View Full Version : Favorite, Overrated, and Underrated Horror movies
Exciterx24 04-02-2005, 05:48 PM Are there many Horror fans here? Have you ever seen a Horror movie and immediately loved it? How about those other overrated movies that sometimes don't even make sense? Maybe the opposite like when a Horror movie is good but everyone keeps calling it horrible.
Some of the best Horror movies in my opinion have to be The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Psycho series, and so on.
An extremely overrated movie is Romero's Dawn of the Dead. I love the other two Romero movies that complete the trilogy but this one gets way too much praise. It is weak if you compare it to the innovative Night of the Living Dead(1968) and the phenomenal Day of the Dead(1985). Also a very overrated movie by Italian legend, Lucio Fulci, is The Gates of Hell(1983). This movie is so slow and sometimes plain stupid. At least, it has a very good soundtrack performed by the great Fabio Frizzi, so it has something going.
A very underrated Horror movie that I love is The Order(2003) with Heath Ledger. Sure, it's a strange movie with a somewhat bizarre plot, but I think it's the best Horror movie to come out in years. I also love Stir of Echoes(1999) with Kevin Bacon. A terrific movie that was outshined by the much more succesful, The Sixth Sense. The plots are similar; yet, they work in different ways.
masterdirector 04-02-2005, 06:05 PM Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Sixth Sense...all VERY ****ing overrated. I didn't really like any of them.
Favorite would be Nightmare on Elm Street series. One thing many don't understand as to why those of us that like the series so much do is this...we love Freddy. Englund's performance as Freddy is always good. He can play it serious or slapstick and it works well. I'm willing to criticize my favorite horror series though. One of its' biggest weaknesses has always been, not the comedy stuff like everyone loves repeating, but the endings. They've never convincingly killed Freddy for me. All the ways to kill Freddy, except pulling him into reality, suck.
I'll break them down for you:
Nightmare one- Bring him into reality, kill him...but turns into "turn your back on him, don't believe, take his energy away." Lame
Nightmare 2- Love kills Freddy
Nightmare 3- Giving Freddy's human bones a proper burial kills Freddy. He's a ghost...unrested soul, crappy.
Nightmare 4 - Show evil its reflection. WTF was that bull**** from? I know I read that in some book in like middleschool.
Nightmare 5 - Umm...**** if I even know. Oh wait, it was something like put Freddy back in his mother's womb or something ****ed up. Lame nonetheless.
Nightmare 6 - Finally, they bring back the "Bring Freddy into reality and kill him" and they go through with it. They have him way too weak in reality against a girl though, even if it is his daughter. I really liked this movie a lot, but there are a dozen things I'd change about it to make it better. Not completely lame, but poorly executed ending.
New Nightmare - Agree to make a new movie to force Freddy back into fiction rather than reality. Lame, though the movie plot itself was good.
Freddy vs. Jason - Yet again bring Freddy into reality and kill him. At this point, its just ripping off Nightmare 1 and 6, so its lame. At least Freddy isn't a big ***** in reality though. I always expected Freddy to run from Jason in reality, but he brought it to him toe-to-toe and kicked his ass big time. The plot was lame, as were all the ****ing annoying kids. The focus should've been Freddy and Jason rather than the damn kids. They weren't needed to tell this story. Not as drivers of the plot.
oldgringo 04-02-2005, 06:20 PM Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Sixth Sense...all VERY ****ing overrated. I didn't really like any of them.
Favorite would be Nightmare on Elm Street series. One thing many don't understand as to why those of us that like the series so much do is this...we love Freddy. Englund's performance as Freddy is always good. He can play it serious or slapstick and it works well. I'm willing to criticize my favorite horror series though. One of its' biggest weaknesses has always been, not the comedy stuff like everyone loves repeating, but the endings. They've never convincingly killed Freddy for me. All the ways to kill Freddy, except pulling him into reality, suck.
I'll break them down for you:
Nightmare one- Bring him into reality, kill him...but turns into "turn your back on him, don't believe, take his energy away." Lame
Nightmare 2- Love kills Freddy
Nightmare 3- Giving Freddy's human bones a proper burial kills Freddy. He's a ghost...unrested soul, crappy.
