Volume CXXXIII, Number 7 October 26, 2001 f

Film Society: Scary movies for Halloween
JIM FLANAGAN
STAFF WRITER

There is a truncated schedule from the Film Society this weekend, but we still do have two great movies to celebrate Halloween. Both films feature performances by the great horror actor Vincent Price, though neither film is a definitive member of the horror genre. The films will be shown in Smith Auditorium, in Sills Hall and are open to everyone.

Vincent and Edward Scissorhands - Friday at 7:00 p.m.
There will actually be two films at this showing: Vincent is a short film made by Tim Burton in 1982. It is done in a stop-motion style that was later used in the Burton influenced Nightmare Before Christmas. The film is narrated by Vincent Price, and is about a boy who wishes he were Vincent.

After this film we will show Edward Scissorhands, Burton's feature-length collaboration with Price. Johnny Depp plays a creature created by Price, but unfortunately, the creature was not finished when his creator died, so he never received real hands. Instead he has strange hands made of scissors, which helps him become a great hairstylist and shrubbery artist. However, everyone still dislikes Edward and the town begins to despise him because he is different. This is a great film that is full of the Burton touch, which was sadly absent from this summer's Planet of the Apes.

The Raven (1963) - Friday at 9:00 p.m.
This film, made by great director Roger Corman, features a cast of great horror actors: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson, yet this is really more of a comedy based on Poe's poem " The Raven" than a horror movie. The plot, about wizardry, people coming back from the dead, and a man turning into a raven, doesn't make much sense, but it is funny and considered to be one of the best horror spoofs ever made.