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A thread for all us Horror fans

This thread is to discuss and advise horror movies of all ratings......ENJOY!!!

did you hear they're making evil dead 4, if it has bruce campbell I'll go see it


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Eh, I don't like most modern horror films since they rely too heavily on gore.

I liked Jeepers Creepers (including the sequel), but it wasn't remotely scary...I actually just thought the monster was bad ass.

Supernatural thrillers tend to disturb me more than slashers. The Mothman Prophecies is one of the scariest films for me, by comparison Saw is more of a lulz fest and slight admiration for the intricacy of the traps.

Best werewolf film ever is Dog Soldiers.

Amaya wrote:Eh, I don't like most modern horror films since they rely too heavily on gore.

I liked Jeepers Creepers (including the sequel), but it wasn't remotely scary...I actually just thought the monster was bad ass.

Supernatural thrillers tend to disturb me more than slashers. The Mothman Prophecies is one of the scariest films for me, by comparison Saw is more of a lulz fest and slight admiration for the intricacy of the traps.

Best werewolf film ever is Dog Soldiers.

Spoiler:

I think it might be based on Matty's life

I must respectfully disagree, the best werewolf film ever is An American Werewolf in London, though I did enjoy Dog Soldiers and agree with your spoiler content as well.

As for gore, I don't mind it one bit ( big Romero and Fulci fan me), but...I do believe that gore for gores sake can get dull, the real hallmark of good horror is always the building of tension and " surprising" the viewer, and while a flying severed head may accomplish this from time to time, if that's all their is in a film the viewer will become quickly desensitized to what's supposed to be " frightening".

I was actually kind of creeped out by the first Cube movie. Just the thought that they're in a giant maze that changes constantly, there's only one way out, and there's a distinct chance that any given door you move through will kill you...

Then there was Cube 2: Hypercube.

Much as I hate to admit it, I'm really more into the torture porn genre than real horror. My favorite "horror" (quotation mark quotation mark) movies are the Saw and Final Destination films, just because some of the traps in Saw are chillingly well-designed and I love seeing the Rube Goldberg-style deaths in Final Destination.

The People Under the Stairs always f'd with me.

A good old school thriller/horror is The Thing.

I need to watch more Horror, I could quite easily list all the horror films i've watched (and it wouldn't be very long) and if I listed the horror films i've watched out of choice (not for Sixth Form Film studies work or Uni work) the list is only 3 films long... But i've read millions of horror plot synopsis

Which horror films are actually scary? None of the ones i've seen, I would call scary. Seven is more disturbing than most of them.
As for Saw, only seen the first one, and I thought it was a pretty good film. But apparently they start getting more and more about the torture and traps, i'm not too bothered about that to be honest.

Bromsy wrote:The People Under the Stairs always f'd with me.

That was a decent flick, nice call





And MAN was the husband a fething wacko

JohnnoM wrote:A good old school thriller/horror is The Thing.

If you're talking about the John Carpenter version, I agree. Wonderful paranoia in that movie.

The Shining is also at the top of my list. I also liked the J-horror film Audition quite a bit.

I watched the John Carpenter's the Thing when I was 8. Did not go well.

I could see how that might leave a mark.

I've seen The Shining umpteen times, and yet I still start to cringe every time Danny's about to encounter those little girls. Holy cats, they're creepy...and I'm not even sure I can fully explain why.

Ghost children are fething scary, they just are man. For me, sump pump holes just freak me the feth out. I dunno why they do, but they do, I cant help it, I see one in a basement and I just FREAK







Im going to watch a movie here tonight called Below. and Im hoping its at least decent, it sounded like it could be *shrugs*

I have to put in a special mention for Little Erin Merryweather. one of the best ideas i have ever seen. It could have gone so much further

As a note to all zombie movie lovers: DONT EVER WATCH HOUSE OF THE DEAD. IT IS FETHING AWFUL!!!!!

master of ordinance wrote:I have to put in a special mention for Little Erin Merryweather. one of the best ideas i have ever seen. It could have gone so much further

As a note to all zombie movie lovers: DONT EVER WATCH HOUSE OF THE DEAD. IT IS FETHING AWFUL!!!!!

To late...but you are 100% correct, Uwe Boll's ( which should have been the tip off the film would be awful) House of the Dead was bad...really bad, about the only thing I enjoyed in it was Clint Howard's schtick as the first mate on the boat, well...and the Asian girl.
Speaking of less than fantastic zombie films, I just watched " Humans VS Zombies" ( must have taken them ages to think that title up) and...wow...it almost made House of the Dead look good by comparison.

Anyone watch Human Centipede 2?

