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Would You Consider Don't Look Now Horror

posted 13 years ago by RdVirus777
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There are lots of different kinds of horror. Some can be creepy, The Haunting (original), Some can be really scary, The Exorcist, Some can be Gothic Horror, the original Dracula. Some can be psychological horror like, Rosemary's Baby and some can be extremely disturbing like Martyrs or funny games.

So with all that being said does this movie fit any of the types of horror I've mention. I'm making a list on IMDB called My 100 Favorite horror films and I'm watching a lot of movies to do this list and don't want to waste my time on a movie if it can't be considered horror.

Netflix says it's a thriller, IMDB has it listed as horror and a thriller

We all go a little mad sometimes - Norman Bates

[–] Watching_the_movies 11 years ago

I think this is 100% perfect for the horror genre!

[–] reidycarol 11 years ago

I've always loved this movie. I'm a big Julie Christie fan.
A few years ago I heard some survey results on a San Antonio radio station.
They were the 10 Scariest (Horror) Movies and the 10 Most Erotic Love Scenes from Movies ever. Don't Look Now was the only film which made both lists. Not sure what the rating was but definitely Top 10 and I think the erotic love scene was No. 1 and it was high on the scariest also. I was surprised that the reviewer of the movie said it was not erotic. It is what I describe as "creepy" and definitely a psychological thriller.

[–] codyhoskins 11 years ago

It works mostly as a psychological thriller in how it builds more on the eerie mystery of what's real and what's being hallucinated than on anything shocking and frightening, but the very end of the film is what leaves a pretty traumatizing mark on first time viewers in a way that they would qualify it as a horror film. It's the same thing with thrillers or "chillers" like Les Diaboliques, Audition, or The Vanishing where the most frightening events happen near the end and it terrifies people to the point that they are scared to watch it again. Don't Look Now is in some ways a horror film that spends more time with establishing the eerie mood of everyday life as opposed to throwing shocking sights at you in a slasher or a monster flick.

[–] NickameNotAllowed-1 11 years ago

"Don't Look Now is in some ways a horror film that spends more time with establishing the eerie mood of everyday life as opposed to throwing shocking sights at you in a slasher or a monster flick."

Which, I would say, makes its closest relative 'Rosemary's Baby,' even though that film never does deliver a visual shock. (Just steadily mounting paranoia with a punchline that was a shocking idea at the time - which is plenty. I still feel like I just swallowed my heart every time that old man stands outside the phone booth she's in, even though I know it's just William Castle doing one of the greatest, and funniest, cameos ever.) A lot of morons don't consider RB to be horror either, just because it manages to explore the genre in an adult way without being enslaved by its trappings. Small minds... . I can actually define "horror" so broadly that I'd include such non-horror films as 'Network,' 'Taxi Driver,' and Todd Haynes' exquisitely controlled 'Safe.'

[–] itcanhappentoyou 11 years ago

I definitely consider the film of the horror genre. The film seems to be about Sutherland's dead daughter trying to warn him that his life is in danger, from beyond the grave. You also have the psychic sister who tells Christie of the warning.

[–] Snusmumrikken 10 years ago

No, not a pure horror film in that sense. I would say it's more psychological thriller/mystery sprinkled with some horror elements.

[–] SuCue 10 years ago

It's hard to categorize, like Picnic at Hanging Rock orThe Last Wave. I'd say it was a supernatural thriller or a supernatural murder mystery.

[–] melora72 9 years ago

I think your comparison to The Last Wave is spot on. The Last Wave has one of the most memorable endings of any movie I've seen, as does Don't Look Now. They both involve a character who has precognition but doesn't know it. Picnic was just creepy.

Another great 1970's supernatural thriller is "The Other" from the early 1970's, which is about twins.

[–] SuCue 9 years ago

Yes, I love Mulligan's "The Other" as well. I just rewatched it recently, in fact. Shame it's not better known.

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[–] sebreflex 10 years ago

To me, it's a psychological horror movie and I'd definitely put it in a top 100 of the best horror movies.

[–] SuCue 9 years ago

I agree. And have you noticed how Sam Raimi rips it off again and again? I bet it's his favorite film or at least in his top 5.

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (29543476) 9 years ago

I would say it is the creepy horror genre.
I had a dream where I fell with the bicycle into the sea and started drowning and I instantly remembered this movie,as though as I had a premonition of my own death.