Anyone into Horror flicks?...

[SeeMeRot]

I like all kinds of horror flicks from creepy/psychological thrillers to your late 80's early 90's slasher films.........but horror films I've been getting into lately are japanese horror......like "Ju-On" (aka The Grudge) ....and "Versus"....they've seemed to have single handedly revitalized the genre......."Ju-On" isn't your typical ghost story....it has a strong backbone to it that altogether just gave me the creeps.....and with "Versus"....it isn't your typical zombie flick....it has a backbone to the story as well with awesome kung fu fighting scenes might I add....:mrgreen: .......I highly recommend both films......I'd love to hear other peoples thoughts on the horror genre or movies they liked....

[Lía]

i don't like them, i despise them!

yep, i get scared too quickly. Giv me bridget jones' any day!

[SeeMeRot]

^ that's the reason why there's Horror/comedy flicks...... :mrgreen: ...to name a more recent one like "Shaun of the Dead" .......it's not scary at all imo.....the comedy aspect of it kind of makes the whole movie easier to watch for people who scare easy...

[Lía]

^doesn't make me like em.....

i hate em and will alwayz h8 them :twisted:

[DavidAlizée]

best one ive seen is "army of darkness" if that could be classed as a horror flick. Its a great film!!

[Ayan]

Hah, yeap. Army Of Darkness has all elements of being a somewhat cool movie:

the undead
chainsaw
the undead
time travelling
the undead
mages
the undead
a cool maincharacter
the undead
oldskool special effects
the undead
nice humor
the undead
a bit of horror


and if i remember correctly there were a couple of undeads in there too, which in my opinion, is a nice bonus to almost every movie.

[Snatcher42]

Yup, love em... think I mentioned this over in another thread at some point, but the Italians produce some amazing horror films - Argento and Fulci being two directors I really love (Argento's daughter, Asia, was recently in XXX with Vin Diesel, but when she was younger she appeared in a bunch of Argento-produced horror films, and in many of those I think she looks strikingly like a young Alizée). Fulci's The Beyond is probably my favorite flick of all, it's a real masterpiece. So yeah, I'm a big fan of the genre... I actually got interested in Alizée more (I had been aware of her since Moi Lolita, just never took much notice) after seeing her mentioned in the forums at www.horrordvds.com... though if you go their looking for the thread, you'll probably be offended (with good reason), but let's not go OT bashing them here.

[SeeMeRot]

best one ive seen is "army of darkness" if that could be classed as a horror flick. Its a great film!!

yeah.....I'd consider "Army of Darkness (aka Evil Dead 3)" horror/comedy.....but it tips more to the comedy part imo......it still rocks though....one of my favs too....

and Snatcher42.....as for Fulci and Argento.......yeah they've made some classics........btw what's your take on the remake of Dawn of the Dead?...

[Snatcher42]

btw what's your take on the remake of Dawn of the Dead?
It's not terrible as far as generic zombie films go (and I have nothing against generic zombie films!), but it can't hope to compare to the original which is just so, so, so much more.

[SeeMeRot]

^ true......but when I first saw the flick I was in awe......cause I was kind of dissapointed the zombies were moving really fast which contradicted all zombie films to date......but then once I thought about it.....by todays standards a slow moving zombie typically isn't that scary.......now I know there's gonna be those die hard zombie fans that hate the whole idea.......but imo it's good for the genre....and more action in a zombie flick seems to mix really well....oh yeah.....have u heard about Romero's latest "Land of the Dead"? .....it's seems very promising......I'm really looking forward to this one.... :P .....here's the storyline if u havn't heard about it.... Land of the Dead (http://www.horror.com/php/article-500-1.html)

[Snatcher42]

Yeah, I've heard about Land of the Dead, and it does look promising... but Romero's been out of the game so long, who knows how it will turn out?

Re: running zombies, yeah I guess they are more scary... I don't have anything particularly against them, but I feel the best zombie films are those that are about more than just scaring us with an undead menace. The original Dawn simply used the zombies as an apocalyptic set-up to examine character and theme... plus, the fact that the 'protagonists' were faster, smarter, and superior to their foes was what allowed the plot to work the way it did: breaking away from the typical zombie siege mentality until the very end - where it is human avarice (the biker gang, and the heros' refusal to give up their possessions) that destroys everything. Or look at a Zombie film like Fulci's The Beyond, which isn't really concerned with plot, theme, or scares at all - but is rather built up around otherworldly images and sensations.

