Speaking of OTT gore, isn't that the gist of "Street Trash?"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, August 5, 2010 9:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Street Trash has something to it though-- a kind of visceral, apocalyptic nastiness.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 6 August 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Near Dark
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 August 2010 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I will defend The Lost Boys as the perfect slumber-party movie--great cast, pace, humor, setting... much more fun than Twilight. The cult for Angel Heart seemed to include me, various friends, and no critics, so I've always been loyal to that movie to the point of not really wanting to watch it again and find out I was wrong. The Stepfather is good, especially on sexually repressed hysteria. Gotta see many of these others.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 August 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
voted evil dead 2 cuz i would really be lying if i pretended it isn't (or at least hasn't been for most of my life) my fave film by a few miles up there but this was a really strong year, esp in comparison to the last few years before it, strongest since early 80s probably. seems like a longer list too though i could be wrong there. any idea for reasons behind the resurgence? the early 80s boom seems due to fallout from halloween, what prompted this year - the first elm street? the rise of vcrs?
most horrifying in the sense that just seeing it on the list made me shudder - nekromantik
― balls, Friday, 6 August 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Evil Dead 2, of course. Though I do love Bad Taste.
And Nekromantik is kind of hilarious.
― emil.y, Friday, 6 August 2010 11:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, and Street Trash was this year, too! MELLLLT.
― emil.y, Friday, 6 August 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
none of these deserve a win
I agree. So I'm voting for Creepshow 2, because "The Raft" scared the crap out of me when I watched it, which is more than I can say for any of the other movies on this list.
― tricked by a toothless cobra, Sunday, 8 August 2010 03:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 16 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/monster-squad/67.gif
― Auntie Miss Andry (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 02:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.theartofmovieposters.com/ForSale/Images/RR/NEARDARK.jpg
― (e_3) (Edward III), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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― I DON'T 'RAP' (Pillbox), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/lost-boys/14.jpg
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?attachment_id=23935
― I DON'T 'RAP' (Pillbox), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
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― I DON'T 'RAP' (Pillbox), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Creepshow 2 (better than the first!), Lost Boys, Near Dark, The Monster Squad, The Hidden, NOES3, & Hellraiser all get a nod, & Redneck Zombies is easily my favorite Troma feature, but tbh none of those hold a candle to the elephant in the room.
― I DON'T 'RAP' (Pillbox), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Creepshow 2 (better than the first!)
Crazy talk.
― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for Angel Heart. I saw it again relatively recently and it still holds up.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Woah that's a pretty huge margin.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
huh to that lost boys showing, lotta rob lowe posters in ilxors closets
― balls, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Nekromantik 2
lol
― glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Dream Warriors shoulda done better but I ain't gonna lie I voted for the winner
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link
god i loved nekromantik 2. more than the first one. but der todesking was his masterpiece.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, no, i take it back. i like both nekromantiks about the same if i think about it. the first one is great as well. and funny! all his movies are pretty funny.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
lots of great movies here! love a lot of them. one year on the vineyard i tried to start a new christmas tradition where we all - maria's mom and family were there and other family - watch Opera every year together on christmas eve. it didn't go over so well.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, there are almost 20 movies up there that i adore.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Just realized that this sadly wasn't in the poll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZvcHTTGw5Y
(One of the earliest of Roland Emmerich's shitty movies, apparently!)
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
has anybody SEEN The Video Dead? the ridiculous cover always made me want to see it.
― michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
it's ok. has some cool ideas (like the Garbage Man and copper bells that sound when zombies are near) but doesn't always know what to do with them.
― babytown frolics (Mr. Hal Jam), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
copper bells that sound when zombies are near
― michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess my general apathy toward vampire pics is to blame for me not having seen Near Dark until now. I've been curious abt it for a little while now, since Bigelow reaped all those accolades (deservedly imo) for The Hurt Locker & talk on the recent Paxton vs. Pullman poll served as a recent reminder. Awesome!
― buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's amazing. scenes at night of the two kids together are so sensual & sexy, so focused on every small detail of physical experience that they become almost psychedelic. bigelow cares at least as much about letting you feel what's going on in any given scene as she does about simply depicting the action/telling the story. ending always comes as a disappointment, though.
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://calitreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/near-dark-e1277857445719.jpg
road-rash paxton is such a badass makeup job!
― buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 04:39 (twelve years ago) link
one year on the vineyard i tried to start a new christmas tradition where we all - maria's mom and family were there and other family - watch Opera every year together on christmas eve. it didn't go over so well.
ha! I actually tried to do something similar with another 1987 classic - evil dead 2. watched it post-thanksgiving dinner with the fam one year. tried again next year and that didn't go over so well either.
― original bgm, Monday, 12 September 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, watched prince of darkness last night and was really surprised by how much I dug it. it oozes atmosphere (v. literally at times w/the satan goo) and I LOVED the nerdy ensemble cast. well, except for the conventionally handsome mustache guy (the weak link imo).
donald pleasance is a lot of fun here too. really chews on ever line of dialogue he's given. and alice cooper!
plot is actually pretty compelling and the religion vs. science stuff is kinda fun if not particularly deep.
wouldn't pick it over evil dead 2 or anything but was pleasantly surprised given its iffy rep.
― original bgm, Monday, 12 September 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
watched street trash a few months ago too. loved all the gooey explosions. really did not love the mega long rape sequence set to benny hill music for laffs.
― original bgm, Monday, 12 September 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
I will defend The Lost Boys as the perfect slumber-party movie
I literally had to go to sleep in the middle of Lost Boys, but was alone
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2012/07/summer-of-87-creepshow-2/
― frank o'sin (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
saw Blood Rage (not on this list, but from this year).
decent moments, zero payoff.
great gore though.
not a great sign when an 80 minute movie starts to feel 'long' tho
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 05:02 (three years ago) link
premise for what makes the killer 'snap' is....a stretch
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
watching Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2.
Impressed that Mary Lou was able to dance with her boyfriend, sit down at the table, ask her boyfriend to get a drink, signal to another boy that she wanted to fuck him in private quarters, slink away with him, actually start fucking him, get caught, have her new guy threaten her boyfriend, slink away again and get back to the dance all during a singular playing of "Tutti Frutti"
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 November 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
Lisa Schrage is hot! by that I mean she's literally immolating right now
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 November 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
i would never trust someone who looks like Michael Ironside to be principal
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 November 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
Beth Gondek rocking the Edward Scissorhands hairstyle before it was en vogue
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 November 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
i loooove prom night 2 with my whole heart
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link