The Horror Movie thread

Krow · June 1st, 2009, 08:50 AM

Discuss all and any scary movies you want to here.

What have you seen? What do you love? What has traumatized you?

I'll start with Cannibal Holocaust. Absolutely gritty and terrifying... it just feels so real... Real animals slaughtered... rape... brutal murders... and it all just feels so real, so real that the director was arrested at one point for making a snuff film...

Quote:

Many of the censorship issues with Cannibal Holocaust concern the on-screen killings of animals, which remains a major issue today. Seven animals were killed during the film's production, six of which are seen on screen:

A coatimundi (mistaken as a muskrat in the film) is stabbed multiple times in the neck by an actor.
A large turtle (about three feet long) is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs and shell removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.
A large spider is killed with a machete.
A snake is killed with a machete.
A squirrel monkey has its face cut off with a machete.
A pig is kicked twice and then shot with a rifle.

These are the worst parts of the movie. I'm not that pro animals rights or anything... but... its real and it hits you extremely hard. The Coatimundi is a cute little thing... and it's death is horrifying... and pathetic.

I almost recommend staying away from the movie, to be honest.

Qth · June 1st, 2009, 09:08 AM

We have one of these threads allready

horror movies

Krow · June 1st, 2009, 09:17 AM

It's 9 months dead. Why necro it?

Qth · June 1st, 2009, 09:42 AM

So we dont need to mention all the movies once again and have the same discussions that we had half a year ago. All posters in that thread are still active here.

Krow · June 1st, 2009, 12:18 PM

9 months =/= half a year.

And I hardly see why that matters... considering no one is going to remember anything from that thread unless they go and read it.

DustyP · June 1st, 2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

I'll start with Cannibal Holocaust. Absolutely gritty and terrifying... it just feels so real... Real animals slaughtered... rape... brutal murders... and it all just feels so real, so real that the director was arrested at one point for making a snuff film...

I hated Cannibal Holocaust. It serves it's purpose in horror movie history, but it's completely unenjoyable to watch. That was the movie where I realized that it's totally possible to push the envelope too far. I'm not saying this is you at all, but there are SO many people that say this is one of the best horror movies of all time just because they want to sound brutal. There really isn't anything more brutal than real death, so it get's chosen for that reason.

And I think it gets a lot of unwarranted praise because of that.
But that, of course, is just my opinion. I've watched it once and will never watch it again.

In recent news: Drag Me to Hell deserves all the praise it's getting. Raimi is totally back in Evil Dead mode and then some. Awesome, fun flick.

Shapeless))) · June 1st, 2009, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DustyP

In recent news: Drag Me to Hell deserves all the praise it's getting. Raimi is totally back in Evil Dead mode and then some. Awesome, fun flick.

Is it seriously good? I thought the trailer seemed very juvenile

Edit: I just watched Funny Games, the German original version. I thought i'd just throw it in here. Not a horror film by any means but very unsettling.

Qth · June 1st, 2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krow

And I hardly see why that matters... considering no one is going to remember anything from that thread unless they go and read it.

And why wouldnt you read an older thread if you find the subject interesting?
Thats the beauty with forums you know, conversations automaticly get logged. Just 'cause a comment is 9 months old doesnt make it less interesting.

DustyP · June 1st, 2009, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shapeless

Is it seriously good? I thought the trailer seemed very juvenile

Edit: I just watched Funny Games, the German original version. I thought i'd just throw it in here. Not a horror film by any means but very unsettling.

Well what do you consider juvenile? Do you dislike Evil dead and Evil Dead 2? Then yeah, maybe it's not your kind of movie if you all horror movies to serious, but for all of the horror sub-genres out there my favorite kind of horror movie is one that makes me jump and laugh in the same movie.

Martyrs was the best horror movie I have seen in awhile, but that isn't the kind of movie that I will watch over and over. I might not even watch it again for another 5 years. Drag Me to Hell, I will buy and watch monthly.

-D

Qth · June 1st, 2009, 02:19 PM

Gulp..

I have totally missed that Raimi made a new one.
Have to check it out emediatly.