Nightmare 4 - Show evil its reflection. WTF was that bull**** from? I know I read that in some book in like middleschool.
Nightmare 5 - Umm...**** if I even know. Oh wait, it was something like put Freddy back in his mother's womb or something ****ed up. Lame nonetheless.
Nightmare 6 - Finally, they bring back the "Bring Freddy into reality and kill him" and they go through with it. They have him way too weak in reality against a girl though, even if it is his daughter. I really liked this movie a lot, but there are a dozen things I'd change about it to make it better. Not completely lame, but poorly executed ending.
New Nightmare - Agree to make a new movie to force Freddy back into fiction rather than reality. Lame, though the movie plot itself was good.
Freddy vs. Jason - Yet again bring Freddy into reality and kill him. At this point, its just ripping off Nightmare 1 and 6, so its lame. At least Freddy isn't a big ***** in reality though. I always expected Freddy to run from Jason in reality, but he brought it to him toe-to-toe and kicked his ass big time. The plot was lame, as were all the ****ing annoying kids. The focus should've been Freddy and Jason rather than the damn kids. They weren't needed to tell this story. Not as drivers of the plot.
I only liked three parts of FvJ....and they were mainly for the visuals. The part where Freddy jumps out of the water, the part where Jason is walking through the canister barrage, and the part where Jason emerges from the water with Freddies head.
The Noose 04-02-2005, 06:51 PM Whoo-peeeeeee!
Yet Another 'horror Movie' Thread!!!
The Noose 04-02-2005, 06:55 PM Englund's performance as Freddy is always good. He can play it serious or slapstick and it works well.
ENGLAND IS A **** ACTOR.
If thats slap stick you should see me taking a ****!
masterdirector 04-02-2005, 07:03 PM **** off queer, you know jack **** about acting. Englund is a classically trained Method actor. Anybody using a variant of Stanislavski's Method is not a **** actor.
You'd better back off, cause you're out of your element completely.
**** off queer, you know jack **** about acting. Englund is a classically trained Method actor. Anybody using a variant of Stanislavski's Method is not a **** actor.
You'd better back off, cause you're out of your element completely.
Robert Englund is one of the corniest actors in the history of horror films. Did "Stanislavski" write his cheap ass catch lines for him?
Like in Freddy V.S. Jason
Freddy:
Aaaah. Dark Meat. etc. ala: Ie: cheap.
Boxerdog 04-02-2005, 07:24 PM I like the old Universal Studios classics;
Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy etc. but my all-time favorite is probably The Exorcist.
Not under-rated by fans but certainly by critics is Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn". It passes the multiple veiwing test with flying colors.
The Noose 04-02-2005, 07:28 PM gosh ur right!
Now that u tell me he is a classically trained actor i can see, he really is a great actor!
Thats why he appeared in those ****-feasts Elm street films (5,6,e.t.c)
Who the **** else would play those roles?? Who the **** else wanted England in their movies???
The films dont work as horror or comedy, they are pathetic efforts by Wes Craven who was desperatly trying to make money...
He has no new ideas, a one trick pony that should be congratulated only for somehow getting a company to distribute those so-called films.
Out of my depth?? Looks like someone has crawled up thier own arse!
The Noose 04-02-2005, 07:33 PM **** off queer,
Classy!
Impressive retort.
Are you REALLY a mster director?
The next Felini? What films have you made... im curious.
