'Andy Warhol's Horror Pictures.
 

I couldn't let a Cult film forums new art section go without Warhol's contributions to the horror genre. Warhol's name is there to sell the product so this is the Modern Art version of a 'Wes Craven Presents...' movie, but these are great examples of art, liberal 70s cinematic values and horror cliches bedding down together.

These are also probably the most watchable of the movies with Warhol's name attached. Paul Morrissey is the director of most of Warhol's post-assassination attempt movies, including the trannies, junkies and street hustlers trilogy of Flesh, Heat and Trash and all are certainly much more entertaining than a 24 hour film of the Empire State Building, one of the artists earlier 'features'.

Directorial credit
 

Then there's all the hullabaloo about what "Anthony Dawson" contributed...

Fantastic cheesy films both of them.:nod:
I prefer Frankenstein over Drac though....:nod:

These would make excellent Blu ray releases :nod:

I was not fond of these films back in the "Video Nasty" days, but I was probably too young to appreciate the humour and wit therein. Now I love them. I was over the moon when Channel Four screened Flesh For Frankenstein in 3D last year.

Yeah,they would be prime candidates for Blu Ray.

Tartan were the last to release them in the UK.

Same Tartan that released Battle Royale-hint hint Arrow!:tongue1:

The films are hugely enjoyable and you're Goj-the older you get,the more you appreciate these types of films.:nod:

I always meant to pick up the Tartan DVDs of Warhol's Frankenstein & Dracula, but never got round to it.If Arrow were to release them I'd snap them up. :nod:

I saw Flesh for frankenstein, years ago at the NFt as part of their 3-D season, very enjoyable and the 3-D holds up very well. This is crying out for a BD in 3-D.

Apart from the beautiful score, there isn't much I enjoyed in "Blood for Dracula", which I find myself struggling through whenever I attempt to watch it- which is very rarely.:tongue1:
But "Flesh for Frankenstein" I like quite a bit- not (only:p) because it's the far gorier of the two but also because of Udo Kier's great German accent :coolblue: and the creepy children:eek:.
The Tartan DVDs serve me well enough, but I'd be tempted to pick up "Frankenstein" again IF it featured a "3D" option.:popcorn:

ZEE BLOOD OFF ZEESE WHORES EEES KEEELING ME!

classic films, need to pick up DVD copies, my VHS versions are shot to buggery!

I've only seen one of Andy Warhol's films, Flesh for Frankenstein, which I thought was great fun with a typically and suitably over the top performance by Udo Kier ("To understand life, Otto, you must **** it -- in ze gall bladder!"). I've had a copy on order for ages so really must chase it up or buy it from somewhere else and then check out the other Warhol/Morrisey films.

Any of you seen "Andy Warhol's 'BAD'"? Not horror, but a brilliantly outrageous black comedy in the style of John Waters, I've got a tatty old rental (!!) VHS of it, bloody great film.

I love these films, they're great. FRANKENSTEIN may be the more notorious of the two but, IMO, DRACULA is definitely better. Still, you can't have one without the other and the more I've seen FRANKENSTEIN the more I've enjoyed it.

I agree, Paul, I think BLOOD is the better of the two. I think some people (not anyone here, though, I hasten to add) miss the point sometimes that these are incredibly black comedies. Gory fun. I love 'em both.

the pq was terrible!
a fun horror 'comedy' ruined the 3D process
C4 should of screened it in 2D

we all know Warhol had nothing to do with the films
just publicity as Paul Morrissey said as Warhol wasn't a fim maker in the first place, he didn't know what was what, a case of signing his name and that was that
FFF is imo better that BFD

Both were on Film4 a few years ago, might show up again, they're suited to late night 'relaxed' ahem viewing almost Ambient-like, and we must mention Joe's Brooklyn/Euro accent in both films:doh:, I like the look of FFF over BFD and needless to say a double bill no-brainer.

I was introduced to these films during my English studies. We got a pretty interesting new professor who offered a Pop Prose seminar for the beginners and a Horror seminar for the advanced students, I was only in my second semester, but asked if I could join the Horror seminar too, I was allowed but with a hint that if it became too packed, I would be asked to leave - it got pretty packed so I asked him after 2 weeks or so and he declined my offer to leave as he did not want to lose the expert :cool: Anyway, I digress, but up on the menu were these two films and I remember that I noticed a similarity of the laboratory of Dr Frankenstein in FfF and that of Dr Frankenfurter in The Rock Horror Picture Show...

A BD release would be bought, naturally!

I thought it looked great, and the 3D was pretty decent - given that anaglyph 3D doesn't really work very well in home video. I had no complaints. It looked a damn sight better than the 3D rendering of Piranha 3D on Blu-Ray did!

Love both. FFF has some of the greatest "worst" dialogue i've had the (mis)fortune to hear, the dinner sequence comes to mind here.

BFD is the better film, like a Franco flick directed with a blindfold haha, as i've a blind spot where Mr Kier is concerned, he can do no wrong in my book, and boy does he set a new level for scenery chewing in this rather tawdry tale, in fact im off to watch it again! Cheers!

tbh I'm not a fan of 3D
got PIRANHA 3D and seen (as in MY BLOODY VALENTINE remake) a few scenes of the film and watched it in 2D
we got different eyesight as regards to the screening of FFF in 3D!

I have seen this twice in 3-D at the cinema and would love to see a 3-D release of this on DVD or BD.:)

I like them both. Udo can do no wrong in my book .... apart from that Halloween travesty that is. :skull: