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Post by Don Quixote on Sept 22, 2005 15:02:28 GMT -5
Wait... Deliverence is a horror film?
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 22, 2005 15:11:59 GMT -5
"The Haunting and Rosemary's Baby don't make the list because they overrated." -- Forrest
Actually Deliverance is kind of horror film. It's more frightening, disturbing than you average banal slasher flick.
But as for some OTHER things Forrest has said...I've got a few, uh, bones to pick with him as soon as I have more time and sleep.
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Post by Don Quixote on Sept 22, 2005 15:15:55 GMT -5
Actually Deliverance is kind of horror film. It's more frightening, disturbing than you average banal slasher flick. Huh... y'know, I never thought about it that way before. It is a little more believeable than your run-of-the-mill horror movie, perhaps that's why it's so scary. I always just thought it was about the canoeing trip. |
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 22, 2005 15:28:35 GMT -5
Actually Deliverance is kind of horror film. It's more frightening, disturbing than you average banal slasher flick. Huh... y'know, I never thought about it that way before. It is a little more believeable than your run-of-the-mill horror movie, perhaps that's why it's so scary. I always just thought it was about the canoeing trip. It's not about believablity (some parts of Deliverance don't work for me--like Burt Reynold's ponderous speeches about nature)....it's just how we watch "civlized men" reduced to savages when confronted by violence and the forces of nature. Does anyone else think Brian De Palma should have gotten sued for stealing that last shot?  |
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Post by Don Quixote on Sept 22, 2005 15:30:25 GMT -5
what last shot was that?
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 22, 2005 15:36:58 GMT -5
Hand coming out of the water....I guess they cut back to Voight waking from a dream, so technically it's not the last shot, I should've said ending scene. |
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Sept 22, 2005 16:01:21 GMT -5
I'd say all of the 30s Universal Horror Movies (Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.) were great. Those were the ones that immediately popped into my head.
Biodome also scares me, but in a different way.
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Post by tomservo92 on Sept 22, 2005 16:06:41 GMT -5
I always enjoyed Scream (1996). Dosent have the best cast in the world, but i like the story. And the film in essence is satirizing itself. Scream 2(1997) is satirizing sequels and what violent movies do to people. Scream 3 (2000) was just stupid.  Anyhoo, i just like the way the movie made fun of its self and still managed to be pretty scary. |
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Post by Melting Manos on Sept 22, 2005 17:23:25 GMT -5
I'm going to preface this by explaining that these may not actually be my FAVORITE 10 horror films of all time, (For instance I'm not including the Friday The 13th sequels that I absolutely LOVE, because they do not meet the requirements you listed. They are fun for me because of the cheesiness and I love Jason!) but these are the ones that I find to be truly disturbing and very well made. 1. The Exorcist-To this day I still get chills when I watch this one. I truly believe it is the absolute scariest movie ever made. 2. Jaws-I have to admit it doesn't really scare me personally, but the effect it had on millions of people being scared to go into the water after seeing it earns it a #2 spot for me. It doesn't hurt that it's my second favorite film of all time either  3. Aliens-I like the fact that there is a badass bunch of Marines going against these things, and it doesn't really matter because of the fact that they are completely overmatched. The excellent dark settings, great creature design, and overall helpless feeling makes this an easy choice for the #3 spot. 4. Halloween-The original slasher film and easily the scariest. A bona-fide classic. 5. A Nightmare On Elm Street-Broke new ground with what a slasher film could be. Craven's masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. He's off making films like "Cursed" now when he should be going back to whatever he had in him when he unleashed Freddy on all of us. 6. Dawn Of The Dead (2004)-I know a lot of purists either won't give this remake a chance, or just plain didn't care for it. I thought it was excellent, and is probably one of the best remakes I have ever seen of any film. To be honest I've always found the original to be cheesy fun, but I didn't take any of it seriously enough to actually find any of it scary. This one is leaner, meaner, and the zombies are actually scary rather than pitiful buffoons. I also really enjoyed the fact that they added an element of humor to it. I really liked what this director did with this one and think it deserved a hell of a lot more praise than it got. Bu that's just one man's opinion! 7. Hellraiser-Unforgettable is the best word I can use to describe this one. The gore was over the top, but the atmosphere Clive Barker created with this film was fantastic, and it really does send a chill down my spine at times. Made in '87 and it still stands the test of time. It's too bad there are no groundbreaking horror films like this one being made nowadays... 