And décolletage.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
BTW, I kept thinking of Shivers is a great example of a good concept - sexual panic made literal - done right. Been a while since I saw either, but I want to say "Rabid" did even better with the same general idea.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Huh, ignore that gibberish before the word Shivers. Weird.
guys i want to watch so many goddam horror movies this weekend! It hurts! 0_0
― Miss Anus Regrets (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
ok I just finally got nauseated by my own dn finally
― this update fixes the following known sugs (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
rabid's good but shivers is more creepy and claustrophobic, I like the way it gets down to business and then builds to a crescendo, rabid's quotidian finale is haunting but kind of anticlimactic pardon the pun
and while rabid is broader in scope, shivers somehow feels more sprawling, maybe because of the lack of a central character
― space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
I'm making my list today of our horror fest for this weekend, so far it's Apartment 143, Rosemary's Baby and if I can find Amer. Any thought on Ethan Hawke doing horror?
― JacobSanders, Friday, 26 October 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
no ethan hawke no
― space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
you've already ruined shakespeare, julie delphy, and the act of novel writing
― space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
wait are you talking that vampire movie? that was vaguely ok, but not one i would bother to seek out.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
think he's talking about sinister not daybreakers but I've been wrong before
― space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I was talking about Sinister, I'm not sure if it's out yet, based on a Stephan King short story.
― JacobSanders, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
stephan king, a little known greek horror scribe of the early 1900s
― space dokken (Edward III), Friday, 26 October 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
haha
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 26 October 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
HA!!
― JacobSanders, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
and his well-known post-apocalyptic novel "The Strand"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 26 October 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Has anyone watched any of thesePhilippine horror films
― JacobSanders, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
Noticed that "Amer" is virtually torrent proof. Keep getting "American Horror Story."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
I just found one by googling "amer 2009 torrent " haven't tried it yet, but there are a few.
― JacobSanders, Friday, 26 October 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Watched The Oregonian last night. Interesting, but kind of missed the mark for me.
― Darin, Saturday, 27 October 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
i kinda dug Deadgirl's Gus Vant Sant-esque pretty teen angst vibe, but i don't think i believed anyone's behavior/decisions in it whatsoever.
― circa1916, Friday, 26 October 2012 17:52 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
watched 'deadgirl' las night and this hits the nail on the head. agree with those who said they had an interesting idea but executed it badly.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Saturday, 27 October 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
Just watched the Fright Night remake. Fun and goofy and allows for a couple of surprisingly nice moments in the midst of the mayhem. Effects were godawful, though, but such is the curse of the CGI age. Also, very dim looking, at least on the DVD I watched--a consequence of being shot for 3D?
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Sunday, 28 October 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
If anything it should be brighter. If it looks dim without 3D glasses then it would have been impossible to see with them on
― Number None, Sunday, 28 October 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
Well, the Slant review says it was "post-converted 3D," so I was wrong about what I said above about it being shot that way.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Sunday, 28 October 2012 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
That's funny, I thought it looked pretty dim on DVD, too. I was wondering if that was just because it was set almost entirely at night, and maybe the contrast doesn't pop as well at home?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 October 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
From what I remember, Colin Ferrell's sexy thrust was about the only enduring thing to take away from the remake. No small element, tho.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Sunday, 28 October 2012 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
Or maybe it was dark to hide the shittiness of the cgi.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Sunday, 28 October 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
Man, did not like "V/H/S/." A bunch of good ideas, none taken advantage of to any real degree of satisfaction. Reminded me of, I dunno, "Tales from the Dark Side," the movie, but done indie and hand-held.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 October 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Not only am I effing sick of that whole grainy, hand held "indie" aesthetic in horror movies, I mostly became sick of it just from watching the trailers for these movies, not the movies themselves.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Monday, 29 October 2012 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
i enjoyed the first v/h/s short alot and the last one ok (not the wraparound), the second and fourth? (the skype one) had potential but didn't work for me really, the third one was straight garbage. i'm a pretty big sucker for found footage type things but found myself very happy they were all brief. considering the popularity of found footage horror and the inexpense of it i'm kinda amazed no tv channel has done their own esp since this is the kind of thing tv could pull off and not be crippled from the get go by broadcast standards the way they usually are when tv attempts horror. considering how great ghostwatch was twenty years ago it's seem like a gimme for syfy or fox.
