Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I tend to love all horror movies, but have recently gotten really into the more gorey ones. All the Saws, Hostel, movies like that. I really love House of a 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects. God bless Rob Zombie. Oooohh, and I just love, love, love Strangeland! You go, Capt Howdy! The grosser the better for me.
Originally Posted By DAR I like the first two Saw films but after I felt they weren't just trying anymore.
Originally Posted By kennect For me the original Halloween is the king of all scary films...I did get some real fun out of watching the sequel "Halloween H2O" since it truly went back to the original storyline featuring Jamie Lee Curtis's character... But there are so many others that almost come as close...I refused to see the "Scream" films in theaters but loved them when I finally saw them here at the house...Best part is number two was filmed just a few blocks from where I live... The Saw films I love...Have no clue what this lastest one will bring to the table but I have enjoyed the overall series...There actually seems to be some effort to tie them all together if you can keep up with all of the different things going on...I am still blown away by the original and I would have been happy had there not been a sequel...I thought the first one was pure genius in the way the story was put together...For me they should have left it there....
Originally Posted By kennect More from me.... In regards to Saw...The thing that got me in the last Saw film was towards the end involving the ice blocks...Anyone who has seen it knows what I mean...
Originally Posted By BrnardM Not the first one to mention it on the boards, but the Spanish film "The Orphanage" is great Halloween viewing. There is a new movie coming out (on the 31st I beleive) called "Trick R' Treat" and it looks to mix a little bit of everything scary. It's been delayed getting to theatres for awihle, but hopefully it will really come out this time.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Gottaluv, I'm pretty darn sure you're thinking of the movie Rebecca. It's one of my favorite Hitchcock movies. I always watch Hitchcock movies at Halloween time, especially The Birds and Psycho. I cannot do the gory movies unless it's the old ones like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I watched one year on IFC and they had played it with the commentary track on - it made it go from horror to comedy kinda like Mystery Science Theatre 3000!
Originally Posted By kennect When I finally saw the original Chainsaw film I felt as if I had just seen the biggest joke in the world...For me there was nothng scary about it... As a side note to Hitchcock...Has anyone seen the current Barbie collector doll based on "The Birds"...Looks just like Tippi and has a couple of birds stuck on her...Really sort of bizarre but I want one!!!!! Link below... <a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9729218" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/catalog...=9729218</a>
Originally Posted By mele That is cool. I kinda want one, too! I love the movie "Rebecca". I first saw it one rainy afternoon when I was a teenager. It was just the kind of movie I was in the mood for that day. I've never seen any of the "Friday the 13th" movies or the original "Chainsaw" movie. I saw a re-make with Renee Zellweger and Matt McConaughey. God, it was horrible.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Oh that version of Chainsaw WAS a really bad movie! It was scary but not the good kind of scary! Hee hee!
Originally Posted By velo "The Tingler" with Vincent Price always scared me witless when I was little. One of the great William Castle movies. there was another one, I think Italian (?) called "Black Sunday." From the 60's....it was good 'n scary too!
Originally Posted By mele This skit was on SNL this past week. I thought it was hilarious! Unfortunately, this link has some other "interesting" things in it (not for kids). But the skit is awesome: <a href="http://thepagantemple.blogspot.com/2008/10/vincent-prices-halloween-special.html" target="_blank">http://thepagantemple.blogspot...ial.html</a> And for next month: <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21061871" target="_blank">http://vids.myspace.com/index....21061871</a>
Originally Posted By kennect Black Sunday! Never saw it but have always heard of it....I don't even know what it is about....Tell me more....
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I loved the first Saw movie. Started loosing interest after the 32nd.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Isn't Black Sunday about a terrorist plot at Super Bowl 13 using a blimp?
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Just thought of a couple more films for this time of year: the original Psycho (gosh, I just love that movie!) and The Others with Nicole Kidman. I guess I'm kind of in the minority because I don't like bloody scary movies, but I love spine-tinglers, especially the older ones. For those of you who've seen it, how bad (blood wise) is the original Halloween? I've always wanted to see it, but I've been afraid it would be too gory for me. Oh, and one more movie (might get me booed, lol): the remake of The Haunting from the 90s. I know it's definitely not the best movie, but it does scare me horribly. I can't even think about it without my heart racing, especially the scene where the main girl is in that rotating room with the mirrors & sees herself getting pregnant in the mirror (via the ghost of her great-grandmother). That scene really, really creeps me out, between the visuals and the music.
Originally Posted By DAR <<For those of you who've seen it, how bad (blood wise) is the original Halloween? I've always wanted to see it, but I've been afraid it would be too gory for me.>> Actually there's very little blood in it. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a film that perceived as a gorefest but there's not much blood in there either. But both films since they were amongst the first slasher films people think that they started this gore trend but it really was Friday the 13th that got heads rolling.
Originally Posted By kennect Autopia, I different film with the same title.... The original Halloween film has about three drops of blood in it...John Carpenter was very clever how he created the tension and suspense without having to resort to any bloodletting...There are no outrageous scenes in this film other than things hiding in shadows, etc...Still my all time favorite for major boo's throughout.....
Originally Posted By velo kennect - as I recall (it's been waaay too long) it was about a witch that had been put to death way back when and she came back to destroy her attackers decendants. It was sooooo scary! but, then, I was about 12 and easily scared. I'll see if I can find a good link tomorrow... it does remind me that Blair Witch is always a good scare too.
Originally Posted By DAR I absolutely hated Blair Witch. I thought it was overhyped and had one scare the very ending. Other than that I thought it was just a bunch of whinny people who got lost in the woods. Hated that film.
