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My Favorites:

EVIL DEAD- I may be in the minority here, but the original EVIL DEAD is my favorite in the trilogy, and one of my favorite horror movies of all time. The original wasn't a comedy. This was straight up horror at its finest!

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (original)- I watched the remake recently and thought it was awesome for the most part. Great horror flick, but then I went back and put in the original and realized just how sub par the remake really was. The orignal Texas Chainsaw Massacre is still one of the scariest horror movies of our time. Believe it sucka!


28 DAYS LATER- Zombie movie elitists may scowl, but this is my favorite zombie movie of all time. The feeling of desolation and hopelessness is unmatched in this film. If you haven't seen it, I'm sure all horror fans will agree it's at least worth a rent this holiday.

AMERICAN WEREWOLF OF LONDON- The top dog of all werewolf movies (har har). Very gritty yet funny in a black comedy type of way. One of my favorite endings ever!!


SE7EN: The absolute best serial killer movie ever(narrowly beating out "Silence of the Lambs"). Very dark, smart, well acted horror flick. I'm sure most of you have seen it. Anyway, these types of movies scare the shit out of me simply because of their realism.
It really wouldn't take much for some loon to mimic this movie, you know? *eek*

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Arguably the most popular of all serial killer movies. Anthony Hopkins plays quite possibly the most evil twisted bastard ever to grace the screen. He pretty much set the bar acting wise as far as Im concerned.

HALLOWEEN(original): I'm sorry, but Jason has nothing on Mike Myers.


THE EXORCIST (special edition): Especially if your the religous type, this movie will scare the shit out of your poopie hole.

ALIEN: SCI-FI HORROR KING@@!!!!11

THE SHINING: Easily the best Steven King movie. Not to mention Jack Nicholson is fucking great!

Movies you may not have seen that are definately worth checking out:

*Slingblade
*Dog Soldiers
*Ginger Snaps
*Stigmata
*Dawn of the Dead (original)
*Dawn of the Dead(remake) <-- KICKED ASS
*Event Horizon
*Scream (original)
*The Ring
*Brotherhood of the Wolf
*Cabin Fever
*Blair Witch Project
*Texas Chainsaw Massacre REMAKE
*The Fog
*Sleepy Hollow
*Natural Born Killers
*The Relic
*The Thing

Horror movies I'm hyped up about / looking forward to with a vengence:

* SAW coming out THIS MONTH!! WOOT! Read More here: SAW

* HAUTE TENSION- supposibly the best movie since TCM. Read more here: Haute Tension


POST YOURS SHEEP!

 

[Matlock]

Halloween 1/2
Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

[heavy liquid]

I'm looking forward to The Grudge. Hopefully it'll turn out okay with Takashi Shimizu directing it (he wrote and directed the original as well).

 

[Willco]

The original Evil Dead is so far removed from straight up horror, it's laughable. In fact, the entire movie is laughable. It's camp, the same as the sequels, except here it's played straight.

I will probably go see Seed of Chucky, SAW, The Grudge and anything else that looks remotely like a horror flick. I'm a horror junkie.

 

[Goreomedy]

I always watch Young Frankenstien on Halloween.

 

[Team Rancid]

Is Evil Dead 2 a sequel or remake to the first? Saw them both recently after about 10 years.

The 2nd one kind of mirrors the first and Ash makes no reference to having experienced the book of the dead before in the 2nd. The 2nd definately picks up in a weird way.

 

[clipunderground]

The original Evil Dead is so far removed from straight up horror, it's laughable. In fact, the entire movie is laughable. It's camp, the same as the sequels, except here it's played straight.

I will probably go see Seed of Chucky, SAW, The Grudge and anything else that looks remotely like a horror flick. I'm a horror junkie.

I have to say I totally disagree. Once the movie gets going it's pretty scarey. More so then many other horror movies I'd say.

 

[Willco]

I have to say I totally disagree. Once the movie gets going it's pretty scarey. More so then many other horror movies I'd say.

