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Ma contribution pour la petite animation que nous aurons réalisée à 15 en 5 jours, en hommage à “La nuit des morts-vivants” de George Romero et “Massacre à la tronçonneuse” de Tob Hooper

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SCRAWBLBLEEEH !!! Leatherface contre une armée de zombie !

Workshop réalisé à 15 en 5 jours avec comme intervenant Jérôme Jouvray

Hommage à “La nuit des morts vivants” de George Romero ainsi que “Massacre à la tronçonneuse” de Tob Hooper 

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The texas chainsaw massacre - Tob hooper (1974)

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El primer poster para Leatherface, la precuela de The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

El primer poster para Leatherface, la precuela de The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Desde Bloody Disgusting ha llegado un primer vistazo a un poster de la precuela de The Texas Chainsaw Massacre del año 1974, dicha nueva película lleva por nombre Leatherface, y filmó a principios de este año en Bulgaria.

El poster refleja en el nacimiento de Leatherface, un niño por arriba mientras el reflejo nos presenta al loco de la motosierra por debajo. La película se centra en un…

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Poltergeist: Trapped in a Crazy House

"They're heeeere."

Poltergeist once again proves that older movies are not necessarily outdated and can still resonate well with a newer audience. Well, at least that's my opinion.

From darkness, we hear the US national anthem and then see it on the television screen, until it ends and reveals a fuzzy screen. Camera starts to slowly move through the house by following the house dog: a Golden Retriever. Instead of the dog, a creepy sound wakes up the youngest daughter of Freeling family. She goes down to the living room and sits in front of the screen. "Hello?" "What do you look like?" "Talk louder. I can't hear you." "Hey, hello, hello!" "I can't hear you!" "Five." "Yes. Yes. I don't know. I don't know." And she puts her hands on the TV screen. That is our and Freeling family's first interaction with then-unknown spirits. It is definitely very puzzling, scary and foreshadowing something unexpected to happen.

In the quiet California suburb Cuesta Verde where nothing happens, this odd occurrence at night brings about a disturbing chain of events that haunts Freelings for days. Steve and Diane Freeling are the parents while Dana, Robbie and Carol Anne (from oldest to youngest) are their children. Following night, an earthquake strikes the house to which Carol Anne says "They're here." "Carol Anne, who is here?" was my reaction. Is this a haunted house? Are there spirits living in the house? What is it?! After that night, the family experiences various incidents at house, primarily in the kitchen. However, spirits start terrorizing the family and "kidnap" Carol Anne. After that, Freelings try to find ways to get their daughter and their sanity back. Why do most young, preferably blond, girls are target of horror films?

Poltergeist (1982) is directed by Tob Hooper, written and produced by Steven Spielberg. Some rumors say that Spielberg was the actual director of the movie but could not get credit because he was working on E.T. In any case, this movie was pretty scary for my standards. I was watching it alone in the dark at night, which made the movie even more frightening. There have been a lot of haunted house/spirits in houses movies made over the years. However, a handful of these are worth mentioning. In my opinion, Poltergeist is in that handful.

First of all, the title of the movie. If you are not familiar with the term and have only seen the trailer, you will be tempted to watch it and learn its meaning. A great marketing technique. For those of you who don't know: "(from German Polter, "noise" or "racket"; Geist, "spirit"), in occultism, a disembodied spirit or supernatural force credited with certain malicious or disturbing phenomena, such as inexplicable noises, sudden wild movements, or breakage of household items. Poltergeists are also blamed for violent actions-throwing stones or setting fire to clothing and furniture. Such events are said to be sporadic, unpredictable, and often repetitive" (thanks dictionary.com). Secondly, without Jerry Goldsmith's score, this movie would not be as exciting/horrifying as it is now. At times, soft and slow rhythms relaxes us; other times, the sudden, fast high pitched rhythms scare us. Thirdly, special effects were top notch for 1982. Yes the acting was good, but there where many moments where the monsters/spirits upstaged the actors. I was scared because I could not stand seeing a gooey monster creeping out from the closet, not because of Diane's screams. Let me tell you, when you see a giant skeleton-like monster head trying to eat your face or a tree gobbling down your son/brother, you get scared too. The effects were not cheesy at all. Like An American Werewolf in London, they were totally believable. The special effects crew definitely made an effort to categorize this film as horror. There were many memorable moments. The monsters are so good that the actors are replaceable with anyone and the movie will still give me the creeps.

Also, I'm glad that Carol Anne or any other members of the family did not turn evil or become possessed by the spirits. Spielberg made this movie all about us versus them, and humans' struggle against unworldly creatures.

Things to think about:

Don't leave your TV turned on, especially at night.

There might be "monsters" (or skeletons) in your closet that can terrorize you.

You can potentially be living in a haunted house.

Fun fact #1: In the scene where Diane is trying to get out of the swimming pool full of dirt and skeletons, they used real human skeletons! I guess they were cheaper than making skeletons. Still, wow.

#2: Poltergeist was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Best Effects (Visual Effects) and Best Effects (Sound Effects). #3: Poltergeist curse! After the movie was made, some of the cast members of the original and sequels died. Firstly, Dominique Dunne, who played Dana, died on November 4, 1982 after being strangled to death by her boyfriend. Heather O'Rourke, who plays Carol Anne, died on February 1, 1998 at the age of 12 from misdiagnosis. And many more. #4: Designer Marc Jacobs has a tattoo of Poltergeist's poster. Weird?

One thing we'll never be sure is if the poltergeist(s?) ever left where the house was. Will it or they haunt Freelings again?

Here is the trailer of Poltergeist:

Next up, Chaos Theory!