Horror Movies [Archive]

Desredandwhite

4 Sep 2003, 21:45

IMHO The Evil Dead is the greatest horror movie ever made. If you get it on DVD make sure you get the "Book of the Dead" Edition:

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/222749

The Exorcist is a beauty, but due to its age it might be more cheesy than actually scary. disturbing though. ditto The Omen.

Nightmare on Elm St is a personal favourite.

If you want more recent, The Ring is one that I've really been getting into...

Hehehe.. horror movies are cool..

Noddy Holder

4 Sep 2003, 22:28

Some of my favourite:

Nightmare on Elm St
Misery
The Shining
Poltergeist
13 Ghosts
Ghost Ship

jerry springer

4 Sep 2003, 23:20

The hellraiser series wasnt too bad,i think number 2 is still banned in QLD

mandy

5 Sep 2003, 07:04

Originally posted by Desredandwhite
If you want more recent, The Ring is one that I've really been getting into...

seven days

Is it just me or is there anyone else who found this movie completely un-scary?? I was very disappointed. I'd heard so much about it and was all geared up to be scared ****less, and then.....nothing. It was a little bit creepy when the girl was crawling out of the tv, but that's about it.

Does anyone remember The Deadly Blessings?? Now that was a horror movie!

Desredandwhite

5 Sep 2003, 08:54

Originally posted by mandy5
seven days

Is it just me or is there anyone else who found this movie completely un-scary?? I was very disappointed. I'd heard so much about it and was all geared up to be scared ****less, and then.....nothing. It was a little bit creepy when the girl was crawling out of the tv, but that's about it.

A bit like Blair Witch in that it wasn't so much scary as unnerving. Once you think about the back-story and so on, it's actually quite interesting - there's plenty of info here http://www.somrux.com/ringworld/

urrgghh... creepy children.

Rusty Brookes

5 Sep 2003, 09:10

Here are a few that I reckon are giants of the genre:

Dawn of the Dead - classic zombie splatter fest.

Suspiria - Ultra-creepy tale of a witches' coven. Perhaps the most artistic horror film made, still packs a huge wallop. The music adds to the amazing atmosphere.

The Wicker Man - has been described as as the "Citizen Kane" of horror films. Maybe more a thriller but a very creepy story of a policeman investigating a murder on a remote island whose population are still pagans. One of Christopher Lee's best performances.

The Evil Dead series - all very different and all very entertaining (Hail to the King, Baby!).

The Hills Have Eyes - ultra-low budget but fun story of all American family menaced by a bunch of hillbilly cannibals. Fair to say you'll end up barracking for the hillbillies.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - more cannibalistic hillbillies. Best opening sequence of any horror film for mine plus has liberal doses of humour.

Nosferatu - the old German film. Saw it as a kid and nearly pooed my pants.

A few others probably not held in the same regard which I nevertheless thought were great: Sleepy Hollow, Horror Hotel (black and white horror starring Christopher Lee again), From Hell.

You also can't go wrong with any of the Hammer Horrors (British horror films from the late 50s to the early 70s) especially if they star Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing.

sandeano

5 Sep 2003, 10:05

Originally posted by Rusty Brookes

The Wicker Man - has been described as as the "Citizen Kane" of horror films. Maybe more a thriller but a very creepy story of a policeman investigating a murder on a remote island whose population are still pagans. One of Christopher Lee's best performances.

A few weeks ago this film was realeased on DVD as an extraordinary director's cut version, that must be seen to be believed. What was already a brilliant film is now taken to another level by an extra 11 minutes of footage that adds greater depth and meaning to the characters and their motivations. Also the extras on the two-disc set are spankingly good.

Buy it now.

Zeke

5 Sep 2003, 10:52

The Nightmare on Elm St series used to scare the **** out of me inprimary school... They are just funny these days - but still classics.

Candyman was scary when I first saw it.

Rusty Brookes

5 Sep 2003, 15:22

Originally posted by sandeano
A few weeks ago this film was realeased on DVD as an extraordinary director's cut version, that must be seen to be believed. What was already a brilliant film is now taken to another level by an extra 11 minutes of footage that adds greater depth and meaning to the characters and their motivations. Also the extras on the two-disc set are spankingly good.

Buy it now.

