The Horror...

[Esp Griffyn]

Who likes Horror films?

Post here to rant and rave about your favourite horror films, and why you love them so much.

I must say, I enjoy japanese horror films greatly, they have a great style to them. I watched the Ring 2 this morning, the original japanese version. Im waiting with anticipation for the American version to come out, but I am aware that they may have ruined it.

I dont like the way the American directors take the subtlty out of the films, the all encompassing fear of the orignal will likely be taken away as the Director shows us the ghost Sadako at every oppertunity.

Anyway, what are your favourite horror films? :evil:

[ToRidTheDisease]

The Ring 2 has been out man.

I'm a huge horror film fan.

[Double Bass Jim]

I love em and will watch pretty much anything in the horror genre good or bad. I perfer the older style movies before CGI crap and lame hollywood quick cam productions. But overall im a huge fan.

Obviously a halloween fan got Doc loomis for an avatar
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[Interstate]

I still haven't seen The Ring 1 yet :upset:

I love the '50's 'Creature Feature' films.

[Interstate]

I love em and will watch pretty much anything in the horror genre good or bad. I perfer the older style movies before CGI crap and lame hollywood quick cam productions. But overall im a huge fan.

Obviously a halloween fan got Doc loomis for an avatar
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Couldn't have said it better myself.

Films such as Halloween and Night Of The Living Dead are how horror films should be made. Without all the stupid CGI effects ruining the plot.

[Esp Griffyn]

The Ring 2 has been out man.

I'm a huge horror film fan.

Not in England, I think it comes out tomorrow...

[ToRidTheDisease]

Ah, okay. I'll tell you this much, it's not worth it.

[Grey Incision]

definatly not

post your opinions in 3 different categories

goriest
scariest
best all round horror film

i think it'd be interesting to see which movie people think is the scariest

Goriest-Cannibal holocaust(fvcking wrong movie here)
Scariest-Ju-on, The grudge
Best all round-Terra firma

Anyone else?

[Gnarmageddon]

I like some horror, mainly the really old cheesy kind. I'm not into the stuff that'll scare the **** out of you. Zombie movies are the greatest.

[ToRidTheDisease]

Goriest - Cannibal Holocaust
Scariest - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Both)
Best All Round - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Both)

[Double Bass Jim]

It's hard to say really, I could never specificaly point to one movie and say it was the best. For me night of the living dead really had a big effect, there was nothing like that and it's dismal zero hope for the character presentation can't be beat. It's just a pure horror film to the root.

The first halloween was great too, it was filmed and excuted perfectly leaving the viewer with an incredible uneasy and paranoid feeling. It was also faily realistic with the sneaking and stalking portions, you can't screw with mikey ;)

[Kif]

The Japanese Ring 2 is different from the American Ring 2 by the way

I was gonna watch that, but I watched Rounders instead

[Grey Incision]

well, i got a WORST movie ever..................Jason X..........what a load of sh!t

[Double Bass Jim]

Hahah, yea that was bad. I still watched it though.

[Grey Incision]

ahaha, still had a decent kill though, with the freezing and the smashing

[Double Bass Jim]

Haha yea, you can always count on big J for quality kills. He's the master of killing people.

He had one of my all time fav's actually, when he put that chick in the sleeping bag and did a giant swing with it and slammed her into a tree haha man that was great!

[Interstate]

Haha yea, you can always count on big J for quality kills. He's the master of killing people.

He had one of my all time fav's actually, when he put that chick in the sleeping bag and did a giant swing with it and slammed her into a tree haha man that was great!

Man I need to see that - was that off Jason X?

[Grey Incision]

nah, that was jason goes to hell, i think

[Double Bass Jim]

Naa it was from an earlier friday the 13th, I get them all mixed up so im not sure.

[Grey Incision]

i don't really have a favourite kill.............i should find one really....

[Interstate]

nah, that was jason goes to hell, i think

Alright thanks, I'll check it out.

Naa it was from an earlier friday the 13th, I get them all mixed up so im not sure.

Yeah there are so many of them it's a joke.

