Halloween isn’t really celebrated here in The Netherlands, but I wished
it was. Because I love it and everything about this holiday. Like las year, my
brother and I had a Halloween movie night.
This year we again chose three films. All horror, but three very
different films.
My brother Frank has seen some of the most obscure films in the genre
and is an expert when it comes to scary films.
Videodrome (1983)
The first film we watched was “Videodrome”. I once gifted it to my brother after searching for it for a long time. I bought it from a guy for only a few euros. And I actually never saw this movie before. Max Renn is the boss of a soft-porn station and stumbles upon a repulsice collection of sex, torture and violence at pirate station Videodrom. Watching these images results in a brain tumor, after which Max starts to mic up fiction and reality. One of the weirdest horror films I have ever seen, but I understand the cult-status it has gained over the years. Check out my full review HERE
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
The second movie of the night was a film that I have in my collection, but my brother had never seen. This Iranian vampire film is a boldly rendered pop fantasy about an America that exists only in movies. Director Ana Lily Amirpour loves a backward America populated by misfits and outsiders. Elderly heroin junkies, dealers, prostitutes and an Iranian James Dean roam deserted streets, along with the one veiled vampire girl who wanders the streets of fiction ghost town Bad City at night. A different take on the vampire film. You can check out my full review HERE
Doghouse (2009)
The last film is a personal favorite of both of us. A fairly unknown British horror comedy, with no subtlety whatsoever. A group of friends from London decide to spend a weekend in the idyllic town Moodley, to cheer up their pall Vince who is going through a divorce. Their goal is to get drunk and party all night and it’s rumored Moodley has more women than man. But it turns out that the only ones left behind are indeed women, but they are thirsty for their flesh. Zombie flick with British humor. Love it. HERE is my full review.
This year wasn’t as scary as last year, but it was a fun theme night.
The first film we watched was “Videodrome”. I once gifted it to my brother after searching for it for a long time. I bought it from a guy for only a few euros. And I actually never saw this movie before. Max Renn is the boss of a soft-porn station and stumbles upon a repulsice collection of sex, torture and violence at pirate station Videodrom. Watching these images results in a brain tumor, after which Max starts to mic up fiction and reality. One of the weirdest horror films I have ever seen, but I understand the cult-status it has gained over the years. Check out my full review HERE
The second movie of the night was a film that I have in my collection, but my brother had never seen. This Iranian vampire film is a boldly rendered pop fantasy about an America that exists only in movies. Director Ana Lily Amirpour loves a backward America populated by misfits and outsiders. Elderly heroin junkies, dealers, prostitutes and an Iranian James Dean roam deserted streets, along with the one veiled vampire girl who wanders the streets of fiction ghost town Bad City at night. A different take on the vampire film. You can check out my full review HERE
The last film is a personal favorite of both of us. A fairly unknown British horror comedy, with no subtlety whatsoever. A group of friends from London decide to spend a weekend in the idyllic town Moodley, to cheer up their pall Vince who is going through a divorce. Their goal is to get drunk and party all night and it’s rumored Moodley has more women than man. But it turns out that the only ones left behind are indeed women, but they are thirsty for their flesh. Zombie flick with British humor. Love it. HERE is my full review.
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