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Awww dunno anyone from dat lineup... hoping it'll be good/fruitful anyway.

A Lareine cover would be pretty sweet/interesting.

^ It's just a simple A-side collection album, with only KILLING ME re-recorded.

Sweet.

That Perturbator track sounds pretty sweet~ Ohh btw I just remembered another project I haven't checked out yet, only for a couple tracks: Umberto! Totally gloomy and eerie '70s / '80s synthy horror feeling.

I'm not really into this type of revival music, but def gonna check out what you've linked so far. I do listen to some Noir Deco now and then, I guess they fit here? ...they even have a song titled "Escape with Snake Plissken" hehe.

Some neat artistic comparisons concerning the album's cover art and band style: http://blog-tick.blogspot.com/2014/04/arui-wa-anarchy-tracklist.html

@sai Surely better than what I expected. Thanks for the link!

Album artwork can now be seen: http://themadcaplaughs.com/top/?p=454

^ Almost got those right! I'm actually unsure whether I've seen Psycho or not -- I was really young and it didn't leave that big of an impression on me. Also, it might have been that infamous shot-for-shot remake from 1998, not sure at all. xD Anyway, here's my list. I chose 7 main movies and then some notable mentions (this is basically like 80% of all horror related flicks I've seen so far from the '60s xD). 1. Black Sabbath I heard the band got their name from this movie, so naturally I was curious to check it out. I watched the "Italian version" cuz supposedly that has some different/better editing, pacing and whatnot (so the order of the segments was "telephone" -> "wurdulak" -> "creepy corpse lady" xD). The last segment is my absolute favorite, such a cool job on makeup effects, the whole thing is totally freak-out creepy. Of course the other two stories are cool too, I like the variety in here (giallo-ish thriller and vampire horror). 2. Repulsion Yeah, Polanski has that reputation of his, but I cannot not love this movie! Its atmosphere is absolutely surreal and dreary, it sucks you right in. At times it might feel a bit too "artistic" (that's code for "pretentious") but I love how it gets more and more psychotic gradually. A really interesting piece of psycho-horror with the super-pretty Catherine Deneuve in the lead. 3. Carnival of Souls This movie kinda has a similar surreal atmosphere as Repulsion, tho totally different story and pacing. It feels like being stuck in a dream where you have a feeling that something's not right, but it's not a full-blown nightmare (...yet). Some very striking and effective scenes in here, don't wanna give anything away cuz it would soon end in spoilers. Highly recommended! 4. Night of the Living Dead I actually saw the remake first, but this was thoroughly entertaining as well. A black & white gem that has aged quite gracefully. There's not much to say, it's a stone-cold classic of the zombie subgenre. A solid movie. 5. The Devil Rides Out Really cool Hammer Horror flick with such acting staples as Christopher Lee and Charles Gray (who, the latter, is especially good in his evil role). I love the culty satanic vibe that's going on, somehow it manages to keep up the sinister tension. It also has some neat/cute special effects. 6. Eyes Without a Face As Bear already mentioned, this one has that certain aesthetically pleasing quality to it. A compact but nice tale with some pretty freaky things interspersed. Very pleasant and intriguing to watch. 7. Horrors of Malformed Men If you'd let mangaka Suehiro Maruo go back in time to the '60s and direct a movie in the spirit of The Island of Dr Moreau, that would be pretty similar to this movie. Well, no wonder, the story is spliced together from a few shorties of famous Japanese mystery novelist Edogawa Rampo - whose stories Maruo often likes to put to manga (you'll find that The Strange Tale of Panorama Island has many things in common with this movie). A totally surreal and weird ride. Honorable mentions: - The Innocents: classic tale of the supernatural (or is it?) adapted from a very good Henry James novel, - Rosemary's Baby: a classic in its own right, tho I don't recall much from it (otherwise being decent), - The Haunting: based on Shirley Jackson's spooky novel, a pretty eerie and subtle flick.

Album spot (segment from the 形而上 流星 PV) edit: also, album tracklist with composing credits! 01. DADA DISCO -G J T H B K H T D-（作詞:今井寿 作曲:今井寿） 02. 宇宙サーカス（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:星野英彦） 03. masQue（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:今井寿） 04. Devil’N Angel（作詞:今井寿 作曲:今井寿） 05. ボードレールで眠れない（作詞:今井寿 作曲:今井寿） 06. メランコリア（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:今井寿） 07. PHANTOM VOLTAIRE（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:今井寿） 08. SURVIVAL DANCE（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:星野英彦） 09. サタン（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:星野英彦） 10. NOT FOUND（作詞:今井寿 作曲:今井寿） 11. 世界は闇で満ちている（作詞:今井寿 作曲:今井寿） 12. ONCE UPON A TIME（作詞:今井寿 作曲:今井寿） 13. 無題（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:今井寿） 14. 形而上 流星 -metaform-（作詞:櫻井敦司 作曲:今井寿） romanized: 01. DADA DISCO -G J T H B K H T D- (lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi) 02. Uchuu Circus (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Hoshino Hidehiko) 03. masQue (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Imai Hisashi) 04. Devil’N Angel (lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi) 05. Baudelaire de nemurenai (lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi) 06. Melancholia (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Imai Hisashi) 07. PHANTOM VOLTAIRE (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Imai Hisashi) 08. SURVIVAL DANCE (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Hoshino Hidehiko) 09. Satan (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Hoshino Hidehiko) 10. NOT FOUND (lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi) 11. Sekai wa yami de michiteiru (lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi) 12. ONCE UPON A TIME (lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi) 13. Mudai (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Imai Hisashi) 14. Keijijou ryuusei -metaform- (lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi, music: Imai Hisashi) Cover art / new band pic Nice titles and cover art. I hope the music will live up to it.