I bought the English version special edition about 6 months back (which comes in a very nice wooden box thing). Worth every cent I paid for it. I presume this edition is the same thing. The extra footage is awesome especially the "Gently Johnny" scene which is really, really out there. The documentary on it is fantastic as well. I also received the soundtrack on CD as a present. The Wicker Man is still very close to being my favourite all time film.

Uncle Steve

5 Sep 2003, 15:36

I preface this by saying I'm not especially a fan of the horror genre. Here's my faves all the same:

Tod Browning's Freaks
No idea if this is available on DVD, but if it is, get it. Made in the '30s and featuring real circus freaks, you'd never get a film like this made today. The ending made me jump.

Carrie
Not your traditional horror flick since the action doesn't really get going until near the end. More of an "ugly duckling" story with a twist.

Brain Damage
B-grade schlock, made by the same bloke who did Basket Case. A guy falls under the influence of a parasite which injects hallucinogenic juice into his brain, then while the guy is out tripping the parasite eats the brains of anyone he encounters.

Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Classic Vincent Price. I saw this as a kid and was scared silly. Saw it again as an adult and realised it's actually a comedy!

Magpira

5 Sep 2003, 18:24

I am somewhat of a horror fan myself. I have started my collection on DVD also.

I do have the Evil Dead - US version of the 'Book Of The Dead' in the mad cover.

Others I have bought for my collection are:

Halloween 1, 2, 4 & 5 (4 & 5 are US versions, not currently available here or at least they weren't when I got them)

Friday The 13th - 1 & 2
They get average after that. I got part 2 here on Region 4 and I see they have released 3 & 4 on region 4 also, but I had to get the first one from the US as that's the only one not released here.

Hellraiser
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
April Fool's Day
My Bloody Valentine
Carrie
The Exorcist - Director's cut
The Omen - Special edition
Dead And Buried
Child's Play 1 & 2 (not really horror but classic's all the same lol)

Gawd...I love the old 80's B grade horror films. There are so many more B grade horrors that are only available in the US atm, I am waiting for Happy Birthday To Me, The Burning and Madman and I'm hoping they are released here soon.

jacqui9

5 Sep 2003, 19:40

I only have a few

Children of the Corn 1 and 2
Carrie
Halloween
The Exorcist
Suspiria

Swans Upstart

6 Sep 2003, 00:38

Not really a horror movie but the scariest film I've seen is Jaws! But that was a long time ago when I saw it. The problem is, like Zeke said, the films I thought were scary when I was a teenager (Exorcist, Carrie, Shining) just seem stupid/funny now.

sandeano

6 Sep 2003, 10:50

Originally posted by Rusty Brookes
I bought the English version special edition about 6 months back (which comes in a very nice wooden box thing). Worth every cent I paid for it. I presume this edition is the same thing. The extra footage is awesome especially the "Gently Johnny" scene which is really, really out there. The documentary on it is fantastic as well. I also received the soundtrack on CD as a present. The Wicker Man is still very close to being my favourite all time film.

Yes, I bought the "wooden box edition" too, but the subsequent, local release also contains audio commentaries by Lee, Hardy and (I think) Woodward.

Was reading recently that for many years an excellent sequel script has been floating around and, due to the renewed interest in the original, the sequel may be a possibility. Woodward, Lee and Hardy are all committed to doing it. Sounds promising.

Minkus_Swan

6 Sep 2003, 11:21

I love 80's horror and Sci-Fi movies. Love most of the movies mentioned here already. Evil Dead series are one of the finest horror movies I've seen - and it makes you a huge Bruce Campbell fan. :)

Some other's:

Braindead and Bad Taste - The cult horror movies by Peter Jackson before he did Lord of the Rings. Definitely worth checking out.

Go and see the movie "Undead" which started in cinema's today or yesterday. An aussie zombie movie that is similar to Return of the living dead and other spoof zombie movies. I heard good things about this movie and hopefully we see more aussie horror movies (but no more dodgy movies like CUT).

Desredandwhite

6 Sep 2003, 11:30

Originally posted by Minkus_Swan

Braindead and Bad Taste - The cult horror movies by Peter Jackson before he did Lord of the Rings. Definitely worth checking out.

Yeeesssssss! Classics, dont' know how I missed mentioning them.

ps - not really a horror movie, but check out his most excellent "Meet the Feebles".

evade28

6 Sep 2003, 16:18

ha i was wondering if the blair witch project would be mentioned (and it was).

that was the sh1test of sh1t that 'horror movie' i can't believe i actually got sucked in to go and see it. pfft :rolleyes:

Hawks_Fan

6 Sep 2003, 18:53

EVIL DEAD!!!

