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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 8, 2006 20:19:43 GMT -5
I have no idea why you guys don't appreciate Wrong Turn for some odd reason. It's classic 70's type backwoods horror. It was ing awesome to me. You like movies like Cabin Fever..TCM..but not Wrong Turn? Doesn't make much sense.
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Post by sim on Mar 8, 2006 20:51:05 GMT -5
I have no idea why you guys don't appreciate Wrong Turn for some odd reason. It's classic 70's type backwoods horror. It was ing awesome to me. You like movies like Cabin Fever..TCM..but not Wrong Turn? Doesn't make much sense. I'm a big Wrong Turn fan too. I don't understand all of the hate surrounding it. The effects were great, the setting was cool. I don't care if it was predictable...it was ing great.
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Post by Suckasays on Mar 8, 2006 21:17:55 GMT -5
I love Wrong Turn. I don't like the sequel having to do with a reality show. But I'll check it out.
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Post by SMTTT! on Mar 8, 2006 21:29:30 GMT -5
BLOOD FEAST. OH MY GOD YES. My friend had been scoping that movie out forever, so eventually he bought it and we watched it, and it was totally the background film at our Halloween concert. Holy . It's actually really entertaining. Not very graphic, but, at it's time...with all the moralism and **** I'm sure people were all "OMFG NO ING WAY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Tell him to go to amazon and buy the collectors edition for like 32 bucks. Yeah, CC84, that's the one. I'm suprised people here have heard of it. You guys know everything.
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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 8, 2006 22:05:07 GMT -5
We are horror movie buffs. We have nothing better to do but to watch movies lol.
I watch tons of movies, but 96% are horror.
It's my thing playa.
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Post by SMTTT! on Mar 8, 2006 22:14:20 GMT -5
Y'know, we should have like a "Horror DVD Edition" on here. Kinda like the others are doing, except with horror films. That would pWn.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 8, 2006 23:50:23 GMT -5
Y'know, we should have like a "Horror DVD Edition" on here. Kinda like the others are doing, except with horror films. That would pWn. we've contemplated that. I think it would be pretty cool, but its pretty much already what we're doing here. Recommending, reviewing, and asking for advice on horror movies.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 8, 2006 23:52:31 GMT -5
On the topic of Wrong Turn, I watched it with my brother a while back and we basically just bashed and laughed at it the whole time. I don't remember much of it except that, so that leads me to believe it must've been pretty bad, which I recall it to be. I should give it another viewing though
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 9, 2006 2:44:41 GMT -5
Where'd everyone go! Didn't wanna make 3 posts here in a row, but I guess I have no choice.
Just watched Devil's Rejects with commentary by Sheri Moon, Sid Haig, and Bill Moseley. Great commentary, it's a lot of fun watching the movie with them. Would love to see all those guys get back together and do another movie and another commentary. I was a bit sad when it ended to be quite honest. The Rob Zombie commentary is very good and informative too. One of my favorite movies of last year...hell, probably my favorite. I really wish Fangoria or someone would come up with a yearly horror award show. Shame to see a performance like Bill Moseley's go without an award of some sort.
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Post by immortal on Mar 9, 2006 7:51:07 GMT -5
BLOOD FEAST. OH MY GOD YES. My friend had been scoping that movie out forever, so eventually he bought it and we watched it, and it was totally the background film at our Halloween concert. Holy . It's actually really entertaining. Not very graphic, but, at it's time...with all the moralism and **** I'm sure people were all "OMFG NO ING WAY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Tell him to go to amazon and buy the collectors edition for like 32 bucks. Yeah, CC84, that's the one. I'm suprised people here have heard of it. You guys know everything. That's probably the Blood Feast 2 DVD released from Media Blasters, I think. My mall has it for $15-$20.
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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 9, 2006 13:24:54 GMT -5
In other news a remake of Black Christmas is gonna be out in December 06.
Should be sweet.
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Post by Deano on Mar 9, 2006 13:42:58 GMT -5
God, I just realised I still aint seen the original Black Christmas. Gotta find that sometime soon.
Also, I was another person who enjoyed Wrong Turn. Yeah, it was predictable, but it was also entertaining, which is what I mostly look for in movies.
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Post by Deano on Mar 9, 2006 15:29:59 GMT -5
What horror movies do you think brought horror back to life? I mean, from what I've read, it seemed as though horror was at a slump in the mid-90's, before Scream 're-invented' the horror genre. So seeing as most of you guys are older and know more about horror than me, what movies 're-invented' the horror genre? (If that makes sense....)
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 9, 2006 15:51:24 GMT -5
For me personally, that time period between 2002-2003 where the Texas Chainsaw remake, Cabin Fever, House of 1000 Corpses, and Freddy vs Jason came out really reinvigorated horror for me. They came out relatively close to each other and it just got me back into what I've always loved about horror movies.
As for Scream, what it really did was spawn a massive amount of new teenage horror movies...Urban Legend, I Know What You Did Last Summer, all of that stuff. When I think of horror, I think of for the most part the 70's and 80's, where most of the classics and greats came from. The 90's don't really seem to have much going for them in terms of horror. So I feel it was pretty recently that horror has come back to what it should be
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Post by SMTTT! on Mar 9, 2006 16:50:11 GMT -5
Tell him to go to amazon and buy the collectors edition for like 32 bucks. Yeah, CC84, that's the one. I'm suprised people here have heard of it. You guys know everything. That's probably the Blood Feast 2 DVD released from Media Blasters, I think. My mall has it for $15-$20. Nope, it's the first one.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Mar 9, 2006 16:56:52 GMT -5
Thats cool that the Black Christmas remake is going to be released around the holiday. I have never seen the original.
Thats a damn good question Deano. As tyler said, when I think of horror I think of horror films from the 70's and the 80's. The 90's had good horror films but none that really stood out for being great (besides the scream trilogy) The movies that truly "brought" back the horror genre are probably these films:
Scream (alot of people actually say this brought back the horror genre)
Freddy vs. Jason
Cabin Fever (this film felt like watching an 80's slasher, it was great)
Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and House of Wax remakes
Wrong Turn
House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
High Tension (besides the plot twist, but that chainsaw scene at the end was very well done and was very cool).
Those are the films that "stand out" for bringning back the horror genre IMO. The Hills Have Eyes remake is probably going to be on that list also
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 9, 2006 17:33:41 GMT -5
I'm definetly expecting to enjoy the Hills Have Eyes as much as I did the remakes of Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw, and House of Wax
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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 9, 2006 17:54:19 GMT -5
The trailers made House of Wax look really queer, so I haven't seen it yet. The TCM and DOTD remakes are killer though.. ..pun intended
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 9, 2006 18:11:26 GMT -5
The trailers made House of Wax look really queer, so I haven't seen it yet. The TCM and DOTD remakes are killer though.. ..pun intended I'd say you'd probably like House of Wax...should check it out
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Post by immortal on Mar 9, 2006 18:39:13 GMT -5
That's probably the Blood Feast 2 DVD released from Media Blasters, I think. My mall has it for $15-$20. Nope, it's the first one. Oh. Yeah, my friend ordered it for $10 new.
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