I rented a couple horror movies tonight, The Ninth Gate, and The Haunting (was this movie remade I rented the Robert Wise version). I haven't seen either before but The Haunting is supposed to be a classic. I have low expectations for the Ninth Gate but it is directed by Roman Polanski. Polanski made the only film that ever really scared me, Rosemary's Baby.
Anyway thought I'd start a threat to ask what other peoples favourite horror films were. Please don't say Psycho or Silence of the Lambs because true horror films, I believe, have a supernatural element to them.
Some of my favourites are: The Exorcist, Angel Heart, An American Werewolf in London, Don't Look Now and Rosemary's Baby.
I've seen the trailer of Scary Movie 3 before Kill Bill today. That Micheal Jackson scene was the scariest shit I've ever seen in a movie!
House on Haunted Hill and the first Amityville Horror were two movies that spooked the crap out of me. Halloween 3 : Season of the Witch was another spooky film that made me feel really weird watching. Something about those Silver Shamrock commercials (in the movie).
shawn :)
I don't know that I would classify the Ninth Gate as a horror film ... although I did really like it a lot. Depp is one of the most under rated actors of all time (in my opinion) and Polanski (though a child molestor) is a good director.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (only the original)
Poltergeist (again, only the original)
The House of 1000 Corpses - one line, "Tiny fucked a stump!"
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (both versions really)
For me, a good horror movie isn't one that actually scares/startles me (because that's near impossible to do!) It's more for how much it scares/creeps me out.
For example: In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (which I just saw last night) there was the scene where the guy was hangin' on the hook and he couldn't get off the hook, yet he was alive, awake, and aware of what was happening. That is just scary/creepy ...
So by that rational there are other movies that people might not consider (technically) horror movies that I do. Like The Silence of the Lambs and Signs.
That scene in Signs where he's by the daughter's bed and he looks out and sees the creature on the top of the barn!! That gave me goosebumps for days after just thinking about it!
Any way ... that's my $0.02
cheers,
dm
Poltergheist, to this day, makes me pee in fear...it just taps into my "fear" center (<---Technical term)
As far as the Ninth Gate, a buddy of mine gave it to me, and after watching it, I feel like giving it away too...
Well I just finished watching Ninth Gate. It fit my criteria for a horror film although it was more of the quiet forboding kind than the things-jumps-out-and-get-ya type. Pretty watchable. Except for all the smoking. A little hard to believe when the people are dealing with priceless antiques.
I haven't seen either Texas Chainsaw Masacre film but the remake looks pretty intense. I don't dismiss good slasher picks; I just don't classify them as horror.
I didn't think Signs was any good in any genre. It was almost unwatchable but I slogged through it.
Yeah Signs was crap, if it wasn't for my intense respect *coughgaylovecough* for MelGibson I probably wouldn't have watched it....
I have better things to do with my time....like staring at this forum...
Just to clarify ... I didn't care for Signs much either! I just really like the 'feeling' of it. Especially that scene I mentioned.
Quintaros - I am a huge fan of slasher pix and the new TCM is worth going to see. Plus it has Jessica Biel in it ... My girlfriend was constantly jumping and even once squeeked!! I was crackin' up!!
Squinky - Poltergeist ... the closet ... long arms ...
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Oh nice - favourite horror movies with a touch of the supernatural.
In no particular order of favouritism:
- The Kingdom (not a movie per se, rather a TV series, but it scared the willies out of me)
- Poltergeist
- Evil Dead (but only part 1)
- Hellraiser (parts 1 & 2)
- The Blair Witch project (and also the accompanying mockumentary "the Curse of the Blair Witch")
- Don't look now
- The ninth gate (I liked it enough to buy the DVD)
- Angel Heart
- The Ring
not a lot of slashers in there... but then I'm more the subtle type :)
Well... I must say that I´m not very into the "classics" (Hitchcock´s, Wes Craven´s, The Exorcist and Potergeist are some examples of good movies I should see...) I remember "shocker"... The shocker was some kind of killer that lived in the energy net... There was a supperb scene where the main characters gets away from him in a TV where somebody is doing "zapping", the prosecution goes to the news in middle orient to the second war world... nice.
