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Post by movieliker on Oct 31, 2020 14:29:26 GMT
What is the scariest movie you've ever seen? Mine is the original "The Exorcist" with Linda Blair. My favorite outer space horror movie is the first "Alien" with Sigourney Weaver. Cult Movies/Movies about the Devil are the only ones that scare me
The Wicker Man (original) The VVitch Midsommar Heredity Lords of Salem
99% of people won't find these 'scary' per se - I'm a pretty spiritual person - the movies above gave me a real uneasy feel
Scariest that I love and watch over and over? Probably The Blair Witch Project (which a lot of other people don't find scary either)
I enjoyed 'The Exorcist' but I'm one of the few who regards III better - one of my favorite movies.
The Shining and Jaws are two of my favorite movies as well - they terrified me but I'll stick with Blair Witch
Alien is great. I enjoyed III, Alien: Covenant and the AvP movies for kicks
Believe it or not, I have the soundtrack to "The Shining" on vinyl. I love the part where Jack Nicholson says, "Here's Johnny !!!" I never saw "Alien 3". I thought "Aliens" (Alien 2) was pretty good. Except for that stupid guy that kept saying, "We're all gonna die man !!!" How about "Candyman"?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 31, 2020 14:47:09 GMT
Believe it or not, I have the soundtrack to "The Shining" on vinyl. I love the part where Jack Nicholson says, "Here's Johnny !!!" I never saw "Alien 3". I thought "Aliens" (Alien 2) was pretty good. Except for that stupid guy that kept saying, "We're all gonna die man !!!" How about "Candyman"? Candyman is a cult classic amongst a lot of horror fans.
Truth be told - I didn't enjoy it.
Bought it for like $4.99 based on all the reviews on the old IMDB and numerous horror board fans enjoying it- gave it a watch and was kind of 'Meh' to me.
Buried somewhere in storage - but truth be told - when I gave it a watch - those were in my heavy beer drinking days - I probably wasn't giving it my full attention.
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Post by movieliker on Oct 31, 2020 14:49:16 GMT
Believe it or not, I have the soundtrack to "The Shining" on vinyl. I love the part where Jack Nicholson says, "Here's Johnny !!!" I never saw "Alien 3". I thought "Aliens" (Alien 2) was pretty good. Except for that stupid guy that kept saying, "We're all gonna die man !!!" How about "Candyman"? Candyman is a cult classic amongst a lot of horror fans.
Truth be told - I didn't enjoy it.
Bought it for like $4.99 based on all the reviews on the old IMDB and numerous horror board fans enjoying it- gave it a watch and was kind of 'Meh' to me.
Buried somewhere in storage - but truth be told - when I gave it a watch - those were in my heavy beer drinking days - I probably wasn't giving it my full attention. Ha ha ha . . . I didn't like it either. I was just in love with Virginia Madsen. She was good in "Sideways" too.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 31, 2020 14:56:42 GMT
Candyman is a cult classic amongst a lot of horror fans.
Truth be told - I didn't enjoy it.
Bought it for like $4.99 based on all the reviews on the old IMDB and numerous horror board fans enjoying it- gave it a watch and was kind of 'Meh' to me.
Buried somewhere in storage - but truth be told - when I gave it a watch - those were in my heavy beer drinking days - I probably wasn't giving it my full attention. Ha ha ha . . . I didn't like it either. I was just in love with Virginia Madsen. She was good in "Sideways" too.
Love Sideways
One of my favorite movies
Own it. Love it.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 31, 2020 15:09:50 GMT
Believe it or not, I have the soundtrack to "The Shining" on vinyl. I love the part where Jack Nicholson says, "Here's Johnny !!!" I never saw "Alien 3". I thought "Aliens" (Alien 2) was pretty good. Except for that stupid guy that kept saying, "We're all gonna die man !!!" How about "Candyman"? Candyman is a cult classic amongst a lot of horror fans. Truth be told - I didn't enjoy it. Bought it for like $4.99 based on all the reviews on the old IMDB and numerous horror board fans enjoying it- gave it a watch and was kind of 'Meh' to me. Buried somewhere in storage - but truth be told - when I gave it a watch - those were in my heavy beer drinking days - I probably wasn't giving it my full attention. I really like the original. It has a really well-crafted and palpable sense of foreboding, and Tony Todd is an excellent villain. He's equal parts menacing and tragic, it's really effective. You may want to try to watching it and not doing 6 others things at the same time Last night, I watched this indie horror called Butterfly Kisses (2028) that I read a bunch of good things about and had seen recommended in a few places. On "little known gems" types of lists from people whose opinions I generally respect. I wasn't a fan. I'm a sucker for found footage, but the truth is so many of them are awful. This one suffers mostly because the main character is such an antagonistic asshole whose motivations are bullshit and contrived, he's a prick to everyone around him, and he's just an unlikeable douche. If I don't care if you die, or worse, if I'm actively rooting for it, then the whole movie falls apart. Anyway, hard pass on this one.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 1, 2020 13:17:55 GMT
With the death of Sean Connery yesterday, I just had to watch one of his movies in his honour. My initial choice was Dr. No, the movie that arguably made him into the icon he later became - but I didn’t feel much like it. Then I thought of Outland, which was probably the first movie I saw him in and which I loved. I thought of The Rock and Untouchables and The Name of the Rose, all of which I have been meaning to rewatch at some point. Finally I settled on a movie that is famous for all the wrong reasons: Zardoz. I bought it from a bargain bin many years ago, without knowing of its reputation, but I had never watched it.
