Pictorial Beauty
A new piece by me at The Chiseler, outlining my demented and ongoing quest to see every film depicted in Denis Gifford’s big green book of monsters, A Pictorial History of Horror Movies.
A new piece by me at The Chiseler, outlining my demented and ongoing quest to see every film depicted in Denis Gifford’s big green book of monsters, A Pictorial History of Horror Movies.
October 22, 2012 at 3:41 pm
You may already be aware of this, but Criterion’s upcoming Shochiku horror collection in their Eclipse series includes The Living Skeleton, which I’ve been fairly dying to see ever since I first read the Gifford book.
Also included, the fairly amazing Goke, Bodysnatcher from Hell, and crazy kaiju epic The X from Outer Space: http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/928-eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku
October 22, 2012 at 4:24 pm
A gripping development! I have seen The Living Skeleton, and I may have written about it (for The Forgotten, if memory serves) but I was working from a version with auto-translated fan-subs which made less sense than these things usually do.
Goke is pretty amazing, especially for the weird caucasian girl’s performance. She’s invented her own school of acting, just like Stanislavsky. Only better.
October 22, 2012 at 7:46 pm
October 22, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Reptilicus
I feel like buying it just to send you a copy. :)
October 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm
That’s sweet of you! I never say no to gifts, but if you bought it now I’d have to wait until I’d watched the rest of the films in the book. There are less than half a dozen to go but I don’t know when I’m going to find them…