I just wiped the dust off of my LE Evil Dead II Tin box last weak, love it to death.

Shapeless))) · June 1st, 2009, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DustyP

Well what do you consider juvenile? Do you dislike Evil dead and Evil Dead 2?

All the Evil deads are awesome yet very corny. It's just the "Drag me to hell" trailer left me a One Missed Call-vibe. I might go see it anyway.

DustyP · June 1st, 2009, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shapeless

It's just the "Drag me to hell" trailer left me a One Missed Call-vibe.

No.
NO.....
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

Black Orifice · June 1st, 2009, 02:52 PM

Not really a horror movie but, I watched the first 3 Toxic Avengers last night.

Shapeless))) · June 1st, 2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DustyP

No.
NO.....
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

Hahahah. OK FINE I'LL SEE IT, YOU'VE CONVINCED ME!

isolation_years · June 1st, 2009, 03:56 PM

^you better, it's sam RAIMI for fucks sake

evil dead = win
spiderman = commercial win

win+win=hyperwin

winters epilogue · June 1st, 2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DustyP

No.
NO.....
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

Dusty's responses for the win.

Para Bellum · June 1st, 2009, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shapeless

Edit: I just watched Funny Games, the German original version. I thought i'd just throw it in here. Not a horror film by any means but very unsettling.

I've seen the remake of Funny Games. Which was so lame. It was like The Strangers, only not scary and really boring. I'm guessing the German one is much better?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DustyP

Martyrs was the best horror movie I have seen in awhile, but that isn't the kind of movie that I will watch over and over. I might not even watch it again for another 5 years.

No kidding. It's brutal! And awesome...

Shapeless))) · June 1st, 2009, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Para Bellum

I've seen the remake of Funny Games. Which was so lame. It was like The Strangers, only not scary and really boring. I'm guessing the German one is much better?

Umm, well the american version is pretty much a scene to scene remake, but i think i liked the american version better. Not many would agree with me on this I think. I guess the movie just didn't appeal to you then

. I myself am, atleast at the moment, a fan of twisted and slow paced, suspense films. Think David Lynch <3

Ok i'll just stop postin in this thread since i'm just rambling about non-horror movies. peaceout.

Belac · June 1st, 2009, 05:25 PM

I'm planning to see Drag me to Hell very shortly, I've been awaiting Sam Raimi's return to roots.

I recently saw the move Martyr's, I have to say that it's a particularly disturbing horror movie. It was pretty damn good though. I was a bit surprised by the context of the movie actually, it makes some fairly obvious references to actual religious figure-heads (including very current ones) and the way some of them think. While the movie itself is hardly a religious movie, there are certainly obvious statements being made about people's faith and how far they push it for answers.

*Potential spoiler* - In fact the villain in charge of everything has a pretty disturbing resemblance to Mother Teresa's philosophy that suffering brings victims closer to "god", which is why in most of her "safehouse" nursing wards, patients were left untreated and in less than comfortable surroundings before they usually died. Some "saint"...

Krow · June 1st, 2009, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DustyP

Well what do you consider juvenile? Do you dislike Evil dead and Evil Dead 2? Then yeah, maybe it's not your kind of movie if you all horror movies to serious, but for all of the horror sub-genres out there my favorite kind of horror movie is one that makes me jump and laugh in the same movie.

Martyrs was the best horror movie I have seen in awhile, but that isn't the kind of movie that I will watch over and over. I might not even watch it again for another 5 years. Drag Me to Hell, I will buy and watch monthly.

-D

Evil Dead series is awesome.

First one is kvlt root rape.

Martyrs was fucking weird. When the girl bust into the house and blew everyone away with a shotgun... I was just sitting there thinking... wtf?...

DustyP · June 2nd, 2009, 12:02 AM

Quote:

maybe it's not your kind of movie if you all horror movies to serious

Fuck, what the hell was I on this afternoon?

Shapeless))) · June 2nd, 2009, 12:51 AM

I must have been on something too cause that made perfect sense when i read it the first time >_>

PhlegethonVeins · June 2nd, 2009, 07:44 AM

I'm a Jason Voorhees geek.

