Best horror/scary movie of all time?

[peeker643]

Hoping Hiko, e0y2e3, CDT or Mother can suggest a decent horror film for me.

I want demons and tension with a condescending hipster feel.

Thanks.

[RickNashEquilibrium]

The original Dune movie. Watching David Lynch rape Frank Herbert is about as frightening as it gets.

[hiko]

Let The Right One In (the Swedish one, I haven't seen the American version) is quite good, although not really even close to a horror movie (though I'm sure you'll find it in that section).

Evil Dead 2 and Return of the Living Dead are 2 classics, but more in the comedy vein.

I was always a fan of Lifeforce when I was a kid, but that's probably because of that girl that walks around naked for half the film. I haven't seen it since the 80's.

[e0y2e3]

Let The Right One In Swedish is tits.

American certianly doesn't suck either.

But yeah, that isn't horror.

[peeker643]

I'm working on a screen play in which it seems random people are killed off in gruesome fashion and it turns out the only thing they have in common is posting in a certain message board forum/thread.

Killer turns out to be an otherwise mild-mannered moderator for the site these guys all frequent. Mod's name is tentatively 'Pup McSwerbovitz' (I'm not married to that necessarily).

The dentist's death will be one of the most graphic and horrific deaths in film history (yes, there's an annoying, cloying dentist in the picture who's a complete tool).

[pup]

I'm working on a screen play in which it seems random people are killed off in gruesome fashion and it turns out the only thing they have in common is posting in a certain message board forum/thread.

Killer turns out to be an otherwise mild-mannered moderator for the site these guys all frequent. Mod's name is tentatively 'Pup McSwerbovitz' (I'm not married to that necessarily).

The dentist's death will be one of the most graphic and horrific deaths in film history (yes, there's an annoying, cloying dentist in the picture who's a complete tool).

Can I play Pup in the movie?

[hiko]

I'm working on a screen play in which it seems random people are killed off in gruesome fashion and it turns out the only thing they have in common is posting in a certain message board forum/thread.

Killer turns out to be an otherwise mild-mannered moderator for the site these guys all frequent. Mod's name is tentatively 'Pup McSwerbovitz' (I'm not married to that necessarily).

The dentist's death will be one of the most graphic and horrific deaths in film history (yes, there's an annoying, cloying dentist in the picture who's a complete tool).

Sounds like a story I wrote in 3rd grade.

To be fair, I killed myself off too. I fell into a hay bailer and my severed face landed on my grandpa's lap.

[peeker643]

I'm working on a screen play in which it seems random people are killed off in gruesome fashion and it turns out the only thing they have in common is posting in a certain message board forum/thread.

Killer turns out to be an otherwise mild-mannered moderator for the site these guys all frequent. Mod's name is tentatively 'Pup McSwerbovitz' (I'm not married to that necessarily).

The dentist's death will be one of the most graphic and horrific deaths in film history (yes, there's an annoying, cloying dentist in the picture who's a complete tool).

Can I play Pup in the movie?

It's you or the tall, nerdy dude from Big Bang Theory.

[peeker643]

I'm working on a screen play in which it seems random people are killed off in gruesome fashion and it turns out the only thing they have in common is posting in a certain message board forum/thread.

Killer turns out to be an otherwise mild-mannered moderator for the site these guys all frequent. Mod's name is tentatively 'Pup McSwerbovitz' (I'm not married to that necessarily).

The dentist's death will be one of the most graphic and horrific deaths in film history (yes, there's an annoying, cloying dentist in the picture who's a complete tool).

Sounds like a story I wrote in 3rd grade.

To be fair, I killed myself off too. I fell into a hay bailer and my severed face landed on my grandpa's lap.

Pfffft... there were no message boards when you were in 3rd grade.

Don't even attempt to go there.

This is a true original. The hay bailer intrigues me though. Be ironic if you...err...
the other poster went out that way.

One guy is going to be consumed by millipedes and midgets and another is going to have bludgeoned with a chalk board full of equations in a town famous for their universities. Or be infected with a disease actually transmitted via Twitter.

Still mulling the options.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

I'm working on a screen play in which it seems random people are killed off in gruesome fashion and it turns out the only thing they have in common is posting in a certain message board forum/thread.

Killer turns out to be an otherwise mild-mannered moderator for the site these guys all frequent. Mod's name is tentatively 'Pup McSwerbovitz' (I'm not married to that necessarily).

The dentist's death will be one of the most graphic and horrific deaths in film history (yes, there's an annoying, cloying dentist in the picture who's a complete tool).

Sounds like a story I wrote in 3rd grade.

