Questions about 3 rare horror films

**nrgbeat** · June 20th, 2004, 10:02 PM

Are any of the following worth watching?

"Black Christmas"

"Curtains"

"Funeral Home"

I think they are all Canadian releases.

**JussiK** · June 21st, 2004, 03:15 AM

Black Christmas is out on dvd and is definitely a prime example of it's kind - the classic Slasher. Get it, it's Canadian, stars people who can act as opposed to overaged Hollywood teens who can only scream and look plastic, it's genuinely creepy and very well made. As for Curtains and Funeral Home, forget them, those are just 2 sorry cheap boring substandard horror quickies.
Note that truly unsettling no-frills horror films like IN A GLASS GAGE/TRAS EL CRISTAL - ex-nazi doctor immobilized in an iron lung hires a psychotic young assistant who brings him new human subjects to experiment on - is now available on dvd. You have been warned. And you HAVE got the deluxe 2 disc collector's edition of Argento's masterpiece SUSPIRIA, the greatest horror film ever made, right?

**nrgbeat** · June 21st, 2004, 06:18 AM

I'll pass on "In A Glass Cage". Movies about sexual molestation and torture are not my idea of entertainment.

**JussiK** · June 22nd, 2004, 01:32 AM

"In A Glass Gage" is an art film, not made to entertain. It's nothing like "Ilsa, Shewolf of The SS" or any of the Italian death camp exploitation movies. Still, I'd gawk at any of those absurd celluloid celebrations of bad taste rather than the latest mawkish Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise or Jim Carrey multiplex movie 8) .

**Boodikka** · June 22nd, 2004, 01:42 PM

BLACK CHRISTMAS is a great film, though it does contain a red herring or two. Of course, Olivia Hussey is an asset to anything (except LOST HORIZON.....Jesus Christ couldn't have saved LOST HORIZON).
I love the last line of the film: "It's me, Billy!" :o
That will stay with you for a while......