mathetes1963
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Not really into horror flicks myself, but I've long been a devotee of tokusatsu films, especially kaiju eiga (Google those terms and see what you come up with :grin
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I really thought "horror" movies didn't scare me until
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greatcyber
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Wolf Creek...sounds like one to add to my list to search for. To revise my previous post, I did see the Unborn and it was "creepy" but actually, about 2 months ago and old classic, "The Exorcist" was on. That one still makes the hair on my arms stand up, but since I have seen it so many times it doesn't scare me now. My reaction to it goes back to when it was originally released...and BOY, was I scared then!
Interestingly enough, after these what, 30 years later(?) the version I saw on satellite recently was one that I had NEVER seen before. For example, in the version released to the theatres back then you saw the demon's image superimposed over Raegin's face only twice in the movie. (There go the hairs) But in this version, they superimposed it at least six times before the exorcism begins. There was also a deleted scene when Fr. Caras comes to the house (which was never in the original) and she came down the stairs, albeit she was climbing down while on the ceiling and her head turned up in a most unusual way. Sort of like in The Unborn trailer. I remember thinking, "why would they add that scene sooooooo many years later?"
So, that would be the last movie that actually scared me (again).
Interestingly enough, after these what, 30 years later(?) the version I saw on satellite recently was one that I had NEVER seen before. For example, in the version released to the theatres back then you saw the demon's image superimposed over Raegin's face only twice in the movie. (There go the hairs) But in this version, they superimposed it at least six times before the exorcism begins. There was also a deleted scene when Fr. Caras comes to the house (which was never in the original) and she came down the stairs, albeit she was climbing down while on the ceiling and her head turned up in a most unusual way. Sort of like in The Unborn trailer. I remember thinking, "why would they add that scene sooooooo many years later?"
So, that would be the last movie that actually scared me (again).
Buchpteclare
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I'm not a great fan of that type of film - but those I have seen don't particularly bother me. With one exception - Alien, in all it's versions. I won't watch them at all!
marval
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I queued up when The Exocist came out, everyone said I should not go to see it on my own. I did, and people in the cinema were fainting, but it had no scary effect on me. The only film that made me shiver a little was Picnic at Hanging Rock, perhaps because it was suppose to be a true story.
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Contratrombone64
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I saw this with Vicki, and we both laughed so much we nearly had bladder loss.
Tûrwethiel
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Actually, it was the "director's cut" ... many, many years after the first release. CT64 and I went to one of those swish cinemas and were prepared to be frightened. We ordered glasses of wine to be delivered when we thought we would be suitably frightened and ended up giggling a lot about clothes, hair and a general lack of acting ability.
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methodistgirl
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The Exorcist was based on a true story about a boy that was possessed
like that but the movies used a girl. Linda Blair.
judy tooley
like that but the movies used a girl. Linda Blair.
judy tooley
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Thanks for clearing that up Judy, I wondered where they got the story from ...
greatcyber
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Back when it was originally released, the media had made such a hype about it and people were passing out from fright and having heart attacks so frequently that ambulances were waiting outside.
The fact that it was based loosely on a true story and the more suggestive aspects of it, I suppose, were what made it such a sensation.
The fact that it was based loosely on a true story and the more suggestive aspects of it, I suppose, were what made it such a sensation.
howlinwolfrecords
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I agree - THE DESCENT was one that got me going a bit and had some seriously creepy imagery - and that comes from someone who has watched more than my fair share of Horror Films.
Horror films are like taking a prescription that becomes addictive and requires a higher dose the longer you take it to achieve the same results. For that reason, most horror films these days have little or no impact on me - unless they are really great films of the genre (or at least great to me because that is very subjective).
One of the other postings mentioned Phantasm - that is a horror film I really loved also - Angus Scrimm who played 'the tall man' is one of the most gentle types in person and yet on film could not have made for a creepier more sinister villain. I will always wish Don Conscarelli had been given the opportunity to do a fifth installment for Phantasm. The first four were all interesting in different ways and had worthy elements.
