petak, 14.03.2008.

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher (1978 - 1986)

U KOMADIMA: USPON I PAD SLASHER FILMOVA Adam Rockoff

Izdavač: McFarland & Company (2002)
Broj stranica i dimenzije: 214 (tvrde korice); 25.7 x 18 x 1.8 cm
Cijena: 39,95$ (oko 200kn)


RECENZIJA:
"- Nakon što sam odgledao odličan dokumentarac istoimenog naslova iz 2006 godine (thanks to HorrorHR-u), zapitao sam se kakva je tek knjiga prema kojoj je ovaj dokumentarac napravljen. I nakon što sam dokumentarac par puta pogledao, odlučio sam se na kupnju i potrošnju u vrijednosti četiri Gundulića.

Pošto sam veliki obožavatelj slasher podžanra, moje je nestrpljenje za čitanjem takvog štiva bilo veliko, no i to se dalo izdržati kad je napokon knjiga tvrdih korica završila u mojim rukama.
Odmah se u prvim rečenicama vidi da je pisac Adam Rockoff (čudnog li prezimena?) jako veliki znalac i fan dotičnog podžanra, jer u svakoj njegovoj rečenici se vidi iskonsko poznavanje povijesti slasher filmova. Detaljna kronologija kojom obuhvaća utjecaj (Grand Guignol), te razdoblje samih početaka podžanra (Pscyho, giallo, TCM...), pa sve do današnjih dana je nevjerojatno prepunjena informacijama, zanimljivostima oko pojedinog filma (iza scena, produkcija, anegdote sa snimanja...), te način na koji su ljudi vezani u slasher projekte djelovali kako bi ostvarili snimanje filma.
Adam se stvarno potrudio i uz sve spomenute slashere koji su nam poznati (Halloween, Friday the 13th, NOES...) uspio je približiti i one slabo poznate - Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas, He Knows That You're Alone, The Slumber Party Massacre...i td. Iako naslov govori o razdoblju od 1978 - 86 (stvarno istinski vremenski period uspona i pada slasher podžanra tj. od Halloween do April Fool's Day) pisac se hvata i onog razdoblja prije (ovaj dio je bio prevažan da se ne bi spominjao) i poslije navedenih godina iz naslova, ali uz sve svoje gledište uspijeva ukonponirati i mnoge druge filmove (Last House on the Left, Peepin Tom...) koji su svojim pojedinim sekvencama i izričajem nekako pripomogli u oblikovanju onoga što je kasnije ispoljilo Freddya, Jasona i Myersa. Jednostavno knjiga je predobra da bi je ljubitelj horor žanra propustio, pa i unatoč tome što nije još izašla na hrvatskom prijevodu (dobro dođe malo engleski poboljšati i naučiti lingvistiku zar ne?).
Uz sve hvalospjeve jedan veliki plus ide i odlično napravljenom tvrdom ukoričenju knjige (doduše naslovnica je mogla biti i malo bolja), te konceptu fonta.

Sama knjiga je odjeljena na nekoliko djelova (sa zanimljivim i netipičnim uvodom, te mali objašnjenjima na kraju knjige; naravno dodatna bibliografija je isto tako zastupljena):

Acknowledgments vii 1
- slasher film, Friday the 13th, Final Girl
The PreHistory of the Slasher Film 23
- Slasher Film, Grand Guignol, Blood Feast
Halloween The Night He Came Home 50
- Halloween, Michael Myers, slasher film
Deadly Prank Calls Driller Killers and an Angry Young Woman 62
- Driller Killer, Carol Kane, Charles Durning
Friday the 13th Prom Night and a Head in the Fish Tank 75
- Knows You're Alone, Prom Night, Betsy Palmer
Trains of Terror Funhouses Horrible Holidays and a Maniac 90
- Bloody Valentine, Terror Train, Tom Savini

Toplo preporučujem knjigu, jer nju je napisao istinski fan slasher podžanra...

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Recenzije filmova...

Podžanrovi:
Animal attack filmovi
Biti glumac u horor žanru - dio prvi i dio drugi
Giallo
Remakomanija...

