It's Horror Movie Time, Kiddies! - Page 2

Gemini Cricket · 10-20-2007, 10:16 AM

Today... it's Psycho! A classic.

flippyshark · 10-20-2007, 10:54 AM

I recently bought (and watched) a cheap DVD set that included Psycho's II, III and IV. I was surprised at how nicely 2 held up, 3 has a terrific first half and then slides into a by-the-numbers slasher movie, and 4, well, Olivia Hussey is incredibly hot as Norman Bates' mom, but this movie was by turns squirmy, dull and predictable. (For a made-for-TV movie, it's pretty kinky, though.)

None of them can hope to hold a candle to the real Hitch, of course.

Chernabog · 10-20-2007, 11:08 AM

Horror is one of my favorite genres. I do not consider the current crop of torture porn movies "horror", and do not enjoy movies like Saw or Hostel. They just go for the gross-out, which simply isn't enjoyable or scary.

My mom loves em also, so when I was a kid she'd plop me down to watch them with her. I told Clive Barker that I first saw Hellraiser at 10 years old with my mom and he was so delighted he signed an autograph for her :P

My favorite horrorshows are:

The Haunting - The Robert Wise 1963 version. The story of one woman's battle with architecture and lesbianism.

Hellraiser. The story of one pincushion's battle with 1980s fashions.

Suspiria. The story of one dancer's battle with witchcraft and fabulous lighting. A Lounge of Tomorrow favorite! (ha, ha, ha)

Halloween. I'm giving it all she's got, captain! Too bad all the sequels sucked.

A Nightmare on Elm Street. Gives a whole new meaning to the word "handjob".

Poltergeist. Mama told me never to pick at scabs. (This movie used to terrify me when I was a kid since I had a giant tree outside my window AND a clown puppet in my room)

Aliens. OK technically this is scifi, but it's a pretty damn scary film, especially in those chestburster scenes. I fell in love with Sigourney Weaver after this film, she is so damn hot!

Night of the Living Dead. This is one of those movies (they're coming to get you Barbara..... look.. there's one now!) that is funny to watch with friends, and really goddamn scary to watch alone late at night. The ending was like.. what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1970s version with Donald Sutherland). I think, the best ending to any horror movie, ever.

flippyshark · 10-20-2007, 11:09 AM

Last night, I watched The Mephisto Waltz, a very seventies soft-focus Satanic thriller with Alan Alda and Jacqueline Bissett.

Alan Alda plays a music journalist who once wanted to be a concert pianist. He meets an Aleister Crowley-like piano master played by Curt "Goldfinger" Jurgens, who takes the lad under his wing, but has unmistakably sinister intentions, as well as a spooky but hot daughter played by "Valley of the Dolls" star Barbara Parkins. Bissette is the real star, though, as a woman who just KNOWS there's something wrong with all these people.

The real highlight is the spooky score by Jerry Goldsmith, interpolating Franz Liszt's titular waltz as well as the very familiar "Dies Irae" tune heard in so many movies (most memorably The Shining). Goldsmith outclassed many of the movies he scored, and that is very much the case here.

I can't quite recommend this one unless it has nostalgia value for you, or you find the cast irresistible. It has some nice moments and some creepy atmosphere, but the story plays out very slowly, and ends on a bit of a WTF.

JWBear · 10-20-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Horror is one of my favorite genres. I do not consider the current crop of torture porn movies "horror", and do not enjoy movies like Saw or Hostel. They just go for the gross-out, which simply isn't enjoyable or scary.

AMEN!

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

The Haunting - The Robert Wise 1963 version. The story of one woman's battle with architecture and lesbianism.

LO-effing-L!!!!!

(And, I love this movie!)

innerSpaceman · 10-20-2007, 01:13 PM

I echo Cherny's sentiments about what's Horror genre and what's not.

That said, I like one of the early "slashers" that, being the first, was not the drek that purportedly followed in its footsteps. Halloween is a classic, and one of the best movies for Halloween.

