Man (1933)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Wolf Man (1941)

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Best of Hitchcock Horror

Rope (1948)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Rear Window (1954)

Vertigo (1958)

Psycho (1960)

The Birds (1963)

Classic Slashers

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Halloween (1978)

Friday the 13th (1980)

The Evil Dead (1981)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Child's Play (1988)

Candyman (1992)

Scream (1996)

The "Science Fiction/Double Feature" Collection from the Rocky Horror intro:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Flash Gordon (various serials 1936-1940)

The Invisible Man (1933)

King Kong (1933)

It Came From Outer Space (1953)

Doctor X (1932)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Tarantula! (1955)

The Day of the Triffids (1962)

Night of the Demon (1957)

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Cult Classic and B-movie MegaMarathon

Them! (1954)

The Blob (1958)

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)

The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The Wicker Man (1973)

The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Eraserhead (1977)

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)

The Thing (1981)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Clue (1985)

Elvira (1988)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Birdemic (2008)

Jennifer's Body (2009)

The "I Miss the Old Tim Burton" Watch List

Vincent (1982)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Batman (1989)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Sleepy Hollow (1993)

Mars Attacks (1996)

The Corpse Bride (2005)

Sweeney Todd (2007)

Dark Shadows (2012)

Macabre Musicals

The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Corpse Bride (2005)

Sweeney Todd (2007)

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

The Lure (2015)

The 90s Nostalgia Mixtape

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

The Witches (1990)

The Addams Family (1991)

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Casper (1995)

The Craft (1996)

Scream (1996)

Halloweentown (1998)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The "God Forbid Women Do Anything" MegaMarathon

Carrie (1976)

Suspiria (1977)

Heathers (1989)

The Witches (1990)

The Craft (1996)

Ringu (1998)

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Teeth (2007)

Jennifer's Body (2009)

Black Swan (2010)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

The Lure (2015)

The VVitch (2015)

Raw (2016)

Midsommar (2019)

Us (2019)

Last Night in Soho (2021)

X (2022)

Scary Found Footage

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Rec (2007)

Paranormal Activity (2007)

Cloverfield (2008)

Lake Mungo (2008)

Unfriended (2014)

As Above, So Below (2014)

Creep (2014)

Host (2020)

Dracula Through the Ages

Nosferatu (1922)

Dracula (1931)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Dracula (1979)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

The Monster Squad (1987)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Van Helsing (2004)

Dracula Untold (2014)

The Film Bro Starter Pack (Spooky Edition)

The Exorcist (1973)

Alien (1979)

The Shining (1980)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

American Psycho (2000)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Get Out (2017)

Eye Candy

Suspiria (1977)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Coraline (2009)

Crimson Peak (2015)

The Love Witch (2016)

The Neon Demon (2016)

Mandy (2018)

Last Night in Soho (2021)

The Munsters (2022)

Movies My Mom Doesn't Realize Are Gay

Rope (1948)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (1985)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Hellraiser (1987)

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

The Craft (1996)

Black Swan (2010)

[cure-yell-liker]

I love this dub

[bryqe]

[residentialsinyomakai]

Spoilers for the 1981 Toei Swan Lake!! :)

I KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN BUT DAMN IT THEY KILLED HIM

sobs. Rothbart. We miss you. It should have been the prince

Also here's some that I haven't posted yet :(

[princesssarisa]

What are Odette and Odile like?

Well... I mean their hair (👩), their eyes (👀), their bodies (🚶‍♀️) and some colors of their skin

Since Swan Lake is a ballet, they're both very slim, with long, graceful legs and arms, like a typical ballerina. I also picture them with pale skin and either black eyes (like a swan's) or blue eyes.

As for their hair, I'm not quite sure. Every animated and illustrated version of the story that I've seen – the 1981 Swan Lake anime, The Swan Princess, Barbie of Swan Lake, and Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations for Margot Fonteyn's storybook adaptation – all depict Odette with long, flowing blonde hair. So a part of me does instinctively picture Odette as a blonde, because those adaptations introduced me to the story before I ever saw the ballet. But when I imagine a performance of the ballet itself, I find myself picturing her with black hair that contrasts strikingly with her white costume.

I think ballet productions do most often portray Odette (and by extension the disguised Odile) with dark hair, despite the tendency for non-ballet adaptations to make her blonde. This is probably because hair can't be long and flowing on the ballet stage, but has to be worn up, so blonde hair would be almost invisible under Odette's traditional white swan-feather hairpiece. Whereas dark hair stands out against it, even while up in a ballet bun.

I don't have any fixed image of Odile's true form when she's not disguised as Odette. In the ballet she traditionally just appears in her Odette-clone form, so every adaptation that does show her true form is different. Her design in Barbie of Swan Lake as just an ordinary black-haired, snide-looking human villainess is slightly boring to me. I prefer either the 1981 anime, where she's still eerily pretty but has pale gray skin, jaundiced eyes, pointy elven ears, and otherworldly blue hair, or Trina Schart Hyman's terrifying illustration, where she still has hair like Odette's, but a bony figure, vampire-like teeth, and big, monstrous red eyes.

[leotanaka]

World Cinema Watched in 2023 (so far) i figured every month or two, i would create a list like this of the world movies i have watched, enjoyed and would recommend.

movies: swan lake (1981) ; lust, caution (2007) ; sew the winter to my skin (2018) ; riding with sugar (2020) ; thappad (2020) ; anori (2018) ; night of the kings (2020) ; orca (2021) ; the life ahead (2020)