Comments on: Horror Roundtable - Week Fifty-Six http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/ Better Living Through Terror Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Mariana http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38851 Mariana Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:51:47 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38851 An opening credit sequence in a horror film that I really admired was Final Destination 3, with its creepy references to the amusement park where people are going to die. It's like a very neat music video that sets up the atmosphere perfectly. An opening credit sequence in a horror film that I really admired was Final Destination 3, with its creepy references to the amusement park where people are going to die. It’s like a very neat music video that sets up the atmosphere perfectly.

]]> By: John http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38852 John Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:15:24 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38852 The opening animation to The Fearless Vampire Killers is a favourite of mine, and if anyone remember Maniac, how the title flashes in a jumpcut at the end of the film, in case you forgot what you'd just watched, sticks in my memories to this day. The opening animation to The Fearless Vampire Killers is a favourite of mine, and if anyone remember Maniac, how the title flashes in a jumpcut at the end of the film, in case you forgot what you’d just watched, sticks in my memories to this day.

]]> By: Jeff Allard http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38962 Jeff Allard Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:26:53 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38962 The two best credit sequences, to my mind, are for Hitchcock's Psycho and The Birds. Both brilliant pieces of design. Some other favorites would be the opening to The Shining, with its titles rolling upward over those swooping helicopter shots, Dead Ringers with its eerie illustrations that look like they came out of 18th Century medical texts (I also have to mention the memorable opening to another Cronenberg film - The Dead Zone, which embodied the perfect tone of melancholy and doom), and Seven, which immediately defined the look of opening credit sequences for every movie that came after it. The two best credit sequences, to my mind, are for Hitchcock’s Psycho and The Birds. Both brilliant pieces of design. Some other favorites would be the opening to The Shining, with its titles rolling upward over those swooping helicopter shots, Dead Ringers with its eerie illustrations that look like they came out of 18th Century medical texts (I also have to mention the memorable opening to another Cronenberg film - The Dead Zone, which embodied the perfect tone of melancholy and doom), and Seven, which immediately defined the look of opening credit sequences for every movie that came after it.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38998 Kimberly Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:59:53 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-38998 Computer problems are making me totally scattered and I forgot about this week's roundtable. I do have to agree with John and Jeff above me who suggested The Fearless Vampire Killers and Dead Ringers because I really think both films have terrific credit sequences. I also thought Se7en had a really nice opening credit sequence as well. Computer problems are making me totally scattered and I forgot about this week’s roundtable. I do have to agree with John and Jeff above me who suggested The Fearless Vampire Killers and Dead Ringers because I really think both films have terrific credit sequences. I also thought Se7en had a really nice opening credit sequence as well.

]]> By: Dave http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39029 Dave Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39029 I read an feature in the New Yorker a few years ago about opening credit sequences and just how much time, money and effort studios put into them these days, sometimes having a specific department of the company working on them months. The guy who started it all is Kyle Cooper (http://imdb.com/name/nm0178204/) with his credit sequence for Se7en. He's since worked on something like 150 feature credit sequences for features, including Sphere, Mimic, The Mummy, Dreamcatcher, Identity, the Spider-Man movies, Zoolander and, yes, he was the guy responsible for the Dawn of the Dead remake credit sequence. Wired has a great article about him here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/cooper.html. I read an feature in the New Yorker a few years ago about opening credit sequences and just how much time, money and effort studios put into them these days, sometimes having a specific department of the company working on them months.
The guy who started it all is Kyle Cooper (http://imdb.com/name/nm0178204/) with his credit sequence for Se7en. He’s since worked on something like 150 feature credit sequences for features, including Sphere, Mimic, The Mummy, Dreamcatcher, Identity, the Spider-Man movies, Zoolander and, yes, he was the guy responsible for the Dawn of the Dead remake credit sequence. Wired has a great article about him here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/cooper.html.

]]> By: Abattoir - Rue Morgue’s Blog » Credits Where Credit’s Due http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39091 Abattoir - Rue Morgue’s Blog » Credits Where Credit’s Due Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:29:49 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39091 [...] week, Steve over at The Horror Blog does a roundtable where he asks a horror-related question that a bunch of us geeks pontificate on. [...] […] week, Steve over at The Horror Blog does a roundtable where he asks a horror-related question that a bunch of us geeks pontificate on. […]

]]> By: zomben http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39138 zomben Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:48:24 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39138 The titles sequence in "Se7en" has always struck me as particularly crawly. And the credit sequence in the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" still creeps me out. The titles sequence in “Se7en” has always struck me as particularly crawly. And the credit sequence in the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” still creeps me out.

]]> By: David Z http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39411 David Z Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:12:18 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39411 Ah, I'm going to have to say that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original BBQ flavor of course) wins out for me. Solid audio dread and a great kick off to a classic film! Ah, I’m going to have to say that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original BBQ flavor of course) wins out for me. Solid audio dread and a great kick off to a classic film!

]]> By: gary http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39464 gary Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:18:00 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-39464 Cool round table. It's almost like picking a favourite horror flick, but Re-Animator's opening sequence with Richard Band's infamous "Psycho"-inspired score is amazing. Also anything by William Castle. Cool round table. It’s almost like picking a favourite horror flick, but Re-Animator’s opening sequence with Richard Band’s infamous “Psycho”-inspired score is amazing.

Also anything by William Castle.

]]> By: Richard Brandt http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-40798 Richard Brandt Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:25:25 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-40798 Joe Dante's "The Howling": the claws slicing through the screen, followed by an amazingly creepy montage of some of the sounds and dialogue that lay ahead. Joe Dante’s “The Howling”: the claws slicing through the screen, followed by an amazingly creepy montage of some of the sounds and dialogue that lay ahead.

]]> By: funnygirl http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-82541 funnygirl Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:17:57 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/07/20/horror-roundtable-week-fifty-six/#comment-82541 In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive. Remade from his own acclaimed 1997 film, FUNNY GAMES is written and directed by Michael Haneke (“Caché”), and stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart. Website - www.funnygames-themovie.com VariTalk - htpp://funnygames.varitalk.com In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.

Remade from his own acclaimed 1997 film, FUNNY GAMES is written and directed by Michael Haneke (“Caché”), and stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart.

Website - www.funnygames-themovie.com
VariTalk - htpp://funnygames.varitalk.com

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