Brilliant film. Watched it several times.
Favourite Horror Film
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Reno
The In Kraut
Not sure Jaws qualifies as drama when it comes to genre. It's a cross between adventure-and horror film. I wouldn't even dip my head under the water in a bathtub after I saw that as a kid. It ushered in a whole sub-genre of horror in the 70s, known as "revenge of nature" where all sorts of critters went after human prey.
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Doodler
You're quite nice when you smile
We'll have to agree to disagree on From Beyond going off the boil! Uncut Re-animator definitely is outrageous and one scene in particular will elicit cries of disgust from many viewers. If the re-animated stiffs count as such they're among the best portrayals of zombies. Both films look like they might have been fun to be part of too.
Doodler
You're quite nice when you smile
Another vote here for Hellraiser and its sequel, Hellbound. The first film is poorly directed in places but this is more than compensated for by Barker's original and imaginative approach to horror. Nothing like it had been seen before. Hellbound is good too, but the third sequel, Hell on Earth, is rubbish.
Reno
The In Kraut
That was a severed head who knows how to have fun.
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platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
I am currently downloading Big Freaking Rat. I doubt it will be my favourite but I don't like most horror movies and this one apparently has a comedy element so who knows?
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
In terms of found footage films, Hell House LLC was a good one, well made and scary on a budget.
I quite enjoy the genre, even the terrible ones, as they tend to engage, even if you can tell that the actors are acting in the bad ones.
Also, I'm sure I've mentioned it on other horror threads, but Terrifier is brilliant, if only for the main character.
I quite enjoy the genre, even the terrible ones, as they tend to engage, even if you can tell that the actors are acting in the bad ones.
Also, I'm sure I've mentioned it on other horror threads, but Terrifier is brilliant, if only for the main character.
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
They're all terrible after the 2nd aren't they? I can't even say I actually enjoy watching the first two films in the traditional sense, they're that good at being horrifying.
ohh I saw "Unfriended: Dark Web" recently, is that the sequel? Anyway I enjoyed it a lot! Cool idea.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
Me too. I like my horrors to be based around the supernatural, to be sinister and macabre. Hereditary had that in spades.
Would plump for The Shining as an all-time fave.
Reno
The In Kraut
Same here, my favourite horror film of the last decade. Let the Right One In is my favourite of the decade bevor. I love horror films where the supernatural or the uncanny takes root in circumstances and characters which are believable. Like the grieving family of Hereditary, where the film really digs into the psychology of these characters or the social realist backdrop of 80s working class Sweden in Let the Right One In.
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Yeah that's the sequel. I think I prefer the first film, but there's not much in it. There's a recent film called Host out which is a similar thing, I haven't seen it but I bet Reno has. There's also Searching and I think a few others. I didn't care for Searching but I think others liked it.
Reno
The In Kraut
Didn't get the acclaim for Searching, thought it was dumb and Debra Messing was hilariously miscast as the tough cop. I liked the Unfriended sequel though and thought it was better than the first. There have been a few more films which take place on a computer screen, The Den was quite good.
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The use of Fuck the Police by NWA was a great gag.
hm this is one of the few films I don't share your opinion of... I thought it was ok, but nothing special. Actually I'm not than keen on vampire movies in general, maybe that was it, I can't think of one I like.
Searching didn't commit to the format. Bugged the hell out of me.
Reno
The In Kraut
You can't be a horror fan and not like any vampire films.
I should rewatch "Martin The Vampire", that looks like I should like it, I remember it boring me when I was 13 or 14 though.You can't be a horror fan and not like any vampire films.
I never really explored any of the Hammer draculas.... not sure they will have dated all that well though, I've got the feeling I'd find them really slow.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Yes, to both things (as in worth watching).
Best vampire film might be the Nosferatu remake though, or maybe Let The Right One In.
Reno
The In Kraut
Just Martin (by George Romero) and yes, it's acclaimed but I too found it a little boring when I saw it in my teens. Its approach was new, it got away from gothic horror and it made the vampire a modern psychopath who is probably just delusional.
Reno
The In Kraut
They were cannibals. Yes, it was good, but I didn't like it as much as Let the Right One In.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot is one that seems to stick in a lot of people's minds from childhood (if you grew up in the 80s).
Think it was shot as a TV show then edited into a film as well?
Think it was shot as a TV show then edited into a film as well?
Reno
The In Kraut
One of my favourite vampire movies is Daughters of Darkness from 1971, but it's more camp than scary. The Hunger from the 80s ripped it off but took itself way too seriously.
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Reno
The In Kraut
I recently rewatched that. The horror aspects still work really well, those vampires are genuinely creepy. The character stuff is a bit of a drag (never one of Hooper's strong points)and that is 80% of the mini-series.