Filmovi kojima ćete se uvijek vraćati - (remek-djela):
28 Days Later (2002)
30 Days of Night (2007)
Alien (1979)
Alien Hunter (2003)
Altered (2006)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Avatar (2009)
Batoru rowaiaru (2000)
BATMAN: Dead End (2003)
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Water (2007)
Blade (1998)
Blade II (2002)
Book of Eli (2010)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Stuart Gordon's Castle Freak (1995)
Citizen X (1995)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Cloverfield (2008)
Dark Star (1974)
Dead of Night (1974)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Evil Dead: The Musical (2003)
Evil Dead: Book of Dead (1983)
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (1993)
Fido (2006)
Fright Night (1985)
Gosti iz Galaksije (1981)
Gwoemul (2006)
House of Wax (1953)
Hulk (2003)
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Izbavitelj (1976)
Jack The Ripper (1988) *TV
Jaws (1975)
John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
Q (1982)
Leptirica (1973)
M (1931)
Martyrs (2008)
Modern Vampires(1998)
Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space (2009)
Motel Hell (1980)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Mulberry Street (2006)
Murder Party (2007)
Night of the Hell Hamsters (2006)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Otis (2008)
Parents (1989)
Phobia 2 (2009)
Piranha (1978)
Planet Hulk (2010)
Planet of Vampires (1965)
Predator (1987)
Predator 2 (1990)
Rabid (1977)
[REC] (2007)
[REC]2 (2009)
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
Shivers (1975)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Slither (2006)
Solomon Kane (2009)
Split Second (1992)
Stephen King's Cat's Eye (1985)
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Birds (1963)
The Cottage (2008)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Descent (2005)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
The Fly (1958)
The Fly (1986)
The Hitcher (1986)
The Hole 3D (2009)
The Howling (1981)
The Hunt for Gollum (2009)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Monster Squad (1987)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide (2008)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The WolfMan(1941)
THEM! (1954)
Trick 'r Treat (2008)
Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)
Turtles Forever (2009)
Vampire Hunter D: BloodLust (2000)*anime
WALL-E (2008)
Ward 13 (2003)
Warning Sign (1985)
Westworld (1973)
Zombieland (2009)

Skoro savršeni filmovi:
9 (2009)
Alien Trespass (2009)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Burke and Hare (2010)
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
C.H.U.D (1984)
Deep Rising (1998)
Demons (1985)
Demons 2 (1986)
Feast (2005)
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Friday the 13th (2009)
From Hell (2001)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Horror Express (1973)
Hybrid (2010)
Innocent Blood (1992)
It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
Jason and Argonauts (1963)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
La Horde (2009)
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
Mutant (1984)
Mutants (2009)
My Name is Bruce (2007)
One-Eyed Monster (2008)
One Dark Night (1983)
Orca: The Killer Whale (1977)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighning Thief (2020)
Phantasm (1979)
Phantoms (1998)
Planet Terror (2007)
Predators (2010)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Resident Evil (2002)
Rogue (2007)
Quarantine (2008)
Sinister (2012)
Splinter (2008)
Superman/Doomsday (2007)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010)
The Descent 2 (2009)
The Gate (1987)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Prowler (1981)
The Mutant Chronicles (2008)
The Zombie Diaries (2006)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Wind Chill (2007)
Wolfen (1981)
Zona Mrtvih (2009)

Vrlo slabi filmovi (jedanput ih pogledati i zaboraviti ih):
7-gwang-goo (2011)
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
Altitude (2010)
Atrocious (2010)
Blackout (2009)
Black Sheep (2006)
Blood & Chocolate (2007)
Big Bad Wolf (2006)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
Chaw (2009)
C.H.U.D II: Bud the Chud (1989)
D-Wars (2007)
Day of the Dead (2008)
Daybreakers (2009)
Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
Doghouse (2009)
Doom (2005)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
Eclipse (2010)
Fade to Black (1980)
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008)
Frostbiten (2006)
Funhouse (1981)
Funny Man (1994)
Halloween (2007)
Humanoids From the Deep (1996) TV*
Hypothermia (2010)
Infestation (2009)
Jaws 3D (1983)
Jaws: Revenge (1987)
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Krvopijci 1989)
Legion (2010)
Loch Ness Terror (2008)
Lord of Illusions (1995)
Mor (1992)
New Moon (2009)
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)
Night of the Living Dorks (2004)
Night of the Demons (2009)
One Missed Call (2008)
Orcs! (2011)
Outlander (2008)
Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981)
Prophecy (1979)
Shark Night 3D (2011)
The Being (1983)
The Breed (2001)
The Burrowers (2008)
The Devil Inside (2012)
The Gate II: Trespassers (1990)
The Hills Run Red (2009)
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)
Troll (1986)
Robert Kurtzman's The Rage (2007)
The Reptile (1966)
The Tribe (2009)
The Unborn (2009)
Timber Falls (2007)
Twilight (2008)
Scourge (2008)
Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (1996)
Sint (2010)
Skyline (2010)
Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
Starship Troopers 3: Maruder (2008)
Vikaren (2007)
Undead (2003)
Under the Mountain (2009)
Unearthed (2007)

Filmovi tako loši da na kraju ispadnu dobri:
Nightmare at Noon (1988)
Parasite (1982)
The Dark Lurking (2010)
The Giant Claw (1957)


