bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/10/2002 at 12:45 AM |
I have noticed something lately....has anyone else noticed just how shitty
horror movies are now? Itīs almost like the genre itself is dead...donīt
get me wrong, there will always be horror movies, but good ones? I havenīt
seen a good, new, scary movie in YEARS. I think "signs" was the only movie
to put me that far down in my theater seat in I donīt know how long and
THAT wasnīt even a "horror" movie.
It seems that most of the good movies are shunned and never make it to
theaters, just a smattering of obscure releases and then straight to video.
Day of the Beast was FANTASTIC...but I suppose I never saw it released in
US theaters because itīs in spanish. I tell you folks, Iīm STILL excited
for Rob Zombieīs "house of a 1000 corpses" because it smells to me like
maybe a resurgence of good old fashioned slasher/macabre/horrifying ..well
HORROR. A decent interpretation of HP lovecrafts "the horror of insmouth"
and "dagon" was released straight to video...simply called "Dagon".
All the movies I see lately are just cameos for mouse cute teen idols that
have more sex than scares...which is scary enough as it is.
I watched the remake of ...oh fuck whatīs it called...the old vincent price
movie with the insane assylum....fuck. Anyway...and I wasnīt impressed
with "house on haunted hill" either.
ANd how many times are they going to rape the dracula franchise? I mean
good christ folks, give it the fuck up. Dracula 2K made me want to burn
the fucking theater to the ground. Clive barker what happened to you?
Were you high?
Iīd take my 1912 german silent surrealism horror films over than any day.
Give me black and white. Give me ed gein in his many maniac incarnations.
GIve me leatherface. Give me pinhead. Give me evil dead and all itīs
gloriously horrifying and ever so gratifying cheese. Give me hitchcocks
blend of horror and suspense. Give me Carnival of Souls, Horror Hotel and
House by the Cemetary. I want to relive the momentary image of a bearded
and suited anton lavey in Rosemaryīs Baby.
Goddammit Iīd ask for elvira but my wish is my husbandīs command and he got
me the NEW elvira...haunted hills BWAHAHAHAH more tit jokes, one liners,
and dance numbers with the right amount of makeup and silliness than you
can shake your over sized 50 year old boobs at!
Itīs enough to make a girl crazy when she canīt even find a good scare at
the local theater anymore. Another friday the 13th? Jason in OUTER
GODDAMNED SPACE?! FREDDY VERSUS JASON?? *bangs head repeatedly on televison
screen*
I will make some concessions:
Devilīs Advocate
Hannibal
The others that were decent enough obviously werenīt that great or Iīd
remember them. Either that or Iīm more exhausted than I thought. :evil: ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 27/3/2007 at 03:49 PM |
I found this a while ago. Its pretty funny and its all true. Im not sure
how the hell to do links and such but heres the thing for it.
Horror Film Wisdom:
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hillcrest/76/hellraise
r/film-wisdom.htm
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 26/3/2007 at 11:52 AM |
Can't say I have but the idea of it... well, all I have to say is damn I
wan't to see it. ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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Meranda_Jade
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posted on 25/3/2007 at 08:42 PM |
Speaking of zombie movies, I've been meaning to watch this one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368296/
If anyone's seen it, how was it? The thought of little zombie Japanese
schoolgirls sets me all a-quiver.
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 23/3/2007 at 01:33 PM |
It's not a movie but since its "horror" (and damn i use that loosely) based
and because we talked about games before I thought id bring up a game
called "bullet witch". Warning to all gamers... avoid this game like it was
a carrier of the bubonic plague! The controls are sketchy as hell and as
for the game experience its self the only thing I can say is that it's
brutally repetative.
Now as for movies how many people want to see the "new" "Hills Have Eyes 2"
movie. The first one was garbage but I have to admit I'm interested in
seeing this. ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 22/3/2007 at 04:12 PM |
damn that bad? cant really say im suprised though. ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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feralucce
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1810 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 22/3/2007 at 04:21 AM |
I saw ghost rider for free... I want my money back... ____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
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Stille
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posted on 21/3/2007 at 10:59 PM |
Seen it and loved it. Truly moving story, only you're never completely sure
which bits are real. You can watch it again and again, as a fantasy movie,
as a war movie, then one more time for that delicious mythic layer ....not
sure about watching it as a horror movie, there's horror in it but it
doesn't quite take the front seat, but I suppose it might work. Have to see
it again ____________________
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 21/3/2007 at 04:42 PM |
ive been meaning to say/ask if anyone else has seen pan's labynth? i know
its not stictly a horror movie but damn i thought it was good. dont really
remember if it was as good as all the hype but i remember likeing it alot. ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 21/3/2007 at 04:17 PM |
holy shit that sounds like a fucked up movie. interesting but fucked up.
must rent. but as for comiv movies sucking... i take it crow 4 sucked? shit
i didnt even bother watching the third one after the second one came out.
but i dont know why honestly. my guess is that the people making them lack
the passion for the material and just view it as dollar signs. hell i didnt
even like spiderman. did you see ghostrider? i was temped for a while to
see it but i heard that its utter crap which sucks because i use to be a
huge fan of the comic. ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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feralucce
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1810 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 21/3/2007 at 03:49 PM |
Guys start to make pornos... and get suckered into making a snuff film...
spirals into a supernatural gore fest...
what's with comic movies being SHITE??? ____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 21/3/2007 at 12:51 PM |
damn well that sucks. oh well. but crow 4? damn i didnt even know they made
a forth one. but i have to agree with hide and creep and children of the
living dead being good movies. whats dead girls on film if you dont mind me
asking? ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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feralucce
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1810 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 09:15 PM |
I have actually had the misfortune to see the whole movie... and I would
rather watch the crow 4 (i think it was four) ... it had david boreanas...
hell... I would rather watch titanic...
but... children of the living dead, dead girls on film, hide and creep...
all good ones I have seen recently... and for odd indie twist... "to know a
jedi" ... fan film made for 500 dollars... well written flick weith decent
home-made fx... ____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
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pale-face
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 07:37 PM |
i'm with feral on this. looks like crap. ____________________ fucking classy. |
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feralucce
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 06:50 PM |
no...it's like is shaun of the dead had been writen by a hack... I really
disliked this one ____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 03:34 PM |
hey i found the clip i was talking about *smiles*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA5AZ2eBvW0
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 03:30 PM |
no problem. i swear its one of the funnyest zombie flicks out there. one
scene has the town full of zombies breaking out in line dance
singing/rapping "were coming to kill ya coming to kill ya" ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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daria_4
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 12:21 PM |
Will do. Thankies. ____________________ "I've told you before, I don't comprehend religion, although
conviction is a concept I'm beginning to get. In any case, a person
with a real religious conviction is, I propose, a religious convict,
and deserves locking up." |
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Thanatopsis
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posted on 20/3/2007 at 11:47 AM |
daria if you want a really funny zombie movie to watch check out a movie
called dead and breakfast. its like if shaun of the dead met a small town
in texas. ____________________ Aim for the head, Shaun of the dead. |
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daria_4
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posted on 19/3/2007 at 05:08 PM |
I'm such a weenie... I don't do zombie movies very well. I was ok with 28
Days Later because it was contained on an island, but with zombies, it's
like there's no way out. Seriously, if it were to happen, I can't see
anyone actually living in the end.
Don't get me wrong; I'm ok without happy endings, but there's no logical
survival in a zombie movie to me--except in Shaun of the Dead, that is!
____________________ "I've told you before, I don't comprehend religion, although
conviction is a concept I'm beginning to get. In any case, a
person
with a real religious conviction is, I propose, a religious
convict,
and deserves locking up." |
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