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Favorite Horror movie - Aprilis - 06-20-2011
i just saw Zombieland ... and i just dont get why everyone thinks its the greatest comedy Zombie movie ever ...
I thought Sean of the Dead was a lot better
Favorite Horror movie - Tony H - 06-20-2011
Aprilis Wrote:i just saw Zombieland ... and i just dont get why everyone thinks its the greatest comedy Zombie movie ever ...
I thought Sean of the Dead was a lot better
I agree. I didn't share the love with a majority of people. I thought it was just okay and don't feel the need to include it in my video library or watch it again. I didn't hate it, but didn't really like it either.
Favorite Horror movie - GeraldRice - 06-20-2011
AsMoral Wrote:I agree. I didn't share the love with a majority of people. I thought it was just okay and don't feel the need to include it in my video library or watch it again. I didn't hate it, but didn't really like it either.
Ditto.
Favorite Horror movie - Brian - 06-20-2011
Aprilis Wrote:i just saw Zombieland ... and i just dont get why everyone thinks its the greatest comedy Zombie movie ever ...
It was good for a laugh, and don't forget the rules given. It's essential zombie survival guidance.
Quote:I thought Sean of the Dead was a lot better
Agreed.
Add my vote for Event Horizon as well.
Favorite Horror movie - The Mad American - 06-21-2011
Aprilis Wrote:i just saw Zombieland ... and i just dont get why everyone thinks its the greatest comedy Zombie movie ever ...
I thought Sean of the Dead was a lot better
AsMoral Wrote:I agree. I didn't share the love with a majority of people. I thought it was just okay and don't feel the need to include it in my video library or watch it again. I didn't hate it, but didn't really like it either.
GeraldRice Wrote:Ditto.
I agree here as well. I didn't really hate it but I didn't think it was as good as most people. The only part of that movie that stood out was the part with Bill Murray. That is it.
Shaun of the Dead is vastly superior in every way.
Favorite Horror movie - mad4tunes - 06-21-2011
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Favorite Horror movie - Tall Tyrion - 06-21-2011
I loved Zombieland, and while Shaun of the Dead was excellent as well, ZL was better IMO.
As for my favorite horror movies, I might have an overly broad definition for some, but my top three have not yet been mentioned. In no particular order, they are:
Psycho: Hitchcock was the master of suspense, and a brilliant film maker. This was his attempt to do a "good" B-movie slasher and he succeeded in splendid fashion. Plus, he killed off the big star in the first reel. A very gutsy film that still horrifies, lo these many years later.
Jacob's Ladder: The best unfilmed script in Hollywood for many years. Many horror directors wanted to do it, but Adrian Lynne gave it the understated touch it needed. The scene where Jacob is wheeled into the hospital is the best horror scene ever filmed, bar none. This is a masterpiece.
Night of the Hunter: Every horror villain wishes he could inspire as much terror as Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum). I only wish Charles Laughton had directed again. He could have been a legend.
Favorite Horror movie - The Mad American - 06-21-2011
Tall Tyrion Wrote:Night of the Hunter: Every horror villain wishes he could inspire as much terror as Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum). I only wish Charles Laughton had directed again. He could have been a legend.
I loved Mitchum in that role. I don't think I would classify the movie as a horror movie but man did he play that role well. Absolutely creepy and powerful stuff there.
Favorite Horror movie - Tall Tyrion - 06-21-2011
The Mad American Wrote:I loved Mitchum in that role. I don't think I would classify the movie as a horror movie but man did he play that role well. Absolutely creepy and powerful stuff there.
Yes, I realize many would disqualify it. It doesn't fit a strict definition of the horror film, but I still see it as horror. It's one of my favorites to watch over the Halloween season.
Robert Mitchum should also get an honorable mention for Cape Fear. While that one is not a horror film in my estimation, it is a great movie, and he is super creepy in it. Robert Di Niro can't hold a candle to him in the remake.
Favorite Horror movie - The Mad American - 06-21-2011
Tall Tyrion Wrote:Yes, I realize many would disqualify it. It doesn't fit a strict definition of the horror film, but I still see it as horror. It's one of my favorites to watch over the Halloween season.
Robert Mitchum should also get an honorable mention for Cape Fear. While that one is not a horror film in my estimation, it is a great movie, and he is super creepy in it. Robert Di Niro can't hold a candle to him in the remake.
I agree completely on the Cape Fear thing. DeNiro was okay in the role but it didn't hold a candle to Mitchum's version.
And I don't think any movie should be disqualified as a horror movie. There shouldn't really be a definition, whatever works for one person. All the movies you mention fit, I personally just always thought of "Night of the Hunter" as a psychologicall thriller, and a movie that was so far ahead of its time for the stuff it dealt with. Great stuff.
Kind of off topic, but when reading the RJ series I always picture the old Glakaen as sort of Robert Mitchum. He had that big, calm powerful way about him that I picture Glakaen having. Doesn't fit so well with the young in his prime version of the G-man but the older version Mitchum always works his way into my mental picture of him.