Horror
Shaun of the Dead’s Edgar Wright suggests Halloween horror marathon
As may be obvious from his films such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright knows and loves cinema, and to mark Halloween next week, he’s come […]
As may be obvious from his films such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright knows and loves cinema, and to mark Halloween next week, he’s come up with a 24 hour marathon of movies, comprising 15 films organised around Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man.
In order they are:
- 6:00pm – The Brood (1979) David Cronenberg
- 7:30pm –Don’t Look Now (1973) Nicolas Roeg
- 9:30pm – The Innocents (1961) Jack Clayton
- 11:15pm – Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) Narciso Ibanez Serrador
- 1:00am – Carrie (1976) Brian De Palma
- 2:40am – Long Weekend (1978) Colin Eggleston
- 4:10am – Asylum (1972) Roy Ward Baker
- 5:40am – Dawn of the Dead (1978) George A. Romero
- 7:45am – The Omen (1976) Richard Donner
- 9:40am – The People Under the Stairs (1991) Wes Craven
- 11:00am – Daughters of Darkness (1971) Harry Kumel
- 12:40pm – Seconds (1966) John Frankenheimer
- 2:15pm – Death Line (aka Raw Meat) (1973) Gary Sherman
- 3:45pm – The Sentinel (1977) Michael Winner
- 5:15pm – The Manitou (1978) William Girdler
The article at The A.V. Club includes the trailers for the movies, as well as Wright’s detailed explanations behind his choices.
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