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10 Body Horror Films To Consider For October/Halloween

“1950s horror movies contrast radically with their 1940s predecessors. understandably – they were reflecting a whole new world. audiences wanted stories that connected directly to their lives, to the ever-expanding technology in their homes and workplaces. they also wanted horror movies that played to their fears – stoked by politicians – of the shadows that lay beyond their immediate, personal experience of the shiny american dream (applies to some of these movies).”

THE FLY (1986)

The Fly, 1958

The Fly (1986) 💀🪰

Fantastic movie, never watching it again

The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg

horror sub-genres: science-fiction

The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg

JEFF GOLDBLUM as the Brundlefly The Fly (1986), dir. David Cronenberg

JEFF GOLDBLUM as Seth Brundle/Brundlefly THE FLY (1986) dir. David Cronenberg

Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

THE FLY 1986・dir. David Cronenberg

“horror movies of the 1980s exist at the glorious watershed when special visual effects finally catch up with the gory imaginings of horror fans and movie makers. technical advances in special effects (animatronics, liquid and foam latex) meant the human frame could be distorted to grotesque new dimensions on screen. 1980s horror movies delivered the full colour close-up, look-no-strings-attached, special effect in a way that previous practitioners of the art could only dream about. everything lurking in the shadows in older horror movies was now dragged into the garish light of day. the monsters were finally out of the closet.”

THE SUBSTANCE (2024) dir. Coralie Fargeat + TRIVIA