neils7147933 04-02-2005, 07:43 PM off the top of my head - includes horror/comedy and horror/thriller
Favorites:
Psycho
Sixth Sense
Rosemary's Baby
Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
Freaks
Young Frankenstein
Dracula (1931)
Nosferatu (1932)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Silence of the Lambs
Also Good:
Small Soldiers
Jumanji
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Nightmare on Elm Street 3
New Nightmare
Halloween II
Scream
The Watcher in the Woods
What Lies Beneath
Mark of the Vampire
The Devil-Doll
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
Underrated:
Angel Heart
Identity
Dressed to Kill
28 Days Later
Overrated:
The Omen series
Jaws
Jurassic Park 1 & 3
The Exorcist
Gremlins & Gremlins 2
Scary Movie & Scary Movie 2
Scream 2 & 3
Hannibal
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Any movie in the Friday the 13th series that someone says is "good"
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) - they showed this on TCM - I don't agree with the "C"
Absolutely terrible:
Scary Movie 3
The Tales from the Crypt movies
Leprechaun 1 & 2, Leprechaun in the Hood
I know what you did last summer
The Screaming Skull
The Devil's Rain
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Why Didn't I hate this:
Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
Leprechaun Back 2 Da hood
I'll think of some more later...the Tua replay will be on soon
I like the old Universal Studios classics;
Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy etc. but my all-time favorite is probably The Exorcist.
Not under-rated by fans but certainly by critics is Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn". It passes the multiple veiwing test with flying colors.
....Boxerdog????? Your alive????
I still like Phantasm and I know it's cheasy and all but to me that's one of the best. That silver ball, the tall man, and that awesome Cuda will always be at the top of my list.
czars_salad 04-02-2005, 07:58 PM sixth sense is probably the best thriller of all time
the ring (american version) follows
masterdirector 04-02-2005, 08:00 PM Yep you **** are obviously out of your element.
Englund fell victim of typecasting. That doesn't make him a ****ty actor. There are lots of actors like him that are very good actors that never make it beyond one or two key roles in their careers. He didn't write those lines, he just acted them. And he was the only saving element of any of those movies.
Maybe he should have written some of the Nightmare movies rather than just accept some of the ****. But he's always said that he's never done more than give small suggestions on the scripts. His first loyalty is to the writer then director. It isn't an actor's job to question the written material. You clearly don't understand the craft or the business.
Englund has had plenty of theatre work. Played all of the Shakespeare clowns over in England. He's a true actor who has mastered his craft.
Another thing is that Horror has always sort of been the bastard child of the film industry. Alfred Hitch****, undoubtedly one of the greatest directors ever, was never even nominated for an oscar. Or a Golden Globe.
How could you possibly say Englund does a bad job at playing Freddy Krueger? That's just stupidity. Nobody else could play that character after Englund played him in the first film. Anybody else would be doing a bad imitation of Englund and it'd be horrible.
Watch Englund's movement. His gestures. His inflection. Everything. Okay, go watch New Nightmare. In that movie, Englund appears as "himself" and as Freddy. He plays Robert Englund, but it isn't really Robert Englund, it is that writer's concept (Craven's in this case) of a Robert Englund within the universe of that film. A ****ty actor couldn't handle such a complex role. He has to play himself, but not fully himself. Then he has to, in the same context, play Freddy, but not the same exact Freddy from the other films. A Freddy in the "real" world (within the universe of the film).
Englund built Freddy. If you understood the Method, you'd understand a bit more as to why Englund actually is a good actor. Pacino, DeNiro, Penn, any other Method actors would tell you Englund is a good actor. I guarantee it. Email James Lipton and ask his opinion of Englund from an acting standpoint.
masterdirector 04-02-2005, 08:06 PM For me, Scream is one of those movies that works the first time you see it, then isn't ever nearly as good from the first time you saw it. That's the way it is with any mystery type movie I guess. You already know the killer.
Scream 2 and 3 failed because of poor writing and because it became nothing but an R rated Scooby Doo. We already knew the gag. Scream 2 definitely had the worst and least credible killers. They weren't even prominant killers in the movie. Yeah, nobody knew who the killers were, even when they were revealed, lol. It was like you take the masks off and you're like "wait, who the **** were they? Okay, that ***** was the news reporter woman. That guy. I don't remember who the **** that guy was at all." That was stupid as hell. You have to care about the killer and actually see the killer if it is to work any.
That's also the main reason that I Know What You Did Last Summer failed. It was some ****ing fisherman *** that was the killer. The very little detail about him was READ to you by Sarah Michelle Gellar when she read it on a computer screen or microfilm screen at the library. It was mentioned for like 15 seconds, then she remembers and puts two and two together and bam, Long John Silver is the killer, and we're supposed to care.
