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Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan - This is with no doubt one of Mario Bava's three best films, and one of the best horror films ever made. The set designs are amazing, it's beautifully shot and the way Bava plays wih colour, desite this being a B&W films, is great. The atmosphere's thick and bloody cold, and Barbara Steele was, hands down, a goddess! This is gothic horror at its very best. Crash - Decent film about racism and stuff, but I remembered it as a lot better. The racism in this film feels overdone and very, very forced. The thought is good, but the excecution isn't. But we get served a couple of highlights in form of Don Cheadle and Matt Dillon, which both delivers the goods. Don Cheadle's story here is the best as well. This is the End - Another very solid film from Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost, but this is the weakest one in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. Still hilarious though. Rear Window - Über classic Alfred Hitchcock film that everyone interested in film have seen at least once during their life time. The plot itself is rather straight forward and nothing too special to be honest. It's solid, but not over the top good, and doesn't really give you a lot to work with as a director. What makes this into such an amazing film is Hitchcock's ability to build suspense that makes you sweat on your balls, his way of shooting films and the cast, where James Stewart and Grace Kelly both are a-fuckin-mazing! Hitchcock was the master of suspense, and he still is, even 30+ years after his death. Special! Rope - When this was made, it was not much beside a giant experiment to Alfred Hitchcock. The whole film, being 75-80 minutes long, consiss of 10 long shots ranging mostly from 7+ to 10 minutes long, and a couple of shorter under 5 minutes. It's really exciting to see how the camera moves around on the set, and how great he made this work. Solid as fuck! The plot is great, and the whole homosexual undertones are just great, considering this was released in the late 40's. Again, the suspense makes your balls sweaty. It's that fucking good. It is. Dial M for Murder - Yes, Hitchcock! What a nerve! What a suspense! The plot is great, visually it's a pleasure to the eye (and I am not talking about the beautiful Grace Kelly, I'm actually talking about everything else now) and beautifully shot. Again, the key words here are suspense, suspense and suspense. Brilliant! The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Solid film, but not on par with the Hitchcock films I mentioned before this. Unlike the three previous films, this isn't a crime film, but a pure thriller. It is, as I said already, a solid film, but not a great one. It's a bit too long, and the ending's very, very weak. It is in fact annoyingly weak. It lacks a bit of punch and never, this one. Beautifully shot, though. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul - The first horrorfilm of cult director José "Coffin Joe" Mojica Marins, a brazilian director/actor/screenwriter/a lot more, and the first brazilian horor film ever made. This film introduces José's cult character Coffin Joe, a character he would later reuse in several of his film, and a character that now is regarded a cult character. At Mightnight I'll Take Your Soul is the first film in the infamous Coffin Joe trilogy, and a really, really, really solid and cool film. The story's solid, the character (Coffin Joe) is awesome, and the film is really mean and evil. José Mojica Marins wasn't a very good director, nor was he ever a good actor or screen writer. But is his something that kinda ruins the film? No, not at all, for what he lacked as a director, actor and screenwriter, he makes up for with his ability to create a brilliant and thick, evil-as-fuck atmosphere, and at the end of the day, that's what horror films are about. I really can't wait to dig in into José Mojica Marins' filmography. Also, this might be something of interest to @Jigsaw9, as he is a Necrophagia fan. "The Divine Art of Torture" is dedicated, and based around the works of José Mojica Marins, and contains samples by José Mojica Marins. The cover art is a drawing of Coffin Joe as well. Might be something worth checking out, even if it's just for the sake of hearing where they found the inspiration for this brilliant album. This Island Earth - Cool sci-fi from the 50's. Great special effects, a solid plot that even feels a bit original to this day and some great characters and actors Ripper Street, season 2 - I finally finished this. Solid, but not spectacular. The episodes are all watch worthy and ranges from 6-9 in my book, but the series didn't get a good enough ending. It's dark, brutal and gritty, and I love that, but it didn't get that ending I was hoping for. What a shame. What a waste.