So I've always felt the whole fast zombie vs. slow zombie debate is kinda missing the point. It's like those technobable debates alot of sci-fi fans have over ships, guns, and hardware (and no offense to them, I'm a major sci-fi geek myself). That's not what makes a good show or movie. It's the characters, themes, and humanity behind it all that counts... even in a horror movie.

[banishedbayou]

I liked The Ring. There is a sequel coming as well.

[SeeMeRot]

Yeah, I've heard about Land of the Dead, and it does look promising... but Romero's been out of the game so long, who knows how it will turn out?

Re: running zombies, yeah I guess they are more scary... I don't have anything particularly against them, but I feel the best zombie films are those that are about more than just scaring us with an undead menace. The original Dawn simply used the zombies as an apocalyptic set-up to examine character and theme... plus, the fact that the 'protagonists' were faster, smarter, and superior to their foes was what allowed the plot to work the way it did: breaking away from the typical zombie siege mentality until the very end - where it is human avarice (the biker gang, and the heros' refusal to give up their possessions) that destroys everything. Or look at a Zombie film like Fulci's The Beyond, which isn't really concerned with plot, theme, or scares at all - but is rather built up around otherworldly images and sensations.

So I've always felt the whole fast zombie vs. slow zombie debate is kinda missing the point. It's like those technobable debates alot of sci-fi fans have over ships, guns, and hardware (and no offense to them, I'm a major sci-fi geek myself). That's not what makes a good show or movie. It's the characters, themes, and humanity behind it all that counts... even in a horror movie.

^ true.......that's one of the reasons why I love "Day of the Dead" too......it has the human emotion aspect of the people that are going through it.......rather than just gore....which sometimes leaves much to be desired.....

I liked The Ring. There is a sequel coming as well.

yeah that's a good movie......it seems hollywood is catching on to japanese horror flicks.....(Ringu) .....and there latest (The Grudge) remake.....

[Manu]

Oh Seeme... I still remember that website about brains or something you once recommended us LOL :mrgreen:

[Snatcher42]

http://www.brains4zombies.com/? Man, it's hilarious!

[SeeMeRot]

^ ^ ha ha ha.....yeah that thread would have been put in the Café Corse section no doubt..... :mrgreen: ...

http://www.brains4zombies.com/? Man, it's hilarious!

heh heh....yeah I thought so too..... :P ....

[xj220]

"Saw". I haven't heard much about it, but it looks promising.

[SeeMeRot]

^ just checked out the review/storyline of it at imdb.com........yeah it sounds like an awesome movie....horror movies with a twist are the best....

[Z3R0]

yea as you know mike i am into horror flicks too........i must say that movie darkness you sent me is one of my favs....and versus too

[SeeMeRot]

^ yeah.....those horror flicks are awesome......btw I still gotta show ya the classic's ....... 8)

[Z3R0]

yeah....ya gotta do that....cant forget the old skool :mrgreen:

[SeeMeRot]

^ of course..... 8) .....you gotta appreciate the classics before you can respect the new....

[HampsterOnSpeed]

Yes, SeemeRot (I don't know your name man, sorry -_-), that movie, Ju-on (Grudge) is the ONLY movie that gave me some serious chills, and believe me I have seen my fare share of horror flicks, but after so many years and so many movies only that one was the freaking spookiest of them all, yeah like you said...it just has that enigmatic feel to it...that just makes your skin crawl or jump off your bones :). But I wonder though, are you talking about the original japanese version or the Hollywood modified version? I think the original is creepier.

[SeeMeRot]

yeah man the original of course.......(subtitles and everything) ... :mrgreen: ...heh heh.......yeah man that movie totally gave me the creeps....."Ju-On 2" gave me creeps as well......the whole setup was awesome.....you wouldn't think a little japanese 8 yr old boy can scare ya but he does......and the mother and her crazy gargle/moan......oh man ....u wouldn't think that's a scary sound in real life either.....but it totally has that creepy feeling to it.....oh yeah.....and my real name's Mike... :wink:

[SeeMeRot]

<------- just seen "Bio Zombie".......it's comedy/horror.......so if anyone liked "Shaun of the Dead" or to name an earlier flick "Return of the Living Dead" ...they'll surely like this flick......here's some info if anyone's interested-----> Bio Zombie (http://imdb.com/title/tt0277605/)

[edit] ......oh yeah the movie rocks....:mrgreen: ...

[Petsku1]

HEY MIKE! you got the boogieman dvd? ot :P

...cant find it anywhere in here, damnit.

