Hey guys I’m going to be doing classes on the history of some of the classic horror movies. All week of Halloween. What horror movie is a classic to you?
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Bela & Boris would be must haves, the original 1922 Nosferatu, 1961 the Innocents.
I would say that the scariest, if not the best cinematography, of any horror films would be a made for TV series. Each sequel has been scarier then the last. Frankly they frighten me so much, I can’t even watch anymore, but they fascinated me in my youth… So I nominate ANY of the presidential conventions as a must see horror flick.
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Cronenberg’s body-horror deserves a place in your list. I call his Videodrome the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. I also recommend the original Japanese version of the Ring to introduce Asian horror cinema. You will have to give a place to the Hammer horror franchise, and another To Lovecraft adaptations by Stuart Gordon ( from beyond, Dagon, or dreams in the witch house) or Dan O’Bannon’s the resurrected. George Romero probably deserves a place too, but I intensely dislike zombies, and can’t make recommendations. I don’t have many suggestions for a continental tradition of horror movies. Del Toro, I think he’s from Mexico, but you might bring him in for Spain: Pan’s Labyrinth or the Devil’s Backbone. Dario Argento (sp?) perhaps, but again I am NOT a fan.
Finally, you might compare movies across time periods. Comparing the 3" thing from another world quote movies from the 1950s, the 1980s, and the recent remake.
Oh, and see Kenneth Hite’s ongoing 31 Nights of Dractober series at Pelgrane Press for vampire movies.
A close friend of mine does a blog on fright films. You might pick up some ideas there.