He may be too pretty, but he's still capable of conveying toughness, horror, and compassion in a convincing fashion. Also, what exactly was the ritual supposed to achieve? That was the end of the ceremony. For more than a decade /R/HORROR has been reddit.com's gateway to all things Horror: from movies & TV, to books & games. that he shouldn't have gone with. It inspires a laugh the first time, a groan the second time -- and really kills the mood of horror. Not a fan of Mickey Rourke as the lead, probably would have been better with someone else. Actually become the essence of the other person. There's voodoo in New York in the novel. ", "What good did killing the soldier do him? r/horror. When he finished, he bathed the blade in the altar flame and cut the soldier deeply across each tit. Love the dreading tone. Blog name lifted from Ramsey Campbell. He drugged him in a bar and took him back to his place. Johnny blessed it in Hebrew and Greek. Meg insisted we help him. Or acting. Someone his own age, born under the same sign. It was hypnotic. That's where the ceremony took place. For more than a decade /R/HORROR … Press J to jump to the feed. People forgot for about 20 years what a fine actor he was, and that was Rourke's own doing. I have a question about Johnny’s plan (spoilers)... How was Johnny hoping to hide his soul from Satan? ", "And that's when your daughter entered the picture. save hide report. ", "Sounds like the floorshow at the Copa. Dark velour curtains covered the windows. ", "The transmutation rite. R/HORROR, known as Dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on Reddit. I personally loved it. The plot works better -- or at least more mysteriously -- than that of the book because, Make no mistake, though -- Rourke is terrific as Harry Angel. Robert De Niro is solid (though wildly overpraised at the time) playing the manipulative, sinister Mr. Cyphre. Meg assisted him. Two different characters manifest yellowy cat's eyes for a moment, seemingly only seen by Harry Angel. Johnny found a young soldier just back from North Africa. Holy fuck. ", "His plan was to drop out of sight when he had the chance and resurface as the soldier. Great story, movie is ok, could have been a lot better though. So it goes. It was based on a book, which might answer your questions. Johnny picked him up in the crowd at Times Square. The movie may not intend to conflate Satanism and voodoo, but it pretty much does. Angel Heart may be better if one hasn't read the novel on which it is based. He'd been stashing money in secret hiding places for some time. Angel Heart is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological horror film and an adaptation of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel Falling Angel.The film was written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet and Charlotte Rampling.Harry Angel (Rourke), a New York City private investigator, is hired to solve the disappearance of a man known as Johnny Favorite. Love the dreading tone. It was the starring point, the last place the soldier remembered before Johnny drugged him. It's that simple. Alan Parker is not a subtle film-maker. Horror stories, movies, and comics reviewed. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. And shooting in Louisiana allows Parker to indulge his fetish for the American South. It also makes the second half a compendium of locational movie cliches as related to voodoo (or voduon), Southern rednecks, and African-Americans in the South dancing and writhing around voodoo campfires in the bayous. Oh, well. Towards the end of the film, Parker goes with an image (twice!) (spoilers) - I just didn't quite get the end. Who's keeping score? He had a brand-new medical discharge and was out celebrating New Year's Eve. Press J to jump to the feed. Lord Satan presumably would never know the difference. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. One of our first casualties. share. 15 minutes ago. Not a fan of Mickey Rourke as the lead, probably would have been better with someone else. It's Chekhov's gumbo. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Angel Heart 1987. ", New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Movie Talk - "Angel Heart"... can someone please explain? I didn't follow any of it. Meg sprinkled handfuls of chemicals into the fire, and the flames changed color, green and blue, violet, pink. The acting is amazing, the cinematography seems like they were going as monochromatic as possible. horror movie in 1983. The move to Louisiana also discards one of the book's thematic points (that evil goes on anywhere, in any level of society) and its homage to hardboiled detective films and movies set in New York. An excellent film that builds a genuine atmosphere of menace and c confusion without cheating. Alas, the video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (and Weird Al's "Eat It") made this visual bit