Don't watch alone...2009

[Thasc]

You'll have to let me know what you think of it

[Wayne]

The Unborn (2009)

A fairly generic, but not unenjoyable supernatural thriller starring Odette Yustman & Gary Oldman.
The long legged Yustman who adorns the promotional images for this film in her white knickers, in an obvious marketing ploy, (hey it worked!) plays a young woman who becomes involved in a nightmare fight against the spirit of her unborn twin brother, who was strangled by her umbilical cord in the mother's womb.
It all has a slightly familiar feel to it. It comes across as influenced by J-Horror with a bit of 'The Exorcist' thrown in, but it maintains a good spooky atmosphere, Yustman & Oldman, who plays a Rabbi who ends up being a sort of jewish Father Merrin, both play their respective parts quite well.
All in all, nothing outstanding, but worth a watch. 7/10
If only for:





Next up for me is Histoires Extraordinaires (1968). A French horror/thriller anthology of 3 Poe based stories directed in turn by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, & Roger Vadim.
Never seen it before, but i'm not so much attracted by the names of such famous directors, as the fact that the film stars (amongst others) Jane Fonda, & Brigitte Bardot. (Lucky old Vadim, eh?)

[Jonno]

I watched a cracking horror film from 2007 on Bravo last night - 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett. It involved a town in Alaska which spends a whole month without sun as it's so far north, and gets invaded by vampires who promptly massacre most of the town, bar a handful who, somewhat implausibly, hide out in the town for those 30 days without being found by the vamps!

The vamps are very nasty and vicious and quite nicely are quite mysterious - we don't know any of their background or where they come from. They don't speak English and are subtitled.

There were quite a few tense and scary moments and overall had quite a grim, dark tone, including the final scene. Recommended for vampire films - anyone else seen it? 8/10.

[Alex]

Aye, I saw it a while back, I think a few of us chatted about it in the first incarnation of this thread and pretty much everyone liked it. I love how claustrophobic it is, and their take on vampires, for too long they've become either a bit silly or anti-heroes, so it was nice to see them as full on blood thirsty killers again!

[Matthew T]

I bought it on a whim a while back on Blu Ray as it was going cheap - I enjoyed it very much, and it is genuinely scary which is always a plus. As is Josh Hartnett! It's added to my collection now which is a high honour indeed.

[MacNimon]

I came across this list of films which featured in the 1970s BBC2 horror bills along with an interesting series of articles on the subject here

Having grown up with this series, which was basically my introduction to all those great Hammer and Universal flicks, among others, I found these to be a fascinating read.

If the BBC was ever to revive the Horror Double Bill format for late Saturday nights (unlikely though it may be!), what would your suggestions be for film pairings?

FANTASTIC DOUBLE BILL 1975


Saturday 2 August 1975

22.55.00.05 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Decla 1919)
00.05-01.20 Quatermass II (Hammer 1957)


Saturday 9 August 1975

22.45-00.00 The Tell Tale Heart (Danziger 1963)
00.00-01.20 The Premature Burial (AlP 1961 )


Saturday 23 August 1975

22.40-00.05 This Island Earth (Universal I955)
00.05-01.25 Barbarella (US 1968)


Saturday 30 August 1975

22.55-00.05 The Cat and The Canary (Paramount 1939)
00.05-01.25 The Comedy of Terrors (AlP 1963)


Saturday 6 September 1975

22.35-00.00 The Beast With Five Fingers (Warner 1947)
00.00-01.20 The Maze (US 1954)



MASTERS OF TERROR 1976


Saturday 14 August 1976

22.55-00.10 The Phantom of the Opera (Universal 1925)
00.10-01.40 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paramount 1932)


Saturday 21 August 1976

22.00-23.20 Devil Doll (MGM 1932)
23.20-00.50 Frankenstein Created Woman (Hammer 1967)


Saturday 28 August 1976

22.00-00.00 The Hounds of Zaroff (RKO 1932)
00.00-01.25 Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)


Saturday 5 September 1976

22.55-00.10 The Mad Genius (Warner 1931 )
00.10-01.30 The Pit and The Pendulum (AlP 1961)


Saturday 14 August 1976

22.50.23.55 The Walking Dead (Warner 1936)
23.55.01.20 Dracula Prince of Darkness (Hammer 1966)




DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND FRIENDS 1977


Saturday 2 July 1977

23.05-00.25 Dracula (Universal1931)
00.25-01.35 Frankenstein (Universal 1931)


Saturday 9 July 1977

22.50-00.00 Bride of Frankenstein (Universal1935)
00.00-01.25 Brides of Dracula (Hammer 1960)

Saturday 16 July 1977

22.45-00.15 The Mummy (Universal1932)
00.15-01.05 The Wolfman (Universal 1940)


Saturday 23 July 1977

22.10-23.45 Son of Frankenstein (Universal 1938)
23.45-01.10 Kiss of the Vampire (Hammer 1964 )


Saturday 30 July 1977

22.35.00.05 Dracula's Daughter (Universal1936}
00.05-01.30 Plague of the Zombies (Hammer 1966}


Saturday 6 August 1977

22.50-23.55 The Ghost of Frankenstein (Universal 1942}
22.55-01.10 The Premature Burial (AlP 1961)


Saturday 13 August 1977

23.05-00.05 The Raven (Universal1935}
00.05.01.10 The Black Cat (Universal1933}


Saturday 20 August 1977

22.00-23.15 Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman (Univ 1943)
00.05-01.35 The Raven (AlP 1963)


Saturday 27 August 1977

22.20-23.10 House of Frankenstein (Universal 1944)
00.05-01.35 The Reptile (Hammer 1966)


