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Welcome to our first side dish – a quick talk about a great public domain horror movie. In fact, this one is the first recognized horror movie – House of the Devil from Georges Méliès. While it’s short – 3 minutes – its fascinating to see this put together and be a horror movie (loosely defined).
You can check it out and watch this classic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Devil_(1896_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s
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Häxan – Side Dish 2
Overview The video script discusses the 1922 Swedish silent film ‘Haxan,’ directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film, a documentary-style recreation, explores themes of witchcraft and mental illness and is noted for its impressive production quality and vivid imagery. It was controversial at release due to scenes of torture, nudity, and anti-clericalism, leading to bans in…
Nosferatu comparison
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A Christmas Carol by Cleveland Theater Company
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P2
Christmas Eve and you want to leave work. Easy. Go down to your car, parked on level 2, and take off. Oh, but don’t forget about the psychotic attendant that is infatuated with you. Not really a slasher, more of a psycho akin to Norman Bates. Pretty good production values and acting. Minimal story, but…
A Christmas Slay
A Christmas slasher. move on. It’s not that its the worst of the lot, but there isn’t much here to stand out. Some sexy women. Mental patient dressed as Santa kills them. the acting may not be the best, but I really don’t think they got great direction. Too much unsteady camera. Get it on…
Black Christmas
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Cambridge Ohio Victorian Christmas
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Christmas Evil
I’m not much of a slasher movie fan. And when it comes to Christmas horror, there are a lot of slasher movies. A whole lot. Much attention is placed on Black Christmas because it was one of the first. While Christmas Evil was later (even after Friday the 13th), I would argue it’s a better…