― balls, Monday, 29 October 2012 05:44 (eleven years ago) link
Prince of Darkness - John Carpenter's final wave to fans before sinking into mediocrity.
this was much better than I remembered it. I think They Live! is a cut above mediocre tho
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 October 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Watched Lovely Molly last night and liked it quite a bit. for people who get turned off by handheld cam stuff - soldier through the intro, the movie only uses the hand cam occasionally.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Monday, 29 October 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
I'm glad to hear you liked Lovely Molly, I enjoyed how far it went in it's theme. The deer scene was gut turning and scary! We watched Apartment 143 last night, I dunno, maybe I'm getting tired of handheld cam horror ghost stories. I enjoy the cast, but I told Tera at the beginning that I'm going to be pissed if it's the daughter, and then big shocker. I loved all three Paranormal Activities, but it's wearing thin now.
― JacobSanders, Monday, 29 October 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
Crazy talk. In the Mouth of Madness is great. Both of his "Masters of Horror" episodes were good too.
In other news, Paranormal Activity 4 was a let-down, the weakest in the series, but at least it has a good last couple minutes.
In still other news, I watched Human Centipede 2 and it was actually better than expected. Great casting, b&w photography, and sound design. Last 30 minutes have nowhere to go but into the crapper but up until then it had potential.
― The Thnig, Monday, 29 October 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I might even like In The Mouth better than They Live and Prince O' D.
― this update fixes the following known sugs (Jon Lewis), Monday, 29 October 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Watching In the Mouth of Madness on the screen was terrifying!!
― JacobSanders, Monday, 29 October 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
never seen it, will get around to it
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 October 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Huh, "Kill List" is like "The Wicker Man" crossed with "A Serbian Film" (though nowhere near as gross as the latter).
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 October 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, sorry, They Live! came out a year or two after Prince of Darkness, didn't it? I certainly don't love it, but, yeah, it is above mediocre. I remember not liking In the Mouth of Madness, but that's all I do remember. I need to revisit.
― DavidM, Monday, 29 October 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
trying to figure out what exactly made Carpenter go off the rails. I mean, Memoirs of an Invisible Man? what was he thinking?
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
This is undoubtedly the kind of thing I should feel embarrassed about admitting, but I actually rewatched Memoirs for the first time since it was new a few years back and was surprised how much I enjoyed it.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
word! Mouth of Madness is one of my favorite Carpenter films! Haven't seen his Masters of Horror efforts though, but if they're better than shit like Ghosts of Mars I assume I'll enjoy them.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think They Live! should be taken as a serious horror film. It's more of a satire w/ scares and action IMO.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it's closer in tone to Big Trouble
the only Masters of Horror one I watched was this one, which was ridiculous but not bad
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
Well at least Tobe Hooper is getting work.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
Village of the Damned was the one where Carpenter went off the rails
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 29 October 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
In The Mouth of Madness is a well-directed movie and no one would suspect that Carpenter had lost it from watching it, but the plot doesn't work
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 29 October 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
Weather permitting, I'm planning on an Alien/The Thing (Carpenter) double-bill Wednesday night--didn't they finish one-two in our poll? On the weekend, I'm seeing Romero (who, I didn't realize, has been living in Toronto for the past eight years) introduce Night of the Living Dead.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 October 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
They did indeed, clemenza.
Any of you horror freaks got any suggestions for some last minute soundtrack downloading? DJing a krautrock & horror night on the 'ween itself. So far I've got Possession, Valerie, Hausu, Suspiria, All the Colours of the Dark, Bollywood Bloodbath and some miscellaneous Fulci...
― emil.y, Monday, 29 October 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link