Sangre, cuchillos, y tetas --- Horror Film Discussion

**Bosco B Thug** · 10-01-2009, 05:44 AM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

PS: After failing to enjoy this film, Martyrs, High Tension, and Them, I've done the prudent thing and removed Inside from my Netflix queue. Crazy Frenchmen.

Yeah, I think I too have temporarily deboarded the French New Wave Horror train after three.

Frontier(s) sounds pretty unpleasant, though. I think you've put me off that one for a while.

Audition went slightly, just very slightly, down in my book. Its style is a little too dependent on repetitively composed static shots for my taste (although there is rhyme, reason, and dynamism, which is what is important). I now have some niggling problems with the hallucination sequence, which is the film's highlight sequence: it didn't bug me before, but now I can't helped but be irked by the logical lapses it deliberately takes to make as vague as possible what's real and what's imagined. Also, the insistence to put in every supporting character into the sequence diminished the potency of the secretary and wife's appearance (as the two women he's actually had sexual experiences with).

**Dead & Messed Up** · 10-01-2009, 06:04 AM

Quoting Bosco B Thug (view post)

Yeah, I think I too have temporarily deboarded the French New Wave Horror train after three.

Frontier(s) sounds pretty unpleasant, though. I think you've put me off that one for a while.

I don't want to hate any of those flicks, obviously. Out of them all, Martyrs strikes me as the most worthwhile. But even that one was a mixed bag.

**Bosco B Thug** · 10-01-2009, 06:37 AM

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I don't want to hate any of those flicks, obviously. Out of them all, Martyrs strikes me as the most worthwhile. But even that one was a mixed bag.

Yeah, pretty much agreed with this whole post.

**Rowland** · 10-01-2009, 08:00 AM

I like everything I've seen from the French New Wave, careful to steer clear of Frontier[s], which nobody seems to have liked. I really kinda loved Martyrs in particular, which strikes me as one of the most adventurous and uncompromised horror films of the '00s. Aja's The Hills Have Eyes was a fine effort as well.

**Bosco B Thug** · 10-01-2009, 08:39 AM

Gaw. The One Missed Call remake has to be the definition of a complete waste of time. It's almost awe-inspiring in its uselessness. Did I just watch an actual movie, really? Did they actually spend time, money, physical and mental effort, to make this? Was this more like a paid vacation for the actors considering they're working with nothing? It's all somewhat fascinating.

**Dukefrukem** · 10-01-2009, 01:12 PM

Quoting Bosco B Thug (view post)

Gaw. The One Missed Call remake has to be the definition of a complete waste of time. It's almost awe-inspiring in its uselessness. Did I just watch an actual movie, really? Did they actually spend time, money, physical and mental effort, to make this? Was this more like a paid vacation for the actors considering they're working with nothing? It's all somewhat fascinating.

Yes It's very very bad. Can't believe it wasn't a straight to DVD release.

**Bosco B Thug** · 10-01-2009, 04:08 PM

Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)

Yes It's very very bad. Can't believe it wasn't a straight to DVD release.

Ch'yah. It was just. soo. laaazy. and. boring! They did CG-animate a Jesus statue, though.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 10-02-2009, 06:15 PM

May was as good as I remembered. Not better, not worse. Exactly as good as I remembered. I'd forgotten how goddamn funny it is, and how amazing Bettis plays the lead role. She's enormously sympathetic, even towards the end, when she spirals down the drain of insanity. Sisto and Faris offer credible supporting turns, as people who know May's weird, but they kinda like that. Faris is especially fun with her obvious lesbian come-ons ("Want to come to my place and eat some melons?"). The "slashings" at the end are also admirable, as they're fast, vivid, and - most importantly - awfully sad.

The only misstep is the odd playing of the blind children sequence, where they suddenly begin behaving like brain-dead zombies, all fists and clenching, trying desperately to get their hands on May's friend - and the sound of shattered glass doesn't deter them from sticking their hands on the ground.

A-

Still one of my favorites of the decade.

**Rowland** · 10-02-2009, 11:40 PM

Alright, I've rented The Gravedancers, which I've read is believed by many to be the best After Dark release, and The Blair Witch Project, which will be my first viewing of the film in... almost a decade? Damn.

**The Mike** · 10-03-2009, 12:07 AM

Gravedancers was supposed to be good? Geez, it looked bad. I'm a fan of The Hamiltons and Dark Ride wasn't bad, but that's about it.

**Spun Lepton** · 10-03-2009, 12:12 AM

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Alright, I've rented The Gravedancers, which I've read is believed by many to be the best After Dark release...

