Favourite Horror Film

[Johnny Vodka]

There is also Martyrs. Not sure how much I enjoyed that film and the explanation is sort of ludicrous, but I admired just how much it was willing to put its characters and audience through the wringer. A truly gruelling film.

 

[Reno]

Anyone seen Christine (film of the stephen king book)? I spotted that on netflix yesterday and wondered if it was worth a shot tonight.

It was the first John Carpenter film which I found disappointing, it's watchable though. I really liked the novel, I remember and it left so much out.

 

[Reno]

There is also Martyrs. Not sure how much I enjoyed that film and the explanation is sort of ludicrous, but I admired just how much it was willing to put its characters and audience through the wringer. A truly gruelling film.

I found that one very silly. I thought all the films of what was called the New French Extremely were a bit daft, torture porn with pretentious (I prefer my torture porn served straight). There was a Belgian film which preceded the movement called Calvaire/ The Ordeal and that one wipes the floor with Martyrs, Inside, Frontiers, etc but it's not as well known.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I found that one very silly. I thought all the films of what was called the New French Extremely were a bit daft, torture porn with pretentious (I prefer my torture porn served straight). There was a Belgian film which preceded the movement called Calvaire/ The Ordeal and that one wipes the floor with Martyrs, Inside, Frontiers, etc but it's not as well known.

Pretty sure I've seen that one. Good from what I recall. I liked Hostel (and also Hostel 2) more than a lot of people if you're talking torture porn.

 

[Orang Utan]

Paperhouse just cos no one else has mentioned it. Candyman is great too.

 

[rutabowa]

Loved Martyrs, but thought the pretentious ending spoilt it a little bit, the first 2/3 or so was amazing though. Must check Calvaire. Didn't particularly like Frontiers, and Inside was only ok, but Martyrs was very effective. I wouldn't recommend it to people for a halloween watch unless I knew for sure they could handel though ha.

 

[rutabowa]

ohhh Candyman! Might have to rewatch that. That properly terrified me at the cinema when it cam out.

 

[ruffneck23]

wolf creek
Nightmare on elm street ( the original )
Hellraiser
Event Horizon
Halloween

 

[Johnny Vodka]

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 took itself way too seriously.

Used to have a soft spot for some of the Jean Rollin erotic 'vampire' films, stuff like Fascination and The Living Dead Girl.

 

[Reno]

Pretty sure I've seen that one. Good from what I recall. I liked Hostel (and also Hostel 2) more than a lot of people if you're talking torture porn.

I really like the Hostel films too, especially the 2nd one. I think they are great satires of capitalism, where the one percent are the monster. Got caught up in the usual tabloid outrage which coined the term torture porn again. But I'm all for horror films being disreputable.

 

[kittyP]

Best vampire film might be the Nosferatu remake though,

Which one?

Paperhouse just cos no one else has mentioned it. Candyman is great too.

Oooh I thought I hadn't heard of Paperhouse but I have just watched the trailer and it is ringing far distant bells.

 

[kittyP]

I really like the Hostel films too, especially the 2nd one. I think they are great satires of capitalism, where the one percent are the monster. Got caught up in the usual tabloid outrage which coined the term torture porn again. But I'm all for horror films being disreputable.

I just found the Hostel films boring.
I loved Martyrs though

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Which one?

The Werner Herzog.

 

[Doodler]

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.

I haven't watched any beyond the 3rd one, that was bad enough. The first two are quite strange and dreamlike on occasion, also maybe an influence on the 1980s modern primitives/body modification trend!

 

[Reno]

I only really like the first Hellraiser, the second film is a bit of a mess and feels like there was no more of a story to tell. People just endlessly bumble round a hell-on-a-budget. I think Clive Barker's Lord of Illusion is underrated though, shame he stopped directing films after that.

 

[kittyP]

I only really like the first Hellraiser, the second film is a bit of a mess and feels like there was no more of a story to tell. People just endlessly bumble round a hell-on-a-budget. I think Clive Barker's Lord of Illusion is underrated though, shame he stopped directing films after that.

I find very little actually scares me any more in films so I am always chasing the high of a scare
Weirdly I find the Hellraiser films are pretty much the only ones that leave me unnerved after watching, like looking under the bed type thing.
Normally, even if things have made me jump/scared me while watching, as soon as I turn it off the spell is broken.

 

[Reno]

I find very little actually scares me any more in films so I am always chasing the high of a scare
Weirdly I find the Hellraiser films are pretty much the only ones that leave me unnerved after watching, like looking under the bed type thing.
Normally, even if things have made me jump/scared me while watching, as soon as I turn it off the spell is broken.

