tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post3804488008300576155..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: EW's 20 BEST/WORST HORROR VILLAINSDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-33185409882423868402009-11-24T23:30:12.185-08:002009-11-24T23:30:12.185-08:00Pumpkinhead is too bad. It scared me every time. A...Pumpkinhead is too bad. It scared me every time. Anyways cool blog.Erotic Movieshttp://www.moviesplanet.com/search-results.asp?searchType=4&genre=28&name=erotic-videosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-50602649134241633512009-09-02T09:54:53.391-07:002009-09-02T09:54:53.391-07:00Okay, Peter, I'm not sure how I blocked her ou...Okay, Peter, I'm not sure how I blocked her out, but yes, Eihi Shiina would have to at least be in the conversation, and I'd put her in the top four. This grown man made sure there was someone to walk with him to the parking lot after seeing <i>Audition</i>.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-77271726026593249742009-09-02T06:41:54.699-07:002009-09-02T06:41:54.699-07:00See Takashi Miike's Audition, and then tell me...See Takashi Miike's <b>Audition</b>, and then tell me who's the scariest person you've seen in a movie.Peter Nellhaushttp://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-57004092511989555652009-09-01T17:37:21.042-07:002009-09-01T17:37:21.042-07:00I like Pinhead, too, for the reason cited by Mr. M...I like Pinhead, too, for the reason cited by Mr. Mosley: Pinhead's very disturbing sado-masochistic motivations. He turns his victims on to their unconscious desire to suffer, so that they invariably become all-too-willing victims. I'll never forget the character in HELLRAISER 2, his body merged with a machine which will drill into his head for all eternity, whispering ecstatically, "And to think I hesitated." Ick.<br /><br />LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is such a terrific film, and Audrey II such a memorable and wonderfully realized character, as Chris Stangl points out, that its inclusion on the "Worst" list is instantly dismissible.Don Mancinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697303770099289489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-20762611849418813862009-09-01T16:52:59.262-07:002009-09-01T16:52:59.262-07:00So, Don, what you're saying is that you care m...So, Don, what you're saying is that you care more about my daughter's sanity than my potential as memorable sausage splattered on the silver screen? Well, I don't know what to say except... thanks-- me too!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-19070665267820162182009-09-01T16:50:41.073-07:002009-09-01T16:50:41.073-07:00"That Audrey II can be considered in a list o..."That Audrey II can be considered in a list of largely humanoid serial killers is testament to the film's ability to make the alien hell-plant more than a monster and a full-blooded <i>character</i>... And however you slice it, the Audrey II puppets are beautiful."<br /><br />These are great points, Chris, and you get at another thing that rubbed me the wrong way about the movie's inclusion here, in that I've never considered either the 1960 or the 1986 version horror movies, but much more black comedies or satires, as you state. (I'd put <i>Bucket of Blood</i> in this same category, though Walter Paisley is a more appealing nod toward villainy, as defined here, than Audrey II.)<br /><br />Your evocation of Hjalmar Poelzig and Matthew Hopkins got me thinking of other more seasoned villains than what <i>EW</i> seems willing to consider (Norman Bates and Minne Castavet being relatively <i>ancient</i> exceptions). I'm kind of surprised, in retrospect, that Peter Lorre's Hans Beckert in <i>M</i> didn't warrant a mention, as the movie is pretty well known even in fanboy circles. And if we're talking Vincent Price, maybe you leave out his Prince Propsero in <i>The Masque of the red Death</i> because it's too close to Hopkins, but I would think his great early '70s double-header as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart in <i>Theater of Blood</i> and, of course, vengeful musicologist Anton Phibes in <i>The Abominable Dr. Phibes</i> would definitely qualify.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-75787250371961778232009-09-01T16:16:56.674-07:002009-09-01T16:16:56.674-07:00Well, you ask for nitpicking, then I point out tha...Well, you ask for nitpicking, then I point out that there is no THE in the 1986 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS... and/or the demon plant of 1960 is "Audrey, Jr."<br /><br />I'm long past the point where EW can get my hackles up about anything. It is interesting that though LSoH is more usefully read as a black comedy, musical and satire than a horror movie (i.e.