Ireland ever going to make a decent horror movie?

Dublindude69

Having just suffered through the POS known as The Daisy Chain it got me thinking about the state of horror movies in Ireland. I don't know if I have seen every Irish horror movie but the ones I have have been awful. To list them off we have Shrooms, Isolation, The Daisy Chain and Boy Eats Girl. Ireland can make good movies (War Of The Buttons, The Guard, Intermission to name a few) so why have we yet to make a somewhat entertaining horror flick?
I get the impression watching the movies (Especally Shrooms) that the people making them don't watch horror flicks and don't seem to have a clue what makes them good. I'd bet they are hoping to get a hollywood movie as we have seen recently with alot of foreign film makers making horror movies then getting a hollywood picture.

Nolanger

Dublindude69 wrote: »

so why have we yet to make a somewhat entertaining horror flick?

To make a good horror flick you must operate OUTSIDE of the system. People who receive state funding are part of the system and must follow the 'rules'. Also, most filmmakers in this country are not 'horror directors'. It's just a j.o.b. to them.

eamor

Seerthemovie.com

Original story,shot on a tiny budget on location (kildare). Most,if not all involved worked for free,or v.little... Its not a masterpiece,but decent storyline...if you had tenmillion or so to remake it, I think it would be a cracker....

Skerries

Rawhead Rex

Ulysses Gaze

Conor McMahon's 'Dead Meat' is ok for an Irish horror movie.

Generic zombie fare. Passable.

Hank_Jones

I honestly don't think it is beyond us, Sam Raimi started with cheap horror films, I don't see why someone here couldn't do the same.

I would think we'll be waiting a while though, not that much funding around here.

expectationlost

the magdelene sisters

gzoladz

The other day I watched a documental about the fall of irish banks, that does count? I was certainly terrified!

aidan_walsh

Hank_Jones wrote: »

I honestly don't think it is beyond us, Sam Raimi started with cheap horror films, I don't see why someone here couldn't do the same.

I would think we'll be waiting a while though, not that much funding around here.

If the idea is good enough I'm sure they could find funding through something like Kickstarter or FundIt.

Phony Scott

Nolanger wrote: »

Also, most filmmakers in this country are not 'horror directors'. It's just a j.o.b. to them.

Conor McMahon is a proper fan of the genre. I'm sure money is a prime concern, but I'll never doubt his love of the genre. The Brain eater is the best thing he has done. And I hope he does do something great further down the line, he has more than enough potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXh2Z9y7860

Laserface

good thread...
OP dublindude, you mentioned the film Isolation
personally i thought that was excellent. saw it once years ago and it freaked the head off me. more like that would be cool

also..another good short film called The Lump..made in cork with a big eraserhead influence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVedsH192s

Otis Driftwood

Tbf,when did Hollywood last produce a decent horror movie?

I can think of few over the last 10 years,Saw,The Devils Rejects,Hostel,feck all more that had any sense of a new idea or wasnt a rip off/remake so what chance does Ireland have from budgetary constraints to general lack of interest in the genre.

Miguel_Sanchez

Phony Scott wrote: »

And I hope he does do something great further down the line, he has more than enough potential.

Conor McMahon has started casting for his new horror feature. The Film Board have put money behind it.

Phony Scott

Laserface wrote: »

OP dublindude, you mentioned the film Isolation personally i thought that was excellent. saw it once years ago and it freaked the head off me. more like that would be cool

I'd have to agree to a point. I saw it a few years back and I thought it was a good film overall. The opening titles were very atmospheric and set the tone for the rest of film very well. As rip-off's of 'The Thing' go, it's good stuff, though I seem to remember the seond half decending into a generic monster on the loose chase film and the creature effects were very unconvincing.

Though there were one or two stark images which stayed with me, namely the segment were the farmer helps birth the calf. That scene was very tense. Putting this film alongside 'Shrooms' and 'Boy Eats Girl' is very unfair OP in my opinion.

losthorizon

Glenroe: The Movie. Too horrible to think about

jc002

Ciaran Foy's debut feature "Citadel" should be out within the next year. Far as I'm aware, it's a horror/thriller with a budget of about 3mil (co-production between Irish and Scottish Film Board)

Anyway, from what I can see, he's definitely one of our more promising up&coming filmmakers. Here's a link to some info, plus his short film "The Faeries of Blackheath Woods":

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/12/first-image-from-ciaran-foys-citadel.php