And yes, it makes you into BIG Bruce Campbell fan.

Refer to little picture to the left.

Blues4Life

6 Sep 2003, 19:04

Originally posted by Rusty Brookes
The Hills Have Eyes - ultra-low budget but fun story of all American family menaced by a bunch of hillbilly cannibals. Fair to say you'll end up barracking for the hillbillies.
Agree, I saw it once on late night TV and thought it was great.

red+black

7 Sep 2003, 00:43

Gigli - very scary, totally horrific

Swans Upstart

7 Sep 2003, 14:15

Originally posted by red+black
Gigli - very scary, totally horrific People were fleeing the cinemas before it ended.

Basic

7 Sep 2003, 18:12

Hardly a horror flick, more of a soft thriller but worth a mention is Perfect Blue. Haven't seen it? I recommend it, It will leave you with the same type of feeling as movies such as Blair Witch and Saving Private Ryan but in a totally different sense.

Rusty Brookes

8 Sep 2003, 09:43

Originally posted by Minkus_Swan

Go and see the movie "Undead" which started in cinema's today or yesterday. An aussie zombie movie that is similar to Return of the living dead and other spoof zombie movies. I heard good things about this movie and hopefully we see more aussie horror movies (but no more dodgy movies like CUT).

I went and saw it on Saturday night. I really wanted to like this film but in the end it just confirmed my theory that Australians cannot make horror films. It came across as a very, very bad imitation of Brain Dead.

Mobbenfuhrer

8 Sep 2003, 13:38

The Ring. Haven't seen USA version but Japanese original is really unsettling.

Blair Witch the same.

Old faves? : Amityville Horror is damn terrifying. Hellraiser's up there. Most of Argento's films, the one with the maggots and skulls and razor wire especially.

Those two old ones with the children ... umm can't remember their names ... dammit.

Uncle Steve I loved one of the Phibes movies but dunno which one it was ... scorpions in a china container where the key to the handcuffs was dropped? Can you help?

Evil Dead definitely frightening, a bit schlocky, but that just adds to it. The next one is shlockier and the third is an adventure tale. If you like any or all of the series, then look out for a great film called Mindwarp, same actor (Campbell), similar character, similar sort of movie.

Best aussie scary film : Road Games. Stars two yanks but otherwise all-australian. 2nd best : Razorback. GREAT film though its not fully 'scary'.

Of course the Jacko flicks but they're not at all scary, just fun schlock horrors. I kick arse for the lord.

Ignore evade's summation, Blair Witch is about the best ever made anyone not scared by it is obviously sociopathic and unready to be released into society they are witches downplaying the film for the sake of their own anonymity and must be staked and enflamed immediately give me that old time religion that's good enough for me.

DEVO

8 Sep 2003, 13:43

I tend to stay away from the American Horror films because they are generally a little to sensitised for my liking. If you like your horror films extra gory, violent and with a very bent twist, check out some of the European Flicks from the 70's and 80's.

Profondo Rosso (Deep Red), Suspiria, Inferno, Tenebre and Opera - Dario Argento. The master of the Giallo. Visually stunning and some of the set pieces ever staged in horror. The scene in Tenebre when the two Lesbians are slaughtered is a real cinema treat.

The House of Exorcism, Baron Blood, A Bay of Blood & 5 Dolls for an August Moon - Mario Bava. The master of the Macabre. I could have picked another 20 of his films, but I chose a few of his later films. A real pioneer of European horror of the sixties and early seventies.

And now for the bent ones:

Exorcism, Awful Dr Orloff, Oasis of the Zombies & The Female Vampire - Jess Franco. Franco has made over 200 films in his career (and is still going). Most of his films have a serios sexual bent, bent when in form makes some of the most gruesome horror films.

Brutal Nights, Trap Them and Kill Them & Blood Vengence - Joe D'amato. Joe made almost 200 films before his death in 1989, and everyone is banned in at least one country. An acquired taste has most of his vioent scene are awfully brutal, and to some people a little to realistic.

Fascination, Lips of Blood, The Living Dead Girl & Demoniacs - Jean Rollin. Excels in Vampire films with a twisted sexual bent. Visually a very fine artist, but his films always lack cohesion. Again an acquired taste.

