Need some pee your pants scarry movies to fill up the queue with.
Suggestions? Ghosts scare the piss outta me but I am open to anything.
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Need some pee your pants scarry movies to fill up the queue with.
Suggestions? Ghosts scare the piss outta me but I am open to anything.
If you're more into thrillers as opposed to blood and guts, two recent good ones (IMHO) are The Mothman Prophecies and The Others.
I think most of the best straight horror flicks came out of the 80's. Some of my faves:
Hellraiser 1 & 2 (by 3 they were stretching)
The Omen 1 & 2
Phantasm 1 & 2
Quick trivia question: Which one of the above-mentioned films had a piece of its audio show up in a Greg Stump flick?
-the excorsism of emily rose
no other horror movie haunted me outside of the theater as much as this flick. shit your pants scary.
More disturbing than scary, maybe, but House of 1000 Corpses is great. Devil's Rejects is good too.
The classics: Halloween, The Excorcist, The Omen. When Mike Myers sits up and pulls the knitting needle out of his eye I was SCREAMING at the Television when I saw it as a kid. "TURN AROUND!!!!"
Try look for the original Japanese versions of The Grudge, Ring etc, for a good mindfucking. The westernized remade versions seem somewhat diluted in comparison.
Tales From the Crypt
I still remember Santa's arm.
Really? Maybe one or two scenes at most. I expected it to be shit your pants scary, but of course the movie did not deliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
While the ending was incredibly cheesy, I thought "Signs" was pretty scary and utilized some classic filming techniques.
You and me both. I was totally on board with that flick until the last 15 minutes. What a fuggin' waste. The leg in the corn field, the video footage from Mexico, the fingers under the door...fuck yeah! The accident that killed his wife, the fact that M. Night Scamaman put himself in the flick, the goddammned "swing away" or whatever the fuck he said....NOOOOOOOO!!!! This movie gets me so worked up every time I think about it. I want to punch M. Not Hitchcockmilan in face.Quote:
Originally Posted by shmerham
The Eyes of Laura Mars
Friday the 13th
Not so much horror as action with a bit of horror throw in.
Dog Soldiers
Brotherhood of the Wolf
28 Days Later
Dawn of the Dead Remake
Shawn of the Dead (for a good chuckle)
Bubba Ho Tep (Bruce Campbell as Elvis? Hell yeah)
I agree with Devils Rejects - 70's ish horror.
You can't beat the classics -
The Omen (Damien, I do this for you. Holy snikeys that is freaky.)
Exorcist (Zoinks!)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (lo budget makes it spooky. And that chick can scream)
Alien
The Shining.
diggin your picks, but why you would pick dawn of the dead remake over the original is beyond me. dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stu Gotz
(not saying the remake was bad).
lemme throw suspiria into the classics mix.
seconded.Quote:
Originally Posted by slim
that kid saying redrum is uber creepy.
as is that naked chick in the bathroom'
Not to mention ole Jack is an awesome psychopath
And the black dudes name is Scatman
You're definitely right. But I think Danny Boyle's modernizing the "zombie flick" with fast as hell "un-dead" was cool. The updated Dawn of the Dead has no pretensions of social critique and it allows the movie to zip along at 90 miles an hour. Just kill as many of the creepies as possible before they get you.Quote:
Originally Posted by noodles
I would also add "Wicker Man" to the list. I think it has been listed in other threads. Not scary, just overwhelming dread whichs keeps building and building. Also "Cronos" is a good, little know arty horror flick.
Edit - While I am at it, check out "Dagon" and "Ginger Snaps."
It took me awhile to remember these two, but they are worth mentioning:
The Blob (Steve McQueen...a/k/a "THE MAN")
The Birds (Suzanne Pleshette)
28 days later made me scream like a little bitch
The Evil Dead Series!
Top notch stuff!
Hell yeah. Army of Darkness is such a awesome flick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Below Zero
Just watched Dawn of the Dead a couple nights ago and loved it. I liked how the movie was fast paced, but at the same time I think where did "it" come from and eventually what happened to the human race? And seriously get a friggin sword and go Braveheart of those bastids. And the 9mm is not a pussy round.
Evil Dead is classic. That movie scared the piss out of me when I first saw it. Bruce Campbell is the best B movie actor ever.
I would have to watch Brotherhood of the Wolf at least 10 times to understand everything but it was pretty sweet film.
Both the Mothman Prophecies and The Others scared the shit outta me.
I have 28 days later and The Exorcism of Emily Rose to watch.
-Wolf Creek
An Aussie film. I'm not telling remotely what it's about but it's recieved nods at sundance and is a great horror flick. Really fucking good.
God no.
Wolf Creek is just fucking horrible. Didn't even scare me just made me want to throw up. I shut it off half way through it.