If you're scared by Evil Dead, you have no business watching horror movies. Raping trees? Gallons of blood? Scary? I think not! The lines are so camp they're hilarious. I think in parts, the movie is actually funnier than Evil Dead II.

 

[Error Macro]

Is Evil Dead 2 a sequel or remake to the first? Saw them both recently after about 10 years.

The 2nd one kind of mirrors the first and Ash makes no reference to having experienced the book of the dead before in the 2nd. The 2nd definately picks up in a weird way.

Evil Dead II recaps what happened in the first movie, but without any of the other three people from the first film, just Ashley's girlfriend, Linda. It picks up where the first left off, with the Evil going through the house and toward Ash. Then the rest of the movie assumes that nothing of what you saw happen in Evil Dead has happened. It's a very strange "sequel." I suppose it's what you would call a reimagining of the first film.


My favorites:

The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Army Of Darkness
Night Of The Living Dead (original)
Dawn Of The Dead (original, of course)
Day Of The Dead
Halloween
Halloween 2
The Fog
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (original)
The Blob (original)
Suspiria
The Wicker Man
Club Dread
The Thing From Another World
The Thing (1982)
Sleepy Hollow

 

[Willco]

Is Evil Dead 2 a sequel or remake to the first? Saw them both recently after about 10 years.

The 2nd one kind of mirrors the first and Ash makes no reference to having experienced the book of the dead before in the 2nd. The 2nd definately picks up in a weird way.

This is something that is left up to you to decide -- the viewer.

The truth is, Raimi didn't have a lot of money and couldn't get the footage from the first film due to all these legal entanglements that could've been solved with cash (that he did not have). So in a creative effort, he kind of "recapped" the original the best he could and continued the series from there.

It's kind of a weird remake/continuation of the original. In a lot of ways, it's the kind of movie Raimi wanted to make originally. More camp, more laughs, more splatter.

You'll notice that Army of Darkness doesn't follow the ending of Evil Dead II exactly, either.

 

[clipunderground]

If you're scared by Evil Dead, you have no business watching horror movies. Raping trees? Gallons of blood? Scary? I think not! The lines are so camp they're hilarious. I think in parts, the movie is actually funnier than Evil Dead II.

I have no business watching horror movies? Oh Im sorry foather horror. *rolls eyes* :\

Obviously it's not scary as in I'm crapping my pants scary, but they did a good job keeping the situation tense. The camera angles were awesome, Creatures were cool, It had awesome quirky sound effects, and tons of jump scenes that really made it something great (IMO). They obviously didn't have a lot of money when making the movie, but given what they did have, I thought they made one of the best horror movies ever.

 

[Error Macro]

I'll tell you this, strictly speaking of the "horror" elements of The Evil Dead, it is better than almost all modern horror movies, and quite a few of the classics as well.

 

[Willco]

I have no business watching horror movies? Oh Im sorry foather horror. *rolls eyes* :\

Obviously it's not scary as in I'm crapping my pants scary, but they did a good job keeping the situation tense. The camera angles were awesome, Creatures were cool, It had awesome quirky sound effects, and tons of jump scenes that really made it something great (IMO). They obviously didn't have a lot of money when making the movie, but given what they did have, I thought they made one of the best horror movies ever.

It definitely is not one of the best horror movies ever, certainly doesn't even crack the Top 10, but you're right that Sam Raimi made one of the most technically impressive horror films of that era considering the budget. His style of filmmaking has changed the entire genre and helped him flourish in other genres, as well as inspire young people to go into filmmaking (although more attribute that to Evil Dead II rather than the original).

And don't get so sensitive. Half of my commentary towards you was made in jest. It's all a matter of personal taste, but I can't see how someone could be scared by a movie that has tree rapings, abundant blood and a moon with a blue box around it. If you do, then good for you. Don't get bent out of shape.

I'll tell you this, strictly speaking of the "horror" elements of The Evil Dead, it is better than almost all modern horror movies, and quite a few of the classics as well.