I can only talk of the "new wave" of horror films (I know what you did last Summer, Scream...) Both are, if I remember well, films of killers, that thay don´t scare me. The killer has chances just because the guys are stupid. Why don´t they remain together and kill the murder? An scene with all the teenagers crushing the old fishermen of "I know what you did..." should be funny.
Let´s talk about "supernatural" films. The house of the haunted hill, bah... The haunt... good athmosphere, but it didn´t scare me, but I enjoyed with the sweet Geoffrey Rush perrformance.
I liked "signs"... specially when the first alien appearson that brasilian birthday party footage. I love how that indian director puts a big surprise in every film ending. The prophetic revelation of the mother before dying was nice, and the house full of water glasses too.
I lover the sixth sense and the unbreakable too (maybe that last one was not a scary movie).
I enjoyed the ring, when the "videoghost" appears, because I really thought that the storyline was over when the corpse of the girl was found.
I liked the "ghost ship film"... Specially with the first scene, and when the ghost reveals how everybody died, accompanied by a nice hard rock tune.
But the most scary movie I´ve ever seen in all my live was "Saving private Ryan". I´m not kidding... all that happened more or less like in the film, no matter how good soldier you were, how brave or how fair your intentions were... Every loosed bulled could have killed you in an horrible way. In that sort of films, Schindler´s list was also horrible, with the scene of the little girl with the red hood, during the prosecutions in the ghettos.
IT was as scary as hell when i was like 5
miez: you can actually watch Blair witch without vomiting at the stupidity?
I liked ghost ship as well. By the way the remake of the haunting was alot better then the original. Honestly tho most "scary" movies just seem to dissapoint me, they are never too scary and alot of them have things that just sort of kill the atmosphere.
oh and someone mentioned scary movie 3 just so you know it was alot better then the other two.
I recommend Japanese horro movies ;D There is not much blood or sewed body parts, but they are really scary!
"Ring" was a Japanese movie too because those Americans did a remake.
Actually it was called Ringu in japan
/me attempts to out-pedant cpage
Actually it was called リング in Japan.
But the english language title was Ring, so I don't see the need to correct Totoro.
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/me failed miserably
28 days scared the piss out of me
Quote from: Whos that? Its Teh Panda! on Sat 01/11/2003 14:19:38
28 days scared the piss out of me
Oh god, I'm the same; I swear, if I hear Sandra Bullock's voice once more I'm gonna puke.
For me, Horror films do not need any supernatural elements. But to fit your picture of it, here are some I strongly recommend:
John Carpenter's The Thing.
Night of the living dead and Dawn of the Dead by George Romero.
Already mentioned, allthough I probably wouldn't classify it as an horror movie even though it is really gritty, Angel Heart.
And of course, the Shining :p
I really liked the Ninth Gate as well, especially the images, allthough most people don't.
A nightmare on elm street
All halloween except 3,h20
House on the haunted hill
Jason X
The excorcist 3
The shining
Djurkyrkogården 2(i don´t know the english name, made by stephen king, if anybody knows correct me)
My list:
- The Shining
- The Ring
- Signs (not so horror movie (?))
- 28 days later (awesome!)
I saw Halloween last night, it wasn't bad, but not good either. And the first Friday the 13th was bad even though those Halloween and Friday the 13th are said to be classics. Then we watched Critters one night, it was teh funneh! :P
not really a horror film, but the movie Night of the Comet was one of the strangest movies i have ever seen. This movie just creeps me out. There was just something about it thats hard to describe. How many people out there have seen this movie?
shawn :)
My favourites in no order:
Hellraiser I, II and Inferno
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Poltergeist
Evil Dead I & II
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Nightmare on Elm Street I & III
The Hills Have Eyes
It (shit, I hate clowns... :'()
ET. The Extra Terrestrial (come on, who when they were little didn't get freaked out when the kids found him and he freaked out going OWOOAOAOW!!!!!11)
American Pyscho (not a real horror, but the shit Patrick Bateman did, and ending up getting away with it... oh man!)
Ringu & Ringu 2
Battlefield Earth (OH MY GOD!!!!!11 ARRGGGHHHHH!!)
talking of favourite horror films.
there was this "The Watcher" or something on holloween.
