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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2016 18:54:01 GMT
I like Criterion night because it's a way to start the Challenge on an artsy note before things get too schlocky. Tonight is Zombie night so I don't think I'll be able to look down my nose at anybody regarding tonight's viewing. You could go full-on classy and watch Dead Alive.
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Post by DaveyJoe on Oct 1, 2016 20:33:33 GMT
I've got a film called Zombie Fight Club set aside. I also want to watch Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead if I can find it in my boxes.
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Post by day dreamer on Oct 2, 2016 1:40:41 GMT
I'm watching a movie called Clown. Already kicked my husband out of the room for making fun on it.
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Post by DaveyJoe on Oct 2, 2016 4:15:08 GMT
I'm watching a movie called Clown. Already kicked my husband out of the room for making fun on it. How was it?
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Post by DaveyJoe on Oct 2, 2016 4:37:48 GMT
I'm ten minutes into Zombie Fight Club and two penises have been bitten off all ready
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2016 12:49:16 GMT
I watched The Descent again last night. Goddamn, it gets me every time! From the first time she sees one of those things...
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Post by day dreamer on Oct 2, 2016 15:30:00 GMT
I'm watching a movie called Clown. Already kicked my husband out of the room for making fun on it. How was it? Liked it. Gory, ridiculous, fun. I can't ask for much more. There was a dog death though, which I'm never a fan of, but there was no yelping at least.
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Post by Admin on Oct 2, 2016 17:02:26 GMT
I watched The Descent again last night. Goddamn, it gets me every time! From the first time she sees one of those things... Did you watch the one with good ending or US botched one?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2016 17:40:05 GMT
I watched The Descent again last night. Goddamn, it gets me every time! From the first time she sees one of those things... Did you watch the one with good ending or US botched one? I'm not sure. It was the one where she's driving away at the end, and then she sees or hallucinates Juno beside her.
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Post by DaveyJoe on Oct 2, 2016 21:47:05 GMT
Ugh, this is my second time posting this. I'm getting pizza, wings and beer at a local restaurant and I lost my original post somehow. Anyway, I still maintain that the Descent is the scariest film of the 2000s. It starts with a personal tragedy and somber tone, which I think is an essential element of the greatest horror films. The pacing is excellent and the movie is suspenseful for its entire runtime. These girls are badass, I never would have entered the cave, because I'm a little claustrophobic. This was one of my watches last year, and it's a subset pick this year. So I'll be watching it again and probably drunkenly live posting my fears again. Witchy, you watched the version with the US ending. The original ending ends with the main character waking back up in the cave. Her escape was just a dream.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 0:22:59 GMT
Ugh, this is my second time posting this. I'm getting pizza, wings and beer at a local restaurant and I lost my original post somehow. Anyway, I still maintain that the Descent is the scariest film of the 2000s. It starts with a personal tragedy and somber tone, which I think is an essential element of the greatest horror films. The pacing is excellent and the movie is suspenseful for its entire runtime. These girls are badass, I never would have entered the cave, because I'm a little claustrophobic. This was one of my watches last year, and it's a subset pick this year. So I'll be watching it again and probably drunkenly live posting my fears again. Witchy, you watched the version with the US ending. The original ending ends with the main character waking back up in the cave. Her escape was just a dream. I totally agree. It is a really good movie. I actually enjoy it more every watch, and that's saying something because a lot of horror movies have such bad acting or effects that they either get plain bad or campy-good on rewatch. Anyway, the acting is pretty solid throughout. It's also nice that the climbing looks real, and they're using the equipment correctly. And they have muscles where climbers should have muscles. Sarah especially, has a climber's back. The relationships between the girls are complicated and seem real. All of that adds to the realism and scariness...I really hate the collapsing tunnel part and the lead-climbing across the void part. NOPE!!! I'm already primed to be scared out of mind before the freaky ass monsters show up. There is no way in hell you could get me to drop into that cave, so none of that shit would ever happen to me. I had to keep telling myself that, and ducking under the blanket.
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Post by day dreamer on Oct 3, 2016 0:29:02 GMT
I watched The Descent again last night. Goddamn, it gets me every time! From the first time she sees one of those things... Did you watch the one with good ending or US botched one? What botched ending? The ending I saw in the U.S was where she wakes up back in the cave. I didn't realize there was more than one version floating around lol.
