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KingCracker wrote:I love From Hell. I actually watch that movie on a regular basis. I think its scary in a psychological way more then anything else.
Exactly. Thats the kind of like the best. Jump out/gore horror is boring and usually stupid.
Anyone mention Scream yet? Also Race the Devil, Rosemary's Baby. Rear Window.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
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I'll second The Shining and Audition, and The Thing is very high on my list. The paranoia in The Thing is awesome. The Ring/Ringu might not be the scariest film ever, but it's certainly creepy and wonderfully plotted. There's such a great sinking feeling when the kid says "Why did you do that?!? You weren't supposed to help her!" You know immediately that he's right and all you can think is "oh feth."
Some people like dumping on The Blair Witch Project. And sure, on a TV at home years after the fact, it's not very scary. But if you had seen it on opening night in a packed theater after the mockumentaries and viral marketing had half the audience thinking it was REAL...well, it was a different experience. Heck, I knew it was fake, but the audience carried me along on that one. Half the kids today probably don't even know about the whole hoax aspect of that film.
Event Horizon was a great setup ruined by a cheesy ending, as I've said before. After the "umm...what?" moment, I was no longer invested in the movie. Paranormal Activity, similar thing. Insidious was interesting in that it fixed the specific issue with PA, but still fell prey to the "characters-acting-not-how-real-people-would" phenomenon at its end.
I simply don't get the appeal of Saw and its genre.
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House of 1000 Corpses, only watched it because my ex loves it, evil ...
or Poltergeist 3 (i think, the one in the hotel - mirrors still occasionally creep me out because of this film, especially when i was IN a freaking hotel when i saw it *shudder*).
@gorgon: Saw is a great film (the first one ONLY) because it was clever, and potentially real, not because it was scary...
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
Wow, thats fairly impressive KC....and yes, not exactly the...er best films in the world (), but creepy as hell (i am not a horror fan, i just end up watching them...silly me )
inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
While The Thing (1983) is easily my favourite horror film (with Let The Right One In a close second) I find neither of them are particularly scary.
However that scene in Signs where the blurry home video shows an alien walking past the window at a kids birthday party always creeps me out something fierce.
Actually I lied, the scene in The Thing when Cooper is giving CPR. That makes me feel sick to this day.
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The Shining and the original Nightmare on Elm Street are the scariest I think I have seen. The Nightmare on Elm Street I watched when I was fairly young so that's the main reason. Horrors seem to lose their potency as you get older and start to realise that the monster isn't in your wardrobe or under your bed.
Chowderhead wrote:The Exorcist still holds up very well.
My wife is utterly terrified by it (she is catholic) while I'm not bothered by it at all (I'm atheist), I think that religion probably has quite a lot of do with how scary people find this film.
I'm not that bothered by horror films in general, they rarely actually scare me and those that do are usually psychological horror. The one that really sticks in my mind is Audition.
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The Shining and the original Nightmare on Elm Street are the scariest I think I have seen. The Nightmare on Elm Street I watched when I was fairly young so that's the main reason. Horrors seem to lose their potency as you get older and start to realise that the monster isn't in your wardrobe or under your bed.
Actually another one is IT.
Nightmare was excllent as well, and has been mentioned. It opened up a new gnre of films.
IT is a whole different level. The book is one of my absolute favorites. I haven't read it in decades but it might be time to do so. The TV movie was decent in many ways.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Frazzled wrote:IT is a whole different level. The book is one of my absolute favorites. I haven't read it in decades but it might be time to do so. The TV movie was decent in many ways.
Yep, the book is great. The bit with the fridge always creeps me out, the whole character of Patrick Hocksetter creeps me out actually.
Yes! I particularly like the pictures that effectively come alive in black and white.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
The only horror movie that ever genuinely scared me when I was young was Halloween. The parts that scared me the most weren't really the parts where he was stabbing people, per se, but the parts where, like, lightning would flash and you'd see him standing off in the distance from out of a window. Those sorts of parts.
I watched Halloween 6 when I was around 20 or so, and found it still had it. I was substantially less scared being an adult but it definitely had me jumpy for a day or two.
I loved the Friday the 13th movies when I was a kid, but never found them scary. Similarly, The Thing is one of my absolutely all time favorite movies (tied for best with Aliens, probably) but I didn't find it scary.
Diverging into TV for a second here; I was terrified of Sleestaks when I was a kid - the lizard-people on Land of the Lost. I would always ask my older brother, "hey, you wanna watch Land of the Lost?" and if he said yes, we'd put it on and I'd stand behind the couch and hide behind it when they came on the screen (so my mother tells me).
Since posting it we started talking about books, looks like? I'll add on here Pet Sematary. Man; I've never read anything before or yet that so expertly applied tension and apprehension smoothly as the book started coming to a climax. I don't remember ever being scared of reading a book but that one was unnerving, certainly. Moreso because I was around 11 or 12 when I read it.
