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Post by cwsims on Feb 28, 2019 1:38:05 GMT
solo films for Medusa. Cerberus. Kraken. Hydra. etc would make good monster movies!
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Post by lightningcat on Feb 28, 2019 1:42:04 GMT
my guess is because there isnt any real interest in greek mythology outside of areas like Rome. Athens. Greece. etc. Clash Of The Titans & Hercules are probably the closest you'll get to seeing those monsters on the big screen
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Post by Captain Spencer on Feb 28, 2019 2:38:19 GMT
Well there was one made in the 70s called Land Of The Minotaur, and it was even a Greek production. It uses the Greek mythological creature Minotaur; has the head and tail of a bull, but with a human body. I myself haven't seen this one yet so I can't say whether it's good or bad. www.imdb.com/title/tt0074769/ |
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Post by politicidal on Feb 28, 2019 2:49:20 GMT
Every five years, people's interest in classical mythological or sword-and-sandal films are reignited. The last time was back in 2014 where we had a 300 sequel; two Hercules movies; and a Pompei movie. Perhaps it will happen again with that planned Sinbad movie. With Millenium at the helm, what could possibly go wrong?  |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2019 13:27:24 GMT
Every five years, people's interest in classical mythological or sword-and-sandal films are reignited. The last time was back in 2014 where we had a 300 sequel; two Hercules movies; and a Pompei movie. Perhaps it will happen again with that planned Sinbad movie. With Millenium at the helm, what could possibly go wrong? Movies like those end up killing that interest though. If there's a trend like that that actually includes movies people actually like and actually support maybe they'll stick around a little longer. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 28, 2019 13:30:29 GMT
Well there was one made in the 70s called Land Of The Minotaur, and it was even a Greek production. It uses the Greek mythological creature Minotaur; has the head and tail of a bull, but with a human body. I myself haven't seen this one yet so I can't say whether it's good or bad. www.imdb.com/title/tt0074769/I'd never heard of that movie, but the story of the minotaur and the labyrinth could be a good idea for a new movie, horror or otherwise. The basics have been done a lot recently with all the dystopian sort of teen in peril movies, but that might actually help. |
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Post by faustus5 on Feb 28, 2019 15:07:27 GMT
solo films for Medusa. Cerberus. Kraken. Hydra. etc would make good monster movies! There's The Gorgon and two horror films called Medusa for starters. Been on my mind lately since I'm working my way to encountering her in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
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Post by Roberto on Feb 28, 2019 15:46:27 GMT
Good question. No idea.
Immortals (2011) did have some Horror-ish scenes in it though.
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Post by James on Feb 28, 2019 17:42:44 GMT
Those are more for the adventure/fantasy genre I find. Pirates of the Caribbean had the Kraken in the second movie, for instance.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 28, 2019 17:56:17 GMT
As noted above, there was The Gorgon (1964), which was done as a horror film. But it is a surprise that the Minotaur, in particular, hasn’t been used more often.
Pan and Medusa are used for semi-horror purposes in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964). Clash of the Titans could be considered semi-horror, too, I guess. And how about those skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts?
French author Paul Halter has written a mystery-horror series centered around Greek mythology. Halter isn’t a particularly good writer, but adaptations of those might be interesting. I still hope some enterprising filmmaker will end up adapting his Le brouillard rouge (The Crimson Fog, 1988).
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 28, 2019 18:13:12 GMT
Well there was one made in the 70s called Land Of The Minotaur, and it was even a Greek production. It uses the Greek mythological creature Minotaur; has the head and tail of a bull, but with a human body. I myself haven't seen this one yet so I can't say whether it's good or bad. www.imdb.com/title/tt0074769/It's quite bad but nice locations.
Beyond the technical limitations, Greco-Roman stories were not of much interest to Hollywood. It was extremely important to Shakespeare (more so than the Bible).
Harryhausen was lucky since Schneer could convince a reluctant Columbia to finance them.
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Post by biker1 on Feb 28, 2019 21:16:17 GMT
Tom Hardy's first leading role was in minotaur (2006), a British period horror fantasy. I gave it 1/10 - a generous number, but only because that's the lowest rating there is.
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Post by forca84 on Feb 28, 2019 22:29:12 GMT
Ages ago there was a rumor of Stephen King's "Rosemadder" to be made into a movie. I read the book. There were parts involving the Minotaur and the Labyrinth.
In the first Witch season of "American horror story" a Minotaur is in one episode.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 1, 2019 18:21:57 GMT
Tom Hardy's first leading role was in minotaur (2006), a British period horror fantasy. I gave it 1/10 - a generous number, but only because that's the lowest rating there is. SyFy used to air that a lot. *Shudder* |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 2, 2019 5:52:44 GMT
The myths and monsters connected to them are relatively obscure compared to the standard creatures we're all used to seeing from decades of horror movie history.
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