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Post by Zadoc on Dec 10, 2004 10:35:43 GMT -5
While not really a horror movie...you will always find it in the horror section. "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" Hehe...well, me and the wife have similar arguments about a few movies as to whether they are 'truly' horror or not. I tend not to think of certain movies such as Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, and Alien as horror movies. They certainly are derivatives from horror flicks, but to me that's like saying Lynyrd Skynyrd is a country band - although there's elements of country in it, they're still more rock n' roll than anything else. Partial to vampires and Near Dark isn't on that list? For Shame! ;D
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Post by Accepted Fate on Dec 11, 2004 2:34:53 GMT -5
Surprised Noone brought up Motel Hell. Loved that one.
On a serious note tho I have a thing for the goofy 80's style of movies. ROTLD pt.2, The Gate, Phantasm, ED2, Fright Night you get my drift.
Here's my list in no order.
1. Night of the living dead 2. Pumpkinhead 3. Creepshow 4. Demon Knight (Billy Zane was awesome in this) 5. Motel Hell 6. Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers 7. Jacobs Ladder 8. The Thing 9. Friday The 13th pt.1 10. The Car
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Post by you forgot these on Dec 15, 2004 17:24:20 GMT -5
What about Black Christmas, Susperia, and Tenbre? they are fun too.
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Post by Accepted Fate on Sept 13, 2005 16:55:46 GMT -5
I was really hoping we wouldn't have this thread just yet... as I have about 3 lined pages of "must see" horror/suspense movies. And since I've been typing, deleting, and retyping my list for almost an hour now, I'm going to give up and choose to not submit a list. Except for no. 1: Tod Browning's Freaks And to state for the record: I love Stephen King, own everything he's done, love Stanley Kubrick, have most everything he's done... but I could not stand The Shining. Am I the only person who didn't find it a little boring, hackish, and frankly, sorry, a really bad adaptation of one of King's best early works?
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Post by Accepted Fate on Sept 13, 2005 16:57:19 GMT -5
I was really hoping we wouldn't have this thread just yet... as I have about 3 lined pages of "must see" horror/suspense movies. And since I've been typing, deleting, and retyping my list for almost an hour now, I'm going to give up and choose to not submit a list. Except for no. 1: Tod Browning's Freaks And to state for the record: I love Stephen King, own everything he's done, love Stanley Kubrick, have most everything he's done... but I could not stand The Shining. Am I the only person who didn't find it a little boring, hackish, and frankly, sorry, a really bad adaptation of one of King's best early works? Get the real "The Shining" Was a sci-fi mini-series available on dvd now. Much much truer to the book... We have hedge animals now!
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Post by Zadoc on Sept 14, 2005 5:05:29 GMT -5
Get the real "The Shining" Was a sci-fi mini-series available on dvd now. Much much truer to the book... We have hedge animals now! Uh-oh...while yes, you can say it's "closer" to the book, I am not a fan of that mini-series at all...the acting is terrible. While a lot of pro-mini-series and anti-Kubrick Shining fans try and claim that Jack Nicholson doesn't fit the Jack Torrence role very well (by claiming that they think he's psycho from the beginning...even though in the book, Jack DID break Danny's arm years prior) you have to also admit that Rebecca DeMornay does not fit the role of Wendy very well (since when was Wendy a beautiful buxom blonde with a strong head on her shoulders?). While I understand why some people like this mini-series for being "closer" to the book, I'll argue that the ending of the book was down right stupid and hokey to begin with, and the mini-series somehow managed to make it worse(!) Sure it has hedge animals, but gone is the cinematography that made the hotel seem 'alive' (that Kubrick more than captured) and replaced by sub-par acting (could they have picked anyone more wooden to play Jack Torrence? The guy from 'Wings' is Jack Torrence??). If it makes you feel better, even though the Shining wasn't even one of my favorite King novels, Hollywood has managed to destroy most of my favorites (Misery, Needful Things, The Tommyknockers, and - sorry George - The Dark Half). I'm sure the Apt Pupil movie was terrible too, but I refuse to see it.
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Post by WitchDr13 on Sept 16, 2005 0:55:17 GMT -5
Oh, you MUST see Apt Pupil. One of the few SK adaptations I like. Sir Ian McKellen is wonderful, as is Brad Renfro, and is, IMHO, one of Bryan Singer's best efforts to date. While not completely faithful (but really, no adaptation is, thats why its an adaptation) it is a great movie, chock full of quality Singer violence, a good look at what makes one evil (choice vs. following orders), an amazing SK plot, and the vague homoeroticism that makes all the homophobes of the world deride Bryan Singer.
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Post by Zadoc on Sept 16, 2005 5:40:40 GMT -5
Oh, you MUST see Apt Pupil. One of the few SK adaptations I like. Yeah, come to think of it...most of the King movies are pretty bad - others being 'okay' at best. Surprisingly, the one that really sticks out in my mind as being both faithful to the book as well as being a great film is Stand By Me (The Body). In fact, I was pretty shocked when I finally got to read "The Body" how pretty word for word Rob Reiner left in the movie...of course he did omit a few minor details (namely the final confrontation not being in a rain storm) but the film stays almost verbatim to the story - even down to the dialog.
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