miss_s_b: (Gashlycrumb Tinies)miss_s_b ([personal profile] miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2010-06-09 01:39 pm UTC
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Entry tags:being helpful o:-), fantastic films weekend
You might have gathered over the past few days that I am a big fan of the FFW. It's something I look forward to every year. Next year is the festival's tenth birthday, and as such it ought to be a doozy. The thing is, the FFW is not guaranteed to happen; if there isn't enough public demand then there's no point in the museum spending all that money to put the event on. So we need to make sure that the museum know the demand is there...

Now, I know that lots of readers of this blog are fans of genre films. But how many of you would be willing to travel to Bradford to see them? Are there any films which would have you leaping on a train with gay abandon?

Leave a comment to this entry and I will make sure Tony, the festival director, sees it. Or send the man himself an email - tony DOT earnshaw AT nationalmediamuseum DOT org DOT uk.

My suggestions include Ginger Snaps (feministy werewolf films FTW!), Dark City (Rufus Sewell's bum!), The Tingler (with or without seat modifications) and The Blob. I also think it would be cool to do something with Doctor Who - perhaps one of the Peter Cushing films (Dalek Invasion of Earth has genre favourites Cushing and Andrew Keir in, and would capitalise on interest in the current series).

What films/events would attract YOU?


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[personal profile] jamie77
2010-06-09 09:33 pm UTC (link)
I remember you mentioning Candyman in a FFW post at some point but what about the Hellraiser movies or Nightbreed?

Nightbreed is probably not all that it could have been but is still a movie I have always found interesting.

I have to say to my shame, I was out-geeked on the subject of Hellraiser recently - I didn't know there were three sequels after Bloodline - though of the four I have seen, the original is really the only one I would say is a good movie. So perhaps, scratch Hellraiser movies, insert Hellraiser.

On the subject of naff sequels, by next year there surely would be the opportuity for a Lost Boys triple bill. The Lost Boys 2 is complete bobbins and one is not overly confident that The Thirst will be any better. But The Lost Boys on the big screen must be kinda cool, and certainly different.

With the Fright Night remake due later this year, early next, a Fright Night/Fright Night 2 double bill might be in order on grounds of topicality.

Akira is something I have been interested in seeing on the big screen since I emptied my piggy bank to buy the vhs in 1990 (91?) Ghost in the Shell too.

As regards TV Heaven, I daresay ongoing controversy around William Mayne might scupper it as it has dvd release but I certainly remember enjoying the 1990s BBC Children's adaptation Earthfasts. And indeed the slightly earlier ones of Peter Dickinson's The Gift and Diane Wynee Jones' Archer's Goon. Possible candidates?

Flash Gordon serials are great fun but the current non-availability of the Buster Crabbe Buck Rodgers and King of the Rocketmen this side of the atlantic, would make those titles of more interest to me.

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[personal profile] jamie77
2010-06-09 09:50 pm UTC (link)
And indeed, as I mentioned the subject of the fright Night remake - have you seen who is connected to the Roddy McDowell/Peter Vincent role?

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[personal profile] miss_s_b
2010-06-10 12:14 am UTC (link)
Yes, [personal profile] moviegrrl has been reporting on it. Actually, you should follow her, she's cool.

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[personal profile] matgb
2010-06-10 01:22 pm UTC (link)
Hmm, think Tony would say no to LB2; sequels must be better than the original to be considered, and while he has a dubious definition of 'better' that includes 28 Weeks Later, he definitely wouldn't include something much much worse.

But Lost Boys would work as a definite draw I suspect.

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[personal profile] jamie77
2010-06-10 08:10 pm UTC (link)
I think one would indeed have to stretch the use of the words 'better'; 'superior' for Lost Boys 2 to be included.

An alternative companion piece to Lost Boys, if one were needed, could be Fred Dekker's 'The Monster Squad' what with its teenage boys vs Universal Classic monsters storyline.

Something of a overlooked gem 'The Monster Squad' here in the UK, in my opinion aleast, as the 12a (or indeed 12) certificate wasn't about in 1988 and therefore it was lumbered with a 15 certificate for its 'Virgin' punchline.

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[personal profile] jamie77
2010-06-10 09:32 pm UTC (link)
...which rather reduced its opportunity with its target audience, which would have been slightly younger than The Lost Boys.

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