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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2019 16:13:57 GMT
Halloween II
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 11, 2019 2:35:52 GMT
I was going to pick ‘He Knows You’re Alone’, but decided to go with ‘Just Before Dawn’. A very creepy, and menacing backwoods slasher with stunning picturesque locations and unsettling Brad Fiedel score. George Kennedy pops up too.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Mar 11, 2019 7:33:48 GMT
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Mar 11, 2019 10:54:25 GMT
TENEBRE (1982).
Gialli > Slashers.
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Post by simest on Mar 11, 2019 20:14:31 GMT
HALLOWEEN II for me also.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 12, 2019 0:02:26 GMT
It is a hard call and while not generically slasher, it has those undertones, so I would have to go with Psycho II - 83'. My favourite horror movie of 1983, I would say. An impressively sophisticated psychological thriller that serves as a fine example of how horror movie sequels don't have to be carbon copies of the movie that preceded them.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 12, 2019 0:02:51 GMT
I was going to pick ‘He Knows You’re Alone’, but decided to go with ‘Just Before Dawn’. A very creepy, and menacing backwoods slasher with stunning picturesque locations and unsettling Brad Fiedel score. George Kennedy pops up too. I love that poster.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 12, 2019 0:04:01 GMT
TENEBRE (1982). Gialli > Slashers. I couldn't finish it. I tried, but I just couldn't.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 12, 2019 0:06:09 GMT
HALLOWEEN II for me also. Seems to be a popular choice. Can't say I'm surprised, though my own opinion of this movie has diminished greatly over the years. These days, I tend to think Carpenter's 1978 original works best as a standalone.
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Post by simest on Mar 12, 2019 6:09:03 GMT
HALLOWEEN II for me also. Seems to be a popular choice. Can't say I'm surprised, though my own opinion of this movie has diminished greatly over the years. These days, I tend to think Carpenter's 1978 original works best as a standalone. I've always thought Carpenter's original works best as a standalone. As far back as when there was only 2 movies in the series I thought that.
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Post by simest on Mar 12, 2019 6:19:26 GMT
It is a hard call and while not generically slasher, it has those undertones, so I would have to go with Psycho II - 83'. My favourite horror movie of 1983, I would say. An impressively sophisticated psychological thriller that serves as a fine example of how horror movie sequels don't have to be carbon copies of the movie that preceded them. It may not have been a carbon copy of the movie that preceded it - but it was near enough a carbon copy of William Castle's Strait-Jacket. And Strait-Jacket just happened to be penned by none other than Psycho author Robert Bloch.........who was overlooked for the 1983 sequel.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 12, 2019 6:37:57 GMT
My favourite horror movie of 1983, I would say. An impressively sophisticated psychological thriller that serves as a fine example of how horror movie sequels don't have to be carbon copies of the movie that preceded them. It may not have been a carbon copy of the movie that preceded it - but it was near enough a carbon copy of William Castle's Strait-Jacket. And Strait-Jacket just happened to be penned by none other than Psycho author Robert Bloch.........who was overlooked for the 1983 sequel. Interesting.
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 12, 2019 8:55:27 GMT
The Prowler was super gory! I saw it for the first time maybe five years ago. I think it is (from what I have seen) the bloodiest of the early 80s slashers.
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 12, 2019 8:59:46 GMT
I am in the minority, but I have always loved "Terror Train". Also I love the first two "Friday the 13ths". I just watched "Happy Birthday To Me" last night. That was different, maybe even ambitious for the genre.
There are an awful lot of bloody murders in Argento's "Tenebre", 1982. Does that qualify as a slasher? I liked it a lot.
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 12, 2019 9:02:09 GMT
TENEBRE (1982). Gialli > Slashers. I couldn't finish it. I tried, but I just couldn't. Just saw this post. Thanks for the answer. I'm too lazy to go back and try and have my post/question deleted. But, anyway, what was it about "Tenebre" that you could not get into? The narrative is convoluted, but that's the case with every single one of Dario Argento's movies.
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 12, 2019 9:02:56 GMT
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 12, 2019 9:03:58 GMT
I liked the hospital setting in that one.
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 12, 2019 9:12:49 GMT
It is a hard call and while not generically slasher, it has those undertones, so I would have to go with Psycho II - 83'. If that doesn't really rate, I would have to say Happy Birthday To Me - 81'. Also love The Funhouse - 81', Halloween II - 81' and My Bloody Valentine - 81'81', was the best year for slashers. I love "The Funhouse" almost as much as you do, Toasted Cheese. Though I never really considered it a true slasher. I love and am devoted to the slasher genre, but most of the time, the movies themselves aren't usually all that super special or particularly well done, and I would say that Tobe Hooper was a special talent. I thought "The Funhouse" was suspenseful and inventive and quite well-done. Plus, it's got some good humor to go with it. Slashers are usually for slumming and I just thought "The Funhouse" was a cut or two above. Plus, I think of slashers as having several murders, ala "Friday the 13th", though of course that was not the case with either "Terror Train" or "Prom Night" (which gets my vote as lamest slasher of all time) What do you think, Toasted Cheese? And "Motel Hell" (which is obviously not a slasher) is in a class by itself. And then there's "Mother's Day", which I just don't know what to think of. I kind of liked it and there were some interesting observations, but I kind of wanted to take a shower afterwards. Rose Ross was a hoot!
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Post by simest on Mar 12, 2019 11:52:55 GMT
No one seems to have mentioned it yet but I find THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW quite watchable by this genres standards.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 12, 2019 12:55:07 GMT
I have that poster framed. It promises so much more than it actually delivers. Hmm.. I'd say the poster represents the film rather well actually.
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