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KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
Wow, thats fairly impressive KC....and yes, not exactly the...er best films in the world (), but creepy as hell (i am not a horror fan, i just end up watching them...silly me )
Im on the fence with Rob Zombie as a director. It seems like he can do well on one project, and then totally ruins it the second time around. I kindda liked 1000corpses now that Im thinking about it. But Devils Rejects was definitely the gak box. I liked his remake of Halloween, but the sequel was just as awful as rejects was, maybe even more because I like Halloween movies. I dunno....hes good and then sucks, guess it depends on the month or something
Has it not been mentioned, or did I just miss it? Texas Chainsaw Massacre freaks me out every time. The original one that is, I've not seen any others.
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KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
Wow, thats fairly impressive KC....and yes, not exactly the...er best films in the world (), but creepy as hell (i am not a horror fan, i just end up watching them...silly me )
Im on the fence with Rob Zombie as a director. It seems like he can do well on one project, and then totally ruins it the second time around. I kindda liked 1000corpses now that Im thinking about it. But Devils Rejects was definitely the gak box. I liked his remake of Halloween, but the sequel was just as awful as rejects was, maybe even more because I like Halloween movies.
Hmmm, completely didnt realise it was him that directed the new Halloween films...they are being shown soon, might check them out (see? why am i saying this?!....i dont LIKE horror films...)
It would seem that way. My mate who loves 1000 corpses hates Devils rejects, so you may well be right. i didnt watch the second one, was still prangin out about this guy:
I dunno....hes good and then sucks, guess it depends on the month or something
Hahaha i mis read that as 'time of the month'...
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The 1970's "Don't be afraid of the dark". As a horror jaded child of the 80's ( with Halloween as a bench mark) my friends and I all agreed. Don't be afraid of the dark was the king of creepy movie.
Ouze wrote:The only horror movie that ever genuinely scared me when I was young was Halloween. The parts that scared me the most weren't really the parts where he was stabbing people, per se, but the parts where, like, lightning would flash and you'd see him standing off in the distance from out of a window. Those sorts of parts.
I watched Halloween 6 when I was around 20 or so, and found it still had it. I was substantially less scared being an adult but it definitely had me jumpy for a day or two.
I loved the Friday the 13th movies when I was a kid, but never found them scary. Similarly, The Thing is one of my absolutely all time favorite movies (tied for best with Aliens, probably) but I didn't find it scary.
Diverging into TV for a second here; I was terrified of Sleestaks when I was a kid - the lizard-people on Land of the Lost. I would always ask my older brother, "hey, you wanna watch Land of the Lost?" and if he said yes, we'd put it on and I'd stand behind the couch and hide behind it when they came on the screen (so my mother tells me).
Since posting it we started talking about books, looks like? I'll add on here Pet Sematary. Man; I've never read anything before or yet that so expertly applied tension and apprehension smoothly as the book started coming to a climax. I don't remember ever being scared of reading a book but that one was unnerving, certainly. Moreso because I was around 11 or 12 when I read it.
Interesting fun fact regarding the Sleestaks. Bill Lambieer, retired basketball player, former coach, and all around DB played a sleestak in several episodes of LotL. He was out in CA on summer break and his friends dad (IIRC) was a director or whatnot, and he was asked to help out.
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For those who like the day after, you should check out the English version called Threads, which deals with the results of a nuclear attack on Sheffield. Not really scary as such, more 'uncomfortable' really, but still creeped me out for days afterwards.
I've kinda gone off the whole horror wagon these days, but I still do like The Thing (1983) - the bit that I hate the most is where they're doing the blood test, and get their thumbs cut with a scalpel, probably because i've done it so many times myself!!
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Medium of Death wrote:While JAWS may not be that scary, I'd wager that it is responsible for more life changes than any other horror film...
Not swimming in the sea, anyone?
Indeed. Count me in that crowd. I've told the wife when they invent an underwater chainsaw I'll feel comfrtable scuba diving with her, until then no no no.
Open Water has a slightly similar effect.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Again, there's kind of a context thing at work with Jaws. The idea of a killer shark seems like a yawner now, but that movie scared the bejeezus outta people the summer it was released. And note that it was a summer release (indeed the first big summer blockbuster). Imagine seeing that while you were on vacation at the shore...are you quick to get in the water the next day?
Medium of Death wrote:While JAWS may not be that scary, I'd wager that it is responsible for more life changes than any other horror film...
Not swimming in the sea, anyone?
Indeed. Count me in that crowd. I've told the wife when they invent an underwater chainsaw I'll feel comfrtable scuba diving with her, until then no no no.
Open Water has a slightly similar effect.
Open water for me isn't scary when I am above surface. You couldn't pay me enough to put on some goggles and look into the pitch black depths below, damn nothing could creep me out more, to stare into the abyss and knowing something is down there, but you can't see it whilst it could see you.
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
I must respectfulydisagree with you my bearded buddy,both House of 1,000 corpses and The Devils Rejects are fantastic homages to the 70's Grindhouse/ explotation films, which is exactly what Zombie meant for them to be.
I also wouldn't even catagorize "Rejects" as " Horror", as it's much more of an Anti-Hero/Shoot 'em up/Action flick ( with a sprinkling of psychological horror thrown in), reminded me much more of " Switchblade sisters" ( albeit with a crazed clown) then it did of any real "Horror" flick.
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