Video nasty? I never would have categorized it as such. It’s actually pretty tame, and certainly no more nasty than the average 80s horror movie. It’s from the guy who wrote Alien with Dan O’Bannon, and I think it demonstrates pretty well who the main talent was on the Alien screenplay. :)
But, yes, it’s Dead and Buried, which is a fairly overlooked – I mean “fairly” in both senses of the word – horror movie about the mysterious goings on in a small town that seems to be populated by people who have died. I think the movie’s main claim to fame is old-timey character actor Jack Albertson having a lot of fun as the avuncular coroner, seen in the 20:20. The 40:40 is one of his satisfied customers:
I believe the 60:60 is the movie’s lead, James Farentino, as the town sheriff, but I can’t be sure in this lighting:
And the 80:80 is more Jack Albertson during the movie’s thrilling multimedia finale:
Over to Dead and Buried fan @charmtrap!
-Tom
Sorry, I assumed we all knew about the “video nasty” list of 70-something films that were banned by the British censors in the 80s. It had such notorious films as Last House on the Left, I Spit On Your Grave, Cannibal Holocaust, Faces of Death…and then Dead & Buried for some reason: a film that is not particularly gory or outlandishly gruesome, but just got caught up in the panic.
No, it’s not great cinema, but given it’s compatriots on that list I’d call it high art. It does have certain amount of craft and suspense, and a couple of creepy scenes.
New frames soon-ish.
Ah, I knew the term, but I didn’t realize it had been lumped in with those movies. That just goes to show we can’t trust to UK to advise us on horror movies.
-Tom
That looks like a Baldwin brother.
Skipper
1934
I thought the same, maybe Billy (aka William?)
Vampires! Like I said earlier, I went on a John Carpenter tour recently.
Indeed it is John Carpenter’s Vampires! James Woods and (not Billy) Daniel Baldwin are Catholic Church-approved vampire hunters, and Sheryl Lee (her butt is featured above) plays a recently-turned vampire. It’s a lot of campy fun.
Come on, @ArtVandelay! My nuts are on fire here!
The next frame is not from a John Carpenter movie. Or maybe it is, I’m not telling.
The 40:40 brings a familiar face:
It looks like all the Death Wishes have been done, and I know it’s not The Great Escape, so I’ll guess The Mechanic, which officially exhausts my supply of Charles Bronson movies.
-Tom
MrTibbs
1942
His non-Death Wish stuff, excluding the awesome films he did with John Sturges, Hard Times and Once Upon a Time in the West, kinda blur together for me, but I’ve heard Mr. Majestyk’s one of the stronger Bronson flicks.
Mr. Majestyk is the right answer.
And here is the 60:60:
In he 80:80, a pickup truck getting ready for the car chase:
of the frames at 100:100, I used the one with the best facial expression:
@Jason_Levine, you’re up.
I’ll have a new 20 up later this morning central time.
Your new 20:20 shows concern:
Yes, sir. I was surprised to finf this wasn’t done before. It is a very long film, almost 3 and 1/2 hours, so lots of frames:
The final frame is a great statement on war in itself:
The farmers have won, not us, Woolen.
