This blog will include Tricks and Treats in the form of traditional, fun Halloween as well as the horror /
macabre side of it.
Commencing with Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks) in the 1930s, a number of filmmakers have made their mark with
the macabre side of the medium, including George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, The Crazies) and Daria Argento (Suspiria, Tenebrae), Wes Craven (Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Drag Me To Hell), and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist) and David Cronenberg (Shivers, Scanners).
Kicking off with a Grindhouse style clip of a zombie film with a synth soundscape that would make filmmaker John Carpenter proud, it's clear that «Paranorman» is made by people with a love for
the macabre side of movies.
Apparently I have a wicked sense of humour, definitely bordering on
the macabre side.
Not exact matches
You'll be a lot happier too, especially if you appreciate Burton's
macabre Zen of humor (watch out for that Joker handshake), the superb visual effects of Derek Meddings and John Evans, the Gothic - futuristic sets of Anton Furst and Gothic - rhapsodic score by Danny Elfman — with perky Prince songs on the
side.
Not only does he skilfully deliver a delicious dose of
macabre black - comedy drenched in Glasgow city culture, but offers a punchy screenplay (adapted from Douglas Lindsay novel Long Midnight of Barney Thomson) complete with
side - splitting dialogue, in a playground built for comedic absurdity, to which the entire cast relish with delight.
He and buddy Zach Shields also sing in their own band called Dead Man's Bones where Gosling and Shields explore their morbid
side and devote their unique music style to death, zombies and anything
macabre.
Take a walk on the dark
side with Dark Horse Digital, which has marked down all their comics by horror writer Steve Niles, including Breath of Bones, Criminal
Macabre, and Last Train to Deadsville.
If you're more into the fun and goofy
side of the
macabre à la «The Addams Family,» then pick up a copy of Forrest Leo's debut.
Externally covered in Astroturf, its rear
side reveals a
macabre scene.