The Horror Thread - Part 1

[redhawk23]

Since I worked the midnight shift at the information desk in my college's student center, I got to pick today's fun fact.

I believe that count is still accurate, I never saw the F13 remake though.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Wife just went to bed, so I'm on my own for the rest of the night. Just decided to watch the original I Spit on Your Grave on Netflix. Never seen it before. We'll see how this goes.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I enjoyed RZ's Halloween very much. I don't know, I just like seeing other people's interpretations of stories we already know. I was alright with the whole white trash thing. I myself have had ideas for doing reimaginings of characters and stories we already know. That's why I actually kinda like remakes.

 

[Lighthouse]

Ok, I need to ask, cause I don't understand. What is the appeal of Ti West films? He's lauded by critics and fans a like, but I am totally mystified by the love of his films. "House of the Devil" was really good slow burn for the first half, but totally fails in the second half. "The Innkeepers".....wow, I have no idea why anyone likes that film. The entire movie is ALL slowburn with pretty much no payoff. It's a horror film for people who don't like to be scared. Can someone explain what it is about his work that appeals to them?

 

[TheDreamMaster]

So I'm watching Area 407, the crappy first film to a crappy second film coming out that is ripping footage from The Lost World: Jurassic Park. I'm about 5 minutes in and I don't think I can take this for an hour and a half. Probably gonna skip around till I see dinosaurs. Being a found footage film though, I can only guess I won't see much of them anyway.

 

[Heretic]

Ok, I need to ask, cause I don't understand. What is the appeal of Ti West films? He's lauded by critics and fans a like, but I am totally mystified by the love of his films. "House of the Devil" was really good slow burn for the first half, but totally fails in the second half. "The Innkeepers".....wow, I have no idea why anyone likes that film. The entire movie is ALL slowburn with pretty much no payoff. It's a horror film for people who don't like to be scared. Can someone explain what it is about his work that appeals to them?

I don't mind a slow burning Horror. You probably aren't going to scare me, so you might as well create a creepy or weird atmosphere instead. That said, I do feel like House of the Devil went astray as the end came along. Haven't seen the Innkeepers.

However, I think about House of the Devil almost every day since I see the lead actress on tv in those Subway, Kit Kat etc commercials. I hear she's also in Insidious 2, but I'll be seeing that on DVD since I didn't like the first one.

 

[Thundarr]

I enjoyed RZ's Halloween very much. I don't know, I just like seeing other people's interpretations of stories we already know. I was alright with the whole white trash thing. I myself have had ideas for doing reimaginings of characters and stories we already know. That's why I actually kinda like remakes.

To me, the whole White Trash thing made the character of Michael Myers far less frightening. But to each his own.

 

[jonathancrane]

The Shape was well ruined before the white trash subplot with the crappy Pagan cult and relative purging plots.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I believe the first film should have been a standalone feature.

 

[66 Face]

I enjoyed RZ's Halloween very much. I don't know, I just like seeing other people's interpretations of stories we already know. I was alright with the whole white trash thing. I myself have had ideas for doing reimaginings of characters and stories we already know. That's why I actually kinda like remakes.

I didn't mind them but I don't like when a director feels the need to explain everything.

Sometimes just being unexplainably crazy or something we can't even think of is perfectly well and good.

Also gotta agree about the Ti West movies. Its like he gets a good thing going and then his movies fall a little flat.

I don't even want to bring up Wan... I can't stand that guys movies.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

To me, the whole White Trash thing made the character of Michael Myers far less frightening. But to each his own.

I want The Shape to stay The Shape no matter what his backstory is and in my eyes Zombie failed at that, he humanized Michael Myers which misses the point of the character completely.

He mad him into Leatherface, Zombie should of went and remade TCM if he wanted to rip it off so badly.

 

[StarLord]

If anything ruined them, it was his wife.

I liked parts of the first one, but the second one was utter nonsense.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I don't know why, but I've decided to watch Seed of Chucky.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I don't know why, but I've decided to watch Seed of Chucky.

Because Redman.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I've added a bunch of movies on my Blockbuster Queue. I've decided to go all out this year. Usually I just watch whatever is on TV, this time I'm renting a lot of movies. It should be fun.

