The Scary Movie Thread

[King3567]

Since Halloween is right around the corner, I'd figure we should have a place to post our favorite horror flicks.

One of my personal favorites that came out recently was The Orphanage. Damn, what a good scary movie. And I mean scary, not gore porn.

[carnage11]

Insanitarium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103984/) was actually a pretty good flick in a cheesy sort of way. It was surprisingly enjoyable for me. Though I went in with VERY low expectations.

So is anyone gonna see Saw 7 or whatever it is up to now? lol.

[Vandabo]

Whenever a thread like this pops up I always mention The Changeling (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/).

It's got George C. Scott, it's very subtle and it has the best Seance scene ever. Eerie shit.

[Psykoboy2]

The Orphanage? That was a beautiful movie. Nothing scary about it to me. Just pure beauty.

As for me, I just loaded up my Netflix que with a lot of gore/shock stuff:

Salò
I Spit On Your Grave
Irreversible
Men Behind the Sun
Murder-Set-Pieces
Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Also, for these types of films, this list (http://blogs.ign.com/Horror_Brain/2006/06/29/23243/) helps.

[pomeroy]

Scariest movie ever: Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[rinichanraar]

My favorites from the horror genre: Deep Red, Opera, Suspiria (all by Dario Argento), the Evil Dead trilogy, Three... Extremes, and various Takashi Miike and John Carpenter movies. Tale of Two Sisters was also okay to good.

[destoo]

John Carpenter is always good. I think I'll re-watch 'the prince of darkness' this year. And stay away from big mirrors for a while.

[Psykoboy2]

Event Horizon

[The Iron Weasel]

The Orphanage? That was a beautiful movie. Nothing scary about it to me. Just pure beauty.

As for me, I just loaded up my Netflix que with a lot of gore/shock stuff:

Salò
I Spit On Your Grave
Irreversible
Men Behind the Sun
Murder-Set-Pieces
Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Also, for these types of films, this list (http://blogs.ign.com/Horror_Brain/2006/06/29/23243/) helps.

If this is the movie I'm thinking of it is FUCKED UP, I saw a scene from it, haunted me for days.

[rinichanraar]

If this is the movie I'm thinking of it is FUCKED UP, I saw a scene from it, haunted me for days.

Intensely graphic rape scene? Yeah, that's the one.

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[The Iron Weasel]

Intensely graphic rape scene? Yeah, that's the one.

Yup that's it, now I've got that repressed memory back. Fuck.

REC is a really, really good horror movie. Should check that out.

[rinichanraar]

Yup that's it, now I've got that repressed memory back. Fuck.

REC is a really, really good horror movie. Should check that out.

Oh! Yeah, I've actually been meaning to see it since I heard about it a few months ago. I hear it's really creepy.

[Jeffool]

["The Thing" pic.]Absolutely awesome film. In case any person is crazy enough to not have seen it, I demand you watch it!

[The Iron Weasel]

Oh! Yeah, I've actually been meaning to see it since I heard about it a few months ago. I hear it's really creepy.

Its pretty terrifying. I haven't been scared by a movie like REC scared me since The Ring a number of years back.

[muddi900]

Absolutely awesome film. In case any person is crazy enough to not have seen it, I demand you watch it!

I watched it. Found nothing amazing about it. Maybe because I knew too much going in.

28 days later. Only horror movie that matters. Also, I'm thinking about catching up on the Walking Dead.

[Raen]

I dunno if most people would, but I'd class Dead Man's Shoes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_mans_shoes) as horror. That film is messed up, and walking home after watching it at a friends was not a fun experience.

[Khrymsyn]

I tend to go for cheezefests than straight out horror such as Evil Dead / Army of Darkness, The early Jason and Freddy flicks (and Freddy vs. Jason I did enjoy), and my most recent fave horror? Slither.
"Bitch is hard core!"

Just recently saw Event Horizon for only my 2nd time. The first time I saw it I hated it. I thought of it as a good 1/2 a movie. I enjoyed it much better the 2nd time.

And yes, I'm one of the jerks who never saw The Thing.

[rinichanraar]

Its pretty terrifying. I haven't been scared by a movie like REC scared me since The Ring a number of years back.

