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June 1949 and film

I'm doing a report for my film class on great films during June 1949 (every person in the class has to pick a month and year to report on, so I picked June 1949 randomly). So I have two questions:

1. Which film had the largest advertising campaign (as in which one received the most publicity) during June 1949?

2. What was the highest grossing film during June 1949 (I read somewhere that it was Sorrowful Jones, but I don't know if that's correct)? 98.234.170.202 (talk) 01:10, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't have articles by the specific month, but you could start at 1949 in film and do some research from there. You may be able to tease out some info about June specifically, and you can also follow sources from articles to find stuff outside of Wikipedia. --Jayron32 01:23, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't really answer your question but this page shows "A History of the Movies Exhibited in Salisbury / Rowan County, N.C." from May-June 1949. Alansplodge (talk) 16:52, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to AFI, the following are June 1949 releases in the United States:

West of El Dorado (1949)
Outcasts of the Trail (1949)
The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
Manhandled (1949)
Omoo-Omoo The Shark God (1949)
Alimony (1949)
Colorado Territory (1949)
The Judge Steps Out (1949)
Leave It to Henry (1949)
The Daring Caballero (1949)
Hellfire (1949)
Hold That Baby! (1949)
The Secret of St. Ives (1949)

It does not list anything about money spent on an ad campaign or which movies were being advertised in June 1949 - which could be movie trailers, posters, radio commercials, billboards, etc... -- kainaw ™ 16:33, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Horror film

Please name some very frightening horror films, so frightening that I will not be able to sleep at night after watching those movies. --7NB90O (talk) 01:54, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Horror films will give you a place to find some. --Jayron32 02:17, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It depends largely on what you find scary. I personally find psychological horror is far more disturbing than things jumping out and going "Boo!" but some people prefer the opposite. Hints would be appreciated. HominidMachinae (talk) 02:31, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Science has proven that The Shining is the scariest film. Or, science will soon prove it. Comet Tuttle (talk) 03:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Blair Witch Project. The Exorcist. The Omen. --Viennese Waltz 07:49, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I laughed at The Exorcist. HiLo48 (talk) 08:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Look Now, The Comfort of Strangers, Repulsion, The Tenant. Pepso2 (talk) 09:49, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Core. So horrifyingly stupid, you will be kept awake at night trying to figure out what kind of monster thought that plot was a good idea. Googlemeister (talk) 13:47, 19 July 2011 (UTC) [reply]

The Hellstrom Chronicle is one scary mind-fuck. 93.95.251.162 (talk) 15:02, 19 July 2011 (UTC) Martin.[reply]

For psychological films, you can look here. For general horror films, you can go here. Hope this helps. -- Luke ^Talk 17:58, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Three of the scariest things I've ever seen (other than the bill from the mechanic) are the Doctor Who episode The Empty Child, the 1968 BBC adaptation of the M R James ghost story Whistle and I'll Come to You, and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. -- Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:45, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not into horror really at all but what first came to mind when reading this question was another Doctor Who episode, "Blink". Dismas|^(talk) 00:54, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are you my mommy ? Pleclown (talk) 06:47, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No one should consider himself a cultured human who has not seen Blink. The Shining is a favorite, but not the stuff of nightmares. Signs is a brilliant movie with one of the most classic sci-fi scary scenes ever.

Yes, Blink was stunning. Didn't laugh at that one. HiLo48 (talk) 12:24, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But the only movie that ever really scared me was the original Friday the 13th. μηδείς (talk) 01:27, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend The Turn of the Screw (1959), It (1990) and anything involving Chuckie. If we knew ahead of time what Blink was like we wouldn't have let our 8-year-old watch it. He still doesn't want to see them in clips for the commercials. Rmhermen (talk) 03:02, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Horror films don't generally bother me, but for some reason I found the original Child's Play quite frightning, although I found the sequels quite laughable. --Dweller (talk) 12:30, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No one has yet mentioned Alien (film), which I found pants-shittingly scary. The later sequels fall short as being more "action" oriented, but the first one has that horror-film pacing that is really suspensful and frightening. --Jayron32 17:44, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, Jayron. I saw Alien at the movies, I was not prepared for what happened after the guy woke up, and I have always declined to see it again on TV despite having had many dozens of opportunities. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 20:55, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Then there's good 'ol zombie scary like in 28 Days Later and The Crazies (2010 film). —Akrabbim^talk 18:09, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found personally found The_Descent pretty frightening. APL (talk) 03:09, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]