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I heard today that the police raided a Blockbuster in Northampton and took all their copies of A Serbian Film and as a result all the blockbusters are pulling it.
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After a second viewing of The Last Exorcism, I'm convinced it was one of the three or four best horror films of 2010, right along side with Shutter Island, Let Me In and Black Swan. Great acting, clever trickery and an ending that's hinted at within the first 10 minutes, meaning it doesn't cheat. loving fantastic. 2009 was an excellent year for above-average horror films that neared perfection, but 2010 gave us a handful of masterpieces.
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Jan 23, 2011 03:37
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Is Black Swan a horror movie? I Seem to recall Nataile Portman saying she'd never do a horror movie.
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Jan 23, 2011 03:50
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Slasherfan posted:Is Black Swan a horror movie? I Seem to recall Nataile Portman saying she'd never do a horror movie. It has elements of one, whether you'd classify it as such is really up to the individual.
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Jan 23, 2011 04:24
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Slasherfan posted:Is Black Swan a horror movie? I Seem to recall Nataile Portman saying she'd never do a horror movie.
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Jan 23, 2011 05:48
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xzoto1 posted:I am sure it has been posted, but I just saw this: Just watched this. It's easily the best horror-comedy I've seen, because it was both funny and completely twisted at the same time. I found this Rotting tomatoes review describe the film spot-on. "You will gasp in horror at the prospect of what is about to happen and then you will giggle in delight that the film actually carries out what it threatens to." I know what movie I'm playing when I get a date 
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Jan 23, 2011 20:53
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Slasherfan posted:Is Black Swan a horror movie? I Seem to recall Nataile Portman saying she'd never do a horror movie. Of course it isn't! There are big names attached to it, and everyone knows that as soon as you have big names attached to a scary movie, it stops being a "horror movie" and becomes a "thriller."
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Jan 23, 2011 22:56
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Craig Spradlin posted:Of course it isn't! There are big names attached to it, and everyone knows that as soon as you have big names attached to a scary movie, it stops being a "horror movie" and becomes a "thriller." I love how the Scream movies are considered Thrillers.
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Jan 24, 2011 00:28
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Slasherfan posted:I love how the Scream movies are considered Thrillers. And heres a new Scream 4 trailer. http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/01/24/scream-4-trailer-2 Not really anything spectacular but my love of the first Scream will make me see it anyways.
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Jan 25, 2011 00:34
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BrandNew posted:And heres a new Scream 4 trailer. http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/01/24/scream-4-trailer-2 99% sure I've already seen that trailer.
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Jan 25, 2011 01:55
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Hockles posted:99% sure I've already seen that trailer. Its quite possible IGN was lying about it being a new trailer as i hadn't bothered watching the trailer for it before.
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Jan 25, 2011 02:17
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jeremy oval office posted:After a second viewing of The Last Exorcism, I'm convinced it was one of the three or four best horror films of 2010, right along side with Shutter Island, Let Me In and Black Swan. Great acting, clever trickery and an ending that's hinted at within the first 10 minutes, meaning it doesn't cheat. loving fantastic. I rewatched this a couple of nights ago and enjoyed it even more as well. I'd like to see Patrick Fabian in more movies. What hints at the ending though? I'm drawing a blank. I really liked that we only knew as much as the film crew did throughout.
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Jan 25, 2011 07:09
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BrandNew posted:Its quite possible IGN was lying about it being a new trailer as i hadn't bothered watching the trailer for it before. It's a new trailer in the sense that it has only been officially released in the last few days but had been leaked for about a week or two now. Safe Driver posted:I rewatched this a couple of nights ago and enjoyed it even more as well. I'd like to see Patrick Fabian in more movies. What hints at the ending though? I'm drawing a blank. I really liked that we only knew as much as the film crew did throughout. While I haven't seen the film since it was in cinemas. When the film crew first comes into town they are talking to locals who explain that there is an evil devil worshipping cult that often goes out in the local swamp/forest to practise rituals, they dismiss it though when the local says the cult is just up the road from the local UFO landing site. Nell also draws a picture mid way through the film of the end of the film, Cotton fighting a giant figure made out of fire, the boom operator hacked into pieces and the camera man decapitated which is how they all die. Well I guess Cottons fate is kind of left open ended.
