April 30, 2013
My Top 10 Horror Films

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John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness (1987)

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Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932)

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William Castle’s The Tingler (1959)

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Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession (1981)

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Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

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James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931)

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George A. Romero’s Martin (1977)

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Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965)

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Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963)

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Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980)

Honorable Mentions: F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, Jacques Tourneur’s I Walked with a Zombie, Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Brian De Palma’s Carrie, Dario Argento’s Suspiria, Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, David Cronenberg’s Videodrome, Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, Frank Darabont’s The Mist, Lars von Trier’s Antichrist

Check out my complete, chronologically organized list of favourite horror films here

January 2, 2013
The Films I Saw in 2012


This is a list of all the films I watched for the first time in 2012 (no re-watches included on the list). I saw 225 films altogether. They’re organized chronologically by directors’ surnames.

To Rome with Love (2012, Woody Allen)
3 Women (1977, Robert Altman)
Panic Attack!
(2009, Fede Alvarez)
The Master (2012, Paul Thomas Anderson)
Moonrise Kingdom
(2012, Wes Anderson)
View from an Engine Front: Ilfracombe
(1898, Anonymous)
From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen
(1903, Anonymous)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
(2004, Wendy Apple)
The Jag
(1999, Gregg Araki)
Tenebrae
(1982, Dario Argento)
Phenomena
(1985, Dario Argento)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(1954, Jack Arnold)
Rust and Bone
(2012, Jacques Audiard)
Invisible Stripes
(1939, Lloyd Bacon)
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943, Lloyd Bacon)
Wanderlust
(2006, Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini)
[Rec]
(2007, Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
Hellraiser
(1987, Clive Barker)
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
(1970, Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr.)
Storm of the Century
(1999, Craig R. Baxley)
Noise
(2007, Henry Bean)
Streetwise
(1984, Martin Bell)
Hour of the Wolf
(1968, Ingmar Bergman)
The Spider’s Stratagem
(1970, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Life and Debt
(2001, Stephanie Black)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
(1977, John Boorman)
The Open
(2011, Daniel Boos)
Hangover Square
(1945, John Brahm)
ParaNorman
(2012, Chris Butler and Sam Fell)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991, James Cameron)
The Piano
(1993, Jane Campion)
Afterschool
(2008, Antonio Campos)
Holy Motors
(2012, Leos Carax)
Dark Star
(1974, John Carpenter)
Assault on Precinct 13 
(1976, John Carpenter)
Halloween
(1978, John Carpenter)
Someone’s Watching Me!
(1978, John Carpenter)
Elvis
(1979, John Carpenter)
Escape from New York
(1981, John Carpenter)
Starman
(1984, John Carpenter)
Big Trouble in Little China
(1986, John Carpenter)
Prince of Darkness
(1987, John Carpenter)
They Live
(1988, John Carpenter)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