[Grey Incision]

well, up until number 4/5 it was decent....................and then.................well...................yeah.. ......sucks ahoy

[Double Bass Jim]

But there all great, sure there cheesy and poorly made but i'll be dammed if they don't provide some great entertainment. I know everytime I watch any jason movie im usualy busting up laughing from start to finish. That to me = :thumb:

[Grey Incision]

hahaha, that's true, texas chainsaw massacre 2 had me laughing all throughout, especially the star wars like chainsaw battle between leatherface and the sheriff, that was pure gold

[Double Bass Jim]

Haha yea that kinda stuff is great, I mean you KNOW what your getting into so it should be enjoyed for the comedy and cheese factor. I love watchin bad movies man haha.

[Grey Incision]

haha, bloody oath, i would rather a cheesy but hilarious movie than a hollywood peice of junk

found a best kill too...................Evil dead, where the guy gets the lawnmower and rips the zombies apart, haha, classic

[Double Bass Jim]

Haha thats just sheer fun.

[Squiggle]

found a best kill too...................Evil dead, where the guy gets the lawnmower and rips the zombies apart, haha, classic

Thats Braindead, not The Evil Dead.



Braindead. Good times.

Edit- the smashing a girl into a tree in a sleepingbag is in one of the earlier Jason films, but in Jason X doesnt he beat that girl to death with the other girl in the sleeping bag ?

[Grey Incision]

thanks for correcting me :)

And i'm not too sure, not a big jason fan

[Squiggle]

oic

I loved the first few Jason films, a bit of mindless cheese is always good, but by the time the 6th,7th etc were rolling in, it was just getting beyond stupid.

[Esp Griffyn]

Nightmare on Elm street started good, got a bit cheesy. There was a really cool bit in one of those films where Freddy got the ligaments in a guys arms and legs and made him into a string puppet, then walked him off a roof top.

[Grey Incision]

haha, yes, that was cool

freddy had some really creative kills too

[Double Bass Jim]

Freddys awesome, he's a funny guy too.

[Squiggle]

There's a lack of killers with a funny side these days, its just not on.

To be honest i thought this thread would be about Apocalypse Now when i saw the title.

[Esp Griffyn]

Is the Japanese original version of the grudge any good?

I loved the American Remake, and for that they used the same director as the orginal, but gave him a bigger budget, so the original should kick *** amirite?

[Squiggle]

I hear the original is much better than the remake, and with the same director, theyre not gonna be vastly different at all.

[humph42]

Yep, old school horror > new stuff. Especially films like 'I know what you did last summer' etc. My favourites would have to be 'Dawn Of the Dead', 'Evil Dead', and 'Braindead' (starting to see a connection ;)).

[Esp Griffyn]

Yep, old school horror > new stuff. Especially films like 'I know what you did last summer' etc. My favourites would have to be 'Dawn Of the Dead', 'Evil Dead', and 'Braindead' (starting to see a connection ;)).

I wasnt a Fan of the "I know what you did" films, just more teenagers in trouble crap I thought.

[humph42]

I wasnt a Fan of the "I know what you did" films, just more teenagers in trouble crap I thought.

Yeah, the worst one IMHO was Roadkill. It became so predictable I was almost falling asleep.

[Esp Griffyn]

Yeah, the worst one IMHO was Roadkill. It became so predictable I was almost falling asleep.

Jeepers Creepers 1+2 sucked as well

[humph42]

Jeepers Creepers 1+2 sucked as well

I couldn't even be bothered to see either of those.

Anyone seen 'The Thing' (John Carpenter version). That's a bloody good film!

[Esp Griffyn]

YES!

YES!

I love that film!

[humph42]

John Carpenter is a legend. Him, Raimi, and Romero are my horror hero's.

[Double Bass Jim]

Same here.

[Gnarmageddon]

Nightmare on Elm street started good, got a bit cheesy. There was a really cool bit in one of those films where Freddy got the ligaments in a guys arms and legs and made him into a string puppet, then walked him off a roof top.

On Halloween every year here, there's a Nightmare On Elm Street marathon on TV. I can remember the first time I watched it when I was like 10 and being scared shitless. Great movies though.

[Lionheart1827]

Yeah CGI is ruining a lot of good things. Take Top Gun for example. There will probably NEVER be a military movie with that kind of filming EVER again. It costs too much, especially when you can BS it in CGI. :thumb:

And I miss the old school horror movies with the crappy special effects. It made it ten times scarier. :thumb:

[humph42]

Same here.

What do you think of 'Creepshow'? Great film IMHO. Have you seen Monkey Shines? My mate just got it on DVD, so I'm gonna have to watch that soon.