There are no modern horror movies. Many critics cite Scream as a classic of modern horror movies and that's not even a horror movie! That said, Evil Dead can't compete against any modern horror flick in terms of technical aspects because the film is so archaic in its design and execution. It barely holds up nowadays and it's not even the standout of its era. It's an 80s film that looks like it was made in the 70s, but its creativity makes up for a lot of its faults.

There's a complete lack of imagination in the genre these days, with Hollywood either churning out remakes of classics or morphing franchises from the 70s/80s into comical farces.

I've seen a glimmer of hope in some new directors like Lucky McKee and Eli Roth, and hopefully both will fulfill their potential they flashed in May and Cabin Fever, respectively.

 

[Escape Goat]

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[clipunderground]

It definitely is not one of the best horror movies ever, certainly doesn't even crack the Top 10, but you're right that Sam Raimi made one of the most technically impressive horror films of that era considering the budget. His style of filmmaking has changed the entire genre and helped him flourish in other genres, as well as inspire young people to go into filmmaking (although more attribute that to Evil Dead II rather than the original).

And don't get so sensitive. Half of my commentary towards you was made in jest. It's all a matter of personal taste, but I can't see how someone could be scared by a movie that has tree rapings, abundant blood and a moon with a blue box around it. If you do, then good for you. Don't get bent out of shape.



There are no modern horror movies. Many critics cite Scream as a classic of modern horror movies and that's not even a horror movie! That said, Evil Dead can't compete against any modern horror flick in terms of technical aspects because the film is so archaic in its design and execution. It barely holds up nowadays and it's not even the standout of its era. It's an 80s film that looks like it was made in the 70s, but its creativity makes up for a lot of its faults.

There's a complete lack of imagination in the genre these days, with Hollywood either churning out remakes of classics or morphing franchises from the 70s/80s into comical farces.

I've seen a glimmer of hope in some new directors like Lucky McKee and Eli Roth, and hopefully both will fulfill their potential they flashed in May and Cabin Fever, respectively.

I'm not sensitive. Your sensitive. :_(

 

[Shazapp]

If you're looking for something creepy and atmospheric (and pretty scary), try Exorcist III: Legion. Yeah, it's an Exorcist "sequel" but almost (almost) in name only. It has some truly creep-out moments, a good performance from George C. Scott and a few excellent Brad Dourif moments. Even better if you have a surround sound system. Turn out the lights and turn up the sound.

You can find it for under $6.00 at Best Buy or Walmart. And, it's much better than that might imply.

 

[Saint Cornelius]

I want to see Saw, definitely.

 

[clipunderground]

How can I forget?!! Natural Born Killers!!!

 

[Catalyst]

Event Horizon. Se7en. 28 Days Later. 12 Monkeys.

 

[Ned Flanders]

If you're looking for something creepy and atmospheric (and pretty scary), try Exorcist III: Legion. Yeah, it's an Exorcist "sequel" but almost (almost) in name only. It has some truly creep-out moments, a good performance from George C. Scott and a few excellent Brad Dourif moments. Even better if you have a surround sound system. Turn out the lights and turn up the sound.

You can find it for under $6.00 at Best Buy or Walmart. And, it's much better than that might imply.

I really liked this movie! I actually saw it before I saw the original Exorcist, which may have helped my objectivity. But it was definitely a good flick. Highly recommended.

 

[COCKLES]

EVIL DEAD- I may be in the minority here, but the original EVIL DEAD is my favorite in the trilogy, and one of my favorite horror movies of all time. The original wasn't a comedy. This was straight up horror at its finest!

Thank god sanity prevails. I'm sick and tired of hearing about Army of Darkness, which I regard as pustle on the arse of the greatness of the first Evil Dead - straight and hardcore. None of this comedy pussying around Rami descended into with two and three.

Anyone who thinks the lame Army is better then the original needs a fucking eye test.

 

[Dead]

Haute Taunsion is pretty great.


And what kind of person thinks Army of Darkness >>> Evil Dead?

Army is a joke compared to it, doesnt compare to the first in the slightest. Shameful.

 

[Ecrofirt]

Saw goddamn well better be good, or my only hope for the movies this year will have gone down the shitter.

