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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 21, 2018 3:18:53 GMT
Very Underrated Movie
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 21, 2018 3:28:29 GMT
I like it. Rush, Famke, and Kattan seem to be having a lot of fun.
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 21, 2018 3:28:51 GMT
Not as good as the Vincent Price one but I still enjoy it a lot.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 21, 2018 3:38:06 GMT
I liked the opening scene;thought it was very creepy and set the right tone. Which the movie promptly throws out. But I did like it better than The Haunting.
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Post by biker1 on Sept 21, 2018 3:56:22 GMT
Now I think on it, you're absolutely correct. I shall change my rating from 1/10 to 2/10.
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Post by novastar6 on Sept 21, 2018 4:20:06 GMT
I was so stoked when we heard about it coming out, my brother and I LOVED the original, and we really had no idea what to expect, hearing it was moved from a mansion to an asylum, ehh, could work, actually watching it, first of all, took over 10 years for me to watch that opening segment in full, that was some nasty %$8@Q)%#*, secondly...it was a good idea, maybe more so in theory than actual practice, but it just didn't really pan out.
That said though, did anybody else catch the references to And Then There Were None and Vincent Price's The Pit and the Pendulum?
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 21, 2018 4:37:09 GMT
I liked the opening scene;thought it was very creepy and set the right tone. Which the movie promptly throws out. But I did like it better than The Haunting. Well it's like the fucking Godfather compared to The Haunting.
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Post by hardball on Sept 21, 2018 6:59:59 GMT
I like this more than the Vincent Price version.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 21, 2018 11:06:40 GMT
I like this more than the Vincent Price version. So Do I!
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 22, 2018 2:33:00 GMT
5/10 Just thought it was OK.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 2:36:06 GMT
It was alright. Sequel was worse.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 22, 2018 6:16:22 GMT
It was alright. Sequel was worse. LOL, I actually thought that the Sequel was okay.
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Post by kingkoopa on Sept 23, 2018 21:08:20 GMT
Jeffrey Combs was more than enough to draw me in. He's an icon and patron of horror not dissimilar to someone like Vincent Price or Robert Englund. Could be biased..."Re-Animator" is an all time favorite of mine.
Also, Famke Janssen was great in this...also 11/10 gorgeous.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 23, 2018 21:23:54 GMT
Jeffrey Combs was more than enough to draw me in. He's an icon and patron of horror not dissimilar to someone like Vincent Price or Robert Englund. Could be biased..."Re-Animator" is an all time favorite of mine. Also, Famke Janssen was great in this...also 11/10 gorgeous. I am hardly what you would call a big fan of the horror genre, but I am a big fan of Jeffrey Combs.
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Post by kingkoopa on Sept 23, 2018 21:40:38 GMT
Jeffrey Combs was more than enough to draw me in. He's an icon and patron of horror not dissimilar to someone like Vincent Price or Robert Englund. Could be biased..."Re-Animator" is an all time favorite of mine. Also, Famke Janssen was great in this...also 11/10 gorgeous. I am hardly what you would call a big fan of the horror genre, but I am a big fan of Jeffrey Combs. Agreed. Modern shock-horror (I have a strong stomach but the recent "Terrifier" pushed my limits with some pretty serious gore) isn't my thing, but I have a soft spot for the more kitschy sci-fi/horror releases. Actors like Jeffrey Combs, Robert Englund, and the illustrious Bruce Campbell always seem like they're having so much fun in their roles...which often carry a heavy dose of absurdity at the end of the day. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee may be at home in a list of earlier actors who fit here. I'd also give an arm or a leg to hang out with Rod Serling. I'm by no means an actor or acting coach, but there's a handful of actors who really embrace their fantastical characters believably, but with a sort of sense of humor. Combs absolutely nails this. I've never seen him in anything he wasn't a lot of fun to watch.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 23, 2018 21:43:01 GMT
