The Horror Movie Thread

[DrBloodmoney]

17 hours ago, ID-69 said:

I like horror films like Wolf Creek and Hostel. What they have in common is scenes where a protagonist is tortured and mutilated. I'm looking to find more similar movies. 

 

Movies like Paranormal Activity and The Conjuring are 'snooze fests' for me (though the jump scares make it a bit difficult to fall asleep). 

 

You should watch Martyrs (the french one). It has what you like, but much much more extreme than Hostel. It's also a significantly better movie.

[LCDR_McGarrett]

I love horror movies, (only )got about 30 or something DVDs. A lot of them is really bloody(splatter n shit), that's how I like 'em best, though my bestie disagrees . I'd still like some recommendations, don't care if they're either from 1977 or 2017, bring it on!

[glassthursday]

On 8/16/2017 at 7:29 AM, LCDR_McGarrett said:

I love horror movies, (only )got about 30 or something DVDs. A lot of them is really bloody(splatter n shit), that's how I like 'em best, though my bestie disagrees . I'd still like some recommendations, don't care if they're either from 1977 or 2017, bring it on!

Let's see here...

 

Videodrome

Blood Rage

Dark Water (original not remake)

Nightmare City

Dead & Buried

Francesca

City of the Living Dead

The Beyond

The House By the Cemetery

Brain Damage

Chopping Mall

Suicide Club

Hardware

Maniac Cop

The Manitou

No One Lives

Uzumaki

Class of 1999

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Outpost

Dog Soldiers

 

Hope that helps. You may notice that I lean towards Italian and Asian horror, which you may not be all that familiar with, but you may find yourself enjoying them. In the case of them having subtitles, don't be lazy -- read your movies. I tried to avoid listing movies by the same director so that you could have a sampling of a director's work and determine from there if you want to check out more of their stuff, such as the case with Videdrome since David Cronenberg's horror work goes back a ways. I only listed Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy (City of the Living Dead, The Beyond, and The House By the Cemetery) as all three movies because they do have similar themes that carry over even though they are somewhat standalone story wise. You'll probably enjoy them more, though, if you watch them as a trilogy.

Edited August 24, 2017 by glassthursday

[LCDR_McGarrett]

On 24.8.2017 at 7:01 AM, glassthursday said:

Let's see here...

 

Videodrome

Blood Rage

Dark Water (original not remake)

Nightmare City

Dead & Buried

Francesca

City of the Living Dead

The Beyond

The House By the Cemetery

Brain Damage

Chopping Mall

Suicide Club

Hardware

Maniac Cop

The Manitou

No One Lives

Uzumaki

Class of 1999

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Outpost

Dog Soldiers

 

Hope that helps. You may notice that I lean towards Italian and Asian horror, which you may not be all that familiar with, but you may find yourself enjoying them. In the case of them having subtitles, don't be lazy -- read your movies. I tried to avoid listing movies by the same director so that you could have a sampling of a director's work and determine from there if you want to check out more of their stuff, such as the case with Videdrome since David Cronenberg's horror work goes back a ways. I only listed Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy (City of the Living Dead, The Beyond, and The House By the Cemetery) as all three movies because they do have similar themes that carry over even though they are somewhat standalone story wise. You'll probably enjoy them more, though, if you watch them as a trilogy.

Thank you so much I'll check them out. Origin country don't matter to me as long as the movie is good. 

[DrBloodmoney]

On 12/08/2017 at 2:47 PM, ID-69 said:

I like horror films like Wolf Creek and Hostel. What they have in common is scenes where a protagonist is tortured and mutilated. I'm looking to find more similar movies. 

 

Movies like Paranormal Activity and The Conjuring are 'snooze fests' for me (though the jump scares make it a bit difficult to fall asleep). 

 

There is also a Lars Von Trier movie valled Antichrist that is pretty good - kind of a more artistic take on the torture-porn genre, but needs to be seen for any horror fan

[UncleBuck-_-90]

thanks for the reply's guys I have seen it now as well thought Alien Covenant was really good.

