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Post by Sam Hain on Jan 30, 2010 22:50:55 GMT -5
I still haven't seen Paranormal Activity, but I almost rented it the other night.
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Post by captain master talbot on Jan 30, 2010 22:56:28 GMT -5
I didn't find it scary at all.
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Post by Sam Hain on Jan 30, 2010 23:17:48 GMT -5
Halloween II and III were on Space here in Canada last night. I stayed up until 3 watching most of part 2. In the past year I've really become a huge fan of this movie and actually rank it right up there with the original and part 4.
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Post by johncena12 on Jan 30, 2010 23:23:29 GMT -5
Watched Paranormal Activity last night, wasn't that great. Some freaky parts that we're pretty cool. Nothing special. For me, Paranormal Activity was one of those movies that was hyped so much by the time I saw it there is no way it could live up to my expectations. that was exactly what i was thinking about it.
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Post by Suckasays on Jan 31, 2010 5:58:34 GMT -5
Halloween II and III were on Space here in Canada last night. I stayed up until 3 watching most of part 2. In the past year I've really become a huge fan of this movie and actually rank it right up there with the original and part 4. The original Halloween II is one of the best sequels of all time. I can't understand why Anchor Bay's success with 1,4, and 5 on the DVD market have not inspired the rights holdes of Halloween II to try to capitalize on owning it. I'd love to see a Halloween II Blu Ray release.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2010 12:48:56 GMT -5
it amazes me the amount of people that haven't seen and don't know what CHUD is....
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Post by Sam Hain on Feb 1, 2010 0:22:20 GMT -5
Halloween II and III were on Space here in Canada last night. I stayed up until 3 watching most of part 2. In the past year I've really become a huge fan of this movie and actually rank it right up there with the original and part 4. The original Halloween II is one of the best sequels of all time. I can't understand why Anchor Bay's success with 1,4, and 5 on the DVD market have not inspired the rights holdes of Halloween II to try to capitalize on owning it. I'd love to see a Halloween II Blu Ray release. That's true, I hadn't even thought of that. My son (who's 2)was looking at the cover of my old Halloween 2 VHS today and asked me, "Watch this, Daddy?" I'm not the best parent in the world, but there was no way in hell my kid was watching that! He had to settle for Nightmare Before Christmas instead. I think the horror DNA is strong in my daughter. She had a slumber party at my parents last night and was playing Bratz with my Mom when I dropped her off. My mom called me in the room to tell me that my daughter was pretending her Bratz were vampires. I'm not talking Twilight style vamps, I mean the real thing! Bloodsucking, stake through the heart, burnt to death in the sunlight, vampires! My mom asked me if I let her watch horror movies and I told her I don't. Granted she reads her Halloween books almost daily and loves the monsters on Scooby Doo, so I think that has something to do with it. As I was leaving I asked her what was with the dolls in her basket and she told me, "That's where I put the bones of the vampires after they die." Don't know if I'm proud or scared.
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Post by Suckasays on Feb 1, 2010 8:59:30 GMT -5
LOL That's rather interesting. I'm on the fence about kids and horror. Part of me knows that it shouldn't happen, but then again, I was allowed to watch them. It's hard to say
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Post by Noza on Feb 1, 2010 12:54:34 GMT -5
It might be alright. I started watching Horror films when I was around 10.
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Post by TheNinthCloud on Feb 1, 2010 13:03:08 GMT -5
I still haven't seen Paranormal Activity, but I almost rented it the other night. I'm watching it right now. (I've already seen it though. Just wanna see the alternate ending) It's not scary until the last 5 minutes. The last 5 minutes weren't THAT scary, they were just creepy. There's a lot of build up a guess. Night after night something different happens. I enjoyed how the whole movie is shown from the point of view of the camera that the characters have. I'd recommend it. I thought it would be awful, but it wasn't all that bad overall. LOL That's rather interesting. I'm on the fence about kids and horror. Part of me knows that it shouldn't happen, but then again, I was allowed to watch them. It's hard to say I'm 13 so I don't know if I'm in the age group for the "kids" your talking about, but my parents usually say "Okay, but if you have nightmares don't come to me." Never had nightmares.
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Post by fattic on Feb 1, 2010 13:40:09 GMT -5
I finally watched Trick 'R Treat last night. I never really heard of it before, but heard alot of people say it was good and to give it a try. I really, REALLY liked it, and was wondering what you guys thought of it (since this is the horror thread and all ).
