Recommend me a good horror movie.
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I almost forgot Mirrors was absolutely terrifying. I had to have my Gf spend the night with me after seeing it I was so scared. I will admit that I was in college at the time. And when I say I had her spend the night I am not talking sexual innuendo, I mean I was really that scared I couldn't be in my room alone.
Mirrors.
So freaking scary, I couldn't look in the mirror for a good few days (har har) no but..seriously XD
So freaking scary, I couldn't look in the mirror for a good few days (har har) no but..seriously XD
I still believe that John Carpenter's sci fi/horror masterpiece "The Thing" remains the best horror movie of all time. Not for the gore and effects (which are all physical and revoltingly wetly organic for it) but for the growing menace, the paranoia, the terror of what happens when the Thing is loose. And I assure you that you do not want to spend the rest of the winter tied to a fucking couch....
Avoid remakes like the plague - Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre trumps remake, as does Friday 13th and Halloween. General rule - the higher the sequel number, the worse the suck will be
I found Exorcist a bit chatty. When I saw Titanic I was thinking "for fucks sake just sink". When I saw Exorcist I was thinking "for fucks sake, curse at the priest and then barf on him will ya!".
I had the punchline of Paranormal Activity spoiled for me and found it to be not so scary because of it - for ghost stories, lean towards J-horror like Ringu, Kairo, Ju-on. They tend not to over rely on jump shocks which, as a movie mechanic, suck goats.
Avoid remakes like the plague - Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre trumps remake, as does Friday 13th and Halloween. General rule - the higher the sequel number, the worse the suck will be
I found Exorcist a bit chatty. When I saw Titanic I was thinking "for fucks sake just sink". When I saw Exorcist I was thinking "for fucks sake, curse at the priest and then barf on him will ya!".
I had the punchline of Paranormal Activity spoiled for me and found it to be not so scary because of it - for ghost stories, lean towards J-horror like Ringu, Kairo, Ju-on. They tend not to over rely on jump shocks which, as a movie mechanic, suck goats.
Ooh, the first Saw was brilliant. It's not... scary, per se, but it is very suspenseful and well built. The other 5 films were pretty bad, (admittedly, I did like 2 though, but it made me feel like I needed a long shower afterwards) since they focused more on gore and torture than characterization and psychological atmosphere. Of course, the plot twists are always fun, so I keep watching them... :|Vianyte said:
If you don't mind subtitles, I would highly suggest Martyers (sp?), A Tale of Two Sisters, and Audition. Both very good and Martyers is sometimes just hard to watch.
I did like the Amercian version of the Ring better than the original, but that is the only remake where I like the remake better.
I was also fairly impressed with Quarantine.
EDIT: and I am a big fan of the original Alien. My parents let me see that at a very young age and as such it has scared the sh*t out of me ever since.
I did like the Amercian version of the Ring better than the original, but that is the only remake where I like the remake better.
I was also fairly impressed with Quarantine.
EDIT: and I am a big fan of the original Alien. My parents let me see that at a very young age and as such it has scared the sh*t out of me ever since.
You just got extra points in my book for knowing Henry and Cannibal Holocaust. Cheers, mate. The August Underground series is more wrong than CH though. For extreme shit, also look to Torched, Hanger, Cannibal Ferox, Guinea Pig series. I could go on for days, but I won't.Furburt said:
Good horrors:
Nosferatu (1922)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligary (1920-something, can't remember. Maybe even 30's)
Psycho (1960)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Last House on the Left (1972)
The Exorcist (1973)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Carrie (1976)
Halloween (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Alien (1979?)
Aliens (can't remember)
The Thing (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Evil Dead (1984?)
Evil Dead 2 (can't remember)
El Orfanto
Pan's Labyrinth (not really horror, but excellent regardless)
The Beyond
Deep Red
Zombi 2
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Directors:
George Romero
Guillermo Del Toro
Tobe Hooper
Wes Craven
Neil Marshall
Dario Argento
Lucio Fulci
John Carpenter
Anything by those guys is almost guaranteed to be good.
That'll get you started, anyway.
"Quarantine" was good, even though it has a few flaws. (I just saw somebody else mention it and thought I would back them up)
"The descent" was scary too. Something about being underground just makes me loose my $#*! easily.
on a different note, "The Others" isnt like "Bloody, brutal, gore filled extrrrravaganza"
But rather, "human beings in already unusual circumstances being slowly driven mad while others only look on with about as much pity as the Borg collective could muster" brouhaha with an ending that truly freaks you out
"The descent" was scary too. Something about being underground just makes me loose my $#*! easily.
on a different note, "The Others" isnt like "Bloody, brutal, gore filled extrrrravaganza"
But rather, "human beings in already unusual circumstances being slowly driven mad while others only look on with about as much pity as the Borg collective could muster" brouhaha with an ending that truly freaks you out
Irreversible was ace, though not horror, the rape and fire extinguisher scenes are just savage. Also good point - some countries have censorship so strict, August Underground is illegal. The whole series is on a new level of disgusting, vile shit to shock and offend. Great stuff.Furburt said:
