Rope by. Alfred Hitchcock

Rope is a movie totally filmed in a tracking shot with only three cuts in the whole film. In order tog et away with this they had to zoom into someone's shirt back in order to change film in the camera. Also the entire movie is filmed in this apartment where the murder took place. The tracking shot aspect truly brought you into the film making you feel as if you were one of the party guests in the room with the two murders, sneaking around and discovering what they did. This was truly the effect Hitchcock wanted the audience to feel.

Testament of Dr. Mabuse by. Fritz Lang

Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a true German Expressionism film where a mad criminal, Mabuse, controls a whole organized crime industry through hypnosis in a insane asylum. This movie truly has ties to showing how Hitler controlled the German people through manipulation. Mabuse is just like Hitler in every aspect in the fact that he easily manipulates the henchmen in order to carry out his psychcoatic plans. Just like Hitler did with the Nazi regime during WWII and the holocaust.

Shadow of the Vampire

In Shadow of the Vampire we see the true and ficticous side of max Schreck. See this movie delivers truly two points of views. In the beginning it is Murnao's point of view in what he needs to do to keep the movie alive so his art can be known. Next is Max Schreck's point of view where you see the truly demented mind that he had. See in the movie we see him in two ways in his eyes and everyone else's. In his we see him as truly being a vampire feasting on the crew and trying to get his hands on Greta. Then in everyone else's wee see him as an actor who gets way too much into his role.

Nosferatu

Nosferatu was truly the first Dracula movie ever created. It is also plays a major role in German Expressionism, displaying the world as a, or Germany, as a Vampire feeding off of the people, or citizens. It is also a great movie with a great story behind. See Max Schrek, who played Count Orlock, would get so into character that he would truly think he is a Vampire. Which is very unusual, but very good that the actor has enough care to get so into character like that. It was also seen as an art form amongst his fellow co-workers. Also in the movie the director uses a lot of dark lighting to give a sense of fear and terror to the audience.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

In Dr. Claigari Robert Wiene uses the settings and characters to express his views. See in the movie basically every house and place is crocked and oddly shaped delivering and Eire and dream like affect to the viewer. He also used the way the characters looked and acted to deliver this affect also. Another thing about this movie was it was a point of view from a man telling a story to another man in this yard, to find out later they are in a insane asylum and it is left up to you to figure out if his story is true or not.

Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now is a pcyological thriller that uses film technique beyond greatness. For example in the picture above it symbolizes the daughters drowning, and then the smudge moves to the right which symbolizes the foreshadowing of the fathers death at the end of the movie. As you can see this movie is chalk full of all kind of film goodies. Another great technique that is used to throw you off is when John Baxter is in Venice and constantly sees this girl run around the streets of Venice dressed in a red rain coat like his daughter. Then at the end he follows this girl to find out it is this evil dwarf, who is a murder, who turns around and kills him ending the movie with his funeral.

Night of the Living Dead

In Night of the living dead we see the zombies as devours, killing the new to preserve the old. This movie was also one of the first movies to feature a black hero, and also this movie came out right after the assaination of Martin Luther king Jr. Another thing with this movie is that it cuts directly into the story and does not dilly dally around setting it up, and then the ending is very shocking and abrupt.

Bubba Ho-Tep

Look, man, do I look like an icky-ologist to you? Big damn bugs, all right? The size of my fist. The size of a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

In a Bubba Ho-Tep we see a great American icon, Elivs, on his last leg and giving up, but when a muumy starts sucking the souls out of his fellow retires rears he takes care of bussiness and gains his strength back.

I truly found this movie to be one of Bruce Campbells funiest works yet, but I would not go as far as saying it is better than the Evil Dead triology. See the Evil Dead triology truly delivers that horror element with a touch of humor hear and there making it completly nuts. Where as in Bubba Ho-Tep, its constan comedy and slap-stick humor. It also plays off as one of those great stupid movie just do to the fact of a mummy sucking the souls of old people in a reatirement home out of their butts comes off as being extermly dumb and great at the same time. It also gave Elvis and JFK another image as being zombie hunting mummy killers which is pretty cool in all context just do to the fact you have Elvis who has played every kind of hero their is in a movie and was a major rock idol, and then you have an assainated president. I mean who could ever think of making a movie with these two people doing what they did is interresting by itself.

So just remember " Ask not what your rest home can do for you. Ask what you can do for your rest home."

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Can We Sympathize with a Cannibal Family?

In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, we see a cannibalistic family ravageing group of kids for no reason what so ever, but is it possible to have any feelings toward a family that does something so hellish? The answer is yes. See once you take a much closer look at the family you see that the two brothers are mentaly ill or handicaped and the Uncle is trying to raise two boys, whith no wife, while taking care of an elderly father. See the one brother, Leather Face, is mentally handicap, so in the truth of it he does not truly now ext, here are some pretty pictures to tide you over until I begin my rantings afresh.



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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Can We Sympathize with a Cannibal Family?

In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, we see a cannibalistic family ravageing group of kids for no reason what so ever, but is it possible to have any feelings toward a family that does something so hellish? The answer is yes. See once you take a much closer look at the family you see that the two brothers are mentaly ill or handicaped and the Uncle is trying to raise two boys, whith no wife, while taking care of an elderly father. See the one brother, Leather Face, is mentally handicap, so in the truth of it he does not truly now that what he is doing is wrong. Actualy when he kills the kids he is truly just defending himself, and also he appears to be scared like if someone was attacking him. Then with the other brother, the hitch hiker, constantly entices and causes troubel, now he can be seen as evil in this movie. Now the Uncle, even though he takes part in the canibalistic activities, can be seen as a good and evil. For example, in the dinner scene he entices the the brothers to scare the girl but when it gets out of hand he tries to stop the brothers because he feels sorry for the girl. Finaly, we see the grandfather who can be seen as the starter of this evil, but is sorry for what he has started.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and brekfast club

This is for my film teacher, according to him he claims that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2's poster is the same as the Breakfast Club poster, and he is right look.