The last film I saw of 2011, and the first movie I’m reviewing of 2012 is the American remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. As stated in my rave about The Snowman, I flew through all three books in the trilogy in 2010, and bought the blu-rays for the Swedish sight unseen, and…
Author: TD Rideout
The Golem (1920) & Frankenstein (1931)
Last night’s fare featured slightly similar themed films, man creating life, playing god as it were. The first film up was from 1920, and one of the last silent films recommended in 101 Horror Movies, the German film The Golem. The second film up came from Hollywood, and the year 1931, and featured Boris Karloff…
The Snowman – Jo Nesbø
Last year I fell in love with Stieg Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and it’s two sequels. So much so that I bought all three of the original Swedish films when they were released, and enjoyed them immensely. Larsson died shortly after delivery of the third book, which meant no more in the series….
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the oldest film listed in the little book I got for Christmas (101 Horror Movies) and so far has been my least favorite. The story is fairly simplistic, a fair arrives in town, and two friends, in love with the same woman go to see a sideshow put on…
Nosferatu (1922) & Dracula (1931)
A vampiric double feature was the order of the day yesterday, as I continue my way through 101 Horror Movies, which allowed my first full visit with Count Orlock in Nosferatu, and revisiting Lugosi in Dracula. Of the two, Nosferatu is the superior film, and quite possibly my favorite silent film to date, well second favorite,…
Häxan (1922)
Haxan or Witchcraft Through The Ages is a Swedish silent film, that presents itself as a quasi-documentary, but left me feeling very uncomfortable, particularly in their presentation of the Inquisition, and their treatment of women they claimed were witches. This is another one of the films from the very enjoyable 101 Horror Movies that I…
A Spielberg Double Feature – Tintin & Joey
The Adventures of Tintin is the perfect Spielberg primer for families. It has all the wonder, mystery and fun one expects from The Beard, but is safe for families who may be worried about showing them odd looking E.T.s, violent fisticuffs in the 1930s, or menacing sharks. It’s Spielberg’s first animated film, though he has…
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011
I do like my Doctor Who, anyone who knows me can testify to that, so it bothers me when I can’t rave about how much I love an episode of it. I did find that the second half of the last series didn’t completely blow me away, though there were lots of moments I liked,…
Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932)
So I’ve tackled one of the first films in my book of 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die. While I wouldn’t describe Freaks as a horror movie in any real sense, they are some unsettling moments. The movie made the circuits as an exploitation film, something to ogle and stare at, like…
101 Horror Movies
One of the things I received this year for Christmas was this little book. And I thought, I would work my way through the titles I haven’t seen, watch them, and perhaps rewatch the ones I have seen, and work my way through the entire book, and blog about them as I went. I’m looking…