(1992, John Carpenter)
In the Mouth of Madness
(1994, John Carpenter)
Village of the Damned
(1995, John Carpenter)
Escape from L.A.
(1996, John Carpenter)
Vampires
(1998, John Carpenter)
Ghosts of Mars
(2001, John Carpenter)
Cigarette Burns
(2005, John Carpenter)
Pro-Life
(2006, John Carpenter)
The Ward
(2010, John Carpenter)
Body Bags
(1993, John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper)
Shadows
(1959, John Cassavetes)
The Tingler
(1959, William Castle)
The Night Walker
(1964, William Castle)
Strait-Jacket
(1964, William Castle)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
(1988, Stephen Chiodo)
Marfa Girl
(2012, Larry Clark)
The Innocents
(1961, Jack Clayton)
Malice in Wonderland
(1982, Vince Collins)
Dementia 13 
(1963, Francis Ford Coppola)
One from the Heart
(1982, Francis Ford Coppola)
Twixt
(2011, Francis Ford Coppola)
The Last House on the Left
(1972, Wes Craven)
The Hills Have Eyes
(1977, Wes Craven)
The Serpent and the Rainbow
(1988, Wes Craven)
Scream
(1996, Wes Craven)
Shivers
(1975, David Cronenberg)
The Fly
(1986, David Cronenberg)
Spider
(2002, David Cronenberg)
A Dangerous Method
(2011, David Cronenberg)
Cosmopolis
(2012, David Cronenberg)
Friday the 13th
(1980, Sean S. Cunningham)
Dark Passage
(1947, Delmer Daves)
Ruby Sparks
(2012, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)
Beautiful Girls
(1996, Ted Demme)
Sinister
(2012, Scott Derrickson)
The Caine Mutiny
(1954, Edward Dmytryk)
Laurence Anyways
(2012, Xavier Dolan)
Sound of the Sun
(2011, David Domingo)
Killing Them Softly
(2012, Andrew Dominik)
Singin’ in the Rain
(1952, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
Awe Shocks
(2011, Anja Dornieden & Juan Monroy)
Martha Marcy May Marlene
(2011, Sean Durkin)
Absolute Power
(1997, Clint Eastwood)
Blood Work
(2002, Clint Eastwood)
Housing Problems
(1935, Arthur Elton & E.H. Anstey)
A Separation
(2011, Asghar Farhadi)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
(2011, Glenn Ficarra & John Requa)
For Magicians
(2011, Scott Fitzpatrick)
The Searchers
(1956, John Ford)
Blood of the Beasts
(1949, Georges Franju)
The Grifters
(1990, Stephen Frears)
Daffy – The Commando
(1943, Friz Freleng)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
(1944, Friz Freleng)
The Mummy
(1932, Karl Freund)
Killer Joe
(2011, William Friedkin)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
(1971, Robert Fuest)
The Entity
(1982, Sidney J. Furie)
The Stand
(1994, Mick Garris)
Education for Death
(1943, Clyde Geronimi)
Hitchcock
(2012, Sacha Gervasi)
The Cabin in the Woods
(2011, Drew Goddard)
Dolores Claiborne
(1995, Taylor Hackford)
1408 
(2007, Mikael Håfström)
Factotum
(2005, Bent Hamer)
Hindsight
(2010, Sean Hanley)
Red River
(1948, Howard Hawks)
TROBIA
(2011, Benjamin Hayden)
Dottie Gets Spanked
(1993, Todd Haynes)
Safe
(1995, Todd Haynes)
The Artist
(2011, Michel Hazanavicius)
Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night
(1979, Werner Herzog)
Woyzeck
(1979, Werner Herzog)
Cobra Verde
(1987, Werner Herzog)
My Best Fiend
(1999, Werner Herzog)
Lawless
(2012, John Hillcoat)
Fright Night
(1985, Tom Holland)
Eaten Alive
(1977, Tobe Hooper)
The Funhouse
(1981, Tobe Hooper)
Lifeforce
(1985, Tobe Hooper)
Invaders from Mars
(1986, Tobe Hooper)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 
(1986, Tobe Hooper)
Spontaneous Combustion
(1990, Tobe Hooper)
Easy Rider
(1969, Dennis Hopper)
Norwegian Wood
(2010, Tran Anh Hung)
Tex
(1982, Tim Hunter)
The Saint of Fort Washington
(1993, Tim Hunter)
Key Largo
(1948, John Huston)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012, Peter Jackson)
Dark Country
(2009, Thomas Jane)
The Cincinnati Kid
(1965, Norman Jewison)
Over the Edge
(1979, Jonathan Kaplan)
Chungking Express
(1994, Wong Kar-Wai)
Infinite Struggles
(2011, Corey King & Danielle King)
The Spirit of ’43 
