31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘The Piano Teacher’

“The Piano Teacher” (2001) – Did you take piano lessons?  I did.  Admittedly, I didn’t enjoy playing and, unfortunately, lost interest in the instrument.  Looking back, that’s a shame, and my teacher was really pleasant, kind, and patient.  Oh well. Another piano teacher, one living in Vienna, isn’t so understanding, and she’s a woman to be feared. Erika Kohut (Isabelle Huppert) is a skilled piano professor, but she’s a lonely woman who harbors resentment and jealously, and these contemptable traits lash out when we least expect them in Michael Haneke’s…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘The Seventh Continent’

“The Seventh Continent” (1989) – Michael Haneke doesn’t shy away from dark material.  He sprints towards it.  Haneke has made a career of capturing the shadowy aspects of the human soul and bravely displaying them on the big screen, including his first feature film. The setting is modern-day times in Austria, and a small nuclear family – Georg (Dieter Berner), Anna (Birgit Doll), and their daughter Evi (Leni Tanzar) – fit nicely in society with work and school.  However, one day, Georg and Anna give up on their lives, quit…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘Fatal Attraction’

“Fatal Attraction” (1987) –  Don’t cheat.  Don’t cheat on your spouse.  Don’t cheat on your spouse, or you’ll find a bunny in a pot.  That was the message delivered to every married man in 1987 in the wild psychological thriller “Fatal Attraction”.  When Dan (Michael Douglas), a married man, has a one-night fling with Alex (Glenn Close), he thought their “relationship” would only last one night, but she wanted more.  Alex becomes relentless which threatens Dan’s insulated world, seemingly complete with his daughter and beautiful wife Beth (Anne Archer). In…