The Horror Thread - Part 2

[Asgard]

Ah, okay. Yeah, I am misremembering the details. I remembered that final scene really vividly after reading it, though. This movie has to be the most obscure of the obscure, it doesn't even have a wiki entry.

I got lucky. I was typing out some plot descriptions on my search bar when a broken half remembered memory of the title finally came to me.

 

[Thundarr]

Just finished watching Friday The 13th Part 7: The New Blood and Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes A Cruise.

I just started in on Jason Goes To Hell. I hope to finish the series tonight.

 

[bullets]

I just watched The Invisible Man (1933). Such a great classic.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

^ I love that movie so much though I never really considered it horror more of a supernatural thriller type of the sorts, but a true classic.

I just got done with Phantasm 2 and I forgot how awesome of a sequel it is, one of the better second films to any horror franchise imo.

 

[Pittman4Two]

At what point in H20 are they watching Scream 2?

 

[StarLord]

At what point in H20 are they watching Scream 2?

I think it's when the girls are getting ready in their room, right before they sneak off out.

 

[Teelie]

Speaking of Halloween, I'm watching Halloween Resurrection and damn, are Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes the most incompetent production crew in history. They both somehow convienently are able to look away from the camera screens as real murders are going on yet can see when their staged bodies scene is going down.

Then when the real Michael Myers shows up, Rhymes doesn't realize it's not Charlie behind the mask and goes getting Nora killed.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

Just caught V/H/S 2 and dug the hell out of it. Universally better than the decent first film. I'm surprised so many people dislike this more than the first. This is how found footage works best: Quick, brutal and insane. This is one of the most grueling horror films I've seen recently. I was actually wincing and squirming a lot of the time. The death cult segment is something of a minor horror masterpiece in itself. Not to mention the hilarious last moments of it that somehow against all odds made a sort of sense. The wrap around story is the only "meh" piece of the film but it's easily overlooked because everything else is so energetic, mean and whacked out.

8/10

 

[Teelie]

The ending of Resurrection is equally absurd. Although it was creative using the mobile phone to communicate.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Speaking of Halloween, I'm watching Halloween Resurrection and damn, are Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes the most incompetent production crew in history. They both somehow convienently are able to look away from the camera screens as real murders are going on yet can see when their staged bodies scene is going down.

Then when the real Michael Myers shows up, Rhymes doesn't realize it's not Charlie behind the mask and goes getting Nora killed.

I feel bad at even the thought of anyone having to sit through that horrible excuse for a film, let alone a Halloween film.

I'm actually on to some John Carpenter fare as right now one of my personal favorites Christine.

 

[Teelie]

I feel sorry for the actors in it. I was only re-watching it because I realized Katee Sackhoff was in it and I had not seen it in 10 years. After finishing it I remember why it's been 10 years. Also glad it didn't kill her career off before it could start. Although I can't say much of the same for anyone else who was in it.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

So what can I say? I watched Hellraiser and Trick r' Treat for the first time ever this year, and now they are getting a remake and sequel, respectively. That's pretty cool. lol

 

[Kane52630]

Gonna watch Halloween III tonight. t:

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
Day 18: Sleepy Hollow - 9/10
Day 19: The Burning - 6/10
Day 20: Black Sabbath - 7/10
Day 21: Clownhouse - 6/10
Day 22: The Awakening - 8/10
Day 23: Audition - 8.5/10
Day 24: Event Horizon - 7.5/10
Day 25: A Bay of Blood - 6/10
Day 26: Maniac (2013) - 9.5/10 [Rewatch]
Day 27: The Thing (1982) - 10/10 [Rewatch]
Day 28: V/H/S & V/H/S 2 - 9/10 [Rewatch]​

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I feel sorry for the actors in it. I was only re-watching it because I realized Katee Sackhoff was in it and I had not seen it in 10 years. After finishing it I remember why it's been 10 years. Also glad it didn't kill her career off before it could start. Although I can't say much of the same for anyone else who was in it.

I remember seeing it opening night in the theater and hating it, all of my friends I went with were all hardcore Halloween fans as well and agreed with my displeasure. I even gave the film a chance once released on dvd just to finish my complete Halloween collection but after a while felt that it actually tarnished my collection and I sold it for a mere 4 dollars.

The only good thing about that film is the opening sequence once Laurie dies the whole point of the character dies along with her and the rest of the film.

 

[StarLord]

The only good thing about that film is the opening sequence once Laurie dies the whole point of the character dies along with her and the rest of the film.

That opening sequence could have been added to the end of H20, instead we got the grief of having to see Resurrection.

