The Horror Thread - Part 5

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Watched "House by the Cemetery" by Lucio Fulci last night for the first time. Loved every nonsensical minute of it. I'll never forget the name "Dr. Freudenstine".

Does anyone know if "The Beyond" is worth checking out?

If you like very slow & very bad horror films then check it out, maybe you can still find it on Hulu to watch for free.

 

[Broseph44]

Bored tonight. Decided to start up my autumn/October/Halloween watches. Kicking off with Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings.

 

[Thundarr]

Lombardi was my Englund sequel I will say that but Ken Roach made the role his own in my opinion which is what is needed IMO for Freddy to continue and move on. Also you say it takes liberties with the origin but we have already had two versions of the origin, yes they were very similar but there were differences. Again this is what Elm Street needs. It's time to make changes and move on from the original which unfortunately the remake didn't do.

Good post though man we just have a few differences in opinion t:

Well that's why I wrote in my post that it was simply my opinion that Roberto Lombardi made a better Fred Krueger.

As for the origins of Freddy, there are actually more than two versions. There's the origin story Marge Thompson told Nancy in the original movie, where the search warrant wasn't filled out correctly and Krueger was set free. Then there was the slightly different origin in the pilot episode of Freddy's Nightmares (No More Mr. Nice Guy), where the arresting officer neglected to read Krueger his Miranda rights. And finally there was the horrendous re-imagining of Freddy's origins in PD's God awful remake, where the parents didn't even bother going through official channels and they implied that he may have been innocent all along. Both fan treatments take a slight liberty with the reason why Krueger was released, implying that it may have been because the interrogating officer assaulted him during the interview.

Don't get me wrong, I think both fan films are very good and deserve to be fleshed out into feature length movie prequels. I just think that Roberto Lombardi's version is a little better, especially if you're going to be making a prequel to the already existing franchise.

The problem I have with Ken Roach's portrayal of Freddy is that even in the scenes from before he was caught, he didn't do a very good job of hiding his sinister nature. He was like the villain from the Dudley Do-Right cartoon. I swear, if that guy had a mustache he would have been twisting it throughout the whole damn movie. Any psychopathic killer who behaves so obviously would never get a bodycount past two or three victims.

Roberto Lombardi, on the other hand, portrayed Freddy as a "wolf in sheep's skin". He's kind and friendly to his neighbors. He acts concerned when little Michael goes missing. He goes bowling with the local bowling league. He does everything he can to blend in, much like a real psychopath would. But secretly, he just wants to kill all of their children and hurt them as much as possible.

One thing I think Confessions Of Fred Krueger did do very well though. They used the information from the uncut version of Marge Thompson's exposition to Nancy as to who Fred Krueger was. That Nancy, Tina, Rod, and Glen all had older brothers and sisters who had been murdered by Freddy. I thought that that was a nice touch.

 

[Thundarr]

Here's another great fan film by Blinky Productions:

The Nightmare Ends On Halloween (Part 1)


The Nightmare Ends On Halloween (Part 2)

 

[EllissonWatson]

I would like to see Knock Knock..

 

[Thundarr]

Friday The 31st: Michael vs Jason by Blinky Productions
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[Majik1387]

Everything Lucio Fulci is worth watching at least once, even if it's bad.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Anyone see The Green Inferno? It was pretty bad IMO. I know the characters and story in a film like that are never top of the line, so at least the gore better bring it. I've seen nastier **** in The Walking Dead and Hannibal. It was a letdown.

 

[Enriquespy]

Soo ABC's of death 2. Few good shorts.

DO NOT WATCH WITH PERANTZ!!!!

 

[Kane52630]

Anyone see The Green Inferno? It was pretty bad IMO. I know the characters and story in a film like that are never top of the line, so at least the gore better bring it. I've seen nastier **** in The Walking Dead and Hannibal. It was a letdown.

I'll probably watch it later on when it shows up on dvd, but the clips I've seen from it looks like a Scifi Original movie. Was it pretty much a poor remake of Cannibal Holocaust?

Soo ABC's of death 2. Few good shorts.

DO NOT WATCH WITH PERANTZ!!!!

I stopped watching the first ABC's of Death after F. So I doubt i'll go and check out the new one. lol

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Watched the Poltergeist remake.
What a turd.

