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VampD3 · #1 Post by **VampD3** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:05 pm

Just wondering what everyones favourite Horror Movie is?

I'm just a bit bored, well more like tired! so I thought I'd start this thread. So whats your fave horror movies and why?

Blackthorne519 · #2 Post by **Blackthorne519** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:44 pm

I'd say one of my favorite horror films is Alien directed by Ridley Scott.

Between the creature design by HR Giger and Scott's expert pacing, the claustrophobia and fear of the unknown grip you.

I'd also have to say The Exorcist by William Friedken. This is just an amazing film, with many layers of metaphysical, ontelogical and psychological horror. Not to be missed.

For classics, nothing beats the 1927 version of Phantom Of The Opera starring Lon Chaney Jr. His Death's head scene is still great.

Bt

Alliance · #3 Post by **Alliance** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:27 pm

My favorite is Dawn of the Dead
followed by Resident Evil
and then my 3rd favorite is Shaun of the Dead

Klytos · #4 Post by **Klytos** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:40 pm

Alliance wrote:My favorite is Dawn of the Dead
followed by Resident Evil
and then my 3rd favorite is Shaun of the Dead

Come on Alliance old buddy, you can't call Shaun of the Dead a horror movie! It's tag line summed it up best, "A Romantic Comedy...with Zombies!"

VampD3 wrote:So whats your fave horror movies and why?

What's yours? You gotta answer your own question!

My favorite horror movie would have to be A Nightmare on Elm Street. I'm of course talking about the original movie as some of the sequels were definitly well below the standard set in the first. Two and Three were quite good, almost a trilogy in some respects, then they got progressivly worse as the series went on. Six was totally rubbish. Freddy vs Jason you couldn't really call a Horror movie. Wes Craven's A New Nightmare was fantastic and actually lived up to it's hype. A new twist on an old tale. I loved it.

There is something just plain creepy about not being able to sleep, cause it's one of the only things you can do where you generally feel safe. Favorite scenes : There's the girl's body being thrown around the room. The girl sleeping in the bed and freddy appearing in the wall behind her. Just a great movie.

Friday the 13th, the original movie was great. I think with horror movies after you've seen them once they do tend to lose some of the horror, and this is definetly the case with Friday the 13th. But besides that, it's a great movie. Fairly well acted and used all the plot devices that became so popular in all 80's teen slasher flicks.

#5 Post by **navynuke04** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:45 pm

Has anyone seen "What Lies Beneath" with Harrison Ford? Been a while since I saw that, but I liked it.

VampD3 · #6 Post by **VampD3** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:55 pm

Yep I saw that Navy. I saw it awhile ago so can't remember much, but yeah I liked it and I've even got the DVD. I remember its got a bath scene in it thats scary.

Ill post my favourite soon!

El_Listo · #7 Post by **El_Listo** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:54 pm

Here's mine:

FatherGhostface · #8 Post by **FatherGhostface** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:01 am

Some may say I was born to post in this thread, but whatever! Scream 2 is one of them. I Know What you did Last Summer and of course...who can forget Urban Legends! Note: Slasher flicks are scarier than stupid paranormal movies they keep making these years. All thanks to that stupid ring movie!

Blackthorne519 · #9 Post by **Blackthorne519** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:17 am

Slasher flicks are boring.

I'd take 'The Ring' over 'Valentine' anyday.

However, when done properly ala 'Scream (1996 directed by Wes Craven)' they can be excellent. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', another Craven film, is a good example.

'Friday the 13th' by Sean S. Cunnigham is good too - Cunnigham was Craven's producing partner in the 70's and in particular on "Last House On the Left"

I thought, however, that THE GRUDGE sucked major Monkey-balls.

Bt

Klytos · #10 Post by **Klytos** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:29 am

Blackthorne519 wrote:I thought, however, that THE GRUDGE sucked major Monkey-balls.

Oh yeah, couldn't agree more.

VampD3 · #11 Post by **VampD3** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:22 am

Well My favourite Horror Movie would have to be Nightmare on Elm Street. I have so many though. I like some modern day ones aswell though.

I saw Nightmare on Elm Street when I was younger and was terrified to go to sleep!

Klytos · #12 Post by **Klytos** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:27 am

VampD3 wrote:I saw Nightmare on Elm Street when I was younger and was terrified to go to sleep!

It's truely a scary movie. Used to freak the heck out of me as a kid.

#13 Post by **navynuke04** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:37 am

Grimlins used to scare me as a kid...

Blackthorne519 · #14 Post by **Blackthorne519** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:07 pm

navynuke04 wrote:Grimlins used to scare me as a kid...

Gremlins is very underatted as a horror/comedy film. The sequel was much more comedic, but the first film had freaky moments. I loved it when I was a kid.

Bt

Klytos · #15 Post by **Klytos** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:46 am

I always forget about that movie. I loved Gremlins as a kid, and it certainly freaked me out too.

Alias · #16 Post by **Alias** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:04 am

Im not really a horror fan, but I enjoyed all the Alien films and Predator. Although they are more sci-fi than horror. The Ring 1 & 2 was scary.

Blackthorne519 · #17 Post by **Blackthorne519** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:34 pm

Just because a film has a sci-fi setting, it doesn't mean it's not horror. I always considered Alien to be a horror film, with a sci-fi setting. I mean, even it's tagline "In space, no one can here you scream." is very horror-film-ish.

Sometimes it's hard to nail a film down to one genre, and we shouldn't have to! Event Horizion -1997 directed by Paul WS Anderson is another example of a horror film with a sci-fi setting.

Bt

FatherGhostface · #18 Post by **FatherGhostface** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:40 pm

YICK! YACK! YUUUCK!!!! I hate Alien, it's soooooo digusting! It made me loose my appitite for my cake.......

Blackthorne519 · #19 Post by **Blackthorne519** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:46 pm

FatherGhostface wrote:YICK! YACK! YUUUCK!!!! I hate Alien, it's soooooo digusting! It made me loose my appitite for my cake.......

In Scream, (Drew Barrymore) Casey Becker's boyfriend is dis-embowled in front of her; she is gutted and hanged (ala Suspiria, 1977 Dario Argento), Rose McGowan's Character's head is crushed in a garage door, the camera man gets his throat slit, the principal gets stabbed to death, Billy and Stu take turns stabbing each other - and the chest-burster in Alien freaks you out? You need a Ritalin/Zoloft cocktail my friend! STAT!

Bt

FatherGhostface · #20 Post by **FatherGhostface** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:52 pm

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-you know what? Uh-uh!

I don't drink.

And who ever said that didn't gross me out! Drew Barrymore hanging from a tree with her insides on the outsides, YICK YACK YUCK!!!!!!!!!

Klytos · #21 Post by **Klytos** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:20 pm

FatherGhostface wrote:Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-you know what? Uh-uh!

I don't drink.

They're anti-depresants, not alcohol.

FatherGhostface · #22 Post by **FatherGhostface** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:48 pm

Oh.........what are anti-depresants???? Is that a cake flavor?

Blackthorne519 · #23 Post by **Blackthorne519** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:44 pm

FatherGhostface wrote:Oh.........what are anti-depresants???? Is that a cake flavor?

Yes. Yes they are.

Bt

FatherGhostface · #24 Post by **FatherGhostface** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:27 am

Oh, well it sounds YUCKY so I wont try that cake. I mostly like Ice Cream Cake! :D

Steffi Evenstar · #25 Post by **Steffi Evenstar** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:24 am

I'm not a horror movie fan ... i just don't like the genre much.

however, i will say i'm a huge fan of "Exorcist" book is better than the movie, though.

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