Disgusting.
However 28 days later was by far one of the scariest best things I watched in a long time. Moved fast like Dawn of the Dead but what I liked better is that the will to live was rewarded to some degree. The lack of a ending pissed me off in Dawn.
And for the love of god I am buying my ass a big fucking sword. Cuz in both Dawn and 28 days it would have saved my ass. :fmicon:
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Originally Posted by Below Zero
"first you wanna' kill me, now you wanna' kiss me......blow"
"The Audition"--Japenese flick from a few years ago that seriously screwed me up.
Just before Dawn
When a Stranger Calls
Alien
House of 1000 Corpses
Devils Rejects sucked donkey balls.
Good call on Eyes of Laura Mars
I know it's really a comedy and not a horror, but I just want to mention that "Shaun of the Dead" was fucking brilliant.
Also, the movie that scared me the most was "Fire in the Sky". I saw it when I was in junior high. I'm not sure if it would scare me as much now but it scared the fuck out me back then.
Exactly. It's supposed to make you feel uncomfortable. It's fucked up and extremely believable. That's why it kicks ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sublime
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That and the relatively boring first half of the film is nothing but a set up for the second half.
As mentioned in the other thread... "The Decent." Pretty damn good scares and gore.
Saw Orphan last night and although I was expecting it to be more terrifying (in the theatrical sense), Isabelle Fuhrman gave a very convincing performance as the little girl, Esther - easily one of the better roles by a 12 year-old that I can remember. She does a excellent job playing an extremely vicious and evil child with conniving and manipulative prowess that has some comparing her to Linda Blair's Regan MacNeil character.
We were watching my GF's 15 yo cousin and her friend for one night. Told them to pick out a movie from our pile, guess which one they picked, 'The Hills Have Eyes' of course. So we let them watch it. Was that wrong? It was the unrated version. I hope they aren't scarred for life....
The Collector looks like it might be pretty good. Kind of an interesting premise.
went and saw Dod Sno (Dead Snow) the new Norwegian Nazi Zombie horror flick.
it owes a huge debt to Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, but it's serious fun.
I was under the impression that there would actually be skiing in this one (much in the same way that they pimped out the other Norwegian winter horror film Cold Prey as a snowboard flick, but it had very little snowboarding in it). Sadly, there was no skiing. But there was gratuitous use of sled in the most creative killing ways.
While definitely cheesy, it was a fun flick that had you laughing, aghast in disgust (there are a couple of scenes that are just wrong) and provided the obligatory jump-out-of-your-seat moments.
Highly recommended, especially since the Norwegians are quickly learning to make somewhat original slasher films that make Hollywood look ridiculous with their remakes and reboots of TCM, Halloween, all those Japanese horror films, etc.
Plus horror films set in the cold and snow and winter are few and far between.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KQh87_V2Q"]YouTube - Dead Snow[/ame]
Yeah - one of the Wegies here posted a thread on Død snø a few months back. Love the Nazi zombies emerging from the snow - very inspiring!
Wes Craven's The Thing remake is one of the best horror films ever. I like how in the end everybody dies.
I thought it was pretty good, though I can't complain anytime there's a new horror movie being released. I would say it's 5% Arachnophobia, 15% Hostel, 20% Saw, and 60% Home Alone. Some parts of the movie will no doubt raise a few questions on the logistics, but in the end, it's got gore, suspense, NIN-esque music, and is entertaining. Definitely better than Orphan.
When I saw The Thing back in the day, blown away. Kurt Russell was THE MAN. Still can't think of a better sci-fi/horror movie. Scene where the guy screams he doesn't want to spend the winter tied to the FUCKING COUCH is classic. Northern BC footage at the beginning is awesome as well.
For something different, try The Host. It's a Korean film about monsters, more cheese then anything, but good stuff.
Salem's Lot is good for old TV fodder. Kid coming out of the grave gets me every time.
Japanese version of The Eye, Ringu, and Deep Water are all light years ahead of the dumbed down versions made in the States. Personal opinion only of course.
Burnt Offerings. Can't remember if it's as good as I seem to think it was, anybody chime in?:confused:
Aliens 1 and 2. You know these were good, just admit it.
No one has mentioned "Inside."
It's a French gore flick that came out last year. Tops the list as the most brutal horror film I've ever seen.
7.5 out of 10 on the scary meter.
10 out of 10 on the graphic/disgusting meter (Nothing to compare it to. Pretty much sets a new standard for gore).
It's really a great movie, well done in a all aspects.
I won't even begin to describe it. Just go see it. It's a powerhouse display of brutality!! A must-see if you like horror movies. Totally fucking disgusting!!
Edit: It's a little harder to find than most. You may have to consult Newbury Comics or a shop that carries indy material.
Last night I saw a film
As I recall it was a horror film