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Jan 25, 2011 12:56
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Waterhaul posted:It's a new trailer in the sense that it has only been officially released in the last few days but had been leaked for about a week or two now. Plus the boy tries to scare them off and then doesn't mind when he realizes Cotton is a fake.
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Jan 25, 2011 13:08
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foodfight posted:Plus the boy tries to scare them off and then doesn't mind when he realizes Cotton is a fake. I didn't even catch that. Very nice.
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Jan 25, 2011 21:01
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Safe Driver posted:I rewatched this a couple of nights ago and enjoyed it even more as well. I'd like to see Patrick Fabian in more movies. What hints at the ending though? I'm drawing a blank. I really liked that we only knew as much as the film crew did throughout. Waterhaul posted:It's a new trailer in the sense that it has only been officially released in the last few days but had been leaked for about a week or two now.
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Jan 25, 2011 22:23
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jeremy oval office posted:Yeah, we're explicitly told people worship all sorts of crazy poo poo in this area because of the confluence of different cultures who have colonized the area. Blank filled in, skimmed through the starting again and 
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Jan 25, 2011 22:39
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Slasherfan posted:I heard today that the police raided a Blockbuster in Northampton and took all their copies of A Serbian Film and as a result all the blockbusters are pulling it. Bloody hell, it's like the 80s video nasties hysteria all over again! Just watched Paranormal Activity 2. A lot better than the first.
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Jan 26, 2011 01:23
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zombieman posted:Bloody hell, it's like the 80s video nasties hysteria all over again! Censorship here in the States is a little more covert (and often, shamefully, self-imposed by studios). I can't imagine the cops busting down doors of businesses and taking horror films of all things. Luckily you UK goons have the internets although I remember reading something about you guys having to "opt-in" for porn?
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Jan 26, 2011 02:03
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Slasherfan posted:I heard today that the police raided a Blockbuster in Northampton and took all their copies of A Serbian Film and as a result all the blockbusters are pulling it. Wait, what? Seriously? I thought it was released in a heavily cencored state as it was without the police crashing down on it. Are we really still in that situation as a society? I remember when the shop I work at sent back all the copies of the video game Bully that they'd been sent because they were scared of offending stupid housewives who don't understand BBFC ratings.
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Jan 26, 2011 02:09
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Wait, what? Seriously? I thought it was released in a heavily cencored state as it was without the police crashing down on it. Are we really still in that situation as a society? http://www.dogatemywookie.co.uk/2011/01/25/a-serbian-film-blockbuster-raided/ Remember that controversial film released through Revolver entertainment called A Serbian Film? The nice guys from Revolver sent me a review copy for Christmas and I was certainly shocked and didn’t actually star the film until late last week. (REVIEW HERE) It appears on Friday 21st January 2011 the Police raided an unsuspecting Blockbuster in Northampton upon receiving a complaint from a distressed viewer and seized copies of the film despite the BBFC rating on the front and the content warning in large letters on the back. Did the police not check with the BBFC before getting a team together and raiding a store for a perfectly legal film? Has Video Nasties panic reared it’s ugly head again? Surely when the police arrived they would have seen the BBFC rating and might have considered the legality of the piece without taking the thing away. Imagine what the eyeful the unsuspecting viewer would have got had he or she actually seen the uncut version… Blockbuster have yet to give a statement but have apparently withdrawn the film from it’s catalogue until the incident has been cleared up with their legal team. Northamptonshire police however sent me this statement: SUBJECT: The Serbian Film We received information from a member of the public that a copy of The Serbian Film at a branch of Blockbusters in Northampton contained images of child abuse. We have a duty to investigate such claims and in agreement with the manager of the shop took a copy away to view and check that it was the edition that has been approved by the British Board of Film Classification for distribution. It has been established as a legitimate copy of the film that has been approved for distribution by the BBFC and so is being returned to the shop. Ooooo it’s all so exciting! When it hits the Daily Mail, sales are gonna go through the roof!! HUZZAH!!! I’m also pretty sure, police didn’t break down the door and hold the manager at gun point… I’m sure it was all very civil.