(1943, Jack King)
Commando Duck
(1944, Jack King)
An American Werewolf in London
(1981, John Landis)                   
Fury
(1936, Fritz Lang)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
(1956, Fritz Lang)
Fruit Flies
(2010, Christine Lucy Latimer)
Brief Encounter
(1945, David Lean)
Life of Pi
(2012, Ang Lee)
Do the Right Thing
(1989, Spike Lee)
Sleeping Beauty
(2011, Julia Leigh)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
(2004, Danny Leiner)
Suddenly
(2002, Diego Lerman)
A Life’s Work
(2011, Adam R. Levine)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
(1938, Anatole Litvak)
Spagottcha
(2011, Chris Lockerbie)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
(2012, Peter Lord & Jeff Newitt)
Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory
(1895, Louis Lumière)
The Sprinkler Sprinkled
(1895, Louis Lumière)
Baby’s Dinner
(1896, Louis Lumière)
Demolition of a Wall
(1896, Louis Lumière)
Jacob’s Ladder
(1990, Adrian Lyne)
The Future is Bright
(2011, Jodie Mack)
The Exiles
(1961, Kent MacKenzie)
Identity
(2003, James Mangold)
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Carta Austral
(2011, Pablo Marin)
Angel
(1966, Derek May)
Black Legion
(1937, Archie L. Mayo)
Salesman
(1968, Albert Maysles & David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
(1986, John McNaughton)
Shame
(2011, Steve McQueen)
The Raven
(2012, James McTeigue)
Predator
(1987, John McTiernan)
He, She, I, Was
(2011, Ross Meckfessel)
The Changeling
(1980, Peter Medak)
Audition
(1999, Takashi Miike)
Princess Mononoke
(1997, Hayao Miyazaki)
What is this?
(2010, Stefan Mockel)
Willard
(2003, Glen Morgan)
Enter the Void
(2009, Gaspar Noé)
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012, Christopher Nolan)
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002, Phillip Noyce)
House
(1977, Nobuhiko Ohbayashi)
Akira
(1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Sarah’s Key (2010, Gilles Paquet-Brenner)
Thirst
(2009, Chan-wook Park)
Afterlife
(1978, Ishu Patel)
I Melt with You
(2011, Mark Pellington)
Carnage
(2011, Roman Polanski)
Force of Evil
(1948, Abraham Polonsky)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
(2011, Lynne Ramsay)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(1988, Tony Randel)
Numbskull Numb Heart
(2011, Sandi Rankaduwa)
You Are on Indian Land
(1969, Mort Ransen)
A Celebration of Corn
(2011, Chloe Reyes)
Night of the Living Dead
(1968, George A. Romero)
Martin
(1976, George A. Romero)
The Amityville Horror
(1979, Stuart Rosenberg)
Halloween II
(1981, Rick Rosenthal)
Play It Again, Sam
(1972, Herbert Ross)
Body and Soul
(1947, Robert Rossen)
Altered States
(1980, Ken Russell)
On the Road
(2012, Walter Salles)
Jeepers Creepers
(2001, Victor Salva)
Prometheus
(2012, Ridley Scott)
All That Heaven Allows
(1955, Douglas Sirk)
Written on the Wind
(1956, Douglas Sirk)
The Girlfriend Experience
(2009, Steven Soderbergh)
Magic Mike
(2012, Steven Soderbergh)
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
(1999, David Stewart)
Savages
(2012, Oliver Stone)
Mundane History
(2009, Anocha Suwichakornpong)
Django Unchained
(2012, Quentin Tarantino)
Cinema Paradiso
(1988, Giuseppe Tornatore)
Out of the Past
(1947, Jacques Tourneur)
Chronicle
(2012, Josh Trank)
Restless
(2011, Gus Van Sant)
Man with a Movie Camera
(1929, Dziga Vertov)
Cloud Atlas
(2012, Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski & Tom Tykwer)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
(1982, Tommy Lee Wallace)
The Amazing Spider-Man
(2012, Marc Webb)
Being Flynn
(2012, Paul Weitz)
Paris, Texas
(1984, Wim Wenders)
The Bat
(1959, Crane Wilbur)
The Killer Inside Me
(2010, Michael Winterbottom)
The Haunting
(1963, Robert Wise)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
(2012, Benh Zeitlin)
House of 1000 Corpses
(2003, Rob Zombie)
Possession
(1981, Andrzej Żuławski)

