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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 444288" data-attributes="member: 5079">Well of course horror works just fine in color overall.&nbsp; The eerie dreaminess of THE BIRDS largely comes from the film&#039;s color cinematography, the entirety of which seems built around the vaguely unsettling green of Tipi Hedren&#039;s suit.There&#039;s a necessary quaintness to the haunted house comedies; I think both the spooky horror and the slapsticky comedy worked better in B&amp;W.&nbsp; Perhaps its related why nearly all of the 60s sitcoms lost their charm after transitioning from B&amp;W to color.&nbsp; It&#039;s a quibble about MISTER CHICKEN.&nbsp; It&#039;s a worthy endcap to the genre and Don Knotts was the last great comic actor of that ilk.&nbsp; There&#039;s an autumnal quality to the colors of MISTER CHICKEN, so at least the movie doesn&#039;t have the harsh, flat TV-style lighting that cheaper movies of the era sometimes used.Speaking of, when LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY -- which came at least reasonably close to replicating that earlier style of comedy -- tried its own haunted house episode, it was done with the typical bright, flat lighting used by sitcoms.&nbsp; Zero atmosphere, which undermined the whole thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 444288, member: 5079"] Well of course horror works just fine in color overall. The eerie dreaminess of THE BIRDS largely comes from the film's color cinematography, the entirety of which seems built around the vaguely unsettling green of Tipi Hedren's suit. There's a necessary quaintness to the haunted house comedies; I think both the spooky horror and the slapsticky comedy worked better in B&W. Perhaps its related why nearly all of the 60s sitcoms lost their charm after transitioning from B&W to color. It's a quibble about MISTER CHICKEN. It's a worthy endcap to the genre and Don Knotts was the last great comic actor of that ilk. There's an autumnal quality to the colors of MISTER CHICKEN, so at least the movie doesn't have the harsh, flat TV-style lighting that cheaper movies of the era sometimes used. Speaking of, when LAVERNE & SHIRLEY -- which came at least reasonably close to replicating that earlier style of comedy -- tried its own haunted house episode, it was done with the typical bright, flat lighting used by sitcoms. Zero atmosphere, which undermined the whole thing. [/QUOTE]

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