[TwilightSpira]

11 minutes ago, SKIBADEE187 said:

thanks for the reply's guys I have seen it now as well thought Alien Covenant was really good.

 

It's very good movie, the response was really mixed but I thought the movie did it's job. Way better than alien 3 and Resurrection in my opinion. The first one still the best 

 

By the way I watched IT on a advance screening on Thursday and it was amazing so happy they managed to create a movie that has heart, humor and well placed scares, amazing movie and happy was a success. 

[UncleBuck-_-90]

3 minutes ago, Mah2c said:

 

It's very good movie, the response was really mixed but I thought the movie did it's job. Way better than alien 3 and Resurrection in my opinion. The first one still the best 

 

By the way I watched IT on a advance screening on Thursday and it was amazing so happy they managed to create a movie that has heart, humor and well placed scares, amazing movie and happy was a success. 

yep agreed. hoping to go see IT this week looks so good! glad to hear you thought it was good?

[Nemmy_Wemmy]

9 hours ago, SKIBADEE187 said:

yep agreed. hoping to go see IT this week looks so good! glad to hear you thought it was good

Yeah alot of people are saying its good, Id like to see it too c: 

[DrBloodmoney]

Just watched The Neon Demon the other night - wasn't even aware it was a horror movie before I did.

 

It's very cool, worth a watch. 

[jackmadrox]

On 8/23/2017 at 0:01 AM, glassthursday said:

 

Dark Water (original not remake)

I heard somewhere that this movie was oddly similar to the real life incident of Elisa Lam. (In case you don't know, Elisa Lam was an Asian student touring through America and stopped at the Hotel Cecil in Los Angeles in 2013. There's footage of her acting strange in an elevator, and then somehow, she ended up in the water tank on the hotel's roof.) 

[Rinoa_VIII]

Has anyone watched IT (2017) yet? I want see it sometime this month. And has anyone seen it in 4D!? I've never watched a 4D movie and kind of watch IT to be the first lol. 

 

**I noticed that someone commented that they enjoyed the movie--that's promising :)!!**

Edited September 14, 2017 by Rinoa_VIII

[Nemmy_Wemmy]

Lol I'm just waiting for the new Halloween movie in 2018, if it's good or bad, I will always love Michael Myers haha

[DrakeHellsing]

11 hours ago, Rinoa_VIII said:

Has anyone watched IT (2017) yet? I want see it sometime this month. And has anyone seen it in 4D!? I've never watched a 4D movie and kind of watch IT to be the first lol. 

 

**I noticed that someone commented that they enjoyed the movie--that's promising :)!!**

Saw the movie last week in the cinemas and yes, I did very much enjoy the movie

 

As for my ones, Cabin in the Woods is one I very much enjoy.

 

Along with the Final Destination movies, yes, even the 4th and 5th ones, where the deaths in those ones were a bit... out there, though the 5th one did seem to do it a bit better in terms of deaths than the 4th one.  But I do like each of their opening scenes with the disaster in question, the 1st freaking me out with the whole "plane exploding in takeoff", but the second one with the whole highway crash ordeal was pretty awesome.

 

But yeah, I like my fair share of horror movies, yes, even the Piranha remake movie (not the one with Hasslehoff in it... as I've not seen it myself, but the one before that).

[glassthursday]

On 9/14/2017 at 2:24 PM, jackmadrox said:

I heard somewhere that this movie was oddly similar to the real life incident of Elisa Lam. (In case you don't know, Elisa Lam was an Asian student touring through America and stopped at the Hotel Cecil in Los Angeles in 2013. There's footage of her acting strange in an elevator, and then somehow, she ended up in the water tank on the hotel's roof.) 

