Modern Horror Movies

[bobabooey69]

The whole "gore porn" of the Hostel, Saw and other stuff as of late is lame.
With their over the top gore, all their create is disgust, not fear.

I love horror films that rack up the tension, to create genuine fear...not the "sharp musical stings" kind of jolts either ( I freaking hate that).

The last one that did that was "The Descent", great cinematography and effective tension building. Another was "Haute Tension" aka "High Tension",
some great meticulous tension in that one too.

 

[D_N Flay Table]

Best horror movie to come out in the last deade.. "dog soldiers" with out question.

 

[Hellboy0]

Best horror movie to come out in the last deade.. "dog soldiers" with out question.

Absolutely agree!

Has anyone mentioned The Host (from Korea)? If you want a good modern monster film, you can't get much better. See it before Hollywood remakes and fucks it up. Also, sorry folks, but the original Ring from Japan rocks! Not as shiny as the Hollywood redux, but when that last scene hits...crapped my pants!

Have to admit to being a bit post-old school myself: The Shining, Near Dark, Hellraiser 1&2, Phanstasm to name a very brief few. And if you wanna get real esoteric: Go see Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black (of wonky eye fame). The last story, Devil Doll (?) will make you pick your feet up off the floor immediately (you'l know what I mean if you see it).

Of the new slasher horrors, go see Wolf Creek...you will NEVER go on a trip into the country again.

Damn, I love horror films, folks and good ones are hard to find these days.:sgrin:

 

[monstro]

I don't like the modern slasher/horror movies. I much prefer Vincent Price in Tomb of Ligea or The Bat and lest we forget his outstanding work in the original of The Fly. Now that was entertainment.

I couldn't agree more! I love Vincent Price and those Poe adaptations he made for Corman. Tomb of Ligeia, Pit & The Pendulum, Masque of the Red Death! Great stuff:biggrin1:

Also love Christopher Lee, he made some great films too. Hammer Films of the '60's and 70's are always a lot of fun.

 

[Notthe7]

Of the new slasher horrors, go see Wolf Creek...you will NEVER go on a trip into the country again.

Damn, I love horror films, folks and good ones are hard to find these days.:sgrin:

Wolf Creek had one good thing about it... it was very, very loosely based on a true story.

Nosferatu is an AMAZING 'horror' movie, 1922 version.

 

[jack99821]

Wolf Creek had one good thing about it... it was very, very loosely based on a true story.

Nosferatu is an AMAZING 'horror' movie, 1922 version.

Believe it or not it isn't as loosely based as you would think. I've studied the case and it definitely isn't the same, but there are direct similarities. It's certainly not "based on a true story" like Texas Chainsaw Massacre was.

Anyway, I hate it when people call Saw (the first only) torture porn. It's not. There's almost no gore in that flick, you only think there is because it painted an excellent picture of whatever was happening offscreen. When it comes down to it, it was gory if you wanted it to be and Hitchockian if you didn't. The second was much more graphic, but it was still suspenseful and creative.

 

[Notthe7]

Believe it or not it isn't as loosely based as you would think. I've studied the case and it definitely isn't the same, but there are direct similarities. It's certainly not "based on a true story" like Texas Chainsaw Massacre was.

Anyway, I hate it when people call Saw (the first only) torture porn. It's not. There's almost no gore in that flick, you only think there is because it painted an excellent picture of whatever was happening offscreen. When it comes down to it, it was gory if you wanted it to be and Hitchockian if you didn't. The second was much more graphic, but it was still suspenseful and creative.

This article, although wikipedia, is pretty accurate of how true it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_(film)#Basis_in_Reality


So pretty loosely based.

 

[invisibleman]

There's few things I love more in life than horror movies (big dick being one of them, you got me, you got me); But I must whole-heartedly confess that the recent strain of horror movies has been more than disappointing.​

I recently saw Rob Zombie's Halloween.​

I invested a lot of emotional attachment into the coming of this film! Halloween (only second to Texas Chainsaw massacre [the 1974 Hooper version] in my book ) was an amazing film for Zombie to redo; He had so much room to develop the character of Michael Myers and really make it his (vulgar, explicit, and gory).​

None of these happened of course.​

Enough of my ramblings for the moment.. ​

QUESTION IS THIS:​

For those of you that enjoy horror movies, what is your opinion on the recent strain of horror movies?​

Also: list your favorite!​

I think that horror movies should really be thought out more and less stupid shit...(less maniacal screams...stupid teen sex...stop having white people from moving into places where monsters don't want them. :smile

My favorite horror film is one that kills Britney Spears...Okay, I am sorry. Schadenfreude. I want Jason Voohees to shove a baseball bat down Britney's throat. "It's Jason, bitch..." Gimme more...Gimme more...
Hehehe.