Wow! What an astoundingly bad movie! How the hell did it ever get made? John Boorman, who wrote, produced and directed it (well, I guess that explains why nobody was able to tell him that this was a terrible idea) complained that he had a small budget, one million dollars, of which two hundred thousand went to pay Sean Connery’s salary - but a) I don’t think that was such a small budget back in the 70s, and b) the problem with the movie is not that it as cheaply made, it is the crappy screenplay!
Anyway, I hope Sir Sean won’t hold it against me that I chose what is surely his worst movie to honour him!
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 1, 2020 17:20:14 GMT
Halloween Marathon going on AMC still - on until 8pm Why not. Oct 31 - Nov 2 is considered the 'Days of the Dead'
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 1, 2020 23:01:00 GMT
Halloween - AMC - the original - just starting
Let's Do It.
Then it's time to get in Turkey Day Mode
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 2, 2020 12:41:09 GMT
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 2, 2020 15:25:26 GMT
On Saturday night, I got good and toasted and watched Peninsula (2020), which is apparently officially called "Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula," which suggests that they'll keep churning out entries. If you had told me that they were doing some sort of expanded universe shit before watching Peninsula, I'd have been downright giddy. Train to Busan was excellent, probably the best zombie movie since 28 Days Later (sue me, I called them zombies) and I've been excited for this to come out since they announced it. Unfortunately, they abandoned everything that worked in the original, and instead opted for catoonish villains, idiotically elaborate set pieces, forced melodrama instead of carefully curated characterizations and a weird tone. Plus it was a half hour too long. In the original, the characters had to use their wits, had to strategize as to how to maneuver in a world overrun by the undead. In this one, the undead are everywhere but they're barely a threat. Our heroes are basically able to make head shots that would make historically great marksmen blush, have infinite ammo unlocked, and they drive cars as if they're playing a video game with god mode turned on. It gets rather tedious pretty quickly and about 25 minutes of the movie is devoted to characters (some of them children) able to drive around at top speed in a world with zombies and abandoned cars everywhere with ease, make pin point turns into air tight alleyways that they see from 1/4 mile out using spidey sense, and magically repair any damage using telekinesis. My first thought after seeing it was just of disappointment, telling myself there were parts I liked. About 36 hours later, I can't even think of the parts I liked.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Nov 2, 2020 17:33:42 GMT
On Saturday night, I got good and toasted and watched Peninsula (2020), which is apparently officially called "Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula," which suggests that they'll keep churning out entries. If you had told me that they were doing some sort of expanded universe shit before watching Peninsula, I'd have been downright giddy. Train to Busan was excellent, probably the best zombie movie since 28 Days Later (sue me, I called them zombies) and I've been excited for this to come out since they announced it. Unfortunately, they abandoned everything that worked in the original, and instead opted for catoonish villains, idiotically elaborate set pieces, forced melodrama instead of carefully curated characterizations and a weird tone. Plus it was a half hour too long. In the original, the characters had to use their wits, had to strategize as to how to maneuver in a world overrun by the undead. In this one, the undead are everywhere but they're barely a threat. Our heroes are basically able to make head shots that would make historically great marksmen blush, have infinite ammo unlocked, and they drive cars as if they're playing a video game with god mode turned on. It gets rather tedious pretty quickly and about 25 minutes of the movie is devoted to characters (some of them children) able to drive around at top speed in a world with zombies and abandoned cars everywhere with ease, make pin point turns into air tight alleyways that they see from 1/4 mile out using spidey sense, and magically repair any damage using telekinesis. My first thought after seeing it was just of disappointment, telling myself there were parts I liked. About 36 hours later, I can't even think of the parts I liked. This was one of the movies I was able to see in theatres (IMAX no less) during the brief time theatres were open here in the summer. Like you, I had great expectations for it, having loved “Train to Busan” (if I ever go to Korea again, a train ride from Seoul to Busan will just HAVE to be a part of the trip). I liked the premise of “Peninsula” but I agree with all your negative points. I still enjoyed the thrill ride though.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 3, 2020 9:26:13 GMT
