The Horror Movie Thread

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:57 am

This one looks pretty cool too, rather prolific group of directors for a horror anthology

Just a heads up too, deepdiscount is having a horror sale right now and there are some pretty great deals buried in there.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:35 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:This one looks pretty cool too, rather prolific group of directors for a horror anthology

Just a heads up too, deepdiscount is having a horror sale right now and there are some pretty great deals buried in there.

Spirits of the Dead is presented in a brand new transfer from a new High Definition restoration of the original film negative. Reinstating Terence Stamp's superb performance with his original English audio as well as alternate English audio options for Metzengerstein and William Wilson.

Special Features:
- Brand new transfer of Spirits of the Dead from a new HD restoration of the original negative
- Alternative English audio for Metzengerstein and William Wilson, multi-lingual English and Italian audio for Toby Dammit as well the French dubbed version
- Brand new English subtitle translation on all versions
- Features rare Vincent Price voice over narration used for the US theatrical version
- 60 page booklet featuring Edgar Allan Poeגs original short stories Metzengerstein, William Wilson and Never Bet the Devil Your Head (Toby Dammit)
- גSpirits of the Dead Revisitedג essay by critic and author Tim Lucas
- גLiterature and Cinemaג essay by scholar and author Peter Bondanella on Toby Dammit
- Re-prints of original lobby cards and posters

Arrow have been killin' it lately, copped really lavish blu-rays of Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead and City Of The Living Dead and now Inferno on it's way to me. The news about The Beyond and an uncut A Bay Of Blood getting the BR treatment soon is the icing on the cake. One of my fave labels around right now.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:21 pm

Ha I seriously thought about copping that Inferno bluray just based on how awesome the cover is

so awesome

But then I heard Blue Underground is going to put out a blu of it next year so I'll just wait and save a few dollars

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:33 pm

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blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:46 pm

Horror movie cliches or tropes that work.
introducing a legend (friday the 13th, the ring, candyman, etc.)

i'm sure spartan or others can add on to this reply.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:18 am

Oh man! Where do you start?

Creepy backwater/rural types "they got religion".
The campfire tale.
Essential T&A scenes - I always enjoy gratuitous female nudity in horror flicks. They're fundamental to the sex=death logic.
Stormy nights and trees thrashing against the house.
The film is set on the very anniversary linked to the killer's/killers' backstory/origin.
The very final scene where Final Girl might just be insane/presumed insane after everything that's happened to her.
Couple having sex "What was that sound? Go outside and see what it is"
The cock-blocking killer.
Reluctant cops who would rather lock-up the male lead instead of checking out his story.
The car not starting the first time.
The lighter not working right away.
Pets sensing imminent danger/evil.
Operatic vocals on the soundtrack to represent something being demonic or supernatural.
Potential victims stumbling into the killer's lair and trying to stay quiet while he's just wondering about.
The random scene made to look inconsequential where an important piece of info or prop is introduced that could stop the killer/killers.
The kooky old guy warning everyone.
Hiding in obvious places - closet or behind a shower curtain or a refrigerator.
Over eagerness to dismember someone bitten by a zombie.
The assumed off-screen kill of a character (male lead in a slasher usually), only for him to crop up and help the final girl in the film's big confrontation.

I'll do some slasher specific ones later on.

kato · Post by **kato** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:03 pm

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:57 pm

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Doesn't look too bad...I enjoyed the first one for what it is.

Trailer looks surprisingly decent, despite the fact the whole shaky-cam/CCTV steez has really outworn it's welcome.

I don't mind it so much when it's done in a novel way, it's actually pivotal in [REC]2, but films like Five Across The Eyes and The Fourth Kind go to such a gimmicky extreme, it ruins any positive aspects these films offer and can't be taken seriously, it also puts me off films made in this style.

On an unrelated note. Didn't want to bump another Horror thread, but this list is worth a look.
http://www.philaflava.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43482

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:00 pm

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:15 pm

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This is really worth checking out. Watched this today and I gotta say this was even better than I expected. Very disturbing and one of the better teen focused horror flicks I've seen since All The Boys Love Mandy Lane.

that looks crazy as fuck!

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:30 pm

New redband trailer for the I Spit On Your Grave remake. I know it's popular to hate on remakes, but I really want to check this out.

