This list is the Letterboxd version of The Oxford History of World Cinema. On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If you're going to watch anything from Syfy about zombies, skip this and watch the far superior Z Nation instead. The Old Gods dwell where their names are remembered, in restless slumber, to awaken and walk their forests and groves where altars and temples were once consecrated to them and may again be erected in their honor! There is no review for this diary entry. Watched by missingwords. The team now has a few hours to make contact with their helicopter for extraction or be killed in the nuclear explosion designed to sanitize…. Watched on Friday October 23, 2020. Report this film. Karloff creates a multi-faceted, sympathetic but ultimately doomed character. Isle of the Dead is of the psychological horror type, even more so than other Lewton pics such as Cat People and I Walked with a Zombie. How are we supposed to find Boris Karlov villainous when he's the one recommending social distancing??? Need I say more? So in come an assorted group of cannon fodder to contain the plague and extract intel if they can prior to nuking the whole damn joint, the group being…. Share this page. Review by esug. Review by VideoMoviesToGo. A Guide to Indulgence, 2017 - ★★★★ ... Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, 1991 - ½ . I am very glad that when re-released that they included a Kindle version. Lots of…. There is a real faith…, 31 Days of Halloween – Halloween the 26th – Isle of the Dead, "Fight death all your days, and die, knowing you know nothing.". The horseman follows the wars. The horror movies produced by Val Lewton traded in this uncertainty and ambiguity. Theology, morality. this was convoluted and pretty forgettable. A list that is trying to contain every horror film made that is not lost and is found on the…. Jul 26, 2020. Isle of the Dead, especially, carries an eeriness similar to Zombie, with its coldness and isolation and transient quality. Letterboxd - Ari Gerber. Day 12: Asylums are often associated with horror movies. TMDb Stop Making Sense, 1984 - ★★★★★ This movie is 3 hours long. I appreciate zombie movies that look or explore this zombie phenomen. Isle of the Dead. More details at Isle of the Dead. Watched by Eduardo Rêgo Pro. This time though, I was much more able to appreciate the film beyond Karloff's performance (terrific as usual) and Robson's more poetic touches--the montage of hands washing themselves in water near the halfway point, or the closeup of water dripping slowly on the coffin as the viewer waits for what's coming next--there's a number of moments like that that one can appreciate just as mood, but thematically, this is genuinely worth chewing over. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant, suspects a young woman of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka. If that isn’t enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant, suspects a young woman of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka. The scariest moment in any Lewton film resides on the Isle of the Dead. Sally Jane Black 461 films 721 22 Edit. Share this page. Fear of losing control, fear of things happening to your body without your knowledge, fear of the clash between the old and the new. One of the few things that does come off rather nicely is the zombie action within this one, which tends to follow the channel’s standards of action content within here. Fight death all your days...then die knowing you know nothing. Watched on Wednesday October 21, 2020. The first type is exemplified by the Universal horror movies, driven by special effects and monsters; the second is exemplified by the Val Lewton RKO Pictures movies, driven by atmosphere and character tensions. From the makers of 'Z Nation' , Isle of the Dead continues with the Zombie theme. Set in Greece during the Balkan Wars, General Pherides (Boris Karloff) and American reporter…, Review for both "Isle of the Dead" and "Bedlam. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, 1998 - ★★★½. It's hard to always know what to make of a Val Lewton film the first time you see it because there is something so unassuming about it. It is an interesting intake   Into ethical exepermination! IMDb Today we will watch a horror movie from the production company The Asylum. Such movies raise questions relative to how our scientific reaserch is being handled! Favorites: King Kong (1933), The Matrix (1999), Oldboy (2003), Parasite (2019). I made this for myself but I thought others might find it useful. Led by the incomparable D.C. Douglas, he of the many voices and erotic fanfiction convention panels, who plays a mad scientist on an island