Jan 2019
Arguably two of the best directors who debuted in the '80s with some pretty similar parallels - in addition to their films largely being horror / comedies, they readily dabble in the horrors of medical science gone wrong. And the consensus is that their first two films are also their best and most widely acclaimed. I don't think there's any disputing that.
Who's your favorite of the two? And how would you rank each of their first two movies?
I think I would take Stuart Gordon, but only ever so slightly. It's a tough one.
Ranking their masterpieces:
Re-Animator
Brain Damage
From Beyond
Basket Case
Feel free to rank all of their movies if you'd like, too.
Who's your favorite of the two? And how would you rank each of their first two movies?
I think I would take Stuart Gordon, but only ever so slightly. It's a tough one.
Ranking their masterpieces:
Re-Animator
Brain Damage
From Beyond
Basket Case
Feel free to rank all of their movies if you'd like, too.
From Gordon I also like Re-Animator and Pit and the Pendulum enough to have it in my collection. Castle Freak not too bad either. I didn't care much for Dagon or From Beyond. Not sure why the latter is liked so much or is it just because of Babs Crampton in some BDSM outfit, well she is much hoter in Re-Animator anyway.
From Henenlotter I have only seen 3 well actually 4 as he is also credited as director of Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore documentary. I liked Brain Damage well enough but not as must have. The idea of Brain Damage was good but somehow I didn't care much for the execution not sure why. Frankenhooker is unsurprisingly totally up my alley, own it and the docu as well.