It's A Wonderful Life
Greatest Christmas Movie . . . . Ever
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Post by Aj_June on Nov 3, 2020 9:59:22 GMT
It's A Wonderful Life Greatest Christmas Movie . . . . Ever I agree, it is awesome. And Jimmy Stewart is my fav superstar of all-time. What about Die Hard though? I have grown to like John McClane a lot.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Nov 3, 2020 11:12:23 GMT
Although both set at Christmas time, I consider Die Hard 2 the more festive edition. Due to the snow.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 3, 2020 13:28:53 GMT
It's A Wonderful Life Greatest Christmas Movie . . . . Ever I agree, it is awesome. And Jimmy Stewart is my fav superstar of all-time. What about Die Hard though? I have grown to like John McClane a lot. As far as Christmas movies - I typically go -
1. It's A Wonderful Life 2. Die Hard 3. A Christmas Carol (pick your version - they're all great - I love the Black & White one) 4. Elf 5. Lethal Weapon
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Post by masterofallgoons on Nov 3, 2020 13:41:09 GMT
I agree, it is awesome. And Jimmy Stewart is my fav superstar of all-time. What about Die Hard though? I have grown to like John McClane a lot. As far as Christmas movies - I typically go -
1. It's A Wonderful Life 2. Die Hard 3. A Christmas Carol (pick your version - they're all great - I love the Black & White one) 4. Elf 5. Lethal Weapon
Which black and white Christmas Carol? My dad's fave was 1951 with Alistair Sim, so that's my default.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 3, 2020 13:42:39 GMT
As far as Christmas movies - I typically go -
1. It's A Wonderful Life 2. Die Hard 3. A Christmas Carol (pick your version - they're all great - I love the Black & White one) 4. Elf 5. Lethal Weapon
Which black and white Christmas Carol? My dad's fave was 1951 with Alistair Sim, so that's my default. that one....
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 3, 2020 13:55:01 GMT
I rewatched The Crow (1994) on Friday. I watch it every couple of years and come to the same conclusion: it's dying for a remake, but I'm afraid it would lose its charm. The film bleeds 90s, it puts such effort into incorporating its soundtrack (which I had on cassette and listened to death back in the day) that is features multiple scenes of bands playing in the villain's night club. The direction and cinematography are rather poor, which is unfortunate because they were really going for an aesthetic here. Every once in a while you caught glimpse of a decent shot, or what could've been an incredibly framed scene, but it was always just out of reach of the director.
The story is a fantastic blend of action and melancholy that would be well suited for October even if the events didn't take place around Halloween. The mysticism takes center stage over the action for the most part, but every scene where Eric confronts one of his killers is gold. The writing and editing in those scenes in particular is awesome, every side character (and I mean every one) in this film is memorable in some way. The dialog is off the charts, the script takes snark and sarcasm to a whole new level. Michael Wincott takes it over the top as the lead villain, but somehow with the tone and the themes of the film, it still works. It enhances the final product instead of becoming distracting. As a whole, the film is highly quotable (or is it that I saw this movie when I was much more apt to go around quoting movies constantly?). Either way it's great.
Circling back to the potential remake, there was one in the works for a while apparently, but as is often the case with these projects, they couldn't pull it together. I'm on the fence. On the one hand, they could use a better director and honestly a bigger budget for establishing an atmosphere all its own, and they could lose the overreliance on pop music of the day-- to help establish a tone and cash in at the same time-- because that's what dated the movie the most. But the fun of the flick is the character interaction. All that dialog, those great confrontations between adversaries or Ernie Hudson's character and Eric, all that stuff would be lost as someone put their own stamp on the story. I don't know that another writer could recreate the mood they were going for with this story. It was the early 90s, angst was the zeitgeist. (What better time to be a teenager?)
And of course a remake wouldn't have the mystique of the original. Brandon Lee, son of the legendary Bruce (who himself died mysteriously while filming Game of Death), also dies filming a movie, ironically about a man who is murdered and comes back to life. I'm not sure films come with more spiritual baggage than that, and it cannot be duplicated. All of this stuff keeps it high on my list of favorites even if overall the production quality isn't the greatest, it suffers from weak direction and the little girl is a flat out lousy actress. Despite being so of its time, the movie never gets old, and I guess it doesn't need a remake because it'll always be a fun little piece of nostalgia for me.