 

[Hellboy0]

Nosferatu is an AMAZING 'horror' movie, 1922 version.

Shit yeah! And so much of that movie has been stolen over the years, even in Bram Stokers Dracula by Coppola (ex. Drac's shadow on the wall...).

On that note, have you see Shadow of the Vampire? Excellent flick.

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

I don't think old horror films were any better than they are now, alongside the few classics we remember there were thousands that are never shown because they were pretty unwatchable. Horror films of whatever era always seem a bit hit and miss, we can look back and name great ones of the 50's, 60's etc but at those times those were the exception not the rule, I think horror films more than any other kind of film are hard to get right because you're often portraying something that's a creation of someone's imagination so it's very easy to spill over into the ridiculous rather than the terrifying. Sit down and make a list and we'll all probably be able to come up with so many great films from twenty years or ten years ago, but I think in twenty years time that will still be the situation, the good films will be remembered, the bad ones forgotten and people will look back and say they don't make horror films like they used to.

 

[bobabooey69]

It's certainly not "based on a true story" like Texas Chainsaw Massacre was.

I think their is very little "true" about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, if I remember correctly it was (extremely) loosely based on the story of Ed Gein, his murderous antics are also basis for the Silence of the Lambs and other horror gems.

And yes, Jaws was awesome, to this day I cannot venture far in the sea without wondering what is under the surface. Now that is great horror, that stays with ya!

I agree with Spoiled Princess, every generation has both good and bad horror films, I am sure a delicious frightfest will come along soon enough that will delight us all.

 

[bobabooey69]

Sorry, didn't mean to double post.

 

[ClaireTalon]

I guess the last real horror movie that I could watch without feeling bad afterwards was the 1950s Tarantula. I wouldn't count Jaws as a real horror movie, more a mixture of adventure and disaster.

I'm open about it: I can't watch horror movies, or movies featuring a lot of obvious violence, physical sadism, blood and gore. When I read about one in a cinema magazine, or see a preview, one of the special previews that's kept for the late-night performance, I get sick. Really. My stomach somersaults, my throat goes tight, and I have to focus on something different. I truly don't know, neither can I imagine, how someone can draw entertainment from it, or feel something different than disgust about it. Let alone find it interesting in a philosophical way, what's the philosophy about guts and blood flying openly?

You go there, I'll put up with the rerun of The day of the Jackal, The paper or Local Hero.

 

[D_N Flay Table]

Absolutely agree!

Has anyone mentioned The Host (from Korea)? If you want a good modern monster film, you can't get much better. See it before Hollywood remakes and fucks it up. Also, sorry folks, but the original Ring from Japan rocks! Not as shiny as the Hollywood redux, but when that last scene hits...crapped my pants!

Have to admit to being a bit post-old school myself: The Shining, Near Dark, Hellraiser 1&2, Phanstasm to name a very brief few. And if you wanna get real esoteric: Go see Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black (of wonky eye fame). The last story, Devil Doll (?) will make you pick your feet up off the floor immediately (you'l know what I mean if you see it).

Of the new slasher horrors, go see Wolf Creek...you will NEVER go on a trip into the country again.

Damn, I love horror films, folks and good ones are hard to find these days.:sgrin:

word up..
I just rented the host, I am going to watch it tonight..

good movies mentioned...

"the entity" was a great ghost movie..

JAWS. my 2nd favorite movie of all time.

ALIENS, and Resurrection were both great.

A.W.I.L was great too...

I am a HUGE horror fan.. scifi too... but I grew up on horror...

Dog Soldiers.. doesn't get much better than that.

