3-LockBox
10-18-2008, 03:47 PM
Ghost Story (1981) - The cast is made up of a who's who of cinematic geezers (Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, to name a few), who harbor a decades old secret that literally comes back to haunt them. The actress in this movie, Alice Krige, is the closest thing my generation ever came to Ingred Bergman, playing her role with equal parts seduction and menace - she steals the camera whenever she's on screen. Simple and straight forward, but well written and artfully shot. Some rather gory special effects as well.
What Lies Beneath (2000) - This is a very good movie where you wonder (for a while) whether the person is being haunted is sane or not, only to be presented with an unexpected twist (that Pfeiffer doesn't suck in this could be the twist actually). Not terribly original in the way it borrows from similar movies, it does provide good chills and twists, and Pfeiffer is unusually effective as the affected, and Harrison Ford is, well...Harrison Ford, who never sucks.
A Portrait Of Jennie (1948) - A down-on-his-luck artist is experiencing a creative slump when he meets a friendly, chatty little girl who seems rather knowledgable for her age. He feels inspired by her, if not a little smitten over time...oh go rent the movie if you can, but you'll want to buy it - if you buy it and hate it, then you suck. Seriously. That's how strongly I feel about one of the most haunting and beguiling movies ever made - a movie that no one has even had the balls to remake in 60 years of movie rehashing/recycling since.
What Lies Beneath (2000) - This is a very good movie where you wonder (for a while) whether the person is being haunted is sane or not, only to be presented with an unexpected twist (that Pfeiffer doesn't suck in this could be the twist actually). Not terribly original in the way it borrows from similar movies, it does provide good chills and twists, and Pfeiffer is unusually effective as the affected, and Harrison Ford is, well...Harrison Ford, who never sucks.
A Portrait Of Jennie (1948) - A down-on-his-luck artist is experiencing a creative slump when he meets a friendly, chatty little girl who seems rather knowledgable for her age. He feels inspired by her, if not a little smitten over time...oh go rent the movie if you can, but you'll want to buy it - if you buy it and hate it, then you suck. Seriously. That's how strongly I feel about one of the most haunting and beguiling movies ever made - a movie that no one has even had the balls to remake in 60 years of movie rehashing/recycling since.