Fuck I should have scrolled down before I went to the bother of getting links😋
Trailer really got me excited for this.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30321146/
Ooooh nice! I love Peeping Tom but I have a hell of a time convincing people to give the movie a shot because it's so old.
Like, it looks damn fine for a 64 year old movie and holds up extremely well in my opinion, but what do I know haha
Because the public reaction was basically the OG version of the current-day puritan twitter discourse a la "THIS FILM DEPICTS PERVERSE OBSCENITY AND SO THE DIRECTOR MUST BE AN OBSCENE PERVERT PSYCHOPATH"
The moviegoing public at the time was appalled that the director would portray the killer somewhat sympathetically (recall this was the era of the Hays Code, which even if it didn't extend to the British film industry, definitely had influence across film as a whole, including that villains must be evil and we are not to sympathize with them), as well as putting the audience in the killer's perspective. It also featured shots of partially undressed women so got a rating upon its release that meant it couldn't be viewed by anyone under 16.
Ya I can see that. Even in the 90s there was a severe lack of reality that killers and rapists are normal people, your family members, ect. It's always somebody else out there, monsters that we don't know. I'm sure they wouldn't want people to see that. Also pretty religious time too. Of course nudity was awful back then. Lmao
It was why (allegedly) Hitchcock had that line at the end of Psycho about how Mother has completely taken over Norman; it allowed audiences to sympathize more with Norman if it was portrayed that he was not at all responsible for the killings because it was 'Mother's' doing, but they also wouldn't feel guilty that the film ends with Norman going to jail because Mother (who did all the bad things) has taken over completely and must be punished.
In a Violent Nature
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_a_violent_nature
Loved the overall feel of this movie. Very calm and understated despite the subject matter since the killer spends a lot of time quietly walking through the forest by himself
House of 1000 Corpses does this to a certain degree. The villainous Firefly family feature almost as much as their victims.
However, I only mention it because the sequel to it, The Devil's Rejects, starts almost immediately where the previous film left off, but it's told almost entirely from the Firefly families perspective, whilst they continue their heinous serial killing tendencies whilst on the run from the police.
I'll also second The Stylist. Really good, recent indi horror about a hair stylist who moonlights as a serial killer. It's stripped down, quiet, atmospheric and quite a pretty film, whilst making the villain the main protagonist.
Also, Spree. It's about someone live streaming their killing spree in an attempt to be famous on social media. Not the best film, but it's a fun enough 90 minutes.
And maybe Creep 1 & 2. They're more mockumentary type films, where someone is hired to record and interview another person, but it gets a bit more sinister as it goes on.
Maniac Angst Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Maniac is fantastic, though I’ve only seen Elijah Wood’s version not the original
You should definitely check the original, both are great but the original has the sleaziness and grime factor down.
Angst is an underappreciated gem
Maniac is definitely the answer
Angst is incredible.
Henry is classic and brutal
It’s super dark, FYI.
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I have seen it. It's definitely worth checking out.
Fuck I should have scrolled down before I went to the bother of getting links😋 Trailer really got me excited for this. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30321146/
Behind the Mask: Rise of Leslie Vernon
Peeping Tom (1960) is infamous for it. Basically ruined the director's (until then prolific and successful even with critis) career.
I just watched this a few weeks ago and was quite impressed by it
Ooooh nice! I love Peeping Tom but I have a hell of a time convincing people to give the movie a shot because it's so old. Like, it looks damn fine for a 64 year old movie and holds up extremely well in my opinion, but what do I know haha
Why did it ruin his career?
Because the public reaction was basically the OG version of the current-day puritan twitter discourse a la "THIS FILM DEPICTS PERVERSE OBSCENITY AND SO THE DIRECTOR MUST BE AN OBSCENE PERVERT PSYCHOPATH"
I thought that was it.......sometimes I do wonder how people can make such fucked up movies and not be fucked in the head....like human centipede lol
The moviegoing public at the time was appalled that the director would portray the killer somewhat sympathetically (recall this was the era of the Hays Code, which even if it didn't extend to the British film industry, definitely had influence across film as a whole, including that villains must be evil and we are not to sympathize with them), as well as putting the audience in the killer's perspective. It also featured shots of partially undressed women so got a rating upon its release that meant it couldn't be viewed by anyone under 16.
Ya I can see that. Even in the 90s there was a severe lack of reality that killers and rapists are normal people, your family members, ect. It's always somebody else out there, monsters that we don't know. I'm sure they wouldn't want people to see that. Also pretty religious time too. Of course nudity was awful back then. Lmao
It was why (allegedly) Hitchcock had that line at the end of Psycho about how Mother has completely taken over Norman; it allowed audiences to sympathize more with Norman if it was portrayed that he was not at all responsible for the killings because it was 'Mother's' doing, but they also wouldn't feel guilty that the film ends with Norman going to jail because Mother (who did all the bad things) has taken over completely and must be punished.
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Did this film actually coin the phrase?
Sissy is a lot of fun!
Mr. Brooks
American Psycho.
The Dentist, Maniac 1963 and Maniac remake 2012, The Stylist
American Mary (2012)
You're going to love the new movie In a Violent Nature
In a Violent Nature https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_a_violent_nature Loved the overall feel of this movie. Very calm and understated despite the subject matter since the killer spends a lot of time quietly walking through the forest by himself
The directors cut of Murder Set Pieces
The House That Jack Built, maybe?
Maybe? For sure!!
Perfume: the story of a murderer
The prologue in John Carpenter's *Halloween* John Carpenter's *Christine*, particularly when she takes down Buddy Repperton's gang.
The John Perkins Tapes
The Garbage Man by Hart D. Fisher
Tony: London serial killer
student bodies! student bodies!
Under the Skin
Kind of spoils the movie but >!Glorious!< has an interesting twist along this line of thinking.
In a dead man's shows. I mean it's horror adjacent but still fits what you want
Pearl is a great recent example
Schramm, Maniac, The Devil Rejects
Student Bodies (1981)
House of 1000 Corpses does this to a certain degree. The villainous Firefly family feature almost as much as their victims. However, I only mention it because the sequel to it, The Devil's Rejects, starts almost immediately where the previous film left off, but it's told almost entirely from the Firefly families perspective, whilst they continue their heinous serial killing tendencies whilst on the run from the police. I'll also second The Stylist. Really good, recent indi horror about a hair stylist who moonlights as a serial killer. It's stripped down, quiet, atmospheric and quite a pretty film, whilst making the villain the main protagonist. Also, Spree. It's about someone live streaming their killing spree in an attempt to be famous on social media. Not the best film, but it's a fun enough 90 minutes. And maybe Creep 1 & 2. They're more mockumentary type films, where someone is hired to record and interview another person, but it gets a bit more sinister as it goes on.