December 6, 2012
John Carpenter's Filmography, Ranked

In preparation for John Carpenter’s upcoming appearance at this year’s expo, I have finished watching all of the available films in his filmography.

I officially consider him one of the most important American auteurs alive.

April 17, 2012
My Winter Semester Film Viewings

The films I watched from January 1 to April 17, 2012. First viewings only. Organized by director.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004, Wendy Apple)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, Jack Arnold)
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943, Lloyd Bacon)
[Rec]
(2007, Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
Storm of the Century
(1999, Craig R. Baxley)
The Spider’s Stratagem
(1970, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Life and Debt
(2001, Stephanie Black)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
(1977, John Boorman)
The Open
(2011, Daniel Boos)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, James Cameron)
The Piano (1993, Jane Campion)
Afterschool
(2008, Antonio Campos)
Dark Star
(1974, John Carpenter)
Assault on Precinct 13 
(1976, John Carpenter)
Halloween
(1978, John Carpenter)
Escape from New York
(1981, John Carpenter)
Starman
(1984, John Carpenter)
Big Trouble in Little China
(1986, John Carpenter)
Prince of Darkness
(1987, John Carpenter)
In the Mouth of Madness
(1994, John Carpenter)
Village of the Damned
(1995, John Carpenter)
Vampires
(1998, John Carpenter)
Ghosts of Mars
(2001, John Carpenter)
The Ward
(2010, John Carpenter)
Shadows
(1959, John Cassavetes)
One from the Heart
(1982, Francis Ford Coppola)
Shivers
(1975, David Cronenberg)
The Fly
(1986, David Cronenberg)
Spider
(2002, David Cronenberg)
A Dangerous Method
(2011, David Cronenberg)
Beautiful Girls
(1996, Ted Demme)
Sound of the Sun
(2011, David Domingo)
Awe Shocks
(2011, Anja Dornieden & Juan Monroy)
Absolute Power
(1997, Clint Eastwood)
Blood Work
(2002, Clint Eastwood)
A Separation
(2011, Asghar Farhadi)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
(2011, Glenn Ficarra & John Requa)
For Magicians
(2011, Scott Fitzpatrick)
The Searchers
(1956, John Ford)
The Cabin in the Woods
(2011, Drew Goddard)
Dolores Claiborne
(1995, Taylor Hackford)
1408 
(2007, Mikael Håfström)
Factotum
(2005, Bent Hamer)
Hindsight
(2010, Sean Hanley)
TROBIA
(2011, Benjamin Hayden)
Dottie Gets Spanked
(1993, Todd Haynes)
Safe
(1995, Todd Haynes)
The Artist
(2011, Michel Hazanavicius)
Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night
(1979, Werner Herzog)
Woyzeck
(1979, Werner Herzog)
Cobra Verde
(1987, Werner Herzog)
My Best Fiend
(1999, Werner Herzog)
Tex
(1982, Tim Hunter)
The Saint of Fort Washington
(1993, Tim Hunter)
Dark Country
(2009, Thomas Jane)
Over the Edge
(1979, Jonathan Kaplan)
Chungking Express
(1994, Wong Kar-Wai)
Infinite Struggles
(2011, Corey King & Danielle King)
An American Werewolf in London
(1981, John Landis)
Fruit Flies
(2010, Christine Lucy Latimer)
Do the Right Thing
(1989, Spike Lee)
Sleeping Beauty
(2011, Julia Leigh)
A Life’s Work
(2011, Adam R. Levine)
Spagottcha
(2011, Chris Lockerbie)
Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory
(1895, Louis Lumière)
The Sprinkler Sprinkled
(1895, Louis Lumière)
Baby’s Dinner
(1896, Louis Lumière)
Demolition of a Wall
(1896, Louis Lumière)
The Future is Bright
(2011, Jodie Mack)
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Carta Austral
(2011, Pablo Marin)
Black Legion
(1937, Archie L. Mayo)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, John McNaughton)
Shame (2011, Steve McQueen)
He, She, I, Was
(2011, Ross Meckfessel)
Princess Mononoke
(1997, Hayao Miyazaki)
What is this?
(2010, Stefan Mockel)
Willard
(2003, Glen Morgan)
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002, Phillip Noyce)
Enter the Void
(2009, Gaspar Noé)
House
(1977, Nobuhiko Ohbayashi)
Sarah’s Key
(2010, Gilles Paquet-Brenner)
I Melt with You
(2011, Mark Pellington)
Carnage
(2011, Roman Polanski)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
(2011, Lynne Ramsay)
Numbskull Numb Heart
(2011, Sandi Rankaduwa)
A Celebration of Corn
(2011, Chloe Reyes)
Martin
(1976, George A. Romero)
All That Heaven Allows
(1955, Douglas Sirk)
Written on the Wind
(1956, Douglas Sirk)
Out of the Past
(1947, Jacques Tourneur)
Chronicle
(2012, Josh Trank)
Restless
(2011, Gus Van Sant)
Man with a Movie Camera
(1929, Dziga Vertov)
Paris, Texas
(1984, Wim Wenders)
Possession
(1981, Andrzej Żuławski)

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