would you like it better if it were all singing indian ppl or something?

12/30/2006 10:40:34 PM

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"you dont have to be a nerd to appreciate lesbians or violence."

hence the addition of the word "male"

I don't mind lesbians or violence, actually- I loved Heavenly Creatures. But I really hated Silent Hill.

[Edited on December 30, 2006 at 10:45 PM. Reason : .]

12/30/2006 10:43:59 PM

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"would you like it better if it were all singing indian ppl or something?"

Because I totally love bollywood movies

12/30/2006 10:54:35 PM

I GOT YOU GOOD YOU FUCKER [/farva]

12/30/2006 11:10:00 PM

Actually, I do love bollywood.

GOTTA GET PAID, SON.

12/30/2006 11:25:23 PM

Who doesn't believe in horror movies!?

12/31/2006 2:11:56 AM

Supplanter: Saw it at best buy for $9.94 & bought it since my last post.



spöokyjon: I'm sorry for your loss.
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They had wide screen & full screen options on that sell, that also had a bonus disk

12/31/2006 10:41:12 AM

http://movies.apple.com/movies/sony_pictures/silent_hill/silent_hill_h.640.mov

[Edited on December 31, 2006 at 6:55 PM. Reason : .]

12/31/2006 6:51:48 PM

i love the horror genre...prob my favorite...but can't get my wife or friends to ever watch with me which is actually better so i can turn down the lights and not be disturbed...i'm always looking for the next best movie to rent/buy

i have no real preference over which type my taste is pretty broad, here are some i can recount prob not all considered "Horror" some "Thriller"

Disturbing controversial movies I watch simply to see the fuss, but they are quite dull only there to shock (e.g. cannibal, salo, last house on left, pink flamingos).

Gore movies are good for entertaining (e.g. tcm, braindead, evil dead, dotd series, hill have eyes) but they are a dime a dozen.

I like the old stuff because they don't rely on special effects (e.g. rosemary baby, changeling, suspiria, wait until dark, marathon man).

Intelligent films are good too (e.g. what lies beneath, identity, joy ride, cube, saw, donnie darko).

Foreign is good to see what other cultures produce (e.g. ring, grudge, eye, audition, ichi, battle royale).

Directors I like: Steven King (storm of century, stand, IT), cronenberg (brood, scanners), lynch, john carpenter

Some memorable ones growing up: Halloween, Fright Night, ANOES, Gremlins (lol), some movie where things in a wax museum started living

Some of the movies mentioned in this thread:
Hostel - thought was stupid
Dog Soldiers - loved it, prob one of my fav "animal" horror flicks
Descent - has been in my queue
Cave, Omen Remake, Wicker Man remake - never had inclination to watch these...i also hate that they are making so many remakes....i did see wicker man the original one and it was interesting to say the least
Shaun - YES...28 days NO
Event Horizon - i plan to rewatch again tomorrow...b/c one of the more scarier ones
Don't Look now - has been in my queue
Deliverance - I second everything Pyro said great movie about survival, the bango song always sticks in my mind
Silent Hill - not interested, don't like video game horror most of time cheesy (see also Resident Evil)

I would say from what I can recall, these are some that roll to the top: The Exorcist, The Thing, Joy Ride (thought was gonna be cheesy turned out great), Identity, Devils Rejects, Final Destination stuff (entertaining), High Tension (one of my fav actually gave me chills highly recommend).

So far this week I've (re)watched resident evil (hated it), american werewolf in london (nice!), and NOTLD/Dawn/Day even ROTLD. ROTLD was simply silly. NOTLD was the best, most original. Day had the best gore. Dawn was slow just like the blue faced zombies.

Tomorrow i'll rewatch event horizon and pet sematary and watch tale of two sisters and eraserhead for the first time.

Sorry this turned into a blog! And diverted from true horror.

[Edited on January 6, 2007 at 2:20 AM. Reason : BOO]

[Edited on January 6, 2007 at 2:25 AM. Reason : recommend me more!]

1/6/2007 2:12:08 AM

eraserhead has to be waaaaaaaaaay up there on the list of strangest movies ever made.