swarming with flesh-hungry ghouls, ten years removed from an outbreak of his making that killed pretty much everyone else but left him quarantined alone. A journey beyond time, from an ordinary apartment toward our final destination, guided by Charon, the ferryman of Hades. The film’s switches from the short, brief scenarios to the longer, more involved set-ups makes for a good time here when it features the battles with the creatures, from…, The creator of the SyFy Channel television series Z NATION were behind this bland zombie outing which has a military team(that is led by [80s TV sitcom star] Joey Lawrence and[WWE wrestler-turned-valet] Maryse Ouellet Mizanin) visiting a remote island where military scientists are experimenting on a few members of the living dead in the hopes of finding a cure to the zombie transformation virus,only to wind up battling endless hordes of oncoming zombies. The lead is played by Maryse whom I loathe in WWE as a villainess and is similarly loathsome here as the heroine, her acting is awful - the scene of her at the computer messing with the security is actually painful to sit through, although at least her English has improved. But is it a disease killing them or a monster? 15. And I kind of love zombies on an island...most of the time. This one wasn’t all that bad but it did have its flaws. Isle of the Dead 1945 ★★★★ Watched Oct 17, 2015. This movie follows the plague as it reaches it way to an island, and we watch it run through the people there. Directed by Mark Robson. Prints were very popular in central Europe in the early 20th century— Vladimir Nabokov observed in his 1936 novel Despair that they could be "found in every Berlin home". © Letterboxd Limited. There is no review for this diary entry. The tests they were doing to weaponize viruses and toxins led to some unexpected results: zombies. Monsters are not real, until our belief gives them power. It’s his most ambitious film, and its stretchmarks show at times. Dial M for Murder . Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Marc Cramer Katherine Emery Helene Thimig Alan Napier Jason Robards Sr. Ernst Deutsch Skelton Knaggs Sherry Hall Erick Hanson Rose Hobart, 71 mins   What is the real horror? Subgenre: ZombiesSetting – Isolated Pacific IslandPlot: After communication ceases, a seal team is sent to retrieve personnel and research from a US government laboratory in the South Pacific. IMDb 2016 Maryse (Mrs. "The Miz") and Joey Lawrence are in this ("Whoa!"). It's not quite up there with the very best of Lewton's horrors but it's an impressive film none the less. I say ‘possibly’ because the story is ambiguous and perhaps a little muddled, leaving room for doubt at the end. Boris Karloff is reliably great too, with unusually fluffy hair as a bonus. Isle of the Dead 1945 ★★½ . Eduardo’s films. Somewhat unusual story, well directed, and quite interesting. Some people find it too slow and boring, but personally, I would enjoy this movie if only for its incredible gloomy atmosphere. I know Val Lewton’s Boris Karloff vehicles are generally considered a slight step down from his earlier works of Cat People and I Walked With a Zombie, but I don’t hold this view about these collaborations at all. Link to the…, Compiled by Sam DiSalle at Mubi.com as of 1.19.19, all titles are gleaned from various sources, lists, interviews, etc. ", Not so much horror as they are thrillers with a deep-rooted social commentary, but still enjoyable and improtant nonetheless. any…, Darren Carver-Balsiger 1,000 films 267 57 Edit. The Sunlit Night, 2019 - ★★ Holy shit! Broadly speaking, there are two types of horror: spectacle and psychological. Jayce Fryman 18,683 films 3,088 102 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. Mad scientist, zombies, government experiment on a tropical island by the Asylum. There Are Not Thirty-Six Ways of Showing a Man Getting on a Horse, 2020 - ★★★★ Watched on Wednesday November 25, 2020. Watched on Sunday October 18, 2020. Both had anti-climactic endings, though, especially "Isle of the Dead.". It's a horror film where everyone, even the characters who are set up to seem like antagonists, are victims, and people die because, well,…, A film enraptured with fear. Lewton based this movie on the painting that scared him the most as a child Arnold Böcklin’s “Isle of the Dead.” The Lewtonian eeriness and dread here have a long incubation period. That's a pretty unusual setting. Watched on Friday November 27, 2020. Isle of the Dead. In the time sense Wexler has been experimenting with ways to control the creatures or alter the immortality effects. It's a film you need to sit back and slowly sink backwards into - it's like a strange monochrome daydream