You know, I always forget Scream is him--I just watched Scream 2 the other day, one of my absolute favorites and what made me love Liev Schreiber! Me being fair I'll admit that, thinking about and remembering all he's done, he actually kept his "it" a lot longer than any of his contemporaries, or spread it out over a greater period of time.
I think both he and Romero really are the most intelligent, well and soft spoken of the horrormesiters--not at all like today's brash, in your face, obnoxious little twits (yeah, I'm looking at you, Roth!) who think they're as erudite and speak as if they were, but show off their own inadequacies because of it. Of course, with that type of personality being the in thing now, everyone has to insist that Last House on the Left is really Craven's best film, and was so revolutionary and amazing when it just kind of makes me want to vomit.
Shudders at the mere mention of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. You are a braver woman than I, because I watched it just that once and got such a case of the jitters that I've never been able to sit through it again. I don't blame you if you got totally plastered beforehand, lol! Tobe Hooper wins the crown for grossness with female characters for that movie; some of it just made me dry heave, I have to be honest, and not necessarily the gory parts but the just primal fear of it.
The Fog is one of my absolute favorites and it's always delighted me how the characters seem to almost be taking on the stereotypes Carpenter created with Halloween, of the virgin surviving, etc. Plus, it's about zombies from a shipwreck--now you know that's going to appeal to me. So, combined with the Halloween movies you mentioned, I have a soft spot for Carpenter, even if he is an old crep, to use one of my parents' expression! xP
Oh, don't even get me started on Rob Zombie! Now him I really hate!
no subject
I think both he and Romero really are the most intelligent, well and soft spoken of the horrormesiters--not at all like today's brash, in your face, obnoxious little twits (yeah, I'm looking at you, Roth!) who think they're as erudite and speak as if they were, but show off their own inadequacies because of it. Of course, with that type of personality being the in thing now, everyone has to insist that Last House on the Left is really Craven's best film, and was so revolutionary and amazing when it just kind of makes me want to vomit.
Shudders at the mere mention of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. You are a braver woman than I, because I watched it just that once and got such a case of the jitters that I've never been able to sit through it again. I don't blame you if you got totally plastered beforehand, lol! Tobe Hooper wins the crown for grossness with female characters for that movie; some of it just made me dry heave, I have to be honest, and not necessarily the gory parts but the just primal fear of it.
The Fog is one of my absolute favorites and it's always delighted me how the characters seem to almost be taking on the stereotypes Carpenter created with Halloween, of the virgin surviving, etc. Plus, it's about zombies from a shipwreck--now you know that's going to appeal to me. So, combined with the Halloween movies you mentioned, I have a soft spot for Carpenter, even if he is an old crep, to use one of my parents' expression! xP
Oh, don't even get me started on Rob Zombie! Now him I really hate!