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Posted by Kurt Gardner (Member # 440) on March 10, 2009, 12:44 AM:

Check out my new blog, Weird Movie Village. It's a loosely-linked series of reminiscences and reviews about strange movies and the people who acted in them. You can find it at:

http://weirdmovievillage.blogspot.com/

I plan to have a big super 8mm posting soon!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 10, 2009, 10:59 AM:

GRRRRRREAT site!

I enjoyed reading your "women of horror" (so to speak), and why not write about them? Without them, where would the screams and shocks be?

Great job! I look forward to more!

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on March 10, 2009, 11:05 AM:

Excellent stuff, Kurt.

Looking forward to more.

Incidentally a great book on the whole 50's and 60's onward horror/sci-fi scene in movies, TV and Magazines/books is Stephen King's DANSE MACABRE.

-Mike

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on March 10, 2009, 11:15 AM:

Very cool work, Kurt. Looking forward to reading more...

Posted by Lars Pettersson (Member # 762) on March 10, 2009, 03:57 PM:

Kurt,
that was wonderful! [Smile]

I´m not THAT into horror myself, but you write so authoritatively about it that one is fascinated by it all, and you had some really good lines: "Maddin is certainly an acquired taste --- he's like Bergman on Red Bull" [Big Grin]

Great fun, keep up the good work!
Lars

Oh, by the way, Kurt, being into horror, how do you feel about Robert Wise´s The Haunting? I saw it in a big cinema, stunning print, about 25 years ago and it really rocked the house! [Smile]

Posted by Kurt Gardner (Member # 440) on March 10, 2009, 05:00 PM:

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words.

Lars, I love the original "Haunting." Never had the opportunity to see it on the big screen but the feeling of dread is so palpable even on television. You don't need geysers of blood and hockey masks to create true sustainable horror!

Posted by Lars Pettersson (Member # 762) on March 11, 2009, 11:45 AM:

Apart from being a solidly cast, beautifully directed and shot film (B&W scope is always great), I feel one of the best things about The Haunting is that it´s told so that it´s equally possibly these ghosts actually exist OR one of the characters is going insane and it´s all in her head.

Cheers
Lars

Posted by Kurt Gardner (Member # 440) on March 27, 2009, 07:19 PM:

I threatened it and here it is. Check out my latest blog entry "The Joy of Super 8mm Cinema" on my blog. See if it rekindles any memories for you!

http://weirdmovievillage.blogspot.com/

Posted by Lars Pettersson (Member # 762) on April 03, 2009, 12:29 AM:

Kurt, here´s a good review of The Haunting [Smile]

http://www.moria.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1748Itemid=1

Cheers
Lars

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on April 06, 2009, 09:32 AM:

Kurt, very enjoyable reading [Smile]

You were very fortunate to have met so many of these wonderful people!

Posted by Stewart McSporran (Member # 128) on April 06, 2009, 12:21 PM:

Kurt,

Great blogg, congratulations, and I agree with you 100% on remakes.

I see that your cat is as daft as mine! They always manage to sleep or stand in the light and never seem to get dazzled by looking into the lens. When I'm cleaning 16mm prints I normally have to throw some discarded footer for the cat to play with to keep her away from the good stuff.

Stewart

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