Horror films with artist's as important characters

Put yourself or your friends in!! :)

There are only scenes from Aliens (the original), The Fly, Jeepers Creepers 2, The Omen (new one), Child's Play, and The Hills Have Eyes 2 (sorry, no major classics other than maybe Aliens)

And just in case someone thinks this is spam just because I joined today, I won't post this as a link.

dareyoutowatch.com

After the little intro, there's a link at the corner of the screen that says "insert yourself into the terror".

The rest should be pretty self explanatory. Worth a quick laugh if you're bored

did anyone have a chance to try it yet? :confused: just wondering what people think

[The Flayed One]

murder-set-pieces - Nick Polumbos gross out exploitation film about a fashion photographer killer.

Stendhal Syndrome - Deals with a psychosomatic illness that makes people dizzy and suffer hallucinations when exposed to art. Decent Argento flick.

[Festered]

Though most of these are thrillers, they featured art or artists prominently- the Sketch Artist series, Sudden Impact, Tattoo, Night of the Generals, The Train, Blow-Up, I Shot Andy Warhol, House of Horrors, Chamber of Horrors, Spellbound(artistic backdrops by Dali), the films of Ralph Bakshi, and the recent Chemical Wedding(man is possessed by Aleister Crowley, who when not pretending to be the devil, dabbled in art and even designed his own Tarot cards).


On the bio side, the 2 films about Frida Kahlo, whose work leans heavily towards surreal fantasy. Love is the Devil was about Francis Bacon, whose art can be viewed as horrific(the film makers didn’t have permission to photograph his work, so recreated it for the film). The Mondo films usually featured segues into the art world(usually to squeeze in shots of nude models and give the film some kind of artistic merit for those pesky censors). Ken Russell did a lot of over the top biopics about various musical artists, usually highly fantastical.


The films of Luis Bunuel and Jean Cocteau could be viewed as works of art by themselves, as they both were founding fathers of the Surrealist movement. Photographer Leni Reifenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and Olympia, though not horror, could both be viewed with evil undercurrents as both films are masterpieces of propaganda for the Nazi regime.


Phantom of the Opera was about a composer, Vertigo had a clothes designer, Rear Window a photographer. In the Silence of the Lambs films, Dr. Lector not only appreciated art, but was an artist. And even in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you had sculptural pieces(those bones were assembled by artisans).

[Despare]

I don't think anybody has mentioned Genesis yet. It's a Nacho Cerdà film about a sculptor using his art as a means to honor his recently deceased wife. Watch it if you can find it, it's only 30 minutes long and has no dialog but it's got some great imagery and manages to be a somewhat powerful little movie.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Vault of Horror.

One of the segments in this Amicus anthology features Tom Baker as an artist who combines voodoo with his painting to bring down those who wronged him.

totally ignored :( haha

I was just wondering if anyone else had any better luck with it than me. I've tried a few different scenes with different pictures and it all comes out looking the same to me...

[neverending]

Originally Posted by gogopanda

totally ignored :( haha

I was just wondering if anyone else had any better luck with it than me. I've tried a few different scenes with different pictures and it all comes out looking the same to me...

Quit spamming in this thread, will ya?

[neverending]

Thought of another one- Diary of a Madman, with Vincent Price. He's a sculptor.

sorry about that :(