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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne 1981
The framing & lighting of this film is utterly UNREAL. It’s a shame that there’s not a version where all actors are speaking the same language on set. The score is a bit drone-y, however, this film did help me to coin the term “murder-dick” so there’s that. Pretty great, if flawed.
I love that bathtub scene. Wow!
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Basket Case 1982
For me there are two kings of body horror. The slick & clinical Cronenberg & Frank Henenlotter.
Unlike Cronenberg’s films which usually feature scientist, doctors & experts, Henenlotter allows his horrors to befall regular people & I think his films are much more universal as a result.
His films are funny and sad, cartoons full of pathos soaked in blood.
Basket Case is the prototype for this new form of urban terror. It’s success owes much to the locations & design of the film, as…
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The Sender 1982
The missing link between Scanners and A Nightmare On Elm Street. Really great film with a superb Trevor Jones score.
