The Horror Thread is Dead & Buried

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Violator: May 15, 2003

Doctor Claw posted:

If anyone has anyone Halloween 2 (remake) questions they want to throw at me, go for it. I don't want to pin myself down but I would say I'm VERY close to KEY people involved in that film and after seeing all the confusion and criticism, I'd like to set the record straight.

If you have any questions, since it is a hotly debated topic here, let me know and I'll try to shed some light.

I don't have any specific questions about the film at the moment, but any other things that you find interesting would be well worth sharing. I thought the film was a nice attempt at branching off from the series, and I always find Rob Zombie films worth watching and investigating. He may not always be successful in what he's trying to achieve, but you can definitely tell he's evolving as a storyteller and artist.

# ? Dec 25, 2009 17:35

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# ? May 17, 2024 09:06

Hockles: Dec 25, 2007; Resident of ~~Camp Blood~~
Crystal Lake

I just heard about Scream 4 today and wanted to come post about it, but after skimming this thread I see that slasherfan knew about it already. I'm kind of excited to see what they do with the series now.

Also, I feel at home in this thread, seeing the references to Friday the 13th and how much people like it. :3:

# ? Dec 30, 2009 00:46

The Remote Viewer: Jul 9, 2001

I rented Feast and it was actually pretty decent for a B-movie. Plays with audience expectations a lot.

# ? Dec 30, 2009 01:00

Hockles: Dec 25, 2007; Resident of ~~Camp Blood~~
Crystal Lake

Oh, the other reason I made my post. I finally got around to seeing the remake of The Last House on the Left. Besides me sitting throughout the movie trying to figure out where I had seen all of the actors and actresses in the movie, I really enjoyed it. It was so awesome that after the kitchen scene, the girl I saw it with, who doesn't like horror movies too much, even said "Sweet."

# ? Dec 30, 2009 01:12

Izzy Mandelbaum: Dec 5, 2006; It's go time

Hockles posted:

I just heard about Scream 4 today and wanted to come post about it, but after skimming this thread I see that slasherfan knew about it already. I'm kind of excited to see what they do with the series now.

Also, I feel at home in this thread, seeing the references to Friday the 13th and how much people like it.

Can't wait for this. I can already see the *wink, winks* to horror remakes, torture porn etc.

# ? Dec 30, 2009 08:52

spixxor: Feb 4, 2009

Hockles posted:

Oh, the other reason I made my post. I finally got around to seeing the remake of The Last House on the Left. Besides me sitting throughout the movie trying to figure out where I had seen all of the actors and actresses in the movie, I really enjoyed it. It was so awesome that after the kitchen scene, the girl I saw it with, who doesn't like horror movies too much, even said "Sweet."

I quite liked it myself, although the 10 minute long rape scene was a bit off putting. I prefer just straight gore in my horror movies, thanks.

# ? Dec 31, 2009 07:45

a_gelatinous_cube: Feb 13, 2005

Super late on this, but I just got Netflix and streamed Let the Right One In and it is probably the best vampire movie I have seen.

I also remembered a local news story about a movie made here in Ohio called Thankskilling and saw that was available for streaming and watched it. It's about a killer turkey (really bad hand puppet) that was summoned by ancient indians to kill white people after the first thanksgiving. The whole thing was made for $3500, but I thought it was actually pretty funny if you like horror movies that are trying to be bad horror movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOjSRoxc6mg

# ? Jan 5, 2010 21:27

IceNiner: Jun 11, 2008

Zyklon B Zombie posted:

Super late on this, but I just got Netflix and streamed Let the Right One In and it is probably the best vampire movie I have seen.

I also remembered a local news story about a movie made here in Ohio called Thankskilling and saw that was available for streaming and watched it. It's about a killer turkey (really bad hand puppet) that was summoned by ancient indians to kill white people after the first thanksgiving. The whole thing was made for $3500, but I thought it was actually pretty funny if you like horror movies that are trying to be bad horror movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOjSRoxc6mg

I second this opinion. If you're into the Troma team films, you'll love this one. Its now in my official films to watch during the holiday season now.

# ? Jan 6, 2010 00:39

Johnny Truant: Jul 22, 2008

The Remote Viewer posted:

I rented Feast and it was actually pretty decent for a B-movie. Plays with audience expectations a lot.

I absolutely LOVE Feast. My friend told me about it one day so we decided to just sit down and watch it, I fell in love with this movie. I'm glad you mentioned it, I want to rewatch it. I watched parts of the second one but never really got into it, I should try it again.

They made three of the Feast movies, didn't they?