The Noose 04-02-2005, 08:26 PM The very fact that you are talking about such ****ing crap movies proves that your opinions are worthless.....simple.
The Noose 04-02-2005, 08:32 PM off the top of my head - includes horror/comedy and horror/thriller
Favorites:
Psycho
Sixth Sense
Rosemary's Baby
Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
Freaks
Young Frankenstein
Dracula (1931)
Nosferatu (1932)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Silence of the Lambs
Also Good:
Small Soldiers
Jumanji
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Nightmare on Elm Street 3
New Nightmare
Halloween II
Scream
The Watcher in the Woods
What Lies Beneath
Mark of the Vampire
The Devil-Doll
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
Underrated:
Angel Heart
Identity
Dressed to Kill
28 Days Later
Overrated:
The Omen series
Jaws
Jurassic Park 1 & 3
The Exorcist
Gremlins & Gremlins 2
Scary Movie & Scary Movie 2
Scream 2 & 3
Hannibal
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Any movie in the Friday the 13th series that someone says is "good"
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) - they showed this on TCM - I don't agree with the "C"
Absolutely terrible:
Scary Movie 3
The Tales from the Crypt movies
Leprechaun 1 & 2, Leprechaun in the Hood
I know what you did last summer
The Screaming Skull
The Devil's Rain
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Why Didn't I hate this:
Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
Leprechaun Back 2 Da hood
I'll think of some more later...the Tua replay will be on soon
I think it was you who recommended Freaks (1932) some time ago. I watched it yesterday (whilst eating...which was stupid of me). It was not a eerie horror film that i expected, but good. It had some decent moments.
Actually, it seems a really important piece of cinema. But not scary at all.
Absolutely terrible:
Scary Movie 3
:mad: How is that? That movie fuggin ruled.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Sixth Sense...all VERY ****ing overrated. I didn't really like any of them.
Favorite would be Nightmare on Elm Street series. One thing many don't understand as to why those of us that like the series so much do is this...we love Freddy. Englund's performance as Freddy is always good. He can play it serious or slapstick and it works well. I'm willing to criticize my favorite horror series though. One of its' biggest weaknesses has always been, not the comedy stuff like everyone loves repeating, but the endings. They've never convincingly killed Freddy for me. All the ways to kill Freddy, except pulling him into reality, suck.
I'll break them down for you:
Nightmare one- Bring him into reality, kill him...but turns into "turn your back on him, don't believe, take his energy away." Lame
Nightmare 2- Love kills Freddy
Nightmare 3- Giving Freddy's human bones a proper burial kills Freddy. He's a ghost...unrested soul, crappy.
Nightmare 4 - Show evil its reflection. WTF was that bull**** from? I know I read that in some book in like middleschool.
Nightmare 5 - Umm...**** if I even know. Oh wait, it was something like put Freddy back in his mother's womb or something ****ed up. Lame nonetheless.
Nightmare 6 - Finally, they bring back the "Bring Freddy into reality and kill him" and they go through with it. They have him way too weak in reality against a girl though, even if it is his daughter. I really liked this movie a lot, but there are a dozen things I'd change about it to make it better. Not completely lame, but poorly executed ending.
New Nightmare - Agree to make a new movie to force Freddy back into fiction rather than reality. Lame, though the movie plot itself was good.
Freddy vs. Jason - Yet again bring Freddy into reality and kill him. At this point, its just ripping off Nightmare 1 and 6, so its lame. At least Freddy isn't a big ***** in reality though. I always expected Freddy to run from Jason in reality, but he brought it to him toe-to-toe and kicked his ass big time. The plot was lame, as were all the ****ing annoying kids. The focus should've been Freddy and Jason rather than the damn kids. They weren't needed to tell this story. Not as drivers of the plot.
......Yeah I don't know man, taking that Nightmare **** so seriously would be like me breaking down the various power ranger series that my kids watch and telling why each one was good or bad.
oldgringo 04-02-2005, 09:45 PM Neils you ****er...Jurassic Park I was the ****. Overrated...bah...what is this day of rest ****? Whats this bull****?
Neils you ****er...Jurassic Park I was the ****. Overrated...bah...what is this day of rest ****? Whats this bull****?
.....JP 2 was pure ****. Worst ****in plot in the world. That **** with the gymnastics was so bad it was fugin laughable. 1 and 3 were much better.
JAwheat411 04-02-2005, 10:42 PM Evil dead 3. One of my favorite horror movies. There are alot of classic B rated movies out there. One similar that comes to mind is Silent Scream. I don't think anyone is even killed in that movie. But really freaky.
oldgringo 04-02-2005, 10:47 PM .....JP 2 was pure ****. Worst ****in plot in the world. That **** with the gymnastics was so bad it was fugin laughable. 1 and 3 were much better.
Agreed...that whole Dinosaur comes to America thing just didn't do it for me. And the cast was a lot weaker in #2...JP is nothing without Sam Neill
masterdirector 04-02-2005, 10:48 PM Yeah I don't know man, taking that Nightmare **** so seriously would be like me breaking down the various power ranger series that my kids watch and telling why each one was good or bad.
You could say that about any form of entertainment. If that were everyone's attitude, the world would suck because there'd be no reason to make good movies. Good movies take too much things seriously.
If I didn't take it seriously I wouldn't be much of a director, or a good watcher of movies. I used to suck at watching film. Now, I enjoy movies much more than I did before. Though, I do hate bad movies A LOT worse than I used to.
neils7147933 04-03-2005, 12:48 AM I think it was you who recommended Freaks (1932) some time ago. I watched it yesterday (whilst eating...which was stupid of me). It was not a eerie horror film that i expected, but good. It had some decent moments.
Actually, it seems a really important piece of cinema. But not scary at all.
have you changed screen names? I don't recognize you
neils7147933 04-03-2005, 12:50 AM :mad: How is that? That movie fuggin ruled.
It was terrible, even by recent movie spoof standards....
It was terrible, even by recent movie spoof standards....
If you payed close attention to the dialouge, You would have to find some moments hilarious. There were a few, but perhaps too much physical comedy. Over the top physical.
marvdave 04-03-2005, 10:40 AM I still like Phantasm and I know it's cheasy and all but to me that's one of the best. That silver ball, the tall man, and that awesome Cuda will always be at the top of my list.
I thought I was the only one. I like the whole series of Phantasm movies. They are working on another one supossedly.
good job pbds!!!
SonnyG8R 04-03-2005, 11:04 AM I haven't seen Phantasm. Maybe I'll check it out.
I really liked An American Werewolf in London. I don't think anyone has mentioned that one. Also Jaws, Holloween, Silence of the Lambs, Hellraiser and a few others.
marvdave 04-03-2005, 11:22 AM I haven't seen Phantasm. Maybe I'll check it out.
I really liked An American Werewolf in London. I don't think anyone has mentioned that one. Also Jaws, Holloween, Silence of the Lambs, Hellraiser and a few others.
Phantasm is very cheesy, but cool anyway. Werewolf in London is an all time great. It seems to be more of a comedy to me though.
neils7147933 04-03-2005, 09:15 PM Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, Sixth Sense...all VERY ****ing overrated. I didn't really like any of them.
Favorite would be Nightmare on Elm Street series. One thing many don't understand as to why those of us that like the series so much do is this...we love Freddy. Englund's performance as Freddy is always good. He can play it serious or slapstick and it works well. I'm willing to criticize my favorite horror series though. One of its' biggest weaknesses has always been, not the comedy stuff like everyone loves repeating, but the endings. They've never convincingly killed Freddy for me. All the ways to kill Freddy, except pulling him into reality, suck.
I'll break them down for you:
Nightmare one- Bring him into reality, kill him...but turns into "turn your back on him, don't believe, take his energy away." Lame
Nightmare 2- Love kills Freddy
Nightmare 3- Giving Freddy's human bones a proper burial kills Freddy. He's a ghost...unrested soul, crappy.
Nightmare 4 - Show evil its reflection. WTF was that bull**** from? I know I read that in some book in like middleschool.
Nightmare 5 - Umm...**** if I even know. Oh wait, it was something like put Freddy back in his mother's womb or something ****ed up. Lame nonetheless.
Nightmare 6 - Finally, they bring back the "Bring Freddy into reality and kill him" and they go through with it. They have him way too weak in reality against a girl though, even if it is his daughter. I really liked this movie a lot, but there are a dozen things I'd change about it to make it better. Not completely lame, but poorly executed ending.
New Nightmare - Agree to make a new movie to force Freddy back into fiction rather than reality. Lame, though the movie plot itself was good.
Freddy vs. Jason - Yet again bring Freddy into reality and kill him. At this point, its just ripping off Nightmare 1 and 6, so its lame. At least Freddy isn't a big ***** in reality though. I always expected Freddy to run from Jason in reality, but he brought it to him toe-to-toe and kicked his ass big time. The plot was lame, as were all the ****ing annoying kids. The focus should've been Freddy and Jason rather than the damn kids. They weren't needed to tell this story. Not as drivers of the plot.
I'm sure, if you are truly familiar with all the Elm Street Films, that you will admit that your synopsis of Part 2 is a bit misleading, or at least too vague.
I just saw it for the first time a few months back, and I was like, "Wow - Freddy comes out every time this kid's gay impulses come out..."
I went to a few forums and the imdb page and found that I wasn't the only one who got that out of it.
Consider that:
1. The protagonist in slasher films is usually a female. In this case it was a whiny male, one who got caught by his girlfriend singing to a cheesy dance song into a hairdryer or something similar while he thinks he's alone unpacking his clothes....
2. The protagonist is gay in real life
3. This movie actually has a scene in a gay bar, and a Freddy killing of the gym teacher in an S&M type fashion, in the shower
4. Freddy also comes out when he starts to have sex with the red-haired girl, as his mind is likely roaming thinking that he's uncomfortable. This situation where they actually start consumating follows another time he'd skirted intimacy with the cute girl. He runs out of the poolhouse nervous.
5. He goes to his buddy's bedroom, tells him he is crashing there and to keep an eye on him. As he watches his male friend sleep (and likely begins to lust), here comes Freddy again...
Eventually the girl bails him out at the end and he is, at least temporarily, "straightened out"
I like to entertain alternative views, conspiracy theories, things of that nature - but there are enough coincidences in this film to warrant a section in the film "The Celluloid Closet"
What are your thoughts on Part 2: Freddy's Revenge?
MlLkMan 04-03-2005, 09:17 PM All horror movies scare you in some ways even though you think its bad.
LuKahnLi 04-04-2005, 09:26 AM Underrated:
Tales from The Crypt: Demon Knight
Suspiria
American Werewolf in London
Phantasm I and II
LuKahnLi 04-04-2005, 09:36 AM I must say, one of the absolute worst but watchable horror movies I have seen is an Italian flick called Nightmare City. It is directed by Umberto Lenzi I believe.
The plot is, that Military bio weapons testing results in a bunch of zombies being produced. These zombies have radiation burns all over there face but nobody seems to recognize what they are until they attack. Also, the NORMAL people in this movie put up about the most PATHETIC resistance to the zombies imaginable. People with guns, don't use them and instead engage the zombies (who usually wield axes or knives) in close quarters. Really, the people in this film have NO survival instinct whatsoever. You don't even feel bad when people die, you laugh. I mean how can you feel bad about a guy who charges at a zombie carrying an axe with his bare hands when there is a gun lying on the ground next to him?
The film is watchable because it is actually FUNNY seeing the people in it do the most illogical thing in ANY given situation, especially where survival is concerned. Also Just about EVERY woman who is killed in the movie has their shirt ripped off first, EVEN THIS becomes boring after a while.
Oh yeah, and there is an absolutely DREADFUL dance studio scene where there are a bunch of Italian people in tights doing the absolute STUPIDEST looking dances to awful music and your VERY FIRST THOUGHT IS "Oh, I hope the zombies burst in and chop these ****ers to pieces" Thank GOD that happens.
Just when you don't think it will get anyworse the ending.....well, you would have to see it to appreciate it.