 

[redhawk23]

I watched the 1931 Dracula film for the first time in many years. I was a little kid the last time I actually sat down and watched the whole thing.

I still enjoy the movie though nowhere near as much as I enjoy Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.

Having read Bram Stoker's novel in the intervening years, it was interesting watching this film again and seeing what aspects were kept the same, which were changed and what aspects were straight jettisoned.

I never really realized how many of the characters from the novel were removed outright in that first film.

The film touches on the subplot with Lucy coming back as the child killing "Woman in White" but then somewhat hilariously nothing is ever really done about it.

One change I think actually makes a lot of sense was having Renfield be the one traveling to Romania to make the real estate deal with Dracula and then falling under his influence. This just works better for me than having Johnathan make the trip but then fall ill and have Dracula beat him and traveling to England and having Renfield just be a lunatic who happens to be nearby.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I was watching some program on the making of Halloween and JLC said that there was some legal clause that prevented Michael Myers from ever truly dieing.

 

[Teelie]

Resurrection found a way seeing as it killed the franchise off. Zombie may have temporarily revived it with his movies but the old franchise is dead and buried now.

 

[Rocketman]

I'm watching Resurrection right now. Jesus is it bad.

I mean, H20 ended so beautifully and poetically, and that could've been the PERFECT ending to that series before Zombie took over.

Really, we can just pretend like Resurrection doesn't exist. But in MY opinion, the greatest Horror trilogy of all-time is as follows:

Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween: H20 (1998)

^ A perfect trilogy/story arc.

Resurrection found a way seeing as it killed the franchise off. Zombie may have temporarily revived it with his movies but the old franchise is dead and buried now.

I think the franchise still has life in it, and I think it will still exist long after Zombie's movies. Not the same continuity/universe, obviously, but I think it will be rebooted again. And again. And again. Just like James Bond or Batman. I kind of hope that we get a true remake of the original, and not that crap from 2007.

 

[Ant-manic]

I'm watching Resurrection right now. Jesus is it bad.

I mean, H20 ended so beautifully and poetically, and that could've been the PERFECT ending to that series before Zombie took over.

i remember reflexively doing a fist pump when Laurie locks the gate, grabs her axe, and starts walking back towards the school; while calling out her brother.

 

[Rocketman]

Yeah, H20 gives me chills in several places, particularly that sequence. It's so adrenaline-pumping. You're really rooting for Laurie in that movie.

That scene, and when Laurie and Michael finally look into each others' eyes through the door window.

She's such a strongly written female character in H20, flaws and all. A female role you barely see written anymore. She's divorced, she's an alcoholic, her son hates her... She's pretty much a fully realized human being, from a writing standpoint. You can practically feel the history of her life from 1978 to 1998.

I think H20 is devastatingly underrated. One of my favorite horror movies ever. It clocks in at exactly 80 minutes, and it's an entertaining, engrossing adventure every time I watch it.

 

[Motown Marvel]

30 Forgotten Horror Films

 

[GremlinZilla89]

Yeah, H20 gives me chills in several places, particularly that sequence. It's so adrenaline-pumping. You're really rooting for Laurie in that movie.

That scene, and when Laurie and Michael finally look into each others' eyes through the door window.

She's such a strongly written female character in H20, flaws and all. A female role you barely see written anymore. She's divorced, she's an alcoholic, her son hates her... She's pretty much a fully realized human being, from a writing standpoint. You can practically feel the history of her life from 1978 to 1998.

I think H20 is devastatingly underrated. One of my favorite horror movies ever. It clocks in at exactly 80 minutes, and it's an entertaining, engrossing adventure every time I watch it.

Couldn't agree more. Most horror fans just call it a Scream rip-off and call it a day. A Scream rip-off? Because it's what, slick looking? I've even seen people say Mike acts like Ghostface...wut?

 

[Piper Maru]

30 Forgotten Horror Films

Haha, that's awesome. I remember some of those films, I'll have to look into checking out them out!

 

[redhawk23]

Just went to panel discussing the exorcism performed by Saint Louis University faculty members back in 1949 from which The Exorcist was inspired. There are many different stories about the degree to which SLU was involved and whether or not the supposedly possessed boy was ever on campus and I was interested in finally hearing an account from historians. The panel included several Jesuits from SLU, the university archivist and Thomas Allen, who wrote the book "Possessed" and personally interviewed most of the priests involved in the case. The event a huge turn out and kind of had a weird vibe, especially once they started taking questions from the audience. As an atheist, I kind of forget sometimes how completely earnest so many people are in their belief of a literal, personified devil. Personally it felt as if I wondered into a conference discussing the likely threat of Vampires.