Out 8th October

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Funnily enough a cut version of the original for home formats was recently submitted for film classification in the Republic of Ireland and the film got banned outright. It's like the early 80's all over again.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:13 pm

I was wondering the other day what the A L'Interiur guys are up to and just saw this

http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/09/firs ... -livid.php

Yay!

srsly, how creepy is that pic? Amazing stuff...

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:11 pm

It's young Lucy's first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel's treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever...

Sounds pretty good. Should be interesting to see how these guys handle the supernatural element. They went really ape shit with the extreme violence for L'Interieur .

Just found out director Roy Ward Baker passed away, R.I.P. Dude made some of my fave Hammer & Amicus flicks including The Vampire Lovers, And Now The Screaming Starts and the classic sci-fi flick Quatermass & The Pit. Still to this very day I get freaked out with Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde. I'm gonna watch The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires tonight in honor of him

kato · Post by **kato** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:22 pm

Trademark wrote:
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This is really worth checking out. Watched this today and I gotta say this was even better than I expected. Very disturbing and one of the better teen focused horror flicks I've seen since All The Boys Love Mandy Lane.

that looks crazy as fuck!

it is crazy as fuck...very dope flick...

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:41 pm

Anyone interested in horror ebooks? I could throw them in a .rar and just upload it at once. Some of them are really good checklists and others are more in depth.

Spartan wrote:Oh man! Where do you start?

Creepy backwater/rural types "they got religion".
The campfire tale.
Essential T&A scenes - I always enjoy gratuitous female nudity in horror flicks. They're fundamental to the sex=death logic.
Stormy nights and trees thrashing against the house.
The film is set on the very anniversary linked to the killer's/killers' backstory/origin.
The very final scene where Final Girl might just be insane/presumed insane after everything that's happened to her.
Couple having sex "What was that sound? Go outside and see what it is"
The cock-blocking killer.
Reluctant cops who would rather lock-up the male lead instead of checking out his story.
The car not starting the first time.
The lighter not working right away.
Pets sensing imminent danger/evil.
Operatic vocals on the soundtrack to represent something being demonic or supernatural.
Potential victims stumbling into the killer's lair and trying to stay quiet while he's just wondering about.
The random scene made to look inconsequential where an important piece of info or prop is introduced that could stop the killer/killers.
The kooky old guy warning everyone.
Hiding in obvious places - closet or behind a shower curtain or a refrigerator.
Over eagerness to dismember someone bitten by a zombie.
The assumed off-screen kill of a character (male lead in a slasher usually), only for him to crop up and help the final girl in the film's big confrontation.

I'll do some slasher specific ones later on.

The call is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:31 pm

Black Christmas!!!

ebooks??

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:59 pm

i just checked out clive barker's lord of illusions (1995) for the first time. did anyone else REALLY love this flick? nobody talks about it and it's got meh type ratings on imdb/RT. i loved it big time: an existential horror noir. i might be alone on this one, though.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:04 am

Spartan wrote:Black Christmas!!!

ebooks??

They use it in other movies like When A Stranger Calls, I'm sure there's more but I can't remember right now.

PDF books, sry.

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Looking decent.

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:49 pm

Favorite 2000's horror movies? we(me and spartan) were gonna do a tournament but a discussion will do. Mainstrream or straight dvd.

the descent
vaccancy
texas chainsaw massacre remake
bug-was ok
first two SAW flicks
1408-lol at that dude with the knife in the room had me shocked
28 weeks later
30 days of night-i'd just hid in the attic with those folks with a stake and garlic
the invasion
paranormal activity-the great horror swindle
bless the child-decent
final destination-before the acting turned worse and folks just went for the death scenes ala friday the 13th.
scream 3
jeepers creepers-even justin long douchebag ass couldn't stop this cult classic. the second one was one of the worst horror flicks i ever seen.
cabin fever-thanks eli roth
the ring
resident evil
the grudge-i liked the second one better then the first.
exorcist the beginning-nice gory visuals, tolerable storyline, very little hokey one liners.
skeleton key-i definitly didn't see this ending coming like the good son.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:58 pm

I would love such a tournament.

I did a top 20 earlier this year but made it a bit prematurely. I would've added Vinyan, House of the Devil and The Girl Next Door, possibly Dead Snow which I just saw this week. I might be forgetting something. Embodiment of Evil gets an honorable mention.

