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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:46 pm    Post subject: Favorite horror movies

Tis the season, looking for some good ones. Go!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:07 pm    Post subject:

Lots of different sub genres... Some of the top...

Poltergeist
It
Exorcist (scariest film I've ever seen)
The Thing (Kurt Russell version)
The Mist
Evil Dead (the recent remake was pretty creepy)
Cabin in the Woods

There are a lot more I'm probably forgetting
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:11 pm    Post subject:

I second Cabin in the Woods. Watch The Ring if you haven't seen it yet. Rec and Rec 2 are underrated (since they're not in english, you'll have to watch subtitles) but awesome. Oculus was decent. The Conjuring was really good too.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:31 pm    Post subject:

Just re-watched "The Shining" (Kubrick version) again the other night. So good. It never gets old to me and remains as proof you can make scary movies without over-reliance on special effects, cheap scare tactics, or appealing to the lowest levels of humanity. The Shining is an example of good directing, acting, camera work, location, make up, and musical score.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:47 pm    Post subject:

American Pimp

Oh ... you said "horror" movies.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:52 pm    Post subject:

Any good, recent foreign horror movies? Spain usually puts out some good ones and so do the Asian countries but I haven't heard of any in the last 3-4 years.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:10 pm    Post subject:

American Werewolf, The Thing, Creepshow, Return Of The Living Dead (85), Silver Bullet, Carrie, The Shining. Not horror movies, per se, I like most 80s flicks. A lot of them have a hokey, comedic element, accidental or intentional. Most King adaptations are inherently enjoyable.

Exorcist 1 is a great film, gimmicky, but very effective for its day. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) is one of the few movies I've ever seen that I would call a work of art for its technique, almost vile seediness, and boldness. Oddest thing about it is that it was held in pretty high regard in its day by movie snobs and intellectual types. Both films are notorious for the obvious, but there's an unflinching element to both that haven't been recreated in many future attempts. Studios, distributors, etc don't have the stomach to offend the milquetoast among us that they had in the 70s. They don't really work too hard for their Satanic possession or slasher film to make a statement. Most conventional dramas don't even do that any more.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:12 pm    Post subject:

Pet Sematary

Paranormal Activity

The People Under the Stairs

Tales from the Hood

El Orfanato

The Blob

Prince of Darkness

The Shining

Night of the Living Dead (1990 version)

28 Days Later

The Day After

Miracle Mile

The Blair Witch Project

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

C.H.U.D.S. II: Bud The Chud

Ghoulies 2
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:49 pm    Post subject:

I knew I'd see The Shining a few times in here. Confession: I've yet to watch it in it's entirety but I am making a point to finally sit down and see the whole movie. American Werewolf in London is also on my list, partially because Arclight Presents is having screenings and also a friend really really enjoys that movie and he has good taste in movies.

Some recent movies I saw that stumbled across and were pretty good were "At The Devil's Door" and "Wer".

The recent Eric Bana one "Deliver us from Evil" was pretty good but really not much different from any of the other paranormal horror movies that have popped up since the first PA was a huge success.

Really enjoyed The Conjuring, Insidious(1, not 2) and Sinister was pretty damn creepy too.

As a kid the Halloween movies were the scariest movies to me, not so much now although I did enjoy the Rob Zombie reboots.

Cabin in the Woods is definitely a fave because it's got such a great balance of being kinda creepy, extremely campy and relatively original considering it is a "cabin in the woods" story yet weird enough to make you sit on the edge of your seat think "What the bleep is going on?! This is pretty bad but I can't stop watching. I have to know just how ridiculous this will get!"
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:05 pm    Post subject:

American Werewolf in London
Return of the Living Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Young Frankenstein
Cabin in the Woods
Drag Me to Hell
The Shining
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Day of the Dead
Mulholland Drive

Honorable Mentions: Gremlins 1 & 2, The House of the Devil, Bride of Frankenstein, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Evil Dead series, Halloween (1987), Eraserhead, The Mist, Psycho (1960), Alien

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:10 pm    Post subject:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose(highly underrated)
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:00 pm    Post subject:

numero-ocho wrote:
Just re-watched "The Shining" (Kubrick version) again the other night. So good. It never gets old to me and remains as proof you can make scary movies without over-reliance on special effects, cheap scare tactics, or appealing to the lowest levels of humanity. The Shining is an example of good directing, acting, camera work, location, make up, and musical score.


Love the movie, Kubrick, and Jack, but I thought the musical score was its only flaw. I found the music to be overbearing and distracting.

And of course, as I'm sure you're aware, I have to mention the great Simpsons parody of it in season 6. Here's the only decent clip I could find
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:14 pm    Post subject:

Am I the only one who roots for Jack in his attempts to murder his family?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:15 pm    Post subject:

Bud Abbot and Lou Costello meet the Wolf Man
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:18 pm    Post subject:

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The Shining. Not horror movies, per se, I like most 80s flicks. A lot of them have a hokey, comedic element, accidental or intentional. Most King adaptations are inherently enjoyable.


Interesting to note that King doesn't like Kubrick's Shining https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uZr1gaAOin4#t=38

King even wrote a TV version of it in 1997 that I haven't seen, but I've heard it's pretty terrible.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:21 pm    Post subject:

Not really a horror film but a good foreign thriller

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:25 pm    Post subject:

Gotta add The Omen to this list.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:29 pm    Post subject:

Grammer wrote:
Not really a horror film but a good foreign thriller

I saw the devil

Is that the movie where people were trapped in a elevator?

A lady whose child was killed by one of the people in a car accident was on the elevator?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:32 pm    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
Grammer wrote:
Not really a horror film but a good foreign thriller

I saw the devil

Is that the movie where people were trapped in a elevator?

A lady whose child was killed by one of the people in a car accident was on the elevator?


No it's a Korean thriller about cannibals and super agents.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:49 pm    Post subject:

Grammer wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Grammer wrote:
Not really a horror film but a good foreign thriller

I saw the devil

Is that the movie where people were trapped in a elevator?

A lady whose child was killed by one of the people in a car accident was on the elevator?


No it's a Korean thriller about cannibals and super agents.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/



Another good Korean horror/thriller.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646959/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


Less super-agents but more deranged people.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:24 pm    Post subject:

Not a super huge fan of slasher films... the supernatural/demonic ones are a whole other story. I'd rather take on Jason or Michael Myers than some creepy kid with big eyes and dressed in 1950's attire. LOL

Vampire Movies :
Lost Boys
Fright Night (80's version)
From Dusk til Dawn (one of my all time faves)

Werewolf Movies :
American Werewolf in London
Silver Bullet (debating whether or not I should let my kids watch this)
The Howling
Dog Soldiers (I've never seen this, but have heard that it's awesome form many different people)

Another great 80's / horror/ comedy film was Monster Squad. It's like the Goonies vs the classic Universal monsters.


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:32 pm    Post subject:

one of the most recent ones that freaked me out was Sinister. Very well made and the whole atmosphere of the movie was dark and creepy.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:35 pm    Post subject:

I Saw the Devil
Oldboy (not the US version)
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:26 pm    Post subject:

Evil Dead 2 with Bruce Campbell.

He's the king of the B movies.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:26 am    Post subject:

Antichrist, starring Willem Dafoe.

Its.....disturbing. Its on another level. I grew up on horror classics and have seen almost everything in this thread so far, but this flick...smh.

Honorable mention recent movies:
We are what we are
Shaitan
Anabelle (Too Soon?)
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