tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post9116142923414688255..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: A note on Tobe Hooper (1943-2017)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-17966398184053411632017-08-29T18:43:03.056-04:002017-08-29T18:43:03.056-04:00Thanks for commenting. I get the same vibe from La...Thanks for commenting. I get the same vibe from <i>Last House on the Left,</i> which I've never dared show Wendigo. Early Seventies nihilism may just be inimitable.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-46543621030153668362017-08-28T11:21:52.559-04:002017-08-28T11:21:52.559-04:00I first saw TCM at a midnight show, long after it ...I first saw TCM at a midnight show, long after it had become legendary... and after I'd devoured as much horror as I could find at the local video store. And it still managed to shock me. As you say, it's not gory... but it is fucking gruesome... and by the climactic dinner scene I was asking myself how they could have gotten away with making such a thing and shown it in legit theaters. <br />My friend's pregnant wife, also a horror fan, had to leave the theater, fearing the movie was upsetting her too much for the good of her fetus.<br />So many films tried to match it later on but never quite hit the same notes IMO. Usually later attempts try to beef it up with more gore and end up releasing all the tension. Also, TCM seems like such a nihilistic piece of work compared to a lot of horror being comparatively moralistic and, in the end, reassuring.Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.com