#the Cremator

[old-school-romantics]

The Cremator (1969)

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[funeral]

The Cremator (Juraj Herz, 1969)

#the cremator #film still

[icollectimages]

The Cremator (1969) (Spalovac mrtvol)

Country: Czechoslovakia

Directed by: Juraj Herz

Cinematography by: Stanislav Milota

#The Cremator #Spalovac mrtvol #Czechoslovakia #Juraj Herz #Stanislav Milota #Dark Comedy #Horror #Historical Drama #Arthouse #Avant-Garde #Experimental #Surrealism #Absurdism #Expressionism #Nihilism #Czech New Wave #1960s #Dark Sky Films #The Criterion Collection

[hiranyaroman]

Death; The Cremator (dir. Juraj Herz, 1969)

#the cremator #juraj herz #czech cinema #czechoslovak cinema #czechoslovak new wave

[cronennerd]

Favorite new watches of 2023:

Onibaba (1964), dir. Kaneto Shindo

The Collector (1965), dir. William Wyler

The Cremator (1969), dir. Juraj Herz

Straw Dogs (1971), dir. Sam Peckinpah

Zardoz (1974), dir. John Boorman

The Plague Dogs (1982), dir. Martin Rosen

Crimes of Passion (1984), dir. Ken Russell

Law of Desire (1987), dir. Pedro Amaldovar

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), dir. Todd Solondz

#first watches #onibaba #the collector #the cremator #straw dogs #zardoz #the plague dogs #crimes of passion #law of desire #welcome to the dollhouse #2023 watches #movie stuff

[a-bird-dreaming-of-freedom]

The Cremator (1969)

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[saint-daimon]

the cremator (1969)

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[a-filmophiles-dirary]

The Cremator (1969) -Juarj Herz

“The flames, my sweet, will not hurt you.”

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[dreamlike-hellscape]

The Cremator (1969)

dir. Juraj Herz

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[mys7erion]

the cremator, 1969

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[peachmaggot]

The Cremator (1969)

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[hulkowaaa]

"Citliví lidé milují hudbu/Sensitive people love music/Les personnes sensibles aiment la musique"

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[likeitovich]

The Cremator (Spalovac mrtvol) by Juraj Herz (1969)

#movie #the cremator #spalovac mrtvol #juraj herz #rudolf hrusínský #movie 1969 #recommend

[hiranyaroman]

The Cremator (dir. Juraj Herz, 1969)

#the cremator #juraj herz #czech cinema #czechoslovak cinema #czechoslovak new wave

[cronennerd]

Favorite first watches of October:

The Black Cat (1934), dir. Edgar G. Ulmer

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), dir. James Whale

Onibaba (1964), dir. Kaneto Shindo

Kill, Baby...Kill! (1966), dir. Mario Bava

The Cremator (1969), dir. Juraj Herz

Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), dir. Joel M. Reed

Mr. Vampire (1985), dir. Ricky Lau

Def by Temptation (1990), dir. James Bond III

Dust Devil (1992), dir. Richard Stanley

Two Orphan Vampires (1996), dir. Jean Rollin

Lists of my 31 days of horror watches: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

#Happy Halloween! #31 days of horror #horror movies #the black cat #the black cat 1934 #the bride of frankenstein #onibaba #kill baby kill #the cremator #bloodsucking freaks #mr. vampire #def by temptation #dust devil #two orphan vampires #old movies kicking new movies asses truly

[roskirambles]

Horror Movie of the Day: The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1969)

Content warning: Antisemitism.

Karel Kopfrkingl works for a crematorium in Prague during the raise of World War II as the support for Hitler raises. He’s obsessed with an idyllic interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism that has been tainted with German fascism, as he now believes incinerating the dead is the means of freeing their souls. And now a former soldier and comrade of his called Reinke is slowly pulling him into the party, thus helping him grow in status. If you put two and two together, it shouldn’t be hard to see where this is going. And it's as horrifying as what it doesn't show.

Based on the novel by Ladislav Fuks (and adapted to the screen by his own hand), there's a playful wickedness to this Czech film like only Eastern European cinema could pull off. Being completely seen from the point of view of Karel, the movie is full of these self aggrandizing monologues of poetic language where he boldly proclaims his ideals, passions, piousness, allegiances and love for his family.

Yet, the camera betrays his words with a different tale: one full of hypocrisy, poorly masked sexual obscenity, callousness, depraved obsession and a descent into increasingly violent madness. Karel isn’t just burning bodies, he’s becoming the reason they end in the oven to begin with. Whatever kindness he may had is being slowly replaced by ideological poison, against his own blood even, the film begging you to read between lines to see the full disturbing picture beneath it's faux elegant framing and incongruously placid music.

Besides the deeply uncomfortable subject matter, if there’s a barrier of entry here that has to be the visual language being akin to an art film for a large chunk of the first half. If you can put up with it, however, the morbid comedy and horrifying glimpses into the mind of a depraved man can be captivating in the best/worst way.

#halloween #horror movies #czech cinema #the cremator #Spalovač mrtvol #Juraj Herz #Rudolf Hrušínský #Ladislav Fuks #psychological horror #roskirambles #cw: representations of antisemitism