Tim Burton and the Lurid Beauty of Monsters
December 2, 2009–April 26, 2010

  In conjunction with the Tim Burton gallery and film exhibitions stop-motion animation, German Expressionism, Grand Guignol horror, Universal monsters, and B-grade science-fiction
  “I loved the lurid beauty of these monster movies. They spoke to me. I didn’t understand the world, and these films were somehow symbolic of the way I felt.”
Museum of Modern Art

Film influences from the 1950's & 60's black & white including Director Ed Wood and 1940's Dracula Actor Bela Luigosi
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Germany
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Pit and the Pendulum By Edgar Allen Poe
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Revenge of the Creature
1955. USA. Directed by Jack Arnold. The Creature from the Black Lagoon finds love in this sequel, which transports the horror from the Amazon to Florida.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Plan 9 From Outer Space

The Wolfman   Throw a couple big name actors in a classic franchise movie and leave your expectations at the door. The age old tale saga of one hairy dude gets a super glossy make over as Benicio Del Toro plays his character from Snatch and Hugo Weaving (Mr. Smith from the Matrix) plays his character from the Matrix. The movie looks great but I remember this thing from older movies called... acting. Anthony Hopkins plays himself in a lather lush 18th century mansion as Benicio's father as they try to solve the murder of their son & brother. Spoiler The film follows the standard kill, pause, kill pace. After Benicio has been bitten, talks to the cheesy gypsy and gets cursed by the town he proceeds to behead, slash and devour them. Anthony Hopkins turns out to be the head wolfman and confronts Benicio near the end in a predictable boss match which includes on of the films only creative moment when he gets knocked into a fireplace and then beheaded. Oh, and theirs a love interest, does he get the girl? I don't know it looks like a sequel is in the works.
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