Basically the only good part of the movie was the cover of a Cramps song during the credits.
And even then, it would have been better if they just used the ****ing The Cramps.

 

[Loki882]

If you want good (or at least decent) horror remakes, I recommend:

-The Crazies.
-Dawn of the Dead.
-Let Me In.
-Friday the 13th (I like it ok, if was fun).
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (ignore the prequel like the plague).

 

[Loki882]

Speaking of ANOES, I'd actually really like to see a movie centered around Freddy's time as a serial killer before he was killed. It has the potential to be REALLY disturbing. I actually heard a rumor that they were planning such a film a few years back. But obviously, the remake (bleh) happened instead.

 

[Broseph44]

If you want good (or at least decent) horror remakes, I recommend:

-The Crazies.
-Dawn of the Dead.
-Let Me In.
-Friday the 13th (I like it ok, if was fun).
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (ignore the prequel like the plague).

All great remakes. I loved F13th and TCM too. Also a few more that I thought were great remakes.

Evil Dead
The Hills Have Eyes
Maniac

These are some of the newer ones. If you wanna think of some older ones that people might not realize were remakes go with

The Thing
The Fly
The Blob
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

 

[Astro13Zombie]

If you want good (or at least decent) horror remakes, I recommend:

-The Crazies.
-Dawn of the Dead.
-Let Me In.
-Friday the 13th (I like it ok, if was fun).
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (ignore the prequel like the plague).

Oh, I've seen all these and really enjoyed them.
Even Friday the 13th.

I'm definitely not somebody who hates on remakes for being remakes.
Just......really didn't like Poltergeist.heh

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Speaking of Remakes.
Has anybody here watched Bloody April Fools/Los inocentes?

It's on Netflix.
I only watched a few minutes of it before deciding that I was too drunk to keep up with subtitles but it seemed a lot like it was a remake of Slaughter High?
I'm thinking about watching it tonight.
Very curious.

 

[Broseph44]

Ahhhh slaughter high! It's a definite remake of that? Or just seems like it?

 

[Nightmare]

Speaking of ANOES, I'd actually really like to see a movie centered around Freddy's time as a serial killer before he was killed. It has the potential to be REALLY disturbing. I actually heard a rumor that they were planning such a film a few years back. But obviously, the remake (bleh) happened instead.

I'd like to see that as well. Obviously they'd have to get someone younger to play freddy though.

 

[Loki882]

All great remakes. I loved F13th and TCM too. Also a few more that I thought were great remakes.

Evil Dead
The Hills Have Eyes
Maniac

These are some of the newer ones. If you wanna think of some older ones that people might not realize were remakes go with

The Thing
The Fly
The Blob
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Ah crap, I forgot about those. All excellent choices as well (although honestly I haven't seen the Maniac remake yet, it's on my list). My problem isn't with the IDEA of remakes, and some are done well. The problem is that many are either flat-out BAD or just seem pointless because they don't really do anything different.

 

[Broseph44]

Be sure to come back in here and post your thoughts on Maniac whenever you do get around to seeing it. I thought it was extremely well done.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Ahhhh slaughter high! It's a definite remake of that? Or just seems like it?

I'm not sure.
Seems like it for sure.
It's definitely inspired by it I'd say.

It's got the April Fools day theme and it starts with a prank on a nerd going wrong.
Both lured into a prank.
Both end up being being burned horribly.
Both returning years later for blood.

Close enough.

 

[Broseph44]

Does he have the jester costume? Haha

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Trailer for "The Forest"
I still have no clue how to post videos so here's a link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=138&v=BDs_DYow7xA

Looks pretty interesting.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Does he have the jester costume? Haha

Managed to miss this somehow.
Sorry about that.

I'm not sure yet on the Jester costume.
I'll let you know after I watch it.
Fingers crossed though.

 

[Loki882]

I'm quite interested in seeing Bone Tomahawk with Kurt Russell. One, it has Kurt Russell in it and he's awesome. Two, it has Kurt Russell doing a Western again, also awesome. And three, Horror Westerns have always been interesting to me because they're two franchises that you wouldn't immediately think to put together, but actually make a lot of sense.

And of course there's Crimson Peak. GDT doing Gothic horror with Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasakowska, and Charlie Hunnam=YES PLEASE!!