# ? Jan 19, 2010 06:59

TheBigBudgetSequel: Nov 25, 2008; It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

Johnny Truant posted:

I absolutely LOVE Feast. My friend told me about it one day so we decided to just sit down and watch it, I fell in love with this movie. I'm glad you mentioned it, I want to rewatch it. I watched parts of the second one but never really got into it, I should try it again.

They made three of the Feast movies, didn't they?

Yep. Feast: Sloppy Seconds and then Feast: Happy Endings (or at least I think that was the name of the third one)

I think Sloppy Seconds is the best name for a gory horror movie sequel.

# ? Jan 19, 2010 07:32

pud: Jul 9, 2001

Feast 2 is entertaining as long as you're in a Troma state of mind. Feast 3 is the worst of the three and has several scenes where thanks to the lighting you'll have no loving idea what's going on, but it also has some amusing scenes/characters and the ending is stupid enough to be funny.

# ? Jan 19, 2010 08:04

sulphix: Dec 15, 2008

What ever happened with the sequel to The Descent. I heard that it came out in the UK and was scheduled to come out in the U.S. sometime in December. I'm assuming that it's going straight to DVD and will be released here eventually, but does anyone know of anything more concrete than this?

# ? Jan 19, 2010 21:05

Slasherfan: Dec 2, 2003; IS IT WRONG THAT I ONCE WROTE A HORROR STORY ABOUT THE BUDDIES? YOU KNOW, THE TALKING PUPPIES?

Not much coming out this year I'm looking forwards to. So far, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Saw 7, The Crazies, Rec 2 (UK Release date May 28th), Mothers Day, Frozen, Pirhana 3-D, 2001 Maniacs 2.

# ? Jan 19, 2010 23:57

foodfight: Feb 10, 2009

I really wanna see the original Mother's Day.

# ? Jan 19, 2010 23:59

Hedenius: Aug 23, 2007

sulphix posted:

What ever happened with the sequel to The Descent. I heard that it came out in the UK and was scheduled to come out in the U.S. sometime in December. I'm assuming that it's going straight to DVD and will be released here eventually, but does anyone know of anything more concrete than this?

It's in cinemas here in Sweden at least. But it's not worth seeking out. No style or sense of claustrophobia at all. It's basically an inferior rehash of the first one with some amazingly bad ideas thrown in.

Some guy is about to be killed by the cave monster. Out jumps an unseen person, kills the monsters and strikes a ridiculous action movie pose. Camera pans up to reveal... Juno. No, I'm not kidding. And the ending makes no sense at all.

Hedenius fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Jan 21, 2010

# ? Jan 21, 2010 10:58

Slasherfan: Dec 2, 2003; IS IT WRONG THAT I ONCE WROTE A HORROR STORY ABOUT THE BUDDIES? YOU KNOW, THE TALKING PUPPIES?

Anyone seen all the drama surrounding Saw 7 and Paranormal Activity 2?
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18845

Looks like Lionsgate are not to happy about the Saw VI director doing Paranormal Activity 2 so they are pulling out an option they had on Saw VI to force him to direct 7.
I feel this is a really lovely thing to do on Liongates part, they already had a director for Saw 7 now they seem to only be doing this to try stop Paranormal Activity 2.

EDIT, this articly is a little more in depth
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/have-you-heard-about-the-saw-vii-vs-paranormal-activity-2-mess

Slasherfan fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Jan 27, 2010

# ? Jan 27, 2010 14:19

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

Slasherfan posted:

Anyone seen all the drama surrounding Saw 7 and Paranormal Activity 2?
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18845

Looks like Lionsgate are not to happy about the Saw VI director doing Paranormal Activity 2 so they are pulling out anoption they had on Saw VI to force him to direct 7.
I feel this is a really lovely thing to do on Liongates part, they already had a director for Saw 7 now they seem to only be doing this to try stop Paranormal Activity 2.

Or they could pull out an option they have to JUST BURY THE SAW FRANCHISE ALREADY

...buuuut, I guess if people keep buying tickets, they'll keep putting out movies.

# ? Jan 27, 2010 14:23

Slasherfan: Dec 2, 2003; IS IT WRONG THAT I ONCE WROTE A HORROR STORY ABOUT THE BUDDIES? YOU KNOW, THE TALKING PUPPIES?

QPZIL posted:

Or they could pull out an option they have to JUST BURY THE SAW FRANCHISE ALREADY

...buuuut, I guess if people keep buying tickets, they'll keep putting out movies.

NOOOOO, Not after how 6 ended, there must be more!