To be fair, I killed myself off too. I fell into a hay bailer and my severed face landed on my grandpa's lap.

Pfffft... there were no message boards when you were in 3rd grade.

Don't even attempt to go there.

This is a true original. The hay bailer intrigues me though. Be ironic if you...err...
the other poster went out that way.

One guy is going to be consumed by millipedes and midgets and another is going to have bludgeoned with a chalk board full of equations in a town famous for their universities. Or be infected with a disease actually transmitted via Twitter.

Still mulling the options.

Make sure you have deaths involving a keyboard and mouse. Who are you tapping for your cinematographer? Clu Clugler? Hal Towson?

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Hoping Hiko, e0y2e3, CDT or Mother can suggest a decent horror film for me.

I want demons and tension with a condescending hipster feel.

Thanks.

The Ring.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Let The Right One In Swedish is tits.

American certianly doesn't suck either.

But yeah, that isn't horror.

I liked them both, but they were just missing something..... and no I don't mean buckets of blood. Let The Right One In is one of the few horror movies that can challenge The Devil's Backbone in being beautifully shot.

[hiko]

Let The Right One In Swedish is tits.

American certianly doesn't suck either.

But yeah, that isn't horror.

I liked them both, but they were just missing something..... and no I don't mean buckets of blood. Let The Right One In is one of the few horror movies that can challenge The Devil's Backbone in being beautifully shot.

Nudity (adult female, of course)? There was plenty of blood in Let The Right One In.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Let The Right One In Swedish is tits.

American certianly doesn't suck either.

But yeah, that isn't horror.

I liked them both, but they were just missing something..... and no I don't mean buckets of blood. Let The Right One In is one of the few horror movies that can challenge The Devil's Backbone in being beautifully shot.

Nudity (adult female, of course)? There was plenty of blood in Let The Right One In.

Not really, the violence was pretty sparse. Which in that case was good thing. I think I just crave more back story on Eli. It's one film I wouldn't mind seeing a prequel for, provided it's written and directed by same group.

[hiko]

Let The Right One In Swedish is tits.

American certianly doesn't suck either.

But yeah, that isn't horror.

I liked them both, but they were just missing something..... and no I don't mean buckets of blood. Let The Right One In is one of the few horror movies that can challenge The Devil's Backbone in being beautifully shot.

Nudity (adult female, of course)? There was plenty of blood in Let The Right One In.

Not really, the violence was pretty sparse. Which in that case was good thing. I think I just crave more back story on Eli. It's one film I wouldn't mind seeing a prequel for, provided it's written and directed by same group.

That would be interesting. That dude that (basically) killed himself was her father, no? They never say. She could be much older than that.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Let The Right One In Swedish is tits.

American certianly doesn't suck either.

But yeah, that isn't horror.

I liked them both, but they were just missing something..... and no I don't mean buckets of blood. Let The Right One In is one of the few horror movies that can challenge The Devil's Backbone in being beautifully shot.

Nudity (adult female, of course)? There was plenty of blood in Let The Right One In.

Not really, the violence was pretty sparse. Which in that case was good thing. I think I just crave more back story on Eli. It's one film I wouldn't mind seeing a prequel for, provided it's written and directed by same group.

That would be interesting. That dude that (basically) killed himself was her father, no? They never say. She could be much older than that.

No, I don't think that was her dad, just some poor schmuck she had doing her dirty work.

[e0y2e3]

All I know is that in this movie d1z3d4 had better get to slaughter a certain tall German douchenozzle.

[motherscratcher]

This is not about horror but it doesn't need a separate thread, just a sidebar.

I liked Scott Pilgrim quite a bit. I thought it was interesting and original. And I also seem to be the last remaining person on earth who still likes Michael Cera.

But ZODIAK MF is live tweeting while he's watching it and it's effing hilarious.

IN A MOVIE THAT'S ALREADY CHOCK FULL OF ASSHOLES HERE COMES JASON SHWARTZMANN.

[e0y2e3]

Yeah, it's amazing. Making my morning (and making me not very productive).

This is ZODIAKMFER at his pure best and the reason he is an internet legend.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Some horror movies i'm planning on watching this weekend.

Heartless

Pontypool

The Bleeding House

Trick'R'Treat

Session 9

[peeker643]

Some horror movies i'm planning on watching this weekend.

Heartless

Pontypool

The Bleeding House

Trick'R'Treat

Session 9

All seriousness, I have a 17 yr old daughter that loves the genre. We both get disgusted with what passes for quality. Give me a netflix streamed movie I can watch with her. Psycho-terror and blood are fine. But I'd prefer to avoid the uncomfortable sadism and ritual sex murders thing for obvious reasons.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Some horror movies i'm planning on watching this weekend.