1 - Martyrs
2 -The Hills Have Eyes
3 - Frontiere(s)
4 - Haute Tension
5 - Fritt Vilt
6 - Devils Rejects
7 - Inside
8 - Antichrist
9 - REC
10 - Lad Den Rette Komme Ind
11 - Eden Lake
12 - Wolf Creek
13 - The Descent
14 - Ils
15 - Ju-On
16 - Calvaire
17 - Funny Games
18 - A Tale of Two Sisters
19 - Outpost
20 - Rovdyr

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:12 pm

I honestly relish the chance of putting a horror movie tournament together, but the problems are pretty obvious:

1. It's really niche genre here on the CYE forum. Just take a look at the contributors in this thread - it's just us lot

.If a tournament was to kick off, the votes would be quite low. The Southern Movie Tournament was much more open to casual heads and in most cases the votes and comments were still kind of thin. Hardly much movie debate.

2. During nominations, the few folks that might chip in with nominations might start requesting for sequels that other folks might not have seen, eg. you put A Nightmare On Elm Street in there, someone is more than likely to say one of it's sequels was better and a lot more deserving to be included. No matter how worthy some of these movies are, are we gonna have obscure shit or European films added to the mix, that the casual voter hasn't seen and feels he can't vote?

3. What sort of tournament would it be? Are we going to put the old school Universal, Warner & RKO stuff in there, or start from a much later time frame? New shit too, they're about 10-15 horror films released every week, mostly straight to DVD, it's a tough enough job separating the wheat from the chaff and putting potentially great stuff in this thread and giving folks a head's up. How many folks might have even seen these films?

4. You guys know it's going to end up with either The Shining or an Alfred Hitchcock movie winning this once they're nominated, right?

I sound like a complete geeky fag after reading what I just wrote.

360 · Post by **360** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:25 pm

This thread is heavily lurked, though. Personally, I don't contribute because I don't frequent any sites or blogs dedicated to horror movie news. I would some suggestions.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:49 pm

I can sympathize with your doubts. There are atleast 20 horror movies (not this decade) that everyone has seen, Exorcist, Shining, Poltergest, e.g. so it could work if we stick to those and perhaps add some of the newer ones everybody likes.

360: fangoria.com updates a lot, there's some terrible reviews but whatever.

LOL @ this BTW. There's no way that won't lead to regrets :)

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:30 pm

new scream 4 trailer

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/v ... yW1QjnPrcR

HBG · Post by **HBG** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:29 am

This is the best horror movie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5tD5h1cP8

Skeptic · Post by **Skeptic** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:50 am

Guardian's best horror films of all time:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/22/horror

Joe Queenan's guide to horror film cliches:

Horror movies divide into several very different categories: slasher, zombie, vampire, mainstream horror, Asian horror and revolting Eli Roth films. Devotees of one category often have no interest in the others, a fact that is incomprehensible to snooty types who cavalierly make no distinctions. All of these subgenres rely on worthy, battle-tested cliches that appear again and again. Indeed, horror is the one genre in which the absence of cliches would ruin everything. If the Japanese started making horror movies that did not revolve around creepy little girls who come back from the dead to avenge themselves on other, even creepier little girls, no one would go to see them. If there was not somehow a sense in the Saw-style movies that the victims deserved to be dismembered, the genre would implode. If zombies didn't constantly turn up in unusual places ג convenience stores, high-rise student housing, rural Pennsylvania ג aficionados would drop the subgenre just like that. And if vampires weren't likable in some strange, misunderstood, vampiric way, vampire movies would be nowhere near as popular as they are.

Small children are often evil in horror movies, a tradition that descends from The Bad Seed and The Exorcist and The Omen. When they are not evil, they are troubled loners who consort with invisible playmates who are evil. If one hears children humming innocent nursery rhymes in the background, you can bet your bottom dollar that somebody's getting a carving knife through the retina pretty damn soon. Conversely, it is very rare to hear a baritone or heldentenor on the soundtrack of a horror movie. Teens in horror movies are usually spoiled brats who deserve to die. They are always the products of broken homes. This is why they are so often home alone. Since horror movies are marketed toward teens, this seems to suggest that at some level, teens already understand that everybody wants to see them die, preferably in some hideous fashion. Yet they flock to see the movies. Strange.

