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NathanDarko wrote:

JooJoo wrote:I watched Suspiria - my first Argento - only a few weeks back. I don't really need a soundtrack that loud and overbearing, the whole affair seemed the definition of 'style over substance'. I can understand what people see in it but I just wasn't feeling it.

A recent acquisition in horror for me was the Val Lewton productions (they were playing them around Halloween on tcm).

I Walked With a Zombie [dir. Jacques Tourneur]
The Body Snatcher [dir. Robert Wise]
Cat People [dir. Jacques Tourneur]

all some of the most authentically-creepy and convincing works of horror I've seen, especially helped by the wealth of talent Lewton was able to get [for most of his projects] in all areas of his films. Always getting the young directors of the 40s whose careers would later take off (Robert Wise, Jacques Tourneur, & Mark Robson] and resurrecting Bela Lugosi for some of his finest performances before the 'Ed Wood' period.

Hey great excursion into 50´s and 60´s Horror JooJoo walked with a zomvbie is great , so what I want to say is that I can understand your point of view @ Argento Movies...not everyone like the style especially the soundtrack but I think that goblin set´s the base frame in his Giallo Movies. It´s some kind of threatening inside the score´s. Best example is Tenebre, the goblin soundtrack fits perfectly into the visuals in my opinion!

JooJoo wrote:I watched Suspiria - my first Argento - only a few weeks back. I don't really need a soundtrack that loud and overbearing, the whole affair seemed the definition of 'style over substance'. I can understand what people see in it but I just wasn't feeling it.

A recent acquisition in horror for me was the Val Lewton productions (they were playing them around Halloween on tcm).

I Walked With a Zombie [dir. Jacques Tourneur]
The Body Snatcher [dir. Robert Wise]
Cat People [dir. Jacques Tourneur]

all some of the most authentically-creepy and convincing works of horror I've seen, especially helped by the wealth of talent Lewton was able to get [for most of his projects] in all areas of his films. Always getting the young directors of the 40s whose careers would later take off (Robert Wise, Jacques Tourneur, & Mark Robson] and resurrecting Bela Lugosi for some of his finest performances before the 'Ed Wood' period.