Fletcher Vredenburgh calls Bone Tomahawk “one of the most unsettling horror movies I’ve ever watched.”
Blogger, Robert E. Howard aficionado and Frontier Partisan Fletcher Vredenburgh is trekking out into the Territory on his blog — tackling the venerable genre of the Western. Says Fletcher:
Over the past few years there’ve been a fair number of good or at lest significant Westerns. While often described as revisionist, Andrew Domink’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a very good, almost reverent, invocation of many classic Westerns. Quentin Tarantino’s last two movies, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight, were both Westerns, more revisionist than classic by all accounts, but still seemingly respectful (I haven’t seen either one yet, but folks seem to like them). Those other genre-dabblers, the Cohen Brothers, were bold enough to revisit the Charles Portis novel, True Grit. S. Craig Zahler’s 2015 Bone Tomahawk, one of the most unsettling horror movies I’ve ever watched, proves how far a movie can range from one of John Ford’s epics and still without any doubt be called a Western. For genre fans, it’s been a pretty grand time.
Head on over to his blog and check it out. I’m looking forward to it.
Matthew says
The Western used to be dead. Now, it’s making a comeback. I wonder why that is?
JimC says
Cyclical, in part, I think. And the more weird and wild the world becomes, the more people crave the more straightforward problems of the Western. 2 cents. Maybe not worth that.
Black Tyrone says
The Western has never been dead. The Western is America’s mythology, true or false. { America’s identity } Best Black Tyrone.
JimC says
Hey, been a while — glad to see you here!
Black Tyrone says
Thanks
Black Tyrone says
Here is a tip from my son a man who knows well what his father likes in movies. The first trailer for the Lost City of Z is now out!
Black Tyrone
JimC says
Oh man! Wheelhouse!
deuce says
Is there a link to Fletcher’s blog that I’m not seeing?
JimC says
Operator error. Fixed.
Keith West says
Fletcher does good work and is always worth reading.
JimC says
Yep! Great review on 12 Children of Paris, too.
Fletcher Vredenburgh says
Thanx, Keith. I fail as much as succeed, but I do keep trying.
Fletcher Vredenburgh says
Thank you, for the announcement, Jim. I hope it’ll be a fun ride.
JimC says
Sure thing, pard!
Black Tyrone says
Fletcher, Best of Luck on your new blog! As Col Teddy said, your in the arena. Black Tyrone
Black Tyrone says
Respectfully disagree . Simply a failed move to be different. This American genre suffers from this. Vulgar. A paycheck for the actors. John Ford would I hope be with me. too harsh? my opinion Black Tyrone