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Posted on 04/21/2012 8:47:00 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA
The Car is a good example of how restraint in the horror genre can work. It honors the tradition of real suspense movies by hinting at more than it shows, and inferring more than it explains. From the cryptic opening quote by Anton Le Vey to the ending in which the two main characters disagree on whether this is really the end, this "demon car" film keeps asking more questions than it answers. For some, this will bring frustration, for others, it makes the movie that much more fascinating. The "body count" is a total of 10 people, with no explicit scenes. And there are no "anonymous" killings. Each victim is named and acknowledged as a real human being and a loss. This is a refreshing departure from gore-fests. I'd rate it a 7 1/2.
TOPICS: Humor; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brolin; movies; stupid
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To: Salamander
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posted on
04/21/2012 10:36:58 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Lazlo in PA
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posted on
04/21/2012 10:37:08 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
To: Lazlo in PA; Salamander
You want Horror?
How about ~Whoreor~?
You want Schlock? How about Shock, Schlock and Sex?
The year - 1965. The Director - Russ Meyer. The Film -
Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
Featuring that triad of bisexual vixens, Tura Satana, Haji and Lori Williams -
Which became the inspiration for this Rock Epic.
("I never try anything. I just do it. Wanna try me?)
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posted on
04/21/2012 10:37:37 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Lazlo in PA
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posted on
04/21/2012 10:58:50 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
To: shibumi
Right after I get done watching “Frogs”.
The Indigo snakes, geckos and anoles are about to make their move.....
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posted on
04/21/2012 11:11:00 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
To: shibumi
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posted on
04/21/2012 11:14:08 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
To: Lazlo in PA
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posted on
04/21/2012 11:20:07 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Lazlo in PA; Salamander
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posted on
04/21/2012 11:49:47 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Lazlo in PA
Duel is on my top 20 list. Great movie!
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posted on
04/22/2012 12:14:55 AM PDT
by
berdie
To: Lazlo in PA
Are you the one who posted a reference to the "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)" movie with Molly Ringwold a few days ago?
I dl'd that and watched it. It was surprisingly entertaining.
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posted on
04/22/2012 1:36:33 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: shibumi; humblegunner
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posted on
04/22/2012 2:28:40 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
To: Lazlo in PA
I liked this film; it’s somewhat underrated, and easily dismissed as a schlock-fest. It’s not bad as horror films, especially from the supernatural horror genre. And c’mon; who wouldn’t love to actually own a car that looks like that?
A horror film I’ve recently seen, from the supernatural horror genre, which I found very good is a J-Horror film called, “Noroi”. It’s one of the films I’ve seen which genuinely made my skin crawl.
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posted on
04/22/2012 3:46:42 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Salamander
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posted on
04/22/2012 3:58:50 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: Lazlo in PA
Somehow this subject came up in a recent conversation, and I mentioned ‘The Car’. The ending gave me nightmares for years.
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posted on
04/22/2012 4:04:04 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
To: Lazlo in PA
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posted on
04/22/2012 4:22:18 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: Lazlo in PA
That movie singlehandedly killed off the ridiculous Superfly retro kitsch that was so popular at the time. I wonder what sort of vehicle.was the basis for that dreadnought Monte Carlo? There’s a hint of late sixties Lincoln in the wheelbase and lower body, but that can’t be it, the unibody on those was notoriously flexible, to the point that doors would jam if you had to jack it up yourself to change a flat.
To: Lazlo in PA
My best friend and I lived about a half a mile from one another. Our treks back and forth from house to house were never the same after seeing that movie. ; )
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posted on
04/22/2012 5:09:20 AM PDT
by
dubyagee
("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
To: Fresh Wind; martin_fierro
Pssst....lean in real close to your screen so I can slap you upside the head!
That’s HERESY!!!
LOL
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posted on
04/22/2012 5:35:29 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
To: RegulatorCountry
1969-71 Lincoln Mark III, modified by Barris Kustoms
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posted on
04/22/2012 5:38:46 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
To: Salamander
Must’ve slapped a truck frame under it or something, that or built twenty of them.
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