 

[Heretic]

Insidious 2 is opening HUGE...with a 20 million dollar Friday and an expected 43 million dollar weekend (its budget was 5 million). This is DOUBLE what the studio expected, and if the numbers hold up, this will be the biggest debut of any movie that has ever opened in September. The Purge did really well too...so this studio is on fire right now...making mega-bank on tiny budgets (The Purge made 85 million worldwide off of a 3 million budget). Add in the mega-success of The Conjuring (which I also get mixed up and assume is from the same studio, but apparently its not), Mama and a few others that did well and Horror is having one of its best years in a long, long time.

 

[Thundarr]

I want The Shape to stay The Shape no matter what his backstory is and in my eyes Zombie failed at that, he humanized Michael Myers which misses the point of the character completely.

He mad him into Leatherface, Zombie should of went and remade TCM if he wanted to rip it off so badly.

Oh, I agree 1000%. I'm just not going to waste time arguing over it with others on this thread. After all, everyone has their own opinions. And opinions, by their very nature, are never wrong. I might disagree with them, or even think their stupid, but I won't go so far as to say they're wrong. They're just opinions.

To me, Michael Myers was scariest when he was at his most mysterious. When he was The Shape. Rob Zombie's grunting, inbred, redneck Michael Myers was just Leatherface without the chainsaw.

I agree with you. If RZ wanted to remake TCM, then he should've dropped the pretense and just call his Halloween movies TCM 1 & 2.

 

[redhawk23]

The Shape was well ruined before the white trash subplot with the crappy Pagan cult and relative purging plots.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I believe the first film should have been a standalone feature.

It was intended as one and it makes 0 sense there were ever any more films centered around him, regardless of quality.

 

[redhawk23]

Insidious 2 is opening HUGE...with a 20 million dollar Friday and an expected 43 million dollar weekend (its budget was 5 million). This is DOUBLE what the studio expected, and if the numbers hold up, this will be the biggest debut of any movie that has ever opened in September. The Purge did really well too...so this studio is on fire right now...making mega-bank on tiny budgets (The Purge made 85 million worldwide off of a 3 million budget). Add in the mega-success of The Conjuring (which I also get mixed up and assume is from the same studio, but apparently its not), Mama and a few others that did well and Horror is having one of its best years in a long, long time.

The Evil Dead remake also did pretty well for itself.

I was kind of bummed out that You're Next didn't take off. That film is tons of fun and far better than the Purge.

 

[jonathancrane]

I want The Shape to stay The Shape no matter what his backstory is and in my eyes Zombie failed at that, he humanized Michael Myers which misses the point of the character completely.

He mad him into Leatherface, Zombie should of went and remade TCM if he wanted to rip it off so badly.

The Shape ceased being the Shape by the second film. He was Michael Myers and his motivations went from reliving his sister's murder via proxy to purging his bloodline.

 

[Thundarr]

The Shape was well ruined before the white trash subplot with the crappy Pagan cult and relative purging plots.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I believe the first film should have been a standalone feature.

I never watch anything between Halloween 2 & Halloween H20, unless they're on TV and I'm SUPER bored. But for the most part I totally ignore them.

While Halloween probably would've worked best as a stand alone film (as it was originally intended), H2 and H:20 were pretty damn good sequels (with no mention of Pagan cults, curses, and relative purging plots).

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I like H2 for the conclusion, but it's a pretty boring film

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

The Shape ceased being the Shape by the second film. He was Michael Myers and his motivations went from reliving his sister's murder via proxy to purging his bloodline.

Though he was making conscious decisions, he was still primarily portrayed as The Shape, and that's what mattered to me the most.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

i know a lot of fans like him but i could never enjoy myers. i respect halloween and enjoy it as a film but i just couldnt see why myer is considered the best of the supernatural slashers

i mean freddy is a knightmare dream demon, jason is an undead unkillable zombie, chuckys a possessed doll, and to a lesser extent leatherface was a crazed inbreed cannibal. to me myers was just always nut with a knife and a sister fetish, and dont pull that cult ******** even hardcore myers fans hate that

i'm not trying to bash him i just couldnt see why he's so popular and scary.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I like Halloween more than any F13 film, but Jason is way better than Myers.

 

[the last son]

It's mostly because Halloween is a far superior film. Holds up even today. It's probably the best movie I've seen at suspense.