I am hardly what you would call a big fan of the horror genre, but I am a big fan of Jeffrey Combs. Agreed. Modern shock-horror (I have a strong stomach but the recent "Terrifier" pushed my limits with some pretty serious gore) isn't my thing, but I have a soft spot for the more kitschy sci-fi/horror releases. Actors like Jeffrey Combs, Robert Englund, and the illustrious Bruce Campbell always seem like they're having so much fun in their roles...which often carry a heavy dose of absurdity at the end of the day. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee may be at home in a list of earlier actors who fit here. I'm by no means an actor or acting coach, but there's a handful of actors who really embrace their fantastical characters believably, but with a sort of sense of humor. Combs absolutely nails this. I've never seen him in anything he wasn't a lot of fun to watch. Don't forget about Brad Douriff and the old school horror greats like Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
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Post by kingkoopa on Sept 23, 2018 21:48:59 GMT
Agreed. Modern shock-horror (I have a strong stomach but the recent "Terrifier" pushed my limits with some pretty serious gore) isn't my thing, but I have a soft spot for the more kitschy sci-fi/horror releases. Actors like Jeffrey Combs, Robert Englund, and the illustrious Bruce Campbell always seem like they're having so much fun in their roles...which often carry a heavy dose of absurdity at the end of the day. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee may be at home in a list of earlier actors who fit here. I'm by no means an actor or acting coach, but there's a handful of actors who really embrace their fantastical characters believably, but with a sort of sense of humor. Combs absolutely nails this. I've never seen him in anything he wasn't a lot of fun to watch. Don't forget about Brad Douriff and the old school horror greats like Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Dude, yes, with Brad Douriff! I've never really seen a movie that makes my skin crawl, and while Chucky is not exactly an intimidating movie-monster, Douriff's voice is what sells it. Horror is sometimes passed over, but his voice work in that role is up there with Mel Blanc and the legends of voice acting. He makes "My Buddy" scary...that's a hell of a thing to be able to do. In "Child's Play 2" when he threatens to cut the kids legs off. That gives me the willies to this day, as a 40-whatever. Voices always scared me more than gore. Douriff and Doug Bradley (of 'Hellraiser') were the kings.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 23, 2018 21:53:21 GMT
Don't forget about Brad Douriff and the old school horror greats like Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Dude, yes, with Brad Douriff! I've never really seen a movie that makes my skin crawl, and while Chucky is not exactly an intimidating movie-monster, Douriff's voice is what sells it. Horror is sometimes passed over, but his voice work in that role is up there with Mel Blanc and the legends of voice acting. He makes "My Buddy" scary...that's a hell of a thing to be able to do. In "Child's Play 2" when he threatens to cut the kids legs off. That gives me the willies to this day, as a 40-whatever. Voices always scared me more than gore. Douriff and Doug Bradley (of 'Hellraiser') were the kings. Yup, Douriff's voice-work as Chucky is fantastic.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 25, 2018 14:42:45 GMT
What does everybody else here think ?
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Post by novastar6 on Aug 7, 2020 23:19:36 GMT
What does everybody else here think ?
Been a long time since we talked about this one.
I just rewatched it again the other day and I really have a newfound love for this version, it's flawed, it has its problems, but compared to the crap they would do now, it's actually a pretty decent attempt at updating the story for 90's audiences...and it's so painfully 90s, isn't it? Especially the way Melissa Marr dresses, and her camera, if nothing else, THAT dates the movie.
Watching it again though, SO many questions occur to you that there aren't answers for, but there's a need to ask them anyway. Exactly what is 'the darkness'? Who's running it? It's ALL the ghosts, but who's the driving force? The patients? The staff? It wanted everybody who was responsible, everybody descended from who was responsible...for that matter, did the camera guy and Blackburn become part of the darkness too since they had no part in it?
HOW did Blackburn get invited? He would've been on Evelyn's list which was shredded.
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