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8th April 2011, 04:50 PM
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 Your Favourite Horror Film from 1978
1978 was a year for some brilliant horror films, but which one is your favourite? What makes it special to you? When did you first see it? Would you recommend it to the uninitiated? Sometimes it's a hard decision to just pick one film (even when you're limiting it to a single year!), but my favourite film of 1978 is... Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Philip Kaufman My favourite version of the oft-recounted tale of alien take over and body stealing, this is sci-fi horror gold. The casting is spot on, and the interpretation of the original 'body snatcher' story is very well constructed. Trailer: Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. Runners Up: Blue Sunshine Dawn of the Dead Grapes of Death The Last House on the Beach Halloween Killer's Moon Mountain of the Cannibal God The Omen II Satan's Blood The Sister of Ursula Last edited by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs; 15th April 2011 at 05:48 PM.  |
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8th April 2011, 08:39 PM
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 Dawn of the Dead wins hands down, with Halloween in second place. Both are classic and hugely influential films and it just shows how subjective film appreciation can be blood, if I just had to choose one, it would be Dawn of the Dead which would normally feature on my top 10 favourite films (of any genre) list.
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8th April 2011, 08:54 PM
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When I posted '78, I knew Dawn of the Dead and Halloween would be fighting it out as being the most popular. Both are still excellent (even though I tend to much prefer Fulci's zombie epics over Romero's), but have never been top favourites of mine, either within their own horror sub-genres.
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9th April 2011, 01:25 PM
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9th April 2011, 04:01 PM
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| Dawn of the Dead and Invasion of the Body Snatchers for me.
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9th April 2011, 07:28 PM
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Easily Carpenter's masterpiece HALLOWEEN.The epitome of the stalk and slash film. DAWN OF THE DEAD is also a corker. Other 'belters' include De Palma's THE FURY Taylor's DAMIEN:OMEN II Bido's THE BLOODSTAINED SHADOW And mention must also go to; Albert Band's ZOLTAN HOUND OF DRACULA Larry Cohen's IT LIVES AGAIN William Girdler's THE MANITOU Joe Dante's PIRANHA Dennis Donnely's THE TOOLBOX MURDERS Richard Franklin's PATRICK Jerzy Skolimowski's THE SHOUT and Richard Attenborough's MAGIC Any fans of any of these?
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10th April 2011, 03:25 PM
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10th April 2011, 04:07 PM
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10th April 2011, 04:21 PM
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One of THE best years of horror EVER, but in the end there's no way around "Halloween", which is not only one of my most watched movies ever but also a film which I find getting better and better on every revisit!  Incidently I caught this first after "Halloween II" in the late 80's, which carries even more vhs nostalgia for me.   But what can I say? I also like those other contenders of '78.... Blue Sunshine Dawn of the Dead Grapes of Death The Last House on the Beach The Omen II ....but ol' Michael Myers is simply a cut above!  salem_kapsaski likes this. |
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11th April 2011, 06:33 PM
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I'll agree with you there buddy!
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