Heartless

Pontypool

The Bleeding House

Trick'R'Treat

Session 9

All seriousness, I have a 17 yr old daughter that loves the genre. We both get disgusted with what passes for quality. Give me a netflix streamed movie I can watch with her. Psycho-terror and blood are fine. But I'd prefer to avoid the uncomfortable sadism and ritual sex murders thing for obvious reasons.

I go right to Netflix's horror section and sort them all by ratings. The problem is some movies (Wake The Witch The Awakening) are shitty little student movies, the whole cast and crew go and "seed" the rating by giving them 5 stars.

If you want quality watch Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone I cannot recommend it enough. It might be the best shot horror flick I've seen.

Eli Roth is destroying American horror with his un-watchable garbage. I loathe him and his "films". Tits, sadistic violence, credits. That's the formula he uses to appease his shitheel legion of followers that praise his work.

[e0y2e3]

Audition is streaming...

Don't watch it with her though.

AND EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH 13 ASSASSINS

[e0y2e3]

BTW: You should seriously consider treating the dentist in your movie like that GUY IN THE SACK from Audition.

[motherscratcher]

I'm not sure who made Hostel, but you should check that out if you haven't seen it. It's super awesome.

[e0y2e3]

And seriously, Audition is so effing awesome and chilling THERE IS A GUY IN A SACK

[motherscratcher]

It's the same old story, everyone wants to put dentists in a sac and (edited for spoiler)

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Dr. Giggles FTW.

[motherscratcher]

Holy shit, I forgot about Dr Giggles.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Audition is streaming...

Don't watch it with her though.

AND EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH 13 ASSASSINS

There's a hilarious review on Netlfix with some guy bitching that the 45 FUCKING MINUTE sword battle wasn't "bloody enough".....

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Holy shit, I forgot about Dr Giggles.

Dennis Hopper is fantastic in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and supposedly he got paid in coke to do the role. Anyone who has seen it can tell he's ripped to the tits.

[e0y2e3]

Wait, seriously. The 45 minute fight scene where like 300 people die in every single manor from impalement to fire wasn't bloody enough?

That guy may be a serial killer.

[Larvell Blanks]

No mention of the original Dawn of the Dead? Always a treat to watch and see all the stores in the background that you'd frequent when Randall Park first opened. (Wciks and Sticks, Florsheims, etc)

[hiko]

No mention of the original Dawn of the Dead? Always a treat to watch and see all the stores in the background that you'd frequent when Randall Park first opened. (Wciks and Sticks, Florsheims, etc)

The remake was solid too.

[e0y2e3]

I actually like the remake a lot.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

I liked it. Still not sure on the whole fast zombie thing.

[swerb]

Few others worth mentioning ...

Hellraiser, when it came out initially, was a classic. Pinhead an all time great/creepy horror character.

Also from the 80's - Cujo and Children of the Corn were two of the better adaptations of Stephen King books to the silver screen.

The Hills Have Eyes - the plot of the car breaking down in the back woods is kinda cliche and played out ... but I liked this one as well.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

The crazy thing about Hellraiser is the Cenobites are only in 4 scenes in the whole movie.

[FUDU]

The Fall of the House of Usher was pretty creepy as a kid.

Fuckn Vincent Price.

[hiko]

The Fall of the House of Usher was pretty creepy as a kid.

Fuckn Vincent Price.

Yeah baby!

I don't know how old I was, probably about 6 or 7, but I was watching that with my parents and the part came on where the screws on the coffin started backing out and the lid came off... I got freaked out and my parents made me go upstairs and take a shower, where I became convinced that ghosts would come out of the drain so I clogged it with a washcloth and flooded the bathroom.

The Anger in the House of Hutchison.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

The Fall of the House of Usher was pretty creepy as a kid.

Fuckn Vincent Price.

Yeah baby!

I don't know how old I was, probably about 6 or 7, but I was watching that with my parents and the part came on where the screws on the coffin started backing out and the lid came off... I got freaked out and my parents made me go upstairs and take a shower, where I became convinced that ghosts would come out of the drain so I clogged it with a washcloth and flooded the bathroom.

The Anger in the House of Hutchison.

I think the Browns are like the dopey kids and the witch won't let them leave the woods.

[hiko]

The Fall of the House of Usher was pretty creepy as a kid.

Fuckn Vincent Price.

Yeah baby!