[Incognito]

What do you think of 'Creepshow'? Great film IMHO. Have you seen Monkey Shines? My mate just got it on DVD, so I'm gonna have to watch that soon.


Creepshow rocks man, the creature in the crate is my fav. story but, seeing Stephen King play a stupid hillbilly brings a smile to my face. :)

Speaking of Stephen King, what do we think about his books turned into movies?

I must say the best was Maximum Overdrive (ok ok, I know it wasen't a book)and if you dissagree here are my reasons:

- Soundtrack entirely by AC/DC
- Actually had a creepy looking truck (The Green goblin looking one)
- Yeardly Smith is in it and I'm pretty sure she voices Lisa Simpson
- An ATM calls Stephen King (in his cameo) an asshole
- Kid getting run over by a steamroller followed by the head split scene
- Guy gets shot in the balls by a pop vending machine
- and of course EMILIO!

Ok, after reading that, how could you not like it? It's pure cheese fun.

[Esp Griffyn]

Yeah CGI is ruining a lot of good things. Take Top Gun for example. There will probably NEVER be a military movie with that kind of filming EVER again. It costs too much, especially when you can BS it in CGI. :thumb:

And I miss the old school horror movies with the crappy special effects. It made it ten times scarier. :thumb:

Top gun was ace, with all of those real jets.

I agree, CGI has taken a lot of skill out of hands on film making, take Carpenter's "The thing", it was all done with make up, 1 robot and a tiny bit of stop animation, it didnt have all the big money of todays productions, but it was still ace.

Has anyone seen The remake of "The toolbox Murders"?

I hear itsa grisly horror film, remade by the same people that remade the Texas Chainsaw massacre, so it should be good. They do it old skool, with no CG

[humph42]

Creepshow rocks man, the creature in the crate is my fav. story but, seeing Stephen King play a stupid hillbilly brings a smile to my face. :)

Speaking of Stephen King, what do we think about his books turned into movies?

I must say the best was Maximum Overdrive (ok ok, I know it wasen't a book)and if you dissagree here are my reasons:

- Soundtrack entirely by AC/DC
- Actually had a creepy looking truck (The Green goblin looking one)
- Yeardly Smith is in it and I'm pretty sure she voices Lisa Simpson
- An ATM calls Stephen King (in his cameo) an asshole
- Kid getting run over by a steamroller followed by the head split scene
- Guy gets shot in the balls by a pop vending machine
- and of course EMILIO!

Ok, after reading that, how could you not like it? It's pure cheese fun.

I have to see that film :D

[Esp Griffyn]

Im probably gonna go see Ring 2 (the new version) tomorrow night.

There is a cool shop in my city which sells loads of obscure cult horrors, and Japanese horrors. I might spend a bit of cash theresome time.

[ToRidTheDisease]

Jeepers Creepers 1+2 sucked as well
The sad thing is, Jeepers Creepers 1 had an amazing/freaky intro to it. It could've been so much better.

[EvIL_ToASTER_OVEN]

Braindead was a great film. So was Cube (mainly for the deaths).

[Esp Griffyn]

Id like to see Cube, thats the film where the people have to navigate a maze of rooms which a different type of death in each right?


13 Ghosts is a kickass horror too :D

[EvIL_ToASTER_OVEN]

Id like to see Cube, thats the film where the people have to navigate a maze of rooms which a different type of death in each right?


13 Ghosts is a kickass horror too :D
Yeah, that's cube. The deaths are really inventive. I loved one in the beggining where a guy is cut up into peices by wire mesh. Really effing cool.

Thirteen Ghosts was cool too. I laughed so hard when the guy got cut in half by the glass door in the basement. I was like:" :eek: WOW that would NEVER happen :lol: "

[Esp Griffyn]

Yeah, that's cube. The deaths are really inventive. I loved one in the beggining where a guy is cut up into peices by wire mesh. Really effing cool.

Thirteen Ghosts was cool too. I laughed so hard when the guy got cut in half by the glass door in the basement. I was like:" :eek: WOW that would NEVER happen :lol: "

the glass would so inevitably break :lol:

[benfan]

anyone seen the changeling?, the part where the wheelchair spins round and chases her is so freaky.

[Pop music sucks]

Is the Japanese original version of the grudge any good?

