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So what horror film are you watching?

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  • #52
    kunst nugget
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    Links234 wrote: »
    Just watched that the other day. It's fantastic. I've been having a bit of a horror comedy run lately. A friend of mine was recommending Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, so that might be up for a look soon.

    Check out Housebound then and Peter Jackson's Braindead then. Tucker and Dale vs Evil is great too. I wasn't overly impressed by Jack Brooks.


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
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    mzungu wrote: »
    Aye, in terms of atmosphere, Ringu is pretty much in a league of its own. Mind you, Ringu II was not all that bad either.

    The Asians really injected life into the ghost story genre, after the western world seems to go for slashers and torture porn and kinda ruined horror. Hard Candy was one notably good effort from the US in recent years.


  • #54
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    I would love to be ten again and watch poltergeist one and two

    Nothing scares me now apart from certain aspects of real life

    Ah the scene where the hand of the doll comes from under the bed disturbed many a childhood.

    But think Picnic at Hanging Rock was the one that just really spooked me as a kid and left an uneasiness that I still remember. Read the book a few times after, have seen the film so many more times.


  • #55
    eternal
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Ah the scene where the hand of the doll comes from under the bed disturbed many a childhood.

    But think Picnic at Hanging Rock was the one that just really spooked me as a kid and left an uneasiness that I still remember. Read the book a few times after, have seen the film so many more times.

    That's one of my all time favourites. Really eerie.


  • #56
    kunst nugget
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    Just sitting down to Bloodsucking Bastards. I'll let you know if it's any good.


  • #57
    The Backwards Man
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    I'm watching Match Of The Day.

    Very few Hammer Horrors on Halloween night these days, those were the best. Lee, Cushing, Carlson, Shelley. Hard to beat after a night ducking for apples.


  • #58
    eternal
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    I'm going to attempt Constantine. I'll leave the light on though :)


  • #59
    [Deleted User]
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    To my shame, we're on page 4 and I've overlooked a stone cold classic in the eerie genre. Very little gore, if any, but just a film that is memorable for the build up of dread and the shocking revelation...

    A Tale of Two Sisters

    If you have to beg, borrow or steal it, if you have to download it illegally or get a pirate copy from an organisation that funds gangsters or terrorists, just watch it.


  • #60
    Drexel
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    Watching a film called 'as above, so below' about a group of people looking for treasure in the catacombs under Paris.

    It's a pile of shïte


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  • #61
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    eternal wrote: »
    That's one of my all time favourites. Really eerie.

    And with eerie music too...not as famous as Jaws or Halloween, but more effective and haunting...

    http://youtu.be/UWqCHKtKPKI


  • #62
    Valentina
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    I'm watching A Nightmare on Elm Street. I've never seen it before, it's a little before my time :pac:

    Anyway... it's terrible! Not scary at all.

    *awaits barrage of abuse*


  • #63
    fin12
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    Halloween 2. (1981).


  • #64
    El Guapo!
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    Just finished watching "It Follows"

    It's watchable if there's nothing else on but it's fairly ****e.


  • #65
    eternal
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    And with eerie music too...not as famous as Jaws or Halloween, but more effective and haunting...

    http://youtu.be/UWqCHKtKPKI

    I feel ancient after that trailer haha.


  • #66
    Charlie19
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    I'm going to watch Freddy v Jason, looks like fun.

    I'd recommend Identity (2003). It's about a group of strangers that get stranded in a remote Motel during a bad storm.


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  • #67
    Mickeroo
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    Watched Hocus Pocus for the first time in 15 or maybe 20 years for a bit of nostalgia.


  • #68
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    Valentina wrote: »
    I'm watching A Nightmare on Elm Street. I've never seen it before, it's a little before my time :pac:

    Anyway... it's terrible! Not scary at all.

    *awaits barrage of abuse*

    Never liked it, standard 80s slasher ho hum fare.

    Think it was Kersplat who wanted to find something on Netflix...Picnic at Hanging Rock is on Youtube...

    http://youtu.be/Iy0_hXCpEO4


  • #69
    fin12
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    zerks wrote: »
    Cabin in the Woods just starting on Channel 5

    I left the cinema when I was at that, couldn't bare it anymore. and the only went to it because there wasn't nothing else to go to.


  • #70
    eternal
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    Identity is good alright.


  • #71
    Valentina
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    El Guapo! wrote: »
    Just finished watching "It Follows"

    It's watchable if there's nothing else on but it's fairly ****e.

    Terrible film. Like it was written by a religious order to prevent promiscuity.


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  • #72
    kunst nugget
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    El Guapo! wrote: »
    Just finished watching "It Follows"

    It's watchable if there's nothing else on but it's fairly ****e.

    Don't understand the hype around that film. It's as dull as dishwater.


  • #73
    Deep Six
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    Valentina wrote: »
    I'm watching A Nightmare on Elm Street. I've never seen it before, it's a little before my time :pac:

    Anyway... it's terrible! Not scary at all.

    *awaits barrage of abuse*

    Suppose you have to be 7 years old watching it alone to fully appreciate how scary it can be, I didn't sleep without a light on for weeks after it :D


  • #74
    kunst nugget
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    Valentina wrote: »
    I'm watching A Nightmare on Elm Street. I've never seen it before, it's a little before my time :pac:

    Anyway... it's terrible! Not scary at all.

    *awaits barrage of abuse*

    Saw them when they came out and didn't like them. Even then I thought that Freddy was too camp to be scary. He's like a burnt Liberace.


