Horror Movies

[Bear 1817]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is seriously good, and seriously underrated. Shame so many write it off because it's something different than the first, which is really is, but still fantastic.

[ghost 2686]

I agree!

That bridge scene was so awesome! It was ridiculous but come on...you can't deny that stuff like that made the movie unforgetable

On a side note, I thought A Serbian Film was terrible too. I couldn't watch through most of it, just skipped. (Also, I found it on YouTube whta the heck..)

I've always been too scared to watch Martyrs. I've seen all Saws so how would you compare the disturbance level with those films?

Have you Seen The Collector? I had high hopes for it based on a review from a couple guys I enjoy and usually agree with. But I thought the film came up really short.

[Bear 1817]

Well, it's a torture porn with the most important ingredients, but it's a lot different from Saw, Hostel, A Serbian Film and so on. It's frustratingly dark and bleak, and desite all its violence it is not the violence itself that makes it a disturbing film. Unlike Saw, which is fun with all of its creative kills and blood, this isn't fun in that way. It's not silly in the same way as most other tortue porns. It's just deeply disturbing in a great way.

 

 

i was let down by The Collector. Not bad, just not very good either. Gave it a 5/10 and never bothered with The Collection.

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Yeah, Martyrs is one fucked up movie. A while after I watched it (first time) I bought it on DVD and, well...... only re-watched it much later. XD So yeah, it's a great movie (one of the best French horror flicks of all time imo) but if you're the type of person it can get under your skin.

[Bear 1817]

This hasn't got anything to do with horror films, but this stuff is recommended to people who can't get enough of 70's and 80's synth-heavy horror soundtracks ala Carpenter, Frizzi and so on.

 

Slasher Dave. Slasher Dave is 1/3 of the horror-inspired death/doom outfit Acid Witch, which is fantastic by the way, and Slasher Dave is his solo project. Released two albums so far, first which I'd say has more in common with John Capenter and the second with Fabio Frizzi, even though you can hear both of those, as well as others, being present in both albums. I think both albums are fantastic. Tomb of Horror are among my favourite albums in 2014.

 

Listen to both albums here:

 

Spookhouse

 

Step into a world of horror on Halloween Night! All sanity is shattered as evil manifests itself through synthesized madness. Sequenced screams of 80's Carpenter will make your ears bleed with terror, while Frizzi-influenced interludes exhume ghastly Goblins from a graveyard inhabited by classic horror soundtracks. Slasher Dave continues his horrific journey to conjure the essence of All Hallows' Eve with yet another Halloween-themed album so terrifying, we urge you not to listen to it alone. Comprised of 13 instrumental tracks, this album exploits your deepest fears and drags you into the unknown. It is the season of the witch…and the night of the Devil. It is the unspeakable fear that is the... SPOOKHOUSE.

 

 

Tomb of Horror

 

Creeping out of the rotting crypts, Slasher Dave returns with yet another album of unrelenting horror soundtrack lunacy. Emerging from the murky depths of the John Carpenter inspired debut album, Spookhouse, a brand new chapter of terror takes form. This time, drawing influence from Fabio Frizzi and Italian movie soundtracks, in the festering spirit of Dr. Butcher M.D., Cannibal Ferox, and Fulci classicks like Zombie and The Beyond. Elements of Goblin can also be discerned shrieking from the decrepit caskets of the rotting dead. Filled with even more frenzied synthesizer pandemonium, and introducing instruments like the Mellotron and 12 string guitar, this album manifests a much darker side of Slasher Dave's music.

