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Topic31 Women of Horror Cinema (Appreciation Topic)
So_Hajile
10/07/20 11:15:49 AM
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#7 Barbara Steele




Comfort food is the best. I love a nice, hot bowl of beef stew on a chilly night. When the mood hits just right, nothing can beat it. Gothic horror movies are the same way. Watching characters fight demons, villains stalk-n-slash their victims and the undead digest a pound of flesh like how I do to a blueberry bagel is all fun, but theres something about cozying up on the couch with a blanket and watching some beautiful lady wander around a darkly lit castle or mansion. The shadows created by the dim glow of a candle, creating a void of darkness to which anything may emerge to leap out and at the heroine as she searches for clues to the dwellings disturbing past---chefs kiss---its fantastic.

There is no better embodiment of the Gothic movie genre than British actress Barbara Steele. Although not the first, she is the Queen of Goth in my eyes. She has all requisites you expect: dark hair, pale skin and vampish features. And those eyes. She knows exactly how to use her facial expressions to portray demented and deranged or the haunted victim. In some cases, shes both.

Steele has quite an extensive list of horror credits so heres a quick rundown of my recommendations. Interested in a slow-burn, castle / mansion exploration, chilling tale? Go with Castle of Blood, The Terrible Dr. Hitchcock, An Angel for Satan and Nightmare Castle. If Disney were to ever make a Russian vampiric tale, Id like to think it come out like 1960s Black Sunday. Want to see a parasitical slug crawl into a vagina as a metaphor for sexual relations to which a young James Gunn probably watched and popped his first boner? Shivers has what you need.

The summer heat has subsided, and the faint coolness of fall has taken over. Im patiently waiting for the sun to set and the blackness of night to take over. Tonights menu? Beef stew.

Selected Horror Filmography:
Black Sunday (1960)
Castle of Blood
Terror Creatures
The Long Hair of Death
An Angel for Satan
The Ghost
The Terrible Dr. Hitchcock
Nightmare Castle
Shivers

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