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Jacqueline Mitchell's avatar

Sometimes I wait for others to catch up with films from the past. Let's face it, the great directors of the 70s all nod to their mostly USC film school education and directors like John Ford, Akira Kurosawa, French new wave and many more. Some pulp classics like Nicholas Ray's "In a Lonely Place" or even the opening to Samuel Fuller's "Naked Kiss" are obscure but unforgettable.

Peter Jackson and Guilllermo delToro also reference their shared loves of Ray Harryhausen in their work, as of course, does Sam Raimi.

I love the reference you made to former lovers. Beautiful.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

I love all these films! Horror still can surprise us. I look to Get Out, Hereditary, Possession, Lake Mungo, It Follows, The Babadook, etc. as quite unique films. A creator like Hideo Kojima is always innovating when it comes to video games, and the horror genre lately. P.T. was kind of first of its kind, D.S. is too. The cool thing with horror is you can explore so much in this genre, whereas it may not be the case for romantic comedies for instance.

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