from…, The first time I saw this film, I thought it was worth watching, but I wasn't really on its wavelength, so to speak. Sadly this was the penultimate movie that Lewton made for RKO, and the strain…, Val Lawton was really on to something. Directed by Nick Lyon. Strangers trapped on a secluded island struggle to survive against hordes of the dead. © Letterboxd Limited. Karloff's greek general finds himself stranded on a plague filled island and as he tries to insist on quarantine starts to drift from his rational self into one believing in old superstitions. In a way, it represents what my friend Nathan (you all know Nathan) refers to as The Boogeyman, a sort of manifestation of collective fears, here mirrored by the encroaching plague and foreshadowed by mentions of claustrophobia. Showing all 47 external reviews. Years after a zombie outbreak, a team of soldiers sent to the island stronghold of a reclusive doctor finds his studies on a deadly virus program has unleashed a swarm of zombies on the island and must try to hold off the increasingly intelligent beings to get off alive. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Albrecht (Jason Robards Sr.) says he is going to pray and is confident…. There's one interesting scene with the talking zombie Cheryl, but the rest of it is just your standard subpar zombie flick. Man or the unknown? Lots of zombies getting blasted, some blood, some gross puss-filled blisters on faces, and it moves at a decent clip. Letterboxd - Sam C. Letterboxd - Sam C. Watched on Sunday November 8, 2020. Letterboxd - india. Film data from TMDb. In other words, my very favorite things in horror movies. That's probably the biggest "selling point" about this movie. The Social Dilemma. Mobile site. The production designs are well done and the actors are less alert than I prefer but are decent. Watched on Saturday November 28, 2020. Watched on Thursday November 12, 2020. Karloff, director Robson and producer Lewton tell a very effective tale that manages to create and slowly ratchet up the paranoia and fear while having a surprising amount to say about the collision of reason and superstition.As always in Lewton's films the use of sets, music, shadow and suggestion is masterful. One of the best films I've ever seen. Grindhouse, 2007 - ★★★½. The last 15 or so minutes of this is one of the best sequences in the Val Lewton catalog—its ghostly silence speaks volumes. A very bad syfy zombie movie about a team of military personnel who go to an island for reasons, and end up attacked by zombies. Its ambiguity about whether events are supernatural or simply natural remains unresolved until the very end. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. (Is is a horror show? Phranc’s review published on Letterboxd: "I'm standing guard against the plague" Scorsese listed this as one of the "11 scariest movies of all-time." It asks many questions about our beliefs and fears with superstition in the face of science. Join here. Jingle All the Way, 1996 - ★★★½. They find the island overrun with infected and that Colonel Aiden Wexler is still alive. matthunt uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. Dawn of the Dead, 1978 - ★★★� I can handle the truth. Isle of the Dead was always one of my favorite Roger Zelazny novels. He really understood that true horror doesn’t come from monsters or devils, but from us and our beliefs. Effective Val Lewton produced chiller about a plague on a small Greek island, with dread and superstition proving just as infectious and dangerous. Every Horror Film Made from 1895 - present, The Chronological History of the Cinematic Macabre, LETTERBOXD'S 1,000 HIGHEST-RATED HORROR FILMS HALLOWEEN 2020 , Edgar Wright's 2020 lockdown viewing list. The question is, in every era and in every civilization, always the same: what is there afterwards, is there at least something? All the films watched by Edgar Wright since the start of Lockdown (March 2020) as shared with Total Film magazine. I think out of all of Lewton’s productions, this one had me feeling the most in contact with the subject of death, and that feeling is always scarier than any jump scare or gruesome monster. TMDb The plague winds circle an island of abandoned crypts while in the lands beyond war rages! Speaking of, the climax is easily in the top ten scariest parts of a horror film for me, with an excellently punctuated jump scare (the screech of KYRA) making me…. Isle of the Dead 1945 ★★★★ Apr 20, 2019. Isle of the Dead 1945 ★★★½ . Add a review? 