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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 6/16/2008 4:45:58 AM | Personally, I think they all suck.
I can't remember the last time that I saw a really good horror film. They are way to cheesy for me.
If you like the Cheesy horror stuff though, there is a movie you may want to check out. It's called "Behind The Mask: the rise of Lesly Vernon". It's a funny, yet dark twist on cheesy horror films.
For old farts like myself, classics are still in black and white.
Come on, you don't think that movies like "Caddyshack" and "The Jerk" are classics? Or how about the "Superman" or "Star Wars" movies? These were all in color, but I don't know many people who would consider them not to be classics. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 6/17/2008 11:47:32 AM | I think nowadays the horror movies are too critiqued on their SPECIAL EFFECTS rather than their actual storyline. I don't know if its always been like this, but every horror story, or at least most, recently, all seem to have a few factors in common. Special effects, at least ONE sex scene, and they all seem to be speaking more towards the younger generation. You don't seem to have to think anymore about it, just blood and sex, heh. Also, there are a lot of re-makes since we have better tech for more realistic kills.
It's been a while since I have seen a movie that really had me nervous when walking to my car after the theater, or when I'm at home at night, I leave the TV on :) The last movies I've seen that have made me like that is *the Ring,* . . *vacancy,* and . . well that's it lol. Usually what gets me is when a movie is slow and quiet, then it jumps out at you. Where you almost feel like youre there and you have to sit and concentrate.
I am interested in seeing *The Strangers* . . . It looks like my type of flick :)
To answer your question, if I haven't already, I like the older movies. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 6/17/2008 2:29:28 PM | I do have to agree that horror movies have gone through numerous drastic changes, from some horrible remakes...to some ridiculous movies that should have never came out in the first place. Special effects do play a big part of all movies nowadays, and for most of the classic horror movie buffs this takes away from the reality or belief of the movie.
As for the movie Strangers......its slow and not overly great. If your still interested in watching it go to: www.watch-movies.net
Youll be able to watch it there, along with horror movies back to the 30's and 40s. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 6/17/2008 3:06:16 PM | Ok I have a few personal favorites.
Psycho (the original) one of only 3 movies that has ever scared me.
Saw 1 great mystery
The Audition Japanese horror doesn't get better. Its far too disturbing to be remade into an American movie. All I have to say is its not a date movie. You won't want to date for a while after.
Ginger Snaps easily on my top 5 of indie movies. The chemistry between the sisters is so great I actually thought these two girls were sisters. Two sister best friends are torn apart when one slowly starts to become a werewolf. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 6/18/2008 12:02:56 AM | | Can someone help me track down an 80's vampire series BLOOD LUST or something like that. it had the re occuring head vampire and was really campy like the friday the thirteenth/elm street series. but there were like 5 movies or so. they were low budget, but captivating, anyone know what i'm talking about? | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 6/18/2008 11:40:54 PM | i LOOOOOOOOOVE 70/80,s horror movies....they are so funny...lmao...i collect them.
i like some of the modern ones too....but u know i think modern ones are just about how many gallons of fake blood they can possibly use.
they are running out of things to do to "shock"....
i think pplz have seen it all these days, and are immune to whatever they can dish up.
some have got a good story behind them tho...like saw...
i think it is about time to go "back to basics". | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/3/2008 10:02:12 PM | The 70's were a time of great horror films. Dawn of the Dead (1978), Halloween (1978), Phantasm (1979), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) (if you like Saw then check this one out) and I could go on but it would take up too much space.
The 80's were the beginning of formula slashers with Friday the 13th (1980) and the increasingly bad sequels. Some good movies came out in the 80's:
Aliens (1986)
From Beyond (1986)
Re-Animator (1985)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Evil Dead 1 & 2
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
The Fly (1986)
There's a few more, but not many. A book called "Horror Films of the 1980s" by John Kenneth Muir is a better overview of them, but you can see from that book that the slasher formula was way overdone. You'll notice that most of the movies I've listed there are not slashers.
The movies today are about empty shock and homages to better films. Every once in a while you get a more mature horror film, but they are few and far between. And there are several bad ones for every good one I've found. For every 28 Days Later (2002) (very good) you have a The Hills Have Eyes (2006 remake) (all violence and gore going nowhere), a Wrong Turn (2003) (badly written good guys and bad guys) or a Day of the Dead (2008 remake) (just bad all around).
If horror continues down this path of empty shock and gore that it is on these days then I fear that it will fit neatly into the mold that ultra-conservative critics cast for it in the 80's when I was a kid. They said that they were all deviant, misogynist (anti-woman), ultra-violent and sick.
It's bad enough that I have to conceal my love of horror movies for the most part (I may have to take them off of my interests to get a date) and it's worse when horror movies are getting too repulsive to defend. I can't even get my dad to watch Halloween (1978) and our family watched the more violent The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) together.
The stigma of horror seems to get worse as horror filmmakers these days focus more on violence and splatter instead of a good story. I remain hopeful that one day someone will make a better kind of horror film and continue to defend the genre's merits, but it gets harder and harder these days. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/4/2008 2:51:26 AM | You can't beat the Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Hitchcock horror movies. Oldies, but classic horror, you can't beat those!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what she said lol !!!
but really shaun of the dead is hysterical- and it is in the comedy section at our local store! also hysterical is a japanese cult classic which ive lost and been looking for is "an erotic ghost story" -so funny/horror - lol depends on your point of view i guess
i loved the "deadly earnest" programs when i was a kid-cant remember a thing about them now but they were a fave then!
any of stephen kings is great-and the freddie /jason genre is always good for a nights entertainment
the saw movies-after the 1st one it was all too much of the same thing-lost me a bit lol | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/4/2008 3:30:48 PM | I consider myself someone who is fussy when it comes to horror movies and 9 times out of 10 i find the latest horror movies are missing an element or something that just stops them from passing the line of good horror movie.