  • #75
    Bongalongherb
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    The Hand is the film to watch for a laugh. The film 'Idle Hands' can be a bit funny as well.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooo0ySA1J_A


  • #76
    Valentina
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Freddy was too camp to be scary

    My b/f just said the exact same thing!


  • #77
    mzungu
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I'm watching Match Of The Day.

    Very few Hammer Horrors on Halloween night these days, those were the best. Lee, Cushing, Carlson, Shelley. Hard to beat after a night ducking for apples.

    Quite the horror if you support Chelsea!


  • #78
    BettePorter
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    fin12 wrote:
    I left the cinema when I was at that, couldn't bare it anymore. and the only went to it because there wasn't nothing else to go to.


    Why? Cause it was ****e? Or cause it was scary/gruesome? Worth the watch?


  • #79
    roast
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    The missus is making me watch Halloween. It's sh!t. Next up is hocus pocus and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Haven't seen them before. She seems to find that weird. Painful.


  • #80
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    El Orfanato.

    Proof, if it was needed, that in the right hands the most effective horrors can rely on nothing more than a child with a sack on his head. And a good story.

    http://youtu.be/oXfHOY3CC0g


  • #81
    fin12
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    BettePorter wrote: »
    Why? Cause it was ****e? Or cause it was scary/gruesome? Worth the watch?

    it was too gruesome, I just couldn't stand it anymore. :):) I hate the horror films anyway, I dont mind the halloween films though.


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  • #82
    eternal
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    mzungu wrote: »
    Quite the horror if you support Chelsea!

    'I have nothing to say. Nothing.' Waaaaaa


  • #83
    Riesen_Meal
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    Watching Imelda May and Jules Holland, terrifying stuff for the festive period... :(


  • #84
    fin12
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    roast wrote: »
    The missus is making me watch Halloween. It's sh!t. Next up is hocus pocus and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Haven't seen them before. She seems to find that weird. Painful.

    ya but isn't the music just brilliant, the theme tune in halloween, I love hocus pocus as well.


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    fin12 wrote: »
    it was too gruesome, I just couldn't stand it anymore. :):) I hate the horror films anyway, I dont mind the halloween films though.

    Cabin in the Woods? Can't remember it being that gruesome. Remember a few good laughs in it, and the scene where they bring in characters from lots of horror stories was neat. If you found it gruesome, do not watch Martyrs or Calvaire.


  • #86
    mzungu
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    Pulse is another good one from the J-Horror cannon.


  • #87
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    You're Next about to start on Film4 :) worth a watch :)


  • #88
    OffalyMedic
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    The Babadook...weird would be an understatement!!


  • #89
    myshirt
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    One, two, Freddy's coming for you


  • #90
    fin12
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Cabin in the Woods? Can't remember it being that gruesome. Remember a few good laughs in it, and the scene where they bring in characters from lots of horror stories was neat. If you found it gruesome, do not watch Martyrs or Calvaire.

    Ya I really just cant watch horror films at all, I also had to leave the film Amityville horror the one in 2005, thats why Im sticking with the halloween films. Hey is that film the conjuring really scary or the woman in black with Daniel Radcliffe?


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  • #91
    Grandeeod
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    Watching and listening to Mammy trying to get the 7 year old to bed after a serious ****ing amount of E Numbers. Mammy has a few jars on board so that makes it even more interesting because Mammy just wants to pass out like a zombie shot in the head.

    Better than any scary movie.

    If I could stream this lads, you'd be glued to the ****ing screen!


  • #92
    eternal
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    IT is on. Bit of nostalgia.


  • #93
    Senna
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    Watched the 2015 Poltergeist remake, was enjoying it until the wife got too scared and wanted to turn it off. Had to go outside to get stuff ready for the morning and she had to come with me, wouldn't stay in the living room on her own.


  • #94
    Links234
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    I haven't just been watching horror movies, I've also been watching American Horror Story (just finished the first season), and I've been playing some horror games too. I picked up Stasis a few days ago, which is a really amazing sci-fi horror adventure game:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3eKjhTL1Zs


    And picked up The Evil Within again, after not playing it for a while. Love the game, but I am a wuss when it comes to horror games and could only play it for a while each time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxlo67zhOWc


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    fin12 wrote: »
    Ya I really just cant watch horror films at all, I also had to leave the film Amityville horror the one in 2005, thats why Im sticking with the halloween films. Hey is that film the conjuring really scary or the woman in black with Daniel Radcliffe?

    Neither are really scary. Both had a couple of jump moments and are well made with good production values (rare enough in horror) but ultimately a bit...soulless.


  • #96
    captbarnacles
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    Watched Spoorloos late on my own one night. Very very unsettling. Did not sleep well after.


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  • #97
    Charlie19
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    I had to give up on that Evil Within, far too hard for me.


  • #98
    Links234
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    Charlie19 wrote: »
    I had to give up on that Evil Within, far too hard for me.

    It was a bit tough alright. That freaky long-haired spider lady that crawls out of the puddle of blood killed me so many times. :eek:


  • #99
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    captbarnacles wrote: »
    Watched Spoorloos late on my own one night. Very very unsettling. Did not sleep well after.

    Ah Spoorloos is a great film, and as I said earlier available on Youtube, much better than the remake although that wasn't bad (was it the Vanishing? It had Jeff Bridges...miscast).


  • #100
    sweetie
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    titan18 wrote:
    I've done Housebound. It Follows, Witching and Bitching, Tales of Halloween and now on The Town That Dreaded Sundown


    Thought tales of Halloween was poor enough


  • #101
    eternal
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    IT is awesome. The book wasn't bad either.


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