What would your favorite horror films look like without any color?
When Frank Darabont’s The Mist was released on home video, it included a black & white version of the film that never played in theaters. This version of the movie was Darabont’s true vision for the adaptation, and watching it, I was surprised to discover just how different it felt. In addition to making some of the not-so-great CGI look a whole lot better, the black & white version of The Mist also gives the film the feel of a classic creature feature from back in the day, which is pretty cool. And it made me wonder what other movies would look/feel like in black & white.
To my surprise, black & white versions of color films are starting to becoming oddly popular in the present day, over a decade after The Mist did it. Last year saw the release of Mad Max: Fury Road‘s “Black & Chrome” edition, and there’s talk right at this very moment that the genre-defying superhero flick Logan is going to at some point be released in black & white.
Inspired by the news, I decided to suck the color out of some of the most iconic images in modern horror history – for my own amusement, really, but I figured why not share the results?
An interesting experiment, if nothing more.
