tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post7488514045411582091..comments2024-03-27T12:35:33.631-04:00Comments on The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense: (Dead) Bird Is the WordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-8326161541096307082010-06-23T22:49:32.224-04:002010-06-23T22:49:32.224-04:00I guess you could add "The Burrowers", &...I guess you could add "The Burrowers", "I Sell the Dead", "Sweeney Todd" (if you consider that horror) and "The Others" while we're at it.Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310144292811089076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-33834541386421808082010-06-23T22:33:14.520-04:002010-06-23T22:33:14.520-04:00I'm drawing such a dreadful blank on historica...I'm drawing such a dreadful blank on historical horror at the moment. Apparently Sauna is a popular choice. Aside from that, all I can think of is Ravenous but I'm sure there are plenty more we need to uncover. New mission!deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-88707422240308244422010-06-23T16:40:26.080-04:002010-06-23T16:40:26.080-04:00I loved the long shot of the brown corn field with...I loved the long shot of the brown corn field with the house in the background. This was used a few times in the film to great effect. Once the group took refuge indoors, it became almost a standard haunted house movie. Good point about the music, it was really uninspired and predictive. I'm now on a quest for more historical horror.Shiftlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593430909737600045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-30245643915213954282010-06-21T22:16:56.066-04:002010-06-21T22:16:56.066-04:00Atroxion:
On one hand, the title leads you to exp...Atroxion: <br />On one hand, the title leads you to expect a silly bird-horror, but that actually helps to maximize your surprise when you end up such an effective little ghost story. I really think the film would have been terrifying with better sound/score design, but I do think the visuals and general setting establish a strong and eerie mood.<br /><br />PoT: <br />I will totally now check out Sauna! I remember reading about it in Fangoria a while back but had completely forgotten about it until now. My watching it will be because of you!<br /><br />Andre: <br />I can see your point. Had it not been for the Civil War setting, this film would easily have been forgettable. I think there was a lot of potential, some of which did still get me (but then I'm a sucker for scarecrows and dolls, so you know). And poor gold dusted sprinkle man. I guess that's the price you pay when you make slurs against homosexuals! (in the future, and in real life, and so on)<br /><br />C.L.:<br />I didn't draw the Session 9 connection, but that is a good point. Much stronger in that film, but has a similar atmosphere/setting-as-villain feel. And now my wtching Sauna will be a shared responsibility!deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-17879690173842542382010-06-21T22:04:07.935-04:002010-06-21T22:04:07.935-04:00I'm another fan of Dead Birds - loved the eeri...I'm another fan of Dead Birds - loved the eerie atmosphere and the period-film take on things. It was a quiet, disturbing film, and the silence scared me a lot more than the J-Horror wannabe freaky faced kids (though on first viewing I did jump).<br /><br />And I'm gonna have to recommend Sauna as well. If you like Dead Birds, I too, think you'll appreciate that one. I'd also recommend Session 9, which is in the same creepy vein - but who the hell hasn't seen that?<br /> :o)Christine Haddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932508146588027867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-31092693892176524112010-06-21T21:29:48.669-04:002010-06-21T21:29:48.669-04:00Bah. I wasn't a fan of Dead Birds. I think I w...Bah. I wasn't a fan of Dead Birds. I think I was way too offended by the jumpe scares and J-horror aspect of it all. I kept feeling like it was trying to be something it wasn't. After the first scary face I was scared. But after it kept happening again and again--I realized that was all the movie had. I didn't get a good grasp of atmosphere because the "scary faces" were too in your face all the time. It all goes back to that idea of asking myself, was I really scared? Or was the sudden jolt of a scary face and ear piercing noise just startling? It was too easy of a scare. I did rather enjoy seeing the fate of the two slaves in the basement though.<br /><br />And I must agree with you 100% on the fate of our gold dusted friend. What the hell was that? That's all he gets? Frickin lame.Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-7980021701591545172010-06-21T21:21:02.664-04:002010-06-21T21:21:02.664-04:00I too wish there were more period piece horror fil...I too wish there were more period piece horror films (about the only period piece films that I can take--Pride and Prejudice *shudders*). Check out Sauna if you haven't already. <br /><br />This looks decent. I think its on NetFlix instant watch....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003758772971289930.post-76236111822214483682010-06-21T20:57:47.515-04:002010-06-21T20:57:47.515-04:00Wait... so I'm not the only one who saw this m...Wait... so I'm not the only one who saw this movie?<br /><br />Seriously though, I found this movie to be incredibly eerie and it took me by surprise as I was not expecting something like this when I rented the movie (that was way back when I used to rent everything, not caring whether the movie was actually good or bad), I didn't even know it was a Western.<br /><br />By the way, am I the only one who felt incredibly disturbed by the appearance of the two "demon" children? I thought they looked incredibly scary.Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310144292811089076noreply@blogger.com