OCTOBER 22, 2013 9:59AM
Day 18: Favorite Movie Filmed in Black and White
30 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 18: Favorite Movie Filmed in Black and White
I'm egregiously behind and playing catch up. Bear with me for the pithiest posts you've ever read.
I don't quite get this category. It's been thoroughly covered in the Favorite Classic Horror day.
Oh wait. I'm old. Classics can now be The Exorcist, Halloween or Scream. Great.
Anyways - what could be a more amazing example of black and white elegance and noir than the work of Val Lewton? The Black Cat was a seminal horror movie, and I just had the pleasure of watching The Seventh Victim for the very first time - this is notable because there's very little films or television featuring a satanic cult that I haven't seen.
There is also of course the amazing 1963 film The Haunting. A landmark of psychological horror, and an expert use of suggesting, not showing. Based on the work of American mistress of horror Shirley Jackson. Yep, I'm afraid The Haunting takes it.
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So many great choices
here, especially from the early classic era. I've never seen The
Haunting but have read of it often, and now here is your recommendation.
It's one I must see.
For sure, VA, don't
miss it! I think you will love it. There was a mediocre over-CGIed
remake in 1999 with Lili Taylor and Catherine Zeta Jones. As much as I
love both actresses (especially Zeta-Jones's beauty), it didn't amount
to much. I'm sorry I haven't been able to blog or respond much, but I
plan to catch up.
I'm still a sucker for
all things Hitchcock... I'm still liking The Birds best, even though The
Haunting is a good, scary memory too...
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