Amaya wrote:Anyone watch Human Centipede 2?

Not as of yet, but it's on my " to watch" list.
I actually liked the first one.

FITZZ wrote:

master of ordinance wrote:I have to put in a special mention for Little Erin Merryweather. one of the best ideas i have ever seen. It could have gone so much further

As a note to all zombie movie lovers: DONT EVER WATCH HOUSE OF THE DEAD. IT IS FETHING AWFUL!!!!!

To late...but you are 100% correct, Uwe Boll's ( which should have been the tip off the film would be awful) House of the Dead was bad...really bad, about the only thing I enjoyed in it was Clint Howard's schtick as the first mate on the boat, well...and the Asian girl.
Speaking of less than fantastic zombie films, I just watched " Humans VS Zombies" ( must have taken them ages to think that title up) and...wow...it almost made House of the Dead look good by comparison.

Is that even possible

sirlynchmob wrote:did you hear they're making evil dead 4, if it has bruce campbell I'll go see it


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It's such a shame World War Z is being made into a movie as it is one of my all time favourite books and expect to be massively dissapointed!

Bloodfever wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:did you hear they're making evil dead 4, if it has bruce campbell I'll go see it


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It's such a shame World War Z is being made into a movie as it is one of my all time favourite books and expect to be massively dissapointed!

I'm not expecting much from the WWZ film, from what I've heard/ seen the book is for the most part being tossed out the window in favor of making a "Zombie action flick"...but...I'll reserve final judgement until I've actually seen the film.

FITZZ is back, hurrah!!

Anyway, let's get the ball rolling. What do people make of horror films with clear political/social analogies?

I'm thinking Invasion of the body snatchers (Communism in america)

Various zombie films in the 1980s (HIV scare allegories or am I reading this wrong?)

Or the modern zombie film that reflects western society's loss of confidence in itself and this constant fear that the world is going to end.

I love Hammer horror as well especially, Plague of the Zombies and the Devil rides out. No point asking Fitzz if he's seen them, but what about everybody else?

DINLT, would you like my expert Film Studies opinion on that? (Feel I should establish, I am not an expert.... But I have written a fair few essays on horror films/themes etc)

Really, most horror films (films in general) are representative of some kind of social or political anxiety.
Vampire films are/were the ones more commonly associated with HIV.
Most of these representations, aren't going to be so blatantly obvious they effect your viewing of the film, but they are probably present (but then it is up to the individual to read what they want from the film, its not necessarily going to be right or wrong). Something I found quite interesting, that we did at A Level, was how German expressionism (which quite often ended up being horror) was used to very clearly represent the negative feelings in the country after WWI. That kind of thing has pretty much always been present in film.

And on the topic of German Expressionism, I highly recommend Nosferatu (the original Dracula film) and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Both are technically horror films, although you won't be at all horrified, well the theatrical acting may horrify you a little....

I love Psychological horror.
I hate horror monsters like freddy or jason.
I prefer things Ghost horror.
But i dont get to see much horror, because i only have one friend to go to movies with and he doesnt go to R-rated films.

For me it would be the paranormal activity series. Not the best, but all a good watch in my opinion. I like how each is set before the last, tracing the story to its beginings.

i havent seen it in ages, but i really liked R-Point (a Korean film i believe).

Now saying that, i am really NOT a Horror fan (watched poltergeist 3 aged 10 in a hotel full of mirrors....did. not. end. well.) but this actually drew me in.

Ahem. One of the finest blends of comedy and horror ever was Roman Polanski's "Fearless Vampire Killers"
Another fun yet scarier one is "Darkness Falls"

Darkness Falls was actually a decent flick. That chicks whispers were creepy as gak

FITZZ wrote:

Bloodfever wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:did you hear they're making evil dead 4, if it has bruce campbell I'll go see it


Automatically Appended Next Post:
oh and zombie movies:

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It's such a shame World War Z is being made into a movie as it is one of my all time favourite books and expect to be massively dissapointed!

I'm not expecting much from the WWZ film, from what I've heard/ seen the book is for the most part being tossed out the window in favor of making a "Zombie action flick"...but...I'll reserve final judgement until I've actually seen the film.

I read the IMDB page on WWZ and its a fail from the premise. I love a good zombie movie, but the one their saying is WWZ is just taking 1 story line about the beginning of the outbreak. I'll wait for it to hit hbo.

Amaya wrote:Anyone watch Human Centipede 2?

Saw the first one.

Will not watch the second one.

Could not look at my gf's butt for over a month without being disgusted.


That moved F'd with me on personal levels.

LMAO thats actually pretty funny. Im sorry for your brains there Piston