The Horror Thread - Part 2

[redhawk23]

Trick R Treat is actually getting an official screening from Legendary and WB at the Egyptian theater on October 28. This film will stream on facebook simultaneously along with an question and answer with parts of the cast and the director.

Why all of this so long after the film was made?

 

[Ant-manic]

Trick R Treat is actually getting an official screening from Legendary and WB at the Egyptian theater on October 28. This film will stream on facebook simultaneously along with an question and answer with parts of the cast and the director.

Why all of this so long after the film was made?

hopefully it's in preparation for sequel.

 

[Ant-manic]

To give it credit, I love the boxer's death.

me too. but Killer Klowns from Outerspace did it better.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I remember waiting for years for WB to release Trick R Treat, so I followed it for so long and finally they released it without a theatrical debut which is a shame because the film is fantastic and the best Halloween related film aside from Carpenter's Halloween IMO.

 

[redhawk23]

hopefully it's in preparation for sequel.

In an interview with Bloody Disgusting the director said that basically isn't even on the docket.

 

[DCW]

Just finished The Others, still as good a the first time I saw it. Nicole Kidman is excellent in it. Such a gret twist as we'll. 4/5

 

[TheDreamMaster]

In an interview with Bloody Disgusting the director said that basically isn't even on the docket.

That's disappointing. It's one of my favorites of all time. I really wish it would. Get a sequel some day. It deserved so much better.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I know it's not truly "horror," but I am looking forward to watching Hocus Pocus some time soon.

 

[Ant-manic]

I know it's not truly "horror," but I am looking forward to watching Hocus Pocus some time soon.

people have been counting Ernest Scared Stupid. i think you're safe. t:

 

[Donnie Darko]

Well, they are both great.

 

[Teelie]

I'd say they both count as horror, albeit light/comedy horror.

Also need to watch all the Ernest movies again at some point.

 

[redhawk23]

The main plot of Hocus Pocus involves stopping witching from feeding off the souls of small children. It qualifies I should think.

 

[Teelie]

It's still treated lightly for the most part. There was that The Witches movie from the 80's that was similarly dark but was a children's movie.

 

[redhawk23]

You know what was pretty scary at the time? Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, mostly because it sets up how tired the characters are with living through the premise of the monsters always turning out to be fake only to be faced with the real thing.

Similarly there was a two part episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark in which one of the stories the kids told ended up coming true in their world. As a little kid back then that scared the crap out of me because I had basically accepted the kids telling the stories as real kids and the stories they told as fake.

 

[Kane52630]

You know what was pretty scary at the time? Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, mostly because it sets up how tired the characters are with living through the premise of the monsters always turning out to be fake only to be faced with the real thing.

Similarly there was a two part episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark in which one of the stories the kids told ended up coming true in their world. As a little kid back then that scared the crap out of me because I had basically accepted the kids telling the stories as real kids and the stories they told as fake.

I remember both fondly.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

You know what was pretty scary at the time? Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, mostly because it sets up how tired the characters are with living through the premise of the monsters always turning out to be fake only to be faced with the real thing.

Similarly there was a two part episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark in which one of the stories the kids told ended up coming true in their world. As a little kid back then that scared the crap out of me because I had basically accepted the kids telling the stories as real kids and the stories they told as fake.

Those first 3 Scooby Doo films, Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost, and Alien Invaders were all great because they advanced the characters. Cyber Chase, the fourth, was the last to use the older designs but didn't really take its plot as seriously as the other three films did. Witch's Ghost is my personal favorite as it had some fun music, and Tim Curry was awesomely evil.

 

[Ant-manic]

It's still treated lightly for the most part. There was that The Witches movie from the 80's that was similarly dark but was a children's movie.

yeah, that was a decidedly dark fairy tale. similar feel to Brothers Grimm.

 

[Kane52630]

31 Days of Horror Marathon

Day 1: The Frighteners - 7.5/10
Day 2: Maniac Cop - 7/10
Day 3: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane - 5.5/10
Day 4: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell - 7/10
Day 5: Prince of Darkness - 8/10
Day 6: From Beyond - 8/10
Day 7: Phantasm - 6.5/10
Day 8: Phantasm II - 7.5/10
Day 9: Phantasm III - 6.5/10
Day 10: Scanners - 8/10
Day 11: Stake Land - 9.5/10
Day 12: Dagon - 7.5/10
Day 13: The American Scream - 9/10
Day 14: Near Dark - 8/10
Day 15: Mimic - 9/10
Day 16: The Devil's Backbone - 9/10
Day 17: The Woman - 2/10​

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

people have been counting Ernest Scared Stupid. i think you're safe. t:

Both Hocus Pocus and Earnest Scared Stupid are on my list every year.

 

[NDX]

Both Hocus Pocus and Earnest Scared Stupid are on my list every year.

And rightfully so.

I feel bad, I haven't watched a film since Sunday because of starting a second job. I gotta catch up, or I'm gonna run into my November marathon.

 

[superkong 500]

Damn I almost forgot that the conjuring blu-ray comes out next tuesday.

That will be a first day buy for me, its one of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I watched The Conjuring on blu-ray for the first time last weekend as part of my marathon, I enjoyed it in many ways but didn't find it as great as most people made it to be, maybe just one of those cases where all the hype didn't pay off for me.

Taking a quick film watching break to watch the extras on the 35th Anniversary Halloween blu-ray, so far the Jamie Lee Curtis "The Night She Came Home" documentary was an ok watch, it's just her signing autographs and talking to fans the whole time.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Piper Maru]

I watch Ernest Scared Stupid every year for Halloween. Actually it's part of my Halloween movie marathon for 2013. This year I'll be watching it on the 23rd. Today I will be watching Jacob's Ladder.

Halloween movie lineup for 2013;

1. Fright Night (1985)
2. They Live
3. The Serpent and the Rainbow
4. Dead Alive
5. The Evil Dead (1981)
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
7. Friday the 13th (1980)
8. The Exorcist
9. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
10. Nosferatu
11. Cemetery Man
12. Return of the Living Dead
13. Re-Animator
14. Creepshow
15. An American Werewolf In London
16. The Legend of Hellhouse
17. Session 9
18. Jacob's Ladder
19. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
20. The Last Man on Earth
21. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
22. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
23. Ernest Scared Stupid
24. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
25. Pumpkinhead
26. Creep
27. 30 Days of Night
28. The Lost Boys
29. Curse of the Demon
30. The Shining
31. Halloween (1978)

 

[redhawk23]

I watched The Conjuring on blu-ray for the first time last weekend as part of my marathon, I enjoyed it in many ways but didn't find it as great as most people made it to be, maybe just one of those cases where all the hype didn't pay off for me.

Taking a quick film watching break to watch the extras on the 35th Anniversary Halloween blu-ray, so far the Jamie Lee Curtis "The Night She Came Home" documentary was an ok watch, it's just her signing autographs and talking to fans the whole time.

See I saw it about 2 weeks early, pre-hype. It was great fun in a crowded theater.