 

[D_Al_K_Celtzah]

I'm not a fan of horror movies myself. I was about 6 when I first saw a couple of images from the first Nightmare On Elm Street and it scared the shit out of me until I was about 12 yo and got to see the 2nd Elm Street movie to fight my fear of Freddy. After that, the only ones I saw were all of the Aliens (2nd one is my favourite), The Exorcist - The Beggining (didn't impress me much and I was actually a bit disappointed), and House of Wax. This last one almost left me crying for the loss of the ticket money. What a shitty movie (you can't expect much from a movie that features Paris Hilton).

Anyway, I have read some things about the classics/most famous horror movies of all time and I've come across 2 that got me particularly intrigued, although, I admit it, I don't have to guts to try and watch them. One of them is Cannibal Hollocaust and the other is Necromantic (I think this is the correct name).

Has anyone here seen any of these two? What did you think of it?

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

DJG, that Karen Black film is one that sticks in my mind, the other stories in the film were instantly forgettable and that one should have just come over as silly but it was seriously scary, there's another film from around the same time called 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark', that has little evil creatures living in this woman's chimney, that hits the same note, it shouldn't be scary but it sticks in one's mind.

Cannibal Holocaust was a video nasty, and like lots of video nasties it was just a badly acted gore fest.

 

[Notthe7]

I think their is very little "true" about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, if I remember correctly it was (extremely) loosely based on the story of Ed Gein, his murderous antics are also basis for the Silence of the Lambs and other horror gems. quote]

Yeah that's from the article from wikipedia I believe and hopefully everyone knows that the TX chainsaw massacre is a very ficitonal story [indeed LOOSELY based on Ed Gein].

I think we can agree that -all- movies in this day and age are lacking.
Partially because of the screen-writer strike happening in hollywood.. perhaps Speilberg's answer will help the situation but this is doubtful.. and partially because we have high expectations walking into something we paid for.

The movie OLD BOY is incredible.. but I wouldn't classify it as a horror movie.. more a psychological thriller?

Btw: I figured I'd get nay sayers on horror movies in general... that's why in my first post i bolded 'for those of you who enjoy horror movies'.
For some reason when people are strongly opposed to horror movies they are really strongly opposed... like pro-lifers or some shit.
:biggrin1:

 

[D_N Flay Table]

don't forget "Sean of the deaD" that movie was awesome!

 

[jack99821]

I think their is very little "true" about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, if I remember correctly it was (extremely) loosely based on the story of Ed Gein, his murderous antics are also basis for the Silence of the Lambs and other horror gems.

And yes, Jaws was awesome, to this day I cannot venture far in the sea without wondering what is under the surface. Now that is great horror, that stays with ya!

I agree with Spoiled Princess, every generation has both good and bad horror films, I am sure a delicious frightfest will come along soon enough that will delight us all.

I meant it's ACTUALLY based on a true story, unlike TCM. The only similarities between TCM, Silence of the Lambs, and the real-life Ed Gein is that he tanned skins. He put them to different uses though (there was a lampshade involved if I remember right).

The wiki article on Wolf Creek is correct, but it's pretty brief and doesn't mention a lot of details that are paralleled in the flick. It's not the same but it isn't different either. I'll try to dig up something on Milat. There were some good sources I found when I researched him for abnormal psych.

 

[lemont77]

don't forget "Sean of the deaD" that movie was awesome!

Aye, "Sean of the Dead" was a good one, as was "Slither." Evil Dead II takes the cake, though. I like a little comedy with my horror...and Bruce Campbell is the MAN! Speaking of funny, in Freddy Vs. Jason, did anyone else nearly shit themselves when Freddy yelled "Why won't you die?!?!" at Jason?

As for the movie that combines them the best, for me, it has to be John Carpenter's "The Thing" with Kurt Russell. That is just a good time all around. It's gross, it's scary, and it doesn't end well.

I don't like the current trend of T&A&G (Tits & Ass & Gore). I like the "jump out and get you" scares. "White Noise" wasn't a good movie, but it's two scary scenes were SO scary, it was worth it.

I also thought "Jacob's Ladder" to be especially frightening.

Anyone want to watch scary movies curled up with a big, furry guy? lol. The best thing about scary movies is copping a feel during the scary scenes. Ah, mammories...er, memories! :biggrin1: