Can I just ask why people think The Descent sucked? I really think the film's great and can't understand why so many people dislike it.
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I don't watch horror movies for two reasons.
I'm a tremendous pansy.
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Most of them are poorly written, gore fest, torture porn sessions of mind boggling frustration and/or terribly written japanese horrors the revolve around "Hey look there while the music spikes. NOthing's there lol, now look behind you so you can get murdered by the ghost of a japanese woman".
The last great one I saw was the Ring. It wasn't OMG scary, but it set the perfect tone for horror, made you fear a household object, and was very well written.
I've seen Saws 1-3 and a bit of 4, and of all of them, only Saw 1 was any good. It brought something new, was pretty scary, had some good plot twists that kept you guessing (the ending in particular), and focused more on terrifying you out of doing wrong then showering the screen with blood.
Then came along the other movies, and messed everything up. Thanks Saw 2, I was almost starting to like you.
I'm a tremendous pansy.
and
Most of them are poorly written, gore fest, torture porn sessions of mind boggling frustration and/or terribly written japanese horrors the revolve around "Hey look there while the music spikes. NOthing's there lol, now look behind you so you can get murdered by the ghost of a japanese woman".
The last great one I saw was the Ring. It wasn't OMG scary, but it set the perfect tone for horror, made you fear a household object, and was very well written.
I've seen Saws 1-3 and a bit of 4, and of all of them, only Saw 1 was any good. It brought something new, was pretty scary, had some good plot twists that kept you guessing (the ending in particular), and focused more on terrifying you out of doing wrong then showering the screen with blood.
Then came along the other movies, and messed everything up. Thanks Saw 2, I was almost starting to like you.
Suspense > Bloodiness.
As an example using video games...
Resident Evil. It isn't scary when you are mowing down fields of zombies.
Silent Hill. It is scary when you hear the scraping of the Great Knife, but you don't know where it's coming from.
My type of horror movies are the ones where the baddie (Yes, I said baddie. So what if I love that word?) is around the corner, lying in wait, rather than is already driving his massive chainsaw into your trachea.
As an example using video games...
Resident Evil. It isn't scary when you are mowing down fields of zombies.
Silent Hill. It is scary when you hear the scraping of the Great Knife, but you don't know where it's coming from.
My type of horror movies are the ones where the baddie (Yes, I said baddie. So what if I love that word?) is around the corner, lying in wait, rather than is already driving his massive chainsaw into your trachea.
I have to say Alien and The Thing were the scariest movies I have ever seen, and I have watched them all!
Most remakes just sucked, especially the one for Halloween, it wasn't scary it was just alot more violent, that goes for Saw too. Some remakes are good like The Ring, thats all I can think of right now.
And The Descent was not bad, not great but it definitely has a good atmosphere for a horror movie.
Most remakes just sucked, especially the one for Halloween, it wasn't scary it was just alot more violent, that goes for Saw too. Some remakes are good like The Ring, thats all I can think of right now.
And The Descent was not bad, not great but it definitely has a good atmosphere for a horror movie.
You would probably enjoy 1408, then. There isn't much, if any gore, but there is a lot of psychological horror going on.Spektre41 said:
It's not a movie, but the play "The Woman In Black" is brilliant. There is one scene where the main character is asleep in the haunted house for about 3 minutes. Nothing happens at all, and everyone is scared to hell when he wakes up screaming. It's great because it is suspense, not gore.
I don't tend to scare during a film, but after it takes me ages to get to sleep through totally irrational fear (and I strangely don't haven nightmares, so it's possibly worse to be scared awake than asleep).
However, alien/supernatural horrors (still need to see Alien...) freak me out the most, and I saw The Shining when I was 13/14 (2nd horror I ever saw) and that creeped me out for a week after seeing it.
However, alien/supernatural horrors (still need to see Alien...) freak me out the most, and I saw The Shining when I was 13/14 (2nd horror I ever saw) and that creeped me out for a week after seeing it.
It was just... bad. 75% of it was 'character building' stuff, and the last 25% was them facing off with things which weren't really that scary at all. It brought nothing new to the table, aside from the dodgy 'fake ending' which did little more than provide a bit of a filler.Strafe Mcgee said:
Urrrrghhh...thebobmaster said:
1408 is lame compared to the original book. Try and get a copy of Stephen King's original. That's class.
Me as well Larenxis, the book is superior, but the American film is just so much better shot.Larenxis said:
What makes a good horror movie is when it get to your head.
I loved 28 days later. Each time I hear In The House/In a Heartbeat (song). I start looking outside to worry if an infected comes.
Last night I watched Cube. While the idea of the movie can get to my head, the HORRIBLE acting made me remember it's a movie. (I'm serious the acting makes Hayden whatever -family-is-name look good.)(the guy from Starwars). (I'ts better if you just read the article at wikipedia) (Or if you like watching bad actors dying, be my guess).
I loved 28 days later. Each time I hear In The House/In a Heartbeat (song). I start looking outside to worry if an infected comes.
Last night I watched Cube. While the idea of the movie can get to my head, the HORRIBLE acting made me remember it's a movie. (I'm serious the acting makes Hayden whatever -family-is-name look good.)(the guy from Starwars). (I'ts better if you just read the article at wikipedia) (Or if you like watching bad actors dying, be my guess).
Candyman would be my choice just because it's SO f--ked up. It also mixes social commentary and horror perfectly - the only other movie I can think that did that was "Night of the Living dead". Although I've never seen the original "Dawn of the Dead" either, and I've heard that does a pretty good job too.
I quite enjoyed "The Descent" but I think you have to see it on a big screen to get the most of it. Death to horrible American remakes! I've seen the original "Ring". Haven't seen the American remake and certainly don't intend to.
I quite enjoyed "The Descent" but I think you have to see it on a big screen to get the most of it. Death to horrible American remakes! I've seen the original "Ring". Haven't seen the American remake and certainly don't intend to.
Oh, and "Deep Blue Sea" and "Lake Placid", for my money, are great value if you want a superb comedy monster movie. Just don't go in expecting scares (although there are a few great jumps - ironically enough, both films rely on scares generated by people being decapitated by marine life. Well, there's worse ways to go!)
any good horror film does that, and yes dawn of the dead does a great job on social commentaryTheMadDoctorsCat said:
a movie called teeth is great for that too, it's pretty funny too
ichi the killer was pretty good
SiGns?arcstone said:
Really?
That was scary? I was laughing my ass off when the latex suit appeared. Been more scared by Plan 9.