So we’ve done horror from Hong Kong, terror out of Tokyo. I guess that makes this…umm…the evil of Indonesia?
If you’re going to be queen of something, Indonesian horror movies from the 1970s and 80s are not a bad thing to be queen of. To my mind, when it comes to horror filmmaking with an exploitative edge, the Indonesians back then really knew what they were doing. Their films were both compact and loaded with outlandish visuals and over-the-top shock moments, more often than not realized by way of cheap but imaginative practical effects. While not all of them are classics, I can honestly say that I have yet to be bored by one.
And bringing up the rear…
VAMP
I love this movie a whole lot more than I remember, despite the Gedde Watanabe overdrive
CREEP
A movie that flirts with being good, then decides it would rather stab me in the face
#1 by Ed on October 19, 2010 - 10:11 pm
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I love Vamp too, Keith. Hell, I own the frigging DVD. I’d say it’s definitely the second best vampire movie of the 80’s, right between Fright Night and Near Dark.
#2 by KeithA on October 20, 2010 - 9:57 am
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Throw Lost Boys in there, and I’m staying up all night. Heck, Fright Night 2 is no slouch, either.
#3 by El Santo on October 20, 2010 - 11:26 am
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On the subject of underrated 80’s vampire movies, anybody else ever see Graveyard Shift? Not the Stephen King adaptation with the rat monsters in the mine, but the one about the vampire cabbie in Manhattan. I think it has a different title on DVD– something like Central Park Drifter. Anyway, I remember liking it a lot more than I expected to, but the sequel, The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II, was pretty weak.
#4 by The Rev. on October 28, 2010 - 5:53 pm
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Man, between you, Braineater, and Cracked, my knowledge of mythological beasties (particularly Asian ones) has grown so much in the past few years. I am grateful.
I wish I had a better chance of seeing so many of these movies featuring these crazy critters.