I didn't see the recent remake, heard it was horrible, did great business ... and so now the same company is remaking Hellraiser. Jesus, aren't remakes supposed to be for the next generation? Um, We Aren't Dead Yet.

A Nightmare on Elm Street was also a great one of this variety, and one of them towards the way end of that over-long series was also good, Wes Craven's New Nightmare. I think 3 was the other good one.

But ghost stories are generally my favorite when it comes to Halloween.

The original The Haunting, the incomparable The Shining, the scared-the-shyt-out-of-me-then, but oh-so-funny-now Poltergeist, and the moody The Others.

And, to clear things up, Alien (not Aliens) is a fantastic horror movie in scifi clothing. David Cronenberg's take on The Fly is another great horror flick with scifi trappings.

I love me some vampire films at this time of year, notably the sly Shadow of the Vampire, Francis Ford Coppola's visionary and hypnotic version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the uber-cool teen vampire pic, The Lost Boys, and the sexy vampire film The Hunger.

My fave zombie film is the scary-hysterical The Return of the Living Dead, with apologies to George Romero (whose first two Dead movies are likewise excellent).

For werewolves, I turn to Mike Nichol's Wolf - really much better than any of the old Universal stuff. But Universal still holds the crown when it comes to Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. Those two have never been topped in the man-made monster genre. (But the classic Young Frankenstein is, for other reasons, near the tops of my Halloween faves list.)

I also love the strange psychogical and mayhem suspenser, The Birds. And Halloween wouldn't be Halloween without a screening of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Yikes, I'd better get started.

Not Afraid · 10-20-2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I love me some vampire films at this time of year, notably the sly Shadow of the Vampire, Francis Ford Coppola's visionary and hypnotic version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the uber-cool teen vampire pic, The Lost Boys, and the sexy vampire film The Hunger.

Vampries Vampires Vampires. I can never get enough Vampire this time of year.

My favorites:

Nosferatu (Kinsky)
Nosteratu (1922 version)
The Hunger
Shadow of the Vampire
Vampyr (1932)
The Horror of Dracula
Dracula (classic)

I also like:
Interview with a Vampire (love the book, hate Cruise, but can deal with it)
Lost Boys (although it hasn't aged well)

CoasterMatt · 10-20-2007, 03:42 PM

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)
Halloween
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (Michael Landon)
The Blob (Steve McQueen)
Carrie (the original - I LOVE that movie)

innerSpaceman · 10-20-2007, 06:15 PM

OMG, I forgot to mention Carrie. Um, one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME.

Good one, CoasterMatt.

mousepod · 10-20-2007, 06:37 PM

hmmm.... lots of good ones already mentioned. I'll add: American Werewolf in London,Don't Look Now,The Last House on the Left,The Woman in White,Prince Of Darkness,The Exorcist III...