8. The Hills Have Eyes-My second favorite Wes Craven film. He did a great job of expressing how terrifying it would be to be a family being stalked by a band of lunatics. My wife wanted to turn this one off halfway through! That alone gives it a deserving spot in my top 10. 9. Friday The 13th-I actually prefer some of the sequels to this one but I have to give credit where it is due. This is the original that started it all. Sure, it's not the first ever slasher film, but it definitely starts to get creepy when you find out it's a woman doing all of the killing! I thought Betsy Palmer's performance as Pamela Voorhees is chilling. I get creeped out every time she says "Kill her mommy!"...  A low budget classic as far as I'm concerned. 10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(Original of course)-It's never been one of my favorites, but it still creeps me out to this day. The whole concept of a sick family ( including Leatherface the chainsaw wielding fruitcake) killing all of these kids and then torturing one of them in the way they do is really disturbing. I've heard the actors were not having a good time filming this in the brutal Texas heat. That actually adds to the tension, and may be a good reason why this film is so hard to watch in places!!! Definitely deserving of a spot in the top 10. It gets bonus points for having John Larroquette of Night Court fame being the narrarator I do want to give an honorable mention to The Evil Dead films also. They don't fit the criteria for me (They are not actually scary) but I absolutely love them. In fact, the first two were listed in my top 20 films of all time....Groovy  |
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Post by Torgo on Sept 22, 2005 17:27:43 GMT -5
Bah, I never bothered to count my favorite horror films. I'm not even sure if there's ten of them. Classics I'll give to Jaws, Halloween, and Night of the Living Dead. And a big yay for the Evil Dead trilogy and the Scream trilogy as well.
Other than that, if I liked a horror film, it was mostly as a guilty pleasure, so I'm not listing them to be ridiculed like I know this thread will turn into if I do. How dare you trap me like that Forrest!
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Post by Shep on Sept 22, 2005 18:01:12 GMT -5
Great lists! (Love "Deliverance," Dr. F!) My Tentative Ten (in no particular order): 1) Deep Red (my fav Dario Argento film) 2) Don't Look Now 3) Halloween 4) Dawn of the Dead (original) 5) The Shining 6) Escape From New York (maybe technically not a horror film, but scared the crap out me when I was a kid) 7) Psycho (original, of course) 8) The Abominable Dr. Phibbes (sp?) (A lot of fun!) 9) The Evil Dead (scary and hillarious) 10) Jaws (traumatized me as a child) But the film that disturbed me most of all....The end of "Sleepaway Camp"! Not a good movie, but |
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Post by Torgo on Sept 22, 2005 18:53:18 GMT -5
Bah, I never bothered to count my favorite horror films. I'm not even sure if there's ten of them. Classics I'll give to Jaws, Halloween, and Night of the Living Dead. And a big yay for the Evil Dead trilogy and the Scream trilogy as well. Other than that, if I liked a horror film, it was mostly as a guilty pleasure, so I'm not listing them to be ridiculed like I know this thread will turn into if I do. How dare you trap me like that Forrest! Hey, I love the Evil Dead Trilogy too! And Jaws, and Night of the Living Dead...and even Scream.. I'm talking beyond those movies. Something that I would say in an open room and get blank stares, like Freddy's Dead (D'oh! I mean, not that I like Freddy's Dead, I mean...aw crap). |
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Post by Don Quixote on Sept 22, 2005 18:58:07 GMT -5
Abbot and Costello meets Frankenstein.
Nah, I'm kiddin'
I'm not sure. I've watched a lot of horror movies, but the whole genre leaves me kinda cold. I don't really even own any horror movies. Although, I did really like how stupid Halloween III was though... IN 3-D! So....
1) Night of the Living Dead (original)
2) Dracula
3) Frankenstein
4) Amnityville Horror (kinda)
5) dammit, I can't think of any more at the moment, but I'll come back and edit this as appropriate.
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Post by Ratso on Sept 22, 2005 21:08:05 GMT -5
Although, I did really like how stupid Halloween III was though... IN 3-D! . Halloween 3 was in 3-D? Wow I don't remember that. All I really remember about that movie was... that it had nothing to do with the other Halloween movies, and had masks that kill kids. But my favorite 3-D horror movie is... Friday the 13th part 3. Probably the worst acting ever in the history of film. "DON'T LOOK AT HIM!" |
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Post by Torgo on Sept 22, 2005 22:18:13 GMT -5
Halloween III wasn't in 3-D. I think DQ is a little mixed up on that.
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Anyhoo, i just like the way the movie made fun of its self and still managed to be pretty scary. 
A low budget classic as far as I'm concerned. 
