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Originally posted by skwallie Suicide Club was a pretty twisted Japanese film that was pretty interesting as well. Here's the opening scene.

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, lolol, what is wrong with the japs these days, just keep making godzilla movies, and tomato juice anyone

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I still want to see Eraserhead but haven't found it at any of the local video places.

DO IT!
Eraserhead is very much hit or miss with most people, but if the atmosphere does grab you it'll scare the shit out of you.

Apart from that I see that the horror genre in general is in a totally pathetic state right now. Scream revived the Slasher genre in the late 90s and in the last years we had a wave of what I call torture porn (SAW, Hostel, etc.) but now I just don't see anything new coming up. Some shitty and useless remakes of Japanes stuff in the past years, but the genre looks pretty dead right now.

I read somewhere that Guillermo del Toro wants to do Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness' after finishing The Hobbit, and that's just about the only hope I see right now. SAW Part 6 to 324654 or the next Rob Zombie shit certainly won't bring up anything valueable.

Yeah, I don't see anything particularly interesting on the horizon. I'm just going through "classics" and recommendations now as I've never explored horror all that extensively. Never seen The Shining, for example, and I've only seen half of The Exorcist. But I plan to see both.

I don't like "torture porn" horror that's just straight-ahead graphic brutality. That's boring to me. There has to be some kind of atmosphere, anticipation, and interest in the story to go with it. My favorite horror movies do have some nasty violence or grossout moments in them -- The Thing, The Fly, Alien, Event Horizon -- but it's not so relentless that it numbs and bores me.

I'll be seeing this movie called "Drag Me to Hell" that just opened this weekend. It's been getting a lot of hype because it's from director Sam Raimi famous for the Spiderman trilogy and Evil Dead movies. Everyone has been raving about how scary to it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127180/

Martyrs is one of the best horror movies to come out in the last few years.

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Originally posted by PressPLay I'll be seeing this movie called "Drag Me to Hell" that just opened this weekend. It's been getting a lot of hype because it's from director Sam Raimi famous for the Spiderman trilogy and Evil Dead movies. Everyone has been raving about how scary to it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127180/

looks uninspired and typical

Martyrs sounds like more torture porn. "Well, isn't that nasty? See how long you can take the sight of somebody being skinned alive!"

Noroi was a good one. IMDB

Definitely worth a check.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Martyrs sounds like more torture porn. "Well, isn't that nasty? See how long you can take the sight of somebody being skinned alive!"

There is no question that the movie has a good amount of torture, but beneath is an interesting storyline and a great plot twist. There is also a bunch of different genres of horror thrown in to keep everything fresh. For me, it's what Hostel should have been.

drag me to hell looks like shit. no good horror movie has EVER been PG-13.

Still go with my pick of The Exorcist as hands down the best horror movie.

it was also the only horror movie to be nominated for "Best Picture" (except until Silence of the Lambs in 1991)

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Originally posted by Meat187 This scene is so made of win!

omg this movie

I could not sleep for DAYS after seeing this movie

never ever ever again
I won't even watch the clip

*shivers*

it's hals favorite movie. because it has nin in it

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Originally posted by tubularbills /thread.

Yes.

the idea's behind saw and the creativity in it made me appreciate more as a horror movie and be able to look past the shooty acting. IT was kinda bad, but the idea still kept my mind wondering. The act of self inflicted pain was a really cool twist on horror. They should of only done one Saw.

As for some other good horror movies besides the ones that have been mentioned...

surprised noone mentioned Misery. Movie in my mind portrays real horror. Helpless and unable to escape from emminent danger.

link

edit-forgot to mention +1 on Event Horizon...def see it. Movie def will cause some tension while you watch hahah. Lol "you dont need eyes where we are going"

What about child's play?

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Originally posted by jupiterone it's hals favorite movie. because it has nin in it

More so because of the porn with Manson and Jeordie near the end.

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Originally posted by tubularbills drag me to hell looks like shit. no good horror movie has EVER been PG-13.

This is generally true, although I feel Drag Me To Hell is a unique example when contextualizing it with what Sam Raimi is all about.

Remember (as PressPlay pointed out), this is the guy responsible for the Evil Dead trilogy, which were delightfully hilarious and over-the-top campy genre flicks; Drag Me to Hell is no different, and I can vouch for this seeing as I went and ahead and checked it out last night.

Generally speaking, this is the type of horror movie I think a lot of people have been waiting a long time for, as it has absolutely no intention of taking itself too seriously, and manages to be scary and gross while simultaneously making you laugh at the sheer absurdity of it all; quite far cry from the stabs at brooding and atmospheric nonsense taken in the past several years, many of which have managed to be neither.

If you're willing to give it a shot, I think you'll find this a psychotically fun piece of work that's great to watch in a theater full of people.

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Originally posted by tubularbills no good horror movie has EVER been PG-13.

+100

The Exorcism of Emily Rose was PG-13 and I liked that a bunch. Was just as much horror as the original Exorcist was.

1408 was PG-13.

The original Poltergeist was PG.

//Willard was also PG-13, that's a surprisingly great one.

///The problem is not the movie though. It's the fact that we have this enormous society with thousands of years of quite visible culture to draw upon with a rich history of highs and lows; what we are most worried about is not the preservation of such a transmissive dynamic nor the undertaking of something real, something graphic, but the fact that our children may see too much of the world - our world - all at once. On one hand, who wouldn't be truly afraid? But on the other, just what are we so ashamed about? Etc.

////The Others was also PG-13.

Watching The Thing again as we speak.

My favourite part about John Carpenter movies is that he always does the music himself.

Jacob's Ladder


oh, for lulz:

The Mothman Prophecies was rated PG-13, and I found myself more scared by this than any other horror movie I've seen (though I don't know if I'd plant it so squarely as a 'horror' film).

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost This is generally true, although I feel Drag Me To Hell is a unique example when contextualizing it with what Sam Raimi is all about. Remember (as PressPlay pointed out), this is the guy responsible for the Evil Dead trilogy, which were delightfully hilarious and over-the-top campy genre flicks; Drag Me to Hell is no different, and I can vouch for this seeing as I went and ahead and checked it out last night. Generally speaking, this is the type of horror movie I think a lot of people have been waiting a long time for, as it has absolutely no intention of taking itself too seriously, and manages to be scary and gross while simultaneously making you laugh at the sheer absurdity of it all; quite far cry from the stabs at brooding and atmospheric nonsense taken in the past several years, many of which have managed to be neither. If you're willing to give it a shot, I think you'll find this a psychotically fun piece of work that's great to watch in a theater full of people.

+juan

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost Generally speaking, this is the type of horror movie I think a lot of people have been waiting a long time for, as it has absolutely no intention of taking itself too seriously, and manages to be scary and gross while simultaneously making you laugh at the sheer absurdity of it all; quite far cry from the stabs at brooding and atmospheric nonsense taken in the past several years, many of which have managed to be neither.

I watched the trailer and had the impression it took itself rather seriously. Maybe I'll give it a shot, but I don't expect too much.
Sounds a lot like Stephen King's 'Thinner'.

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