[beni 2149]

I felt brave last night and watched Texas Chainsaw. It said it was released in 2013, and I thought the first one came out a while ago so I got rather confused, then Googled it and it seems this is the 3D one. I honestly don't know much about the movies, but was interested in watching a horror movie at the time. And I'm a MASSIVE scaredy cat due to jump scares as I've always said. But with this movie, I felt rather comfortable. Even with the gore, it wasn't cringe worthy to me, unlike those SAW movies I spoke about. I found it rather interested even though it's the cliché kind of slasher horror. And don't get me started on everything American about it. Those accents and sexual clothing, good lord. No offense to any Americans on this. I mean, everything felt too exaggerated. Or maybe it's because I've always tried to watch only Asian and British movies and films. I tried the more classic horror Scream after and boy, was that a watch worthwhile. Now I feel like I must watch more popular and cult following movies. Next, The Exorcist. =D

[Bear 1817]

You should try the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I love it and can't stand any of the new remakes. It's got a pretty different feeling to it.

 

"Fun" fact: I used to hate The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and thought it was just screaming without any real substance. This was something like 12-13 years ago. That changed with time though, and now I adore the film.

 

 

And both Scream and ESPECIALLY The Exorcist are fantastic films. The Exorcist does pretty much everything right. Brilliant film! Even the original, banned trailer is beyond cool. Had I seen this trailer at the cinema when I was around 13-16 years old I would seriously have shat my pants and left right away. It's that awesome:

 

[beni 2149]

You should try the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I love it and can't stand any of the new remakes. It's got a pretty different feeling to it.

 

"Fun" fact: I used to hate The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and thought it was just screaming without any real substance. This was something like 12-13 years ago. That changed with time though, and now I adore the film.

 

 

And both Scream and ESPECIALLY The Exorcist are fantastic films. The Exorcist does pretty much everything right. Brilliant film! Even the original, banned trailer is beyond cool. Had I seen this trailer at the cinema when I was around 13-16 years old I would seriously have shat my pants and left right away. It's that awesome:

 

 

I'll be sure to check that one out when I can then! Thanks for that. I was still confused which movie I had watched so that's awesome to know. I bet the original is the worthy gem.

 

I've never thought any movie has no substance, just some are a lot more worthy and intelligent than others. (Looking at that torture porn we spoke about) It's interesting to know how people's views on movies change over time. And if Bear is the one to say this, I'll be checking more horror franchise out, defo.

 

I couldn't stop laughing at the actors I recognised in later films. xD Monica from F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and Scooby Doo's live action Shaggy. And the actor was rather.. not top notch which made it even more hilarious to me. And because I had first seen the parody films 'Scary Movie,' I was laughing throughout haha. Totally worth it though.

 

And THANKS, I DIDN'T NEED TO SLEEP TONIGHT ANYWAY. 

[Bear 1817]

I think there's plenty of films out there with no substance whatsoever, and gore doesn't count for substance. Like the Guinea Pig series and The Last House on Dead End Street. I like both, but there's no substance there. It's made to shock and make people believe it's real. There's not more to any of them than that.

 

 

Yeah, it's jut as with music. Things changes. Thing you liked 10 years ago might suck now, and things you hate 10 years ago may be masterpieces now. We change so much over the years that our views on things changes as well. This is why I like to re-visit albums and films that I loved or hated as younger, to see how much I've changed since then. It's always fun. Sometimes it means destroying a good memory, butit's often worth it.

 

 

The good thing about Scream is how it doesn't take itself or the genre serious, and it's never meant to be scary. The film itself is awfully aware of it being a horror film, and plays around with it. However, I don't think it's as unique as many people make it out to be. This had been done many, many times before it did it. Great film, though. #4, which I saw not too long ago, is also great. Was a huge surprise as I had pretty low expectations.

 

 

Yeah, no problem. Heh.

[beni 2149]

I might be a bit too nice when it comes to movies but I try to like any movie I watch. I've never heard of either but The Last House on Dead End Street's title reminds me of The Last House on the Left, which scares the crap out of me.

I should never watch anything where people are the villians, makes me hate humans even more and that's not a very good thing. It tried to shock and make people believe it was real? That reminds me of that recent movie The Devil Inside (2012... oh, time flies), at the end of the movie it gave a website link or something, saying to check out the whole true story. That sounded really cheap to me. And it's got really poor ratings. I love the trailer though. 

