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Best horror flick in recent memory - BK Akitas - 05-20-2004
Scott Miller Wrote:Sleeping is infinitely preferable to watching The Order; it and Timeline get my vote as the worst movies from last year.
Scott
Which copy of The Order? There was the Heath Ledger one and the Jean Claude Van Dam one.
Oh wait, they both sucked canal water.
I really like the Ring (American) version, and wished they had kept inthe alternate/extended ending on the DVD. The thing with the horse- god I had nightmares.
Gothika was great- you KNEW the jump outta your skin moments were coming, especially when you watch it again, and you STILL jump. Deliciously creepy.
It was a bit campy at times but I also liked Darkness Falls.
Best horror flick in recent memory - jimbow8 - 05-20-2004
I liked The Ring while I was watching it but almost as soon as it was over I started ripping it apart in my head finding things that didn't make any sense.
Darkness Falls is THE WORST attempt at a horror movie I have seen in recent years. I found it utterly horrible, the bad acting, the non-frightening "monster," and especially those annoying slurping sounds.
Best horror flick in recent memory - nijimeijer - 05-20-2004
Don't know if it's been mentioned (probably has), but I just saw The Devil's Backbone and I was not happy. All over the 'net I saw it raved about as one of the years best films, yada yada yada.
Good drama? Yes.
Good horror? No.
You could have completely removed any supernatural element from the movie, and left the story largely unchanged. The three most horrifying bits in the movie (indeed, the only horrifying bits) all involved humans only.
Best horror flick in recent memory - Noelie - 05-20-2004
Now I have to ask: what in The Ring didn't make sense?
I actually didn't mind Darkness Falls, but then again, I was a child who was horribly, horribly afraid of the dark. The monster in Darkness Falls was exactly the kind of thing I could have envisioned coming after me in the dark. I guess what we experience as children does shape what we find scary as adults. It wasn't the best horror movie I've seen in recent memory, but I wouldn't rank it anywhere near the bottom. (Just my opinion, of course.)
Best horror flick in recent memory - jimbow8 - 05-20-2004
Noelie Wrote:Now I have to ask: what in The Ring didn't make sense?This is true. Like I said in another topic, the guys from the Omega Man creeped me out when I was a kid (just watched it recently and they are a bunch of 70's hippy freaks). And how about the kid catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
I actually didn't mind Darkness Falls, but then again, I was a child who was horribly, horribly afraid of the dark. The monster in Darkness Falls was exactly the kind of thing I could have envisioned coming after me in the dark. I guess what we experience as children does shape what we find scary as adults. It wasn't the best horror movie I've seen in recent memory, but I wouldn't rank it anywhere near the bottom. (Just my opinion, of course.)
SPOILER ALERT
As for the Ring, I hardly remember it. One thing that annoyed me (would have forgiven if it was the only thing, but it wasn't) was at the end when the look down the hole in the floor and can't see the bottom. Then they drop a rock and never hear it hit bottom. Then they fall in the hole and it is only about 5 ft down to the bottom. That was stupid! I don't recall the other things.
Best horror flick in recent memory - Sam - 05-20-2004
There must be something wrong with me becasue I don't think I've ever seen a truly scary movie. Plenty of movies with scary parts, but never been kept on the edge of my seat for the whole thing. Too many movies are predictable, I guess. Throw out predictability and you will have the greatest flick of all time.
On a different note, I believe I may have found the all-time worst horror movie EVER.... many years ago my friends and I decided to have a "bad beer and bad movie" night. (Hey, in a boring town you have to come up with odd forms of entertainment.) The movie was called "The Abomination". A perfect name for this turd. In the end, the beers we bought turned out to be the most horrifying experience of the night. Ever had Cook's beer before guys??? It's 12 ounces of pure bowel cleaner. I kept looking for Mr. Yuck on the label.
Best horror flick in recent memory - The Mad American - 05-20-2004
jimbow8 Wrote:This is true. Like I said in another topic, the guys from the Omega Man creeped me out when I was a kid (just watched it recently and they are a bunch of 70's hippy freaks). And how about the kid catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Yeah!! Good call on the kid catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, that creeped me out too. Maybe it was because there was this mean old crazy lady that lived near me when I was growing up who looked and acted like the Kid Catcher....brrrrr
As for the baddys from the Omega man, I didn't really like them and they had little effect on me...think it may have something to do with the extreme 70s cheese factor. Really dug the Vincent Price version though. Pretty much dig Vincent Price in anything though.
Best horror flick in recent memory - Noelie - 05-21-2004
The bottom of the well seemed deep to me in The Ring, but I *could* have just played right into their hands...power of suggestion and all that.
The guys from The Omega Man scared the crap out of me too. I don't remember being scared of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, but he does get a vote for creepiness.
You know who did scare me? I mean to the point of nightmares? The Abominable Dr. Phibes! I watched it recently, and it was beyond chessy.
But that's a kid's mind for you.
Best horror flick in recent memory - SDSwami - 05-21-2004
I was about 7 or 8 years old when I saw An American Werewolf in London and that movie scared the living daylights out of me. I was afraid of full moons for quite a while after that. I think my mother was about ready to kill my dad for letting me watch that.
One other movie that scared me was Children of the Corn. I live in a small town in SD that is surrounded by corn fields, so that one hit rather close to home.
Best horror flick in recent memory - The Mad American - 05-21-2004
Having four older brothers I got exposed to a lot of horror probably way before I should have. They took me to the drive in to see the Exorcist when I was like 6 or 7 years old and I was scared beyond belief of my bed after seeing that movie. Shows you how a kids brain works, scared of the bed instead of the devil....
Another movie that scared the crud out of me was one of the stories from Trilogy of Terror. The one with the little African doll that comes to life and goes after the lady.
Also, there was a made for TV movie in the 70s that I think was called "Don't be afraid of the Dark" (not the one about the blind lady..) it was about a woman who had to come home and take care of her parents estate after they disappeared and were presumed to be dead, there was a creepy butler, and the lady finds that there are these little demons living in the walls of the house..turns out the demons are her parents because they messed around with something. Once again, saw it way too young and was scared of anything under the stairs at my house...