That was really spooky. It was something about a guy who just kills everyone ::)
Hmmmmmmm, okay, here are some:
Silent Night, Bloody Night
The Exorcist
Evil Dead 1
The Shining (brrrrrrrr...)
Ringu (brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!)
Prince of Darkness (when I was young)
The Howling (after watching it a few hundred times it's not so scary, but it's still one of my all-time favorites)
and of course, the scariest thing EVER...
The Omen
Well my favourite horror films are...
BOO!
Did I scare you?
I thought Ring was fairly stupid, and it certainly didn't scare me. I haven't seen the remake, but since most people think it's not as good I definitely won't bother.
Anyway, all I have to add to this list is Evil Dead 2. Best horror movie ever.
I love the evil dead movies, but I gotta say, as far as horror movie go....they suck...
Now I'll give them an A+ for humor...
Personally, the Evil Dead movies are some of the few "horror" films I'd watch (I've currently only seen AoD)... I'd rather be laughing than scared. Why pursue fear?
I loved Mary Shelly's Frankenstien. It was amazing, best monster movie I've ever seen. Anybody else see it? I didnt see it mentioned yet and I thought it was a great 'non-scary' horror movie.
Yeah I like MS's Frankenstein a great deal. Its not scary exactly but it does have a great atmosphere. Branaugh's films always have a great sense of style to them.
Speaking of Evil Dead, I am so hanging out for when Bubba Ho-tep comes to Australia.
I remember Evenwolf saying it was good.
Has anyone else seen it?
I found the original Nightmare on Elm St, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (haven't seen the new one), actually really scarey.
Although I was only about 13 at the time, I'm sure they are still scarey, but I'll never be able to get that feeling back, where you are walking home alone late at night after watching one of these, and every sound you hear, you think 'Shit, am I really awake'
I haven't seen any recent movie that even remotely scares me, maybe a quick fright, but nothing more than that.
I guess they try and model all the movies off the older ones, casue they all seem to be the same and way to predictable.
I guess you are just more easily scared when you are younger.
Cape Fear (both versions) Is another classic (although it's probably more of a thriller)
Quote from: DGMacphee on Sun 02/11/2003 06:39:03
Speaking of Evil Dead, I am so hanging out for when Bubba Ho-tep comes to Australia.
I remember Evenwolf saying it was good.
Has anyone else seen it?
Damnit, no. It's in town right now, and I'm trying to find someone to see it with, but I think everyone here is too dumb or something. I'll just have to go see it myself before it leaves town.
Ok, a discussion about Horror movies and NOT mention "Psycho" - My personal favourite? That's gonna be tough... :)
Nah, but seriously, I've never really been a total horror-buff, but I have to admit, there are some that are really, really good, supernatural or not...
- Halloween (1978)
Low budget? Yeah.
Good? Sure is.
John Carpenters cult classic skips the blood/gore and focuses a lot more on moods and the fear of knowing that there is someone out there...
- Night of The Living Dead (1968)
Another low budget movie that became a cult classic. Not entirerly flawless, but definitely a really creepy movie.
I really need to see that rest of Romeros Zombie-triology...
- Evil Dead (1981)
Just saw this one recently, and it is really, really scary. I usually don't consider gore to be a plus in any movie(Well, maybe in Braindead, but then I don't consider that to be a real horror movie either...) but in this film it didn't really disturb me that much - It just made it a lot more creepy, in my opinion...
And one thing's for sure: I'm not going down into the cellar of our cabin up in the woods. Ever.
- The Birds (1963)
As a fanical lover of Hitchcock's films, I just had to mention this one - The first of his movies that I ever saw. Back then it scared the shit out of me, and even though it can seem pretty tame today, I still get that wierd feeling while walking past a huge flock of birds...
- The Shining (1980)
Already mentioned a lot, so I'll just say this:
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
There's a lot more good ones as well, but damn it if I can think of any more at the moment...
RogerHinders:
"Jurtjyrkogården 2" is "Pet Semetary 2" in english, and oddly enough, I saw that movie just two days ago with a couple of friends... Horrible movie, though...