I bought meself some new music for a change: Tapes: Cauldron Black Ram - Poisoner box set Possession - His Best Deceit Sabbat - Der Nukleare November Pakt Assembly at Dusk - Summer Demo 2013 Vinyl: Black Magic - Wizard's Spell

Vocals are just another instrument to my ears. I listen to plenty of bands both with and without vocals. And just as with drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and whatnot, if it's done poorly it can ruin the whole song, but it doesn't necessary have to ruin it either. What's important is that it is interesting as a whole. If a song has nothing beside good vocals, good guitars, good bass, good drums OR good keyboards it won't be enough to keep me interesting. Not even close. If there's only one element in the music that's good, then it really isn't good. Ya? Ya.

So it's yet another extremely good song then? Both Rinkaku and The Unraveling were excellent songs, so if this is on par with those I'll be extremely happy.

THIS POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERSFOR THELASTEPISODE OF SEASON 3 God damn, that was a great episode. So the sudden change in mood wasn't so much of a change after all. It just felt like it. You know what I'm saying? Great episode, and it had plenty of surprises. You just gotta love that!

And it is bloody expensive. At least over her. The prices for a single ticket's insane. Dog Soldiers - Often talked about as the best modern werewolf film and one of the best werewolf films ever. Well, I disagree. At least about the last part of that. Doesn't come close to the classics. But this is a completely different film as well. The werewolfs looks great. Big, ugly, hairly and brutal fuckers. This isn't a film made to scare you and give you nightmares. This isn't that type of horror. This is macho action horror that won't make anyone shiver in fright, it's the type of film that makes your balls sweaty out of badassery and brutality.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - I finally got around to watching this. I like the first one a lot despite it flaws, so I was really looking forward to this. It's full of surprises, both positive and negative. On the positive side it was way better visually than the first one. The first one looked awful for the majority of it. It looked fake, unnatural and plastic. Shockingly bad to be honest. But they improved a lot on this film. Things looks less plastic, less fake and less unnatural, and that is something I appreciate. It wasn't perfect, but hella lot better. The landscapes were on a whole other level here. And NECROMANCER, NECROMANCER and NECROMANCER!!! Gandalf VS Necromancer won this film. Jesus christ, that was well executed. On the negative side I thought Jackson & co rushed it a bit here and there. The meeting with Beorn should've been longer, as should the walk through Mirkwood. And the romance between Tauriel and Kili should've been dropped. It was a mess and didn't fit in very well. I liked Tauriel as a character, though. And Evangeline Lilly have NEVER been better... or prettier for that matter. That was great! Also, I am not at all sure about how I feel about them dropping the epic adventure in favor of fast paced action, with no space to beathe. Because I did miss the epicness of the first film, and I did miss the adventure as well. I didn't dislike the action one bit, it's just that I missed the adventure hella lot. Just by adding a but to the scenes with Beorn could've changed all of this The scenes with Bilbo and Smaug were great. Almost on par with riddles in the dark. That's pretty impressive. But all in all it was a great film and I am really lookinf forward to The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Gonna be great!

I regret buying 97% of my collection. Not because I don't like the music, but because I don't give a flying fuck about CDs anymore. The only CDs I care about are those released by my favourite bands that doesn't exist on another format or is impossible to get a hold off (without paying a months salary) and those I've bought because I collect and want every release by. The rest doesn't mean shit. Gonna try to sell most of it.

It's very weird, especially when you've got a big back catalogue and plenty to choose from. Just change it once a while. It's healthy. But even if you don't have a big back catalogue, it shouldn't be hard to throw in a cover song now and then just to mix it up a bit, as you say.

That's a bit up and down. I've seen bands with huge catalogs blending old and new perfectly, while others makes the mistakes of playing mostly new. That's sadly a common mistake among bands, both old and new ones. Another mistake, as I like to call it, is bands playing the same on every tour. I hate it when bands don't change their set list one bit between tours. If a band doesn't have anything new to play, just make a few changes now and then, will ya. It can't be that hard, can it?