TheFairPole 04-04-2005, 10:30 AM <------< I think it is pretty obvious what my favorite horror movie of all time is. Return of the Living Dead is just a great movie! I know on the outside it looks corny, but whatch the movie and really try to follow the story and diologue. This movie has the perfect mix of horror and tense humor. This is a really well made movie. It is even better now than when it came out in like 1985 or so.
Also, I'd thought I would let you know that they are coming out with Return of the Living Dead 4 later this year, and part 5 next year! They were fillmed simaltaneously in the Ukraine!
I also love all of the Friday the 13th films with the exception of part 9! That was a rip off of another great Horror/comedy called Night of the Creeps. (Thrill Me!!!)
I love basically most of the horror films that have been listed so I will list a couple that haven't been listed yet.
Night of the Comet
Vamp
Killer Klowns from Outer Space - ****ing hilarious
Creep Show
Tales from the Darkside the movie (You promised you wouldn't tell)
Killer Party
Shock'em Dead
Shaun of the Dead- Really fucing hilarious
The stuff
There is one more that I can't think of right now but they use people for chilli like in Chainsaw.
Oh yeah, Saw was really good too.
Thats all I can think of right now.
Neils, I thought the exact same thing about Nightmare 2! I love the rest of them though.
dangerousity 04-04-2005, 12:40 PM Favourite:
Dracula: Brom stalkers(sp?)
Omen 1
The Ring 1 & 2 (japanese version)
Sixth Sense
Overrated:
Scream - punk with aknife suppose to be scary? please
Texas chainsaw masacre - this is more sick than scary, all those ketchup
Dawn of the dead - I saw original and it was terrible
masterdirector 04-04-2005, 01:21 PM The whole gay thing in Nightmare 2 is all coincidence actually. Although, my God, it is easy to see why anybody would take that view. Hell, I thought so too. But the ****ty director of that movie said that this was never the intention. Jack Shoulder. I got the Nightmare Platinum edition dvds and he's interviewed about this very thing. It is funny as hell watching him explain his ass off about why that movie was so bad.
Nightmare 2 even won like "Best gay horror film of 1986" award or something, LMAO! Nightmare 2 and 5 are the two worst films in the series by far, I think. However, I still like both.
Yeah the biggest gay thing to me was when Jessie leaves the girl when he's about to screw her, then he goes to his friend's house right after. Grady I think.
And that gym teacher at the gay bar. What student would actually be dumb enough to go up to the school at night on his teacher's orders? Especially his queer gym teacher. And he went and showered!
It just amazes me that Jack Shoulder didn't see how gay of a movie he made until he started reading critiques.
TheFairPole 04-04-2005, 05:04 PM The whole gay thing in Nightmare 2 is all coincidence actually. Although, my God, it is easy to see why anybody would take that view. Hell, I thought so too. But the ****ty director of that movie said that this was never the intention. Jack Shoulder. I got the Nightmare Platinum edition dvds and he's interviewed about this very thing. It is funny as hell watching him explain his ass off about why that movie was so bad.
Nightmare 2 even won like "Best gay horror film of 1986" award or something, LMAO! Nightmare 2 and 5 are the two worst films in the series by far, I think. However, I still like both.
Yeah the biggest gay thing to me was when Jessie leaves the girl when he's about to screw her, then he goes to his friend's house right after. Grady I think.
And that gym teacher at the gay bar. What student would actually be dumb enough to go up to the school at night on his teacher's orders? Especially his queer gym teacher. And he went and showered!
It just amazes me that Jack Shoulder didn't see how gay of a movie he made until he started reading critiques.
That Grady guy was in the movie Vamp. Grace Jones was the star.
The Noose 04-04-2005, 09:26 PM Favourite:
Dracula: Brom stalkers(sp?)
Omen 1
The Ring 1 & 2 (japanese version)
Sixth Sense
Overrated:
Scream - punk with aknife suppose to be scary? please
Texas chainsaw masacre - this is more sick than scary, all those ketchup
Dawn of the dead - I saw original and it was terrible
Ketchup???? The film has practically no blood at all in it. If thats what u were talking about.
The Noose 04-04-2005, 09:36 PM I always liked Nightmare 2, just because of the pool scene at the end. Freddy takes out a fat kid and they're all ****ting themselves.