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Post by Suckasays on Feb 1, 2010 13:59:23 GMT -5
I finally watched Trick 'R Treat last night. I never really heard of it before, but heard alot of people say it was good and to give it a try. I really, REALLY liked it, and was wondering what you guys thought of it (since this is the horror thread and all ). Wait...who the hell are YOU!? ;D I kid I thought it was fun. It had the Halloween feel to it which is something a lot of horror flicks in that particular setting have failed to hit the mark on. It's a shame that it took so long for someone to release it and give it a chance. It had everything most of my favorite horror films had. An atmosphere, an identifiable character and didn't try to be anything that it's not.
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Post by DontHassleTheHoff on Feb 1, 2010 15:09:04 GMT -5
The original Halloween II is one of the best sequels of all time. I can't understand why Anchor Bay's success with 1,4, and 5 on the DVD market have not inspired the rights holdes of Halloween II to try to capitalize on owning it. I'd love to see a Halloween II Blu Ray release. That's true, I hadn't even thought of that. My son (who's 2)was looking at the cover of my old Halloween 2 VHS today and asked me, "Watch this, Daddy?" I'm not the best parent in the world, but there was no way in hell my kid was watching that! He had to settle for Nightmare Before Christmas instead. I think the horror DNA is strong in my daughter. She had a slumber party at my parents last night and was playing Bratz with my Mom when I dropped her off. My mom called me in the room to tell me that my daughter was pretending her Bratz were vampires. I'm not talking Twilight style vamps, I mean the real thing! Bloodsucking, stake through the heart, burnt to death in the sunlight, vampires! My mom asked me if I let her watch horror movies and I told her I don't. Granted she reads her Halloween books almost daily and loves the monsters on Scooby Doo, so I think that has something to do with it. As I was leaving I asked her what was with the dolls in her basket and she told me, "That's where I put the bones of the vampires after they die." Don't know if I'm proud or scared. Be proud! I have to admit, when i was a kid, i was terrified of anything remotely horror related, I remember i couldnt even watch Goosebumps (If anyone else remembers that show)...I also remember once running out of a shop thanks to a chuckie doll....i like to think ive progressed abit since then! So i would certainly be proud of your kids.
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Post by JTG on Feb 1, 2010 17:59:58 GMT -5
I saw Halloween for the first time when I was 5 or 6. It didn't mess me up or anything. Actually Halloween got me hooked on horror movies.
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Post by Sam Hain on Feb 1, 2010 21:02:06 GMT -5
I haven't let her watch any real horror movies yet, but both my kids are obsessed with Halloween, so they watch a lot of Halloween specials and movies year round. I honestly don't know where the vampire thing comes from, but other than that she's normal, so I'm not worried.
Also, just to throw this out there, I still haven't seen Trick or Treat, but plan on renting it some time in the next few weeks.
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Post by JTG on Feb 2, 2010 23:34:26 GMT -5
I picked up Zombieland today on Blu-Ray. ing great flick. It's really fun to watch and Bill Murray is great!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 23:46:25 GMT -5
DAYBREAKERS. Yay or nay? I give it a 6, didn't get good until the last 20 minutes when Ethan Hawke started blowing people up.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Feb 3, 2010 15:20:30 GMT -5
DAYBREAKERS. Yay or nay? I give it a 6, didn't get good until the last 20 minutes when Ethan Hawke started blowing people up. I highly enjoyed Daybreakers. It was something different and out of the twilight-teen vamp world haha. The last 15 minutes was pretty great and full of blood. I watched House of the Devil last night and I thought it was fantastic. I must buy the blu-ray. It gets slow at times but it picks up and the suspense and intensity was heart-pounding. I loved the overall feel of the film also, it was like watching an 80s horror film.
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Post by c14rock on Feb 3, 2010 16:35:07 GMT -5
I picked up the Blu-ray yesterday. I'll let you guys know how it looks when I get a chance to check it out. I watched Frank Henenlotter's Bad Biology last night. Man if you dig Frankenhooker, Basket Case, and his other movies you've gotta check this one out. There's ing stop motion in it! I did notice what looked like some CGI, but man it's nice to see some stop motion for once.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2010 18:31:38 GMT -5
I finally watched Trick 'R Treat last night. I never really heard of it before, but heard alot of people say it was good and to give it a try. I really, REALLY liked it, and was wondering what you guys thought of it (since this is the horror thread and all ). Wait...who the hell are YOU!? ;D I kid I thought it was fun. It had the Halloween feel to it which is something a lot of horror flicks in that particular setting have failed to hit the mark on. It's a shame that it took so long for someone to release it and give it a chance. It had everything most of my favorite horror films had. An atmosphere, an identifiable character and didn't try to be anything that it's not. i find it to be great. it is almost like a classic creepshow film but the stories were all intertwined.
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