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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/14/2008 7:44:35 AM | I've found that most "horror" films today rely on the gore factor, rather than leaving things to the imagination...which can be far worse than actually seeing it in full blood-splattered colour up on the big screen.
The idea of some of the old B+W films of scaring the crap out of you by allowing your own imagination to run a bit is still used...but not near as much. I remember seeing "Curse of the Mummies Tomb" (Boris Karloff), where the mummy isn't seen for quite awhile. You do see bandages unravelled being dragged out a doorway...makes you squeamish wondering WTH?? Not to mention when they DO finally show him in his full glory! How about using shadows? You don't see Drac actually sinking his fangs into a victim...you hear a scream, then see a shadow...creepy stuff.
I think to really appreciate some of the horror films, you have to see the old ones, simply to have the comparisons of special effects, and timely drama. The music scores can be haunting...remember the theme from Jaws? I think almost everyone does!
Just saw the Halloween remake...and found it somewhat superior to the original. A little more background, and a bit more insight into Micheal himself...I felt it added to it overall, rather than being detrimental to the whole idea. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/25/2008 4:30:50 AM | Wes Cravens Shocker
The Reanimator
Demons 1 and 2
Return Of The Living Dead Parts 1 and 3
Waxworks
Children Of The Corn
Night Of The Creeps
Poltergeist 1 and 2
Nightmare Vacation 2
The Hidden
The Blob ( remake )
Phantasem 2
Amercian Werewolf In London
Hellraiser 1 and 2
Candyman
The fly ( remake )
Fright Night
Vamp
House 3
Bad Taste
Devils Rejects
House of 1000 corpses
Puppet Master
Braindead
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/25/2008 9:13:39 AM | there was good ones from the 70's or 80's but theres also good ones that was made over the last decades too or this one.the ring,the grudge to name a few are very good.
I thought the Grudge was pretty crappy, really...not to mention they're both just remakes of Japanese horror movies. I don't see why Hollywood people can't be more original, all they can make is remakes anymore.....especially remakes of Japanese movies. Even I can come up with original ideas and I'm not even a "professional"...so it leads me to believe most Hollywood filmmakers are too brain-dead to do their jobs. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/25/2008 11:12:17 AM | The SAW movies are awesome. I especially liked the 3rd one, but they're all good. It's more than just blood and gore. There is a complex "twist" and complex motives behind all of them. I was a quite a young man in the 80's so maybe my memory of Freddy, Jason, and Michael isn't so great, but I prefer the more modern films. The first ring movie is also acceptable, dawn of the dead, and if you count the first Scream movie which is horror/satire, those count too.
Scary movie (comedy/horror/parody) does an excellent job of bringing out some of the funnier moments in those movies.
Wow, I alsmot forgot about final destination which mixes humor with comedy in a weird way. My vote is for contemporary horror flicks. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/25/2008 10:49:00 PM | Night of the living dead the original,Dawn of the dead[2004]
audition
them both one from 1954 with giant ants I know sounds hokey and them 2008 a french horror movie
Dog soldiers great werewolf movie
already mentioned The descent I read a descent 2 is coming out .cabin fever
The last man on earth vincent price and I am legend.
28 Day's later and 28 weeks later
shivers
deathwatch
the mist
bug
old boy
basket case
thanks for starting the thread love all types of movies. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/26/2008 6:42:53 AM | Horror movies today tend to be very formulaic and lots of special effects. Nothing left to the imagination. There are SOME good ones, but there are rare.
When I was 5, and my younger brother was 3, we watched Salem's Lot as a family. He didn't sleep for 3 nights. I've NEVER heard of anyone doing that from a horror film.
I've seen some really scary horror films, like Paper Chase from the 1970s, or The Hand from the 1930s. The Hand is really, really scary, because you cannot see it in the camera view, until "it's too late!" However, it's remake with Michael Caine is also very good.
However, I really like Phantasm I and II, with The Tall Man. That really freaks me out. So does Christine. There is something about a psychopathic, invincible car hell bent on killing you and your friends, that really scares me. Anything from the Aliens series or the Predator series is fantastic, except for Aliens vs Predator. That's just a p*ss-take.