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Jan 26, 2011 02:18
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Defleshed posted:Censorship here in the States is a little more covert Tell that to Max Hardcore.
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Jan 26, 2011 03:07
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Defleshed posted:Censorship here in the States is a little more covert (and often, shamefully, self-imposed by studios). I can't imagine the cops busting down doors of businesses and taking horror films of all things. Speaking of that, in the last issue of Fangoria they had an interview/article with Sage Stallone, who is running a business now that concentrates on bringing in the old Euro horror classics uncut for American consumption. A lot of the old Fulci, Bava, and other typical Italian gore grindhousers were all cut by the MPAA and were not even marked as 'censored'. Not in the theaters when they played in the States nor when they were released onto VHS. Sage Stallone said that he had recently invited Tarantino over to view the remastered versions of stuff like "Gates of Hell" and Tarantino made several comments about how he had not seen this or that scene before and that the now-complete dvds clear up what may have been seen before as continuity errors. Land of the free, home of the brave, huh? 
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Jan 26, 2011 04:29
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Here's the Stallone company doing the remastering I posted about : https://www.grindhousereleasing.com
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Jan 26, 2011 04:38
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ruddiger posted:Tell that to Max Hardcore. I'm assuming that is a porno guy so I'm not going to Google that at work. What happened to him? To be honest, in my opinion certain segments of the porn industry are pretty exploitative of women not just in the way they are portrayed in movies but in the way they are treated in the business in general. I can't say I'm entirely sad if some shitheel like that is forced out of business, despite my general opposition to censorship. IceNiner posted:Land of the free, home of the brave, huh? Yeah like I said the MPAA cuts were never government enforced though. It's all a bunch of industry busybodies with totally random opinions of what is and isn't worthy of being cut to make an R Rating. It doesn't make the censorship itself any less reprehensible but it does ultimately give some hope for subverting the system entirely. After all, anyone who cares anything about what has been done to the movies they watch buys "Unrated" or "Director's Cut" or what have you. I do remember the first time I watched an uncut DVD version of Fulci's "House by the Cemetery", my only previous copy being a well-worn VHS to VHS transfer I did off a local video store rental when I was about 13. It was like two different movies. Still didn't fix any continuity problems though. Oh, Lucio. 
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Jan 27, 2011 18:18
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Defleshed posted:I'm assuming that is a porno guy so I'm not going to Google that at work. What happened to him? To be honest, in my opinion certain segments of the porn industry are pretty exploitative of women not just in the way they are portrayed in movies but in the way they are treated in the business in general. I can't say I'm entirely sad if some shitheel like that is forced out of business, despite my general opposition to censorship. Stolen shamelessly from wiki quote:Based on Max Extreme 4, the city of Los Angeles in 1998 charged him with child pornography and distribution of obscenity. The fact that the actress was over the age of 18 was not disputed; they brought charges based solely on the fact that the actress was portraying a character who was underage. Just before the case was brought to trial in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the statute prohibiting adults from portraying children in films and books was unconstitutional (See Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition). Based on this ruling, the child pornography charges against Little were dismissed. The misdemeanor charge of distribution of obscenity was retained, but the jury failed to reach a verdict. An additional obscenity charge was subsequently levied against him by L.A., again resulting in a hung jury. Little commented after the trial that, "It was a frivolous waste of public resources."[16]
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Jan 27, 2011 18:32
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Dickeye posted:Stolen shamelessly from wiki Yeah "obscenity" charges are bullshit, but they don't really happen that often in the case of horror movies, especially recently. Nor do they occur with the fervor they seem to reach in the UK. After all, the US is much more puritanical about sex than we have ever been about violence.
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Jan 27, 2011 18:52
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I watched High Tension last night and thought it was ok. I thought Marie made some of the absolute dumbest decisions ever. There were a handful of times she could have pretty easily gotten the upper hand on the killer, but decided to do some other dumb loving thing. I guess this was all justified, however, by the twist, which, while it was by no means original, completely caught me off guard. In a good way. I guess my only real issue with it was her wounds from flipping the car. If she was the killer and was driving the van, then how could she have gotten injured from flipping the car?
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Jan 27, 2011 19:51
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I've always been confused about High Tension. With the exception of the lesbian protags and killer twist most of the scenes are taken from a Dean Koontz novel, yet when I watched the credits I don't remember it ever citing him. Or did I miss it?
