The Horror Thread - Part 2

[Piper Maru]

What are your guys thoughts on the sequels and prequels to The Exorcist?

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Exorcist 2 is hilariously bad but Exorcist 3 is severely underrated.

 

[chamber-music]

Silver Bullet is really good and may be in my top 5, but nowhere near AAWIL or TH. I would rank like this

1. An American Werewolf in London
2. The Howling
3. The Wolf-Man (1941)
4. Dog Soldiers
5. Silver Bullet

No love for any of the Ginger Snaps movies?

What are your guys thoughts on the sequels and prequels to The Exorcist?

I like the original Exorcist and Dominion prequel. I've not seen any of the sequels

 

[jonathancrane]

While the first Exorcist film has considerable social merit, I find the third film to be artistically superior.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

What are your guys thoughts on the sequels and prequels to The Exorcist?

Exorcist II is one of the most awful films of all time. Exorcist III however is one of my favorites, the book being even better. I wish Blatty could locate the cut footage, and was allowed his director's cut. If it stuck to the original novel ending and had the added scenes, it would make it such a better film. As is, I really enjoy it, I just hate the studio imposed the "Exorcist" title on the film, instead of noting it as a sequel and going with the original title "Legion". they may not have imposed the half-hearted exorcism scene at the end and cut the original ending, which was quite a bit better.

 

[Figs]

Exorcist 2 is hilariously bad but Exorcist 3 is severely underrated.

I agree that the third film is underrated, but I can't remember enough of part 2 to comment on it. I just remember some scene where some guy had to walk on these spikes in some kind of spiritual ritual at some point.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

It's Justin Osbourn artwork for the Fright Rags special limited edition Halloween shirts check them out the collector's set is fantastic!


www.fright-rags.com

That Shining shirt is pretty ****ing ill.

 

[66 Face]

Does Frankenstein vs The Wolf Man count?

Frankenstein vs The Wolf Man
Curse of the Werewolf
An American Werewolf in London
Ginger Snaps
The Wolf Man

 

[bullets]

I watched Curse of Chucky last night. It was decent enough for straight to video. Thank god Brad Dourif still did the voice work. Not sure what to think of the ending ,but I love the post credit scene.

 

[Figs]

Does Frankenstein vs The Wolf Man count?

Frankenstein vs The Wolf Man
Curse of the Werewolf
An American Werewolf in London
Ginger Snaps
The Wolf Man

In my book, if it has a werewolf that's a fairly big part of the film, then it's a werewolf film. I don't organize my movies alphabetically, I put them by genre and then by type. So all my horror DVDs and Blu-rays are together and within that section, I have my werewolf films next to each other and vampire films next to each other as well. I put the few Underworld films I own in between since they have both. So I count Underworld as a 50/50, werewolf/vampire movie...even though those films are really more action than horror.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Watching Childs Play right now. Of all the Chucky films, I've honestly never watched the first all the way through. Man, I swear if those Good Guys had been a real thing, they were creepy as hell before one got possessed.

 

[Donnie Darko]

But wait...I didn't have time to click on your elderly midget porn link!

Dude, that's not even funny...

They're not THAT old. I'd say they are more "MILF" age than "elderly."

 

[Heretic]

REGARDING JUSTIN OSBOURN'S "ART" ON T-SHIRTS ETC

The dude is a thief. He was exposed on a site called Metal Band Art as basically just copy and pasting bits and pieces of other artists work on Horror movie posters etc and calling it his own. Buy his stuff and you are not only funding a fraud, but you're supporting the theft of artwork from real artists.

First story
http://metalbandart.com/?p=2835

Follow up a week later
http://metalbandart.com/?p=2917

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I guess I'll talk about this strange film here.

I have no bloody idea what to give this film. It was good, it was bad, it was extremely creepy and strange, and I... just don't know. I will admire for what they were trying to achieve, it's certainly surreal. I just think that the film probably could have worked better if it went in a slightly different direction. I always felt Disney and horror goes together like chocolate and peanut butter so I'm happy someone finally took advantage of this.

 

[Ant-manic]

No love for any of the Ginger Snaps movies?

i remember liking the first one. but then i started disliking the actress that plays Ginger. she has no range.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I guess I'll talk about this strange film here.

I have no bloody idea what to give this film. It was good, it was bad, it was extremely creepy and strange, and I... just don't know. I will admire for what they were trying to achieve, it's certainly surreal. I just think that the film probably could have worked better if it went in a slightly different direction. I always felt Disney and horror goes together like chocolate and peanut butter so I'm happy someone finally took advantage of this.

I really want to see this. I started getting ad here for this and it's the first time I've actually looked up what they were about. I know reviews are pretty mixed but sounds interesting. I hear Disney has just sort of decided to ignore it exists.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

Yeah, I at least recommend a watch because it's... it's really something.

 

[BH/HHH]

I just watched Poltergeist for the first time in years, I never really found it scary but I remember there were a few moments test got me (clown doll anyone?) but watching it again tonight I don't think its scary at all. To be honest I can't believe it ever was, you can tell its a Spielberg production as it's very lighthearted at times. Still I really enjoyed it and clicked at just how much Insidious is a direct rip off.

 

[Teelie]

There were a few moments in Poltergeist that were scary as a child but as a whole it is very much Spielbergian in how it plays out. The movie definitely is lighthearted and almost adventerous, like Jaws. It's a kind of light horror, not a dark one.

 

[Ant-manic]

kane was still a creepy old dude.
http://www.joshwolk.com/blogs/media/users/josh/poltergeist.jpg

 

[Kane52630]

Hey, I take offense to that!

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

 

[redhawk23]

I've got to say, reading the book of The Shining has ruined Kubrick's film for me. Its not a matter of being disappointed about changes in adaptation or whatever. Rather the alternative approach to the same story and character really pointed out how paper thin Kubrick's versions of the characters are. A lot of this has to do with the performances in the film. The characters pretty much have no arc. Jack is just Jack Nicholson from frame one. Wend, Duvall's character is greatly reduced. Given that Kubrick described the film as "a family slowly going mad together" making psychosis even more integral to the story than in the book, it is a damn shame he so greatly flattened the characters.

And then of course there are the normal gripes of adaptation, namely that the film pretty much disregards the entire point of the book, which is largely a meditation on alcoholism. Its fine that the movie went for something different, except that it doesn't really replace the themes with much worth while. It feels a bit hollow now. Superficially the events of the book are left mostly in tact but there's nothing driving them, and they don't have the same implications.

There are a few elements that I think the film improved, the whole "All work and no play" reveal is fantastic and is an invention of the film, and replacing King's topiary with a hedge maze was definitely the best way to go.

I don't know, the movie is iconic in its own right, and I have loved it for years. I even have a tie patterned after the Overlook's carpet, which I'll continue to wear. But I must say my opinion of the film has waned.

 

[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​

I just love it when you go into a film cold and you find out it was really good.

 

[Heretic]

For those of you who haven't seen it yet...the remake of Maniac just hit instant streaming on Netflix. It's definitely worth a watch!