It IS creepy! Even though their primary special effects is soap sud bubbles frothing, it's still a disturbing movie!Hedgeowl wrote:
I'm a wuss k.
Granted when I laughed through most of King Kong, my mother was not amused. Apparently, it was a scary movie back in the day. However, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) is still creepy as all get out to me.
As for my opinion of The Golem, I'm more of a fan academically than i am on any emotional level. Like, historically speaking, this is Important. It's an early example of what Germany was about to accomplish in silent films, creepy, a bit off-kilter, occasionally unsettling. But, compared to what comes later, it's only "interesting". And Paul Wegener was a competent director but he lacked the ability to make his films transcend the media the way Lang did, or Murnau.
I have a silly problem with it, too. the Golen himself bears an amazing resemblance to Bob from that '70s Show, and once I realized that, it was all over for me, lol.