It's been four years since their debut already and finally the Tumultuous Teutonic Templar Thrashers Jaldaboath are back with a new album. Heard a couple of songs and it doesn't seem to be nearly as hilariously bad as the debut EP and debut album. They were never good, but their two first albums are hilarious and works really well with some fine company and too much beer. They seem to have lost some of it. Still catchy and bad enough, though. The chorus are hilarious.

Check it out! What a film. I'll have to watch it again next week. It was such an amazing experience, and the way the film's shot, man. It's shot in a way that makes it almost pornographic. I've only seen it once, so I will have to watch it several times, but I'm almost certain that this is one of the 5 best films since the 90's, and a masterpiece. Berberian Sound Studio sure isn't for everyone, but I loved it. Not a giallo per se, but still they've managed to capture that giallo feeling. Same with Amer. Both great films. Speaking about giallo, Yellow is one of my most anticipated films ever. I don't think I've ever had this high expectations for a film made after the 80's. Maybe The Call of Cthulhu, but that's it. A 30 min neo-giallo that's supossed to be insanely good. It's only had a few selected screenings at some film festivals since 2012, and has yet to be released on VHS and DVD. I found out about it after reading about modern giallos and then saw the films' poster, then I ordered the soundtrack within a minute. I've not seen the trailer yet as I do not watch trailers, but since I saw the films poster I've been obsessed with it. I really cannot wait till I get to see this film. Feels like I've been waiting for ten years already.

Lars and the Real Girl - Charming drama comedy with a good story, some hilarious moments and a superb Ryan Gosling. Good film.

Isn't the guy with the pink hair the guy who tried to imitate that one Dir en grey member? Awful band too.

I am well aware of that, but one can still manage without it, something which a billion vocalists have proven through the years. I doubt all these early extreme metal vocalists did any form of training (just to take an examle), and many of those are still going strong today, 20-25 years after they started growling/whatever. Over the years I am sure a lot of them picked up tricks here and there, but I wouldn't call that training. My point though, which obviously got a bit lost or didn't come through earlier, is that you don't need any kind of training to become a great vocalist or not to damage your vocal chords. Yeah, getting damage to your vocal chords happens to people without any kind of training, but it also happens to vocalists with training, both amateur training and formal, professional training. It wasn't any more to it than that. And a lot of artists didn't have a clue to what they were doing when they started out, and a lot of them released albums that today are regarded as classics. Legendary Hellhammer and Sepultura are a few that comes to mind. Hellhammer barely knew which way to hold their instruments, and it was sloppy as fuck, and Sepultura didn't even bother tuning their guitars properly for Morbid Visions, which is regarded as a masteriece. You don't always need to know how to play your instruments very good, or sing well. It all comes down to the music being played to be honest.

Do they? As far as I know they didn't have any training in the 80's when they started with growls and harsh vocals. I feel pretty confident that the likes of Quorthon, Scott Carlson, Lee Dorrian, Stevo, Chris Reifert and so on didn't have any training. I'm sure they just wrote some fast music and went to their rehearsel place and started screaming their guts out. Or is this "unclean" you guys are speaking of soemthing new? Or a different type of screaming? I've never heard about it so I might have missed that. I just thought it was something that included "screaming/shouting/growling/shrieking/whatever".

I'll never get things like this. You dislike every single oshare kei bands because some uses autotune? That doesn't make sense. One can use autotune tastefully, so you don't have to sound like T-Pain or anything and go full retard with the whole shit. I don't mind growling or harsh vocals (never heard harsh vocals in any VK band though) as long as it fits the music. That's the only thing I care about. It needs to fit the music. And in the VK scene there's good growlers and bad growlers, just like in the rest of the music scene in the world. And I don't get the whole "they shouldn't growl because they don't have the training" thing that some have said in this thread. One needs training to growl and use harsh vocals? When did someone need any training to do this shit?

