Horror Movies

[Chef99]

I feel the same about that grinning jackass Tom Cruise.

Oh, we are on the same wavelength here, sir!

 

[DJ]

The Remake Of "IT" Looks Extremely Good - 'New TRAILER Released'

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

The Remake Of "IT" Looks Extremely Good - 'New TRAILER Released'

Looks boring as fuck. Cheap jump scares and the clown looks way too evil to begin with.

Tim Curry's facial expressions and 'har har' laughter/animations had such a weird effect on you, because while you knew the clown was so creepy, he came off strangely harmless in so many scenes. The library scene "AH HAH, AH HAH, AH HAH!" and innocence around the death of the little brother in the beginning gave you such a "LOL what?" feeling while at the same time being horrifying.

This just looks like another stupid jump scare/paranormal movie that teenage boyfriends will take their stupid ass High School girlfriends to, to hopefully get some arm grab action and booty later that night.

Movie looks complete *yawn fest* to me. And jump scare movies are complete trash. It's EASY to jump scare someone. It's hard to instill true terror/horror into someone via the concept/plot, music/cinematography or direction of a movie (see Alien, The Thing, Arachnophobia, Werewolf in London, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Fly, etc.)

 

[DJ]

Looks boring as fuck. Cheap jump scares and the clown looks way too evil to begin with.

Tim Curry's facial expressions and 'har har' laughter/animations had such a weird effect on you, because while you knew the clown was so creepy, he came off strangely harmless in so many scenes. The library scene "AH HAH, AH HAH, AH HAH!" and innocence around the death of the little brother in the beginning gave you such a "LOL what?" feeling while at the same time being horrifying.

This just looks like another stupid jump scare/paranormal movie that teenage boyfriends will take their stupid ass High School girlfriends to, to hopefully get some arm grab action and booty later that night.

Movie looks complete *yawn fest* to me. And jump scare movies are complete trash. It's EASY to jump scare someone. It's hard to instill true terror/horror into someone via the concept/plot, music/cinematography or direction of a movie (see Alien, The Thing, Arachnophobia, Werewolf in London, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Fly, etc.)

Assholes are like opinions.....everybody has one, some just stink worse than others.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Assholes are like opinions.....everybody has one, some just stink worse than others.

Right, so your asshole stinks and mine smells rosy as fuck all. We already understood that, so.....

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Already a sixer deep so I'm going to give this one a whirl... Awaken the Shadowman. Doesn't look great, but hell if I care right now!


5/10 on IMDB

Here its is if you're interested:

Spoiler

Awaken the Shadow

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Just watched this and I can safely say "What in the hell was that?!?"

A pretentious art film wannabe, with some truely strange shit going on.

It is basically a bunch hot model chicks looking bored and acting narcissistic for 100 minutes. It is full of symbolism supposably teaching us something about society's unhealthy obsession with physical beauty.

The movie only hints at being a horror movie in the first 75 minutes, with only one scene that even moves in that direction. After that, things pick up a bit.

The characters are generally dislikable, but that is basically the point. The soundtrack is moody electronics that verged on making me nauseous. The story is close to incomprehensible.

But it wasn't all bad. The production is high quality. The eventual link to Elizabeth Bathory makes things a bit more interesting. We did get eyeball puking, lesbian corpse r*pe, and knife deepthroating.

Overall, a disappointment from my point of view. It has dropped to a 6.2 on imdb, but I think that is being generous. I can't go more than a 4.5.

Tried a couple different times to get my wife to watch this one with me. Still haven't. She was a psychology major in college so I thought it would interest her, but every time she watches the trailer she thinks it looks "too bizarre". Glad you're review basically confirmed her belief!

Although I'm not really sure what the hell "eyeball puking" entails, not that I really want to know! lol

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Well, Prometheus is almost entirely back story so this should probably come as no surprise.

Once they get down on the planet things pick up though.

Best Xenomorphs yet! They make the movie imo.

I think that the negative reception was kind of unwarranted. There are a few things that justify it though (character stupidity being the main component for me), but overall I really enjoyed it.

Watched it last week for the first time. I agree with your thoughts here. The xenomorphs were crazy and definitely stole the show. Hated most of the characters though, and some of the storyline didn't make much sense. But I still enjoyed the movie! I think I liked Prometheus better though as it had more mystery to it. This one was more of a sci-fi survival thriller. Still a good movie though!

 

[HuskerBruce]

Looks boring as fuck. Cheap jump scares and the clown looks way too evil to begin with.

Tim Curry's facial expressions and 'har har' laughter/animations had such a weird effect on you, because while you knew the clown was so creepy, he came off strangely harmless in so many scenes. The library scene "AH HAH, AH HAH, AH HAH!" and innocence around the death of the little brother in the beginning gave you such a "LOL what?" feeling while at the same time being horrifying.

