Watch it – Ponderous Personal Projects

Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Philip Kaufman
4/5

Still as good as when I was young, and a full 60% better than the make. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. Will the trend hold?

Happy Death Day [2017]

Happy Death Day
Christopher Landon
4/6

It’s Groundhog Day all over again. Surprisingly, it works!

Looks like Freaks wasn’t the first horror movie after all. This is a full decade older. Interresting. But tiring. The film is just still pictures and short clips with text cards every five seconds. Blink and you’ll miss it.

Freaks [1932]

Freaks
Tod Browning
2/3

According to some random rag I came across this is apparently the first horror movie… And I’m rather impressed. I was bracing for the filmatic ancestor of The Elephant Man, but this is more like a parallell universe Wizard of Oz. Great transfer, too.