Results 1 to 13 of 13

Thread: Fav Horror Films

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Genin Boomstick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    I Am Canadian, Eh
    Age
    41
    Posts
    69

    Fav Horror Films

    Ah Halloween the time of pumpkin lobotomies, dressing up like freaks, sugar highs and of course HORROR MOVIES. Being a horror film fanatic I like any type of horror film and I’m interested in what horrors films other people enjoy I’ll start off by listing my fav 5 films.

    1.Evil Dead (1981) – okay you all probably knew I was gonna say this, but seriously this is one of the great horror films.
    2.Texas ChainSaw massacre (1974) – Yes like the original one better then the 2003 remake.
    3.Saw (2004) – First new horror movie in along time that I truly enjoyed watching loved the twisted plot.
    4.The Shining (1980) – In my opinion the best Stephan King book to film movie (Carrie being a close second).
    5.The Thing (1982) – I first saw this in the middle of winter when I was thirteen and it scared the crap out of me.

    Ash"Now listen up, you primitive screwheads. This... is my BOOMstick"

  2. #2
    Genin Bucket's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    PA, USA
    Age
    45
    Posts
    172
    Cube, Poltergeist, The Eye, Gremlins, Event Horizon.

  3. #3
    Awesome user with default custom title UChessmaster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Age
    38
    Posts
    2,561
    the original child`s play trilogy (yes, even the 3rd)

  4. #4
    Hunter Nin Stoopider's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Melbourne Australia
    Posts
    1,649
    I've never really been a great horror fan. I don't find it fun getting shocked all the time. But I do enjoy a great horror movie with a reasonably solid and fun story line.

    iT, Resident Evil

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Stoopider
    I've never really been a great horror fan. I don't find it fun getting shocked all the time. But I do enjoy a great horror movie with a reasonably solid and fun story line.
    Same here.

    I saw Texas ChainSaw massacre (new one) on halloween..I liked it.

    But my all time favorite has to be IT. I saw it when i was like 8...
    Couldn't sleep for a week

  6. #6
    Moderator Emeritus Assertn's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Hollywood
    Age
    41
    Posts
    11,053
    IT kinda made me hate showers, Candyman kinda made me hate mirrors, the Ring kinda made me hate having a tv in my room....
    10/4/04 - 8/20/07

  7. #7
    Moderator Emeritus masamuneehs's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    a fountain pourin' like an avalanche, comin' down the mountain
    Age
    39
    Posts
    3,874
    Best horror film ever? I'd say that's between The Shining and the classic Exorcist. Both of those (along with Hitchcock's Psycho) completely changed that movie genre.

    Honorable mention goes to Rosemary's Baby, another classic.

    Does Aliens count? Cuz it would certainly be my favorite if it does. I really can't stand horror movies, with their cliches and brainless characters and impossibly stupid situations. The modern horror film is the worst, relying on improved makeup and special effects to scare people with more gore while failing to improve on the time honored "spooky music" "startles" and other cores of the genre.

    Candyman scared the freaking shit out of me when I was a little kid. It made me afraid of the dark again... But other than that, all semi-recent horror films have failed to impress me.

    Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".

  8. #8
    Missing Nin el_boss's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    the court of the crimson king
    Age
    39
    Posts
    1,281
    I'm not a huge horror movie fan, I'm more into the mindfuck/thriller/suspense/atmospheric/wtf is going on?!" kind of movies.

    These are some of my favourite "scary" movies.

    Jacob's Ladder, 28 Days Later, The Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Se7en, Psycho and other Hitchcock movies, Ringu, The Ninth Gate, Event Horizon, Saw, Cube, The Descent, Irreversible, Perfect Blue (anime)

    Honorable mention: Alien gave me nightmares for like 2 years when I saw back when I was 8. I even took the legs off my bed so that the aliens couldn't hide under it... hmmm I still haven't seen all of it.

  9. #9
    Jounin samsonlonghair's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Halloween Town
    Age
    39
    Posts
    961
    I'm sorry to say that the Saw movies just don't do it for me. I wasn't impressed.

    I absolutely love The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, Psycho, Se7en, Event Horizon, and M. Those types of psychological movies are great. If you like those movies but you've never seen or heard of "M" you need to watch it. It's the original thriller.

    I had a conversation a long time ago that Ridley Scott's Alien is more a monster movie than a scifi movie. I still think that's true. Aside from being set in space, it's a Monster Movie. There's a group of humans fighting to survive after one of them is transformed into a monster.

    That reminds me, if you haven't seen Lon Chanley Jr. as The Wolf Man, do so.
    "Samsonlonghair - The Defender of the Oppressed And Shunned!" -Kraco

  10. #10
    Yondaime Hokage Psyke's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Sunny Singapore
    Age
    44
    Posts
    3,237
    Definately The Ring. Of course, it's the Japanese original starring Matsushima Nanako, and not the Hollywood version which I though paled in comparision to the classic.
    "Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •