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So what horror film are you watching?

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    #122
    ArnoldJRimmer
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    Watching Scream at the moment, have actually never seen it before. A bit of harmless fun


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    #123
    JupiterKid
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    Cannibal Holocaust (1980), The Shining (1980), Carrie (1976). All good in their own way.


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    #124
    Samaris
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    Oh, and The Frighteners. I first watched that when I was still a (very) easily scared kid, and that scene at the beginning of the movie, with the thing chasing her through the walls scared the bejeepers out of me for several years.

    S'good movie though, I'd recommend it to anyone who's looking for elements of mild creep, but doesn't want gore galore.


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    #125
    timthumbni
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Cannibal Holocaust (1980), The Shining (1980), Carrie (1976). All good in their own way.

    Re cannibal holocaust isn't the music in that to die for. One of the most beautiful musical compositions I have ever heard.

    Personally I have been watching Friday the 13th movies this
    Last few nights. Perfect Halloween movies.


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    #126
    Hande hoche!
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    Watched Doomsday (2008) yesterday. Pity Neill Marshall hasn't directed anything major recently.


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    #127
    B0jangles
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    Off the top of my head here are some of my favourite horror/supernatural films in no particular order:
    (I'm leaving out the seriously obvious Shining, Omen, etc etc that I'm sure have already been mentioned, also I find slasher films boring so none of them on my list)


    The Haunting (1963 version) - The classic haunted house film.
    The Changeling -The George C. Scott one, really creepy and powerful.
    Session 9 - Great location, strong cast even if the main guy kind of looks like G.W. Bush
    Lake Mungo - I found this film deeply disturbing, others got nothing from it...

    Somewhat cheesy but still fun:

    Grave Encounters - not exactly original but well put together and I dunno, it just really worked
    The Legend Of Hell House - Actual Quote: "Drug addiction, alcoholism, sadism, beastiality, mutilation, murder, vampirism, necrophilia, cannibalism, not to mention a gamut of sexual goodies. Shall I go on?" Please Do!
    Stay Alive - Haunted Vidja Game gonna KILL UUUUUU!
    Dead Silence - Its got lots of ventriloquist dummies which is always a plus for me.
    House on Haunted Hill (both versions) - The Vincent Price one is great because it has Vincent Price and the remake is great fun, which is only gets even funnier when you realise that Geoffrey Rush spends the whole film doing a great James Woods impression.


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    #128
    faceman
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Just sitting down to Bloodsucking Bastards. I'll let you know if it's any good.

    I know the guy who directed the movie and co-wrote it. How was it?


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    #129
    Links234
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    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    Watched Doomsday (2008) yesterday. Pity Neill Marshall hasn't directed anything major recently.

    He's been directing a few episodes of Game of Thrones, he did the battle of Blackwater, and the siege on the wall.


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    #130
    blackbird 49
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    Went to see paranormal activity, the ghost dimension in the cinema last night, it was in 3D, such a load of cramp, very boring and slow moving acting wasn't great but no doubt there will be another one


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    #131
    Links234
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    We watched Trick r Treat, which was a really fun little movie.


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    #132
    timthumbni
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    Links234 wrote: »
    We watched Trick r Treat, which was a really fun little movie.

    Is that the heavy metal one with Alice cooper???


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    #133
    Links234
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    timthumbni wrote: »
    Is that the heavy metal one with Alice cooper???

    No, its with Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin and Brian Cox.


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    #134
    timthumbni
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    Links234 wrote: »
    No, its with Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin and Brian Cox.

    Interesting.. Any good???


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    #135
    Links234
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    timthumbni wrote: »
    Interesting.. Any good???

    Yeah, it was a bit silly, but very fun. The plot was kinda all over the place, just different crazy stuff happening to people on Halloween.


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    #136
    Heisenberg1
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    I watched Halloween followed by The Fog last night.


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    #137
    timthumbni
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    Heisenberg1 wrote: »
    I watched Halloween followed by The Fog last night.

    That sounds like an excellent Halloween.


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    #138
    wakka12
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    Bullocks wrote: »
    Where can you see the 3rd Purge movie

    Its not even out in cinema in america until july so unless he has some links to hollywood I dont think he's seen the third purge


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    #139
    boobar
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Just sitting down to Bloodsucking Bastards. I'll let you know if it's any good.

    Well what did you think of it?

    I only lasted 20 minutes, thought it was dreadful stuff.


