@RichardJuice 'You're 100% correct and right to call me out on that! I was using old information and was totally off base!'
It's like having Barrymore's character from 50 First Dates as a secretary... Mixed with the worst Yes-man enabler ever.
Shut up and build me my spreadsheet.
@RealJohnGrace Getting this one really confused with Lucifer's Hammer. Don't remember much about this at all actually. Time to find where i stashed it.
Watched for the first time last month, I also really liked it. Tilly looks exotic and great. A little De Palma-lite with the diner note scene. Funny and a little loopy.
Quentin Tarantino on why he loves "Psycho II' (1983):
"I’ve always been a big fan of 'Psycho II' (1983) and a huge fan of the director, Richard Franklin, who did 'Road Games' (1981) and 'Patrick' (1978) before this. He was my favorite of all the Australian directors; He was the Australian Hitchcock. Those films are why Universal brought him over to do 'Psycho II', which was a very big deal.
Also, I feel that 'Psycho II' has the very best performance by Anthony Perkins of all time. I think it's one of the great lead performances in any horror film ever made. I completely care about Norman Bates in this thing, and that’s f**ked up.
I remember at the time with friends saying if they’d just f**king left him alone, he’d been ok, alright? If that f**king Vera Miles bitch had just left him alone, he’d have been fine! He was really trying to be good, and they all got what they f**king deserved!"
("The horror sequel Quentin Tarantino surprisingly prefers to the original", Jordan Potter, Farout Magazine, 2023)
P.S: On this day, 43 years ago, "Psycho II' (1983) was released in the USA and Canada.
Listening to my normie cousin have the 'right' instinct about not liking a shitty movie but he keeps using the word 'lore' and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
@ReelTommyB Do you have any advice where one can find Farewell to the King? I've been waiting for it to drop on streamers for a couple years now but it doesnt seem to be looping in. Unavailable everywhere!
YT has some 480p uploads but I can't stomach it.
Watching Invasion USA w/ dad. He's frustrated by the terrorists' logistics and begins to google distances between Miami and San Fran. Something isn't adding up. He demands a map with invasion lines.
@StagsFilm Don't forget Iron Lung success too. We about to get oversaturated with influencers for 5+ years. (In case we weren't already drowning in them)
I hope there is a special place in hell for producers that create those endless heinous murder documentaries. Neo-Lifetime porn used to get old ladies addicted and terrified.
I don't really understand the liminal horror that's so popular right now. Wasn't most of that aesthetic wiped out by the mid 90s? Gone before the audience was even born.
The games have you being hunted by an invisible/invincible monster (I think), so where's the payoff?
@HunterDuesing Experiencing a heavy dose of delayed embarrassment after realizing who Chayefsky is. The author of the sad sack anthem for us uglies everywhere, Marty! Duh
Honestly, kind of a cool range for a short life.
@HunterDuesing Yeah that's an easy sell for 80s horror fans to dip their toe in. I always loved Crimes of Passion too. So to me his most accessible stuff is 80s. Don't know nuffin bout Paddy Chayefsky tho.