Don't go into it thinking that being the best entry in a fairly crappy series is going to make it good. It's the only After Dark movie that I didn't feel the need to turn off after 30 minutes. Overrall, it's only OK, and the guy who directed it approached the ghosts in entirely the wrong manner. He wanted to show them as much as possible, only problem is the make-up isn't all THAT great. Certainly not good enough to parade around in front of the camera under full lighting. The movie is not scary in the least, and the whole thing kind of comes crashing down in the CG-saturated ending.

At least you didn't pick up The Hamiltons, which made me want to kick in my television in addition to turning it off after 30 minutes.

**Spun Lepton** · 10-03-2009, 12:16 AM

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I'm a fan of The Hamiltons ...

Oh, Mike, Mike, Mike. :|

**Scar** · 10-03-2009, 12:46 AM

Watching the Friday the 13th remake, again.

Sometime's you just need some of the 'ol ultra violence.

Hmm, maybe Clockwork Orange next.

**Scar** · 10-03-2009, 02:10 AM

Slightly (one bottle of wine) inebriated thoughts in regards to the F13 remake:

Zombie's Halloween is far superior to it, the Chainsaw remakes are better, but F13 still is entertaining. I always do enjoy Jason killing people, and, damn, there is quite the set of NATURAL boobies in that flick.

**Philosophe_rouge** · 10-03-2009, 05:56 AM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

Glad to see you liked these ones. Also, the more I view Caligari, the more I love it.

I'm curious to hear your thoughts about this one. I think it's the best post-Scream "slasher" movie, even if it's not really one.

I was surprised I didn't like Final Destination more, I thought I would at least be entertained by it strange premise and potential laugh factor. I watched it with my sisters, and we just couldn't get into it. Though elaborate, I didn't find the kills shocking or interesting, perhaps because they've been overdone by the time I've got to this film. I just thought it was enormously bland. Then again, I didn't like Scream until about the third viewing.

**MadMan** · 10-03-2009, 10:58 PM

Quoting Scar (view post)

Slightly (one bottle of wine) inebriated thoughts in regards to the F13 remake:

Zombie's Halloween is far superior to it, the Chainsaw remakes are better, but F13 still is entertaining. I always do enjoy Jason killing people, and, damn, there is quite the set of NATURAL boobies in that flick.

I saw the Friday the 13th remake in the theater this year, and actually enjoyed it. Having booze handly would be an additional plus, btw.

Oh and I asked my friend, and here's our current Halloween lineup:

*The Omen (1976 version, of course)
*Friday the 13th: Part 3 in 3D! (1982)
*Creepshow (1982)
*Children of the Corn (1984)
*Hellraiser (1987)

Its about time I watched more 80s horror, anyways.

**Spun Lepton** · 10-04-2009, 06:17 AM

[REC] -- 8/10
Some of the characters' actions were beyond stupid, but overall I really enjoyed it. There was some very clever editing.

**Ivan Drago** · 10-04-2009, 06:28 AM

Hellraiser is one of my favorite horror movies. I really need to revisit it.

**megladon8** · 10-04-2009, 08:57 PM

Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)

[REC] -- 8/10
Some of the characters' actions were beyond stupid, but overall I really enjoyed it. There was some very clever editing.

Did the final 5-10 minutes of night-vision scare the fuck out of you?

Jen and I were gripping each other so hard we left marks on each others' arms.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 10-04-2009, 09:11 PM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

Did the final 5-10 minutes of night-vision scare the fuck out of you?

Jen and I were gripping each other so hard we left marks on each others' arms.

That was the first time in a long time that I was holding my breath in fear. Fuckin' loved it.

**Scar** · 10-04-2009, 09:51 PM

I just beat House of the Dead: Overkill on the first story mode. So, I'm gonna give Planet Terror another shot right now....

**megladon8** · 10-04-2009, 10:40 PM

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I just beat House of the Dead: Overkill on the first story mode. So, I'm gonna give Planet Terror another shot right now....

:lol: Did you like "Overkill"? That's probably Jen's all-time favorite game. She's become a zombie-blastin' mastah!

**jenniferofthejungle** · 10-04-2009, 10:40 PM

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I just beat House of the Dead: Overkill on the first story mode. So, I'm gonna give Planet Terror another shot right now....

That is one of the few games I've managed to beat, Scar. I can't believe how much fun that was. My shootin' hand was dead after the first hour or so, but damn if it wasn't fun.

**jenniferofthejungle** · 10-04-2009, 10:41 PM

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That was the first time in a long time that I was holding my breath in fear. Fuckin' loved it.

Woo hoo, Jim.

That's how I felt too. It's such a wonderful rush.

**jenniferofthejungle** · 10-04-2009, 10:42 PM

Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)

[REC] -- 8/10
Some of the characters' actions were beyond stupid, but overall I really enjoyed it. There was some very clever editing.

Which actions bugged you? I'm curious.

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