At least Freddy is still evil in that one, unlike 4, 5 etc, when he became a joke.
Ok, what is the best Freddy killing??
I like the Johnny Depp blood bath and Tina, the first blonde girl in the original. Oh and the asthma sufferer in Nightmare 4, Freddy sucks her dry.
The Noose 04-04-2005, 09:37 PM Anyone seen A Tale of Two Sisters? I thought it was great.
Exciterx24 04-05-2005, 12:07 AM I actually think that Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy's Revenge, is a very entertaining movie and the replay value is excellent. The best two movies in the series were the first one and Dream Warriors, but my personal favorite is Freddy's Revenge.
Dude, with the Tarman avatar, check my original post. I listed Return of the Living Dead as one of my favorite Horror movies ever. That movie is a solid 4 stars in a 5 star scale.
The Troll 04-05-2005, 12:08 AM The first two Amityville movies are really great horror movies. They are both kinda underrated. The New Amityville movie will probably suck though.
The Troll 04-05-2005, 12:10 AM The whole gay thing in Nightmare 2 is all coincidence actually. Although, my God, it is easy to see why anybody would take that view. Hell, I thought so too. But the ****ty director of that movie said that this was never the intention. Jack Shoulder. I got the Nightmare Platinum edition dvds and he's interviewed about this very thing. It is funny as hell watching him explain his ass off about why that movie was so bad.
Nightmare 2 even won like "Best gay horror film of 1986" award or something, LMAO! Nightmare 2 and 5 are the two worst films in the series by far, I think. However, I still like both.
Yeah the biggest gay thing to me was when Jessie leaves the girl when he's about to screw her, then he goes to his friend's house right after. Grady I think.
And that gym teacher at the gay bar. What student would actually be dumb enough to go up to the school at night on his teacher's orders? Especially his queer gym teacher. And he went and showered!
It just amazes me that Jack Shoulder didn't see how gay of a movie he made until he started reading critiques.
I thought nightmare on elm street 5 was one of the better ones.
Exciterx24 04-05-2005, 12:14 AM The first two Amityville movies are really great horror movies. They are both kinda underrated. The New Amityville movie will probably suck though.
Amityville II: The Possesion will be released on DVD tommorrow. I will probably buy it. Damn, I can't believe that a classic like that took so long to get a DVD release.
The Noose 04-05-2005, 05:38 PM Amityville II: The Possesion will be released on DVD tommorrow. I will probably buy it. Damn, I can't believe that a classic like that took so long to get a DVD release.
tomorow? I bought that film on dvd almost 2 years ago. It was going real cheap. Unless your talking about a new edition.
hodgepodge 04-10-2005, 02:26 AM favorite horror movie is Psycho... most overrated was blair witch project
The Troll 04-10-2005, 08:14 AM I just watched yesterday Freddy vs Jason
and Dawn of the dead (2004)
And both were really badass movies that are probably underrated.
Lol999 04-10-2005, 04:52 PM What about Fright Night? Not a bad little film all in all. Bought the Exorcist at Xmas, disappointed at how ordinary it was when it came down to it. Horror films don't scare me anymore. Watched American Werewolf in London when it came out, absolutely **** me rigid! Same with the tv series Salems Lot, 10 minutes of that ****er when the buck tooth vamps were about and I turned it off in a flash! i still like the old Hammer classics, even the old black and white jobs with Boris Karloff in.
Lol :D
Exciterx24 04-10-2005, 05:06 PM What about Fright Night? Not a bad little film all in all. Bought the Exorcist at Xmas, disappointed at how ordinary it was when it came down to it. Horror films don't scare me anymore. Watched American Werewolf in London when it came out, absolutely **** me rigid! Same with the tv series Salems Lot, 10 minutes of that ****er when the buck tooth vamps were about and I turned it off in a flash! i still like the old Hammer classics, even the old black and white jobs with Boris Karloff in.
Lol :D
Fright Night kicks ass! A great film. Evil Ed is one of the funniest characters I have ever seen.
dodge 04-10-2005, 06:00 PM Evil Dead is pretty bad ass.
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