#Carl Zittrer

[genevieveetguy]

Black Christmas, Bob Clark (1974)

[fatstoner]

I POSTED BOTH SILENT NIGHT AND EVIL NIGHT (Carl Zittrer) ON SOUNDCLOUD !!!

for my black christmas mutuals and friends who use SoundCloud !!

https://on.soundcloud.com/59FSD

https://on.soundcloud.com/LesrZ

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Is this EVIL Real or is it a "Deathdream" reviewed! "(Blue Underground / 4K UHD and Blu-ray Combo)

The Nightmare is Here. “Deathdream” on 4K UHD Blu-ray! The Brooks family just sat down for dinner before receiving a personal house call by a military commander, conveying the tragic killed in action telegram of their son Andy during a Vietnam War skirmish.  Very early next morning, Andy inexplicably arrives at their doorstep and the whole family is elated with his return and relieved in the…

[downtowncannibal]

My Black Christmas Informational Masterlist(?):

Every now and then I get asked for links or sources to some of the things I post and/or reference. This serves to be easy access to anyone interested in more info regarding the film, Bob Clark, or Billy in general. I'm sure I will expand with more links or info at some point, but here are the basics.

Docs and Commentaries:

Commentary featuring Nick Mancuso reprising his role as Billy. If you're not entirely interested in seeing Billy be represented as something beyond the figure in the movie or are looking to gain more knowledge on the creation of Black Christmas, this probably isn't for you.

Just as the title says, this is a Mini-Documentary that explores Black Christmas, its legacy, and a look into it's production. If your here for more info on Billy I HIGHLY recommend this as Nick has some incredibly interesting insight. Includes Lynne Griffin, John Saxon, along with Carl Zitter. Also includes some older clips of Albert J (Black Christmas's Camera Man), Bob Clark, Olivia Hussey, and Margot Kidder.

Closest thing to an ACTUAL documentary on Black Christmas I've seen. Goes good into detail about the production and creation of Black Christmas going from "The Babysitter" to "Stop Me".

There are a TON more extra's from the special release in 2015. Here is a playlist which compiles all that are publicly available. This does not include Bob Clarks actual commentary, nor Keir and John's. I own those on DVD, and I'll see what I can do about converting them onto my laptop, but I majorly recommend purchasing the 4k re-release from last year if you're looking for them. It's def worth your money and time if you're interested.

Tv Spots, Radio, etc:

Actual Documents:

2nd stage of the Black Christmas screenplays. Tread VERY lightly with this if you are sensitive to topics such as CSA and Child abuse, if you catch my drift. Has some problems with pages being turned upside down, but that's nothing I can fix at the moment.

The novelization based off of the "Stop Me" Screenplay. Questionable canonical status, but that's up to you. As it is based off "Stop Me" I am once again warning you to tread lightly and take care of yourself as the same warnings previous very much apply here.

ETC:

Not sure what to categorize this as, but I frequently see this slip under the radar of many people.

If you're looking at this masterlist because all of a sudden you've gained a fascination with this stupid fucking misogynist like I did, YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS! It is from Billy's POV and it gives a great insight into his mind and uses audio from the film, which if you rewatch the film after listening to this oh my god you will not be able to stop hearing shit. (Such as the fact I did not notice the music and wind in the beginning of the film when Billy enters the attic is literally just a bunch of people whispering his name.) Give it a listen, but again, tread lightly, if you, once again, catch my drift.

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Favorite drawing music

[docrotten]

PROM NIGHT (1980) – Episode 268 – Decades of Horror 1980s

“The killer’s comin’! The killer’s gonna get you!” Ah, yes, the childhood game everyone played. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they discover who wins and loses in Prom Night (1980).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 268 – Prom Night (1980)

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At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.

Directed by: Paul Lynch

Writing Credits: William Gray (screenplay); Robert Guza Jr. (from a story by)

Music by: Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer

Cinematography by: Robert C. New (director of photography)

Selected Cast:

Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Hammond

Jamie Lee Curtis as Kimberly Hammond

Casey Stevens as Nick McBride

Anne-Marie Martin as Wendy Richards (as Eddie Benton)

Antoinette Bower as Mrs. Hammond

Michael Tough as Alex Hammond

Robert A. Silverman as Mr. Sykes (as Robert Silverman)

Pita Oliver as Vicki

David Mucci as Lou Farmer

Jeff Wincott as Drew Shinnick

Mary Beth Rubens as Kelly Lynch (as Marybeth Rubens)

George Touliatos as Lt. McBride

Melanie Morse MacQuarrie as Henri-Anne

David Gardner as Dr. Fairchild

Joy Thompson as Jude Cunningham

Sheldon Rybowski as Seymour ‘Slick’ Crane

Rob Garrison as Sayer

David Bolt as Weller

Beth Amos as Housekeeper

Sonia Zimmer as Melanie

Sylvia Martin as Mrs. Cunningham

Elizabeth M. Mason as Adele (as Liz Stalker-Mason)

Pam Henry as Car Hop

Ardon Bess as Teacher

Lee Wildgen as Gang Member

Brock Simpson as Young Nick

Leslie Scott as Young Wendy

Tammy Bourne as Young Robin

Dean Bosacki as Young Alex

Debbie Greenfield as Young Kim

Karen Forbes as Young Jude

Joyce Kite as Young Kelly

Prom Night (1980) is one of six horror films in which Jamie Lee Curtis appeared over a three-year span from 1978 to 1981 and the last covered by the Grue-Crew. Three John Carpenter films (Halloween, The Fog, Halloween II) and Prom Night are joined by Road Games and Terror Train. 