Cool list! I don't know much about '60s horror but of course I have my faves -- will list them soon! (I see some titles there we'll have in common, heh)

I personally found The Conjuring okay but didn't leave that big of an impression on me. It was a bit better than the usual modern "haunted house" type fare, which isn't saying much tho. xD Also, I just cannot tolerate Cabin in the Woods - I know it's supposed to be "clever" and stuff but the whole movie looked and felt... I dunno, kinda dumb, plastic and lifeless. Couldn't enjoy it at all.

The album title had me hoping... but I fell asleep trying to watch the video. xD

Awww this is sad. They're one of the better / more quality-consistent bands...

awww

Yeahhh c'mon pplz! Ohh and about the slasher sequel thingie, I've just been watching the Child's Play series with a friend of mine recently, and they've been pretty consistently entertaining so far... tho part 3 is kinda boring/crap. However, Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky are so over-the-top ridiculous and bad (and all dat cheesy dialogue/one-liners lol) that it's real amusing to watch. Yet to see Curse of Chucky.

I see. That original episodic concept for the Halloween movies sounds much more interesting than what they initially did imo. Also, now that you mentioned it, I remember I did see H20 - actually that was my first movie of said franchise! Didn't leave an impression tho and it was a looong time ago (I guess it was kinda decent-ish maybe?). I like Rob Zombie's remakes tho, contrary to popular opinion. xD (especially enjoyed what he did in the 2nd one)

^ It doesn't entice you to buy anything, other than concert tickets (since it's a promo for their tour if I understood it correctly?). But anyway, yeah, they could've done it with live sound... tho I've never seen many tour promos with actual live sound before (since usually the tour hasn't even started yet when stuff like this is out xD).

Yayyy, looking forward to what they have to offer~

^ Ahhh I've been meaning to watch Hausu for quite a while now, but never really in the mood for it when the opportunity arises (or I just forget). xD Tombs of the Blind Dead sounds cool too, gonna check that one out later as well. It turns out it wasn't all that hard to compile a list for myself, tho I "padded it out" with some not-quite-horror titles. 1. Suspiria The one and only. Dario Argento at his horrortastic atmospheric best imo. Fantastic music and visuals, always something interesting and spectacular to witness. Excellent, can't get enough of it! 2. Alien A true sci-fi/horror classic, really hits a nerve every time I watch it. Needless to say, owing much to H.R. Giger's fantastic designs. 3. Eraserhead Not really horror but surreal and dreary as fuck still. Some of the sickest and weirdest stuff in here (I'll only say "dinner" and "baby"), it's really a far-out trip to be experienced if one is accustomed to such oddities. 4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Again, not 'pure horror' - still it has a mad scientist, a creature, some killing and whatnot. Oh, and of course we can't forget the wonderfully quirky musical numbers and awesome cast (iconic performances from Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn and Richard O'Brien)! 5. Halloween Well, what is there to say? A solid slasher classic. Haven't seen much of the sequels but I suspect I didn't miss much. 6. Zombie ...or Zombi 2 or whatever. Fulci's gross-out zombie flick, tonnes of atmosphere, messy makeup, it's all excellent really. Can't forget the underwater zombie scene either, so nice! 7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre One of the better '70s horror movies. It's pretty nice, nothing more to say. 8. Rabid I was hesitating whether include this or Shivers (both very similar Cronenberg films) for the 8th spot, but went for this because it looks and feels just a bit more professional and finished. Pretty good 'zombie virus/infection' type movie, sort of. 9. Demon Seed I just put this here because I remember it being somewhat good. Not much other recollection of it. Super-computer attacking humans (and uhmm... doing some other stuff too xD), it was decent. 10. The Brood Typical Cronenberg body horror, takes a while to get started (if I remember correctly) but has some fun moments and effects.

So apparently Manson already finished recording his upcoming album! The first snippet can be listened to as the opening sequence of the series Salem. It has a niiiice~ atmosphere imo. What do you guys think? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/video-marilyn-manson-sings-opening-698730

Ah I think I have heard some Hellhammer long ago, they were more to my liking. Anyway, thx for the suggestions! Will try them out sometime. edit: ooh~ just saw Church of Misery link a full show on their Facebook - quite good quality too!

It was nice to read your 'report', even though I only know/listen to a small fraction of those bands. Forever jelly about that Church of Misery gig, must've been divine! They are truly great performers, no matter the venue anyway. Mgla I haven't seen myself, but I know and respect their music, good stuff. Hatebreed should be killer live too. Bit off-topic compared to this but: just listening to Triptykon's new album Melana Chasmata (great title btw!) and enjoying it thoroughly so far, around mid-way. This is my first time listening to them (and don't have any experience with Celtic Frost either except for some hilariously bad looking old YT footage I quickly closed) and it's quite the trip. Nice, dark and just depressive enough.

Child's Play 2 - Was okay. First one was superior, obviously. Child's Play 3 - Had its moments but got terribly boring by half time (and it ain't a long movie, less than 1.5 hours). Meh. Bride of Chucky - Hahaha, this was awesome! Lots of funny/cheesy interaction between the two dolls, plus some fun horror references. Of course the whole movie was kinda dumb but in a totally entertaining way.