I was going to mention Halloween since it's one of my favourites, but wasn't really sure about the supernatural bit.
ooh... good topic.
what to choose from.. yaaargh!
id have to say tobe hoopers texas chainsaw. fucking freaky stuff.
and i just saw jacobs ladder last night. didnt really scare me, but it has great imagery and made a great impression.
im in love with zombie movies, but theres so many to choose from, so im not going to bother.
i actually like blair witch too... on the other hand, i dont find the ring (jap) scary... or good... i just think its plain stupid.
and then theres Crossroads with britney spears... scared the shit out of me...
now I've seen the texas chainsaw massacre...and I must admit I thought it would be a LOT more frightening...to me it was not even as scary as movies such as Scream. A scary movie is Halloween...it's the music that makes the movie so frightening
Rincewind: Pet Sematary is one of the VERY few books I've read =)
The scariest movie?
Well, it should've been mentinoed here... I'm I the only who gets freaked out by it?
I was babysitting at my ex-babysitters house (she's got kids now). The kid wanted to watch a video and gave me a tape. I put it in and pressed play. First it was pitch Then, after a few seconds, this fucking creepy-horror-music-shit started booming on... it went:
Tinky-Wink.... And then I turned the TV off. Teletubbies is the most scariest show ever made. It's like Psycho times 10000000000.
* freaks out
hear ye hear ye! im seriously terrified by the tele tubbies. no shit.
QuoteET. The Extra Terrestrial (come on, who when they were little didn't get freaked out when the kids found him and he freaked out going OWOOAOAOW!!!!!11)
lol! Holy shit I remember that! I love that part! Did you see the other version where they used computer graphics for ET? It sucks...I like the robot munchkin ET better :P
Mine are:
The Return of the Living Dead - Jesus Christ I love this movie. Can't wait until I find the DVD. The most memorable moment from that movie is when Gina goes down in the basement and that black slimey motherfucker pops out of nowhere...yikes
Amityville(sp?) 1 - I love the part where that girl is telling her mother that she scared her friend away and she flew out the window...she goes and checks and...BWAHAHAHA!!!1 SHIT!
closes eyes and covers face...then wipes his ass with Boyd's hair
The Ring - I just recently saw this. Everyone on IRC thinks it sucks, but poobungies to them because I liked it. The beginning freaked me out the most since the legend was built up and shit went from there, then that girl went up to her room and REEEEEEEEEAAAARGH! Damn.
I'd like to see Ringu since it looks a lot freakier.
I can't think of anything else...
One thing I'm getting sick of, is all these movies that have these little kids that know everything about what's going on and such...it's so damned cliche it's not funny. Know what I'm saying? Was it "The Sixth Sence" that started it or what??
Anyway, if I think of anymore movies I like, I'll post again.
cya
--Snake
Quote from: Rincewind on Sun 02/11/2003 11:00:11
- Evil Dead (1981)
Just saw this one recently, and it is really, really scary. I usually don't consider gore to be a plus in any movie(Well, maybe in Braindead, but then I don't consider that to be a real horror movie either...) but in this film it didn't really disturb me that much - It just made it a lot more creepy, in my opinion...
And one thing's for sure: I'm not going down into the cellar of our cabin up in the woods. Ever.
See Evil Dead 2! See Evil Dead 2! It's sort of like Braindead in concept, but about a gajillion times better.
Quote from: remixor on Mon 03/11/2003 06:00:43
Quote from: Rincewind on Sun 02/11/2003 11:00:11
- Evil Dead (1981)
Just saw this one recently, and it is really, really scary. I usually don't consider gore to be a plus in any movie(Well, maybe in Braindead, but then I don't consider that to be a real horror movie either...) but in this film it didn't really disturb me that much - It just made it a lot more creepy, in my opinion...
And one thing's for sure: I'm not going down into the cellar of our cabin up in the woods. Ever.
See Evil Dead 2! See Evil Dead 2! It's sort of like Braindead in concept, but about a gajillion times better.
Evil Dead 2 is very phunny, especially when the walls start vomiting these industrial strength torrents of goo ... BUT it's not a scary movie. Evil Dead 1 has a sort of gritty, low budget, Blair-witch-meets-snuff-mobie quality to it that makes it damn scary.
