JUST REALIZED...

I haven't posted a synopsis for BLACKSTAR CANYON.  There's a couple reasons I won't discuss too many plot points (spoilers) and scene details (pitching it to studios currently) until it's in the can and screening at festivals.  I aim to produce a film that hearkens back to the milieu of 1979-1981 drive-in horror films.  Not in cinematic terms of the scratchy prints (GRINDHOUSE); I intend to produce a film that veers away from the postmodern tone of the SCREAM series or the ultra-gore of HOSTEL/SAW series.

The easiest way for me to give a sense of what the horror part of my film will resemble

is through a top 10 trailer rundown in random order.  These trailers don't share plot points with my film, but rather atmosphere.

10.  JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) ~ Probably contains George Kennedy's finest cinematic performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1_UE5lhdEs

9. DEAD AND BURIED (1981) ~ Written by the duo of the original ALIEN (1979).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzcuQyl8fg

8.  MOTEL HELL (1980) ~ The murderous brother/sister pair archetype was cemented here for the 1980's horror genre.  This is the German version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlH6ccngJDI

7.  ALONE IN THE DARK (1982) ~ Not the poor adaption of the videogame.  This is a potboiler involving a psychiatrist and his family trapped in his new home during a blackout surrounded by escaped lunatic patients.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-W9Roy3UMo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us27RDGig30 

6.  LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM ~ Ken Russell's adaption of Bram Stoker's novel of the same title.

Great nightmare sequences-if you are a fan of ALTERED STATES you should check out this film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Q-PyZxZjw&feature=related

5. PHANTASM ~ 1979 Coscarelli film that I feel was more nightmare inducing than Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw and Friedkin's EXORCIST.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJojkFFUsdo

4. Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND (1980) (Dubbed in English from original Italian).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltPK0IfP4M&feature=related

3. SORCERER ~  William Friedkin's suspense film didn't have any supernatural/horror elements.  There are 2 or 3 "subliminal" nightmare sequences.  Soundtrack is by Tangerine Dream (their first film score).  Unarguably Roy Scheider's best film role as Jackie Scanlon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMof5PuQF7w

2.  ROSEMARY'S BABY ~ This late 60's Polanski thriller has 3 of the best dream/hallucination sequences committed to celluloid.  To this day,  I'm amazed how true these sequences read to nightmares I have experienced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri6uUmEhN40

1. THE HOWLING (1981) ~ Directed by Joe Dante and featuring the better of the 2 werewolf transformations that year (apologies to Rick Baker...Bottin did phenomenal work for less budget).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmIr6OgtYg

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