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tendrilsfor20 posted:Jason X is far and away the best movie in the series. In it, Jason is frozen solid with liquid nitrogen on a spaceship, but is awakened by the pre-marital gropings of attractive teens in the next room over. Seriously. (just to be super-clear, it wasn't Fangoria trashing the movie. Hell, Tony Timpone is a huge fan of it himself. It was all of the loving teeny-bopper cast making GBS threads on it. I'm still looking forward to the redux, but that doesn't mean I can't act like a bitter old man, yelling at some vapid MTV-friendly kids to stay off my franchise). UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Dec 30, 2008 |
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Zombie Fistfight posted:Are they actually working on another or are we being spared another adventure in the Life and Times of Generic White Trash?
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Slasherfan posted:Pretty much being reported on every horror site at the moment. I still haven't submitted myself to Zombie's Halloween remake. After the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the remake, I just lost enthusiasm (although I'll get around to watching it eventually). Frankly, I'm disappointed. I actually enjoy the hell out of House of 1000 Corpses. I know a lot of people hate it, but it's just way over-the-top fun. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Cheri Moon Zombie is insanely sexy. But then Devil's Rejects came along and was actually a good movie-- I mean objectively, that's a really good movie. So I had high hopes. But maybe Rejects was just a fluke. I dunno. Getting back to the Friday the 13th, if they really are looking to reboot the series and keep this going... Well, the TCM remake caught me completely by surprise in how good it was; but then the prequel was indescribably awful. And even though Platinum Dunes didn't handle the Hills Have Eyes remake, that was also really good-- but the sequel was atrocious. I really wonder about the viability of maintaining a horror franchise these days. I realize I'm biased, but the original Friday movies and the Nightmare movies (and yes, I know they're rebooting that franchise as well)-- while not always great, were at least consistently fun for me (Halloween, less so). The only real horror Franchise going right now are the Saw movies, and they stopped being fun for me after III. I just wonder if we'll get a really solid Friday remake, followed by a weak sequel, followed by the supposed reboot fizzling out. Also, I hope a theater near me is equipped to handle the MBV remake, because it sounds like it'll be worthless on DVD. In theaters, it should be a blast.
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Slasherfan posted:I just read online that lionsgate are very close to bankrupsy with recent bombs like The Spirit, Disaster Movie, Bangkok Dangrous and are pretty much relying on My Bloody Valentine to be a hit to stay a float.
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Pillowpants posted:I liked Bloodlines. It's pretty hard to find horror movies I don't enjoy on some level although they're trying really hard this year to change that with The Unborn and MBV. Final Destination I like, but personally I feel like the only one of the series to actually get it completely right so far was Final Destination 2 as it didn't take itself seriously. Every time I see new responses building up in this thread I keep hoping that some advance reviews of F13 have come out. I'm still looking forward to it. The TCM remake was something caught me completely by surprise in how much I liked it, and I'm hoping the same sort of thing happens with F13 as well. PsychoGoatee posted:Child's Play: 1, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky, ... 2, & 3. Then again, what's not being remade these days, eh? Oh well, at least the Near Dark remake was canceled, since that was my current "How dare they?! flick. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Jan 31, 2009 |
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So, tomorrow is the release date for the documentary His Name was Jason. I am absolutely going to have to pick that up. Sounds like it's pretty good.
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timeandtide posted:Just Google his name, in case you haven't seen The Frighteners.
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So, I picked up His Name Was Jason on my way home from work. I haven't watched it yet, but just in case you guys don't know already, it comes with some cool stuff, including a $5.00 coupon towards your purchase of a ticket for the F13 remake at participating theaters and a His Name Was Jason poster. Not bad for a 2 disc DVD set that's garnering solid reviews that most of us were going to pick up anyway.  Click here for the full 1280x960 image. It's not as crooked as it looks, I swear. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Feb 6, 2009 |
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I scrolled over those spoilers for a split second but I just can't make myself do it. Goddamnit, why can't it be Friday already?!
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Boinks posted:Don't do it, just hold out. It really does sound like they genuinely respected the original and made something that they wanted the fans to enjoy as well. Friday at work is going to be torture, knowing I'm trying to wait to the end so I can leave and go watch F13.
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935 posted:I loved how brutal Jason was. The girl he strung up over the campfire made my stomach curl, though. He's never really gone for torturing his victims or setting traps (girl roasting over campfire, paralyzed black guy) but god drat he was pissed in this movie. Overall though, I loved it. Unfortunately for me, though, it was showing on the IMAX screen at my theater. That's not the bad part. The bad part is that even though I was there half an hour early, I under-estimated how packed it was going to be. The movie sold out about three minutes after I bought my ticket. When I got into the theater the only seats left were in the front three rows. So, that close to the screen, I ended up feeling a tad motion sick. On the other hand, seeing a close-up of boobies on a massive IMAX screen is indescribably awesome.