[SeeMeRot]

^ nope sry......the last time I've seen the boogie man compilation dvd was at the mall......they had one more left but I hesitated to get it......and after that I havn't seen it anywhere else....

[olito]

well what about "the eye" another japanese, the ringu 0 ,1 .. the ring ho and who can forgive the movie that begins sillent hill ( jacob's ladder) and the rumor of a sillent hill movie ( i pray they don't make another RE with this great series)

[SeeMeRot]

"The Eye" was awesome......but I still havn't seen the original "Ringu" .....I heard it was way scaryer than the Hollywood remake (The Ring)......and if there is a movie coming out for Silent Hill.....I hope the game designers/creators have some part if not all in the making of it.....

[Melodramatic]

Can't believe Exorcist was forgotten. As for me, that would be the scariest even if the special effects don't look as convincing as they used to back when I was younger, but yeah, they still give me the chills. I won't watch it at night 'coz then I wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom alone. :oops: By the way, have u guys seen Exorcist: the beginning?

[SeeMeRot]

of course I remember "The Exorcist".....a classic......but just the original cut was scary......cause I remeber a recut one in the theaters a couple yrs back that was awful and not scary at all.......and nope I havn't seen " Exorcist - The Beginning" ....looks promising though....

[Snatcher42]

I've heard of people literally laughing themselves out of the theater at the unintentional hilarity of Exorcist - The Beginning... it's that bad.

[Melodramatic]

Really? I've heard of the opposite. I mean, the movie itself was a hit, it didn't flop so it must be really good. Another is "Ametiville" (dunno if I spelled it right) and "Children of the Corn".

Edit: Also the movie "Carrie" with Sissy spacek. scary as hell. Thats crucifix with the weird lookin jesus gave me nightmares.

[SeeMeRot]

hmmm...........I think maybe they should have stopped with the sequels and let the original just be.......and I found myself laughing at the recut/re-release of The Exorcist at the theaters as well...

[Melodramatic]

yea, Linda Blaire with the "spider walk" was insane! lol

[SeeMeRot]

^ indeed.........I recall everyone busting out laughing at that scene......:mrgreen:

[Melodramatic]

But I guess it was the most scary movie for me bcoz a friend of mine had an actual exorcism due to playing with that weird lookin board w/ all the letters and numbers and with "yes and no" words, and no 1 would believe him and thus ended up in the mental insititution. full of bad memos. :cry:

[SeeMeRot]

ah.......that's beyond me......it's called a "Ouija Board".........my mom wouldn't allow stuff like that in my house as a kid.......what you just mentioned is reason enough why......

[loveherfromusa]

I enjoy many of them. They are funny.

Real horror stories are stories that could really happen. One of the worst is "The Crush." Alicia Silverstone plays a young neighbor of a 20-something male who lives in the apartment above her house's garage. She seduces him into inappropriate actions (not sex, but getting close) and then turns against him when he rejects her. She then gets him arrested and fired. He must leave and take with him a terrible background even though the parents and others in the town know that the problem is her and not him.

That is scary!

[SeeMeRot]

^ true......but when a director/storyline can still get to you even though it's fiction......I think that's the best.....like when I first seen "Childs Play"....oh man I remember having trouble sleeping for a week....(cause in 99% of homes there's dolls in the house)...and even though you know that can't really happen......there's always that thought in the back of your head (what if?).....eh the fact that I was so young was probably a factor in my feelings toward that movie......that movie either made you love horror flicks as a child from then on or hate em.....and I think everyone knows where I stand.... :mrgreen:

[Alw]

movies like IT scares me EASY if i have to go outside, walk in the street and being the only person in he whole street, or a forest :X is even worse...... so IT would be the worse one imo, or Freddy Krueger

[Melodramatic]

Omg I hate "Child's Play". It's so not scary, but my sister freaks out if she sees chucky. A new installment is "the seed of chucky" lol. When will this saga ever end?! Well, another scary movie for me, is the Omen! I remember seeing it and there was this scene where an evil spirit posessed a japanese porcelain doll. Now that gave me the creeps better than chucky. But there was another movie that was on par with the Exorcist. I dunno what it was but I can still remember an unforgettable scene where they imprisoned some sort of an evil entity underneathe a monastery, and a priest would occasionally pray over the entity torturing it with holy water, then there was this one time when the priest was mocking the holy eucharist by substituting it with sneakers candy bar and suddenly, the huge bloody crucified Christ statue moved and got itself out of the cross and nailed the priest instead to the friggin' cross up side down. anyone ever saw this movie?