 

[nathkenn]

the thing, best horror movie ever

 

[clipunderground]

Haute Taunsion is pretty great.


And what kind of person thinks Army of Darkness >>> Evil Dead?

Army is a joke compared to it, doesnt compare to the first in the slightest. Shameful.

Hot damn! There are people who share my opinion!

Deadstar- where did you see Haute Taunsion?!! I'm pretty hyped to see this. Will I be let down? Give it a 1-10 rating for me.

 

[clipunderground]

the thing, best horror movie ever

Forgot about that one too! I will add it to the list! The definative Halloween movie rental list that is!

 

[Dead]

Hot damn! There are people who share my opinion!

Deadstar- where did you see Haute Taunsion?!! I'm pretty hyped to see this. Will I be let down? Give it a 1-10 rating for me.

Saw it in France earlier this year. I really hope this gets out here in the US and Lions Gate doesnt screw it up. Either way im probably going to order the R2 DVD some time or another.

oh, its about an 8.5/10 id say. When you watch it you realise just how garbage so many recent US horror/slasher films are. The movie earns its moniker "High tension" thats for sure, its relentless.

Edit: Its also kind of a love/hate movie from what ive seen, so keep that in mind

 

[clipunderground]

Saw it in France earlier this year. I really hope this gets out here in the US and Lions Gate doesnt screw it up. Either way im probably going to order the R2 DVD some time or another.

oh, its about an 8.5/10 id say. When you watch it you realise just how garbage so many recent US horror/slasher films are. The movie earns its moniker "High tension" thats for sure, its relentless.

Edit: Its also kind of a love/hate movie from what ive seen, so keep that in mind

Nice! I'm looking forward to it! The french are really impressing me lately with their movie skills. Brotherhood of the Wolf is another french film I just picked up on DVD. Good stuff. Keep the horror coming!

 

[Crag Dweller]

Two of my favorites:

 

[bob_arctor]

the thing, best horror movie ever

Great flick. Anyone know what this is all about:

Is this just a re-release of the old Collector's Edition, or is it an entirely new transfer? It comes out on 10/26, same day as the Dawn re-make. Cool cover...

 

[Insertia]

I saw a horror movie on TV several years ago. It was old, looked like it was filmed in the early 80's/late 70's. From what I remember it was about a group of scientist that went to a building to investigate a machine, the machine leaked some kind of liquid, exploded and crazy shit begin to happen. In the end one of the main characters was sucked into a vortex and appeared in a reoccurring dream.

I nominate that movie, whatever the title is.


And:

Evil Dead>>Army of Darkness

 

[sefskillz]

The Beyond by Fulci is probably my favorite.

Zombi
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Braindead
Biozombie
Rabid
Argento's Opera, Suspiria and Tenebre
Wicker Man
Howling
Cemetary Man
Killer Klowns from Outer Space

So many more...

 

[Drozmight]

Most Favorite: Dead Alive

Don't really have a anticipated one right now, but I heard Sam Raimi wants to make another Evil Dead, so that's sometihng to look forward too.

 

[clipunderground]

Most Favorite: Dead Alive

Don't really have a anticipated one right now, but I heard Sam Raimi wants to make another Evil Dead, so that's sometihng to look forward too.

Ugh. I just watched this turd the other night. What a piece of garbage that movie was. Sure it was gory (in a dumb way), but this movie was LAME. IMO of course

 

[Willco]

Dead Alive is a classic. Respect, bitches.

 

[clipunderground]

Dead Alive is a classic.

I know. which boggles my mind, because the movie sucks my nuts.

 

[Willco]

I know. which boggles my mind, because the movie sucks my nuts.

Between this and the fact that The Evil Dead actually scares you, I think you should give the horror genre up! And at the same time, I envy you.

Some people think my feelings for the genre are quite sad. I'll tell you why.

Nothing scares me. Nothing.

Honestly.

