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Post by bluetomb on Nov 23, 2016 10:37:19 GMT
This is indeed an interesting list, of which I've seen a sad just three films. I'm very fond of Long Weekend, think Jacob's Ladder has excellent moments though doesn't quite hold together and in its true form is not really my cup of tea, and Berberian Sound Studio is very interesting but lacks impact to me. Shall investigate the others. Thanks for posting!
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Post by ropardoe on Nov 23, 2016 10:51:19 GMT
This is indeed an interesting list, of which I've seen a sad just three films. I'm very fond of Long Weekend, think Jacob's Ladder has excellent moments though doesn't quite hold together and in its true form is not really my cup of tea, and Berberian Sound Studio is very interesting but lacks impact to me. Shall investigate the others. Thanks for posting! The Tenant is top on that list for me. It is quintessentially Campbellian - so much so that when I first saw it I was convinced it was based on a Campbell story. The connection seems to be coincidental though - it's based on a book by someone else. The Tenant is also my favourite Polanski film (even though I'm married to someone whose role model is Professor Abronsius from Dance of the Vampires!).
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Post by dem bones on Nov 23, 2016 11:05:22 GMT
The Tenant is top on that list for me. It is quintessentially Campbellian - so much so that when I first saw it I was convinced it was based on a Campbell story. The connection seems to be coincidental though - it's based on a book by someone else. Roland Topor - The Tenant. It could be just the extremely run-down setting (Wapping after the docks closed down) but the Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense episode ... And The Walls Came Tumbling Down always puts me in mind of Ramsey's work. Black magic, urban decay, gloomy tower blocks, etc.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 24, 2016 12:32:24 GMT
Oh great. I'll definitely check out that episode. Thank you. I'm not sure ... Walls ... is as nailed on for your list as The Tenant (only one I've seen), but the urban wasteland is very Ramsey, or seems so to me. The TV adaptation of The Seductress is .... interesting.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Nov 24, 2016 13:20:10 GMT
The Canal often turns up on the Horror Channel. Worth a look. The Berberian Sound Studio is a head scratcher. (Well, so's The Tenant for that matter.) If you're going for The Long Weekend, make sure it's the 1978 original - the remake isn't as good.
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Post by bluetomb on Nov 24, 2016 13:35:31 GMT
My TV has the strange but persistent (over several years) problem of getting around two third of the way through any film on the Horror Channel before losing the signal. Most irksome.
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Post by Dr Strange on Nov 24, 2016 14:44:48 GMT
"Characterised by themes of loneliness and urban despair, social alienation, paranoia, anxiety, madness and repression, and usually within the settings of an oppressive grey suburban sprawl..."
The Forgotten (2014) would definitely fit the bill (spot the pun):
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 24, 2016 17:02:10 GMT
THE FORGOTTEN is fun! The ending made me think of David Ambrose's wonderful novel SUPERSTITION.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 20:13:27 GMT
ABSENTIA was the first thing that sprung to mind before I opened the link. Mike Flanagan's follow-up film, OCULUS probably deserves a place on the list too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 20:14:45 GMT
Oh, and the recent Iranian ghost story UNDER THE SHADOW certainly felt Campbellesque.
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Post by ramseycampbell on Nov 26, 2016 9:53:42 GMT
Hey, thank you for this! Perhaps not strictly relevant, but two films that reminded me quite a bit of my early years were The Babadook and the Norwegian Babycall.
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Post by ramseycampbell on Dec 5, 2016 11:45:01 GMT
Hey there, Maurice! Not to disconcert you unduly, I hope, but I mean those two films were reminiscent of my actual childhood.
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Post by ropardoe on Jan 11, 2017 12:49:40 GMT
Further to a mention of it earlier in the thread, I watched Under the Shadow this morning and loved it. Probably more "Jamesian" than anything though. Any other films reminiscent of the work of M. R. James for that matter? Obviously not including the direct adaptations! That's a toughie. One which springs immediately to mind, though, is Polanski's The Ninth Gate. I've no doubt it's not in any way deliberately Jamesian, but with its antiquarian, bibliophilic, demonic themes, it manages it anyway, though there are certain scenes which are definitely not Jamesian! The book on which it's based, Perez-Reverte's The Dumas Club, is a great read too.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Jan 11, 2017 17:34:51 GMT
Any other films reminiscent of the work of M. R. James for that matter? Obviously not including the direct adaptations! "It Follows" has a Jamesian feel to it, though MRJ would never have approved of the subject matter, but it has a 'Casting the Runes' feel, only with unwise sexual encounters replacing the runes. And "Drag Me To Hell" and "Ringu" are both modern reworkings of 'Casting the Runes', too. "The Awakening" 9the recent one written by Stephen Volk, not the old 'Jewel of the Seven Stars' adaptation) has some nicely Jamesian moments, too.
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Post by ropardoe on Jan 12, 2017 10:29:20 GMT
Any other films reminiscent of the work of M. R. James for that matter? Obviously not including the direct adaptations! "It Follows" has a Jamesian feel to it, though MRJ would never have approved of the subject matter, but it has a 'Casting the Runes' feel, only with unwise sexual encounters replacing the runes. And "Drag Me To Hell" and "Ringu" are both modern reworkings of 'Casting the Runes', too. "The Awakening" 9the recent one written by Stephen Volk, not the old 'Jewel of the Seven Stars' adaptation) has some nicely Jamesian moments, too. I can't believe I forgot the great Ringu in this context. I do see your point about It Follows too - as you say, the "unwise sexual encounters" replacing runes wouldn't exactly have appealed to MRJ (though I'm of the opinion that when MRJ says that introducing sex into a story spoils it, he actually meant romance). It Follows is pretty scary anyway. Overall I wouldn't say The Awakening is Jamesian, but you're right that there are Jamesian moments and the dolls' house scenes in particular are eerily clever.
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