By Alice Wessendorf Posted on Sep 27, 2012September 28, 2012 The Shining goes Seinfeld… Square Take one of my all-time favorite horror films…The Shining… Mix in some Seinfeld-style sitcom silliness…. And you end up with a bit of creepy-laughtrack brilliance. Shudder… Show a little lovePinterestTwitterTumblrFacebookGoogleDiggitRedditEmail Related posts: The Shining bathroom scene minus Grady “Here’s Johnny!” – The Shining Jackolantern Style Oh the horror…. The Star Wars Zone…
dogimo says: 14 years ago Parts of this work so well it’s awful. It reminds me of the Rodney Dangerfield “family sitcom” scenes from Natural Born Killers. I wonder if you could make a whole film, original story but done in this style? With this jarring dissonance between content and tonal cues?
Alice says: 14 years ago That’s EXACTLY what it made me think of Joe. Great minds. 🙂 I imagine an entire film would have you crawling out of your seat with the willies….but it could be done.
Parts of this work so well it’s awful.
It reminds me of the Rodney Dangerfield “family sitcom” scenes from Natural Born Killers.
I wonder if you could make a whole film, original story but done in this style? With this jarring dissonance between content and tonal cues?
That’s EXACTLY what it made me think of Joe. Great minds. 🙂
I imagine an entire film would have you crawling out of your seat with the willies….but it could be done.