The Horror Movie thread Options

[AdrienAsche]

Me and my sister tried watching Silence of the Lambs when I was around 11, but had to stop once Buffalo Bill got that woman into the back of his van and checked her measurements.

I'm actually looking forward to Scream 4 ( or Scre4m.... ). It's out in April, isn't it?

I'm not sure, but I too am looking forward to it. Hopefully Sharon Osbourne has been keeping an eye on it, because "Let Me Hear You Scream" is BEGGING to be the song over the credits.

As for my recommendations: I echo those who say the original Halloween. I think true horror is somewhat out of fashion, but I'd also suggest Nosferatu. It's not scary, yet it can still make your skin crawl. And for modern stuff, Let the Right One In is spectacular.

[madpower]

'Let Me In' whilst it does look very similar to 'Let the right one in' it is meant to have a completely different feel, I never really understand why people write off a film just because it is 'cool' to like the original. The good reviews have even come from people who were dead against the remake because they claim the original was almost perfect.

The same thing happened with Quarantine, loads of people say it is crap, but it is almost identical to Rec, I enjoy both, yes Rec is better, but Quarantine is a very good remake.

As for Martyrs I was little disappointed in that, the opening 30mins or so were brilliant but then I just became a little bored, and the end.... disappointing.

[alansmith:)]

Me and my sister tried watching Silence of the Lambs when I was around 11, but had to stop once Buffalo Bill got that woman into the back of his van and checked her measurements.

I'm actually looking forward to Scream 4 ( or Scre4m.... ). It's out in April, isn't it?

I'm not sure, but I too am looking forward to it. Hopefully Sharon Osbourne has been keeping an eye on it, because "Let Me Hear You Scream" is BEGGING to be the song over the credits.

As for my recommendations: I echo those who say the original Halloween. I think true horror is somewhat out of fashion, but I'd also suggest Nosferatu. It's not scary, yet it can still make your skin crawl. And for modern stuff, Let the Right One In is spectacular.

Nosferatu was actually terrifying! His face just staring at her, it was so freaky, and it's silent so it's more eerie.

Can't wait for Scream 4, the lovely Adam Brody is in it

[guylikeu]

I like the old Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th, but as proven throughout film history, their sequels kind of suck.

I actually think the Elm Street sequels are quite good. Dream Warriors, for me, is better than the original. New Nightmare is right up there, a very clever film and so far ahead of it's time in terms of self-awareness and irony. Even Freddy's Dead (the series lowpoint) has the odd moment

[Sam Hain]

Se7en is not a horror film as such but it is disturbing. I actually prefer films that "creep me out" so I like something like Carnival of Souls or The Baby. Not horror films really...more weird.

[AlexKidd]

^^ Eraserhead. (The film, not Sam)

This post has been edited by AlexKidd: Sep 23 2010, 08:37

[Sam Hain]

Yes! Great film... a nightmare on celluloid!

[Jonnycondom]

I was actually talking about A Serbian Movie with one of my friends at work today, and then someone else overheard and then this proceeded to me telling about 6 people in the lab. I actually blurted out "and erm...theres a scene where a guy shags a newborn baby". It was literally like something out of an awkward english comedy show because of the horrible silence afterwards. And now everyone at work thinks I'm a freak.

Marvellous.



This post has been edited by Jonnycondom: Sep 23 2010, 18:45

[dixie]

Write that down down for when you write your sitcom!

[alansmith:)]

I like the old Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th, but as proven throughout film history, their sequels kind of suck.

I actually think the Elm Street sequels are quite good. Dream Warriors, for me, is better than the original. New Nightmare is right up there, a very clever film and so far ahead of it's time in terms of self-awareness and irony. Even Freddy's Dead (the series lowpoint) has the odd moment

I liked Dream Warriors but it isn't near the original.
Plus, [SPOILER] Nancy dies

They were just getting worse and worse, Wes Craven saved the franchise with New Nightmare,
in my opinion.

I was actually talking about A Serbian Movie with one of my friends at work today, and then someone else overheard and then this proceeded to me telling about 6 people in the lab. I actually blurted out "and erm...theres a scene where a guy shags a newborn baby". It was literally like something out of an awkward english comedy show because of the horrible silence afterwards. And now everyone at work thinks I'm a freak.

Marvellous.

a boy in my film class at college was on about that film the other day for no apparent reason, the rest of us were in shock to what he had just said.

