What horror films would you consider "artsy"-you know what I mean. When they start out to be art. I could even argue the CABIENT OF DR. CALIGARI is an art film. I would think Jean Rollins' films would count.
http://youtu.be/3Cq5eBDk0B4 (http://youtu.be/3Cq5eBDk0B4)
Hmmm.... The Changling (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/), maybe?
Quote from: Ted C on May 14, 2019, 02:03:28 PM
Hmmm.... The Changling (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/), maybe?
I reckon it depends on what you consider
artsy.
I wouldn't consider the CHANGLING artsy. I mean, it's got George C. Scott.
I would say any movie by the Kuchar Brothers is some terrifying s**t- and I don't mean in a good way by any means whatsoever!
These guys are f**ked up!
They did THUNDERCRACK! (1975)!
But it's art! Because these guys were not out to be famous.
Jump right in, Rev-because you know more about this subject than anyone here!
Most of my favorite horror movies qualify.
Definitely CALIGARI, no question about it. It was all about bringing the Expressionist art movement to movies.
NOSFERATU. HAXAN.
Rollin tries to be arty.
Polanski's horror movies. Panos Cosmatos' movies.
Lars von Trier's ANTICHRIST.
CEMETERY MAN.
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES.
DEMENTIA [DAUGHTER OF HORROR].
EYES WITHOUT A FACE.
HOUR OF THE WOLF (Ingmar Bergman's horror movie).
Jodorowsky's SANTA SANGRE.
THE VVITCH.
A lot of movies I don't consider horror but others do (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, ERASERHEAD).
[RC called me out as I was writing this post!]
I would agree on all off those!
I would also say PSYCHED BY THE 4-D WITCH.
It's real bad art-but it's art.
Call me weird, but I love it.
http://youtu.be/KbbaB2foJsw (http://youtu.be/KbbaB2foJsw)
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CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
THE HAUNTING (1963)
THE INNOCENTS (1961)
SUSPIRIA
plus a few other trippy/surreal 70s giallo movies...5 DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO SOLANGE. Umberto Lenzi's absolutely bonkers SPASMO
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1975) and (dare I say?) GLEN OR GLENDA? (1953) -yah- I know it's not a horror film-but it horrified me!
Ken Russell's the DEVILS (1970).
Andrzej Żuławski's Possession (1981) and of course Lynch's Eraserhead (1977).
Quote from: claws on May 14, 2019, 11:16:34 PM
Andrzej Żuławski's Possession (1981) and of course Lynch's Eraserhead (1977).
POSSESSION is f**ked up fantastic!
The Incubus. A B&W horror film so obscure i don;t know if it's been mentioned here. Basically an artsy horror film unique for being filmd in esperanto (Sounds just like spanish to me) and starring william shatner. It also used music from the outer limits. Too artsy for me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_(1966_film)
If your tastes in horror run towards the purely human evil variety, "the visit" is something of a horror film with artsy pretentious style. The horror of it is in how an entire village ignored a man's crime against a young woman, and how quickly it was to see him punished when they were offered big money to do it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visit_(1964_film)
SICK NURSES
Jans Rautenbach's terrifying Jannie Totsiens [Johnny Goodbye]: an art house horror film set in a lunatic asylum. :buggedout: :buggedout:
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The Haunting of Trevor's Undies :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:
The Shining
The Velvet Vampire (1971)
Love Me Deadly (1972) (kind of)
Phase IV (1974)
Martin (1977)
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
The Mighty Peking Man (1977) (when trash becomes unintentional art)
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
Phantasm (1979) (art-fully unusual?)
Lords of Salem (2012)
Under the Skin (2014)
It Follows (2014)
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on May 15, 2019, 02:26:13 AM
The Incubus. A B&W horror film so obscure i don;t know if it's been mentioned here. Basically an artsy horror film unique for being filmd in esperanto (Sounds just like spanish to me) and starring william shatner. It also used music from the outer limits. Too artsy for me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_(1966_film)
I HAVE heard of it. I saw a couple clips. Made not a lick of sense to me!
It was a favorite of FJ Ackerman, because he was loony enough that he actually spoke Esperanto. I loved Famous Monsters as a kid, but the more I learn of FJA, the crazier I think he was.
Eyes Of Fire (1983)
Or at least, I always found it confusing enough.... :lookingup:
I seen a remake of the CABINET OF DR.CALIGARI (1919) called DR.CALIGARI (1989).
That was like a bad local theater play done by hippies with no talent.
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 15, 2019, 01:55:02 PM
I seen a remake of the CABINET OF DR.CALIGARI (1919) called DR.CALIGARI (1989).
That was like a bad local theater play done by hippies with no talent.
Watch it again in the right spirit and you might like it better. The acting is bad, the dialogue is deliberately bad, but the sets are amazing and it's wild as hell.
It was co-written by a porno director and a heroin addict, and it shows! (I mean that in the best possible way).
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The Neon Demon (2016) a neo-giallo if there ever was one
One of my cheap DVD sets has a '90s vampire flick called "Nadja" on it, which was very "artsy," and I hated it.
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 15, 2019, 01:55:02 PM
I seen a remake of the CABINET OF DR.CALIGARI (1919) called DR.CALIGARI (1989).
That was like a bad local theater play done by hippies with no talent.
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Quote from: bob on May 15, 2019, 09:52:27 AM
The Haunting of Trevor's Undies :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:
:teddyr: :teddyr:
I received no royalties on that one :wink:
JOHNATHON (1970)
WTF? I really, REALLY tried to watch this movie... I couldn't finish it.
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Skinned Deep (2004)
The Shadow Within (2007)
Shatter Dead (1994)
Ice from the Sun (1999)
Beyond Dream's Door (1989)
Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun (2005)