chrisbaxter
Feb 13 2007, 11:57 AM
my favourite horrormovie is
John Carpentor's Pettyboyflow, I find it to be a sublime and underestimated work of stark genius, how about you?
The Telltale Heart
Feb 13 2007, 07:16 PM
Hindi Vamps is a great mordern contemporrary horror tale about Hindi Vampireesses. they go around their innoent little village and cause some dastrerddy deeds gentlemen!!! it is wahat led dicretly to my interest... both in film terms and sexually of vampires.
beeeeeeaaaaaaautiful cinematotography... s'pecially in those nudie scenes!!!
bless vishnu.
SEENOEVIL
Feb 15 2007, 01:14 AM
Ok, all time favourite horror movies, of all time, ever made, EVER:
10. Shivers - An early outing for David Cronenberg way back in 1975. Little creepy crawlies that posses it's host and make them kill people. Ok, its a sort of zombie flick, but instead of getting bitten, they get crab/slug thingys attached to the. Very basic, but good all the same. A clear indication of what was to come from the Cronenmeister.
9. Audition - Only in here due to the fact that it is truely the only film that has messed with my head, body and soul for the last ten years. I fear needles, so this Takeshi Miike effort was really a BAD idea. Kiri! Kiri! Kiri! Kiri!... AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
8. The Blair Witch Project - Loads of people knock it, but I stand by it 100%. I was lucky enough to see it well before all the hype reached these shores, so I had virtually no idea of what to expect. Needless to say, it scared the pants off me. Just goes to show that you don't need megabucks to be scary. Oh yeah, said pants were never found.
7. The Leggend Of Boggy Creek - I have not seen this film since I was a kid, but I remember it scaring the bejesus out of me back then. The 'Based on true events' got me as I had a pretty active imagination as a kid, so those few words made it all the more scary. I haven't gone back to watch this yet, not because I fear it would still scare me, but because I'm worried that my memory of this film will be tainted. Having said this, I saw the sequel a few years back, saying its not very good is being very kind.
6. Ringu - Come on, admit it, you found it as creepy as I did upon your first viewing. In this list not so much because of the scare factor, but because of its originality, a great update of the classic ghost story/urban legend. Although it opened the doors to a slew of Asian horrors here in the West, this is still the bench mark for all others to be judged.
5. Prince Of Darkness - John Carpenter before he went a bit, well, crap. This is often overlooked in the JC back catalogue, but well worth a watch. The Devil, The Church, oodles of science, plus, you'll never look at a mirror in the same way again.
4. Jaws - My sadistic father thought it would be a good idea to show this to me when I was six. Needless to say, it gave me nightmares, for years. Having said that, it is now an ambition of mine to cage dive so I can see a Great White up close, so I couldn't have found it that traumatic. One of the few that is as good today as it was upon its release.
3. Night Of The Living Dead - A few years ago I would have said Dawn Of The Dead was my favourite ...Dead movie, but the more I watch this 1968 original, the more I have come to appreciate how much it really set the rules when it comes to zombie films. So simple yet so beautiful. 'They're coming to get you Barbara!', too freakin' right they are.
2. Halloween - Up until the release of The Blair Witch Project, this was the biggest grossing indie film in movie history, and deservedly so. The sequels may have tainted the aura of this gem of a frightfest, but with each and every re-visit it just gets better and better. The mask, the knife, the music, all now apart of modern horrror movie folklore, and without it we would never have seen...
1. The Thing (1982) - Ok, I'm not ashamed to admit that I love John Carpenter movies. They Live!, The Fog, Big Trouble In Little China, but for me, the daddy of them all has to be The Thing. The sense of paranoia coupled with the remote location make this an absolute must if you call yourself a horror fan. Lets just hope that the much mooted prequel is never actually made. Perfect in just about every way.
tgoforth1984
Mar 8 2007, 10:46 PM
Some of my favorites are Silent Hill, The Hills Have Eyes, Queen of the Damned, and John Carpenter's Vampires
The Mighty Celestial
May 29 2008, 06:02 AM
&First of all, movies don't scare me easily. A few did when I was a kid, but not anymore now as an adult. Therefor, I rarely watch 'em with the idea that I'm going to get frightened in any way. These days, I just judge 'em based soley on the quality of entertainment that I get from the story, art direction, acting, blah blah blah....
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre - This movie's story came off as very genuine. While most horrors tend to want the viewer say things to the screen like "Idiot! Run outside, not to the upstairs!" or"Don't go in there, you moron!", this movie actually made the situation of the onscreen victims seem logistically believable. Therefor, their fright inevitable demise doesn't come off as deserving as those characters in other films who make one feel that their stupidity justified thier grisly end. This film story's intent was aimed at making the observer feel the fear thru the fear of the victim, not just thru the idea of a mad demonic slash-object-wielding maniac.
4. Silence Of The Lambs - Fava beans & Chianti? Pffft! When it comes to human carcasses, I'm more of meat & potatoes guy, myself.
3. Night Of The Living Dead - This was almost the "Blair Witch Project" of it's time. It has a very documentary feel to it. And to my mind, it was the first time I had ever seen the idea of zombies as truly scary.
2. Blair Witch Project - As I said before, I really can't get scared from movies anymore. Especially, if there's a monster or a Jason/Freddy/Michael Myers involved. The minute I see any of these guys, I am instantly reminded that I'm watching a movie, thereby negating any chance of being frightened anymore. Blair Witch tried to come as close to reality as any horror movie could. Making it seem like this could actually happen. Plus, we never saw the witch. And as it has been stated many times over centuries, "The greatest fear is that of the unknown". This movie, while it still didn't scare me, it came as close as it possibly could at this point in my life. Something that I can't ever see happening much again.
1. Exorcist - I saw a preview of this as a kid, where the girl was on the bed as it shook. That night, I was scared as hell to go upstairs to my f#ckin' bedroom.
That f#ckin' movie.......