A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous?” – Henry Frankenstein Henry Frankenstein is an asshole. He’s not the worst asshole in Frankenstein, a film populated by assholes, but he’s up there near the top. Before we look at this gallery of jerks, I’
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “Remember, I'll be watching for you on the big screen.” – Irene I don’t know what Mulholland Dr. is about. I’ve watched it dozens of times—always thrilled by it, always seduced by it, always perplexed by it. Sometimes I wonder if the next
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon “Suzy, do you know anything about... witches?” – Sara Simms I’ve always found it a bit odd that, given it’s a medium of moving images, cinema—particularly Western cinema—favours storytelling above all else. Weird films with little regard to narrative are the preserve of the
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon “What else am I good for?” – Håkan It’s 1982 and Oskar is a weedy, lonely, twelve-year-old blond boy who is being relentlessly bullied at school. His dad is an alcoholic who would rather drink with friends he brings home than be with his boy. Each day,
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon “Would you believe me if I told you there was something inside of that rock we found tonight? Something that could wipe out this whole town?” – Steve Andrews In the ‘50s, the UK didn’t have hot rod racers, the atom bomb, or Steve McQueen. We had
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon “Now I'm gonna do what any rational human being would do, and that is to get the fuck outta here.” – Joel Irony. It was everywhere in the ‘90s – the culture was steeped in it. Back then, it wasn’t cool to just like things: you
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “I'll be perfectly honest with you, David. I'm not in the habit of bringing home stray, young American men.” – Alex Price. The London of An American Werewolf in London is still there, just about. Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, London Zoo, Tottenham Court Tube
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “Because everything with you is seeing, isn’t it? Your primary sensory intake, that makes your dream live, is seeing.” – Will Graham Manhunter is all about seeing. Francis Dollarhyde is murdering families because he has seen prints of William Blake’s The Great Red Dragon and the
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “I won't have any regrets.” – Nicole Horner The world was cold in the early 1950s. Money was coming. Money was surely on its way to warm things up and make everybody feel better, but in the meantime, everywhere was cold and everyone was broke. America
A Personal History of Horror Films in 101 Quirky Objects
by Vince Stadon “We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood... 'cause we're gonna find out who's the Thing.” – R.J. MacReady If nothing monstrous or extraterrestrial or monstrously extraterrestrial had happened during R.J. MacReady’s time at the
Vince Stadon
by Vince Stadon I once got lost in the British Museum. I was eleven, so this would have been in 1981. Lots of people get lost in the British Museum—it’s a big building, with over eight million objects, the largest amount of any museum in the world. I