Funny that my response to "it's pretty terrifying" is going to be, "that's good to hear!" I mean, 'cause that's the point of a scary movie, right? I have a friend who's kind of a horror aficionado, and he's a big fan of that movie, too. I'll definitely look into it next time I go to the video store. :)

I tend to go for cheezefests than straight out horror such as Evil Dead / Army of Darkness, The early Jason and Freddy flicks (and Freddy vs. Jason I did enjoy), and my most recent fave horror? Slither.
"Bitch is hard core!"

Oh, man. Slither was surprisingly enjoyable. I thought the entire movie was going to be like tentacle porn or something, but it totally wasn't. The funny thing is that the first time I watched it was at my favorite bar. One of the owners/bartenders is a cult horror fan, so they show horror movies every day (two different movies on two different TVs).

[muddi900]

I take my previous statement back. Shaun of the dead is the only "horror" movie that matters. I also prefer comedy-horrors instead of horror movies. Which reminds me:

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My name is Bruce. Coming October 2008, or so they say.

[King3567]

I guess the reason why the Orphanage was so scary to me was because it was the first non gore porn horror flick in a while and the first time you see it, you're so tensed up and ready for the cliche' loud noise scares.

I too have heard that REC is good. Can anyone say if Quarantine is a decent remake of it?

28 Days and Weeks were amazing. Best zombie movies ever and I'm eagerly anticipating number three.

[Abyssion]

I would have to say my favorite horror movie is Reincarnation (thank you horrorfest!)

[inmostlight]

My favorites from the horror genre: Deep Red, Opera, Suspiria (all by Dario Argento), the Evil Dead trilogy, Three... Extremes, and various Takashi Miike and John Carpenter movies. Tale of Two Sisters was also okay to good.

Scary, that list is almost exactly what I was going to post. I'd possibly add in The Devil's Backbone, too.

I just got Mother of Tears from Netflix but am waiting for a group movie night to watch it. Dario Argento's recent films haven't been that great, but I need to watch it anyway...

[Lint of Death]

I take my previous statement back. Shaun of the dead is the only "horror" movie that matters. I also prefer comedy-horrors instead of horror movies. Which reminds me:

yVTroIfJxiA

My name is Bruce. Coming October 2008, or so they say.

Two things:

In my mind, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are the two best movies I have ever seen.
I'm not sure if I had heard about My Name is Bruce before, but now I really want to see it.

[crazyD]

28 Days and Weeks were amazing. Best zombie movies ever and I'm eagerly anticipating number three.

28 Days is good, though the ending gets kind of stupid. I thought 28 Weeks was crap, except the opening scene, which was awesome.

How the fuck did they get to France? That was the most retarded thing ever.

[inmostlight]

I'm not sure if I had heard about My Name is Bruce before, but now I really want to see it.

Check Bruce Campbell's website (http://www.bruce-campbell.com/pilot.asp?pg=mnib). He's about to embark on a tour showing it in cities, where he also introduces the film and has a Q&A afterward. I'm sure gonna try to get a ticket for when he comes here!

[rinichanraar]

Scary, that list is almost exactly what I was going to post. I'd possibly add in The Devil's Backbone, too.

I just got Mother of Tears from Netflix but am waiting for a group movie night to watch it. Dario Argento's recent films haven't been that great, but I need to watch it anyway...

Wow, that's pretty cool. It's good to know there are others around here with taste in movies as fantastic as mine. ;)

I haven't seen The Devil's Backbone, but I've heard of it, and I enjoy Guillermo del Toro, so I have no doubt that I'd like it. I haven't seen Mother of Tears yet either, and I was excited about it for awhile, but I just haven't been motivated to see it lately. I actually haven't watched any of Dario Argento's recent movies (though I thought it was really cool that he's doing a voice in the Italian Dead Space). Tell me what you think of it once you do see it!

Regarding all the Shaun of the Dead comments... that's actually one of my favorite movies (along with Hot Fuzz), but I didn't mention it because I didn't really consider it a "scary" movie. Even though it kind of is, sort of.

[King3567]

28 Days is good, though the ending gets kind of stupid. I thought 28 Weeks was crap, except the opening scene, which was awesome.

How the fuck did they get to France? That was the most retarded thing ever.

The kid got infected and was a carrier of the disease. Use your imagination. He could've sneezed on someone, kissed someone, or something along those lines.

