The Horror Movie Thread

[Spartan]

Opera was great, but I have serious issues with that film's ending. Might be the first identifiable example of Argento's fall for me. I still enjoy watching his movies even the contemporary stuff, so whatever.

[Tommy Bunz]

I really like The Girl Who Knew Too Much. It's like a very violent Hitchcock movie. Some gorgeous B&W cinematography too from what I remember.

It's not a violent movie at all.

It's violent compared to pretty much any Hitchcock movie. Probably not violent to you if 75% of the movies you watch involve someone's dick being cut off and fed to them.

[Spartan]

Gutterballs has a scene like that.

[Tommy Bunz]

You mean where someone's dick is fed to them?
so does

[aleph]

I really like The Girl Who Knew Too Much. It's like a very violent Hitchcock movie. Some gorgeous B&W cinematography too from what I remember.

It's not a violent movie at all.

It's violent compared to pretty much any Hitchcock movie. Probably not violent to you if 75% of the movies you watch involve someone's dick being cut off and fed to them.

I'm gonna play it safe and say that's violentish

[Spartan]

I might be wrong about Gutterballs. It might have been a bowling pin.

[Comedy Quaddafi]

I really like The Girl Who Knew Too Much. It's like a very violent Hitchcock movie. Some gorgeous B&W cinematography too from what I remember.

It's not a violent movie at all.

It's violent compared to pretty much any Hitchcock movie. Probably not violent to you if 75% of the movies you watch involve someone's dick being cut off and fed to them.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057443/parentalguide
Violence & Gore
The film is in black and white, so there is no "red" blood shown, and what is shown could be considered minimal.
A mugger snatches a woman's purse; they struggle briefly, and she falls back and hits her head. At least two characters are shown with a knife in the back; there is some blood on the clothes. A character lies dead, there is a wound on the head. Another character is shot and collapses.

[Tommy Bunz]

It's been quite a while since I've watched it but multiple people getting shot and stabbed isn't violent "at all"?
I probably shouldn't have used the word "very" before violent but it is violent and it is violent compared to every hitchcock movie outside of Psycho, and maybe the Birds.
Mostly, I don't see what your point is outside of trying to be smug.

[Comedy Quaddafi]

Frenzy?

Anyway there's no graphic violence as we only see the bodies and the rest happens off-screen, not unlike films by Hitchcock. I don't really have a point, but I consider it to be part of an era of more visually restrained rather than more sleazy Italian gialli, or in this case a thriller, as you'd see in Bava's next movie Blood and Black Lace

[Pronay]

[Pronay]

just had a thought, are there any horror movies that go a standard route, but in the end / with the ending, the reveal is that the horrible thing is something historical that actually happened?

not something that is introduced in trailers or the beginning as 'based off true events' etc.

Like a stupid example would be if you had indigenous population in north or south america, told from their perspective, being terrorized by the unknown. then in the end you get some perspective from the foreigners going about their business, or just a reveal to the audience that the movie portrayed x event.

[Comedy Quaddafi]

^ Time of the Wolf by Michael Haneke had that exact effect on me. It's never spelled out that the story, which is a fictional account of how survivors of an unspecified accident cope, is actually an accurate description of how victims of wars in the real world are forced to live - but it's written thickly between the lines which makes the movie a chilling experience to watch and reflect on. It's not a horror really though and it doesn't point out a specific incident in history.

[illuminati_guy]

[drizzle]

you guys see this trailer yet?



looks alright, i like the circus of torture angle

[Spartan]

Yup, already have it pre-ordered. Hopefully it's better than Chandon's last film.

[Spartan]

Meeting Robert Englund on Sunday. Hopefully he isn't a douche like Savini.

CSB

[Spartan]

It's no secret that I find Rob Zombie's movies terribly overrated but The Lords of Salem trailer seems to be very promising and suggests that he just might have grown out of that white trash steez bullshit here. Trailer is surprisingly awesome.

The Lords of Salem

[Spartan]

Meeting Robert Englund on Sunday. Hopefully he isn't a douche like Savini.

CSB

And he was a true scholar and a gentleman. Had a long ass chat about horror flicks, especially slasher movies, both agreeing on Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon being a fantastic film.

Motherfucking right I'm gonna frame this and put it on the mantlepiece.

[360]

[360]

It's no secret that I find Rob Zombie's movies terribly overrated but The Lords of Salem trailer seems to be very promising and suggests that he just might have grown out of that white trash steez bullshit here. Trailer is surprisingly awesome.

The Lords of Salem

This does look cool. I'd like to watch it with different music, though, because The Requiem Mass instantly makes anything better.

[illuminati_guy]

since im big fan of british withcraft movies from 60s/70s i think im going to really like the lords of salem. trailer is dope as fuck, reminds me of some ken russel stuff

i hope sheri moon doesn't say a word

[Spartan]

Speaking of old school Brit hexploitation horror, I watched Virgin Witch last night. Pretty mediocre.

[illuminati_guy]

lol funny, i watched it too. never again

[Spartan]

guessing you're a fan of Blood on Satan's Claw and The Wicker Man?

[illuminati_guy]

yeah, witchfinder general, the devils, devil rides out, stuff like that

[Spartan]

"Where's your art film now, baby?"

Evil Dead Remake



Full trailer gets released tomorrow.

[Comedy Quaddafi]

Nice ^

If they stay away from CGI and follow through on their promises it could be tight.

[Tweak Da Leak]

How big an ass was Savini? A condescending prick or self righteous asshole?

[Spartan]

CQ - It's sacrilege, man.

Tweak - He was alright until I brought up the F13th remake. Apparently, he's a bit of a douche to his fans.

[Tommy Bunz]

Ugh for some reason I though Raimi was directing Evil Dead 1.3.
Wack.