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Re: The Testament of Doctor Mabuse

jettloe — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:06:46 -0000

Dr. Mabuse

Re: The Testament of Doctor Mabuse

TimHeaney — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:14:47 -0000

Finally watched 'Testement of Dr M' last night and thought it was great - made me want to watch M again. Only critcism - a little too much police/crime thriller and not enough scary Dr M. Prompted me tonight to go back another 5 years and watch 'Passion of Joan of Arc' (sat in my DVD cupboard for over a year and never watched). I can't believe how good it was - it completely lived up to its reputation.

Re: The Testament of Doctor Mabuse

jettloe — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:15:11 -0000

For some reason 'Seesmic' seized-up when recording - here's what I had to say, (odd that it's on their website but not posted here: http://seesmic.com/video/IprwoiunKu

Re: The Testament of Doctor Mabuse

Philemon — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:57:50 -0000

The Germans certainly have a knack for the creepy picture. "Nosferatu" remains one of the eerie-est of pictures I've seen.

In fact, I think horror / scary films were much better done years ago than they are today - is it because today's films primarily rely on "shock" scares instead of crafting a truly frightening image? "Freaks", and films like the one you just suggested, seem to go far above visually than what most scary films of today are capable of. Maybe the black & white adds something to it...