tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post6870613574536454881..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks - Halloween Edition: Body HorrorDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-5053841872801643822017-10-26T15:15:12.801-04:002017-10-26T15:15:12.801-04:00Love Black Swan and Teeth is one I do want to chec...Love Black Swan and Teeth is one I do want to check out.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-50410937254284494902017-10-19T20:34:35.087-04:002017-10-19T20:34:35.087-04:00Teeth is the second time I have seen it here this ...Teeth is the second time I have seen it here this week and ...ouch! I remember the trailer for Under The Skin but forgot about it until now....on my list. I’ve seen Black Swan and was not enthralled by it at all. Our one catwas alll purrs and then would bite so we called her psycho Swan. I do think Barbara Hershey deserved more recognitionBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-6697580786675887772017-10-19T18:27:16.725-04:002017-10-19T18:27:16.725-04:00Underseen gem is right on Teeth, our match. The ot...Underseen gem is right on <i>Teeth</i>, our match. The others are great, too. Happy to see some love for <i>Under the Skin.</i>Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-53332013813144284202017-10-19T14:15:31.989-04:002017-10-19T14:15:31.989-04:00Awesome picks. I haven't seen Teeth but now I ...Awesome picks. I haven't seen Teeth but now I think that's the movie a friend of mine told me about a few years ago! Definitely remember the expression "vagina dentata"... hard to forget. 😂 I'll add it to my watchlist, it does sounds clever and funny. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01331091010144097513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-30175188380865040752017-10-19T12:52:21.385-04:002017-10-19T12:52:21.385-04:00Great picks! Under The Skin disappointed me becaus...Great picks! Under The Skin disappointed me because they only adapted about 1/3 of the novel and left out all the good parts. <br /><br />Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-27383793000686844682017-10-19T11:29:33.994-04:002017-10-19T11:29:33.994-04:00Thanks, Joel! It's great to be back among the ...Thanks, Joel! It's great to be back among the living - the end of September was filled with unbearable stress finding a place and executing the move, and October, while certainly much less stressful, has been just as busy. So it's nice to finally be able to come back up for air.<br /><br />Under The Skin is definitely a TOUGH sit. I thought it was worth it, but my viewing partner at the time hated it and hated me for making him sit through it. Get through the experimental avant-garde opening scene and such riches await.<br /><br />I can only surmise that Barbara Hershey missed out on an Oscar nom for Black Swan because of how little she was actually in the film, but good God is she brilliant in it. The thing is, as crazy as Erica is (does she ever even leave that apartment?!?), the relationship between her and Nina is SO close to real mother/daughter relationships I witnessed in the dance world. Like, SCARILY accurate.<br /><br />Of your picks, I've only seen The Fly, the remake of which I considered for this week, but I figured everyone else would pick it. I really enjoy the original in all it's 50s sci-fi-ness. The remake is scarier, though. And a LOT grosser.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-7810655577958645732017-10-19T11:07:50.100-04:002017-10-19T11:07:50.100-04:00Oh by the way glad to see you back and also glad t...Oh by the way glad to see you back and also glad the move went so well!joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-13528627900294553772017-10-19T11:07:02.813-04:002017-10-19T11:07:02.813-04:00Interesting choices with only your second one that...Interesting choices with only your second one that I would have expected here. <br /><br />I've toyed with watching Under the Skin for a while but always bypassed it for something else but I'll get to it eventually. Black Swan is a great way of looking at the theme. Not being a dancer I doubt that I got as much out of the film as you but it was a compelling film and I LOVED Barbara Hershey as the near demented stage mother. Where the hell was her Oscar nomination?<br /><br />Body horror is most definitely not my thing so this was a hard week to come up with three until I remember a film that for the life of me I can't recall why I even looked at.<br /><br />Altered States (1980)-Ken Russell directed head trip about a college professor (William Hurt) who uses ancient tribal halogenics and an isolation tank to achieve another level of consciousness eventually devolving to a primordial ooze of energy as his colleagues and estranged wife (Blair Brown) fight to restrain him from destroying himself. Screen bow for both Hurt and Drew Barrymore as one of his daughters.<br /><br />Society (1989)-Bottom of the barrel sludge about a teenage boy (Billy Warlock) who senses that he’s different from the rest of his family who mix with a certain level of society while he is more of an everyday kind of guy. After several disturbing incidents he discovers the truth which is revealed in revolting fashion. Terrible junk.<br /><br />The Fly (1958)-Inventor Andre Delambre (David Hedison) is experimenting with his teleportation device, first with inanimate objects which he’s successful with and eventually animals where he runs into problems. Working on the glitches he decides to try the machine out on himself….but unbeknownst to him a fly gets in before he hits the switch and a melding occurs and he becomes THE FLY!! A big drive-in hit on release this isn’t as technically savvy as the 80’s remake but fun on its own merits and hey it’s got Vincent Price in the cast, always a plus.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com