unusable in a serious. One of his best performances ever. He had quite a library, and he came across an obscure rite in a manuscript by some Renaissance alchemist. log in sign up. Adapter-director Alan Parker moves the second half of the story from New York to Louisiana because Voodoo! The maids were told he practiced singing there. I had to study this movie in my film class. Bonet, in her flat monotone, doesn't exactly embody New Orleans. Really, the entire cast is fine with the exception of Lisa Bonet. u/Drooch. ", "Well, he had to have a victim. Great story, movie is ok, could have been a lot better though. The visuals and sounds work together to build suspense, and I love it. R/HORROR, known as Dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on Reddit. The prayers were new to me; I couldn't understand a word. Under Construction. Trouble was, he didn't cover all the bases. And as soon as you first see that giant vat of gumbo, you know that Alan Parker is going to drown someone in it. And was it true that he slept with his daughter (Lisa Bonet) if I … He cut it out so fast it was still beating when he wolfed it down. I got that Robert DeNiro was the devil, but not quite sure about the whole why Angel was Johnny and why he was manipulated and all that. Cyphre says that Favorite owes him for helping jump-start his career back in the day, before a war injury left Favorite a catatonic, badly burned mess. What happened to the soldier? Angel Heart. 69% Upvoted. Haunted Legends (2010) edited by Ellen Datlow and ... My Work Is Not Yet Done (2002) by Thomas Ligotti. I’m a gay man and Lisa Bonet in that movie still flooded my basement. If anything, the amnesia and subsequent belief that he really was Harry was a better disguise than Johnny’s original plan of consciously pretending to be Harry, but Satan still had no trouble locating Johnny. This thread is archived. Angel reluctantly agrees to the case, but after finding his first lead, a morphine-addicted doctor named Albert Fowler, dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head he tells Cyphre he’s done. For more than a decade /R/HORROR has been reddit.com's gateway to all things Horror: from movies & TV, to books & games. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But it's her lengthy sex scene that caused controversy at the time. Then. I think it is a fantastic film and Rourke was a great choice for the character. r/horror: R/HORROR, known as Dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on Reddit. A mysterious fellow named Louis Cyphre hires New York private eye Harry Angel to track Favorite down. Close • Posted by. But Angel Heart has none of the wit or pomp of its earlier antecedents and denies any comfort in the crimes it foretells. Powered by. A year had gone by. Johnny had the idea that he could switch psychic-identities with someone else. I was the witness. If you want to watch something that isn't gonna end rosey, this is a good watch. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Does wolfing down Harry’s heart mean that Harry’s soul now resides besides Johnny’s soul in the same body, or does it encase Johnny’s soul so Satan finds it harder to locate? It involved the transmutation of souls. Johnny branded a pentacle on his chest. ", "Johnny ate his heart. Meg made sure of that. There were more chants and incantations then. I put up the cash to bribe the doctor, and we dropped Johnny off at Times Square on New Year's Eve. He dipped the dagger into the kid's blood and traced a circle with it on the floor around the body. This movie is phenomenal. This is the explanatory passage from the book, but doesn’t seem to answer my question... "He tried. Picture Window theme. There was an incense brazier smoking in each corner, but the smell of burning flesh was much stronger.Meg unsheathed a virgin dagger, one never used before. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 9 comments. If you want to watch something that isn't gonna end rosey, this is a good watch. A guy gets murdered by being drowned in a giant, boiling vat of gumbo, for God's sake. He got shipped overseas before he could pull the switch and what came back couldn't remember its own name let alone a Hebrew incantation. The soldier was bound naked on his back on a rubber mat. Johnny had an apartment at the Waldorf where he kept one room empty at all times for ceremonial use. Given the name of the movie, Angel "Heart" and the Deniro egg scene, we can assume that Fav did consume or somehow use someone's else's heart … New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. User account menu • Angel Heart - can someone explain? What I remember are the smells and the dancing shadows. But we all know voodoo only works in and around New Orleans. This is a masterpiece. ", "Right. Maybe he did gain possession of the guy's soul; he still looked like Johnny to me.
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