In my opinion - but I'm just a little wuss ... ::)
Quote from: miez on Mon 03/11/2003 08:22:32
Quote from: remixor on Mon 03/11/2003 06:00:43
Quote from: Rincewind on Sun 02/11/2003 11:00:11
- Evil Dead (1981)
Just saw this one recently, and it is really, really scary. I usually don't consider gore to be a plus in any movie(Well, maybe in Braindead, but then I don't consider that to be a real horror movie either...) but in this film it didn't really disturb me that much - It just made it a lot more creepy, in my opinion...
And one thing's for sure: I'm not going down into the cellar of our cabin up in the woods. Ever.
See Evil Dead 2! See Evil Dead 2! It's sort of like Braindead in concept, but about a gajillion times better.
Evil Dead 2 is very phunny, especially when the walls start vomiting these industrial strength torrents of goo ... BUT it's not a scary movie. Evil Dead 1 has a sort of gritty, low budget, Blair-witch-meets-snuff-mobie quality to it that makes it damn scary.
In my opinion - but I'm just a little wuss ... ::)
Oh man, that scene with the walls rules. Bruce Campbell's face when he starts to notice something wrong is brilliant, and then when it's followed by the ABSURD amount of blood...bwahahah! What a great movie.
Yeah, Evil Dead 1 and Evil Dead 2 are quite different movies. As you say, Evil Dead 1 has that gritty horror feel; Evil Dead 2 is more of a remake than a sequel. It basically takes the plot of ED1 and redoes it in more of a humorous setting. Both are great, for different reasons.
One thing must be said, though, and I'll spoiler this for those who haven't seen ED2, because it must be experienced for oneself.
Spoiler
The scene in which Bruce Campbell grafts the chainsaw onto the stump of his arm, then saws off his shotgun and says "Groovy." is one of the absolute most awesome and badass scenes in movie history.
I just bought the Evil Dead trilogy DVDs last week. Bruce Campbell is a comical genius. Why isn't this man a huge star by now? Anyway, I wouldn't classify them as horror (maybe the first film, but that's, in my opinion, the weakest of the bunch), so on to the real stuff.
I was surprised to see how similar people's tastes in horror are to my own. If I'm able to pull off what I'm trying to do with Shadowplay, you guys are going to love it. Most of these movies have already been mentioned, but here goes:
The Haunting - An absolute masterpiece. One of the most unsettling films ever. The remake ruined everything that was good about the original.
Don't Look Now - Still scares the shit out of me. To this day, I can't see a red raincoat without fliching.
Angel Heart - Great detective story, great horror film, fabulous New Orleans atmosphere. I've always felt that this is what inspired Gabriel Knight 1, although the stories are completely different.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway & Mulholland Drive - Though far from perfect, these movies show David Lynch's incredible talent for the uncanny. Highlights: The first half hour of LH, The two-guys-at-the-diner in MH, and the David Bowie scene in FWWM. Spooky. If you can get your hands on his 1-minute short, Premonitions Following and Evil Deed, do so. It's the best of Lynch condensed into a single minute of film.
Pet Sematary - I wanted to have just one Stephen King-adaptation on the list, and while The Shining was an obvious choice, I never really liked it as an adaptation (but I still find it scary as hell). Pet Sematary isn't a masterpiece, but it's incredibly atmospheric, that kid is so creepy, it has two Ramones songs, and Re-Animator ripped off the ending.
In the Mouth of Madness - Not John Carpenter's best movie, but certainly one of the best Lovecraft-inspired films ever. You either love it or hate it. I think the 3 or 4 copies (I keep taping it until I get a letterboxed copy) in my collection speak for themselves :)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - THE expressionist film. It isn't really scary, but I love it to pieces. The Caligari style has influnced just about anything I've done within visual arts.
Vampyr - Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932. Wonderful atmosphere, incredible use of early sound film. Nearly as good as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Carnival of Souls (1962 version) - Dreamy, surreal, much like Vampyr. Shot on a low budget, but so much more atmospheric than most studio horror.
And then there are all the others: Roger Corman's Poe cycle (anything starring Vincent Price really), Psycho (1960), and a strange Disney family movie from 1980 called The Watcher in the Woods, which really spooked me when I watched it as a kid. I haven't seen it since, I'd probably be disappointed, but man was that scary for a little kid.