Horror films are like taking a prescription that becomes addictive and requires a higher dose the longer you take it to achieve the same results. For that reason, most horror films these days have little or no impact on me - unless they are really great films of the genre (or at least great to me because that is very subjective).
One of the other postings mentioned Phantasm - that is a horror film I really loved also - Angus Scrimm who played 'the tall man' is one of the most gentle types in person and yet on film could not have made for a creepier more sinister villain. I will always wish Don Conscarelli had been given the opportunity to do a fifth installment for Phantasm. The first four were all interesting in different ways and had worthy elements.
greatcyber
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Just watched the skeptic and the dunwich horror last night. I wasn't frightened...dang!
Dom Stone
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I saw this as a few DVD's were given to me.
What I found surprising was that this film was creepy before anything even happened, and I think I was pretty scared throughout the entire film.
I believe (Correct me if I'm wrong), that the director was inspired by music by a composer for another film, and wanted to make something new using that same composer. It made the whole thing chilling in general.
What ruins it for the film is that it turns into more of an action film, and most of the horror (That was built on suspense and the unknown) gets lost, and it turns into your average gore flick. But yea, definatly the movie to show on a first date. =]
What I found surprising was that this film was creepy before anything even happened, and I think I was pretty scared throughout the entire film.
I believe (Correct me if I'm wrong), that the director was inspired by music by a composer for another film, and wanted to make something new using that same composer. It made the whole thing chilling in general.
What ruins it for the film is that it turns into more of an action film, and most of the horror (That was built on suspense and the unknown) gets lost, and it turns into your average gore flick. But yea, definatly the movie to show on a first date. =]
Bondarus
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There is a panish horror film called .REC which is probably the last horror film that I really enjoyed/jumped at.
I think the americans remade it and called it Quarantine, although I can't vouch for how good this is.
My all time favourite film is the sci-fi/horror classic 'The Thing'.
Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, it is a film I can watch again and again.
I think the americans remade it and called it Quarantine, although I can't vouch for how good this is.
My all time favourite film is the sci-fi/horror classic 'The Thing'.
Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, it is a film I can watch again and again.
Contratrombone64
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Bondarus - nice to see you here AND I totally agree with you about "The Thing" it is one of my all time favourite scare-the-bejesus horror films which I saw when it was first released (in the late 70s or early 80s)
Contratrombone64
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I've now seen the original "The Thing" in black and white, quite good really and interesting as a reference point to the 1981 remake.
Soubasse
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How odd - The Thing came up recently on another forum I'm on. Yep, that's certainly one of my fave monster/horror flicks and even the 1951 movie was not without it's scare value. Carpenters version however, was more faithful to the Campbell story Who Goes There (1938). The first of the Alien films is still the best IMO.
My wife and I have been watching quite a few foreign films on Foxtel recently, quite a few of which have been thriller/horrors. Unfortunately, I can't remember the titles of any of them and there was a really rather good one about a group of hikers who come across a little-known Incan (I think) pyramid. The structure is practically engulfed in a nastly plant that turns out to be the primary antagonist by infecting its victims and basically devouring them from the inside. The party are trapped at the top of the pyramid by a group of local militants who obviously know what the plant does and do not allow them to leave.
If that sounds familiar to anyone, I'd love to have my memory jogged as I've been unable to turn up anything with various key-word searches on the 'net!
My wife and I have been watching quite a few foreign films on Foxtel recently, quite a few of which have been thriller/horrors. Unfortunately, I can't remember the titles of any of them and there was a really rather good one about a group of hikers who come across a little-known Incan (I think) pyramid. The structure is practically engulfed in a nastly plant that turns out to be the primary antagonist by infecting its victims and basically devouring them from the inside. The party are trapped at the top of the pyramid by a group of local militants who obviously know what the plant does and do not allow them to leave.
If that sounds familiar to anyone, I'd love to have my memory jogged as I've been unable to turn up anything with various key-word searches on the 'net!
Contratrombone64
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You're a credit to dementia, Soubasse. Sounds like a fascinating film, please prod-your-grey-cells and get me the title!