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This movie appears to be raking in cash. There's no question there will be a sequel. The same team behind this one wants to make another, and it seemed it was a matter of whether this would be a hit. By now, there's no question this is number one at the box office. It's going to make money hand over fist. Goons all over the place were experiencing packed theaters and sold-out shows. Myself, I got my ticket for a 7:15 showing last night, about two minutes before the show sold out. I got out of the theater just in time to see a massive crowd and hear the announcement that the 9:30 show had just been sold out. If an announcement for a sequel doesn't come next week, I will be shocked. As for whether this will end up truly being a reboot of the series, as intended, will have to wait until #2 comes out. But like I said last night, I liked it a lot; and if series reboot can sustain what I saw last night, I will be happy. Also, just a reminder that-- counting Freddy vs. Jason-- the sequel will mark the 13th entry in the series. That hype alone will hopefully ensure something special. On the other hand, though, I loved the TCM remake and HATED the prequel. I loved the Hills Have Eyes remake and HATED the prequel. I haven't even bothered with the Halloween remake yet. Let's hope F13 remakes don't follow that pattern.
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Slasherfan posted:Anyone know how this is doing in Cinemas tonight?
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The jam-packed theater I was in responded very well to the LHotL trailer. Like I said in Slasherfan's thread on that remake, I'm very, very skeptical about the remake and still think it looks like it lacks the balls to go as bleak and dark as the original. The fact that [spoiler]it appears Mari lives[/spoilers] suggests that very strongly. That's one remake that can't just have super-gory deaths to prove its merit. The Hills Have Eyes remake, I feel, did get the original. Whatever, we'll see. I'm definitely going to check out Friday the 13th again, but next weekend when it'll hopefully have died down just enough so that I can get a seat that doesn't end with me having a sore-as-hell neck the next morning.
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Kaiju posted:You know? It's funny. Seems like everyone up in here was pretty sweet on Frdiay the 13th, but other horror reviewers that I talk to almost uniformly hated it. I'm still trying to figure out what they didn't like about it. The letters pages of Fangoria should be very interesting in a few months.
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Kaiju posted:I'm starting to see the divide. Casey from Cinema Fromage loved it while Eric from Bloody Good Horror loving loathed it. Mark at Brutal As Hell also wasn't into it, but my own review was extremely positive, so I guess things at this point are starting to balance. I think there are just certain movies that are so precious to a person that you can't let go. I'm so attached to a movie like The Wicker Man, that I was determined to hate the remake. The fact that it was awful anyway is of no consequence. Similarly, I was positive there was no way I could stomach a remake of Near Dark, and so I was relieved when it was canceled (especially since it was apparently canceled because it was going to be too close to Twilight). I can come up with other examples as well. The people in our group can explain why they like it, just as those in our group who hate it or were even just "meh" about it can vocalize their objections. But with anyone who becomes a horror enthusiast at an early age, there are always going to be certain things that are just too precious, no matter what. There's always going to be some emotional connection that you make with the original that simply cannot be broken, even if the remake is loved by everyone else. It goes beyond saying "To each their own". It's why we collectively take such offense when studios pump out pure crap to please the PG-13 crowd. It was never about lack of gore. It was always about desecration of a genre we love. That's why this remake-- like any-- was going to be divisive from the start. High School kids now who never bothered to watch the originals, who never grew up on them, are less likely to care. But people like us who are old enough, and younger goons who love horror enough to engage in compassionate discussion, are always going to have different emotional queues associated with different movies. So when I read posts or reviews from my peers who didn't care for a flick like this that I did like, I still get it. And for the record, I'm definitely a Hodder fan. And I have to say, Mears was fantastic. He's a worthy heir to the mask. But Hodder is... well, it's fuckin' Hodder, man! I still can't help but feel a slight grudge that he wasn't in Freddy vs. Jason, let alone this. e: still no official updated totals, but I forgot this was a holiday weekend (I don't have off) and estimates are that this will go at least $60 million for the full opening weekend. Seems reasonable to me. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Feb 15, 2009 |
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cool kids inc. posted:Well no. Generally movies about monster-like serial killers with a penchant for nasty bloody kills and lots of boobs and drug use isn't for kids of any age (14 and down I suppose). Back when Event Horizon was in theaters, some parents brought their baby. The husband had to keep leaving because the baby wouldn't stop crying and screaming. I want to know what they're thought process was. Bringing an infant to a very loud R-rated horror movie: how did they expect things to go? Not to mention how inconsiderate it is.
