Horror Movies
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I know it's not really a "horror" movie, but I was amused by Sweeney Todd. They should make more movies where the characters sing while killing a cooking people.
False!
I've argued that The Thing should not be considered a "horror" movie in the past, falling under the sub-genre of Sci-Horror rather (like 'Alien', 'Aliens', 'Event Horizon', etc.), but I've since come to my senses. Not only is it (and 'Alien' for that matter) a horror film, it is one of the best ever. In fact, I'd rank it top 2 along with Carpenter's other seminal classic 'Halloween'. To say that it isn't a top 3 horror film is insane. You mentioned 'Phantasm', and although I love that film and it is one of my top 10 horror films of all-time, it does not hold a candle to John Carpenter's 'The Thing'. 'The Thing' was not only claustrophobic, but it evoked a sense of paranoia in the viewer that no other film before or since has been capable of doing. Not once during the film did you know who was or was not The Thing and each reveal was a shock and the film was masterfully directed by Carpenter and equally masterfully scored by Ennio Morricone. Not to mention it had some of the most gruesome and amazing special effects by Rob Bottin, a protege' of the great FX master Rick Baker.
Here is my horror top 10 (not including Universal Monsters films) -
1. John Carpenter's Halloween
2. John Carpenter's The Thing
3. Alien
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. The Exorcist
8. Phantasm
9. The Conjuring
10. Sinister
Well, let's just say that he is more wronger. Maybe, some people's thresh hold for horror movies are less than others. The Thing scared me about as much as a Jason or Freddy movie. It was good to watch and enjoyed it, but it didn't creep me out. Son, I got some big ol balls.
I watched the Human Centipede 1 and was more like "damn that has to hurt", the 2nd one on the other hand damn near made me sick. I've never been that uncomfortable watching a movie and refuse to watch the 3rd one.
Horror films are hard for me to rank. I want something to be made that can truly freak me out and make me not want to sleep....hasn't been anything made like that in a long time. I seriously need to buy The Devils Rejects and House of 1,000 corpses.
The Houses October Built was entertaining, not really scary though.
Horror films are hard for me to rank. I want something to be made that can truly freak me out and make me not want to sleep....hasn't been anything made like that in a long time. I seriously need to buy The Devils Rejects and House of 1,000 corpses.
The Houses October Built was entertaining, not really scary though.
Some of the later Wrong Turns were pretty gruesome.. at that point, those films where just torture porn where no one lives in the end.
4 and 5 were pretty tough to watch.
4 and 5 were pretty tough to watch.
It seems like the 5th one is always on a channel on my cable during the weekends. I had no idea there was a 3 or 4. Much like one weekend Tremors 5 was on.
I need more movies like the early SAW films, or more Hostile movies...give me some **** that is believable, or something that hits that inner sickness most people have.
Someone mentioned Aliens earlier, you guys know about the new one coming out?
Alien:Covenant
I'm stoked for that. I enjoyed Prometheus, so this should tie the two together hopefully.
Someone mentioned Aliens earlier, you guys know about the new one coming out?
Alien:Covenant
I'm stoked for that. I enjoyed Prometheus, so this should tie the two together hopefully.
The Ring.
Something about that girl coming out of the well freaked me out. Could have been due to the fact that we had a very similar well in our back yard. I was afraid to even walk past that thing once it started getting dark.
Something about that girl coming out of the well freaked me out. Could have been due to the fact that we had a very similar well in our back yard. I was afraid to even walk past that thing once it started getting dark.