Uncle Steve

8 Sep 2003, 13:44

Originally posted by Mobbenfuhrer
Uncle Steve I loved one of the Phibes movies but dunno which one it was ... scorpions in a china container where the key to the handcuffs was dropped? Can you help?
That was definitely "Dr. Phibes Rises Again".

Mobbenfuhrer

8 Sep 2003, 14:03

Originally posted by Uncle Steve
That was definitely "Dr. Phibes Rises Again".

Woohoo!

Magpira

8 Sep 2003, 18:55

Originally posted by Mobbenfuhrer
Those two old ones with the children ... umm can't remember their names ... dammit.

Village Of The Damned??

KiNgCliVe26

8 Sep 2003, 20:01

Nightmare on elmstreet1-6
All Friday the 13ths
The Ring
ChildsPlay 1&2
Critters (all of them)
The Leprechaun

tails

8 Sep 2003, 21:01

28 days later
i'm not normally scared by horror flicks but this did it for me, and it was a good flick, london with no people in is a very eerie place.

Mobbenfuhrer

8 Sep 2003, 23:26

Originally posted by Magpira
Village Of The Damned??

Yeah that's them! Village and Children.

Asgardian

12 Sep 2003, 03:51

Can't go past Lugosi, Karloff & Chaney horror movies, yep, very campy these days, but ya just gotta love the atmospheric settings

also loved "The Creature From the Black Lagoon"
Children of the Damned
Village of the Damned
Nosferatu
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
I Walked With A Zombie
The Curse of the Cat People
The Ghoul
The Raven
The Fly
The Birds
Poltergeist
Rosemary's Baby
Vampire Lovers
The Fog

AND ..... "The Deadly Mantis", made in 1957

see this beauty here, sic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050294/)

plus the "Hammer Horrors"

Mobbenfuhrer

12 Sep 2003, 09:18

Originally posted by Asgardian
The Fog

Yeah agreed. Great film.

Asgardian

14 Sep 2003, 00:58

Don't ya hate forgetting some things

Yep, me too, I forgot to mention an excellent movie of this genre

"The Seventh Seal"

oh_my_hat

14 Sep 2003, 13:58

Nightmare On Elm Street
Evil Dead (scared me as a kid)
Deadly Blessing (also scared me as a kid)

I saw a thread similar to this on another board and a movie called 'Event Horizon' got a lot of mentions. Anyone here seen that one?

go team

14 Sep 2003, 14:50

Jeepers Creepers is probably one of the better horror movie films of recent times... nothing groundbreaking, but what it does, it does well... here's a review from allmovie.com

Writer/director Victor Salva's genre offering proves more effective than the standard turn-of-the-century teen horror flick, in large part due to its respect for such essential — but usually ignored — elements as suspense, pacing, and atmosphere. Jeepers Creepers forgoes the jokey self-referentiality of the Scream series and the nihilistic, gore-for-gore's-sake quality of, say, Final Destination for a more straightforward approach, and — at least in its first hour — the choice pays off in a big way. As bickering but devoted siblings terrorized by an inhuman creature, Gina Philips and Justin Long have a natural, believable chemistry, which is particularly helpful when the script veers into some of its more ridiculous conceits. If anything, Salva is too enamored with horror conventions; in the last act, he's determined to throw in psychics, police squad showdowns, and even a few allusions to Quasimodo and The Phantom of the Opera. But for the most part, the script keeps it simple, and thanks to ace cinematography and editing, Jeepers Creepers provides an ample supply of economical cheap thrills. — Michael Hastings

I hear the sequel sucks though.

Asgardian

14 Sep 2003, 15:32

Originally posted by oh_my_hat
I saw a thread similar to this on another board and a movie called 'Event Horizon' got a lot of mentions. Anyone here seen that one?

Yep, it's a movie full of promise, good cast, interesting premise, and importantly a good first half hour or so.

Because of that good start, you are trapped into watching the whole movie, this is unfortunate, coz as each minute goes by the suspension of logic is all the more necessary.

Some good suspenseful segments, but that word is also a pre-cursor to the movie's problems, it becomes epsodic, almost like watching a 1930's cinema Flash Gordon, come back next week when we will rehash everything for 10 minutes, then give you little snippets of new stuff.

here's a link to the IMDB page for this movie (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/)