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Most of Romero's stuff up to The Dark Half was interesting and at least watchable. Even bizarre how-did-this-get-made stuff like Knightriders is worth your time. Just stay far away from Bruiser and the last two Dead films. The Crazies is fantastic.
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suboptimal posted:Romero's somewhat regrettable 2005 "Land of the Dead" incorporated elements from his original Day of the Dead script, including the lawless casino/bar/zombie arena zones. If you're interested in seeing how that played out, maybe give that a watch. I'd say skip LOTD. There's so many things about the film that make absolutely zero sense and are never explained.
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:Yeah we're just gonna have to really seriously agree to disagree on this one. I just feel most of his movies are all concept. The execution varies. Even the original Nightmare isn't that good, it skates by on an awesome concept and Robert Englund. Of course...to each their own.
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I don't know if anyone here follows Spill.com but one of the guys that used to review on the site has written a movie called Sinister that's due out this August. He also writes for AICN but I never followed that. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777/
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:I just feel most of his movies are all concept. The execution varies. Even the original Nightmare isn't that good, it skates by on an awesome concept and Robert Englund. Going through Wes Craven's filmography is quite literally "oh, I liked that one! ... Oh, he directed that?" The man averages about one good movie a decade. Unfortunately, he makes about six or seven.
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Slasherfan posted:I don't know if anyone here follows Spill.com but one of the guys that used to review on the site has written a movie called Sinister that's due out this August. He also writes for AICN but I never followed that. Oh great, another found footage movie.
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So far we have Insidious and Sinister as far as one-word adjective titles go. What's next? Malevolent?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:So far we have Insidious and Sinister as far as one-word adjective titles go. What's next? Malevolent? Ahem....  And it's already had a prequel made to it named Bereavement
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Mouser.. posted:Ahem.... Holy poo poo, I was kidding 
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:So far we have Insidious and Sinister as far as one-word adjective titles go. What's next? Malevolent? UNIMAGINATIVE: A nubile yet naive parapsychologist stumbles upon a series of video diaries left behind by an enigmatic and reclusive former priest. Buried deep within the banalities of monologues on the soaring costs of communion wafers and all of the dead pigeons caught in the organ pipes, she catches a glimpse of what may be a terrifying conspiracy surrounding the disappearance of a soulful yet tortured young college girl one year earlier. Slowly, our heroine's limits are tested- are the videos actually what they appear to be? Or is it confirmed evidence of the Church's suppression of the truth about vampires? Rated R for predictable jump scares and one F-bomb. Runtime: 62 minutes. Budget: $1 million production, $118 million marketing. Release: TBA 2013 BAM. I'll take my $10 million dollars and credentials as "visionary horror director" now, please. There you go.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:I just feel most of his movies are all concept. The execution varies. Even the original Nightmare isn't that good, it skates by on an awesome concept and Robert Englund. That's a fair opinion to have, but I love everything about Nightmare. The music, the cinematography (all those deep blues and harsh reds), Heather Langenkamp, the screenplay, the weird kitten photo on the wall of the hospital, etc. It's one of the top ten horror movies of all time for me. Combine that with The Hills Have Eyes and I'd say Craven deserves his rep as one of the greats, even if the rest of his filmography is spotty (to put it very generously).
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:That's a fair opinion to have, but I love everything about Nightmare. Me too. The image of Freddy with the distorted long arms pretty much locks up Nightmare's all time great status with me, along with many other things in the film.
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Zwabu posted:Me too. The image of Freddy with the distorted long arms pretty much locks up Nightmare's all time great status with me, along with many other things in the film. Hell yes. I love the DIY special effects all throughout that movie (the oatmeal stairs are great too), people who hate on that stuff have no soul.
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:Hell yes. I love the DIY special effects all throughout that movie (the oatmeal stairs are great too), people who hate on that stuff have no soul. I'm really glad you mentioned the stairs, although I thought of them as marshmallowy. That's one of those cheap effects that I just LOVE in Nightmare because it really does capture in a visceral way the way reality gets hosed up in dreams. Those things, the boiler room in general, Freddy distorting the wallpaper, "NO RUNNING IN THE HALLWAY", Tina in the body bag with the snakes/eels or whatever. The hall monitor wearing the Freddy sweater, and the convertible top sporting Freddy colors. If you can't appreciate that stuff I just don't know.
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While I enjoy most of those elements, the soundtrack feels dated to me and the long arms just comes across as wacky.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:an awesome concept and Robert Englund. I really don't see what else you could want.  Seriously though, the first Nightmare is awesome, I'm still surprised by how fantastic the first death looks with what's her face being thrown around and ripped apart, and the wall scene is miles better than the CGI abomination we got with the remake. As far as the soundtrack goes, well, it IS an eighties horror movie. I'll always have a soft spot for that distinctive sound.
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I'm well aware of the spotty reputation of Wes Craven's body of work, but from what I have seen (the Screams, Nightmare on Elm Street, Red Eye), his direction was always on point even if the scripts occasionally don't hold up. I can't really accept that he just lucks himself into sudden competence every so often. I think it's more likely that he just phones it in a LOT. Scream 4 kinda suffered with not having as elaborate set pieces as its series brethren, but I think he rung about as much suspense as you could from the script. I distinctly recall the scene where a girl opens a door to prove there's no killer behind it, and there's this tree standing there in the background in the center of the doorframe. It struck me because it was dark out and the tree kind of looked like a shadowy figure and I kept watching it in case it actually was a shadowy figure, or perhaps the killer was hiding behind it, or something because it was so predominant in the frame. Craven made that short scene twice as effective with just a drat tree. Guy's got talent.
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spixxor posted:and the wall scene is miles better than the CGI abomination we got with the remake. spixxor posted:As far as the soundtrack goes, well, it IS an eighties horror movie. I'll always have a soft spot for that distinctive sound. Yeah, I guess being born in 89 means I don't really have that feeling of nostalgia when I hear that type of soundtrack.
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spixxor posted:I really don't see what else you could want. I feel like I gave the impression I don't like Nightmare. I do, I really do. I just think it's a more a film that is good because of all the elements, rather than "visionary Wes Craven"
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:I feel like I gave the impression I don't like Nightmare. I do, I really do. I just think it's a more a film that is good because of all the elements, rather than "visionary Wes Craven" Nah, you didn't. For what it's worth, I completely agree. The movie being good definitely had more to do with the concept and Englund's performance than Wes himself. Oh, and speaking of Nightmare, I do believe someone has a thread that needs updating.
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foodfight posted:Oh great, another found footage movie. Seriously. I am a complete sucker for found-footage movies, and if I'm reaching my saturation point, I can only imagine how most people must feel.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:So far we have Insidious and Sinister as far as one-word adjective titles go. What's next? Malevolent? There was also the movie Atrocious last year. You can guess how good it was, too. (Not that bad.)
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Mouser.. posted:Ahem....  they felt it was necessary to define "Malevolence"
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There was also the movie Atrocious last year. You can guess how good it was, too. (Not that bad.) Had completely forgotten about that movie. Yeah, wasn't terrible at all.
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Have any of you goons gotten to see The Divide? Unfortunately its not playing anywhere here in the "we hold our nose up at horror" Pacific NW.
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I stopped following the The Thing thread when it inevitably turned into a sperg fest, but I know this hasn't been posted here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToCq_c3wOM8 82' The Thing done in the style of claymation cartoon Pingu.
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Tomero_the_Great posted:I stopped following the The Thing thread when it inevitably turned into a sperg fest, but I know this hasn't been posted here: This is a work of art 
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I've seen The Innkeepers twice so far. The two leads are great, their characters' chemistry is what hooked me from the start and really elevated the whole movie. Also the Yankee Pedlar is a real place, who'd have known. That explains the really nice exterior shots, I was wondering how that was pulled off on an indie budget. I liked House of the Devil for the most part, but I liked this even more, and now I'm on board with Ti West and will watch anything else he does in the future. Technetium posted:Yeah but she went to the door, opened it, stepped inside, took a step down and probably would've gone all the way down even if she hadn't tripped. I loved the film up to that point and then I was practically screaming "don't go to the basement, don't open the door, don't step on the first step, goddamn it."
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IceNiner posted:Have any of you goons gotten to see The Divide? Unfortunately its not playing anywhere here in the "we hold our nose up at horror" Pacific NW. I did, caught in on a festival run in Germany. It was...unique I'd say. Some character choices didn't seem to make much sense in context, but I recently read that the script wasn't finished / big parts are just improvised, so that's to be forgiven. The atmosphere was great and it went to really dark and bizarre places which I expect from any self respecting "end of days / gloves are off" scenario. What I loved the most was the intro. It's basically just the teaser trailer where everybody tries rush into the basement while some poo poo's going down outside. It's maybe 90 seconds long and you're good to go. Very effective!
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AlexF posted:I did, caught in on a festival run in Germany. It was...unique I'd say. Some character choices didn't seem to make much sense in context, but I recently read that the script wasn't finished / big parts are just improvised, so that's to be forgiven. Thanks. Guess I'll have to hold out for it to show up on redbox or vudu or something. One of my biggest complaints about the 'open mindedness' of the Pacific NW is the attitude that horror is only to be mocked unless its something like Paranormal Activity. Very little of the more hardcore stuff like Human Centipede, Audition, etc. makes it onto screens here, even in the so-called art fart theaters.
