I don't have time now but have downloaded both parts of your 'Great Debate' podcast. I'm hoping you will increase my internal debate as I've been slowly working on my best list of this century, figuring out13 for each year. I rewatch when I can. As example:
2001 Donnie Darko
2002 28 Days Later ...
2005 The Descent ...
2007 The Orphanage
2008 Eden Lake
2009 Let the Right One In ...
2013 Coherence
2014 It Follows ...
2021 The Innocents
2022 Masking Threshold
2023 Talk to Me
2024 Pandemonium
2025 Bring Her Back, The Rule of Jenny Penn, Dead Mail and Presence in the running.
The biggest problem with lists is that they're Americanised, as if the rest of the world doesn't exist. I hope to change that for 6 or 13 dead people.
Thanks for checking out the pod, Mike! These are some great picks, I'm inclined to agree with half of them. I also feel that world cinema is underappreciated in the horror realm. The French know how to get under my skin
We should do it for ourselves whilst not denying that anything made public seeks validation. However, the caveat I've yet to figure out, regarding politics, is how much am I trying to save people versus selfish outrage.
I don't have time now but have downloaded both parts of your 'Great Debate' podcast. I'm hoping you will increase my internal debate as I've been slowly working on my best list of this century, figuring out13 for each year. I rewatch when I can. As example:
2001 Donnie Darko
2002 28 Days Later ...
2005 The Descent ...
2007 The Orphanage
2008 Eden Lake
2009 Let the Right One In ...
2013 Coherence
2014 It Follows ...
2021 The Innocents
2022 Masking Threshold
2023 Talk to Me
2024 Pandemonium
2025 Bring Her Back, The Rule of Jenny Penn, Dead Mail and Presence in the running.
The biggest problem with lists is that they're Americanised, as if the rest of the world doesn't exist. I hope to change that for 6 or 13 dead people.
Thanks for checking out the pod, Mike! These are some great picks, I'm inclined to agree with half of them. I also feel that world cinema is underappreciated in the horror realm. The French know how to get under my skin
'Martyrs', Madss', 'Irreversible'...
The Japanese, in response to their repressed culture, are beautifully fucked up moviemakers too.
We should do it for ourselves whilst not denying that anything made public seeks validation. However, the caveat I've yet to figure out, regarding politics, is how much am I trying to save people versus selfish outrage.
This is a good distinction. It's a tricky balance between sharing thoughts for validation and opposing the most popular belief to create discourse