Quote from: RogerHinders on Sat 01/11/2003 18:13:55
Djurkyrkogården 2(i don´t know the english name, made by stephen king, if anybody knows correct me)
that would be "pet cemetary 2". it wasn't that scary.
Quote from: GarageGothic on Mon 03/11/2003 10:20:01
I just bought the Evil Dead trilogy DVDs last week. Bruce Campbell is a comical genius. Why isn't this man a huge star by now? Anyway, I wouldn't classify them as horror (maybe the first film, but that's, in my opinion, the weakest of the bunch), so on to the real stuff.
Bruce Campbell is indeed a brilliant comedian and in my opinion an all-around badass. One of the best things about him is that he can exude his baddassitude without needing to exert it another character. He can just be there and be imposing.
Anyway, one reason he's not a big star is his public dislike of Hollywood and the way it works. He always cites the example of Serving Sara, starring Matthew Perry and Liz Hurley. Campbell had good billing on that movie (he's fourth in the credits), but as he says it was a pile of shit. Most of his experience with big-name Hollywood people have soured him on the whole thing. He did have a role in The Hudsucker Proxy, though, and you can't go wrong with the Coen brothers.
Anyway, in all likelihood he'll continue his career as a giant among B-movie actors, but probably won't ever break into the mainstream (nor does he want to).
QuoteAnyway, in all likelihood he'll continue his career as a giant among B-movie actors, but probably won't ever break into the mainstream (nor does he want to).
I just wish some of his old pals like Raimi and the Coen bros. would use him more (or that he'd let them). He was hilarious as the wrestling announcer in Spiderman.
Yeah, me too. He's still in a lot of cameos. Most of Raimi's movies have him there somewhere, and the Coens have stuck him in a couple (very minor) cameos in a few of their post-Hudsucker films. It is too bad he doesn't do more with them though.
Jacob's Ladder and In The Mouth of Madness.
Both very scary.
C.
Watching Evil Dead made me lose my respect for Duke Nukem ._.
hehe CJ, watch They Live
I can't think of a Raimi film without Bruce Campbell in a cameo at least. He was even in an episode of Hercules, which I think Raimi produced.
Remixor:
Thanks for the tip - I will check out ED2 if I get the chance. Walls spewing out unsaid amounts of goo sounds just like what I need right now... :) Hehe...
CJ: Yeah, Duke ripped off most of his catchprases from Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead 2 in particular. It's rather ridiculous, since most gamers hear those quotes and instantly associated them with Duke Nukem rather than Evil Dead.
Quote from: Las Naranjas on Mon 03/11/2003 22:54:15
I can't think of a Raimi film without Bruce Campbell in a cameo at least. He was even in an episode of Hercules, which I think Raimi produced.
Yeah, he played the King of Thieves guy (I think that's what he was called, I could be wrong; Prince of Thieves maybe?) in a bunch of episodes.
When I was a little boy, the only kinds of movies that ever scared me, or gave me nightmares were zombie flicks. "Return Of The Living Dead, Part 2" and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" always did a real number on me... So anything with Zombies... like "Day Of The Dead" (I just bought the DVD, hell yeah!), "Return Of The Living Dead", Lucio Fulci's "Zombie", "Resident Evil", or even "28 Days Later". You just can't go wrong with the living dead...
A few other good ones are "They", "They Live"... I rented one about werewolves that wasn't too bad, I think it was called "Dog Soldiers".
From what I understand, they're even working on a second "Resident Evil" film, due out in 2004... I believe it's called "Resident Evil: Apocalypse". I don't have an URL for it, so check Google.
Return part 2 was awful. 3 was alright.
1 was sublime of course.
would you marry me, BodyArt?