(And we won't get into how James O'Barr, writer of the Crow comics, probably ripped off The Wraith (1986); also among my favorites by the way, but in the 'good bad movie' category. Both stories are about a young man who is killed by a gang and comes back for revenge on his killers, one by one. The Wraith has goons named Skank, Gutter Boy, and Minty. The Crow has goons named Skank, Fun Boy, and Tin Tin. The Wraith revolves around street racing in a small desert town whereas The Crow is a kind of alternative gangster story in an urban setting, but the similarities are eerie. I recommend both films; again, The Crow for legitimate entertainment and The Wraith as more of an unintentional comedy, though I suppose both are time capsules of their respective eras. The Wraith is worth seeing for a prime Sherilyn Fenn alone.)
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 3, 2020 14:08:20 GMT
Great movie.
Loved this scene -
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 3, 2020 14:24:37 GMT
I rewatched The Crow (1994) on Friday. I watch it every couple of years and come to the same conclusion: it's dying for a remake, but I'm afraid it would lose its charm. The film bleeds 90s, it puts such effort into incorporating its soundtrack (which I had on cassette and listened to death back in the day) that is features multiple scenes of bands playing in the villain's night club. The direction and cinematography are rather poor, which is unfortunate because they were really going for an aesthetic here. Every once in a while you caught glimpse of a decent shot, or what could've been an incredibly framed scene, but it was always just out of reach of the director. The story is a fantastic blend of action and melancholy that would be well suited for October even if the events didn't take place around Halloween. The mysticism takes center stage over the action for the most part, but every scene where Eric confronts one of his killers is gold. The writing and editing in those scenes in particular is awesome, every side character (and I mean every one) in this film is memorable in some way. The dialog is off the charts, the script takes snark and sarcasm to a whole new level. Michael Wincott takes it over the top as the lead villain, but somehow with the tone and the themes of the film, it still works. It enhances the final product instead of becoming distracting. As a whole, the film is highly quotable (or is it that I saw this movie when I was much more apt to go around quoting movies constantly?). Either way it's great. Circling back to the potential remake, there was one in the works for a while apparently, but as is often the case with these projects, they couldn't pull it together. I'm on the fence. On the one hand, they could use a better director and honestly a bigger budget for establishing an atmosphere all its own, and they could lose the overreliance on pop music of the day-- to help establish a tone and cash in at the same time-- because that's what dated the movie the most. But the fun of the flick is the character interaction. All that dialog, those great confrontations between adversaries or Ernie Hudson's character and Eric, all that stuff would be lost as someone put their own stamp on the story. I don't know that another writer could recreate the mood they were going for with this story. It was the early 90s, angst was the zeitgeist. (What better time to be a teenager?) And of course a remake wouldn't have the mystique of the original. Brandon Lee, son of the legendary Bruce (who himself died mysteriously while filming Game of Death), also dies filming a movie, ironically about a man who is murdered and comes back to life. I'm not sure films come with more spiritual baggage than that, and it cannot be duplicated. All of this stuff keeps it high on my list of favorites even if overall the production quality isn't the greatest, it suffers from weak direction and the little girl is a flat out lousy actress. Despite being so of its time, the movie never gets old, and I guess it doesn't need a remake because it'll always be a fun little piece of nostalgia for me. (And we won't get into how James O'Barr, writer of the Crow comics, probably ripped off The Wraith (1986); also among my favorites by the way, but in the 'good bad movie' category. Both stories are about a young man who is killed by a gang and comes back for revenge on his killers, one by one. The Wraith has goons named Skank, Gutter Boy, and Minty. The Crow has goons named Skank, Fun Boy, and Tin Tin. The Wraith revolves around street racing in a small desert town whereas The Crow is a kind of alternative gangster story in an urban setting, but the similarities are eerie. I recommend both films; again, The Crow for legitimate entertainment and The Wraith as more of an unintentional comedy, though I suppose both are time capsules of their respective eras. The Wraith is worth seeing for a prime Sherilyn Fenn alone.) GREAT write-up! Well done dude. I watched this maybe two years or so ago, after having not seen it for a good 15 years. It held up better than I thought it would and as you pointed out, it's loaded with great supporting characters. Michael Wincott (one of the greatest voices in movies!), David Patrick Kelly (a personal favorite), Jon Polito, Tony Todd (another personal favorite) and Michael Massey whose life and career derailed in some ways after the shooting incident as he felt responsible for it. Can you imagine having to carry that around with you for the rest of your life? Ugh. Anyway, I hear you on the music. In some ways, watching it is what made me feel nostalgic for those days as I was in high school at the time but it's true it really takes away the timelessness of the movie as the music of the day is so integral to this movie.
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