Comments on: 31 Flicks That Give You The Willies http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/ Better Living Through Terror Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Ed Hardy, Jr. http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-59813 Ed Hardy, Jr. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:50:35 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-59813 I appreciate your thoughtful discussion of the Willies List. In response to your last paragraph: Calling BLAIR WITCH PROJECT a one-hit wonder wasn't intended as a slight. When I IMDB'd the creators of the film I found that they had done almost nothing since, making them seem awfully similar to those musical acts whose names you can't remember but whose one song was ubiquitous for a summer. And as for THE BIRDS, is saying "I don't get it" about a film that has been lavished with praised for forty years really that harsh? I did ask participants to send in blurbs about their choices, but very few did, and the quotes I used from a few other bloggers had to be tracked down on their own blogs; they weren't included with their ballots. I appreciate your thoughtful discussion of the Willies List. In response to your last paragraph: Calling BLAIR WITCH PROJECT a one-hit wonder wasn’t intended as a slight. When I IMDB’d the creators of the film I found that they had done almost nothing since, making them seem awfully similar to those musical acts whose names you can’t remember but whose one song was ubiquitous for a summer. And as for THE BIRDS, is saying “I don’t get it” about a film that has been lavished with praised for forty years really that harsh? I did ask participants to send in blurbs about their choices, but very few did, and the quotes I used from a few other bloggers had to be tracked down on their own blogs; they weren’t included with their ballots.

]]> By: Steve http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-59844 Steve Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:09:21 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-59844 Thanks for taking the time out to respond, Ed. I'd like to reiterate that I enjoyed the list overall and appreciate the work you put into it. However, the snark (to any degree, great or small) directed at many of the entries (not just the ones I quoted above) really did lessen my enjoyment of the exercise. I appear to be in the minority on that one, so what do I know. And I'm glad to hear you tried to get other bloggers to contribute blurbs, even if it didn't materialize. Thanks for taking the time out to respond, Ed. I’d like to reiterate that I enjoyed the list overall and appreciate the work you put into it. However, the snark (to any degree, great or small) directed at many of the entries (not just the ones I quoted above) really did lessen my enjoyment of the exercise. I appear to be in the minority on that one, so what do I know.

And I’m glad to hear you tried to get other bloggers to contribute blurbs, even if it didn’t materialize.

]]> By: Ed Hardy, Jr. http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-59993 Ed Hardy, Jr. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:11:29 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-59993 I just re-read the Willies post, and I can only agree with you. I sound like a snarky, sarcastic... jerk. And this is the thing of mine that the most people have read. Oh well. I was TRYING to inject a little humor into the situation, to counteract that "these are all such terribly important works" tone that often occurs in the commentary to lists. But not much of it turned out very funny--just mean-spirited. I just re-read the Willies post, and I can only agree with you. I sound like a snarky, sarcastic… jerk. And this is the thing of mine that the most people have read. Oh well. I was TRYING to inject a little humor into the situation, to counteract that “these are all such terribly important works” tone that often occurs in the commentary to lists. But not much of it turned out very funny–just mean-spirited.

]]> By: Jeff Allard http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-60015 Jeff Allard Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:35:01 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-60015 Nice post, Steve. Your feelings on the list reflects much of my own sentiments. While a lot of the participants seemed put out that some films they felt were deserving didn't place on the list and other films that they disliked or disapprove of did, I personally liked seeing a list influenced more by casual viewers than by a harcore critical consensus. I think it's interesting to see what horror films people who haven't necessarily had the time to seek out every nook and cranny in the genre gravitate to. As for Ed's commentary, as someone who voted for those films he clearly had no feelings for, I noticed the tone taken towards them but it didn't offend me personally. I would've injected some commentary along with my votes but with real world demands making just the effort to put a list together a tight squeeze on my time, I couldn't. I suspect that's the way it was with most participants and as Ed himself could've easily saved himself the time and posted the results sans commentary, I appreciated the effort to at least say something. Nice post, Steve. Your feelings on the list reflects much of my own sentiments. While a lot of the participants seemed put out that some films they felt were deserving didn’t place on the list and other films that they disliked or disapprove of did, I personally liked seeing a list influenced more by casual viewers than by a harcore critical consensus. I think it’s interesting to see what horror films people who haven’t necessarily had the time to seek out every nook and cranny in the genre gravitate to.

As for Ed’s commentary, as someone who voted for those films he clearly had no feelings for, I noticed the tone taken towards them but it didn’t offend me personally. I would’ve injected some commentary along with my votes but with real world demands making just the effort to put a list together a tight squeeze on my time, I couldn’t. I suspect that’s the way it was with most participants and as Ed himself could’ve easily saved himself the time and posted the results sans commentary, I appreciated the effort to at least say something.

]]> By: B-Sol http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-64016 B-Sol Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:46:21 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/11/05/31-flicks-that-give-you-the-willies/#comment-64016 Not sure what's so controversial about this list, I think it's pretty solid. Although I wouldn't include Blair Witch on my top 1,000. As for the '60s and '70s, I'd have to say that probably was the finest era for horror in my opinion. Not sure what’s so controversial about this list, I think it’s pretty solid. Although I wouldn’t include Blair Witch on my top 1,000. As for the ’60s and ’70s, I’d have to say that probably was the finest era for horror in my opinion.

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