I enjoyed Weeks a great deal simply because it was such a good refinement on the way we Americans do zombie movies. Was it as innovative as the original? No, but it was still a helluva ride.

[Wasson_]

Absolutely awesome film. In case any person is crazy enough to not have seen it, I demand you watch it!


....
We watched it at my shop back like at the end of July...

"is that how it ends?! that's stupid..."

...ugh.
I'm gonna go just gonna go fuse my face to my palm.

OH yeah, here's a treat for all the people who are afraid of spiders. From a simply delightful film who's name escapes me...:p
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[rvieira]

The Thing, The Fly and Alien are my all time favorite horror movies

[AyeEmBored]

Hrmmm...

Let's see... The Thing has to be number one on this list. Without a doubt.

Although it's not technically a horror movie, The Silence of the Lambs is shit your pants scary.

I've also got to put a nod in there for "The Exorcist."

[Schnoogs]

Friday the 13th series

[Jeffool]

I watched it. Found nothing amazing about it. Maybe because I knew too much going in.....
We watched it at my shop back like at the end of July...

"is that how it ends?! that's stupid..."

...ugh.
I'm gonna go just gonna go fuse my face to my palm.See, for me zombie movies (and lots of good horror movies, hell, lots of good movies period,) are all about having a small group of people facing a threat so much greater than them that they have virtually no way of winning. And despite their only chance being to stick together, people invariably turn on each other. (That was wonderfully compounded in The Thing, given the alien's ability to look like anyone.) So, more or less, The Thing was made with me in mind. (Despite my being one year old when it was released. :D

[VerseD]

Alien and Silence of the Lambs are probably my favorite horror movies. I'm also a huge sucker for zombie movies, and I love the original Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and naturally Shaun of the Dead.

My name is Bruce. Coming October 2008, or so they say.

That reminds me of Big Trouble In Little China. Actually scratch everything I just said, Big Trouble In Little China is the best scary movie every. As Ol' Jack always says, What the hell?

[Vandabo]

All of the talk of premonitions of disaster in the Mysterious Happenings thread reminded me of this movie: The Medusa Touch. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077921/)

It's from '78, but it is a great psychological thriller about a guy who can cause things (usually very bad things) to happen with his mind. It's got some really spooky scenes in it.

[rinichanraar]

All of the talk of premonitions of disaster in the Mysterious Happenings thread reminded me of this movie: The Medusa Touch. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077921/)

It's from '78, but it is a great psychological thriller about a guy who can cause things (usually very bad things) to happen with his mind. It's got some really spooky scenes in it.

Wow, and Richard Burton's in it. Interesting.

[National Kato]

Three... Extremes

I saw that at its premiere at Sundance during a midnight screening. It was a blast!

[Voodoo]

The first movie that came to mind for me is Jesus Camp (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jesus+camp&search_type=). That movie is so fucking scary I feel like buying a god damn schooner (http://images.google.com/images?ndsp=21&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=schooner&start=0&sa=N) and leaving the country. Besides that movie, I'll have to agree with Violent.

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[National Kato]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i223/violentp69/KURT-780236.jpg


Goddamn I'm so gay for Kurt Russell.

[rinichanraar]

I saw that at its premiere at Sundance during a midnight screening. It was a blast!

I thought it was a cool group of short movies. I know a lot of people didn't like Park Chan-Wook's "Cut" because it was so grotesque (or something), but I thought it was great. Really creepy and very cool. But I think my favorite was Takashi Miike's "Box." I actually own Three... Extremes and kind of want to watch it again, now that you mention it. :p

Goddamn I'm so gay for Kurt Russell.

My boyfriend is also gay for him (and Bruce Campbell). I'm a fan of both, too.

[muddi900]

My boyfriend is also gay for him (and Bruce Campbell). I'm a fan of both, too.

Snake Plissken or Ash Williams, whose more bad-ass? It's a question that has caused war!

[crazyD]

Snake Plissken or Ash Williams, whose more bad-ass? It's a question that has caused war!

Why, when the answer is clearly Ash?

[rinichanraar]

Snake Plissken or Ash Williams, whose more bad-ass? It's a question that has caused war!

D's right. While I do love Kurt Russell and Snake, I think Brucey's Ashley Williams is even more badass.

[National Kato]

I know a lot of people didn't like Park Chan-Wook's "Cut" because it was so grotesque (or something)...