The hills have eyes,for example is a horror movie but seems more actionish than horror.Hostel is a gross out movie more than anything.I think a good horror movie should have an underlying psychological edge,A non realistic vision of gore (remember it is entertainment,not a documentary) and should have a certain bit of exploitation.
It had been a long time since i had seen a really good horror movie,but i recommend The remake of Halloween by Rob Zombie.Undoubtedly one of the best in a long time and the best way to enhance it is to watch the original from `78 and wait 2 weeks till it sinks in then watch the remake.Without giving anything away,He has put more thought in to this movie than i could have imagined.I know there are a lot of people who always say `original is better` but in this case i disagree.
A few others that arent bad are freddy vs jason,jason X (Friday the 13th part 10,i think),Original Dawn of the dead, The `House`series,House of a thousand corpses and the devils rejects arent bad ones by R.Z....Cant think of any others of top of my head.By the way has anyone seen the movie `Killing of America `? I have it on dvd ,the soundtrack and visualization of the U.S. in the 70`s is still really nightmarish.The movie came across like hell on earth.
But go Halloween by R.Z. Five star. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/5/2008 4:09:49 PM |
28 days later.... the best zombie film ever...
Yeah I know I'm a pedant but they weren't zombies they were affected by the rage virus :-P
Some of the 80s horror flicks were brilliant but equally, some were the worst ever produced. I personally enjoyed Nightmare on Elm Street but others were dire.
If you're serious about your horror and gore I'd recommend getting hold of some of the Japanese/Korean movies. The Ring (Ringu) and Dark Water were reworkings of Japanese horrors. The originals being far more disturbing...R-Point is also worth a watch. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/5/2008 11:09:15 PM | | They were just infected people in 28 Days Later (2002). Another good film from the 70's is The Crazies (1973). It's directed by George A. Romero who directed Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the Dead (1978) and is about the same thing, but less gory. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/6/2008 4:19:03 PM | A couple of fav's I haven't seen mentioned here are Ghost Story and The Changeling, both from the 80s.....
Ghost Story is much more subtle than the traditional horror flick. The talent was good too, with Fred Astaire and Alice Krige, who is very creepy but without being overtly so. There really isn't any blood but some characters do meet with "accidents."
The Changeling is another horror that is atmospheric and frightening (to me anyway) without gore. Satisfyingly intelligent!
I find both these movies are "Hitchcockian" in that there is great character development, and the audiences are psychologically primed for climactic endings. Furthermore, the audiences develop empathy for the ghostly characters in both movies.
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/6/2008 9:07:55 PM | I watched two this weekend...maybe not completely horror movies but still good
I am Legend
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The Mist
I second 28 days later....loved it.
more scary/horror movies....the saw series, the ring, hostel, wolf creek, cabin fever, and of course, the texas chainsaw massacre, the new one. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/7/2008 1:06:44 AM | Great vampire movies of the 80's
Near Dark
Fright Night 1 and 2
Best monster horror of the 80's
American werewolf in London
The Thing
Cheesiest horror movies that are just plain fun to watch
The Blob (both editions)
Creepshow 1 and 2
Evil Dead 1 and 2
Army of Darkness | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/7/2008 3:19:17 PM | Not too many people have mentioned the good ole B & W movies.
Like "The Thing" (Both versions, 50's and 80's)
A few old Vincent Price movies such as "The Tingler" and the first I Am Legend "The Last Man on Earth"
Old ones from the 80's, Jesus, I feel old!!!!
I also saw a great Korean movie called "The Host"
Good 70's/80's horror:
The first 3 nightmare on elm street
Holloween (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Hills have Eyes (1977)
I Drink Your Blood (1970) | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/7/2008 3:57:40 PM | 1.) Avoid any films that are "remakes" or "re-imaginings" or "re-visitings" (or whatever silly stupid names directors are using nowadays, as if we are too stupid to figure out a re-make when we see one). The originals are always better.
2.) Avoid any sequels to horror films after part 2 (although I would make an exception to the third "Nightmare on Elm Street", which was way better than the second one).
That being said.....
I tend to go more for the "hybrid" movies--horror/comedy. " The Lost Boys" and "American Werewolf in London" are two perfect examples.
The first two "Hellraiser" films scared the bejeezus out of me. Also any films that have an exorcism in it (b/c I'm Catholic and believe that stuff can actually happen), also loved the original Japanese version of "The Grudge" (that creepy woman crawling down the stairs still freaks me out). Any early stuff with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are high on the list.
One of the scariest? Stephen King's "It." Tim Curry as Pennywise still gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/13/2008 10:01:59 AM | I have to say,..most of the stuff "Labled" , HORROR these days,..is mostly Drivil,....and simply Mind Fodder,.....something to keep you on your couch, off the streets, and out of trouble,...not careing of the real problems we face in real life,....(not Reel Life)
But to question as to which Horror Movies were best,...you just have to go back to the Original Black and White Masters,...
DRACULA,...
THE MUMMY,...
THE WOLF MAN,...
FRANKENSTEIN,...
THE INVISIBLE MAN,...
DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE,...
THE CORPSE VANISHES,...
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,...
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME,...etc | |
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