Despite having watched gazillions of horror films I still scare easily, but only during the film. Hellraiser scared me when it came out but I've seen it too often to still have much of an effect on me. I've never been that captivated by the cenobites as most fans are. I like the film for Julia's character and think Claire Higgins gives a fantastic performance, going from bored housewife to serial killer. I find the scenes when she lures men back to the house the most chilling. Clive Barker wanted to make her the center of the franchise, but by the second film her character has nowhere to go, apart from becoming the equivalent of Frank from the first film.

A lot of the film is a little wobbly. The producers tried to pretend the film takes place in the US by dubbing a few of the British actors and Kirsty feels like she's walked in from a totally different horror film, her all-American perkiness grates on me.

 

[Jay Park]

I was putting Alien in the sci-fi thriller genre, but if you lot are having it then me too. Also it’s sequel can be an action horror. I even like the third even if it was panned and Fincher has distanced himself from it. The rest can sling it though.

Anyone seen ‘It Follows’ ?

 

[krtek a houby]

Neil Marshall's The Descent is pretty decent. Genuinely jump or squirm in the seat stuff.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I was putting Alien in the sci-fi thriller genre, but if you lot are having it then me too. Also it’s sequel can be an action horror. I even like the third even if it was panned and Fincher has distanced himself from it. The rest can sling it though.

Anyone seen ‘It Follows’ ?

I like both Alien 3 and It Follows.

 

[Sue]

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.

I don't really do horror but I loved Let The Right One In. I also really liked It Follows in recent years.

 

[The Octagon]

Some of these may veer into Horror-Comedy...

The Shining
Psycho
Scream
Monster Squad
Alien
A Nightmare on Elm Street (and New Nightmare)
Jason X
An American Werewolf in London
The Cabin in the Woods
Evil Dead 2

 

[Jay Park]

Some of these may veer into Horror-Comedy...

The Shining
Psycho
Scream
Monster Squad
Alien
A Nightmare on Elm Street (and New Nightmare)
Jason X
An American Werewolf in London
The Cabin in the Woods
Evil Dead 2

Yeah New Nightmare was cool

 

[Reno]

Anyone seen ‘It Follows’ ?

It's great, already a modern horror classic.

 

[kittyP]

Despite having watched gazillions of horror films I still scare easily, but only during the film. Hellraiser scared me when it came out but I've seen it too often to still have much of an effect on me. I've never been that captivated by the cenobites as most fans are. I like the film for Julia's character and think Claire Higgins gives a fantastic performance, going from bored housewife to serial killer. I find the scenes when she lures men back to the house the most chilling. Clive Barker wanted to make her the center of the franchise, but by the second film her character has nowhere to go, apart from becoming the equivalent of Frank from the first film.

A lot of the film is a little wobbly. The producers tried to pretend the film takes place in the US by dubbing a few of the British actors and Kirsty feels like she's walked in from a totally different horror film, her all-American perkiness grates on me.

I agree that there is a lot o criticise about the films.
I don't think the first one really scared me the first time I saw it. But the times I have seen it since leaves me wobbly and I can't explain why.

 

[kittyP]

I was putting Alien in the sci-fi thriller genre, but if you lot are having it then me too. Also it’s sequel can be an action horror. I even like the third even if it was panned and Fincher has distanced himself from it. The rest can sling it though.

Anyone seen ‘It Follows’ ?

Alien 3 is bloody brilliant and so overlooked.

 

[kittyP]

Some of these may veer into Horror-Comedy...

The Shining
Psycho
Scream
Monster Squad
Alien
A Nightmare on Elm Street (and New Nightmare)
Jason X
An American Werewolf in London
The Cabin in the Woods
Evil Dead 2

Ok but not Alien

 

[Jay Park]

Alien 3 is bloody brilliant and so overlooked.

Charles Dance and Pete Postlethwaite !!!

 

[krtek a houby]

Have a soft spot for anthologies like

The Monster Club - Vincent Price, Donald Pleasance

Tales From the Crypt - Joan Collins, Peter Cushing

Creep Show - Stephen King/George A Romero homage to EC comics

Cat's Eye - King, again. This time adaptations of short stories.

The Twilight Zone - Landis, Spielberg and Dante update Rod Serling with mixed results.

Grim Prairie Tales - James Earl Jones, Brad Dourif in a western horror anthology

 

[yield]

Best vampire film might be the Nosferatu remake though, or maybe Let The Right One In.

Near Dark or Let The Right One In, I reckon.

Some of these may veer into Horror-Comedy...

Evil Dead 2 or Tucker and Dale vs Evil for horror-comedy.