Horror Films

And just in case you guys missed it, Will Poulter will play Pennywise in the new It film.

Pretty interesting he's gone for someone so young but will reserve judgement till at least the trailer, I like the director so pretty confident he will do justice to the old film

Clown is about on the high seas its an Eli Roth film and I loved it.

Posting from my phone I'll try post a trailer later but well worth a watch.

Fuzzy Dunlop wrote:

Dog Soldiers meets The Howling meets Creep

Slayerx wrote:Clown is about on the high seas its an Eli Roth film and I loved it.

Posting from my phone I'll try post a trailer later but well worth a watch.

Yep got a copy and will hopefully watch it soon, the trailer looks messed up.

Lotus wrote:I watched the original Evil Dead a while ago, thought it was pretty average.

Listened to Kermode's thoughts on It Follows last night. He seems pretty enthused by it, but it just sounds lame to me. Very cliché and a bit dull. Would probably watch if it came on TV, but wouldn't go out of my way to see it from what I've heard.

Evil Dead is interesting, but the story behind the making of it is far better than the story in the movie.

Incredibly Strange Film Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yq4sJGM2EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaXdpZLzf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOZJSQxC8E

Dull and Cliche, possibly, but it was heavily involved in the creation of those cliches.

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Lotus wrote:I watched the original Evil Dead a while ago, thought it was pretty average.

Listened to Kermode's thoughts on It Follows last night. He seems pretty enthused by it, but it just sounds lame to me. Very cliché and a bit dull. Would probably watch if it came on TV, but wouldn't go out of my way to see it from what I've heard.

Evil Dead is interesting, but the story behind the making of it is far better than the story in the movie.

Incredibly Strange Film Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yq4sJGM2EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaXdpZLzf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOZJSQxC8E

Dull and Cliche, possibly, but it was heavily involved in the creation of those cliches.

Evil Dead was and is amazing still. When people watch it much like watching Clerks it's good to know how little it cost to make and the lengths the creators went to get it made.

On it's own though i still find Evil Dead a brilliant horror film with a great sense of humour to it. A recentish one which Sam Raimi did was Drag me to hell which again had hints of humour and also some of Sam Raimis random special effects that he used in the evil dead films.

Dangerblade wrote:I need to clear out some stuff on my Amazon wishlists as they're getting pretty bulky. I've got the following horror films on there from a couple of years of recommendations from various people/sources. Which of these are worth watching and which should I not bother with?


Martyrs

no idea what your tastes are but Martyrs is genuinely disturbing torture-porn (i hate that term but it describes the content quite well). can't forget that film even after how ever many years.

degoose wrote:

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Lotus wrote:I watched the original Evil Dead a while ago, thought it was pretty average.

Listened to Kermode's thoughts on It Follows last night. He seems pretty enthused by it, but it just sounds lame to me. Very cliché and a bit dull. Would probably watch if it came on TV, but wouldn't go out of my way to see it from what I've heard.

Evil Dead is interesting, but the story behind the making of it is far better than the story in the movie.

Incredibly Strange Film Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yq4sJGM2EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaXdpZLzf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOZJSQxC8E

Dull and Cliche, possibly, but it was heavily involved in the creation of those cliches.

Evil Dead was and is amazing still. When people watch it much like watching Clerks it's good to know how little it cost to make and the lengths the creators went to get it made.

On it's own though i still find Evil Dead a brilliant horror film with a great sense of humour to it. A recentish one which Sam Raimi did was Drag me to hell which again had hints of humour and also some of Sam Raimis random special effects that he used in the evil dead films.

Are you thinking of Evil Dead 2? IIRC Evil Dead 1 plays it pretty close to straight. Few hints of humor at all.

TheTurnipKing wrote:

degoose wrote:

TheTurnipKing wrote:

Lotus wrote:I watched the original Evil Dead a while ago, thought it was pretty average.

Listened to Kermode's thoughts on It Follows last night. He seems pretty enthused by it, but it just sounds lame to me. Very cliché and a bit dull. Would probably watch if it came on TV, but wouldn't go out of my way to see it from what I've heard.

Evil Dead is interesting, but the story behind the making of it is far better than the story in the movie.

Incredibly Strange Film Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yq4sJGM2EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaXdpZLzf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOZJSQxC8E

Dull and Cliche, possibly, but it was heavily involved in the creation of those cliches.

Evil Dead was and is amazing still. When people watch it much like watching Clerks it's good to know how little it cost to make and the lengths the creators went to get it made.

On it's own though i still find Evil Dead a brilliant horror film with a great sense of humour to it. A recentish one which Sam Raimi did was Drag me to hell which again had hints of humour and also some of Sam Raimis random special effects that he used in the evil dead films.

Are you thinking of Evil Dead 2? IIRC Evil Dead 1 plays it pretty close to straight. Few hints of humor at all.

I always thought Evil Dead had some sense of humour , at least it didn't take itself very seriously all the way through which was different at the time for a horror film. I guess great is maybe an over exaggeration, maybe more subtle especially compared to Evil Dead 2 which was pretty much a dark comedy.

Drag Me To Hell sucked balls big time.

Fuzzy Dunlop wrote:

Hell yeah! I love a good haunted house story!

Gandalf wrote:Drag Me To Hell sucked balls big time.

Ah well i really enjoyed it. Saying that though my previous recommendations for films in this thread failed miserably for some so i'm probably just easily pleased with anything

degoose wrote:

Gandalf wrote:Drag Me To Hell sucked balls big time.

Ah well i really enjoyed it. Saying that though my previous recommendations for films in this thread failed miserably for some so i'm probably just easily pleased with anything

I thought Raimi was trying too hard to replicate Evil Dead's humor (Laughing goat's head, anyone?!)

Gandalf wrote:

degoose wrote:

Gandalf wrote:Drag Me To Hell sucked balls big time.

Ah well i really enjoyed it. Saying that though my previous recommendations for films in this thread failed miserably for some so i'm probably just easily pleased with anything

I thought Raimi was trying too hard to replicate Evil Dead's humor (Laughing goat's head, anyone?!)

that's my favourite bit.

Can't wait for the new Poltergeist film. Gonna watch it in 3D I remember watching the original ones when I was like 6 years old and they scared the hell out of me

The scariest thing about the Poltergeist films was the old man.

strawberry float that gooseberry fool

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Can't wait for the new Poltergeist film. Gonna watch it in 3D I remember watching the original ones when I was like 6 years old and they scared the hell out of me

I hope they do the 3d properly like a proper horror filme should be. Lots of things flying at the screen,lots of different crazy angles and layers of depth to items otherwise it's wasted. STill one of my favourite 3d films is My Bloody Valentine 3D which stars Jensen Ackles. It's a cheesy as hell horror film and it knows it is but the 3d is just brilliant.

Fuzzy Dunlop wrote:The scariest thing about the Poltergeist films was the old man.

strawberry float that gooseberry fool

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