8-5, Indy's Raiders beats out Hitchcock's Rear Window.

Round 2 Match 24


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Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Director - Quentin Tarantino




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Frankenstein (1931)
Director - James Whale

Frankenstein, hands down

Has to be frankenstein.

2-0, Frankie jumps to an early lead over QT's badasses.

Make that 3-0.

'Raiders' beat Rear Window? Damn shame.

Frankenstein.

4-0, Frankie stretches its lead over QT's pack of wild dogs.

frigit - i'm saying Res-Dogs.

I appreciate them - but i'm not as in love with the old universal horrors as much as most people.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Reservoir Dogs

6-2, Frankenstein dominates over Reservoir Dogs.

Round 1 Match 25


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The Wild Bunch (1969)
Director - Sam Peckinpah




vs.




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The Sixth Sense (1999)
Director - M. Night Shyamalan

The Wild Bunch

sixth sense

i think this movie was a landmark - in making hollywood take a serious look at horror again after a long dry season

Sixth Sense

The Wild Bunch

6th sense.

Sixth Sense

The Wild Bunch

I would agree with you there. However- The Wild Bunch pushed the limits of film violence and paved a path of bloody grindstone for thousands of great films to come.

I pick Peckinpah.

me, too......................

i was going to mention that myself ...
it's often credited as being the 1st splatter film.


i guess the contribution the 6th sense made was more important as far as i was aware what it was doing and it meant a lot to me (having seen with my own eyes how poorly horror did since the 70's - with of course - some exceptions)

The wild bunch.

well - my recollection is that both Bonnie and Clyde and The Dirty Dozen had blazed quite a trail of violence the year before Wild Bunch was released- the use of blood squibs on the principles in Bonnie and Clyde was seen as particularly shocking.


but, i still vote the wild bunch

(oh and since i'm in a historical mood - anyone ever notice that peckinpah has a cameo in the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers - he's the 'gas guy' in the basement)

The Wild Bunch

I've never seen The Wild Bunch, so I guess my vote goes for Sixth Sense.

Same here...

8-6, The Wild Bunch stops The Sixth Sense dead on its tracks.

Round 2 Match 26


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To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Director - Robert Mulligan




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Nosferatu (1922)
Director - F.W. Murnau

Now THIS is a tough match... holy hell.


Nosferatu

Holy ****


To kill a Mockingbird.

To Kill A Mockingbird

Too hard. Can't do it. Won't do it.

To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird

Right now...To Kill a Mockingbird.

Nosferatu.

Because it is the father of Dracula films, and when I was young it was one of the films that I always most wanted to see. This was before VHS was available.

To Kill A Mockingbird