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Post by DaveyJoe on Oct 3, 2016 0:46:03 GMT
City of the Living Dead (1980) Lucio Fulci's nightmarish horror opens with a priest hanging himself, an act so unholy that it opens a gate to hell, threatening apocalypse for small town Dunwich and the rest of the world. This is one of Fulci's best films, and it features all of his strengths and flaws. If you're familiar with Fulci, you know what to expect. Great atmosphere, music, gore, and photography, and a narrative that doesn't make a lot of sense when you start to connect the dots. Starring Christopher George and Catriona MacColl, this is a classic zombie film that will satisfy most fans. Fulci is a guilty pleasure of mine. His films don't make a lot of sense, but they are so damn atmospheric, featuring awesome music and unsettling gore, I can't help but love them. An argument can be made that the jumping and distorted narratives of his films are like a living nightmare, and I'd have to agree. City of the Living Dead features a plucky cast of characters trying to stop the apocalypse in a foggy small town that is being terrorized by corpses rising from the dead. Every scene feels like an imminent storm is about to arrive, high winds and dust fly through the air. A plague of worms bursts through the windows and disappears as quickly as it arrives. This is an essential viewing for fans of zombie/apocalypse films. Zombie Fight Club (2015) A party in a Chinese high-rise apartment with aspiring rappers and hot girls turns south when a bad batch of drugs turns the fun-lovers into bloodthirsty zombies. This was my first 1st-time-viewing of the Challenge, and I was pretty disappointed. I admire the ambition of the filmmakers, but the budget was lacking and the execution left much to be desired. I bought this movie because of its great title and cover art on its Scream Factory release, but the zombie fight club didn't happen until an hour into the film, and there was only one scene pertaining to that concept. The first two acts of the film are fairly standard zombie stuff that we've all seen before, but done better in other films. This movie wanted to be Dawn of the Dead meets the Raid in its first half, with a swat team descending on a high rise apartment that's being overwhelmed by zombies. Unfortunately the action is underwhelming and is highly revolved around poor special effects. Every single instance of violence feature CGI blood splatter, so it's hard to really be invested in the action or horror. There is absolutely no character development in the first act, so the ultimate carnage has little impact. It's a shame because there are some really cool shots in this movie, and it is pretty funny, and the final act is compelling, but by the time you get to it, you just don't care anymore. The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1978) This was a refreshing turn after Zombie Fight Club. A classic zombie horror with old school photography and a slower pace. A chance encounter of a vehicular accident leads to a zombie nightmare in the British countryside. There is a lot of tension between the two leads who just can't stand each other. The local cops are appropriately incompetent as they chase after them, ignorant to the fact that the ever growing body count is caused by zombies created by the pesticides from local farmers. This was a fun film, and I have to admit to being smitten with the lead actress Cristina Galbo: let's take a moment: Anyway, this was apparently an Italian production but the dubbing was surprisingly convincing, to the point that I had to look it up and double check. The pacing is nice, and the gore is convincing, there are some suspenseful moments and the main zombie is appropriately scary. I'd really like to revisit this one in the future.
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Post by boojam on Oct 3, 2016 10:31:28 GMT
The first film to scare me was The Thing from Another World (based on John Campbell's "Who Goes There"), in 1951. This is an unusual film since either Howard Hawks directed it or was the 'hand that rocked the cradle'. The film has Hawks fingerprints all over it. A strong, tough-talking female character , super crisp story telling and the natural, conversational dialogue only as Hawks could do it. The last time a 'horror' film disturbed me was Rosemary's Baby , 1968.
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Post by boojam on Oct 3, 2016 10:41:55 GMT
By the by a very stylish version of Burke and Hare is The Flesh and the Fiends , 1960, staring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence
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Post by DaveyJoe on Oct 4, 2016 2:25:34 GMT
Rosemary's Baby is excellent. I enjoyed The Flesh and the Fiends during one of the previous Challenges. I've never seen the original The Thing, but I love the John Carpenter version from the 80s. The Exorcist part III (1990) A criminally underrated sequel, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist part III features genuine scares, and great performances. While it doesn't live up to the original, it manages to stand on its own as a good movie, and wash away the stink of the second film. George C. Scott plays a gruff, cynical cop investigating a series of murders in Georgetown. Things get personal when Scott's friend Father Dyer is exsanguinated. A mental patient known as the Gemini Killer asks to meet with him, and Scott is shocked to find that he looks remarkably like Father Karras from the first movie. The scenes between Scott and Brad Douriff are the real highlights of the film. I'm amazed to find out the studio wanted to get rid of Douriff and refilm all of his scenes with Jason Miller, who played Karras, because I think Douriff really steals the show. He gives an electric, unsettling performance, and every scene he's in is fascinating and scary. I know the film suffered a bit from creative differences between the director and the studio, but I find it really enjoyable despite these issues. I actually enjoyed the brief exorcism scene at the end, even if it feels tacked on. There's nothing I can add about the famous jump scare, but it lives up to the hype. I'm interested in seeing the director's cut from Scream Factory someday, but I'm actually quite satisfied with the film in its current incarnation. Lord of Illusions (1995) Clive Barker's stars Scott Bakula as a private eye going up against a religious cult run by a powerful magician. Bakula feels like a classic character out of an old school detective movie, and Famke Janssen is effective as the seductive femme fatale. Daniel von Bargen plays Nix, and evil sorcerer who has amassed a cultish following. He's pretty menacing, but I can't help but be reminded of Seinfeld when he's on screen. Kevin J O'Connor plays the illusionist who previously defeated Nix, and is featured in the film's most startling and spectacular set piece, involving a stage illusion gone horribly wrong. Lord of Illusions should satisfy Clive Barker fans, it features some disturbing moments and creepy characters. Barker handles magic in a convincing way, that could have been cheesy in other movies. The opening sequence where O'Connor manages to stop and bind Nix is really cool, and some of Nix's followers are queerly scary. Some of the special effects are a bit dated, but the pros outweigh the cons in this interesting horror film.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 3:12:47 GMT
i think i really need to watch The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby. Shameful to admit i've never watched them
One of my favourite horror movies is IT (yes the clown one). It is just awesome, i love 80's movies that depict american kids at summer time. One of the scariest i've watched is the Hills Have Eyes, when i was younger watched it once and couldn't again.
