if you have a lyric
- October 26th, 2011
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Hey, guys!
I want to make some little quote stickers as freebies at shows, snippets pulled out of songs for the merch table. Does that sound like a good idea? I know that SJ Tucker does that and people seem to like it.
I’ve drawn up a little list of bits I like, but if you have any snippets that you think would be cool on a sticker, let me know!
I was kind of surprised Quatermass and the Pit fared so well in last week’s poll. That’s kinda awesome. I like it too, so I’m happy. The Carpenter film you liked best turned out to be Prince of Darkness, and all I can say about that is that you guys have really good taste in Carpenter films – it’s totally my favourite. And since Battle Royale and Paranormal Activity tied for first, I’ll bring ’em both in, why not?
The rest are Universal Horror Classics. Well, most of them are. I’m going to cheat, and add one: White Zombie, 1932. I love that film. Yeah, it’s a bit slow, even for the era, and it’s kind of weird in that we’re-still-figuring-out-how-to-make-movies kind of way, but it’s moody like mood is going out of style, Bela Lugosi is in fine form, and, most of all, it has the single creepiest scene I have ever seen in any film to this day.
Creeps me out just thinking about it. No lie.
This is a pretty good set of films, really. If you wanted a viewing list for your Halloween pleasure – one that doesn’t include robots and Gizmonic Institute employees – you could do a lot worse.
Pick your favourite of this lucky 13:
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Would you believe the original _Quatermass and the Pit_ serial from the Fifties is even scarier? I have it in a DVD boxed set. The title makes more sense, too, since in the original they’re in an actual pit, digging the foundation for a building, rather than a tunnel.
I think what makes both efforts so effective is that you don’t really see anything – just the reactions of people who do – until very far along, and then it’s mostly teasing stuff.
I met John Carpenter’s parents, once. He’s from Bowling Green, Kentucky.
@Stickmaker: I’d like to see that at some point, I really would. I haven’t yet, obviously.
Ha, from Bowling Green! Well, Kentucky is scary, so he comes by it honest. XD
Did you know that Todd Browning was from Louisville?
Not until now!
Five Million Years to Earth has extra-terrestrials, hauntings, skeletons, strange events, and the Devil! And all done in a way that hangs together scientifically!
Oh, and how many hauntings destroys a large chunk of London? 🙂
Yes, I’m a fan of the movie.