I don't know how old I was, probably about 6 or 7, but I was watching that with my parents and the part came on where the screws on the coffin started backing out and the lid came off... I got freaked out and my parents made me go upstairs and take a shower, where I became convinced that ghosts would come out of the drain so I clogged it with a washcloth and flooded the bathroom.

The Anger in the House of Hutchison.

I think the Browns are like the dopey kids and the witch won't let them leave the woods.

Fucking witch.

Follow the stream, Heckert! Follow the damn stream!

[FUDU]

Hiko I think the 1979 TV version of the movie is what I remember more than anything. While Vincent Price might carry a certain level of suspense with him I think the 79 version might have been creepier.

[googleeph2]

All seriousness, I have a 17 yr old daughter that loves the genre. We both get disgusted with what passes for quality. Give me a netflix streamed movie I can watch with her. Psycho-terror and blood are fine. But I'd prefer to avoid the uncomfortable sadism and ritual sex murders thing for obvious reasons.

Hey I asked our younger daughter (16yo) and here is her list of top scary movies (she is a fan too). I think my wife has vetted them. At any rate, my daughter would have laundered the list for my consumption anyway.

* Final Destination-all of them (I kind of like these too- they crack me up)
* The Ring and the Ring 2
* Paranormal Activity- any of them
* The Shortcut
* Chosen
* Uninvited
* Unborn
* Insidious

ps good weekend wrap

[peeker643]

All seriousness, I have a 17 yr old daughter that loves the genre. We both get disgusted with what passes for quality. Give me a netflix streamed movie I can watch with her. Psycho-terror and blood are fine. But I'd prefer to avoid the uncomfortable sadism and ritual sex murders thing for obvious reasons.

Hey I asked our younger daughter (16yo) and here is her list of top scary movies (she is a fan too). I think my wife has vetted them. At any rate, my daughter would have laundered the list for my consumption anyway.

* Final Destination-all of them (I kind of like these too- they crack me up)
* The Ring and the Ring 2
* Paranormal Activity- any of them
* The Shortcut
* Chosen
* Uninvited
* Unborn
* Insidious

ps good weekend wrap

Thanks and thanks, sir. I'll have to see which ones she's seen. I know she's watched all the Paranormal Activity series. I haven't seen any of those.

[e0y2e3]

As I said before, I continue to be amazed by the okayness of the Parnormal franchise and I laughed at most of the movies on that list, including The Ring when I was a younin.

[googleeph2]

I haven't seen any of those.

Do you know the premise of the Final Destination movies?
Here it is- this isn't really a spoiler since the movie writers assume the viewer knows. But stop reading if you like.

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There are a bunch of kids who are engaged in some activity, like getting on an airplane, or watching a stock car race, or riding rides at an amusement park. One of the kids gets a strange and foreboding feeling, and gets the group to avoid doing something. A major, elaborate disaster occurs, and a lot of people die a gruesome death. The survivors (some are cool, some are hot, some are jerks-of course) are all relieved they are safe. But in the ensuing days and weeks, they each die from separate terrible accidents. Some of the kids start to take notice, and they see that the deaths are occurring in the order they would have died in the disaster. They try to figure out how to stop Death from getting more people, and reaching them.

The best parts of these movies are the bizarre, fluky ways the survivors get killed.

Great fun- makes you laugh and actually root for Death in some cases - ha.

Eye, I never laughed at the Ring movies. Too scared.

[Cerebral_DownTime]

Final Destination.

1) People cheat death.

2) Death takes revenge and kills those who escaped in goofy splatstick like situations.

3) End credits.

[HoodooMan]

How did Donald Driver know I wanted ice cream?

[OldDawg]

As a kid, for its time, the original War of the Worlds scared the bejeebers out of me. I know its nothing now, but at the time...

Another as a kid was the movie, "The Haunting." I was a very young teen, in the house by myself. It was the late night movie on tv. I turned off every light in the house. And I scared the living crap out of myself.

Another movie as a kid was Hitchcock's "The Birds."

Alien plays on all of our inborn fear of the dark.... And the fear of scary looking killing machines who bleed acid and can implant their newborn in your rib cage as an incubator.

I saw the first Friday the 13th when it first came out in a theater with about 20 college classmates as the school year wound down. At the end of the film, I was certainly waiting for the credits to roll as the cops pulled up and the peaceful music played. And then I screamed out loud about 5 times before I realized I was screaming! I then went on campus to try to scare all the people who were at the movie that night... hiding in dark parking lots, in closets, and the like... "kill them, mommy..."

I jumped a ton of times in the theater when I saw Jaws the first time. My kids watch it now and say, "It doesn't even look like a shark." Spoiled by modern special effects.

Heck, the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz scared the poop out of me when I was a youngster.