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Pet Rock Band posted:I hate getting into genre dick-waving, but this is more Slashers than Horror.  Hell, I get exhausted just thinking about it now.
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Slasherfan posted:Looks like Laid To Rest is getting a very limited release.
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The Remote Viewer posted:What the hell is this? Slasherfan posted:Sorority Row trailer. *Yeah, I know IKWYDLS wasn't exactly the most original movie, but serious, come on. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Mar 20, 2009 |
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Slasherfan posted:I remember this movie when it was called House On Sorority Row and came out in 1983. I'm not saying it looks bad necessarily-- just incredibly mediocre. I never saw the original, though, so I don't know. Slasherfan posted:Kind of funny, when I Know What You Did Last Summer came out everyone complained it totally ripped of House On Sorority Row, now that that remake is out, people are saying it rips off I Know What You Did Last Summer. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Mar 20, 2009 |
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Both of the Landis episodes-- Deer Woman and Family-- are fantastic and hilarious as well.
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This isn't a slasher, but since our general horror discussion thread is probably long gone at this point, I'll bring it up here. Any of you guys heard of a flick going straight to DVD in a couple weeks called The Burrowers? It's a creature flick set in the old American west. Oh, and it has Clancy Brown. Fangoria has a nice article about it in the current issue, and the buzz surrounding it seems to be very positive. Dread Central has the trailer posted here Here is a description of the plot: quote:In case you aren't sure, the plot for The Burrowers goes like this: "It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories. A handful of brave pioneers maintain isolated settlements in the badlands beyond civilization. Irish Immigrant Fergus Coffey is near to winning the hand of his beloved Maryanne when she is suddenly taken from him, her family brutally abducted in a nighttime attack on their homestead. Suspicion falls immediately on hostile Indians. Experienced Indian fighters Will Parcher and John Clay form a posse and set out to rescue the kidnapped settlers, taking along a naïve teenager hoping to prove himself a man, an ex-slave looking to find his place in the world and their ranch-hand, Coffey. But as men vanish in the night and horrific evidence accumulates with the dead and dying, the group discovers that their prey is far more terrifying than anything human, and their prospects are far more terrible than death.
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Here's a one-page from Fangoria on the show, if anyone's interested. Also, Jackie Earle Haley as the new Freddie actually goes a long way to giving me more confidence in this remake. e: Here's a longer promo for Harper's Island (if you want to go in knowing as little as humanly possible, then you should probably skip it). I'm actually looking forward to this. I really, really hope it's good. Also, seeing as how the show is this week, does anyone want to go ahead an create a thread for it so we can start to get some awareness going before Thursday? If no one else wants to, I could put one together. But if somebody is already working on something, I don't want to step on any toes. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Apr 5, 2009 |
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TV IV thread for Harper's Island is here.
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So Dread Central now has two separate reviews up for Laid to Rest up-- one by Heather and one by Uncle Creepy. Both give the movie 4/5. I'm really looking forward to checking this out. http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/laid-rest-dvd http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/laid-rest-2009
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The Remote Viewer posted:I wonder if TCM has any relation to this scottish legend:
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So apparently it's official and Kevin Williamson is going forward with a "reboot" of the Scream franchise, including talking to Courtney Cox and David Arquette about coming back in some way. I think Wes Craven has said he'd be willing to be involved if he liked the script. I find this to be a supremely stupid idea.
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Secks posted:The Friday the 13th Blu-Ray release has a nine-minute preview of the much-anticipated Trick 'r Treat that is finally coming out this Halloween (in select theaters and on DVD). timeandtide posted:Great news about the sequel to the Friday the 13th Remake: they want to set it in winter, in the snow, and they read a lot of comments about people wanting more creative kills and have told the writers to go wild.
