So I'm gonna be in NYC over Hallowe'en this year, my first US trip!!
I hear it's pretty cool.
Anyone local/there for Samhain who wants to hook up/have a beer/go rekkid shopping??
I'm off to Spin 'Love at First Bite' and watch Dracula Bites the Big Apple to get in the mood!
POP QUIZ SUCKAZ:
Q. Top 3 NYC-set horror movies?
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:59 pm
by Mateo Sanboval
ScoJo wrote:Hey people
So I'm gonna be in NYC over Hallowe'en this year, my first US trip!!
I hear it's pretty cool.
Anyone local/there for Samhain who wants to hook up/have a beer/go rekkid shopping??
I'm off to Spin 'Love at First Bite' and watch Dracula Bites the Big Apple to get in the mood!
POP QUIZ SUCKAZ:
Q. Top 3 NYC-set horror movies?
1. Wolfen
2. Rosemary's Baby
3. Maniac
Honorable mentions to Jacob's Ladder and Ghostbusters
But for all intents and purposes, my list could (and probably should) look like this:
1. Wolfen
2. Wolfen
3. Wolfen
Honorable mentions to Wolfen and Wolfen
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:54 pm
by lazyben
Q the winged serpent
Wolfen
Maniac Cop
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:20 pm
by Bezulsqy
C.H.U.D.
And enjoy your trip! Never been to NY but California was very kind to me. USA USA ;-)
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:38 pm
by Bub
I wouldn't say these are all "tops" but they scream NY
Basket Case
Maniac
Street Trash
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 6:44 pm
by static14
In no particular order.
The Hunger
Sisters
Rosemary's Baby
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:06 pm
by ScoJo
Great picks.
I might go:
ROSEMARY'S BABY
CRUISING
LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR
I know that the latter two are dramatic thrillers really, but they both scared the absolute piss out of me, scarring me for life!
You got my other faves covered. An alternate B list would be
CHUD
WOLFEN
STREET TRASH
I'd throw hon. mentions at American Psycho and Jason Takes Manhattan for sure, and 1408 is quite superb and underrated IMO.
I do love Larry Cohen's NYC flicks, my fave being GOD TOLD ME TO.
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:11 pm
by Dollarhyde
The Naked City (not horror but very much New York)
The New York Ripper
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:10 am
by Hatter313
Hit me up on a PM when you are coming in, would love to meet up and have a drink, always like meeting forum members, see if Cult is around too. You aren't coming to town for the frizzi show are you?
this is a tough one...agree with Mateo about wolfen, rosemary and basket case are both time capsules for different parts of the city (same with chud). Basket case is really almost a historical document of what that neighborhood looked like (before my time but after my fathers, who lived blocks away from Times Square at its absolute worst)
Ghostbusters is a lighter contender for sure
For my money though, no movie is more "New York" than the original taking of Pelham 123. Even more than taxi driver sometimes, it's just....I mean my family talks like that, that accent...mine is NOTHING compared to some of my relatives, my grandparents practically sounded like cartoons of their respective Burroughs.
My mother was friends or at least acquaintances with the guy that did Dracula takes a bite out the big apple, it's come up a few times haha, I've never Actually seen it.
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:52 am
by zuko
Pictured – SJ heading into town:
Movies-wise, anyone else here got a big soft spot for The Devil's Advocate?
"Step on up son!"
Re: SJ in the Big Apple
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:57 am
by ScoJo
@zuko -
Nice. And 100% motherfuckin accurate. Although a lot of people are gonna be confused by how short/alive I am.
"The Devil's Advocate" is amazing. Hilarious, insane, ludicrous and amazing. If you're a true fan, I highly rec'd listening to that episode of the How Did This Get Made podcast!
