Your Favorite Horror Movies - Page 4

civil_dead · 10-07-2012, 05:11 PM

This is a genre I tend to stay away from (freaks my shit out) but I've always held Let The Right One In (original version) as a modern classic and was sufficiently freaked out by Audition to recommend it to my friends who love horror.

Also, I highly recommend the novel Let The Right One In to anyone, though it will make you want to slit your wrists with its bleakness.

Kelegacy · 10-07-2012, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by frederec

I feel like I've heard nothing but good things about V/H/S so far. I'm looking to watch it.

I DVRd it from HDNet I think and then looking online it says it's a 2012 film that was in theaters as of this past Friday? Is it on DVD as well? I had never heard of it but was looking for movies to record from DirecTV. It was very surprising for a blind record I had never heard of before.

frederec · 10-07-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelegacy

I DVRd it from HDNet I think and then looking online it says it's a 2012 film that was in theaters as of this past Friday? Is it on DVD as well? I had never heard of it but was looking for movies to record from DirecTV. It was very surprising for a blind record I had never heard of before.

Some movies are doing this these days, especially smaller films. A few years ago when Black Sheep came out (the New Zealand set killer sheep movie), I watched it on demand the same weekend it was released in theaters.

It makes sense to me to do this. These are the sorts of movies that usually get more traction on home video release. This way they could get some views even if they're only on very few screens. I could see getting a bunch of friends together at home to watch silly new genre movies.

muddi900 · 10-07-2012, 07:51 PM

Woah there's a killer sheep movie?

frederec · 10-07-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by muddi900

Woah there's a killer sheep movie?

Yes. Don't expect greatness, but it's an amusing little movie. Worth watching once.

Hawkzombie · 10-07-2012, 10:24 PM

The Thing holds two special titles for me:

Best Horror movie of all time
First R Rated Movie I'd Ever seen.

Saw it with my father. It was on TV, and I was transfixed. As a kid I saw a few scenes out of Friday the 13th, Part 2 or 3...and it scared the shit out of me. To the point where I couldn't watch horror movies until my early 20s. However, creature features like The Thing? For some reason they didn't terrify me; they intrigued me so damn much. Still do. My faves are always creature features.

And Saw...guilty pleasure. The first was awesome. Progressively worse after that, but after 4 I'm just invested by then and HAVE to keep watching

muddi900 · 10-13-2012, 02:36 AM

I forgot to mention Triangle, which is a great retelling of the Sisyphus myth as a horror film.

VerseD · 10-13-2012, 04:08 AM

Alien is the only one of my most beloved films to be from the horror genre. It is also science fiction, drawing heavily in that strain on The Thing From Another World, and with a disturbing concept for the alien, perfectly realized by Geiger's design. But it is preeminently a slasher movie: the slow build up, meant to slip you into a routine in a world that feels real, to establish a kind of ground for later events to knock out from under you; the cheap but masterful thrills of the alien striking from darkness and silence; the resourceful young woman as the sole survivor, the rush through the ship, the false endings, and the terrifying climax that she performs half-naked.

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Originally Posted by Krispy

It's interesting to me what makes a film horror and not thriller or a very dark drama or some such. For example, Irreversible contains some of the most horrific pieces of film I have ever seen, but no one would call it a horror film.

I think horror requires an element of the impossible or bizarre, something instantly recognizable to the dark side of the human imagination. Irreversible is horrific because it realistically depicts events that are imminently possible.

Squidbot · 10-16-2012, 03:36 PM

Serapth · 10-16-2012, 03:57 PM

My god did Victor Wong do a lot of movies in the 80s...

Between Prince of Darkness, Golden Child and Big Trouble in Little China, he managed to be a big part of all my favorite 80s flicks.

Dorkandproudofit · 10-16-2012, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Serapth

My god did Victor Wong do a lot of movies in the 80s...

Between Prince of Darkness, Golden Child and Big Trouble in Little China, he managed to be a big part of all my favorite 80s flicks.

Wasn't he the mentor in the 3 Ninjas movies?

bstiff · 10-16-2012, 05:20 PM

An old one but Prince of Darkness has always been one of my favorites.

KillerMcDead · 10-16-2012, 05:39 PM

Silence of the Lambs. I'm not sure if everyone would consider that a horror movie but I always have.

When I saw people talking about Event Horizon, it reminded me of Sunshine. Again, that may be a poor example for a horror movie, but it definitely had horror-flick overtones at the end.

frederec · 10-16-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bstiff

An old one but Prince of Darkness has always been one of my favorites.

