When I was a kid a horror film would freak me out quite easily, but lately I've found all my emotions fairly hard to tap into with films.
If you're looking for something genuinely scary, I'll take this opportunity to pimp out [REC] again.
When I was a kid a horror film would freak me out quite easily, but lately I've found all my emotions fairly hard to tap into with films.
If you're looking for something genuinely scary, I'll take this opportunity to pimp out [REC] again.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Don't make me hurt you.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
What are some good werewolf movies?
The usual recommendations...
An American Werewolf in London
Dog Soldiers
Wolf
The Howling
The Wolfman (original Universal one)
The Curse of the Wolfman ('61 w/ Oliver Reed)
Ginger Snaps
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Seen these
Haven't seen these. Really should check out the Universal one.
There is a dearth of interesting werewolf movies says I.
The Company of Wolves is one I'm really interested in checking out, too.
Actually, I'd also like to see Wolfen.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Welcome.
I think that the film is an enjoyably nasty excursion into Clive Barker Country, and I suspect that you disagree. But can't we agree that Vinnie Jones in his proper business suit, with his suspicious man-purse, and that gigantic silver hammer...that he's awesome? Adding to the immediately iconic look of the villain is his sadness, which peeks through even when he's clubbing Ted Raimi's eyes right out of their sockets. You may not want more of Bradley Cooper crying while he takes pictures of his wife, but can you honestly say you don't want more Mahogany?
Now look, I ain't stalking you, but I didn't say I wasn't a wolf.
Why? I'll tell you why. Because it's B-movie king Kurt Russell as a villain who kills teeny-boppers with a fucking car. That's why.
You...shamed me.
A bank assistant denies you a bank loan. Do you (a) move in with a relative until you get your affairs straight or (b) damn the bank assistant to Hell? Ganush picks the latter. Which leads to a series of shocks and set-pieces that involve staplers, embalming fluid, napkins, and goats. It's a testament to Lorna Gaver that, despite a considerable absence after the first half of the film, her spirit lingers over the remainder of the film. I would love a prequel that details the other unfortunate souls who crossed her path.
The one thing that Leslie never quite gets around to saying in Behind the Mask: slasher villains are the heroes. At least in all those sequels that established the "rules" of the genre, which, if you want my opinion, were stupid, Puritan codes that harbored a lot of buried misogyny. But I love Leslie, because he holds so much respect for his situation, its implications, the buried symbology...he's really a philosopher, at heart. The creators hinted recently at more of Vernon's escapades. If he can find another willing camera crew, I'm in.
Stop?...bitch, I have just started.
Otis emerges victorious over a hundred other horror aggressors, and why? Because I can't think of one that takes so much joy in what they do. Otis was born to viciously murder. I swear, it must be coded in his DNA, because he just throws himself into it. Bill Moseley got so good at the role that he actually took Zombie aside and asked if he really had to go that far. Zombie's answer ("Art is not safe") is dubious, but what's not in doubt is Otis. Like Hannibal Lecter, and Harry Roat Jr., and Hans Beckert, this guy is pure evil.
I was watching Below last night - directed by David Twohy and written by Darren Aronofsky.
It's one I saw when it first came to video (actually I think I taped it off one of my satellite movie stations) and I remember liking it.
I didn't finish it last night, but I got the impression that it is a good story, executed horrendously. The direction and editing are a total mess, the latter often making scenes incomprehensible because it's been mashed together so quickly.
I really like seeing Bruce Greenwood play a good guy. He's kind of type cast as "the slimey/morally defunct businessman" and to see him here as a bit of a hero was good, because he has that authoritative quality about him which works well.
It's funny that the supporting cast is like a reuniting of the supporting cast from Alien 3. I counted at least 4 faces I recognized from that movie.
If this movie had been more competently put together, I think it could have attained sleeper-hit status. Alas, it's just another slightly-above-average chiller with too many missteps to be great.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Because I have better things to do but choose to put them off, I decided to watch the entire Hellraiser series. How would you fine folks rank the ones you've seen?
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Hellraiser II
Hellraiser
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Hellraiser: Inferno
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser: Hellworld
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Hellraiser: Revelations
(I have not seen Hellraiser: Hellseeker.)
Hellraiser
Hellraiser: Inferno
Hellraiser 2
Hellraiser 3
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Bloodline
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
You might also enjoy Wolfen.
The Company of Wolves. A very different werewolf film.
Looks neat. Will check it out.
Seen it. Awesome movie.
Saw this tonight. Don't think it really worked. I dug what it was going for (the werewolves as domestic terrorists angle, the use of Native American mythology, playing a werewolf story completely straight) but the execution is off, found the movie pretty flat dramatically and atmospherically. I think if say Carpenter had got a hold of this in the early 80s, there could've been a great film there. Edward James Olmos running naked on the beach is the best bit.
I was watching the Hammer horror film The Devil Rides Out last night.
Having seen a very good chunk of their filmography (I think I've seen about 2/3 of all their films) I must say this is a top-rung Hammer production.
Great movie.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Which other ones would you recommend, besides Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, Devil, and Mummy?
I blind-bought Devil Rides Out years ago and was disappointed with it. I think my expectations were particularly high because I recall Buffaluffasaurus gushing over it.
Then again, I've always been under the opinion that the Brits are particularly bad at making a good scary movie. There are exceptions, of course, but the vast majority of them, to me, are dry and bland.
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My Top 100 Horror Movies OF ALL TIME.
Hammer fans - help me.
I've never really taken the time to get into the Hammer films. I've always kind of considered them the Shaw Brothers of the west, only they make horror films rather than kung fu films. So, I really to watch their films.
What are the 10-15 best?
I've seen a few, and the one I love the most is A Plague of Zombies.
This picture contains enough horror elements to reasonably be labeled as such, so my thoughts probably belong here as well as in the FDT:
Donkey Punch (Olly Blackburn, 2009) 57
As a low-budget thriller, this is a reasonably effective and disciplined affair, spinning a standard template that recalls Philip Noyce's Dead Calm into an unexpectedly intriguing direction, less concerned with demonizing sexuality and drugs as many conservative slashers do than it is with condemning the culture of hedonistic chauvinism resulting from our instant-porn age that has distorted ideas of masculinity in the younger and more impressionable. In fact, the movie appears to suggest in its intoxicatingly scored first act that sex and drugs are a natural, even beautiful rite of passage that has been corrupted by the mainstreaming of smut. If it grows increasingly predictable as it progresses, credit is due to the filmmakers for keeping the production under control tonally with sober filmmaking, convincing performances, and few developments that strain credibility, without cynically encouraging bloodlust in the viewer. Indeed, by the end I was suitably downcast, which suggests that the picture works as it's intended. All that said, there isn't anything exceptional here, but it's better than much of its contemporary ilk.
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
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