I don't jump. My heartbeat doesn't race. I don't hide behind a pillow. I watch a horror movie as if I were watching a drama unfold. When I was younger, horror films scared me. They really did. I think about until the age of 11 or so. That rollercoaster ride of fear and the unknown and a young imagination made horror films addicting.

Then, something clicked. I became immune to horror flicks. I don't know why and I don't know how. And I still am a diehard follower of the genre. I'll pay to see almost any horror movie in the theatres. I even saw Halloween: Resurrection opening night. My knowledge of the genre borderlines on sickening. Friends and family joke that I need help.

So how sad is it to love a genre which has one reason for existence, to scare and frighten, and not feel any of those emotions?

I'm not sure. I'm still waiting for that one flick to come out that will scare me like some of the classics of old did as a kid. I'm still waiting...

Again, how sad is it that the most memorable and spoofed horror film of the past fifteen years is Scream. And it's a satire for cryin' out loud.

 

[Trevelyon]

August Underground/ August Underground Mordum (Gory exploitation flicks)
I Spit On Your Grave (Uncut) (Very disturbing)
Bad Taste
Braindead
Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
The Hitcher
Audition
Dead & Buried
Cannibal Holocaust
Evil Dead
Gates of Hell
Suspiria
The Devil's Backbone
Cronos
The Beyond (Probably Fulci's greatest film next to Suspiria)
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

 

[shuri]

- House of the sorority row (I know what you did last summer basically copied that rather unknown) movie. A bunch of hot early '80 girls pull a prakn on their house chaperon during a party and the whole thing goes horribly wrong. Girls and random guess get killed and ending is one of the craziest ever. Lots of cute '80 girls, nightgows, giggling,explosing flesh combo'ed with tons of gory scenes make this one a classic.

- House by the cemetary (crazy '80 italo-america joint productionk about a family moving in a house; which is haunted by this strange ghost of a woman. People starts getting killed by this giant monster made out of body parts of previous victim. The father is a doctor hired to do research on the previous owner of the family who was a crazy mofo. One fucked up horror flick)

 

[sefskillz]

Then, something clicked. I became immune to horror flicks. I don't know why and I don't know how. And I still am a diehard follower of the genre.

This is not unique. That's typical of a genre fan. When people ask me if a movie is scary, I can't answer the question. For all this talk of being diehard, where's your list of favorites

 

[Goreomedy]

Then, something clicked.

Puberty?

 

[bob_arctor]

Seriously, anyone that can watch that priest "kick ass for the Lord" and still somehow not like Dead Alive is actually scarier than some of the films in this thread.

Btw, how long did it take you guys to figure out what that one guy said (think he was the Nazi-like veternarian): "Do you want a syringe? Or are you going to sniff?" Me and my friends were so damn high the 1st time we saw this flick it took us literally hours to figure it out (watching it on VCR didn't help). Finally my wife (then girlfriend) walks in and figures it out in one sitting. We were in awe.

 

[Willco]

This is not unique. That's typical of a genre fan. When people ask me if a movie is scary, I can't answer the question. For all this talk of being diehard, where's your list of favorites

There's not much sense in posting your favorite horror film. 75% of what you post will just be repeated by everyone else because, at least I would say, the horror genre is mostly garbage. Even moreso than Sci-Fi. The standout flicks are pretty much universally recognized and I don't feel like typing up one or two underrated, unseen flicks in hopes of flaunting my genre knowledge.

I mean, that's for anime elitists. Horror-lovers are a bit more humble.

Puberty?

Not quite. I don't think age or maturity has to do with if you're scared necessarily. I know plenty of middle aged men who can't watch certain movies because they find them "gross", which is macho talk for "scary".

Seriously, anyone that can watch that priest "kick ass for the Lord" and still somehow not like Dead Alive is actually scarier than some of the films in this thread.

I think when I saw Dead Alive for the first time and the priest yelled out, "I KICK ARSE FOR THE LORD," I did real-life spit take.

 

[Goreomedy]

So, do you also refuse to answer the question:

"What was the last film that scared you?"

 

[Willco]

"What was the last film that scared you?"

