In this Halloween special edition of Mjolnir at the Movies, James and David Yorkshire
take a look at Youtube sci-fi channel Dust's sister channel Alter, which
showcases horror shorts. We start with a few of the more politically
driven films, of which there are more of than on the Dust channel, such
as the awful 'The Invaders', before moving on to some horror-comedies
and more serious efforts of varying degrees of quality. We save the best
for last though: a truly original piece of stop motion animation
entitled 'Operator'. Please subscribe to our channels and share on social media.
More interesting recommendations. It is not surprising that the first film you reviewed was nominated as the BFI Official Selection. There ceased to be very much if anything at all British about the BFI a long time ago; in fact the organisation was repeatedly criticised for being an overtly left wing politically motivated organisation and one which was not at all representative (or even interested)in the best in British cinema. More often than not the BFI worked against the promotion of British film; grants would go to the promotion of foreign film festivals whereas anything home-grown was just repeatedly derided and/or ignored. Horror is traditionally either apolitical or more often than not right wing; since it is the idea of 'the other' in horror which usually poses the threat against what is the natural order. The left generally seek to mitigate the idea of the other with 'inclusion'. Only the original Let the Right One In might come close; the depiction in other films of vampires who can be accepted just contradicts and neuters the idea of the vampire in the first place. Its why the left dont understand the genre. If taken as a whole the series of Peter Cushing Frankenstein Hammer movies directed by Terence Fisher form a decent opus of movies. For stop motion ALICE 1988 is a surreal mix of the original tale escalating into a childs view of horrific events done with Victoriana aesthetics and stop motion. I have the Phantom of the Opera silent version on film; it is a great movie. Lon Chaney was a genius. There are many silent movies which get overlooked. Jack Claytons 1961 movie 'The Innocents' was in its (or Henry James) own way a curious look at the psychological effects of Christianity in Victorian England. It is a ghost story - but, if you dont believe in ghosts, it is then a different kind of examination - and scarier.
More interesting recommendations. It is not surprising that the first film you reviewed was nominated as the BFI Official Selection. There ceased to be very much if anything at all British about the BFI a long time ago; in fact the organisation was repeatedly criticised for being an overtly left wing politically motivated organisation and one which was not at all representative (or even interested)in the best in British cinema. More often than not the BFI worked against the promotion of British film; grants would go to the promotion of foreign film festivals whereas anything home-grown was just repeatedly derided and/or ignored.
ReplyDeleteHorror is traditionally either apolitical or more often than not right wing; since it is the idea of 'the other' in horror which usually poses the threat against what is the natural order. The left generally seek to mitigate the idea of the other with 'inclusion'. Only the original Let the Right One In might come close; the depiction in other films of vampires who can be accepted just contradicts and neuters the idea of the vampire in the first place. Its why the left dont understand the genre.
If taken as a whole the series of Peter Cushing Frankenstein Hammer movies directed by Terence Fisher form a decent opus of movies.
For stop motion ALICE 1988 is a surreal mix of the original tale escalating into a childs view of horrific events done with Victoriana aesthetics and stop motion.
I have the Phantom of the Opera silent version on film; it is a great movie. Lon Chaney was a genius. There are many silent movies which get overlooked.
Jack Claytons 1961 movie 'The Innocents' was in its (or Henry James) own way a curious look at the psychological effects of Christianity in Victorian England. It is a ghost story - but, if you dont believe in ghosts, it is then a different kind of examination - and scarier.