horror films

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:51 pm

Rob wrote:One obvious flaw I noticed was that Jeb (or whatever) was not convincingly "part of the game." He was acting like the villain instead of an unwilling participant.

If my own life was being threatened in order force me against my will to threaten a man with his wife and kids and/or his own life, I'd get a hell of a lot more out of it if it was some hyper-rich jackass fuckwad boss type with no heart or soul from work. As you might've guessed from the previous sentence, I think I might actually like it a little. So I don't think it's anything other than entirely plausible. That's just my point of view I guess. Which is what makes that movie good. How would any of us handle any of those situations should we find ourselves in one?

Pa

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:54 pm

CMoon wrote: To me the biggest division is betwen those that are up-front trying to shock you and those which work more on atmosphere and dread. [...]
I feel like this is the biggest division in horror--those directors who want to scare you with what they can show you, and those who want to scare you with what they don't show you.

@CMoon:
Yeah, actually this is a more useful division for my own purposes as well. Like you, I'm not so into gore, and my wife is even less tolerant of it than I am, so I pretty much divide horror films into the two groups you mention, and try to see the ones that are all about atmosphere and dread.

@Rob:
Your reading of the Shining is interesting. Since I have no taste for the supernatural-- don't believe in souls, spirits, demons, gods, angels, etc.-- I tend to prefer it when horror films can do without these things. At the same time, the Shining gets a lot of its uncanniness by its use of doubles. The old picture shown at the end of the movie is a picture of the main character: he is present in the past and again in the present. It's hard to see how this is anything but supernatural. But perhaps I'm missing something.

Grinning Cat · Post by **Grinning Cat** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:01 pm

Nothing, and I mean nothing, will top Brain Fix. Its cheesyness is legendary...well, to the 3 people who've actually ever seen it.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:48 pm

Grinning Cat wrote:Nothing, and I mean nothing, will top Brain Fix. Its cheesyness is legendary...well, to the 3 people who've actually ever seen it.

Ever seen some of HG Lewis' stuff? Blood Feast? Two Thousand Maniacs? Wizard of Gore (which some say Bloodsucking Freaks shamelessly ripped off)?

Grinning Cat · Post by **Grinning Cat** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:14 pm

I haven't, actually. Will have to keep my eye open for any of them - after google-ing them, they certainly look like my kind of thing

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:14 pm

PaCrappa wrote: If my own life was being threatened in order force me against my will to threaten a man with his wife and kids and/or his own life, I'd get a hell of a lot more out of it if it was some hyper-rich jackass fuckwad boss type with no heart or soul from work. As you might've guessed from the previous sentence, I think I might actually like it a little. So I don't think it's anything other than entirely plausible. That's just my point of view I guess. Which is what makes that movie good. How would any of us handle any of those situations should we find ourselves in one?

The part that really tipped it over for me was when Jeb was teasing the girl & mother with the barrel of the gun while listening to the girl's heartbeat increase. That's a bit sick, even for an angry underling. The scene with Jeb's character at the beginning made him out to be "overly" compasionate with the patients. Maybe he was just a nutcase.

Post by **system11** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:06 am

I miss the old Hammer horror films. Vincent Price was a god among men.

As for the newer stuff, anything with zombies is fine with me

ckm · Post by **ckm** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:33 pm

first death in House by the Cemetary = best / funniest death on film, ever.

best zombie noises = Dr. Butcher, M.D. (the ones that just kinda stand there going 'uuuurrrrrrrrrrrr')

best inexplicable outfit change mid-scenes = Zombi / Zombie Flesh Eaters

anyone see the series on Channel 5 ( UK ) called Out There? it was brilliant, packed full of obscure cult movie clips and assorted nonsense.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:25 pm

ckm wrote:first death in House by the Cemetary = best / funniest death on film, ever.

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I don't remember that death, but the first murder in Suspiria is up there on my list for best deaths ever.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:08 pm

Acid King wrote:
ckm wrote:first death in House by the Cemetary = best / funniest death on film, ever.

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I don't remember that death, but the first murder in Suspiria is up there on my list for best deaths ever.

That one was fantastic.

My favorite death scene was in Argento's Opera (Spoiler alert!)

That bit where the killer shoots through the peephole, killing the woman and then blowing apart the telephone that "Betty" was calling for help from. The first time my buds and I saw this (senior year of high school, and high as kites...), we literally had to rewind and watch this scene at least six times, each time cheering louder than the last.

"Best...death...EVER!"

ckm · Post by **ckm** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:09 am

i was making a list of eyes-shot-out-on-film,

that one of course is right up there.

others include Chinatown, Betty Blue, someone had said The Godfather but now i don't remember if that was in the first or second part, and frankly now i'm blanking on the rest of the list, cause i came here to post -

re: Saw; Zep is the name you are looking for, instead of Jeb. loved that film, when he got up at the end it looked amazing!