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    #140
    Arytonblue
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    Think some people on here are really just negatively reacting to the popularity and attention The Babadook got by saying it wasn't 'really scary'. The reason so many people were ecstatic with a film like that was because it was a huge breath of fresh air in a genre that has become saturated with jump scare, Paranormal Activity type rubbish or torture porn, Eli Roth tripe. It ain't a perfect movie and the little kid's performance is at times grating (though I think that was intentional) but it's such a simple but effective film that has such a horribly bleak and dreading atmosphere. The main actress' performance is great and there really are some seriously disturbing and terrifying moments, even though most of the horror aspect is insinuated and psychological instead of it being splattered all over the screen. It was, for me anyway, the best actual 'horror' film I've seen in years.


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    #141
    gherkin
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    คนเล่นของ เต็มเรื่อง The art of devils


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    #142
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    Arytonblue wrote: »
    Think some people on here are really just negatively reacting to the popularity and attention The Babadook got by saying it wasn't 'really scary'. The reason so many people were ecstatic with a film like that was because it was a huge breath of fresh air in a genre that has become saturated with jump scare...

    I did appreciate its originality...but didn't find it really scary!

    I fully agree about the jump scare tactic and don't like Wan and Roth efforts. But I like being filled with unease, if gore is involved I don't mind it, I just don't like when I think it's gratuitous. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is full of jump moments...but none of it was that gory or gratuitous, it was just central to the whole premise, the noise of the generator, the heat, the feathers...and then Leatherface slamming back that steel door. The Asian ghost story efforts in the 00s were good for that dread too, in a very different way.

    I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but A Tale of Two Sisters really works in the uneasy eerie stakes, and it ramps it up wonderfully.


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    #143
    fin12
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    I did appreciate its originality...but didn't find it really scary!

    I fully agree about the jump scare tactic and don't like Wan and Roth efforts. But I like being filled with unease, if gore is involved I don't mind it, I just don't like when I think it's gratuitous. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is full of jump moments...but none of it was that gory or gratuitous, it was just central to the whole premise, the noise of the generator, the heat, the feathers...and then Leatherface slamming back that steel door. The Asian ghost story efforts in the 00s were good for that dread too, in a very different way.

    I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but A Tale of Two Sisters really works in the uneasy eerie stakes, and it ramps it up wonderfully.

    Isn't that scene in Texas chainsaw massacre horrible though
    where the girl is under the table and there is a guy on top of the table and the killer just saws off his face and puts it on his own then.
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    fin12 wrote: »
    Isn't that scene in Texas chainsaw massacre horrible though
    where the girl is under the table and there is a guy on top of the table and the killer just saws off his face and puts it on his own then.
    .

    Is that actually in the original? Can't say I realised he did that...don't remember him taking off his own mask.


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    fin12
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    Is that actually in the original? Can't say I realised he did that...don't remember him taking off his own mask.

    No its in the newer version one, its disgusting.


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    #146
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    captbarnacles wrote: »
    Watched Spoorloos late on my own one night. Very very unsettling. Did not sleep well after.

    Not strictly a horror film is it? But I completely agree, its really unsettling. I had nightmares after it anyway. Its an absolutely brilliantly made film and excellent story and I will never, ever watch it again!


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    PressRun
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    Went to a party last night, so did the horror film binge on Friday. We watched The Descent, REC and Let The Right One In. All three were excellent. The first two were very claustrophobic, full of jumpy scares, and were fairly thrilling to watch. I was on the edge of my seat watching both of them. Let The Right One In isn't quite so "scary" as such, but it has a beautiful, eerie atmosphere, an interesting plot and two very good central child performances. It was a good way to wind down the heart rate at the end of the night.


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    #148
    eternal
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    Let the Right One In is excellent.


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    fin12 wrote: »
    No its in the newer version one, its disgusting.

    Didn't bother with the new one tbh...but the Tobe Hooper original is a stand out in the horror genre. I think people kinda dismiss it as a slasher when in fact not too much gore is shown, it's the setting, the heat, the claustrophobia, the shocks...it was a brilliant effort, almost perfect horror. And like all great horrors, relying on simplicity, the hum of the generator and the dirt, the mask, the brutality...


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    #150
    fin12
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    Didn't bother with the new one tbh...but the Tobe Hooper original is a stand out in the horror genre. I think people kinda dismiss it as a slasher when in fact not too much gore is shown, it's the setting, the heat, the claustrophobia, the shocks...it was a brilliant effort, almost perfect horror. And like all great horrors, relying on simplicity, the hum of the generator and the dirt, the mask, the brutality...

    Ya I think Ive seen the orginal one as well,
    is that where a load of college kids go stay in this house in an remote area and only the girl survives, she gets away in the car and his running after her
    .


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    #151
    Links234
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    This is the movie I was on about earlier:

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


    It was silly and camp as hell, but ridiculously fun :pac:


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