Horror's Greatest
Celebrating the very best the genre has to offer, Horror's Greatest is a deep dive into everything we love about horror. Featuring fresh looks at the classics and unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast, from newbies to cinephiles, gorehounds to "elevated" horror heads. A gallery of ghoulish pros, including actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects artists, draw on their unique knowledge to answer the big questions: What are the must-see films in horror's many sub-genres? What's the appeal of horror tropes, and how do today's filmmakers subvert our expectations? What shape does horror take in countries outside of the United States? What unique qualities make horror the most cinematic of all genres? Their answers encompass the width and breath of the nightmares we watch for our entertainment.
Member Reviews
Good episode, but I'm citing some omissions: Ennio Morricone, Tubular Bells, Pino Donaggio, Henry Manfredini, Howard Shore (now an A-lister, but he worked on over a dozen Cronenberg films going back to '79; Videodrome wouldn't have the same hallucinatory quality without his synth-heavy doom score). Then they briefly get into sound design, which they should. It's as essential of a component to horror as music is. But how can you mention that without including the industrial hellscape of Eraserhead or the terrifying Musique concrète of Texas Chainsaw Massacre? I know it's only an hour, but something more comprehensive might have been done.
Season 2, Episode 4 - It's spelled "Bernard Herrmann," not "Bernard Hermann. "
I appreciated the Film Scores episode - nice to hear from interviewees who seem to know that they're talking about. And the biggies were all covered. Bravo. But a glaring ommission: Pino Donaggio! The man who's scored countless DePalma films, classics like Don't Look Now, and B movie favorites like Tourist Trap and Puppetmaster. There was a brief Carrie clip I believe but Donaggio deserved a segment, an evaluation, more than just a passing glance.
so the next obvious bloody question is are shudder going to try and find these films to show us
Feels like I’m at a party with like minded people, gushing over horror movies we all love with the added bonus of seeing the visuals. I also love that it serves as a recommendations corner. Keep em coming!