Now that I think about it, I think I have a habit of picking some of the worst films. xD But I find ones about people, as I said above, invading your own property, your own home, the scariest. Like The Strangers. I've always wanted to live in the countryside but now, after watching that film, I don't feel safe even in my own home!

 

It's the same with every hobby right? I find that quite sad but exciting, how we'll find and see things differently with time. My mum says I'll understand why she tells me to mute the Japanese bands I listen to when I'm an adult, but I don't want that to happen! xD I get that same feeling with listening to some of my old favourite American/British bands. The love is still there, but it's weird how.. detached we get with things.

 

Well they got that wrong! The opening scene is one of the scariest horror moments I've ever seen. -.- It's clever, and I never thought it's that big to be honest. Not films like Fight Club and The Matrix which still seems to be popular even now (at least around here). I actually don't hear much about classic horror movies at all so I'm enjoying looking into this genre now, after hiding away from it for so long. I really want to try Eraserhead some day, it looks SO weird! It's the same with every movie with that too right? Most things have been done before, if not everything. It's just the same ideas these days. I feel that way about popular music, nothing's individual anymore to me. While watching Scream, I was curious if they were just playing around with the genre since at moments, it felt like a cheesy comedy. xD I'll have to check out the sequels now then, since I managed the actual parody series.

 

And yeah, re-visiting this thread didn't help again! 

[Bear 1817]

The Last House on Dead End Street was a very low budget (3k) horror film made in the wake of Wes Craven's shocker The Last House on the Left, which is also a low-budget film, but with a budget of 90k. So it's quite a difference, and that can be seen and heard and felt. Wes Craven with a bigger budget, as well as being ten times the director the other guy was. The one you saw is a remake of this.

 

The Strangers are awfully underrated. I really like the film and feels as if it deserves a lot more recognition from people. Great and effective film.

 

Eraserhead is recommended a lot by me, but it's surrealistic and certainly not for everyone. It's simply a bit weird. But if one can handle that kind of films it's a gem.

 

And I think there's a lot of original and unique films being made today. A lot actually. Films like Amer, Berberian Sound Studio, The Stange Colours of Your Body's Tears and to some degree Red Nights feels very original and unique to me. The creators have been getting their main inspiration from gialo, but worked a lot on it to make it something quite different. These might be a bit too weird to people, though, especially the three first. But yeah, unique films. Sometimes style over substance, but I'm fine with that.

[ghost 2686]

Good job facing your fears beni!

Eraser Head's a weird one! It definitely stands out from other films I've seen but it's not one of those movies I've wanted to watch again.

Speaking of chainsaw, i just watched the 'series' up to the 2003 remake and....I dunno, it feels like the series took a turn.

As I mentioned, 2 was great. It expanded upon the events set in the first film and added in some black comedy.

3 was just ok, but there were actually some great parts. Viggo Mortensen's in this! Aragorn, son of Arathorn, king of men and a brother to Elves!

Anywho, I actually watched this in 2 sittings. The first 20 minutes or so kind of bored me. But, the movie gets alot more interesting. There's a cat and mouse-like chase scene in a forest with Leatherface and our protagonists and, surprisingly, the movie gets really suspenseful and had me hooked. There is some crazy family stuff later in the film, but it's not long enough and I wish they added more scenes. I don't want to see a re-hash of the first 2 films, but something extra, I think, would have made the movie even better.

4 is when you start to wonder what's going on with the series. Group of students at prom get entangled with the Leatherface family and craziness ensues. But everything is louder and people are more dramatic. The characters aren't as memorable, the acting from the kids are horribly directed, and Leatherface is changed to be a whiney drag queen.

By the way, Matthew friggen McConaughey and Renee Zellweger are in this. They're the only reason to see this IMO. Everything else just sort of falls flat and nothing is explained.

The 2003 remake bored me. Back then I think I would've had nightmares but it's full of stupid people making bad decisions. The bad guys are always somehow bending the rules like not making any noise when walking (to generate jumps scares) and, in running parts, somehow being right behind the main character despite being blocked by something or stuck or hurt.