I think, honestly, the last film that frightened me was Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions when I was 11-years-old.

It kind of makes me wonder if my parents were a bit too lenient in what I could watch when I was that age. I was about the same age when I watched Pulp Fiction.

My parents let me watch every horror movie under the sun. My mom was a bit hesitant at times, but if I promised her there wasn't any nudity, she'd usually rent it for me.

 

[clipunderground]

Between this and the fact that The Evil Dead actually scares you, I think you should give the horror genre up! And at the same time, I envy you.

Some people think my feelings for the genre are quite sad. I'll tell you why.

Nothing scares me. Nothing.

Honestly.

I don't jump. My heartbeat doesn't race. I don't hide behind a pillow. I watch a horror movie as if I were watching a drama unfold. When I was younger, horror films scared me. They really did. I think about until the age of 11 or so. That rollercoaster ride of fear and the unknown and a young imagination made horror films addicting.

Then, something clicked. I became immune to horror flicks. I don't know why and I don't know how. And I still am a diehard follower of the genre. I'll pay to see almost any horror movie in the theatres. I even saw Halloween: Resurrection opening night. My knowledge of the genre borderlines on sickening. Friends and family joke that I need help.

So how sad is it to love a genre which has one reason for existence, to scare and frighten, and not feel any of those emotions?

I'm not sure. I'm still waiting for that one flick to come out that will scare me like some of the classics of old did as a kid. I'm still waiting...

Again, how sad is it that the most memorable and spoofed horror film of the past fifteen years is Scream. And it's a satire for cryin' out loud.

First off lets get this straight. Evil Dead didn't "scare" me as in I'm afraid of it. It scared me in a fun way, as in it made me jump a few times because I really got in to it. I don't get "scared" from horror movies in the sense that your thinking. Anyway I've always been fascinated with monsters and horror. Horror is one of my favorite genre's. If a movie is real good, I will feel tense, basically because I'm getting into the moment. For instance The Texas Chainsaw Massacre made me feel tense. It was done well. It had a sense of realism to it. Anyway I like being sucked into the action. I don't think about whether an effect is cheesy or what the plot holes are etc. (unless the movie has no redeeming values to me). I watch horror movies because I love horror. It takes the fun out of it when you pick things apart.

That being said, the one thing I really do hate is those cheesy horror/comedies. Save for a few movies (Evil Dead 2 and 3, Shawn of the Dead etc..), I hate them. The leperchaun series, Chucky. Dead Alive was pure crap. There was absolutely nothing good about that movie. The acting sucked, the gore was dumb... and the showdown with his muppet mother was stupid too. The movie just plain sucked. I don't care what anyone tells me.


My favorite type of horror movies btw are Slasher/Serial Killer movies. Why? Because they're usually very intense. They also have a realism to them that other movies don't.
Thats why I'm all excited to see "SAW" and "High Tension". Anyway, Willco, I'm 28 years old dude. I've seen and have collected plenty of Horror movies in my day. I think I can handle them.

 

[Willco]

You like slasher films but hate "cheesy horror". Aren't they the SAME THING?

 

[sefskillz]

The standout flicks are pretty much universally recognized and I don't feel like typing up one or two underrated, unseen flicks in hopes of flaunting my genre knowledge.

wow, pseudo intellectual internet copouts were cool in the late 90s boss. just list what you like, who gives a shit how anyone else takes it? i don't like all of the 'standouts' and im sure you don't either, or maybe you do. i just wanted to get a sense of what sub genres you were into, or if you're just going to snag all of them under your horror umbrella. yea, i like horror too, yea ill see it if its campy or just bad, yea great... i do have a thing for certain sub genres though that i explore and see everything i can relating to that, just wanted to see if you were the same way. good game.

 

[Suerte]

Most anticipated?

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hires/ring2promo.php

 

[clipunderground]

You like slasher films but hate "cheesy horror". Aren't they the SAME THING?

Most horror has some cheese to it, I just don't like when it goes overboard too much. btw, your getting lame with all this horror elitist bullshit. I'm not impressed.