29, is a symphonic poem composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in the key of A minor. Science versus religion sounds like fertile ground for a horror film, but for it to be handled with so much nuance in a 1945 RKO film caught me off guard. Somewhat stuffy Val Lewton chamber piece that doesn’t really make the most of its Thing-like paranoiac setting, but you can’t complain too much when you’ve got Karloff up against the vorvolaka of Greek myth. The book celebrates and chronicles over one…, Rocky LaForge 18,767 films 2,423 59 Edit, The full list of movies that Edgar Wright has seen during quarantine per his interview with GamesRadar. A list that is trying to contain every horror film made that is not lost and is found on the…, Rocky LaForge 18,767 films 2,423 59 Edit, The nuttiest, craziest and most obscene movies to have ever existed, If anyone is equally as sad as I and knows of any i've missed, let me…, Wrestlers listed in notes, I haven't bothered with the Santo movies as they should be…. Do yourself a favor and check it out! A surprisingly poignant movie right now: a group of people quarantined together due to a plague outbreak begin to believe the supernatural delusions of one person as they die off one by one. Watched on Thursday November 12, 2020. The Rona sure feels like a vorvolaka sometimes. This is a must watch! I'd heard this was an interesting movie to watch during the pandemic, and there are definitely several early scenes where it is. Even in The Leopard Man, the idea of a serial killer was new at the time. If that isn’t enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant, suspects a young woman of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka. Watched on Saturday October 24, 2020. It was written by frequent Lewton collaborator Ardel Wray. Just turn off your brain. Lots of "but the pandemic doesn't apply to ME" type reactions from islanders. Isle of the Dead is a vampire movie which possibly does not contain a vampire in it. Directed by Nick Lyon. Film data from TMDb. The movie veers off into some corny territory but finds itself again in a late, very creepy, very Lewton sequence around a crypt. Resonates more this year than it has done for a while I'd imagine. Some…, I'd add to Ipcress's superlative review that it's interesting how Lewton's films tended to have a subtle exoticism (in a non-negative way). This one even features enhanced zombies that are bigger, faster, smarter and has a silly super zombie vs. super zombie fight scene. Now they are all trapped on the island due to a quarantine. Only one that is missing from here is the one where you get killed by a bunch of zombies but a bunch of poor sods who played this have that on video. Report this film, Daily Horror Scavenger Hunt 1 – July 2018 (boxd.it/1R95q ). Block or Report. It was a long and arduous overland journey to get to Greece at that time, and the film captures that feeling of isolation, mystery, adventure, and danger. The story starts when an army reaserch lab, hidden in an obscure island developing an antigens for the Ebola virus, but mutated strains were developed and infected the team and the patients. It starts off as a small group of people are secluded on a small island until they are certain no one is infected with the pesky plague, which is where things start to get dicey and people start dropping dead like flies. Letterboxd - Danny Spaulding. Belief and faith can be a dangerous thing as it will cause people to do unexplainable or unprecedented things. This is the first of the Val Lewton films that hasn't really done a lot for me, although it isn't without its pleasures - the setting of the Balkan War of 1912 is unusual, the various bits of Greek superstition and legend that weave their way into the story give it a mysterious vibe, and there's a general atmosphere of unease and danger that only ramps up with the introduction of the septicemic plague! Isle of the Dead (German: Die Toteninsel) is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Who shall live? This review may contain spoilers. An example of a sub-genre which never really came to be until much later in film history. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 2006 - ★★½. An absorbing story told in an economical runtime; iconic, eerie imagery. 2.0 screening - No. I find myself siding with the tough general trying to enforce the rules to fight off the plague while everyone has an excuse notto listen. 