For me it's not a matter of "is it 100% faithful to the original" because no it's not. And that's fine with me because this one was made to be different using the original as a springboard for inspiration. All the original elements are there, it's just told differently. So, in a way it's actually a good remake. This movie is a lot darker and delves deeper into the goriness of the situation rather than the mad house family insanity. That being said, it's not too bad (although there's one cringe worthy scene). There are memorable characters like the sheriff and the acting is good.

Maybe a bit outdated but good enough for 1 or 2 spins. I think I'm just conditioned to Michael Bay's directing.

[Lestat 2167]

I feel as if I am running dry on what horror sub-genres I enjoy. I do not quite feel anything for slashers and gore (quite frankly, it is not that I do not enjoy them because of the fright, but I simply do not see the appeal of flying guts and intestines) and am always leaning toward hauntings, possessions and classes related to other demonic ánd angelic entities of any sort. Perhaps I am simply not looking in the right place, but I am having a difficult time finding good titles.

 

Recently I have seen As Above, So Below, (it did actually catch my attention because of the title itself — with me being a BEHEMOTH fan) and it did honestly have me on the edge of my seat (bed). It has been some time I did actually grow anxious about a film and while I have seen relatively bad commentary regarding this title (however, I cannot quite ever find positive commentary on the horror genre on popular movie-collective websites such as IMDB), I do absolutely recommend it to those who have not seen it yet. It is mind-twisting and often confusing yet holds a certain thrill I had not experienced in some time. The idea of being trapped so far underground has always been maddening to me, and especially with this wrenched version of hell I certainly did enjoy myself diffidently.

[ghost 2686]

That's sounds really interesting. 

French movie right?

 

Yeah, I myself am more a fan of paranormal and ghost type movies.

They're really creepy and, depending on the imagery, can really haunt you afterwards. (lookin' at Exorcist and Grudge).

What are some good one's you've seen?

I would recommend some but I have a feeling like you've probably seen all the ones I have +more.

[Lestat 2167]

It's French/English spoken and set in Paris, but it's actually a Legendary Pictures produced picture, thus American.

 

Some good titles... seeing as I cannot seem to find the most underground of underground (and underrated), the ones I'll name are probably already known to you, as well. "The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh", The Dyatlov Pass Incident (Devil's Pass)", "The Quiet Ones", "Devil's Due", "The Unborn", "The Possession of Michael King", "Grace, the Possession", At the Devil's Door", "The Possession", "Shutter", "The Devil Inside", and those are the ones that are highest up on my list of recently watched.

[Bear 1817]

I'm finding great horror titles every day like, both films with and without much blood and/or gore. Both old and new.

[PsychoΔelica 648]

 

Yeah, Martyrs is one fucked up movie. A while after I watched it (first time) I bought it on DVD and, well...... only re-watched it much later. XD So yeah, it's a great movie (one of the best French horror flicks of all time imo) but if you're the type of person it can get under your skin.

Last week I decided to finish watching this movie, even though the first time I tried to, it made me shudder at the gruesome bloody violence scenes, (never do this while you're at work lol) I had to turn it off. But recently I decided to finish it because I got curious to know how it ends. Gotta say it's really one fucked up movie, but it made me think what if something like this could actually happen (some parts of the captivity really made me think of the Holocaust) although the final part was pretty absurd. I was left with a pretty bizzare feeling. To say it was a good movie- no, it was horrible (though in this case I assume the worse the better ). Still can't imagine what a sick freak you have to be to enjoy something like that.  

[Bear 1817]

 

Still can't imagine what a sick freak you have to be to enjoy something like that.  

 

 

I guess I'm a sick freak then. Love that kind of stuff. Kind and sweet childrens school worker during day - sick freak during night.

 

[PsychoΔelica 648]

I guess I'm a sick freak then. Love that kind of stuff. Kind and sweet childrens school worker during day - sick freak during night.

