Monster of the Day #3651

Hey, so, Shadow of the Vampire. I’m not featuring it because a) I saw it at it’s premiere showing at the Music Box Theatre, where, b) a young lady in the audience asked a question during the director’s Q&A that was so dumb it still makes him laugh, which c) was followed by a showing of Horror of Dracula (which I also say in my PJs as a tot at our then local drive-in), which itself featured a live appearance by Christopher Lee, in his ’80s but still with a voice so booming he could be heard throughout that barn of an auditorium despite his mic not working.

Yes, even I had a cool night once.

There the Nosferatu-inspired vampire was played by Williem DaFoe, who also plays the Van Helsing analog in the David Eggers Nosferatu remake released earlier this week. I hope he enjoyed that.

Happy Friday, everyone. Have a great weekend. Watch something stupid. The next Watch Party will be in TWO weeks, because I’m catsitting for my sister next weekend.

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Gamera977

'Alas, poor Orlok, I knew him Horatio…,
Eric Hinkle

I saw it once on DVD. I remember it as a very bizarre yet good movie.

And dare we ask what 'question[a young lady in the audience asked] during the director’s Q&A that was so dumb', was?
Gamera977

Yeah, I'm curious what the question was but was afraid to ask…
Gamera977

Sadly I'm down on my quota of actual stupid movies, I watched a couple I thought were going to be stupid that turned out to be pretty good.

I swore off Santa slashers after 'Silent Night, Deadly Night II' but after hearing good stuff about 'Christmas Evil' I gave it a chance over Christmas week. I was a bit shocked, it was a actual good movie. I mean it's not 'It's a Wonderful Life' or anything but a solid film. And it's not a slasher, or not as I define it, it's more a character study in a very disturbed man who snaps over Christmas and decides to go out in a Santa suit and reward the 'nice' and punish the 'naughty'. It's on YouTube and only an hour and a half long if anyone wants to check it out.

And 'Violent Night', a pretty recent movie, and again it's not what I'd really define as a slasher. It's more 'Die Hard' with Santa instead of John McClain, New York cop. When Santa shows up at the mansion where a sweet young girl named Trudy is visiting her relatives a bunch of dirtbags take them all hostage. And Santa's not going to sit around where a gang of 'naughty' scumbags bully a sweet 'nice' little girl. So Santa goes postal on their… anuses… The whole movie is full of ultra-violence, cursing, and is a bit sacrilegious but I laughed my arse off. I'd recommend it to anyone here, though you might not want to watch it as a family movie with small kids and your parents in the room…
Ken_Begg

OK, so to set it up, she was probably a college student, and she was quite irate. (Paraphrasing) "Aren't you worried," she seethed, "that people will believe that F.W. Murnau was this monster because of what the film shows him doing?" The director was slightly agog at the question, and then replied "If you're asking me if I was worried that viewers might believe that Murnau had actually fed his cast to a vampire….then no, I wasn't."
Eric Hinkle

Wow. That question was a winner.
Galaxy Jane

I heartily second "Violent Night" which is shockingly heartwarming for a a gory action comedy. As well as being "Die Hard" it also serves up a much more realistic take on the traps in "Home Alone".

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