[cohabskilohm]

can anyone please reccomend some good scary horror films only just getting into them i want something thats going to make me jump
so far ive watched
cabin fever 1 + 2, drag me to hell, the descent, baby sitter wanted,shrooms and most of the saw films all the freddy and jason films and quite a few adaptations of stephen king as i love his books
any suggestions would be welcome new films and old

Anything with Madonna in it. You won't sleep for a week

[Sam Hain]

Helter Skelter (1976) is chilling (and long TV movie if you see the original version) documenting the Charles Manson Tate/LaBianca murders in 1969 with a terrifying performance by Steve Railsback as Manson.

I've seen a lot of films based on these murders and this is definitely the best...very chilling.

This post has been edited by Sam Hain: Sep 24 2010, 16:32

[dill18ox]

Asian horror is very popular, particularly japanese horor or j-horor as its known. previously mentioned films like the grudge (or ju on) are quite good for build up and sudden scares, whilst audition leads up to one of the most disturbing scenes i had scene. i would also recomend the ring films, orginal and remake as i have never actually seen the original japanese version to my own shame but looks just as terrifying, especially the third one which was a prequel.
Uzumaki is wierd but the ending, where they show the victims again in almost like a crime scene photo, are really disturbing and scary. i got a whole list somwhere, ill see if i can find them.

[Lonely1992]

The original of 'THE EYE' is pretty awesome too...

[John84]

[quote name='Sam Hain' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:15' post='1520793']
Carnival of Souls

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I've got that on DVD! Nice little film, though quite basic. There's another unassuming 'basic' film I saw the other day which was OK (though modern) - Dead End. Not a classic but worth a look.

[quote name='alansmith:)' date='Sep 23 2010, 21:10' post='1521122']
New Nightmare is right up there, a very clever film and so far ahead of it's time in terms of self-awareness and irony. Even Freddy's Dead (the series lowpoint) has the odd moment
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Nooooooooo I hated New Nightmare.

And someone told me about that 'Serbian Film' a week or so back....I'm still traumatised by the synopsis. Not something you'd want to buy blind

[AdamBrodyFan]

Fragile is one of the best horror movies I have ever seen, it's brilliant.

This post has been edited by AdamBrodyFan: Sep 24 2010, 19:43

[dill18ox]

Asian horror is very popular, particularly japanese horor or j-horor as its known. previously mentioned films like the grudge (or ju on) are quite good for build up and sudden scares, whilst audition leads up to one of the most disturbing scenes i had scene. i would also recomend the ring films, orginal and remake as i have never actually seen the original japanese version to my own shame but looks just as terrifying, especially the third one which was a prequel.
Uzumaki is wierd but the ending, where they show the victims again in almost like a crime scene photo, are really disturbing and scary. i got a whole list somwhere, ill see if i can find them.

ok here is a list of what i consider to be good horror movies (ill put in captions if their subtitled):
-The strangers. dear god there is nothing more scary than having maniacs hiding somwhere in your house
waiting for you, amazing film. watch it alone. at night. i dare you.
-Phodia (thai). 4 short horror movies. the first 2 and last one are your typical jump horrors, but the stories
are really good. i especially like the first as again our protaganist is alone in her house, really good to
watch on your own in the dark. i needed to be in a room with somone afterwards it was that scary.
-battle royale (japanese). not exactly a horror movie other than the concept of a goverment kidnapping
teenagers and forcing them to kill eachother as part of some bogus army plan.
-Rec & quarentine (rec is spanish) i hate and love zombies for the same reason: they scare the shit out of
me. like 28 days later these zombies are fast and to make it worse, as the english title sugests, our
protagognists are under quarentine in a hotel with the zombies running rampant inside. and its all done
from someones handheld camera, which means u see the fast zombies as the protagonist sees them: in
your face!
- sean of the dead. more a comedy than a horror, but still has some gruesome scenes and your classic
stereotypes from zombie movies, eg the hot chick, the hero, the asshole etc. and its in britain, probably
the first zombie film made in britain.
-IT!!!!!!!!!!! why has nobody said this one yet!! its the epitiny of clown fear! i know the op said he had seen
most steven kings films but it still deserves a mention. it wasnt till i found out it was tim curry doing IT in
the moviie but i was still scared when i watched it. i mean its a friggin clown that eats children! im just glad
he didnt do it on screen.
-Tokyo gore police (Japanese). to this day i have not watched it all the way through, but if you want a gore
fest horror movie look no further, this film is a ridiculas blood bath that has a guy propelling himself
through the air on jets of blood coming out of his mutated severed legs.
i could go on and on, might add some more later including ones i havent seen outright but heard good
thing about. right now im gona give Tokyo gore police another shot.