[Alw]

lol i used to get nightmares all the time when when i was 10 when i watched the chucky movies

[SeeMeRot]

^ heh heh......yeah.........but after "Childs Play 2" ....Chucky started to be funny and kind of likable..... :mrgreen: ....(in a sick twisted serial killer doll kind of way) ...

[Z3R0]

oh man i remember when i first saw chucky i didnt want to go to my room.....lots of toys especially action figures...i thought they were gonna kill me :mrgreen:

[SeeMeRot]

^ heh heh.....:mrgreen: .......one of the best horror quotes ever....."Hi I'm Chucky, wanna play?" .....

[banishedbayou]

I would have to say the best quote ever came from Army of Darkness

"First you want to kill me.... Now you want to kiss me? BLOW"

[SeeMeRot]

^ indeed......I have much respect for the "Evil Dead" series......all 3 films are awesome.....they've mastered comedy/horror....

[Melodramatic]

I just remembered something. I don't know if this counts coz its a show. Any of you watch "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction"? Well there was 1 episode where this funeral director had no respect for dead ppl, that whenever a service is done, his men and himself would just push the coffin to the ground not caring about the smash. well, one of the dead bodies belonged to an old lady and her corpse sang: "The aweful man has no respect, for anyone, not even the dead!!!" This gave the funeral director a heart attack and dies. scary scary!

[SeeMeRot]

ahhh.......that is creepy...... a show I can recall that creeped me out a lot was "Sightings" .....oh man they'd have stuff on there from hauntings/ghosts to ufo's/paranormal......but what always gave me the actual creeps wasn't the footage itself.....it was the background music and extra sounds they added in......oh man that sound producer was a master of the creeps.....or course I was 11 or 12 at the time.....but I know I'd still be creeped out if the show came out again....

[bvmjethead]

John Carpenter's The Thing

Dog Soldiers

Alien

Aliens

The Ring

[SeeMeRot]

"Dog Soldiers" was ok......but to be honest I was kind of dissapointed.....now "The Howling" .....that's a werewolf flick....

[Melodramatic]

Goosebumps: The haunted Mask.

[Snatcher42]

Here's an interesting Alizée-Horror Films connection:

Marcus Nispel, the director of several Mylene Farmer videos (XXL, L'instant X, Comme j'ai mal, Souviens-toi du jour) is also the director of the 2003 re-make of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the 2004 TV re-make of Frankenstein. Cool.

[SeeMeRot]

cool facts Snatcher........hmmm.....(dare I say "Alizée" the next kick ass hero in a horror flick?) .... eh too far fetched I know....:roll: ....(but it would be awesome imo) .... :mrgreen: ......

[johnboy]

cool facts Snatcher........hmmm.....(dare I say "Alizée" the next kick ass hero in a horror flick?) .... eh too far fetched I know....:roll: ....(but it would be awesome imo) .... :mrgreen: ......thanks for posting the banner of alizee, i had to concentrate real hard to think that alizee would be in a horror flick. I see her in a princess type movie or maybe a tv show like xena, warrior princess.But there are alot of horror movies that give the ladies top spot. now back to the banner 8)

[SeeMeRot]

^ no problem.......I could have totally seen Lili as "Jill Valentine (Sienna Guilroy)" in Resident Evil: Apocalypse.... 8) ...not to mention in another Sienna flick "Helen of Troy" ....(Helen) ...

[Le Fidèle]

okay, i just saw THE DEVELS REJECTS, it is sooooo retarded, dont see it, but hey, on the brite side of me wasting 6 dollars is that i got to see the previews, SAW II is coming out this halloween ........yesss.........if you havent seen the first one, go rent it, it will keep you geussing till the end................. :cheesy: :cheesy:

[SeeMeRot]

oh god..........another disappointment?..... I can't take no more .....first Land of the Dead now this?......dammit.......ah well....I still have really high hopes for SawII......I hope it has just as much storyline strength as the first....

[Le Fidèle]

it didnt show mutch, but it looks promising, :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: i can only hope.
I love your sig and avatar. its funny, cause never in a million years would i think, that you are an Alizee fan.lol :cheesy:

[Steve]

cabinfever was a disappointment!!

[Le Fidèle]

isnt that hella old?, it wasnt that bad. i like the part where the chick was rotting in the shed.
ALSO, I ended up calling my new puppy Dr. Mombo. LOL

[Steve]

about a year old. omly just watched it and was quite disappointed!!