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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I recently bought (and watched) a cheap DVD set that included Psycho's II, III and IV. I was surprised at how nicely 2 held up, 3 has a terrific first half and then slides into a by-the-numbers slasher movie, and 4, well, Olivia Hussey is incredibly hot as Norman Bates' mom, but this movie was by turns squirmy, dull and predictable. (For a made-for-TV movie, it's pretty kinky, though.) None of them can hope to hold a candle to the real Hitch, of course.
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10-20-2007, 11:08 AM	#13
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Horror is one of my favorite genres. I do not consider the current crop of torture porn movies "horror", and do not enjoy movies like Saw or Hostel. They just go for the gross-out, which simply isn't enjoyable or scary. My mom loves em also, so when I was a kid she'd plop me down to watch them with her. I told Clive Barker that I first saw Hellraiser at 10 years old with my mom and he was so delighted he signed an autograph for her :P My favorite horrorshows are: The Haunting - The Robert Wise 1963 version. The story of one woman's battle with architecture and lesbianism. Hellraiser. The story of one pincushion's battle with 1980s fashions. Suspiria. The story of one dancer's battle with witchcraft and fabulous lighting. A Lounge of Tomorrow favorite! (ha, ha, ha) Halloween. I'm giving it all she's got, captain! Too bad all the sequels sucked. A Nightmare on Elm Street. Gives a whole new meaning to the word "handjob". Poltergeist. Mama told me never to pick at scabs. (This movie used to terrify me when I was a kid since I had a giant tree outside my window AND a clown puppet in my room) Aliens. OK technically this is scifi, but it's a pretty damn scary film, especially in those chestburster scenes. I fell in love with Sigourney Weaver after this film, she is so damn hot! Night of the Living Dead. This is one of those movies (they're coming to get you Barbara..... look.. there's one now!) that is funny to watch with friends, and really goddamn scary to watch alone late at night. The ending was like.. what the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1970s version with Donald Sutherland). I think, the best ending to any horror movie, ever. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Last night, I watched The Mephisto Waltz, a very seventies soft-focus Satanic thriller with Alan Alda and Jacqueline Bissett. Alan Alda plays a music journalist who once wanted to be a concert pianist. He meets an Aleister Crowley-like piano master played by Curt "Goldfinger" Jurgens, who takes the lad under his wing, but has unmistakably sinister intentions, as well as a spooky but hot daughter played by "Valley of the Dolls" star Barbara Parkins. Bissette is the real star, though, as a woman who just KNOWS there's something wrong with all these people. The real highlight is the spooky score by Jerry Goldsmith, interpolating Franz Liszt's titular waltz as well as the very familiar "Dies Irae" tune heard in so many movies (most memorably The Shining). Goldsmith outclassed many of the movies he scored, and that is very much the case here. I can't quite recommend this one unless it has nostalgia value for you, or you find the cast irresistible. It has some nice moments and some creepy atmosphere, but the story plays out very slowly, and ends on a bit of a WTF.
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10-20-2007, 01:13 PM	#16
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I echo Cherny's sentiments about what's Horror genre and what's not. That said, I like one of the early "slashers" that, being the first, was not the drek that purportedly followed in its footsteps. Halloween is a classic, and one of the best movies for Halloween. I didn't see the recent remake, heard it was horrible, did great business ... and so now the same company is remaking Hellraiser. Jesus, aren't remakes supposed to be for the next generation? Um, We Aren't Dead Yet. A Nightmare on Elm Street was also a great one of this variety, and one of them towards the way end of that over-long series was also good, Wes Craven's New Nightmare. I think 3 was the other good one. But ghost stories are generally my favorite when it comes to Halloween. The original The Haunting, the incomparable The Shining, the scared-the-shyt-out-of-me-then, but oh-so-funny-now Poltergeist, and the moody The Others. And, to clear things up, Alien (not Aliens) is a fantastic horror movie in scifi clothing. David Cronenberg's take on The Fly is another great horror flick with scifi trappings. I love me some vampire films at this time of year, notably the sly Shadow of the Vampire, Francis Ford Coppola's visionary and hypnotic version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the uber-cool teen vampire pic, The Lost Boys, and the sexy vampire film The Hunger. My fave zombie film is the scary-hysterical The Return of the Living Dead, with apologies to George Romero (whose first two Dead movies are likewise excellent). For werewolves, I turn to Mike Nichol's Wolf - really much better than any of the old Universal stuff. But Universal still holds the crown when it comes to Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. Those two have never been topped in the man-made monster genre. (But the classic Young Frankenstein is, for other reasons, near the tops of my Halloween faves list.) I also love the strange psychogical and mayhem suspenser, The Birds. And Halloween wouldn't be Halloween without a screening of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Yikes, I'd better get started.
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10-20-2007, 03:42 PM	#18
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) Halloween I Was A Teenage Werewolf (Michael Landon) The Blob (Steve McQueen) Carrie (the original - I LOVE that movie) __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	OMG, I forgot to mention Carrie. Um, one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME. Good one, CoasterMatt.
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	hmmm.... lots of good ones already mentioned. I'll add: American Werewolf in London,Don't Look Now,The Last House on the Left,The Woman in White,Prince Of Darkness,The Exorcist III... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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