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Slasherfan posted:It's looking like Halloween 2 and Final Destination 4 are oping on the same day, just wondering which one you guys will be seeings. I'd vote FD4, love the first 3, the trailer is cool and it's 3-D, shame the title sucks (The Final Destination?!?!?). I finally got around to seeing the Halloween remake last weekend. Well, I should say I got around to trying to see the Halloween remake. I knew I was in trouble when it opened with a 10+ minute intro of young Michael Myers and his lovely home life. I think I made it halfway through the movie before I just couldn't take it anymore. Bad acting, completely missed the point of Myers, about as much suspense as a Carebears episode. I have no intention of seeing the sequel.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:This is what makes it a good remake, even if it's not a 'good' remake. He's not slavishly copying the original while also dumbing it down and including in-jokey references. It's like the thing or the fly - completely different, but thematically similar enough to justify keeping the name. For one, why add all the unnecessary stuff about Michael Myers and his hosed-up white-trash life when you're still going to portray him as a psycho even as a kid? For one, the thing that makes Michael Myers so scary to begin with is that there is no reason for his actions: he's the pure embodiment of evil. That's it. No reason. He's evil incarnate. So even if you try to "explain" Myers by saying he had a horrifically abusive childhood and snapped, that takes all the terror out of it and turns him into nothing but a run-of-the-mill serial killer. Except, Zombie's flashbacks didn't even do that. Myers is already a hosed up psycho kids, yet we need all this background on his home life for... what reason? In the original, it seems like his sister's sexuality is the catalyst that finally snaps him. But he was evil, and he was going to be evil no matter what. With Zombie, suddenly it's fifteen loving minutes of the life and times of the white trash. I don't get why that was necessary. It came off as stupid and goofy to me, not scary. Two, the acting was awful. Laurie was especially unbearable. We're supposed to identify with her/root for her and yet she drove me away from the movie. And between her and the other characters and the acting and the dialogue, I literally couldn't sit through the movie after 45 minutes. This is why I think Zombie shouldn't be remaking jack poo poo. I actually really like House of 1000 Corpses for what it is. And I think Devil's Rejects is a fantastic movie. But Halloween was just loving bad. And I wanted to like it; I was determined to like it. And I still hated it. Zombie has real talent as a director. But Halloween is not good or even passable. Maybe the sequel will be different, but I'm not holding my breath.
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So you guys want to see a nice gory pick from FD4? This is kinda spoiler-y, so don't click on the link if you want to go into the movie knowing as little as possible. Also, I put NWS tags on it just to be safe. There's no nudity or anything. But it's gory, so, you know, yada yada yada your own discretion and all that jazz. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/32461/spoiler-y-image-from-the-final-destination
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timeandtide posted:Well, Orphan is almost out and Ebert gave it...3 1/2 out of 4 stars? Maybe it's better than I thought. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090722/REVIEWS/907229993 quote:After seeing "Orphan," I now realize that Damien of "The Omen" was a model child. The Demon Seed was a bumper crop. Rosemary would have been happy to have this baby. Here is a shamelessly effective horror film based on the most diabolical of movie malefactors, a child. It's currently at 44% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I don't know what to think. Ebert's review makes me want to check it out, though. UncleMonkey fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Jul 23, 2009 |
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timeandtide posted:I was just mentioning it here since we talked about it a few times and this is sort of a general place for horror talk.
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I'm actually starting to get kind of excited about about FD4. I've never bothered to go to a 3D movie because any of the other instances I've been exposed to 3D I've felt like it doesn't really work and I always worry that, since I wear glasses to begin with, fitting those paper glasses over my regular glasses is part of the reason it doesn't work so well on me or something. I hope I'm mistaken, because I'm actually starting to look forward to this. I've said this before but I'm not even going to bother with Halloween 2. I hated the first one so much I couldn't even finish watching it. Has there been any talk about Deadgirl in this thread yet? I can't remember. It's supposed to play very limited and then hit DVD in October and it's getting a tremendous amount of buzz. There's also I Sell the Dead which I really, really, really want to see but probably won't get to until it hits DVD (although I thought I read that IFC was going to make the movie available this month for purchase through On Demand). Here's a trailer for I Sell the Dead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSDVWxGg4I8
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Zyklon B Zombie posted:New 3D movies are a lot more awesome then stuff just flying out at you, and they don't use the old style cardboard glasses anymore, they have different plastic ones that fit over glasses easy. The last time I tried to watch a 3D movie it was the DVD of Freddy's Dead that came with the Nightmare boxset and I wasn't that impressed and I was worried it was just me.
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Slasherfan posted:This seems interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tingler#Percepto:_.22Scream_for_your_lives.21.22 quote:For "Percepto!" William Castle attached electrical "buzzers" to the underside of several seats in the auditorium. The buzzers were small surplus vibrators left over from World War II. They had been installed inside the wings of air craft and when activated would vibrate to help de-ice the wings by shaking and cracking the ice. The cost of this equipment added $250,000 to the film's budget. It was predominantly used in the larger theaters.
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I'm not sure whether or not this warrants creating a new thread. But today, Yahoo! Movies has the trailer for Universal's remake of The Wolfman. http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/the-wolfman.html?showVideo=1
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PsychoGoatee posted:This looks like a pretty solid remake. Big shoes to fill, but I'm a Benicio fan, and I'm liking the look of this so far.
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