Other ones i've enjoyed: Misery Deliverance (is this horror?) Last house on the left (not sure exact title) The thing Lost Boys Dracula (the original) Dead Snow The Descent Wolf Creek (australians seem to love their horror)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 11:53:27 GMT
Rosemary's Baby is excellent. I enjoyed The Flesh and the Fiends during one of the previous Challenges. I've never seen the original The Thing, but I love the John Carpenter version from the 80s. The Exorcist part III (1990) A criminally underrated sequel, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist part III features genuine scares, and great performances. While it doesn't live up to the original, it manages to stand on its own as a good movie, and wash away the stink of the second film. George C. Scott plays a gruff, cynical cop investigating a series of murders in Georgetown. Things get personal when Scott's friend Father Dyer is exsanguinated. A mental patient known as the Gemini Killer asks to meet with him, and Scott is shocked to find that he looks remarkably like Father Karras from the first movie. The scenes between Scott and Brad Douriff are the real highlights of the film. I'm amazed to find out the studio wanted to get rid of Douriff and refilm all of his scenes with Jason Miller, who played Karras, because I think Douriff really steals the show. He gives an electric, unsettling performance, and every scene he's in is fascinating and scary. I know the film suffered a bit from creative differences between the director and the studio, but I find it really enjoyable despite these issues. I actually enjoyed the brief exorcism scene at the end, even if it feels tacked on. There's nothing I can add about the famous jump scare, but it lives up to the hype. I'm interested in seeing the director's cut from Scream Factory someday, but I'm actually quite satisfied with the film in its current incarnation. Lord of Illusions (1995) Clive Barker's stars Scott Bakula as a private eye going up against a religious cult run by a powerful magician. Bakula feels like a classic character out of an old school detective movie, and Famke Janssen is effective as the seductive femme fatale. Daniel von Bargen plays Nix, and evil sorcerer who has amassed a cultish following. He's pretty menacing, but I can't help but be reminded of Seinfeld when he's on screen. Kevin J O'Connor plays the illusionist who previously defeated Nix, and is featured in the film's most startling and spectacular set piece, involving a stage illusion gone horribly wrong. Lord of Illusions should satisfy Clive Barker fans, it features some disturbing moments and creepy characters. Barker handles magic in a convincing way, that could have been cheesy in other movies. The opening sequence where O'Connor manages to stop and bind Nix is really cool, and some of Nix's followers are queerly scary. Some of the special effects are a bit dated, but the pros outweigh the cons in this interesting horror film. The Thing from the 80s isn't the original? I'm surprised! I love that one. That image you chose for the first one is fucking terrifying. It reminds me of a movie I watched the other night, The Purge: Election Day. I wouldn't say it's a great movie, but the mean, crazy little bitches in tutus are going to stick with me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 11:56:33 GMT
i think i really need to watch The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby. Shameful to admit i've never watched them One of my favourite horror movies is IT (yes the clown one). It is just awesome, i love 80's movies that depict american kids at summer time. One of the scariest i've watched is the Hills Have Eyes, when i was younger watched it once and couldn't again. Other ones i've enjoyed: Misery Deliverance (is this horror?) Last house on the left (not sure exact title) The thing Lost Boys Dracula (the original) Dead Snow The Descent Wolf Creek (australians seem to love their horror) You definitely need to watch those two. Rosemary's Baby is particularly upsetting, I think, but also a good movie. You liked Last House on the Left? That one did me in. It made me too empathetic for the victims, and I had one of my fainting spells...Southern Belle ™
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Post by boojam on Oct 4, 2016 13:26:14 GMT
For 'artistic' horror films Mario Bava can't be beat. He has two great ones: Black Sunday and Black Sabbath
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