HDC top 100.

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by bwind22

3 Diabolique

7 Faust

8 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (It's lined up on Netflix already.)

9 Night of the Hunter

12 Spoorloos

13 Onibaba

14 Dead of Night

15 The Innocents

18 Repulsion

21 Kaidan

25 Les Yeux sans Vasage


The bolded ones are movies I haven't seen. The underlined ones are movies I've never even heard of. If anyone knows anything about any of those in bold or underlined, please share some info.

Diabolique - Its the french flick made in 1955 which "inspired" the Sharon Stone version. The original was much much better in terms of plot, acting and direction, but the story's the same. Its about a man who is killed by his wife and mistress, but his body disappears. This one has a Hitchcock-ian touch to it. (I havent seen this one)

Faust - Its a german movie made way back in the 1920s. The story is based on the original work written by Goethe about the soul of a person pawned to the Devil. I highly doubt if its available in the US, but it was released in Canada so who knows (I havent seen it myself). A Hollywood version was later remade with Andrew Divoff and Jeffrey Combs in it, which pretty much sucked bad.

The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari - I m surprised you havent seen this german masterpiece of the 1920s. The cinematography and the plotline makes for some really great viewing. Its about this magician and his future-telling assistant, who predicts death and actually kills people under the hypnosis of the magician. A must-see.

Night of the Hunter - 1955 movie about an ex-con evil preacher who marries his cellmate's wife in order to get the cellmate's hidden sum of money. A great anti-hero role by Robert Mitchum. Another must-see.

Spoorloos - Like zwoti said, its a dutch version made in '88 which later inspired "The Vanishing" with Keifer Sutherland. If you have seen that one, you can skip this one. Both movies are similar in many respects.

Onibaba - Havent seen this one. It sounds Asian. Have to check up IMDB for this. (Netflix here I come!)

Dead of Night - I m assuming the 1945 one (cuz there are more of the same name). A deep psychological horror movie. You will really dig this one. Another must-see.

The Innocents - :eek: BW, dont tell me you havent seen this one?? Its on par with "The Haunting" as one of THE best atmospheric horror movies of all time. Go, grab your coat and run to the store...NOW!!

Repulsion - I havent had a chance to see this one yet. :( I have seen people rave and chant about the movie though. Its a masterpiece by Polanski which stretches the boundaries of the human psyche when one is left in solitude and a claustrophobic environment. Damn I have to get my hands on this one soon!!

Kaidan - Absolutely no idea whatsoever. Need a trip to IMDB for this one too.

Eyes Without a Face - A really superb french flick. Maybe made in the early 60s about an insane surgeon trying to put his daughter's horribly disfigured face back together by implanting faces of young gurls whom he gets kidnapped. A racy chilling movie. It had some of the most gruesome scenes of surgery I ve seen. Put it in your must-watch list too.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by _____V_____
The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari - I m surprised you havent seen this german masterpiece of the 1920s. The cinematography and the plotline makes for some really great viewing. Its about this magician and his future-telling assistant, who predicts death and actually kills people under the hypnosis of the magician. A must-see.

I've had it at the top of my queue on Netflix for like a month & a half now & it always shows as a very long wait. *shrug* I'll get around to it whenever they send it.

Night of the Hunter - 1955 movie about an ex-con evil preacher who marries his cellmate's wife in order to get the cellmate's hidden sum of money. A great anti-hero role by Robert Mitchum. Another must-see.

Dead of Night - I m assuming the 1945 one (cuz there are more of the same name). A deep psychological horror movie. You will really dig this one. Another must-see.

The Innocents - :eek: BW, dont tell me you havent seen this one?? Its on par with "The Haunting" as one of THE best atmospheric horror movies of all time. Go, grab your coat and run to the store...NOW!!

I'm not real big on ghost stories so The Haunting has never really appealed to me. Dead of Nigth & Night of the HUnter are probably both just before my time & I haven't gotten around to seeing them yet. Like I said, though, I intend to check out all those bold films on the list just because I haven't seen them yet.