DustyP · June 2nd, 2009, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhlegethonVeins

I'm a Jason Voorhees geek.

Same here!
I fall asleep to a Friday movie (on the average) once a week, but some weeks I will watch one every night. I just cycle through them from 1-10 + FvJ and start at the beginning again when I finish. Nightmare on Elm street movies sometimes get rotated in as well, but Jason has always been my favorite.

Pivologas · June 2nd, 2009, 12:11 PM

I'm quite a fan of "... of the dead" series. I watch at least one of the movies per week.
And... To put the nail in the "Cannibal holocoust" coffin, lemme put it this way:
1st time - quite disgusted - watched a few random scenes. The turtle was fucked up.
2nd time - intriged. Watched the whole movie. I was like - whoa. Fucked up, brutal. Thumbs up.
3rd time - average. Just watched the best bookmarked gory parts and started watching "The birth of a nation" - yep, the black and white silent film. Now that was a bit disturbing, at least more than Cannibal Holocaust.
4th and to infinity - meh. Whenever I have my drunkard friends over, I just put on the best bookmarked parts and watch their reactions - the same way you do, when you show someone "2 girls 1 cup".

Thats my two cents in the pot.

June 1st, 2009, 09:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Qth Treasonous Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Above the Sun Posts: 6,816	We have one of these threads allready horror movies __________________ Last.fm

June 1st, 2009, 09:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Qth Treasonous Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Above the Sun Posts: 6,816	So we dont need to mention all the movies once again and have the same discussions that we had half a year ago. All posters in that thread are still active here. __________________ Last.fm

June 1st, 2009, 02:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
Qth Treasonous Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Above the Sun Posts: 6,816	Gulp.. I have totally missed that Raimi made a new one. Have to check it out emediatly. I just wiped the dust off of my LE Evil Dead II Tin box last weak, love it to death. __________________ Last.fm

June 2nd, 2009, 12:51 AM	#22 (permalink)
Shapeless))) -.!.. (-_-) ..!.- Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SWDN, GTHNBRG))) Posts: 3,040	I must have been on something too cause that made perfect sense when i read it the first time >_> __________________ www.myspace.com/KoiChannel: Post-insert music genre influenced progressive rock and metal.

June 2nd, 2009, 07:44 AM	#23 (permalink)
PhlegethonVeins Autopsy Obsessed Join Date: May 2005 Location: WI Posts: 6,190	I'm a Jason Voorhees geek. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/Nehebkau I am a god. A prime being. I shall impale you on the crumbled pillars Of the millennium.

June 1st, 2009, 09:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Krow Nature's Garbage Disposal Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Roadkill, WV Posts: 7,217	It's 9 months dead. Why necro it?

June 1st, 2009, 12:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Krow Nature's Garbage Disposal Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Roadkill, WV Posts: 7,217	9 months =/= half a year. And I hardly see why that matters... considering no one is going to remember anything from that thread unless they go and read it.

June 1st, 2009, 03:56 PM	#15 (permalink)
isolation_years Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 6,791	^you better, it's sam RAIMI for fucks sake evil dead = win spiderman = commercial win win+win=hyperwin

June 1st, 2009, 05:25 PM	#19 (permalink)
Belac Flesh To Steel Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Windsor, Canada Posts: 3,908	I'm planning to see Drag me to Hell very shortly, I've been awaiting Sam Raimi's return to roots. I recently saw the move Martyr's, I have to say that it's a particularly disturbing horror movie. It was pretty damn good though. I was a bit surprised by the context of the movie actually, it makes some fairly obvious references to actual religious figure-heads (including very current ones) and the way some of them think. While the movie itself is hardly a religious movie, there are certainly obvious statements being made about people's faith and how far they push it for answers. Potential spoiler - In fact the villain in charge of everything has a pretty disturbing resemblance to Mother Teresa's philosophy that suffering brings victims closer to "god", which is why in most of her "safehouse" nursing wards, patients were left untreated and in less than comfortable surroundings before they usually died. Some "saint"...