- if it's not scary, we might ask if it is trying to be scary), that Audrey II can be considered in a list of largely humanoid serial killers is testament to the film's ability to make the alien hell-plant more than a monster and a full-blooded <i>character</i>. Certainly if we are tapping Monsters as villains, any number of AIP beasties, goofy kaiju and Poverty Row ape-people are more ludicrous. And however you slice it, the Audrey II puppets are beautiful.<br /><br />The list is predictably poppy and short-term-memory-addled, but I'd have stricken all the monsters proper or included more, dropped Jigsaw and Pinhead (those movies are all terrible, iconic makeup jobs or no), added Hjalmar Poelzig from THE BLACK CAT and Matthew Hopkins in THE WITCHFINDER GENERAL.Chris Stanglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300723935864517305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-89740334658189816292009-09-01T16:01:29.126-07:002009-09-01T16:01:29.126-07:00"In no way should any of said pimping be cons..."In no way should any of said pimping be construed as an attempt to win a role as Victim #1 in the next movie!"<br /><br />Nonie would end up in therapy for the rest of her life!Don Mancinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697303770099289489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-91250279497001131142009-09-01T14:23:56.105-07:002009-09-01T14:23:56.105-07:00Good point, Alonso, though I don't remember Pi...Good point, Alonso, though I don't remember Pinhead doing much other than presiding over some torturous contraptions and intoning lines like "I'll eat your soul!", lines which seemed to get more wisecrack-y as the series dragged on. <br /><br />Whereas Sylvia Ganush, the Gypsy Lady, was always quick to employ her dentures...<br /><br />Don: My pleasure! Chucky #4 & #5 have become real favorites of mine. And in no way should any of said pimping be construed as an attempt to win a role as Victim #1 in the next movie! ;)Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-60141306870702396812009-09-01T14:18:39.350-07:002009-09-01T14:18:39.350-07:00Although I agree that the first "Hellraiser&q...Although I agree that the first "Hellraiser" could have been a lot better (so could have the first "Phantasm" for that matter), I think Pinhead is an OK choice. One thing that separates him from the rest was that instead of just killing, he promised eternal suffering (wheras all the others just kill their victims). It's surprising that more horror films don't monopolize on that concept.<br /><br />I never did get around to see "Drag Me to Hell", but I'm guessing the character they name is the old Gypsy woman, which means her curse puts her in the same league as Pinhead.<br /><br />And as for Audrey II's inclusion, I'm guessing the guy at EW was reaching to make a deadline.Alonzo Mosley (FBI)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01518458463986396352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-91861392525017754112009-09-01T08:11:23.219-07:002009-09-01T08:11:23.219-07:00Yeah, Pumpkinhead isn't that bad.Yeah, <b>Pumpkinhead</b> isn't that bad.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-10421115171546124902009-08-31T22:22:37.879-07:002009-08-31T22:22:37.879-07:00Thanks, buddy. Appreciate your pimping my boy!
x...Thanks, buddy. Appreciate your pimping my boy!<br /><br />xo DonDon Mancinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697303770099289489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-57895002261730365152009-08-31T21:27:42.359-07:002009-08-31T21:27:42.359-07:00What's wrong with the Leprechaun? Haven't ...What's wrong with the Leprechaun? Haven't they seen Leprechaun in the Hood? Little dude stabs a guy in the throat with his own afro pick. That should at least make him number 3.JFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-4086581912503610742009-08-31T15:26:17.848-07:002009-08-31T15:26:17.848-07:00I actually worked for the producer of Pumpkinhead ...I actually worked for the producer of Pumpkinhead for a few weeks, and the creature strangely resembles him. I wanna say his name was Richard Weiman. I'll check on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-37786894804687879032009-08-31T13:54:46.722-07:002009-08-31T13:54:46.722-07:00For what it's worth (not much) Pumpkinhead sca...For what it's worth (not much) Pumpkinhead scared the hell outta me as a kid, probably more than anything else on that list. <br /><br />I was also scared of the devil. So, you know........not like I was a very reliable horror expert at 9 years old. <br /><br />Cool blog. You have a new follower.Sandmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111284293470639368noreply@blogger.com