ddwookie
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Post by ddwookie on Nov 27, 2010 21:41:33 GMT -5
So, it's been my experience that metal and horror go together like peanut butter and jelly. How many horror hounds do we have in here? My top 10 would be:
Dawn of the Dead '78
The Thing '82
Friday the 13th '80
Frankenstein '31
Dracula '31 (the Spanish Version)
Halloween '78
When A Stranger Calls '79
An American Werewolf In London
Videodrome
Ghost Story
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Post by Witchfynde on Nov 28, 2010 0:14:15 GMT -5
The Sixth Sense
Jaws
Stir of Echoes
The Ring (American version, still need to see Japanese original)
28 Days Later
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Post by ddwookie on Nov 28, 2010 0:37:19 GMT -5
Good choices as well, Witch. Isn't it kind of sad that I had to put the years after almost all of my choices, as they've mostly been remade? It's kind of a double edged sword, really, as my second favorite IS technically a remake of the 1953 sci-fi classic. Also, Frank and Drac have been remade countless times as well, but the remakes have always at least been entertaining, from the Hammer films with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing to the Frank Langella and Gary Oldman Draculas and Robert Deniro Frankenstein monster. John Carpenter's version of The Thing, however, is a labor of love, a tribute to the original source material that couldn't have been filmed back in the 50's. Plus, in my opinion anyway, remakes in the 80's were more of a special thing, because they weren't so common place. Like this year alone, I've only been to 5 movies, and 4 of them were remakes. Machete was amazing. Piranha 3-D was a fun, gory, boob filled ride. Wolf Man could have been so much better if they'd not had the Underworld/Matrix bounce off the walls fight scene towards the end. The Crazies was surprisingly well done, and filmed partially in Iowa (where I'm from). Nightmare on Elm Street? This is a bone of contention between my best friend, Andy and I. He loves the original first 4 films. The first of the originals, in my opinion, aside from John Saxon and Rob Englund suffered from horrible acting, and fairly poor fx. The new one had better acting, better fx, and above all else, managed to make Freddy K spooky again. Just my two cents and a long ass rant to read through, I apologize.
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Post by Witchfynde on Nov 28, 2010 13:25:01 GMT -5
Isn't it kind of sad that I had to put the years after almost all of my choices, as they've mostly been remade? No. It's good that you're pretty well-versed in seeing those movies from so very long ago. I haven't seen most of the ones in your list, sad to say. Wolf Man could have been so much better if they'd not had the Underworld/Matrix bounce off the walls fight scene towards the end.[/ quote] Ugh, they pulled that crap in that movie? Sad... Nightmare on Elm Street? This is a bone of contention between my best friend, Andy and I. He loves the original first 4 films. The first of the originals, in my opinion, aside from John Saxon and Rob Englund suffered from horrible acting, and fairly poor fx. Well the first one was done pretty super cheaply, but I still liked most of them though. I'm curious about this remake (I've hardly seen squat in the last several years, movie-wise, of any genre), need to give it a watch at some point. Just my two cents and a long ass rant to read through, I apologize. Hah, no, this isn't long  |
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Post by Thomas on Feb 15, 2011 3:32:21 GMT -5
DAWN OF THE DEAD '78?  YYYYEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 2004 remake was shit though,real shit....!! |
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Post by Thomas on Feb 15, 2011 3:35:54 GMT -5
As well as Day of the dead,Night of the living dead,Halloween,The ring( fucking brilliant,imagine watching that one in 3D....!!),28 days later,plus some not quite gory but scary like The sixth sense....Oh,I was going to forget mentionning Hellraiser....!!
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Post by Witchfynde on Feb 15, 2011 12:53:50 GMT -5
Oh yeah, the Hellraisers First two, third was ok, never bothered with any of the direct to home releases after that. |
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Post by Thomas on Feb 15, 2011 16:21:00 GMT -5
Oh yes!!!!
But the very best for me remains Dawn Of The Dead '78,not just the gory bits but the whole concept,learning a new life,thinking about the future,and obviously some famous sentences/sayings and scenes (the scene of the lift the morning after the battle is brilliant/horrible/fucking incredible!! Ah,if George A Romero was part of a band it would be Coroner ;-)
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Post by Anchoret on Mar 5, 2011 14:22:43 GMT -5
I'm not a true horror movie fanatic... but I do enjoy the old classic horror movies ...and here's the ones I've seen...
Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
The Mummy (Boris Karloff)
The Invisible Man (Claude Rains)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Frankenstein (Boris Karloff)
The Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) ...probably more sci-fi than horror
Day of the Triffids (1962)
Murder in the Rue Morgue (Bela Lugosi)
House of Wax (1953 w/ Vincent Price)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Modern day movies:
Van Helsing
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (downright creepy)
Pet Semetary (My best friend and I rented it when we were in high school. We never finished the movie b/c we were too freaked out)
Update: forgot to mention a movie that I would class as horror. Never actually seen it except a few clips on Youtube. All I know about this movie is what my dad told me. Title: Soylent Green
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Post by Witchfynde on Mar 5, 2011 18:44:10 GMT -5
Pet Semetary (My best friend and I rented it when we were in high school. We never finished the movie b/c we were too freaked out) That was one of the few horror movies that ever scared me...guess it's because I love animals so much |
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Post by Thomas on Apr 5, 2011 1:25:39 GMT -5
Same here,scared the shit out of me!!
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YYYYEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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