Art House Gore films

[AdamAskov]

Originally Posted by Scott Mosley

Diabel is a brutal film...

EXACTLY

[AdamAskov]

Originally Posted by John Gargo

I emailed Mondo Vision yesterday and they told me that they're working on POSSESSION.

TERRIFIC NEWS!!!

[Scott Mosley]

Originally Posted by AdamAskov

EXACTLY

Double-barrel. :P

[AdamAskov]

Originally Posted by Scott Mosley

Double-barrel. :P

Che-BLAW!!!

[Andy Johansen]

Originally Posted by Aaron G

IRREVERSIBLE ?
THE WILD BUNCH ?
CACHE (Heneke) ?
ANTICHRIST (Von Tryhard)?
AUDITION - the closest, as it slightly frottages grindhouse/splatter/horror flicks as most of the above are more in the camp of.

To me a good gore film is 'arthouse' anyway, but it's whether you are talking about Bunuel/Goddard/Costa/Straub-Hullet type 'arthouse' or something else?

Some pretty liberal interpretations...
What happened to the days when The Wild bunch was just a great western?

[Aaron G]

Originally Posted by Andy Johansen

Some pretty liberal interpretations...
What happened to the days when The Wild bunch was just a great western?

I just put it in there are that book SPLATTER MOVIES lists it as a 'splatter' ie. 'gore' movie..

[Jason Lee]

Nope, I too have a problem with saying WILD BUNCH is splatter movie....

Actually, i wouldnt call MOSt of your choices "splatter" movies....

I agree with this term from WIKIPEDIA

A splatter film or gore film is a sub-genre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation.

and

Splatter films, according to film critic Michael Arnzen, "self-consciously revel in the special effects of gore as an artform

Splatter films= OVERgore!!!

[Paul Casey]

Gore for gore's sake.

[Harry Doble]

Camp appreciation, irony, etc.

You could call any piece of trash an arthouse film nowadays if you are so inclined to.

[Tony F]

The Living Dead Girl

[Matt H.]

Originally Posted by Vincant A.

Let's list them and discuss:

The Beyond
Begotten
Subconscious Cruelty
Last House on Dead End Street
Un Chien Andalou (It counts!)
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh
Aftermath
Guinea Pig Flower of Flesh and Blood/Mermaid in a Manhole
Taxidermia
Philosophy of a Knife

Er, I'm not so sure I'd count the Guinea Pig flicks, particularly since they were made for and distributed exclusively on video, but that's just me.

I would add Doug Buck's "Cutting Moments" to the list, though.

[AdamAskov]

Cronenberg is essential as well. The academics' have been kind of relugtant to embrace his films just like it took them 110 years to accept Lovecraft. But it's happening. I think he will be one of the most talked about directors in the next 10 years.

[Daniel M]

Paul Morrissey's Flesh For Frankenstein and Blood For Dracula?

For that matter, I think some of his "street" films, especially Mixed Blood, might qualify as well.

[Horace Cordier]

Originally Posted by Jack J

But THE BEYOND??? We're talking THE BEYOND as in Lucio Fulci's crappy zombie masterpiece, right? Not some art film by the same title I haven't heard of, eh? How could THE BEYOND possibly, by anyone's standards, be labeled arthouse???

Easy.

THE BEYOND makes little sense. Its loaded with bizarre imagery. The whole thing simply REEKS of off-kilter.

And thats very Arthouse - at least in my book.

[AdamAskov]

Originally Posted by Horace Cordier

Easy.

THE BEYOND makes little sense. Its loaded with bizarre imagery. The whole thing simply REEKS of off-kilter.

And thats very Arthouse - at least in my book.

Well then we can add every Hong Kong horror film ever made to the list