Horror films work best in rural settings, because rustics are scary in and of themselves, and because there are lots of frightening farm tools on hand, and also because there are no neighbours to beg for help when the flaying and amateur surgery get into full swing. One should never trust a handyman or a farmer in a horror film. It is said that in space no one can hear you scream, but no one can hear you scream in Nebraska or south Dakota or rural Slovakia, either. Horror films do not work well in places like Holland, because horror films require basements, for the crucial scene where the prettiest girl, for no good reason, descends into the miasmic cavern in which Leatherface obviously spends most of his free time. Linen closets and tidy storage areas are surprisingly common in Asian horror films, which may have cultural ramifications that go over the heads of moviegoers in the west. In the west, linen closets are simply not scary. Neither are vestibules. They're just not.

Horror movies almost always contain a scene in which a woman washes her face in a sink, and when she straightens up and looks in the mirror, a girl missing half her face is staring directly back at her. If she decides to take a bath, the tub will soon fill up with hair, blood or a woman with purple skin and one eye missing. Horror movies also contain lots of scenes in which the living dead or the living undead zip past an open door or window, but nobody sees them. A surprise appearance by subaquatic, recently deceased femmes fatales is another popular trope; the distaff dead, like U-boats, do not like to surface. The more gruesome films in the genre require captives to sacrifice one section of their bodies in order to preserve others; this always comes as a surprise.
Women constantly take showers in horror films, even though this has been a terrible idea ever since Psycho. People check into remote, deserted motels, even though this too has been a bad idea since Psycho. If the people who inhabit horror movies had only seen Psycho at an impressionable age, an awful lot of carnage could have been avoided. This, in fact, is the basic joke in Scream.

It is always a bad idea to go to sleep in horror films, or accept a ride from strangers, or respond to a personal ad. It is an even worse idea to get in an elevator, a popular hideout of the promiscuously dead. Computers are another place where the dead sometimes lay low. Priests are generally well-meaning but incompetent in this genre, but nuns are to be avoided. Rabbis rarely appear in horror films.

In a horror movie, you should never purchase a dirt-cheap house or apartment without making detailed inquiries about how many previous tenants were skinned alive in the pantry. But be aware: estate agents can never be trusted. It is pointless to look at the images on the security camera in your apartment or office to see if the monster is in the lobby, because the dead cannot be seen on conventional cameras, no matter how high the resolution.

You should never have any kind of medical operation in a horror film, particularly a transplant, because you will inherit the eyes of a witch, the heart of a cannibal or the kidneys of a murderous transvestite. Never go into a darkroom alone, because someone in the film you are developing will come to life and rip your lungs out. Finally, never answer the phone in a horror movie. To avoid disaster, text.
The classic cliched horror movie: The Ring

The Ring, a remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 Ring, is the horror movie that introduced the west to all the cliches that are so popular in the east, and that are now popular everywhere. It is the only American horror movie that is scarier than the film it is based on. The heroine is an attractive woman who stumbles on a series of weird, inexplicable deaths. Even though young people are dying in droves, the police dismiss it as one of those zany coincidences.

Soon, she starts to receive phone calls from the dead. She becomes involved with a scary little girl whose eye keeps poking out from beneath a mane of matted black hair, never a good sign. She is dating the initially skeptical boyfriend, who comes around to her point of view, then dies. She makes the statutory trip to the asylum, for a chat with the uncommunicative witness to the murder that launched the movie. Other great cliches: the strange little boy who seems to understand more than he is saying. The water seeping from the bathroom door. The girl who has been left to die by friends or family and is now coming back to even the score. The spasmodic, time-lapse camera work that enables the dead girl to cover enormous distances in a short period of time. And, of course, the surprise twist at the end. Two of them, in fact. All in all, The Ring puts Carrie to shame.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:37 am

That list completely left out Romero's Night and Dawn movies and a ton of other movies.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:45 am

Just the thread. Horror is the one major genre Iגm not up on so where better to ask than here? drizzle, you know about this? http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/scarymovies.html

I know a lot of the newer titles have been discussed already (and I can see the love for The Loved Ones) but Iגm too lazy to search out for the comments on each. What in your esteemed opinion are the ones to check for? Iגve seen Hellraiser, Dr. Terrorגs House of Horrors and of course, Carrie.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:23 am

You must've seen more than that?

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:41 am

I told you I was horror-ig'nant.