Yeah, they talked about that in a Stuff They Don't Want You to Know video. Even though the incident took place years after the movie was made, it's interesting because an elevator and a water tank are featured in the movie. Perhaps she read the short story that the movie was based on before she came to the hotel.

Edited September 17, 2017 by glassthursday

[jackmadrox]

On 9/14/2017 at 5:01 PM, Rinoa_VIII said:

Has anyone watched IT (2017) yet? I want see it sometime this month. And has anyone seen it in 4D!? I've never watched a 4D movie and kind of watch IT to be the first lol. 

 

**I noticed that someone commented that they enjoyed the movie--that's promising :)!!**

IT is amazing! I was pleasantly surprised at how good the movie was. If you haven't seen it yet, GO SEE IT!

[offthebone]

I'm so glad this thread exists; I was just thinking of making one similar.

 

On the subject of IT (2017), I thought it was amazing and, as much as I love the 1990 one, I think this is my preferred version. Definitely looking forward to part two.

 

Anyone see any good horror movies lately? I just saw A Nightmare On Elm Street (one of my favorites) in theaters with my friend last week and saw Happy Death Day a few days ago.

[glassthursday]

I may check out Happy Death Day. One I saw recently would be the giallo Slaughter Hotel from 1971 starring Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. It's basically about a masked killer who uses medieval weaponry to kill women in an asylum for the suicidal and disturbed. I'm glad I got it from Raro's sale last month because it was kind of a blind buy for me, and I didn't expect much going into it since I didn't read much about the movie. Although the plot is simple and movie does get into softcore territory, the build up does lead to a surprising twist which does contrast the moments which are visually as well as auditorily trippy, which perhaps inspired Sergio Martino for his work on Mountain of the Cannibal God. Like most Italian horror, Slaughter Hotel is a bit confusing at times and one may be trying to connect the dots while watching it in order to figure out how everything fits together. Not to imply that the movie is all over the place, but you can tell especially in early giallos like this one, the filmmarkers were not only trying to figure out how to stick to the tropes but also how to express their own style. Fernando Di Leo certainly knew how to make something out there while still having a sense of class. That being said, would I recommend this one? Yes, but only if you have a few giallos under your belt because otherwise you might be caught off guard with this one. You're probably better off starting off with something like Blood and Black Lace or The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and going from there.

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Since my last post, I saw IT, and surely this is one of the better horror movies in recent years, and among the best Stephen King adaptations ever. I never liked the 1990 version as I thought it was a kid's version of the book and not scary or interesting at all, while dropping too much interesting scenes (note that I read the book and saw the adaptation in my early teens).

 

Another great horror film I watched in recent years is Crimson Peaks, though that is more of a gothic horror period piece than straight-up horror.

[offthebone]

1 hour ago, glassthursday said:

I may check out Happy Death Day. One I saw recently would be the giallo Slaughter Hotel from 1971 starring Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. It's basically about a masked killer who uses medieval weaponry to kill women in an asylum for the suicidal and disturbed. I'm glad I got it from Raro's sale last month because it was kind of a blind buy for me, and I didn't expect much going into it since I didn't read much about the movie. Although the plot is simple and movie does get into softcore territory, the build up does lead to a surprising twist which does contrast the moments which are visually as well as auditorily trippy, which perhaps inspired Sergio Martino for his work on Mountain of the Cannibal God. Like most Italian horror, Slaughter Hotel is a bit confusing at times and one may be trying to connect the dots while watching it in order to figure out how everything fits together. Not to imply that the movie is all over the place, but you can tell especially in early giallos like this one, the filmmarkers were not only trying to figure out how to stick to the tropes but also how to express their own style. Fernando Di Leo certainly knew how to make something out there while still having a sense of class. That being said, would I recommend this one? Yes, but only if you have a few giallos under your belt because otherwise you might be caught off guard with this one. You're probably better off starting off with something like Blood and Black Lace or The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and going from there.

