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- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
- DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane CilentoA puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.Title: 柳條人/異教徒, referring to the ending sacrifice, stemming from Julius Caesar's work
Theme: 1.Folk horror - A heathen island (Summerisle) near Scotland 2.Who's the real pagan? (questioning Christianity) 3.The hunter is hunted. 4.Existential theology (utopia) 5.凱爾特人Celt, Beltane(May Day festival), 五朔節花柱Maypole 6.Underground + Shutter Island + Rosemary's Baby + The 7th Seal 7.Fellini + Altman (European style)
Good: theme, direction, editing, score, song (lyrics), sound, production design, cinematography(ending scene), screenplay(great plot twist), acting( Christopher Lee and the Inn landlord)
Great scenes: 1.Two sacrifices (opening- Jesus, for human redemption; ending- himself, for harvest) 2.Opening (church-a solemn song/ island-a MASH-style relaxing song) 3.GreenMan Inn scene (dirty song) 4.Public sex on the lawn, nudity at graveyard 5.Maypole and the school (no "death" word; reincarnation> resurrection) 6.The cross at graveyard 7.bonfire and naked girls 8.Lord Summerisle's talk about Jesus (impregnated by ghost) and a dirty "maiden" song 9.the final parade 10.the ending sacrifice (2 religions' song battle)
- DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonVera FarmigaRon LivingstonParanormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-suAfter being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.https://alicy0.pixnet.net/blog/post/33431556
Good: cinematography, score, editing, direction, screenplay (how to tell this old Korean story with a new touch), sound, acting (stepmom), production design and color use (green, red, 碎花), sad/slow-burn/poetic psychological horror drama film, 2 truth reveal scene (秀蓮 is dead/ real stepmom first appears in the film)
Theme: child abuse by stepmom, hallucination due to refusal to believe someone's death(Goodnight Mommy) - DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsCatherine DeneuveIan HendryJohn FraserA sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.
- DirectorGeorges FranjuStarsPierre BrasseurAlida ValliJuliette MaynielA surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.
- Remind me of "The Skin I Live In"+ "The Body"+ "AHS season 2" + "Get Out"
- To avoid censor, some are different from the novel: not to include too much blood (which would upset French censors), refrain from showing animals getting tortured (which would upset English censors) and leave out mad-scientist characters (which would upset German censors)
Good: cinematography, direction(hauntingly beautiful ending, satisfying horror scenes including not leaving out the surgery scene, dog scene) , score, editing, screenplay and character study (the daughter and the doctor), atmosphere building, production design, makeup - DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen JosephHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm BlomgrenA couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.As disturbing and visually-striking as The Wicker Man (1973) with great direction from Ari Aster and great performance from Pugh.
This is a top-tier modern horror film. - DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsRoman PolanskiIsabelle AdjaniMelvyn DouglasA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.The Shining + Rosemary's Baby + Persona
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsKarlheinz BöhmAnna MasseyMoira ShearerA young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.Apartment trilogy 2
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.-Thriller + Drama + a little Horror
-Critique of war/humanity(jealousy, lonliness, love and lust)/religion... 以報應為結局
Good: cinematography, sound, direction (for such low budget and its effective tense atmosphere), acting (Nobuko Otowa), horror scenes, dialogue(critique of war) - DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJulie ChristieDonald SutherlandHilary MasonA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.red, glass, falling, misinterpreted identity, reproduction, communication, fluid time, self-fulfilling prophecy
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
- DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMarisa ParedesEduardo NoriegaFederico LuppiAfter Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.