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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 23, 2006 20:25:23 GMT -5
Poltergeist was a decent movie, nothing great.
Fright Night is easily one of my favorite horror films. Its an awesome movie.
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Post by jerrysafunnyguy on Feb 23, 2006 23:50:57 GMT -5
Just finished Fright Night. Pretty cool film, its always had a special place in my heart as it was like the 3rd horror film I ever watched. I love everything about this movie, the corny dialogue, the whole Peter Vincentcharacter, and especially the en sequence, when only Charley and Peter are left. I dig it all. 10/10 I'm a big Fright Night fan as well, it's a good late night movie to watch. I also like the second movie too.
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Post by Deano on Feb 24, 2006 7:20:53 GMT -5
I've never actually seen Fright Night 2. It is my sister's boyfriends fave film, and I need to pick it up somewhere. Should be able to find a copy on the net.
Question time - what is your fave Alfred Hitchcock film? I've always like Psycho for the way it basically evolved horror, but my personal fave is 'The Birds'.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 24, 2006 11:45:06 GMT -5
I've never actually seen Fright Night 2. It is my sister's boyfriends fave film, and I need to pick it up somewhere. Should be able to find a copy on the net. Question time - what is your fave Alfred Hitchcock film? I've always like Psycho for the way it basically evolved horror, but my personal fave is 'The Birds'. My favorite Alfred Hitchcock film is The Birds. I like Psycho also.
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Post by Suckasays on Feb 24, 2006 13:26:00 GMT -5
Psycho is one of the only ones I actually enjoyed.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Feb 24, 2006 13:33:32 GMT -5
I really haven't seen that many of his movies, so I too am gonna have to go with Psycho
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Post by jerrysafunnyguy on Feb 24, 2006 16:02:08 GMT -5
Favorite Hitchcock:
Hmm, I may have to do a list, but first thing that comes to mind is North by Northwest. It really expanded the limits of cinema and what a screen hero really was, not to mention heavy location shooting and a lot of adventures. I mean, after this movie they decided to make James Bond into a movie character.
But fighting that is Rear Window, a classic paranoia thriller that uses one location very well. Not only does it tell the story, but it confines the viewer to that area where the criminal may exist and doesn't let you leave. It's also a pretty good representation of the times, the early years of the Red Scare. Probably my favorite.
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 24, 2006 16:59:11 GMT -5
I would probably have to go with Dial M for Murder.
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Post by sim on Feb 24, 2006 18:57:16 GMT -5
Hitchcock is one of my favorite directors. I think the BEST of his film is easilly Vertigo, but my personal favorite of his movies? Definently gotta go with Rear Window. I love the creative take on the narrative, and Jimmy Stewart gives a great layered performance.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 25, 2006 12:36:13 GMT -5
at bloody-disgusting.com the trailer or preview of the Blade TV Series is shown. I have a question. What is everyones top 5 favorite "foreign" horror films? Here are my top 5 favorite foreign horror films- 5. Audition 4. Ichi The Killer 3. Battle Royale 2. Ju-On: The Grudge 1. Haute Tension (High Tension) Audition is probably the most goriest and sickest films I have seen. It was very graphic and violent.
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Post by Suckasays on Feb 25, 2006 12:40:50 GMT -5
My top 5 are...
In no particular order...
-Ringu -The Eye -House by the Cemetery -Shock (also known as Schock and Beyond the Door II) -The Beyond -Zombi
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Post by Deano on Feb 25, 2006 12:44:47 GMT -5
These are in no particular order: Ringu The Eye Audition The Grudge Battle Royale
Thanks CC, for the Blade trailer news.
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 25, 2006 21:11:42 GMT -5
Come on you horror sites get me some F13 news
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 25, 2006 21:23:24 GMT -5
Out of all of the horror movies ever made, which one do you want to be remade? Why? Who do you want to be the director?
The horror movie I would like to see is Wes Craven's "Last House on the Left". Why? Last year I heard about this movie, so I watched it and thought it was a pretty damn awesome movie. This film had an unusual plot though that could have been worked with and could have been a better plot so thats why I want to see a "modernized" version of The Last House on the Left. The original plot for the original film is basically Two teenage girls, Mari and Phylis, go to the "big city" to celebrate Mari's 17 birthday at a rock concert. Before the concert, they go on a careless hunt for some pot only to end up getting raped, humiliated, and eventually killed by four psychopaths. When the killers seek refuge at one of the girls' house by mistake, the parents find out just what happened to their little girl. Then they seek revenge. The director and writer that would be perfect for the remake would be Alexandre Aja (High Tension, Hills Have Eyes) From what I have read from articles, interviews, etc. Wes Craven really likes Aja's work on High Tension so Craven thought Aja would be perfect for The Hills Have Eyes remake. Aja's view of the horror genre is awesome and could do a very awesome job at remaking this if he would remake Last House on the Left. It should stay to the original. All of Aja's movies has very cool violence...Alexandre Aja IS the next oncoming "Master of Horror".
There are two other classic horror films that should be remade or modernized are "Earth vs. The Spider" which is about When a man doesn’t come home one night his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and encounter a giant spider in a cave near the man’s wrecked car. Coming back with the Sheriff, the spider is seemingly killed by DDT spraying, and the body then hauled for storage in the high school gymnasium. However, a loud dose of rock music by a teenage garage band revives the arachnid and sends it rampaging through the town. Its a horrible plot, but its a good movie for that time in the 1950's. So i thought someone like Peter Jackson could remake this and it would be very cool. Also it would be better if the movie was actually about the title where the earth actually vs. the spider.
and "The Last Man on Earth" should be modernized. The plot is that Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in Central America years ago. He is all alone now...or so it seems. As night falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish undead army that''s thirsting for blood...his blood. I dont know about a director/writer for this one..but I thought this was a cool classic horror film that should be modernized to stay very true to the original.
Anyways, I know alot of you will say remakes are bad but some remakes are awesome like Dawn of the Dead, The Amityville Horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of Wax, etc. (I also heard The Hills Have Eyes remake surpasses the original by far, but I can tell that just by the trailer). So what horror films would you like to see remade and who would you want to be the director/writer for the remake?
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 25, 2006 21:25:47 GMT -5
The Last House on the Left would suck remade. Part of the beauty of the film was the low budget almost "homemade" shooting of it. If they remake it they'll try to modernize it and make it shit.
I honestly don't want to see any movies remade. I want to see new and fresh ideas, not rehashed crap.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Feb 26, 2006 2:12:01 GMT -5
I'd love to see Last House on the Left remade. I agree that the beauty in it is that it's low budget and yadda yadda, but its not like a remake would ruin that. The original will always still be there...which is the reason i'm never bothered by remakes.
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Post by K.J.V. on Feb 26, 2006 2:26:06 GMT -5
The only movie I don't want remade is Halloween.
There is NO reason for it. The movie still sells today. It is not outdated at all. It just seems silly to remake a movie that can still fit in today. It's ageless.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Feb 26, 2006 2:29:24 GMT -5
Absolutely. Doesn't need a remake by any means. A new sequel I wouldnt mind however
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2006 2:29:26 GMT -5
Was flipping through channels and Near Dark was on, didn't watch much but I did see some guy slit a bartender's throat with the spur of a cowboy boot. And I watched some of "Chocolate," the Masters of Horror thing. All 4 Masters of Horror segments I've seen have sucked.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Feb 26, 2006 2:32:50 GMT -5
some guy!? thats the Paxtinator!
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