I loved the American Remake, and for that they used the same director as the orginal, but gave him a bigger budget, so the original should kick *** amirite?It is way better. I saw Ju-On: The Grudge before I saw the American version. I think that the American version sucks compared to the original. All the suspenseful build-up was stripped away for the casual 14 second American attention span.

And I just watched A Tale of Two Sisters, that movie was freaky. The end just completely blows you away, but makes sense if you pick it apart. The more disturbing scenes are the dinner scene, the dream scene, and one of
Su-Yeon's scenes.

The Eye wasn't so bad either. It has a great atmosphere to it. I thought the calligraphy scene was spine tingling. The flashbacks of the village were intense, had to be worse for the clairvoyent woman. And the "Help me Mother" scene was nerve-racking.

That's what I like about Asian horror movies, it's more psychological and character driven, rather than American studios and their flashy special effects and visual scares.

[Gnarmageddon]

I must say the best was Maximum Overdrive (ok ok, I know it wasen't a book)and if you dissagree here are my reasons:

- Soundtrack entirely by AC/DC
- Actually had a creepy looking truck (The Green goblin looking one)
- Yeardly Smith is in it and I'm pretty sure she voices Lisa Simpson
- An ATM calls Stephen King (in his cameo) an asshole
- Kid getting run over by a steamroller followed by the head split scene
- Guy gets shot in the balls by a pop vending machine
- and of course EMILIO!

Ok, after reading that, how could you not like it? It's pure cheese fun.

I remember watching that when I was a little kid. I didn't know what it was though. I remember the pop machine scene. I'd like to see it again.

[Esp Griffyn]

That's what I like about Asian horror movies, it's more psychological and character driven, rather than American studios and their flashy special effects and visual scares.

Preach on man, I love the physcological fear of Asian films.

search for Asian Tartan Extreme in google, Im pretty sure they are the company getting all these films to the US and Europe form Asia. They should have a good list,possibly even a mail order service.

[Jed_The_Avenger]

I like watching old B-class horror movies, just because they are so cheesy. Some can actually almost be scary

[Evil Clown Liquor]

The Eye wasn't so bad either. It has a great atmosphere to it. I thought the calligraphy scene was spine tingling. The flashbacks of the village were intense, had to be worse for the clairvoyent woman. And the "Help me Mother" scene was nerve-racking.


Remember the elevator part?

That entire time I was thinking "...turn...around!!".

[conspiracy_rocker3]

Cannibal Holocaust


Cool, Cannibal Holocaust is always good fun..

I've never really been a big horror film, but I'm down with some of the old German expressionist horror films, Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari being my favorites.

[Grey Incision]

Is the Japanese original version of the grudge any good?

I loved the American Remake, and for that they used the same director as the orginal, but gave him a bigger budget, so the original should kick *** amirite?

see a post i made earlier Ju-on:the grudge owns any other movie for scariness, it's the only movie that's really ever had me piss myself because i was so freaked out, it's bloody amazing, check it out. After i saw it, i was up for the whole night, because i thought i heard footsteps above me

[humph42]

Cool, Cannibal Holocaust is always good fun..


Did you know they killed real animals in that? :amaze:

Sick sick film.

[Esp Griffyn]

Im thinking of Buying Ring 0 sometime, its a Prequel to the 1ast Ring film, sounds good.

[Pop music sucks]

Remember the elevator part?

That entire time I was thinking "...turn...around!!".That was pretty intense, I was hoping for the elevator to hurry up, and then the light slowed down at 7. But the guy slowly moved over, and then the camera shows his feet, which weren't on the ground.

That was also another intense scene, and the report card kid was just weird.

I liked how the camera was out of focus to show us how it looks like through her eyes when there's a freaky part.

[Esp Griffyn]

And I just watched A Tale of Two Sisters, that movie was freaky. The end just completely blows you away, but makes sense if you pick it apart. The more disturbing scenes are the dinner scene, the dream scene, and one of
Su-Yeon's scenes.

The Eye wasn't so bad either. It has a great atmosphere to it. I thought the calligraphy scene was spine tingling. The flashbacks of the village were intense, had to be worse for the clairvoyent woman. And the "Help me Mother" scene was nerve-racking.

I saw trailers for those 2 films on my "Battle Royal II" dvd, they look intense, Im gonna have to buy them soon!