I saw a pretty good one a few years ago.Its called Deep Rising.Its about a cruise ship that gets taken over by a sea monster that slowly devours everyone on board.Its from 1998 I think. That one is absolutely fab. I've watched it several times, and I still enjoy it.
I would look at both genres, but remember that the scariest ones seem to be the earlier ones, and the earlier the better. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/26/2008 8:51:26 AM | OP: Oh, man. This is an excellent thread. The first "Halloween" movie scared the crap out of me and I've never forgotten it! I still check the lock on my doors three times on Halloween and even check my closets because that movie had such an impact on me (and apparently still does. lol) I think the next movie that scared the crap clean out of me is "The Hills have eyes"..yikes!!! I won't drive cross-country EVER, now! lol I think that movie came out a few years ago, if I'm not mistaken. Of course "Jaws" was a killer and I live at the beach. lol You wouldn't belive how scared I was one day when I was just lolly-gagging in the water snorkeling out to a sandbar about a half a mile off shore. All of a sudden I felt the hairs stand clean up on the back of my neck and I just "knew" there was something watching me right over that dang sand bar (over that sand bar is much deeper water, but of course I'm not afraid of anything. uh-huh. sure. lol)...oh sh!t..all I could hear in my mind was that dang theme song from "Jaws" as I calmly turned around (trying not to look "seal like") and swam fiercely back to shore hoping I would get back in one piece. I could have won an olympic medal for that one...and should have!! lol
I think the movies from the 80's and 90's were the most believable though, as they obviously made such an impact on my life today.
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 7/27/2008 7:36:53 AM | They do not make horror movies like they used to.
Now its all blood and gore which IMO does not constitute being scary. I enjoy zombie movies and classics such as Halloween, Night of the living dead, texas chainsaw Massacre, those are the movies to see.
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Posted: 7/27/2008 11:33:02 PM | Dude, I don't know where you come off thinking that The Strangers is going to be a good movie!! I read about it online and it actually seems really stupid. Now, The Happening, that seems great, because it's a lot more realistic than most other "horror" movies have been in a long time. "Horror" movies aren't what they used to be.... they are just mostly a whole lot of loser writer geeks that never got laid in high school/college living out their masturbating dreams and fantasies through writing a movie... it's rather sad... but every now and then there beholds a great scary flick, where it just jumps out and grabs you and there is no need for tits and ass and no need for those pubescent pre-ejaculatory mishaps where it just grabs you and you are in awe............. If you want scary, stay away from these so called "scream queens" go back to the olden days, I just watched Rosemary's Baby in the day light and it still gets me when Anton Lavey looms over her.... if you know about him and even if you don't believe, you should realize that this shit isn't good!!!  | |
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Posted: 7/28/2008 5:37:53 PM | | There is a movie called "Joshua" About these pre teen boys who kidnapped a baby boy and raised him to be evil. Then it goes on to tell what happens when the boys grow up and what happended to the baby boy. It was really freaky! And was a twist at the end. Low budget horror film, I think from the 80's. If u are a true horror fan check it out if u can find it. My very favorite horror film is Rob Zombies House of a Thousand Corpses! And Steven Kings The Mist was really good. ohh, Can't forget, it is called the "Frontieres" It is in spanish w/ subtitles. kinda like Hostle, but better! | |
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Posted: 8/8/2008 6:21:13 PM | I can't believe no one's mentioned 'Event Horizon'.
It's an early 90's SciFi/Horror pic, starring Lawrence Fishburn and Sam Neil. It's a really scary and disturbing movie that will stay with you for a few days after viewing it. There is one gnarly scene where the rescue crew un-scrambles the ships video log. It shows some pretty messed up stuff happening to the orignal crew. | |
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| Horror movies, which are the best, ones from the 80's or modern ones?
Posted: 9/25/2008 4:16:51 PM | I saw Alien: Resurrection last week and enjoyed that - saw it at the pictures but obviously appreciated it more on a second (many years later) showing.
Just finished watching 'Hostel' and found there were parts where I couldn't look at the screen and, oddly enough, found myself really cheering at some of the more gruesome parts...A lot of modern day horrors are merely a gore-fest, I enjoy them for that, but I yearn for a film that will leave me scared once the lights are off. Find nowadays there is only the occasional book that will have that effect.
Still say 'Dark Water' (original) is one of the most disturbing films I've seen. | |
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