Prince of Darkness was odd. I've only seen it once, and it didn't really do it for me. It is the only movie I know of that basically has the Devil portrayed as a vat of green liquid that possesses people.

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Silence of the Lambs. I'm not sure if everyone would consider that a horror movie but I always have.

I think with movies like that, it's all in how you feel like calling it. Regardless of the genre, it's a good movie.

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When I saw people talking about Event Horizon, it reminded me of Sunshine. Again, that may be a poor example for a horror movie, but it definitely had horror-flick overtones at the end.

Sunshine was interesting, but the way its tone switched harshly from hard sci-fi in the first half to slasher flick in the second half made it difficult to really get behind it. If it had been all one or all the other, or if the transition felt more natural (to me), it could have been great.

fitbabits · 10-16-2012, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerMcDead

Silence of the Lambs. I'm not sure if everyone would consider that a horror movie but I always have.

When I saw people talking about Event Horizon, it reminded me of Sunshine. Again, that may be a poor example for a horror movie, but it definitely had horror-flick overtones at the end.

Sunshine on Blu-ray = bought! Thanks for the reminder.

Wasson_ · 10-16-2012, 07:40 PM

ahh...I've always hated it when people call silence of the lambs a "horror" movie. It's basically just a really well done crime drama / thriller.

same with Se7en.

evilgoodwin · 10-16-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Wasson_

ahh...I've always hated it when people call silence of the lambs a "horror" movie. It's basically just a really well done crime drama / thriller.

same with Se7en.

I feel the same way about Jaws.

Only I disagree with you completely.

KillerMcDead · 10-16-2012, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Wasson_

ahh...I've always hated it when people call silence of the lambs a "horror" movie. It's basically just a really well done crime drama / thriller.

same with Se7en.

I dunno man, that's pretty f'ed up for a simple crime drama/thriller.

muddi900 · 10-16-2012, 11:06 PM

I found Silence to be entirely unexciting. Hannibal Lecter was as menacing as a puppy dog.

Widgetcraft · 10-16-2012, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bstiff

An old one but Prince of Darkness has always been one of my favorites.

I like that movie, but I consider it to be the start of the downturn in Carpenter's work.

10-07-2012, 05:11 PM	#61
civil_dead 1% Prick. Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NYC Posts: 2,181	This is a genre I tend to stay away from (freaks my shit out) but I've always held Let The Right One In (original version) as a modern classic and was sufficiently freaked out by Audition to recommend it to my friends who love horror. Also, I highly recommend the novel Let The Right One In to anyone, though it will make you want to slit your wrists with its bleakness. __________________ consider my response to you to be the finger. - Zeal

10-07-2012, 10:24 PM	#66
Hawkzombie The Lord of Shadow Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 17,403 Blog Entries: 3	The Thing holds two special titles for me: Best Horror movie of all time First R Rated Movie I'd Ever seen. Saw it with my father. It was on TV, and I was transfixed. As a kid I saw a few scenes out of Friday the 13th, Part 2 or 3...and it scared the shit out of me. To the point where I couldn't watch horror movies until my early 20s. However, creature features like The Thing? For some reason they didn't terrify me; they intrigued me so damn much. Still do. My faves are always creature features. And Saw...guilty pleasure. The first was awesome. Progressively worse after that, but after 4 I'm just invested by then and HAVE to keep watching __________________ I have a blog. Go read it! PSN/Steam ID - JaynesHat/Hawkzombie There is the crazy HZ and the well refined logic and reasoning HZ. Both are pretty entertaining -Purple Santa I love that Hawk exists to make every decision I make, no matter how self-destructive, look wise by comparison. -Ox I just realized that for the longest time I've been getting you and Karak mixed up. -fitbabits

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Serapth Reigning on your parade. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Happy Hunting Grounds Posts: 9,925 Blog Entries: 3	My god did Victor Wong do a lot of movies in the 80s... Between Prince of Darkness, Golden Child and Big Trouble in Little China, he managed to be a big part of all my favorite 80s flicks. __________________ I did it because I was looking for a project and it was either take over the world... or learn French. So I took over the world.

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Wasson_ The Last Starfighter Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: AREA 88 Posts: 3,811	ahh...I've always hated it when people call silence of the lambs a "horror" movie. It's basically just a really well done crime drama / thriller. same with Se7en. __________________ THE RUSSIANS SENT A TANK TO THE MOON! -O. Urungus

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bstiff Colonist Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,745	An old one but Prince of Darkness has always been one of my favorites.

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