# ? Jan 27, 2010 15:18

Come And See: Sep 15, 2008; We're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each other.

If he's being forced to direct a movie he doesn't want to, what's to stop him from making the worst movie possible on purpose?

I hope he creates something a like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQZlq9Q2M4

# ? Jan 27, 2010 23:20

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

What is the current king of horror movie web sites?

I used to love Bloody Disgusting, but ever since they changed their layout a year or two ago, I haven't liked it as much.

I thought I found something great when I came across SlashFilm, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be :shobon:

edit--- I gave BD another chance; it's not so bad.

Count Thrashula fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Jan 28, 2010

# ? Jan 28, 2010 00:05

Slasherfan: Dec 2, 2003; IS IT WRONG THAT I ONCE WROTE A HORROR STORY ABOUT THE BUDDIES? YOU KNOW, THE TALKING PUPPIES?

Tomero_the_Great posted:

If he's being forced to direct a movie he doesn't want to, what's to stop him from making the worst movie possible on purpose?

That's my worry. I don't really blame the guy, it's not like he turned his back on the Saw movies, they hired someone else, he went off to do something else then this happens.

# ? Jan 28, 2010 00:06

UncleMonkey: Jan 11, 2005; We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell

QPZIL posted:

What is the current king of horror movie web sites?

I used to love Bloody Disgusting, but ever since they changed their layout a year or two ago, I haven't liked it as much.

I thought I found something great when I came across SlashFilm, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be

edit--- I gave BD another chance; it's not so bad.

My go-to for years now has been DreadCentral. I think they do a good job, and while I sometimes disagree with the views of some of the writers there, they're usually close enough for me that I trust their reviews.

e: poo poo. Don't see a thread for this yet, but I just read that Zelda Rubenstein is dead.

Stay away from the light, Zelda. :cry:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-zelda-rubinstein28-2010jan28,0,7612698.story

UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Jan 28, 2010

# ? Jan 28, 2010 00:13

FeedRobots: Jul 18, 2006; feedtherobot.com

Saw a pre-screening for Piranha 3D and I can't heap enough praise upon this ridiculous movie. It has amazing deaths, great throw backs to the use of practical effects, and gratuitous 3D nudity. Can't wait to pay for it.

In contrast, saw a movie called Husk. Ugh. What garbage. It's a movie about killer scarecrows that was so poorly done I felt embarrassed watching it. Worse yet were the self congratulatory producers patting each other on the backs when it was over. They were so determined that the scarecrow they designed was going to be an icon, with kids wearing it for Halloween. "The next Scream mask" they said. Ew.

And out of curiosity, anyone know what the alternate ending to The Mist was? Was it the same as the book?

# ? Jan 28, 2010 01:32

TheBigBudgetSequel: Nov 25, 2008; It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

QPZIL posted:

What is the current king of horror movie web sites?

I used to love Bloody Disgusting, but ever since they changed their layout a year or two ago, I haven't liked it as much.

I thought I found something great when I came across SlashFilm, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be

edit--- I gave BD another chance; it's not so bad.

I like Shock Til' You Drop, which is a off shoot of ComingSoon.net, but don't hold that against it. Ryan Rotten is a great writer, and his stuff is usually on the ball.

# ? Jan 28, 2010 02:09

InfiniteZero: Sep 11, 2004; PINK GUITAR FIRE ROBOT; College Slice

My vote goes to Horror Squad because it has a real nice layout, it's well written, and most importantly the head writer is Scott Weinberg who I think is the best critic out there right now (who also happens to love horror).

# ? Jan 28, 2010 17:24

wormil: Sep 12, 2002; Hulk will smoke you!

FeedRobots posted:

Saw a pre-screening for Piranha 3D and I can't heap enough praise upon this ridiculous movie. It has amazing deaths, great throw backs to the use of practical effects, and gratuitous 3D nudity. Can't wait to pay for it.

Looking over the cast makes it sound even better:
Eli Roth, Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Dina Meyer, Richard Dreyfuss and porn star Riley Steele. I will see it just because it just for this.

# ? Feb 1, 2010 02:47

try the new taco place: Jan 4, 2004; hey mister... can u play drums while I sing and play plastic guitar???

Tomero_the_Great posted:

If he's being forced to direct a movie he doesn't want to, what's to stop him from making the worst movie possible on purpose?

If he did this with Saw 7, how the gently caress could anyone tell if he was making the worst movie on purpose or not? :rimshot:

# ? Feb 1, 2010 02:49

a_gelatinous_cube: Feb 13, 2005

wormil posted:

Looking over the cast makes it sound even better:
Eli Roth...