 

You should go out and start shooting people next lol

[Bear 1817]

Yeah, well, no. I'm quite a happy, satisfied fella.

[ghost 2686]

Yup the only one's I've seen are "Shutter" and "The Possession." You win haha.

[Visutox 188]

I feel as if I am running dry on what horror sub-genres I enjoy. I do not quite feel anything for slashers and gore (quite frankly, it is not that I do not enjoy them because of the fright, but I simply do not see the appeal of flying guts and intestines) and am always leaning toward hauntings, possessions and classes related to other demonic ánd angelic entities of any sort. Perhaps I am simply not looking in the right place, but I am having a difficult time finding good titles.

 

Recently I have seen As Above, So Below, (it did actually catch my attention because of the title itself — with me being a BEHEMOTH fan) and it did honestly have me on the edge of my seat (bed). It has been some time I did actually grow anxious about a film and while I have seen relatively bad commentary regarding this title (however, I cannot quite ever find positive commentary on the horror genre on popular movie-collective websites such as IMDB), I do absolutely recommend it to those who have not seen it yet. It is mind-twisting and often confusing yet holds a certain thrill I had not experienced in some time. The idea of being trapped so far underground has always been maddening to me, and especially with this wrenched version of hell I certainly did enjoy myself diffidently.

 

What a fucking coincidence, I just came here to give my feedback about that movie and now I'm noticing that you saw it too, haha. I also gotta admit that the title caught my attention and it made me wanna watch it (boredom was killing me anyway, so I didn't start reading people's opinion on whether it is a good movie or not). I don't usually watch this kind of movies and it kept me really thrilled, It's definitely a great one. The actors are really good at their roles and I really dig the context of the movie, but I especially like how they don't tell us everything about some details and we have to piece some of those elements by our own. So it kinda lets your imagination to fill the undescribed stuff in the movie.

 

I too recommend As Above, So Below to those who still haven't watched it. My rating : 

 

Btw, there are some stuff that I didn't understand in the movie so by googling the title I found a good sort of review/analysis. Contains SPOILERS so watch out and make sure you have watched the movie first before checking this link out. 

[Bear 1817]

The Sacrament - Ti West is, as you've probably gathered, one of my favourite directors from the "new generation" and he's impressed the living shit out of me with The House of the Devil (one of the 10 best horror films ever made!), The Innkeepers and his segment in V/H/S. SO my expectations wasn't exactly low. OK, so we're not getting a new The House of the Devil or The Innkeepers here, but I think The Sacrament is great nonetheless. Yeah, it's unoriginal, predictabe, basic, quite slow, and on top of that the characters are quite weak.That sounds so negative, and it kinda is. But if you ask me, its bright side overshadows its negative ones and makes it highly enjoyable. It's got a charismatic and genuinly creepy Gene Jones as Father, leader of the religious cult, and plenty of atmosphere to wrap your head around.

 

[Bear 1817]

Tell Me Something - Dark and gritty, yet stylish horror-influenced thriller som South-Korea, in the vein of Se7en, but obviously nowhere near as good. It's bloody and violent, which is obviously positive, but it's like Youn-hyun Chang has been getting way too much to work with and isn't sure about how to handle it all, because at the end it gets a bit too messy. The cinematography is great, but there's some awful cuts here and there that ruins the current mood, and that annoyed the living shit out of me. But I did like it for what it is, though, and the atmosphere is great.

 

[Bear 1817]

One Missed Call - Rewatched this ilm with my girlfriend last night, and I have to say it did let me down a bit. It was good, but not as good as I remembered. A bit too long, and some of the special effects are rather poor. Especially the slime-woman who looks like she comes straight outta a 60's z-horror/sci-fi flick. Just doesn't fit the whole mood of the film. I think it actually ruins part od the atmosphere which is a shame. But all in all I like this film, but it is not on par with the best films of the new wave of japanese horror films. Not even close.