[angelfan]

Asian horror is very popular, particularly japanese horor or j-horor as its known. previously mentioned films like the grudge (or ju on) are quite good for build up and sudden scares, whilst audition leads up to one of the most disturbing scenes i had scene. i would also recomend the ring films, orginal and remake as i have never actually seen the original japanese version to my own shame but looks just as terrifying, especially the third one which was a prequel.
Uzumaki is wierd but the ending, where they show the victims again in almost like a crime scene photo, are really disturbing and scary. i got a whole list somwhere, ill see if i can find them.

ok here is a list of what i consider to be good horror movies (ill put in captions if their subtitled):
-The strangers. dear god there is nothing more scary than having maniacs hiding somwhere in your house
waiting for you, amazing film. watch it alone. at night. i dare you.
-Phodia (thai). 4 short horror movies. the first 2 and last one are your typical jump horrors, but the stories
are really good. i especially like the first as again our protaganist is alone in her house, really good to
watch on your own in the dark. i needed to be in a room with somone afterwards it was that scary.
-battle royale (japanese). not exactly a horror movie other than the concept of a goverment kidnapping
teenagers and forcing them to kill eachother as part of some bogus army plan.
-Rec & quarentine (rec is spanish) i hate and love zombies for the same reason: they scare the shit out of
me. like 28 days later these zombies are fast and to make it worse, as the english title sugests, our
protagognists are under quarentine in a hotel with the zombies running rampant inside. and its all done
from someones handheld camera, which means u see the fast zombies as the protagonist sees them: in
your face!
- sean of the dead. more a comedy than a horror, but still has some gruesome scenes and your classic
stereotypes from zombie movies, eg the hot chick, the hero, the asshole etc. and its in britain, probably
the first zombie film made in britain.
-IT!!!!!!!!!!! why has nobody said this one yet!! its the epitiny of clown fear! i know the op said he had seen
most steven kings films but it still deserves a mention. it wasnt till i found out it was tim curry doing IT in
the moviie but i was still scared when i watched it. i mean its a friggin clown that eats children! im just glad
he didnt do it on screen.
-Tokyo gore police (Japanese). to this day i have not watched it all the way through, but if you want a gore
fest horror movie look no further, this film is a ridiculas blood bath that has a guy propelling himself
through the air on jets of blood coming out of his mutated severed legs.
i could go on and on, might add some more later including ones i havent seen outright but heard good
thing about. right now im gona give Tokyo gore police another shot.

I did watch The Strangers alone in the dark and it didn't really do much for me.

I LOVE "IT"! And although it was a tv movie/mini-series the full length original Salem's Lot was great.

[Sam Hain]

- sean of the dead. more a comedy than a horror, but still has some gruesome scenes and your classic
stereotypes from zombie movies, eg the hot chick, the hero, the asshole etc. and its in britain, probably
the first zombie film made in britain.

Probably not because there is also Plague of the Zombies a Hammer Film Production from 1966 and then The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue from 1974 an Italian/Spanish co-production shot in Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire (as well as interiors shot in Italy and Spain).


This post has been edited by Sam Hain: Sep 24 2010, 22:14

[dill18ox]

- sean of the dead. more a comedy than a horror, but still has some gruesome scenes and your classic
stereotypes from zombie movies, eg the hot chick, the hero, the asshole etc. and its in britain, probably
the first zombie film made in britain.

Probably not because there is also Plague of the Zombies a Hammer Film Production from 1966 and then The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue from 1974 an Italian/Spanish co-production shot in Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire (as well as interiors shot in Italy and Spain).

ok well ones that are really well known. i suppose you could count 28 days later as well, but alot of people say their not zombies since their technically not dead, just really pissed off.
ive been looking at a website that lists and shows asian horror movie clips, here is a title and a half.. ready

[size=4]Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Killer Pussy
[size=1] why do i get the feeling the last one will be like teeth. thats not a horror movie by the way thats just a bunch of religious crap trying to pass of as horror "i was raped by a boy and now im not a virgin and loved by god anymore, guess i can be as much of a slut as i want and kill people by ripping off their penis with my crodile minge." or am i the only one who saw it that way? seriously she threw away her purity ring after getting raped, has sex with a guy who starts off being nice to her before kinda raping her since shes pissed outa her skull, and then wakes up looking like shes been seducing boys all her life and suddenly knows how to move her hips and shit like a pro despite the fact both her first times were pretty much rape. i know that sounds harsh but seriously, watch it, its ridiculous how this shy young woman who sees sex as such a big sin suddenly straddles a guy who took advantage of her and getting into it within a matter of seconds.

This post has been edited by dill18ox: Sep 24 2010, 23:15