Saturday 3 September 1977

21.55-23-10 Son of Dracula (Universal 1943)
23.45-01.10 Evil of Frankenstein (Hammer 1964)


Saturday 10 September 1977

22.05-23.15 House of Dracula (Universal 1945)
23.20-00.35 Fall of the House of Usher (AlP 1960)




MONSTER DOUBLE BILL 1978


Saturday 8 July 1978

22.55-23.55 Murders in the Rue Morgue (Universal 1933)
23.55.01.25 The Man Who Could Cheat Death (Hammer1959)


Saturday 15 July 1978

22.40-23.55 The Fantastic Disappearing Man (1958)
00.00-01.15 X-The Man With X-Ray Eyes (AlP 1963)

Saturday 22 July 1978

22.00-23.20 The Quatermass Xperiment (Hammer 1955)
23.50-01.35 The Crazies (Cambist 1973 )

Saturday 29 July 1978

23.15-00.15 Man Made Monster (Universal 1940)
00.15-01.15 The Mummy's Curse (Universal 1945)


Saturday 5 August 1978

22.40-23.55 White Zombie (Halperin 1932)
00.00-01.25 House of Wax (Warner 1953)


Saturday 12 August 1978

21.40-23.10 Them (UniversalI954)
23.45-01.05 The Incredible Shrinking Man (Univ 1957)

Saturday 19 August 1978

22.00-23.15 Voodoo Island (Bel Air 1957
23.20-00.45 Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1953)

Saturday 26 August 1978

22.00.23.35 King Kong (RKO 1933)
23.40-01.10 Superbeast (1972)



MASTERS OF TERROR 1979

Saturday 14 July 1979

22.35-23.50 Doctor X (1932)
23.55-01.20 The Curse of Frankenstein (Hammer 1956)


Saturday 21 July 1979

22.30-23.30 Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)
00.00-01.30 The Hound of the Baskervilles (Hammer 1959)


Saturday 28 July 1979

22.15-23.25 Night Monster (UniversalI942)
23.30.01.10 The Devil Rides Out (Hammer 1968)


Saturday 4 August 1979

23.00.00.05 Black Friday (Universal I940)
00.05.01.35 The Mummy (Hammer 1959)


Saturday 11 August 1979

22.05.23.25 The Strange Door (US 1951)
23.25-01.00 Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (Hammer 1971)

Saturday 18 August 1979

22.35-23.40 The Mummy's Hand (Universal1944)
00.10-01.35 The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Hammer 1973 )


Saturday 25 August 1979

22.00-23.20 It Came From Outer Space (Universal1953)
23.25-01.05 Quatermass and the Pit (Hammer 1967)



HORROR DOUBLE BILL 1980

Saturday 28 June 1980

22.30.00.00 Night of the Demon (Sabre 1957)
00.02-01.35 The Ghoul (Tyburn 1975)


Saturday 5 July 1980

10.10-11.35 The Beast With Five Fingers (Warner 1947)
23.50-01.30 Chamber of Horrors (Warner 1966)

Saturday 12 July 1980
22.40-23.45 The Mad Ghoul (Universal1943)
23.50-01.30 Dr. Terrors House of Horrors (Amicus 1964)


Saturday 19 July 1980
22.35-23.50 The Devil Doll (MGM 1936)
23.55-01.25 Daughters of Satan (UA 1972)


Saturday 26 July 1980

22.10-23.40 Curse of the Werewolf (Hammer 1961)
23.55-01.35 From Beyond The Grave (Amicus 1974)


Saturday 2 August 1980

22.35-23.50 Paranoiac (Hammer 1963)
12.00-01.35 Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (Hammer 1973)


Saturday 9 August 1980

22.35-23.55 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
00.00-01.20 Night of the Lepus (1972)

Saturday 16 August 1980

22.20-23.40 The Bat (UA 1959)
Vincent Price and Agnes Moomead.
23.45-01.20 Legend of the Werewolf (Tybum 1974)



Saturday 23 August 1980

22.40.00.00 Tower of London (Universal 1939)
00.00-01.20 The Skull (Amicus 1965)


Saturday 30 August 1980

00.00-01.35 The Beast Must Die (Amicus 1974)






HORROR DOUBLE BILL 1981

Saturday 4 July 1981

22.35-23.10 I Walked With A Zombie (RKO 1943)
00.10.01.10 Zoltan Hound of Dracula (US 1976)

Saturday 11 July 1981

23.05-00.15 Cat People (RKO 1945)
00.15-01.35 Mystery of the Wax Museum (Warner 1933)


Saturday 18 July 1981

22.55-00.05 The Seventh Victim (RKO 1943 )
00.05-01.35 Race With The Devil (Saber 1970)


Saturday 25 July 1981

21.20-22.30 Isle of the Dead (RKO 1940)
23.40-01.25 The Crazies (1973)

Saturday 1 August 1981

22.30-23.45 Bedlam (RKO 1946)
23.45-01.30 Bug (Paramount 1975)


Saturday 8 August 1981

22.50-23.55 The Leopard Man (RKO 1943)
23.55-01.35 The Shuttered Room (Warner 1966)


Saturday 15 August 1981

22.35-23.40 The Curse of the Cat People (RKO 1943)
23.40-01.10 The Eye of the Cat (UniversalI969)

Saturday 22 August 1981

22.30-23.40 The Body Snatchers (RKO 1945)
23.40-01.25 Theatre of Blood (AlP 1973)

[Dirk Gently]

Thanks for that, Mac. I'll look out for these. It'll be just like it used to be when I was 10.