131 films watched. The cast of odd characters keep it interesting for quite a while, even if at least one of them (Jason "father of Jason" Robards) is extremely wooden, but despite the casts best efforts…. It feels so small, like Bergman minus the artistic pretension. Favorites: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Becoming Oompa-Loompa (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Attack of the Squirrels! This is the sort of dilemma that Isle of the Dead (and Cat People for that matter) deals with. Rewatched by Jake Calta. So much happening on the screen. Nobody wearing masks and kinda half-assing the social distancing. Isle of the Dead. In short, this is a film about the power of fear (and other emotions, such as the guilt…. When they do not return, Bravo team is sent in with a Dr. Mikaela Usylvich. But it's a fun zombie movie on an island. Mason uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. A one-off list for Halloween 2020, of the 1000 highest rated horror films on Letterboxd. Laws can be wrong, and laws can be cruel, and the people who live only by the law are both wrong and cruel.-Thea. He concluded the composition while staying in Dresden in 1908. Worth watching. Sep 20, 2020. Perkins’s review published on Letterboxd: Hoop-tober! Who shall die? (2005). On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. Isle of the Dead is a little unusual among classic horror films. Better than average, while not Tourneur-level Lewton. He’s a perfect fit. Perfect Blue, 1997 - ★★★★★ Watched on Tuesday November 27, 2018. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988 - ★★★★★ Watched on Friday November 23, 2018. Isle of the Dead 1945. Call me crazy but I see something proto-Bergman in this film (Bergman's debut would arrive a year later): the isolated setting, the wrenching debate between faith and science, and the stern visage of Austrian actress Helene Thimig feel pulled right out of Bergman's style of existential horror. These methods kept the budget down on the movies, whilst leaving much to the audience’s imagination. Isle of the Dead 1945 ★★★ 12 Sep, 2020 VideoMoviesToGo’s review published on Letterboxd: Karloff in a rather unusual vampire story, as a group of travellers are stranded on a small island during an epidemic in 1912. Aside from a really good performance from Boris Karloff (talk about screen presence!) Also a key influence on Scorsese's Shutter Island. Damn, Karloff as cold as ice. Likewise with Eye of Cat. 10 years later, a Bravo team is sent to rescue an Alpha team that went missing. We are invited to consider for ourselves what is really going on, and whether events have a rational or a supernatural explanation. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies. Nationalism, masculinity and traditionalism all blending together in a quarantine narrative that hits extra hard in this current lockdown. Bound for Glory, 1976 - ★★★½ ... Dick Johnson Is Dead, 2020 - ★★★★ I don't have much to say, but this is one of the best things I have ever seen. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Block or Report. The story starts when an army reaserch lab, hidden in an obscure island developing an antigens for the Ebola virus, but mutated strains were developed and infected the team and the patients. Watched on Wednesday November 18, 2020. Join here. Isle of the Dead (Russian: Остров мёртвых), Op. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Favorites: Tampopo (1985), Mommy (2014), Naked (1993), Weekend (2011). Directed by Mark Robson. Intolerable Cruelty, 2003 - ★★★½ . As for the rest of the Isle Of The Dead, it’s business as usual. Like you're supposed to. Add a review? Made at a time when Europe was still ravaged by war, having been consumed by forces beyond rationality that every agreement, every institution had failed to check,…, Atmospheric Val Lewton produced film set on a Greek island during the first Balkan War in 1912 that's a burial ground of crypts, graves, and tombs with a few inhabitants and some travelers. Christoffer uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. Watched on Sunday November 29, 2020. Eduardo is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. Starts off with a bang! Jake liked these reviews. The team is stranded in an island not anticipating what is lurking ahead. Isle of the Dead. missingwords’s films. Every Horror Film Made from 1895 - present, The Chronological History of the Cinematic Macabre, Neo-Exploitation, Crappy Sequels, OTT, Tongue-In-Cheek & Similar Styled Crap. The Nest, 2020 - ★★★ Watched on Wednesday November 18, 2020. Isle of the Dead 1945 ★½ . missingwords is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant, suspects a young woman of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka. More details at Join here. With Joey Lawrence, Maryse Mizanin, Todd Cattell, D.C. Douglas. Wow, This was a really good Boris Karloff flick. There is no review for this diary entry. Share this page. Watched Sep 25, 2020. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka. . `` horror doesn ’ t especially deep work painted in 1883 by the Swiss artist. 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