Lynch is the man.

his new flick inland empire needs to hurry up and come to dvd

[Edited on January 6, 2007 at 2:31 AM. Reason : fhds]

1/6/2007 2:29:12 AM

yah i got interested in lynch after seeing mullholland drive since then i have seen straight story, lost highway, wild at heart, blue velvet......i have eraserhead and elephant man in my queue...

i would recommend another david, that is cronenberg....videodrome, brood, wow.

1/6/2007 2:40:41 AM

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"american werewolf in london "

Probably my favourite horror movie ever. The way the werewolf sounds when it howls in that film still kinda sends chills down my spine.The werewolf transformation scene is by far the best of its kind in motion picture history, even though it was made in 1980:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKgjUop81Tg

[Edited on January 9, 2007 at 1:29 AM. Reason : clip]

1/9/2007 1:24:11 AM

Most of the time, for horror movies to have any real appeal, they need to have some sense of this can affect you. Texas chainsaw massacre goes at this with the documentary, based on a true story, this guy is still out there sorta thing. Silent Hill may have some of the same effect for religious people with its hellish demon stuff. (plus all the lesbian, violence, video game feel, visuals & sound effect stuff)

1/9/2007 6:27:37 PM

i think intelligent is a pretty generous description of the movies you listed krazed. i know what you mean, but thats a stretch.

no reason to avoid a movie because it was a video game either (assuming it came out in theaters at least). Silent Hill wasnt the best movie ever, but it was just as good as some others you mentioned.

1/9/2007 7:39:37 PM

horror movies aren't scary to me. i make MYSELF scared by letting my mind play tricks on me, but the movies never scare me.

i settle for essentially pure thrill/violence/suspense now. cheesy gore is fun, but horrible acting just never sits well (and so MOST B-flicks drive me nuts now). i just want to be entertained.

the new TCM (Beginning) made me black out in the theater. i'm apparently becoming sensitive to the SOUND of gore, but not so much the sight of it.

[Edited on January 9, 2007 at 7:49 PM. Reason : ]

1/9/2007 7:48:03 PM

ok i just finished watching Event Horizon after reading how some folks on the internet tout it as one of the scariest movies....

i'm quite dissappointed...it is not scary at all...the plot is weak...the acting is not believable (sam neill was the worst)......there was not much horror scenes......the best horror was probably the quick flashes but it was so quick i had to pause just to see.......movie was like hellraiser in space only not as much horror

i would rate it a 3/10. almost like a straight to TV movie.

am i missing something?

1/10/2007 12:39:18 AM

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"i think intelligent is a pretty generous description of the movies you listed krazed. "

i think i meant movies with a "twist".....like seven, identity, saw....they just seem more interesting

i highly recommend High Tension...good scary realistic movie with a twist..just watch out for the closet scene

1/10/2007 12:42:23 AM

skeleton key wasn't too bad

1/10/2007 12:46:54 AM

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" Texas chainsaw massacre goes at this with the documentary, based on a true story, this guy is still out there sorta thing"

i still recall growing up i must have been 8 yrs old i went to the video store with my dad checking out vhs tapes and i picked up TCM and i think it was a new release and on the cover it said "Based on a true story"......

i was like Cool....cuz I grew up in dallas....and i was proud to be a texan....then i found out years later it was based on Ed Gein.

but the one lasting image i had when i was a kid that scared me was watching Halloween for the first time, the one scene where Jamie pushes Myers out the window and he drops...then she goes to the window and all of a sudden he's not on the lawn anymore

i was scared sh*tless....and it was the day before trick or treating

1/10/2007 12:48:47 AM

1/10/2007 5:31:23 PM

on a related note, (news from a couple weeks ago) the guy that played sabretooth in Xmen is set to play michael myers in the new Zombie Halloween.

[Edited on January 10, 2007 at 6:16 PM. Reason : probably already posted but if ya didn't know, NOW YA KNOW]

1/10/2007 6:16:35 PM

rewatched pet sematary tonight - it was entertaining and i like it being a pet lover
saw eraserhead for the first time - vintage lynch
watching salems lot now

1/11/2007 11:31:26 PM

i liked hight tension a lot. thought it was pretty scary. but it's definitely not realistic. in fact, there are huge gaping plot holes that could easily ruin the movie for some. but for me, the gore and the...high tension...kept me in it.

1/12/2007 5:26:49 AM

haught tension would have been better without the plot twist.

1/12/2007 10:03:08 AM