 

It definitely sounds interesting so I'll have to check it out. I'm not sure how I feel about Happy Death Day. I liked it initially but when I was thinking about it the next day, I realized there were a lot of things that did not make sense or things I simply thought were stupid. I'd honestly wait until you can rent it.

 

21 minutes ago, Cubone said:

Since my last post, I saw IT, and surely this is one of the better horror movies in recent years, and among the best Stephen King adaptations ever. I never liked the 1990 version as I thought it was a kid's version of the book and not scary or interesting at all, while dropping too much interesting scenes (note that I read the book and saw the adaptation in my early teens).

 

Another great horror film I watched in recent years is Crimson Peaks, though that is more of a gothic horror period piece than straight-up horror.

 

I agree, IT 2017 is definitely one of the best horror movies I have seen in a very long time. As much as I like the 1990 version, I can see why you would feel that way; the new one definitely has a more serious/frightening vibe to it. I have not finished the book yet so I feel I can't really comment on how accurate either movie is.

 

I also really like Crimson Peak. I've heard people criticize it for not being "real" horror but, whatever, I thought it was good.

[UncleBuck-_-90]

On 11/09/2017 at 1:25 PM, DrBloodmoney said:

Just watched The Neon Demon the other night - wasn't even aware it was a horror movie before I did.

 

It's very cool, worth a watch. 

yeah, I watched that not long ago strange but good. the director has made a few odd but great films now.

[Homejuustosipuli]

On 11.8.2017 at 2:03 PM, DrBloodmoney said:

I'm always on the hunt for good horror movies - its a genre where the ratio of bad ones to good is very high, but a really good horror movie is tough to beat for entertainment.

 

A few that spring to mind from the past while that stood out are:

 

Excision

Martyrs (the original)

Inside

Frontier(s)

As Above So Below

Hush

The VVitch

It Follows

The Descent

In My Skin

 

plus shout outs to the more obvious ones,

 

The Shining

The Exorcist

Dont Look Now

Salo

Susperia

 

 

nothing much coming up that looks good, except maybe Raw - it seems like it has promise.

Calvaire

Angst

Spoorloos

Arrebato

Tras el cristal

Onibaba

Spring

Resolution

Brain Damage

Sombre

The strange color of your body's tears

Opera

Peeping tom

Maniac (2012)

Midori

Dellamorte dellamore

Fright Night (80s)

Man Behind the Sun

In The Mouth of Madness

Near Dark

Rosemary's Baby (60s)

Taxidermia

Noroi

Uzumaki

Offscreen

Murder party

Let the right one in (swedish)

Körkarlen

[jackmadrox]

Finally got to see Happy Death Day. It was alright. Not the greatest, certainly not the worst. Worth a rental.

[UlvenFenrir]

It follows was one of the biggest surprises for me. Great “80s” horror movie with synthwave music.

 

really creepy.

[FawltyPowers]

I had been looking forward to watching IT for a long while. IT is still my favourite Stephen King novel and I was disappointed that I never thought much of the original version.

 

I hated the film to start with, then it got better and then quite enjoyed it. Me and my friends were talking afterwards about the cheap jump scares which seem to be needed to keep younger audiences entertained. I didn't mind it to a degree but I thought it was overplayed. The emphasis needed to be getting the characters in the Losers' Club to bond, it took a while and almost did it. Definitely worth watching and I have my steelbook on order.

 

Here are some other horror / psychological films I thought were above average from the 70's / 80's:

 

Friday the 13th Part 4

The Woman In Black (original TV version, rare as hell to find a copy)

Intruder (directed by Scott Spiegel who co-wrote Evil Dead 2 and went to school with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell)

The Entity

The Toxic Avenger (Comedy)

The Burning

I Spit on Your Grave (very uncomfortable film)

Black Christmas

Dolls

Class of Nuke Em High (Comedy, same as Toxic Avenger)

Pieces

The House on Sorority Row

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Videodrome

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Dead and Buried

Slumber Party Massacre