Prom Night is not the best of Curtis’s 1978-1981 six-pack of horror movies (does that go without saying?), but is it the worst? Leslie Nielsen, soon to go through his transformation to a standout comedic actor, has little to do as Curtis’s character’s father and the school’s principal. There’s also the student body providing fodder for the killer, the creepy kids that set the whole thing in motion fifteen years earlier, and athe disco music and dancing. Don’t worry. The Grue Crew will give you the straight poop.

At the time of this writing, Prom Night is available to stream from Shudder, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Hoopla, Kanopy, Tubi, PlutoTV, and Freevee. It is also available on physical media as a Blu-ray formatted disc from Synapse Films. 

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Chad, will be Ghost Story (1981), based on Peter Straub’s 1979 novel! The Grue-Crew has been wanting to do this one for a long time! If you heard them announce Without Warning (1980) on the podcast, they apologize for the change, but it is on the schedule for November. Be patient, fellow babies.

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans – so leave them a message or comment on the Gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the Gruesome Magazine website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com.

Check out this episode!

[2ndaryprotocol]

‘Billy’ / ‘Black Christmas’

Artist: Michael Arsin 🖤

[byneddiedingo]

Jamie Lee Curtis and Casey Stevens in Prom Night (Paul Lynch, 1980)

Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Tough, Mary Beth Rubens, Joy Thompson, Antoinette Bower, Robert A. Silverman, Pita Oliver, David Mucci, George Touliatos, Sheldon Rybowski, Debbie Greenfield, Brock Simpson, Leslie Scott, Dean Bosacki, Joyce Kite, Karen Forbes. Screenplay: William Gray, Robert Guza Jr. Cinematography: Robert C. New. Art direction: Reuben Freed. Film editing: Brian Ravok. Music: Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer. 

High school prom is scary enough without letting a killer loose at one: It's a nexus of adolescent anxieties about sex, style, and status. But of course that makes it a natural locus for the overkill of a horror movie like the classic Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976). It would be nice to say that Paul Lynch's Prom Night is a classic of that order, but I really can't. It has a promising setup: A group of grade-school kids terrifies another kid into a fatal fall from the window of a spooky old building and, led by the snottiest girl in the group, cover up the fact that they witnessed and partly caused the accident. Six years later, they become the target for threatening phone calls, threats planted in their school lockers, and eventual murders at the prom. The identity of the murderer is slyly withheld until the very end -- although if you've seen enough of these movies you know how to eliminate the obvious suspects and maybe to catch the clues to whodunit. There are a couple of well-staged and suspenseful scenes as the victims get offed. But the film is loaded with too many dance-floor scenes that remind one of how nobody mourned when disco died. The top billing for the film goes to Leslie Nielsen, who plays the principal of the school and the father of the little girl who died, as well as her siblings Kim (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Alex (Michael Tough). But Nielsen has only a few scenes in the movie, and the role is a kind of valedictory to his career in "serious" parts: Airplane! (David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) came out the same year as Prom Night and launched him into the most memorable part of his career, as a deadpan comic actor. Though it was a big success in its day, Prom Night is more artifact than art, valuable mostly as a picture of its era. 

[snowflakesonchristmas]

197 days until Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

[genevieveetguy]

- You seem a little anxious, Wendy. By the way, who are going with tonight? - It's not who you go with, honey. It's who takes you home.

Prom Night, Paul Lynch (1980)

[lookwhatbeewrote]

btw, do you know who played billy from the original black christmas? he sounds and looks hot af.

The voice of Billy is a composite of around five different actors. Nick Mancuso laid down the majority of the vocal tracks while Bob Clark sang Agnes’ Lullaby and a female actress (literally nobody remembers her name) recorded additional vocals for Agnes & Billy’s Mother. Carl Zittrer, the composer, added a few minor vocals too.

In terms of Billy’s ‘shadow’, it was once again a collection of people. Bob Clark did some of the work and Bert Dunk, the camera operator who did the POV shots with a makeshift steadycam, was also in some scenes where Billy was in the room with the girls.

So all in all, Billy was no-one in particular and that’s so fitting for the character.