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Jan 27, 2011 19:57
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Have I posted the Mothers Day trailer yet? I think this was leaked from Germany. It opens in the UK and Ireland early April. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4--dM0wwM
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Jan 27, 2011 20:01
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tokidoki posted:I've always been confused about High Tension. With the exception of the lesbian protags and killer twist most of the scenes are taken from a Dean Koontz novel, yet when I watched the credits I don't remember it ever citing him. Or did I miss it? High Tension is unbelievably similar to a TV Miniseries called Intensity, adapted from a Dean Koontz novel of the same name. It stars John C. McGinley and Molly Parker and they have literally identical plotting up until a certain point, where one veers into boring bad horror territory and the other becomes an interesting psychological horror. Guess which. Wikipedia says High Tension is "loosely based on the book," but it seems more like a ripoff.
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Jan 27, 2011 20:01
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scary ghost dog posted:High Tension is unbelievably similar to a TV Miniseries called Intensity, adapted from a Dean Koontz novel of the same name. It stars John C. McGinley and Molly Parker and they have literally identical plotting up until a certain point, where one veers into boring bad horror territory and the other becomes an interesting psychological horror. Guess which. Okay, thank you. I thought I was crazy when I first saw HT and it was so drat similar.
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Jan 27, 2011 20:06
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Yeah, I saw that about the Koontz book too. That makes me like the film even less.
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Jan 27, 2011 20:16
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Defleshed posted:Yeah "obscenity" charges are bullshit, but they don't really happen that often in the case of horror movies, especially recently. Nor do they occur with the fervor they seem to reach in the UK. After all, the US is much more puritanical about sex than we have ever been about violence. I thought a few women complained that there were forced to participate in said acts. I remember reading that some of his scenes were on the boarder of rape because said women were not informed of what was going to happen and when they complained they were heavily discouraged from leaving. I could just be remembering wrong thought.
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Jan 27, 2011 20:48
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SneakySneaks posted:I thought a few women complained that there were forced to participate in said acts. I remember reading that some of his scenes were on the boarder of rape because said women were not informed of what was going to happen and when they complained they were heavily discouraged from leaving. I could just be remembering wrong thought. Obviously if that is the case then obscenity charges are not the way to handle it. The way to handle that is putting the guy in prison for being a loving rapist. Like I said earlier some porn exploits women not only symbolically but in a very real way (and now that I talked to my porn afficionado friend and learned a bit more about Max Hardcore, I am of the opinion that he was probably one of those type of assholes), and I don't think that kind of poo poo should be made or viewed by anyone, but obscenity charges seem like a pretty stupid way to prevent that sort of thing.
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Jan 27, 2011 21:11
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Slasherfan posted:Have I posted the Mothers Day trailer yet? I think this was leaked from Germany. What the hell is this? It looks horrible. This isn't a remake of the Troma one is it?
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Jan 27, 2011 21:50
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faustcf posted:What the hell is this? It looks horrible. This isn't a remake of the Troma one is it? Yeah it's a remake, I missed a screening for it last year but I heard it's supposed to be good. I wouldn't judge the film based on that video at all though. It was made purely to show to potential distributors in foreign markets so they'd know how to market the film. It's not an actual trailer of the film or meant for the public.
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Jan 27, 2011 21:59
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I guess I'll ask here: Monsters. Any good? I'm kind of a sucker for unique film making even if the movie isn't great. Or should I skip it and just get Let Me In instead?
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Feb 1, 2011 06:50
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:I guess I'll ask here: Monsters. Any good? I'm kind of a sucker for unique film making even if the movie isn't great. Monsters is basically Lost in Translation except Mexico instead of Japan and Lovecraftian creatures instead of Bill Murray. I enjoyed it but don't expect your typical HOLY poo poo HUGE ALIENS action thriller.
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Mr Wind Up Bird posted:I guess I'll ask here: Monsters. Any good? I'm kind of a sucker for unique film making even if the movie isn't great. Monsters is good but it's not actually about monsters, so don't go watch it and be one of those dudes who are like MAN THIS IS BULLSHIT when it's not a gorefest.
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