I loved 'Cut.' It was 'Dumplings' that grossed me out, mostly because the sound design on that short is spectacular. Every time she'd chew and those little crunch noises came out....ugh.

[Mr. Murphy]

I was clicking through the Jeff Goldblum version of 'The Fly' and the ending of that is some pretty great monster horror. Depends on if you want to watch a whole movie to get to it.

[National Kato]

Depends on if you want to watch a whole movie to get to it.

Without 'the whole movie' in front of it, the monster horror at the end is worthless. Takes all the impact out of it if you don't see what he's been through and what he's lost.

[carnage11]

Without 'the whole movie' in front of it, the monster horror at the end is worthless. Takes all the impact out of it if you don't see what he's been through and what he's lost.

Yep, I was gonna say something similar. The beginning of the movie makes it. You see how he's just this normal guy, with an anything but normal hobby. Then he goes through hell just to reach the ultimate end. It's funny, because the first time I watched the movie, I got seriously sad and almost shed a tear at the end.

The Fly II was actually a pretty good movie as well. I didn't like the end of that one though.

[rvieira]

The Fly II was actually a pretty good movie as well. I didn't like the end of that one though.

Is this the one with his Son? I remember it been a good movie.

The original The Fly (1958) is good too, not a classic like Nosferatu but really enjoyable.

[rinichanraar]

Yup that's it, now I've got that repressed memory back. Fuck.

REC is a really, really good horror movie. Should check that out.
Oh! Yeah, I've actually been meaning to see it since I heard about it a few months ago. I hear it's really creepy.
Its pretty terrifying. I haven't been scared by a movie like REC scared me since The Ring a number of years back.

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I was looking at Gears 2 videos and got sidetracked and saw an interview with Cliffy by something called GameZombie.tv where he says REC is the best scary movie he's seen in five years. Apparently every horror movie fan loves it, and I haven't seen it yet. :(

[King3567]

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I was looking at Gears 2 videos and got sidetracked and saw an interview with Cliffy by something called GameZombie.tv where he says REC is the best scary movie he's seen in five years. Apparently every horror movie fan loves it, and I haven't seen it yet. :(

Nice casting of rez. I too have heard every horror fan and their mother praising REC and I have to see it.

[Crowe]

"I said where's the fucking bourbon" Not really scary, but Freddy is still a good watch hah.

[Generation ABXY]

Strangely, my mother started me on horror movies before I was even in school*, so I don’t scare easy in that regard. However, when I was younger, there was at least one movie that used to scare me: Split Second. Anyone else seen it? I’m not sure it would bother me today, but back then there was a scene when one dude gets pulled under the water that used to haunt my dreams.



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*I think it was a bit of an experiment, actually; she didn’t do this with my older brother, and he’s now the kind of person has to have the closet either open all the way or tightly closed, and can’t sleep with the light off.

EDIT: Okay, I found the trailer (and added it) and now I'm fairly sure it wouldn't bother me today. Strange the things that affect us in our youth, no?

[Scaryfaced]

One word: JAWS

Jaws is the reason I'm still affraid of the ocean. I'm 24, live in SoCal by the beach, and I'm scared to go in the water because of a movie made almost 10 years before I was born. Hell, I was even nervious to go swimming in a pool alone for a few years. It took me convincing myself that a shark would die in our chlorinated pool before I'd jump in.

While I've gotten over the shark obsession, I'm still nervious every time sea weed brushes my feet in the water.
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[Khrymsyn]

I know this will likely get me mocked *coughWasson_cough*
but just like the little vid he linked, Arachnophobia terrifies me... Oddly enough, I'd almost consider holding that movie up to how entertainment media CAN affect the youth. I don't remember having a fear of spiders as a kid, and in fact remember picking up daddy long leggers with my grandfather and tossing them around the yard and at each other. Then I saw that movie. Now I can't even look at a daddy long legger without thinking "Kill", and unfortunately, my reaction tends to lean towards "wimper and cower" the bigger and hairier the spider is.
For gods sake, I get the heebie jeebies watching Potter 2.
Ugh

[KingGorilla]

http://newsforgeeksdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63:5-horror-movies-you-may-know-but-have-not-seen&catid=41:movies

I wrote up about 5 horror classics that we find familiar but many people have not actually seen. Nosferatu, The Blob 58, Dawn of the Dead 78, Frankenstein 31, The Thing 52.