Eyes Without a Face - A really superb french flick. Maybe made in the early 60s about an insane surgeon trying to put his daughter's horribly disfigured face back together by implanting faces of young gurls whom he gets kidnapped. A racy chilling movie. It had some of the most gruesome scenes of surgery I ve seen. Put it in your must-watch list too.

Gruesome surgery scenes? Cool.

[Posher778]

Originally posted by zwoti


repulsion is roman polanski's first english language film

Did anyone catch that the director IN scream 3 is named roman? And there wasthat *spoiler* incident with the director and producer...? Think theres a significance in there?

[orangestar]

Originally posted by _____V_____


Spoorloos - Like zwoti said, its a dutch version made in '88 which later inspired "The Vanishing" with Keifer Sutherland. If you have seen that one, you can skip this one. Both movies are similar in many respects.

The Dutch version and the American version shouldnt even be mentioned in the same sentance. The quality is incomparable. I cant believe I forgot to put Spoorloos on my top 25. I searched for this movie for 2 years before seeing it, and It's one of those rare movies that was completely worth the wait. See it.

[The Flayed One]

Originally posted by bwind22
1 Psycho
2 Alien
3 Diabolique
4 The Shining
5 Aliens
6 Jaws
7 Faust
8 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (It's lined up on Netflix already.)
9 Night of the Hunter
10 Bride of Frankenstein
11 Nosferatu
12 Spoorloos
13 Onibaba
14 Dead of Night
15 The Innocents
16 Frankenstein
17 King Kong
18 Repulsion
19 The Excorcist
20 Rosemary's Baby
21 Kaidan
22 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
23 The Thing
24 The Invisible Man
25 Les Yeux sans Vasage

Thanks a lot. I was happily ordering from Deepdiscountdvd for their 20% off sale, keeping the price managable. then you posted this, and all of the sudden I owe the fuckers over $100.:p

Well, we've got over 50% of the goal number of lists I was hoping for. It's turning out great so far, and I know 2 more people at least have commited to one. Keep them coming, guys!

[zwoti]

Originally posted by orangestar
The Dutch version and the American version shouldnt even be mentioned in the same sentance. The quality is incomparable.

a great european film tarnished by an awful american remake, who'd have thought


coughnightwatchcough

[bwind22]

Originally posted by zwoti
a great european film tarnished by an awful american remake, who'd have thought


coughnightwatchcough

Okay, this is gonna get confusing....


I am aware of a Russian vampire film, Nightwatch, which is part of a trilogy along with Daywatch & something else, but none have been released in the US yet.

I'm also aware of an American suspense film with Ewan McGregor called Nightwatch where he's a security guard at a morgue.

I'm assuming the remake you are refering to is the Ewan McGregor one, but what is it a remake of? Is there another European film also called Nightwatch or is it a different title?

[bwind22]

Originally posted by The Flayed One
Thanks a lot. I was happily ordering from Deepdiscountdvd for their 20% off sale, keeping the price managable. then you posted this, and all of the sudden I owe the fuckers over $100.:p

Well, we've got over 50% of the goal number of lists I was hoping for. It's turning out great so far, and I know 2 more people at least have commited to one. Keep them coming, guys!

My apologies. But if it's any consolation, I didn't know they had a sale going on so now I'm off to spend some money as well & it's your fault. I guess that makes us even. ;)

[_____V_____]

Regarding the Spoorloos - Vanishing debate, the American remake of the Dutch original was decent watchable fare IMO. I never compared em, cuz a remake cant be compared the the original whatsoever. I d give Spoorloos a 9, and Vanishing a 6, but that doesnt mean Vanishing is so pathetic and bad that nobody cant see it. Its worth a watch at least.

I'm assuming the remake you are refering to is the Ewan McGregor one, but what is it a remake of? Is there another European film also called Nightwatch or is it a different title?

Nightwatch - The Ewan McGregor flick which was released in 1998 was a remake of the original 1994 movie by the same director. The original is from Denmark, so is the director.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110631/

[bwind22]

Oh.


Well if it's the same director, I don't have any problems with remaking a film. Are they both very similar? (Like an Evil Dead & Evil Dead 2 sort of thing?)