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lizardman posted:I will be SUPREMELY disappointed if The Devil Inside doesn't drop at least 75% next weekend. Come on, you got the rare CinemaScore of 'F'*, don't let us down Devil Inside, let's see how low you can go! Just so that you can celebrate this prediction, alas the damage has been done: ShockTillYouDrop posted:After The Devil Inside's big box office debut last week, there was a question of whether or not the horror film could sustain that success in its second weekend. In short, no, it couldn't. With a Mark Wahlberg film, Contraband, and Beauty and the Beast 3D making their debut, The Devil Inside took a bit of a tumble at the box office. EDIT: On an unrelated note: Robin Hardy's The Wicker Tree finally got a US distribution, so it'll be getting released in a limited run on January 27th followed soon thereafter by VOD. This movie got stuck in development hell for years and finally fought its way out. Early impressions from its screenings at festivals aren't too positive stating that it's a bit too goofy and softporno for it's own good. Here's the US trailer: The Wicker Tree Mouser.. fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Jan 17, 2012 |
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IceNiner posted:Thanks. Guess I'll have to hold out for it to show up on redbox or vudu or something. One of my biggest complaints about the 'open mindedness' of the Pacific NW is the attitude that horror is only to be mocked unless its something like Paranormal Activity. Very little of the more hardcore stuff like Human Centipede, Audition, etc. makes it onto screens here, even in the so-called art fart theaters. Boston can be similar (this has been changing recently now that we have BUFF and All Things Horror screenings), it had two days of midnight runs at one of the local art-fart theaters and I believe there may be another at a local college. More screenings are opening up this Friday, including ones in Seattle and Washington: check the release dates/theater listings here. I liked it a lot, by the way; it was very different from Frontier(s) but had a similar "feel" to it, especially later in the movie. I'm not surprised that a lot of it was improvised; the dialogue and interactions felt pretty natural to me. Mouser.. posted:EDIT: On an unrelated note: Robin Hardy's The Wicker Tree finally got a US distribution, so it'll be getting released in a limited run on January 27th followed soon thereafter by VOD. This movie got stuck in development hell for years and finally fought its way out. Early impressions from its screenings at festivals aren't too positive stating that it's a bit too goofy and softporno for it's own good. Here's the US trailer: I don't care, I am a huge fan of the original and I just want to hear Christopher Lee introduce himself as "Lord Summerisle" in that crazy bass voice, one last time. VOD will probably be on Fearnet On Demand, right?
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Finally got around to watching Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and I have a new favorite movie of 2011. If you have Netflix Instant and are a lazy procrastinating jerk like me, watch it now!
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Nthing the love for Tucker and Dale. For some reason I had written it off as akin to Scary Movie but it's actually hilarious and awesome.
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Yeah, I watched Tucker and Dale a few nights ago and immediately recommended it to all my friends
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This is like the fourth time Tucker and Dale has come up and everyone loved it so if YOU - the guy reading this right now - haven't seen it, go see it right now. It's hilarious and you will be a better person after watching it. Oh btw I watched Kill List a little while back and never came back to express my sentiments about it because I didn't like it very much. It starts off slow, gets a little weird like everyone saying hello and thank you for killing me while he's breaking their hands[/spoilers] but in the end it just ends with [spoiler]this dumb satanic or pagan or whatever cult making him kill his family which wasn't what I was expecting to happen I guess. I dunno, it's not a bad movie but it's obviously low budget, the acting/writing/dialogue isn't fantastic and the "twist" left me stone-cold. I'm also going to sit down and watch Paranormal Activity 3 soonish with low expectations. I enjoyed the first and it scared me, I was entertained by the second but not scared because it's literally the same thing other than the kitchen explosion scene goddamn so I'm betting on being bored and not scared with the third.
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Low expectations is a good way to go into it. I saw it at the movies that way, and the scares had me jumping a few times. If I went into it thinking it was like PA1 made the movie seem, I would be so so so so pissed off. Fair warning though, this had my gf kinda pissed, there is a LOT of stuff in the trailers that doesn't happen in the movie. The trailers are sort of a fake out? but the movie was still pretty good (to me). I had only seen the original first teaser for it though.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Fair warning though, this had my gf kinda pissed, there is a LOT of stuff in the trailers that doesn't happen in the movie. The trailers are sort of a fake out? but the movie was still pretty good (to me). I still maintain that that's the best thing about the movie.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Low expectations is a good way to go into it. The only thing I'm expecting is a demon scaring children. The only things I remember from the trailers is the bloody mary chant and a shot of them in bed with a shadow between them so if those don't happen I'm not too worried.
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