Zombies are the shit.
and i heard rumors that Romero is working on a new zombie movie´; so thats going to becool.
i think that the RE movie sucks, and i wouldnt see the follow up i f i were payed (maybe if sex with milla jovovich in that 5th element spandex thing was money)
other than that, i have a friend who has worked in the special effects business for over ten years, and he tells me that a whole bunch of zombie flicks are comin up these years. so be patient!
he he he... each time i want to see a horror movie my girlfriend hides under the bed... but i saw a good deal of stuff and have to agree: most remakes aren't half as good as they're supposed to be. Like GarageGothic said, the remake of The Haunting destroyed it. As did many other remakes.
horror movies with a supernatural element? so ALIEN doesn't count, no? that scared me stiff when i was about 11. Whew. And Poltergeist had me checking my bed every night. Poltergeist 2 make me check the cover box if I had the right movie ;)
the good old classics, then:
- japanese version of The Ring because it's more disturbing than the remake
- Tarantula and Them, because they have that good old thrilling feeling of "i don't know what's going on"
- The Fly (the original with Ian Price) for the same reasons and because the last scene (the scientiest's head on a fly body eaten by a spider) is not only scary but unbeareable- can you imagine how helpless and scared the poor man must be?
- House on Haunted Hill. I liked neither 13 ghosts nor ghost ship because, imho, they were too clean, no feeling, no tension. really not. sorry.
- Evil Dead 1 and 2, though 2 is only a remake of 1 with some funny elements. For some strange reasons everyone hits me when I admit
that Army of Darkness isn't my favourite...
- Most of the cheapo scary movie collections- Golden Years, Fright Night Special, Bodybags, Don't walk further- contain some rare gems too.
That's it, ecept for Teletubby reruns...
Quote from: Ghost on Wed 05/11/2003 08:58:43- Evil Dead 1 and 2, though 2 is only a remake of 1 with some funny elements. For some strange reasons everyone hits me when I admit
that Army of Darkness isn't my favourite...
Really?? Army of Darkness is great, but it has nothing on Evil Dead 2. Army of Darkness is much more of a comedy, compared to Evil Dead 2's brilliant "funny horror" combination. Most people I know who enjoy the series wouldn't consider AoD the best.
was braindead the one with the lawnmower at the end?
very much so.
Has anyone else her seen Night of the Creeps?
It was a semi-zombie film with a few moments. Nothing special, but it had it's moments, mainly dialogue ones.
Quote from: Privateer Puddin' on Wed 05/11/2003 09:54:38
was braindead the one with the lawnmower at the end?
Yeah. If you see that film on network TV, they edit out all the parts that are totally ludicrously violent. That scene, for example was gone. It's quite funny, because it means the film just suddently skips 25%. It ends up making no sense whatsoever, and is quite disorienting. If you've already seen the whole thing, though, it's hilarious.
i think i watched it when i was like, 9 or 10 when me and my friend rented every video in the stores 'horror' section, it was worth it for the ending :)
Quote from: Fizz on Wed 05/11/2003 07:17:14
would you marry me, BodyArt?
Zombies are the shit.
You like zombies too?! Sure, I'll marry you! ;)
Ah yes - The legendary lawnmower scene... That was the first thing I actually heard about Braindead, that some guy was supposed to go berzerk with a lawnmower against a horde of zombies... Just that alone made me think twice about seeing it... :)
Actually, I was more impressed by the Kung Fu-priest... I mean, not only is he a holy man, he also busts zombies in his spare time? I mean, come on, how can you not like that?
Gotta love that zombie-kid as well... He's the the thing that disgusted me the most, to be honest... Ugh...
A really good horror movie is "Lapin Kulta Kuume". About a psycho rummaging through the woods in Lapland trying to find gold. A person gets run over by a Harvester!!!! W00t!!!
Quote from: Rincewind on Wed 05/11/2003 18:25:50
Gotta love that zombie-kid as well... He's the the thing that disgusted me the most, to be honest... Ugh...
I actually thought the zombie baby was fairly dumb. It wasn't funny to me at all and it was disgusting but did not inspire "horror"...it was probably my least favorite part. I completely agree about the Kung-Fu priest, though--how does it get better than THAT?
Quote from: Haddas on Wed 05/11/2003 19:58:02
A person gets run over by a Harvester!!!! W00t!!!
Somebody called me?
Btw, Braindead is AMAZING! ;D Beats the crap out of Lord of the Rings.
The priest ruled, but that guy who plays the main character is my hero. He reminds me a lot of Bruce Campbell. And let's not forget the greatest dialogues EVER!
"You mother ate my dog!!!!"
"Not all of it."
"That's my mother you're pissing on!"