[differenthead]

Volume 225

Listen to Different Head, Vol. 225: "Nightmusic" (Sep. 24, 2022) byDifferent Head on hearthis.at

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0:00:00 — "You Belong to the City" by Glenn Frey (1985)

0:05:45 — DJ

0:09:43 — "Beach Flashback" by Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer (1980)

0:10:49 — "What Goes Around" by Shadowfax (1986)

0:15:01 — "Another Country" by Shadowfax (1984)

0:19:07 — "Somewhere Near Japan" by The Beach Boys (1989)

0:23:46 — DJ

0:28:02 — "Nothing Has Been Proved" (12" Mix) by Dusty Springfield (1989)

0:33:38 — "Maybe You Can Fly" by The Cat's Meow (198?)

0:40:26 — "Shadow of a Woman" (Edit) by Midnight Smoke (2021)

0:45:15 — "Nightmusic" by Mark-Almond (1996)

0:51:35 — DJ

0:55:45 — "Deep Forest" by Deep Forest (1992)

1:01:10 — "Triad" by Mountain Tune (1985)

1:04:44 — "Then Emancipation" by Berbel Nobodius (1989)

1:12:37 — "シーラカンスの夢" by Joe Hisaishi (1984)

1:17:17 — DJ

1:21:50 — "Talk About Me and You" by Cool Waters (1993)

[brokehorrorfan]

Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things’ original motion picture soundtrack is available on vinyl via Terror Vision Records. The score is composed by Carl Zittrer (Black Christmas, Prom Night).

Priced at $27, the album is pressed on neon red/neon green split colored vinyl (picutred below). It's housed in a gatefold jacket featuring artwork by Earl Kessler Jr with liner notes by Zittrer.

A cassette version, limited to 100, is also available for $6.

[2ndaryprotocol]

‘Black Christmas’

Artist: Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo 🖤

[serialcomposer]

Carl Zittrer is a really interesting composer

Really varied career

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Best of May 2021

Best Discovery: Nightmare Alley

           Close Second: Expired

           Runners Up: About Endlessness, Broadway Danny Rose, The Day After, Early Summer, Life During Wartime, Malina, Only Yesterday, Strapless, Under the Sun of Satan

Best Rewatch: Eraserhead

           Runners Up: The Big Lebowski, Whore

Most Enjoyable Fluff: Queen Bee

           Runners Up: At Home in Mitford, Closer, Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery, Just Add Romance, Red Sonja

Best Male Performance: Jason Patric in Expired

           Runners Up: Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski, Daniel Craig and Rhys Ifan in Enduring Love, Gérard Depardieu in Under the Sun of Satan, Robert Duvall in The Great Santini, Jack Nance in Eraserhead, Al Pacino in Serpico, Tyrone Power in Nightmare Alley

Best Female Performance: Michelle Pfeiffer in French Exit

           Runners Up: Sandrine Bonnaire in Under the Sun of Satan, Blair Brown in Strapless, Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose, Setsuko Hara in Early Summer, Isabelle Huppert in Malina, Samantha Morton in Expired

Best Supporting Performance or Cameo: Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Big Lebowski

           Runners Up: Teri Garr in Expired, Julianne Moore in The Big Lebowski, Allison Janney and Ally Sheedy in Life During Wartime, Allen Joseph and Charlotte Stewart in Eraserhead, Haruko Sugimura in Early Summer

Most Enjoyable Ham: Theresa Russell in Whore

           Runners Up: Joan Crawford in Queen Bee, Faye Dunaway in The Wicked Lady, Andie MacDowell in At Home in Mitford, Luke Macfarlane in Just Add Romance, Dylan Neal in Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery, Antonio Fargas in Whore

Best Mise-en-scène: About Endlessness

           Runners Up: Idiots and Angels, Broadway Danny Rose, Early Summer, Eraserhead, Life During Wartime, Malina, Only Yesterday, Under the Sun of Satan

Best Locations: Broadway Danny Rose

           Runners Up: About Endlessness, Deep End, The Story of Piera

Best Score: Eraserhead (David Lynch)

           Runners Up: Deathdream (Carl Zittrer), Early Summer (Senji Itō), Malina (Giacomo Manzoni), Nightmare Alley (Cyril J. Mockridge)

Best Cartoon: Babes in the Woods

           Runners Up: Africa Before Dark, Birds in the Spring, Hungry Hobos, King Neptune,

Best Leading Hunk: Jason Patric in Expired

           Runners Up: Robert Duvall in The Great Santini, Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously, Rob Mayes in Deep Blue Sea 2

Best Supporting Hunk: Jason Saucier in Whore

           Runners Up: Alain Artur in Under the Sun of Satan, Adrian Collins in Deep Blue Sea 2, Adam Fogerty and Scott Welch in Snatch

Assorted Pleasures:

- Delicate watercolors, misty safflower fields in Only Yesterday

- Foreground miniatures, flamboyant headdresses in Red Sonja

- Nightmarish industrial cityscapes, vividly nauseous biological textures in Eraserhead

- Modernist 18th Century etching aesthetic in David Hockney's splendid sets and costumes for The Rake's Progress