So is he never going to make another movie or what?

# ? Feb 1, 2010 03:14

wormil: Sep 12, 2002; Hulk will smoke you!

Zyklon B Zombie posted:

So is he never going to make another movie or what?

I don't know but I would love to see what he could do with excellent source material (i.e. written by a more talented writer than himself). He's a competent director, just a mediocre writer.

# ? Feb 1, 2010 03:54

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

Looks like the After Dark film festival started a couple days ago... anyone catching those? They're not doing it at any theaters in NC this year, and the films don't look that great this year anyway :\

# ? Feb 1, 2010 04:36

Hockles: Dec 25, 2007; Resident of ~~Camp Blood~~
Crystal Lake

So, what does everyone think about the Wolfman movie that is coming out in the next couple weeks? It actually looks like it will be a good movie.

# ? Feb 9, 2010 18:44

try the new taco place: Jan 4, 2004; hey mister... can u play drums while I sing and play plastic guitar???

Hockles posted:

So, what does everyone think about the Wolfman movie that is coming out in the next couple weeks? It actually looks like it will be a good movie.

My roommate and I have been making non-stop jokes of the insane line delivery of "I will kill ALL of you" since we saw it on TV.

# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:41

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

Pet Rock Band posted:

My roommate and I have been making non-stop jokes of the insane line delivery of "I will kill ALL of you" since we saw it on TV.

I WEEL KEEL OLL UFF YOU

# ? Feb 9, 2010 20:50

IceNiner: Jun 11, 2008

Hockles posted:

So, what does everyone think about the Wolfman movie that is coming out in the next couple weeks? It actually looks like it will be a good movie.

In the horror rags (either Fangoria or Rue Morgue, I forget which exactly) Special Effects King Rick Baker has come out and said the movie sucks rear end. Its the first time he's come out pre-release of a movie he's worked on and trashed it. Take that for what it's worth.

# ? Feb 9, 2010 22:30

DrVenkman: Dec 28, 2005; I think he can hear you, Ray.

IceNiner posted:

In the horror rags (either Fangoria or Rue Morgue, I forget which exactly) Special Effects King Rick Baker has come out and said the movie sucks rear end. Its the first time he's come out pre-release of a movie he's worked on and trashed it. Take that for what it's worth.

Which is odd since the people who have seen the film have been quite positive towards it. Not that it's amazing, just that it's a lot of fun and certainly didn't deserve the February dumping it got.

Maybe Baker is pissed because they discarded the practical effects he worked on?

# ? Feb 9, 2010 22:50

Slasherfan: Dec 2, 2003; IS IT WRONG THAT I ONCE WROTE A HORROR STORY ABOUT THE BUDDIES? YOU KNOW, THE TALKING PUPPIES?

IceNiner posted:

In the horror rags (either Fangoria or Rue Morgue, I forget which exactly) Special Effects King Rick Baker has come out and said the movie sucks rear end. Its the first time he's come out pre-release of a movie he's worked on and trashed it. Take that for what it's worth.

Link?

# ? Feb 9, 2010 23:04

IceNiner: Jun 11, 2008

Slasherfan posted:

Link?

It was in a hard copy mag, like I said, it was either Fango or Rue Morgue, an issue that I think came out around November or so. He said something along the lines that the plot was torn up by the various producers each having a different idea/input of what the movie should entail (along with scrapping his non-CGI effects).

# ? Feb 10, 2010 09:06

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

I've read a review saying that it was a great "gothic horror" style movie, and I've read a review saying that it was a terribly predictable movie full of badly-placed jump scares.

I still want to see it, since I'm practically gay for Benicio del Toro.

# ? Feb 10, 2010 13:41

DrVenkman: Dec 28, 2005; I think he can hear you, Ray.

I just got back from seeing it so my thoughts are over in that thread.

Baker's work is largely there, the only time CGI seems to be used are as transitions between his practical make up. It's not like they replaced everything he did with computers.

# ? Feb 10, 2010 16:35

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# ? May 17, 2024 09:06

DrVenkman: Dec 28, 2005; I think he can hear you, Ray.

Ok so I kinda liked 'Cabin Fever 2'.

If you want to see a fat kid's cock graphically leak with puss and blood then this is totally the film for you!

However it has a weird tacked on coda that seems to run for 10 minutes after the main film has ended. It's like they couldn't find anywhere for this subplot with a minor character to go so they just threw it on at the end rather than leave it on the cutting room floor.

# ? Feb 14, 2010 20:51

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