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There's probably another variant on this out there, but with aliens/zombies/whatever.
Assault on Precinct 13 is basically Rio Bravo with a cholo.
There's probably another variant on this out there, but with aliens/zombies/whatever.
I'd say 'Carpenter's 'Assault on Precinct 13' had a lot to thank 'The Omega Man' for with the whole crazies storming at a location story line.There's probably another variant on this out there, but with aliens/zombies/whatever.
Assault on Precinct 13 is basically Rio Bravo with a cholo.
Which in turn lead to El Dorado and Rio Lobo which has the same "sheriff defends the jail trope". All three were Hawks films and all starred John Wayne. Rio lobo from memory is the weakest, but it's been awhile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado_(1966_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Lobo
Carpenter Loved Hawks and I think cites him as his biggest influence. After all Carpenter's best film The Thing is a remake of the Hawks studio classic.which
some believe, (Carpenter amongt them) Hawks practically directed.
In 1951, Hawks produced, and some believe essentially directed, a science-fiction film, The Thing from Another World. Director John Carpenter stated: "And let's get the record straight. The movie was directed by Howard Hawks. Verifiably directed by Howard Hawks. He let his editor, Christian Nyby, take credit. But the kind of feeling between the male characters—the camaraderie, the group of men that has to fight off the evil—it's all pure Hawksian."[12][13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hawks
I like the old horror films, Carrie, Halloween, Nightmare On Elm Street, and a very old one called The Beast With Five Fingers.
Peter Lorre's great in The Beast with Five Fingers! The special effects are pretty good too. Pity the ending is a bit "and it was all a dream", though. Michael Caine starred in a loose remake called The Hand, which was an early Oliver Stone thing. Not Thing from The Addams Family.
Also some good disembodied hand action in Dr Terror's House of Horror.
Not sure if it's a horror film or not but The Lighthouse looks pretty grim .. and it's winning loads of BAFTA's .. (trailer in link)
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/80142
The Wailing: South Korean Horror involving Demons, a Shaman, strange infections, murders and perhaps Zombies; certainly a lot of biting going on. A Japanese stranger (Jun Kunimura) is living in a shack in the woods in rural South Korea, people say that he eats deer alive and infects people, perhaps both physically and mentally. Is he some sort of Demon? There is also a strange young woman (Chun Woo-hee), is she in fact the source of the area's ills?
Villagers begin to act strangely, start murder each other gruesomely, run around biting people, commit arson. A local police sergeant (Kwak Do-won) investigates and puts his own family at risk. His daughter (Kim Hwan-hee) may be possessed or controlled by a Demon. He is persuaded to call in a Shaman (Hwang Jung-min) to perform an exorcism but the Shaman realises that this in itself won't solve the problem, a stronger ritual will be required to finally rid the village of the Demon.
Quite a violent film with several brutal murders committed both on and off stage. Also elements of psychological terror are well used throughout the film, in particular the primeval panic evoked by the forest. The ritual itself is explained and illustrated in detail, both the animal sacrifices during it and the cleansing rites necessary beforehand, bringing to mind the film A Dark Song. This is South Korean Folk Horror.
Directed and written by Na Hong-jin this is a demanding film which you will not easily put out of your mind. At 156 minutes however it does drag at time and would have benefited from 20 minutes being judiciously cut from the running time. 8.5/10. On Netflix.
Not sure if it's a horror film or not but The Lighthouse looks pretty grim .. and it's winning loads of BAFTA's ..
If you've never seen HALLOWEEN, the one thing you won't get the benefit of without watching it before this one is that it's widely regarded as the original blueprint of ALL the stalk and slash genre horrors ... thousands of films have imitated it over the last four decades and so now I'm reading reviews of the above trailer today saying stuff along the lines of "It looks cliched ?" .. a bit like saying "You know that Elvis Presley? .. I've never heard of him myself, have you? .. but I'm sure he's ripping of Shakin Stevens" ..I don't think I've ever seen Halloween, which seems unlikely...but that does look incredibly good! It's on the list.
Hereditary on Thursday. Really looking forward to it.
Halloween, the original, is one of my all time favourite films; it terrifies me! I have only ever seen one of the subsequent movies (Halloween III: Season of the Witch) which I enjoyed immensely.I've just posted this in the John Carpenter thread but on the chance than any horror fans don't spot it there, ladies and gentlemen ... the HALLOWEEN 2018 trailer .. oh yes .. I can't f*****g wait ! ... we're being told to ignore all of the other films except the original so this is now the true second night ..