25 - Happy Halloween from Movies You May Have Missed and 'The Omen'
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 8:05AM It's that time of year! Getting dark sooner, there's a little chill in the air. Kids are in a perpetual state of sugar-buzz, and there's a noticable spike in the number of practical jokes.
It's Halloween!
'The Omen' is one of those films that is extremely well known, but interestingly enough is one few of our friends had actually seen. While very popular, it wasn't popular enough to be re-released in theaters (like 'The Exorcist'), but instead was remade in 2006 (ugh).
This is one of Juan's FAVORITE scary movies to show people who don't like scary movies. Smart, savvy, and with very little gore or violence, 'The Omen' is a refreshing alternative to blood soaked slashers.
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Reader Comments (7)
Okay, great choice. The scenery, lighting, cinematography, great actors (though I failed to recognize the Doctor) and not being over the top slasher, blood soaked and explosion filled horror movies of today... Too long of a sentence caused me to loose my train of thought... Oh! Well those things made me real like this movie. :) Watching this on TV isn't the same as watching it on DVD. The commercial breaks ruin the flow of the movie. That's all. Need more coffee and a better ice scrapper.
Oh! What the heck happened at 13:11 of your review? I sense some trickery ;)
nice pick. i really love this movie for the exuberance of it's evil. "it's all for you damian!" is so horrifically gleeful
it's also the only movie i know where the hero can only save the day by going totally *against* one the deepest human primal instincts - protect the child.
you're right, too, about people feeling like they know this movie even though they've never seen it. perhaps you could feature some "movies you've only pretended to see". ;-)
Oh man!
I STILL get chills during the Nanny sequence. You're ABSOLUTELY right, one of the most deliciously disturbing scenes ever committed to film.
Gregory Peck was absolutely perfect for Thorn. He's so heroic, it breaks your heart he has to make that choice.
We ran into the same vibe with Night of the Living Dead. It's funny. You can bring it up, and everyone will instantly go "yeah zombies", but i recently made a couple friends watch it. It wasn't what they were expecting AT ALL.
I think I'm going to start calling it "Soylent Green Syndrome". Everyone knows that it's people, but fewer and fewer people have actually watched the movie...
ah yes. the "soylent green syndrome" is perfect. :)
night of the living dead - a great example. it's so much "smaller" and more intimate film than people realize.
i kinda miss the slow zombies; they've gotten so freakin' speedy lately. 28 Days, I Am Legend...those @#@#!'s are FAST!
At least those creatures aren't REALLY zombies LOL.
No one will ever be surprised by the ending of Soylent Green ever again. I overheard someone saying they were going to watch it, and a random stranger pretty much just blurted out "SOYLENTGREENIZPEEPLE" right in her face...
I'm still hoping against hope that they can make a good adaptation of Max Brooks' 'World War Z'. It's the smartest zombie story I've seen in years.
dude! i hadn't even heard of that one, but now i'm totally excited! how did i miss that? then again, i'm not really a fanboy. i leave that job to minds greater than I...
No worries. The book kinda flew under the radar after it's intial push on the Time Best Seller list. Max Brooks is Mel Brooks son, and WWZ is written as an oral re-telling of the last great zombie war from the survivors perspective. It's structured interview / documentary style, and is easily one of the most biting satires on the pandemic story I've ever read.
Pun intended.