DOKUMENTARCI
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009)
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Scream greats, vol. 1: Tom Savnini Mater of Horror Effects (1986)
The Perfect Scary Movie (2005)
Zombies: A Living History (2011)

Recenzija video-igara:
Clive Barker's Jericho (2007)
Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000)
Plants vs. Zombies (2009)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (2007)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)
TERRORDROME: Rise of the Boogeyman
The Suffering - The Prison is Hell (2004)

Recenzija figura:
Cult Classics Series 5: Medieval Ash (NECA)

Pisci SF-a, Fantasya i Horor žanra:
Robert Ervin Howard (1906 - 1936) I dio; II dio

Recenzija knjiga:
"Blackout" - Mislav Pasini
"Bojno polje Istra" - Danilo Brozović
"Cell" - Stephen King
"Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher (1978 - 1986)" - Adam Rockoff
"Kriza - Hrvatski horor" - Mihalinec/Grgić
"Mrtva Straža" - Mislav Pasini
''Let the Right One In'' - John Ajvide Lindqvist
"The Silence of the Lambs" - Thomas Harris
"Točka dezorijentacije : Zombiji su među nama" - Mislav Pasini
"Sumrak Razbijenog Uma" - Mislav Pasini
"Watchers" - Dean R. Koontz
Žuti titl - drugačija filmska enciklopedija (autori: Velimir Grgić i Marko Mihalinec)
"Xavia" - Damir Hoyka

Biografije, činjenice o monstrumima i ikonama strave...

Top lista najboljih:
12 naj scena eksplozije glave...
Najbolji 'animal attack' filmovi
Najgori 'animal attack filmovi + Bonus
14 najiritantnijih likova u hororima
Naj pijanci i alkosi u horor, SF i fantasy žanru....top 15
Deset najboljih pasa
10 naj zombija...
9 Najboljih košarkaških momenata u SF, Horor i Fantasy filmovima...
22 Najtužnije filmske smrti u horor, SF i fantasy žanru...
25 Najboljih scena sa zahodom - dio prvi i dio drugi
22 Najbolja SF oružja iz videoigara II dio I dio
32 najbolje mjuze u horor filmovima
Najbolji ljubavni parovi...top 20
35 naj serijskih ubojica u svijetu zabave 35 - 30, 29 - 16, 15 - 01
45 najgrudiju u horor filmovima 45 - 30, 29 - 16, 15 - 01
46 najboljih horror scena sa vratima - Dio prvi i Dio drugi
35 najboljih horor postera (35-28). (27-21), (20-11), (10-1)
Najboljih 5 vozila (+ Bonus) u nekom horor i SF filmu...
50 najboljih partitutra u Horor, SF i Fantasy filmovima I. dio i II.dio

Bad guys:
Alien
Aliens
Gremlini
Michael Myers
The Thing

Good guys:
Abraham van Helsing
Ashley J. Williams
Red Sonja
Solomon Kane

Redatelji Horora, SF-a i Fantasya:
John Carpenter

Scream Queens:
Dee Wallace
Linnea Quigley
Patricia Tallman

Horor Legende:
Bill Paxton
Corey Haim
Dick Miller
Tom Atkins
Udo Kier

Legende FX-a i specijalnih efekata:
Rob Bottin
Stan Winston

Znastvene činjenice, teorije i iskonska povjest:
2-4-5 TRIOXIN i Ernie Kaltenbrunner činjenice...
NECRONOMICON
Slučaj "Capitoli 61'"
ZOMBIJI - fenomen horor žanra i vudu religije
Zombiji - vrste filmskih nemrtvih
Zombi kronologija u horor filmu
Zašto volimo horore...
Moja teorija o Michaelu Myers

Liste i popisi:
Popis filmova o Frankensteinu...
Jekyll-Hyde lista filmova...
Gojira-Godzilla lista...
Lista filmova rađenih prema Stephen Kingovim novelama
Božićna lista horor filmova
Sva ubojstva Michael Myersa

Najstrašnije scene filma:
Scena No.1 ''Andaluzijski pas'' (1929)
Scena No.2 ''Se7en'' (1995)
Scena No.3 "Don't look now" (1973)
Scena No.4 "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (1985)
Scena No.5 "Le Locataire/The Tenant" (1976)
Scena No.6 "Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" (1971)
Scena No.7 "Reservoir Dogs" (1992)
Scena No.8 "Freaks" (1932)
Scena No.9 "Oldboy" (2003)
Scena No.10 "Misery" (1990)
Scena No.11 "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
Scena No.12 "The Deep" (1977)
Scena No.13 "Irreversible" (2002)

Film Dana:
Body Parts (1991)
Hambuster (2010)
Korgoth of Barbaria (2006) Pilot epizoda
Pin (1988)
The Dummy (1982)
The Girl Next Door (2007)

In Memoriam
Mako

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