[rinichanraar]

http://newsforgeeksdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63:5-horror-movies-you-may-know-but-have-not-seen&catid=41:movies

I wrote up about 5 horror classics that we find familiar but many people have not actually seen. Nosferatu, The Blob 58, Dawn of the Dead 78, Frankenstein 31, The Thing 52.

Good read! Also, it's true that I actually haven't seen Nosferatu or the 1931 Frankenstein, so I should probably see them at some point.

[Vandabo]

http://newsforgeeksdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63:5-horror-movies-you-may-know-but-have-not-seen&catid=41:movies

I wrote up about 5 horror classics that we find familiar but many people have not actually seen. Nosferatu, The Blob 58, Dawn of the Dead 78, Frankenstein 31, The Thing 52.

I'm so glad someone else has seen and appreciated the original "The Thing".

It's a great 50's sci-fi/horror flick, with some great lines, in classic snappy 50's dialogue.

"What if he can read our minds?"

"Then he's gonna be real mad when he gets to me."

[Esquilax1138]

I liked House of a 1000 Corpses, had a nice mix of cheese, gore and suspense with a touch of comedy, and the ending was pretty creepy.

Also like Event Horizon, and 1408 was one of the best suspense/horror movie made in a long time. Love the directors ending more then the theatrical one though.

[King3567]

I liked 1408 too, but I didn't really find it all that scary.

[Dave]

The Orphanage? That was a beautiful movie. Nothing scary about it to me. Just pure beauty.

As for me, I just loaded up my Netflix que with a lot of gore/shock stuff:

Salò
I Spit On Your Grave
Irreversible
Men Behind the Sun
Murder-Set-Pieces
Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Also, for these types of films, this list (http://blogs.ign.com/Horror_Brain/2006/06/29/23243/) helps.

Don't watch Irreversible. I watched that and the rape scene is just really really difficult to sit through. Seriously.

I Spit On Your Grave I haven't seen either, but I've heard that that is pretty fucked up as well. You'll have to let me know how you liked these.

[Dave]

John Carpenter is always good. I think I'll re-watch 'the prince of darkness' this year. And stay away from big mirrors for a while.

Hello Captain Obscurity! :D Now that is a nice little, often overlooked, little Carpenter gem. So underappreciated.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who liked, and maybe got freaked out by, that one.

[Dave]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i223/violentp69/KURT-780236.jpg

I love how you don't even have to leave any words with this one.

[Dave]

Any fan's of Cronenberg's Videodrome... and does that even count as horror? I mean, there's not really a boogeyman (or "guy in a suit") to speak of; but Cronenberg just makes some really fuckin' weird movies. You know?

Also, and I can already see Rini crackin' on me for not using the multi-quote dealio, but how about Nightbreed, Hellraiser and Carpenter's Halloween (which is still my favorite "scary" movie)?

Freaks, Popcorn and Halloween II I like a lot too, as well as both of James Wale's Frankenstein films.

[rinichanraar]

Any fan's of Cronenberg's Videodrome... and does that even count as horror? I mean, there's not really a boogeyman (or "guy in a suit") to speak of; but Cronenberg just makes some really fuckin' weird movies. You know?

Also, and I can already see Rini crackin' on me for not using the multi-quote dealio, but how about Nightbreed, Hellraiser and Carpenter's Halloween (which is still my favorite "scary" movie)?

Freaks, Popcorn and Halloween II I like a lot too, as well as both of James Wale's Frankenstein films.

Haha, no worries about the multiquote. I just think it's really cool!

Anyway, I thought Videodrome was a great, creepy movie (but I think you're right that it doesn't really fall under the genre of "horror"). There's a long list of Cronenberg movies I still need to see.

[Dave]

Haha, no worries about the multiquote. I just think it's really cool!

Anyway, I thought Videodrome was a great, creepy movie (but I think you're right that it doesn't really fall under the genre of "horror"). There's a long list of Cronenberg movies I still need to see.

Long live the new flesh!

Can you get pictures and post them (in addition to a review) when you guys go see Bruce?

Also, what's neat to do up in SF? I want to get up there before leaving here in December, I just really haven't looked into what they've got going on up there.

Thanks, Rini! :)