tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post8167060856821124956..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Mutilation for Fun and ProfitSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-31261073878556889132016-10-30T15:11:17.139-05:002016-10-30T15:11:17.139-05:00Yeah, there are a few like that out there. I'm...Yeah, there are a few like that out there. I'm not generally a fan of medical film. I love horror movies because I know it's all fake. This one crossed over that line for me. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-36616326154752732412016-10-30T04:31:21.378-05:002016-10-30T04:31:21.378-05:00Apparently Franju was facinated by a medical film ...Apparently Franju was facinated by a medical film he had watched on trepanation, where the patient is sitting up, looking at the camera while the doctor opens his skull and start rummaging inside it.<br />Remind me never ever to watch that film.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-3100660309598317882016-05-12T15:59:32.723-05:002016-05-12T15:59:32.723-05:00The lingering on things is what I think makes the ...The lingering on things is what I think makes the film work. I love a good horror movie, but this is one I've had a lot of trouble coming back to. It's a hard sit for me, mainly for the surgery scene. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-26625466069945109922016-05-12T07:39:58.459-05:002016-05-12T07:39:58.459-05:00Love your description of the uncanniness of the ma...Love your description of the uncanniness of the mask; the tiny movement of the lips when Christiane speaks was deeply unsettling. It is interesting that a film which is rather slow in its pacing has so much in it. The stillness to the camera in some scenes, like the surgery, added to the horror of the scenario; it lingers a touch longer than you want. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15551054618402440412011-05-27T20:32:43.248-05:002011-05-27T20:32:43.248-05:00Yeah, but Carnival of Souls doesn't have a Bil...Yeah, but <i>Carnival of Souls</i> doesn't have a Billy Idol song written about it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-35144769288254210652011-05-27T11:41:20.713-05:002011-05-27T11:41:20.713-05:00Though this film has its virtues, I would have inc...Though this film has its virtues, I would have included Carnival of Souls to the 1001 book over Eyes Without a Face.<br /><br />1001: a film odyssey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-51571938344319920692011-05-23T16:45:41.178-05:002011-05-23T16:45:41.178-05:00"B-type" vulgarity is a good way to put ..."B-type" vulgarity is a good way to put the shot of the face removal and the face meat that lies underneath.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-79986945357421207832011-05-23T14:57:14.645-05:002011-05-23T14:57:14.645-05:00i often like movies that mix arthouse sensibilitie...i often like movies that mix arthouse sensibilities with »b-type« vulgarity, and this is no exceptionnicolas krizanhttp://1001movies.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-72449860131666790902011-05-22T08:52:03.256-05:002011-05-22T08:52:03.256-05:00And with reason. This was the third time I've ...And with reason. This was the third time I've started to watch the film and the first I've managed to get all the way through it. I chickened out the first two.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54204624251767830312011-05-22T07:55:59.915-05:002011-05-22T07:55:59.915-05:00This is a creepy looking movie that i've been ...This is a creepy looking movie that i've been looking forward to seeing for some time - although i'm not so sure now! Yikes, what a plot.Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006608076041962884noreply@blogger.com