I think Rob took a shit down his own leg with the Halloween remake, and the sequel. He removed one of the most important things about the original Halloween - the mysticism (not sure if this is the right word. mystic?). I think he failed so hard. There was no need to show the full past of Michael Myers. But after he's finished with the past, it's basically a scene for scene remake, just without the atmosphere and great acting of the original. Despicable Me 2 - Decent films that's on par with the first one. The plot's lacking a bit compared to the first one which had a way better plot, but this on the other hand is a lot more charming and sweet, which works very well. This Is the End - Hilarious film, despite the bad CGI. Great cast including James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, to mention "a few", and they all play "themself". A few good parodies of films such as Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and Mad Max as well. Rihanna's AWFUL! Red Nights aka Les Nuits Rouges du Bourreau de Jade - This French-Hong Kong-Belgian neo-giallo are, without a single doubt in my beautiful mind, one of the best and most stunning films the last 23 years. I call it a neo-giallo because it has a lot of giallo in it, such as the leather gloves, trench coat and the use of strong colors, using a lot of red and blue filters. Someone will scream "style over substance" at this film, but I disagree. The plot are there, and it's good, without being anything very special or mind blwing. But the visuals are just amazing. Gorgeous! Some of the best I have ever seen. Stylish as fuck! There are some violence and those scenes look great. Violent and grotesque. Really well done, except for one, but I believe that to be a tribute to the classic giallos. The actors are doing well, especially the leads Frédérique Bel and Carrie Ng are amazing here. I'll recommend this to fans of giallos and Only God Forgives.

Wait? So it's just that one horrible song?

The Lords of Salem are one of the most underrated films the past 10 years or so. Great atmosphere, bizarre as fuck and weird. I'm diggin' what Rob is doing with his films. He doen't give a fuck about anything or any rules, he just does what he feels like. Ok, not his Halloween remakes. They're both awful. But House, The Devil... and The Lords... are all amazing. Not sure what to think of his upcomming film, Broad Street Bullies, though. It's a sports flick. Which can be cool of course, but I still want him to do more horror.

I can appreciate good or just fitting lyrics, but it's not important at all. I enjoy plenty of bands with awful lyrics.

The Tingler - Another great film by William Castle, and this time with another great gimmick. The film stops, some guy starts talking and you hear people screaming, then a few selected chairs in the cinema will start vibrating. It must have been amazing to experience this in real life. It sounds so amazing! Anyway, this is as I've already said, another great film by Castle. A campy horror film with an amazing Vincent Price in the lead role. It's over the top and cheesy as fuck, but it works so very, very well. It's shot in black and white but there is a few scenes where it's used color, and that's something that makes this a lot better than what it would've been without. That was AMAZING!

I love watching films in general, but horror are my main genre for sure. I don't care if it's from the 20's, 60's or 00's or whatever, if it's european, american or asian or whatever, if it's gothic, slashers or psychological or whatever, if it'c a-, b-, c- films or whatever - I just can't get enough of horror.

By the way, gais, what's your top 10 of 2013? I will come back with a small list later on. These are my top films (not in order): Stoker The Lords of Salem The Last Stand Only God Forgives Evil Dead The Conjuring These are my favourites, but I have yet to watch a lot of films that I'm sure will impress me a lot. Films such as Yellow, Snowpiercer, Kaze tachinu, Kaguyahime no monogatari, The Giant Spider, Sledge, They Die By Dawn and You're Next among others are films that could challenge for a spot in my top 10. Hard to say. But I am sure both Yellow and Snowpiercer will make it on my top 10 list. Well, if Yellow comes before I die, that is. Shouldn't really be calling it a 2013 film either as it hasn't been relead yet. Only got some selected screenings in 2012 and 2013 for immortals. We mortals have to continue our waiting. God damn!

I'm really looking forward to seeing "You're Next." Looks great!