This just looks like another stupid jump scare/paranormal movie that teenage boyfriends will take their stupid ass High School girlfriends to, to hopefully get some arm grab action and booty later that night.

Movie looks complete *yawn fest* to me. And jump scare movies are complete trash. It's EASY to jump scare someone. It's hard to instill true terror/horror into someone via the concept/plot, music/cinematography or direction of a movie (see Alien, The Thing, Arachnophobia, Werewolf in London, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Fly, etc.)

Yea well in the novel Pennywise was menacing. Except for Georgie all the kids knew something was off. If you're disappointed they're remaking a movie that hasn't aged well and making it rated R to actually honor the source material then I guess don't watch it.

 

[Chef99]

It's hard to instill true terror/horror into someone via the concept/plot, music/cinematography or direction of a movie (see Alien, The Thing, Arachnophobia, Werewolf in London, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Fly, etc.)

Watched the It trailer and it didn't sway me either way, but this is a very true statement.

 

[jakedog56]

Yea well in the novel Pennywise was menacing. Except for Georgie all the kids knew something was off. If you're disappointed they're remaking a movie that hasn't aged well and making it rated R to actually honor the source material then I guess don't watch it.

True......and I have no specific problem with a remake. The original It had a great performance by Curry but it was quite flawed in other areas. It is better than remaking a classic that wasn't flawed to begin with.

However, in regards to keeping it honest to the source material, I have my doubts that they will include the group of 6 boys pulling the train on the girl (her decision). The point is that sometimes not sticking to the source material can be a good decision.

 

[Chef99]

True......and I have no specific problem with a remake. The original It had a great performance by Curry but it was quite flawed in other areas. It is better than remaking a classic that wasn't flawed to begin with.

However, in regards to keeping it honest to the source material, I have my doubts that they will include the group of 6 boys pulling the train on the girl (her decision). The point is that sometimes not sticking to the source material can be a good decision.

The train thing always baffled me in the book; just unnecessary and repugnant, imo.

As to the first movie: those first two hours were magic. Then John Boy and Crew grew up and the magic died.

They ended up emoting furiously against a Volkswagen Beetle covered in fur. Very disappointing.

 

[jakedog56]

The train thing always baffled me in the book; just unnecessary and repugnant, imo.

As to the first movie: those first two hours were magic. Then John Boy and Crew grew up and the magic died.

They ended up emoting furiously against a Volkswagen Beetle covered in fur. Very disappointing.

You can kinda say the same about The Stand.

The first half when things are falling apart are pretty good. But things go downhill a bit when they settle into the main plot.

At least that is how I remember it. If I watched it now it probably hasn't aged well.

They should consider remaking The Stand. It could be epic if done correctly.

 

[jakedog56]

Just watched a little low budget film called They're Watching. Left being happily surprised but it is a seriously mixed bag.

A film crew for a house remodel/lifestyle relocation show heads to Moldova to follow up on a lady who bought a crappy house in the woods some months earlier.

The show starts with a bang, but it turns out to only be a foreshadowing of what actually occurs much later.

Despite the excellent first minute, things quickly devolve into a boring waste of time as the film crew of 3 (2 guys, 1 girl) cruise around Eastern Europe making stupid jokes at the expense of the locals. In fact, this goes on way to long as essentially the story does not progress for quite awhile.

At about 40 minutes you thinks things will move forward but it turns out to be only minor progress. It really isn't until about 70 minutes that things take off. But when they take off, they really take off!

The last 25 minutes starts out by turning into something along the lines of a 70's Hammer film, then it shifts gears and goes into Army of Darkness on meth with SyFy channel fxs. It is actually pretty cool!

Another schizophrenic film with the first 2/3rds being a total waste of time with about a 3.5 rating, and the last third being a crazy-assed 7.5 or so. Overall I give it a 6 because the highs come at the end and you leave it with a good feeling.

My recommendation: Watch the first 5 minutes, then skip forward about 35 minutes, then watch it with one eye for half an hour or so, and then give it full attention until the end.

Disembowlments, bodies exploding, frog attacks, people being ripped in half, etc.etc. They basically use up the whole budget on the finale.

 

[Yo Tee]

I'm a HUUUGE Horror fan and would like to get other people's opinions on some of the best horror movies on Netflix. Gimme some options people!

 

[Chef99]

I'm a HUUUGE Horror fan and would like to get other people's opinions on some of the best horror movies on Netflix. Gimme some options people!

Anyone who follows this thread will tell ya I ain't kiddin'.

 

[Chef99]

frog attacks

Speaking of this, have you ever happened to read that old King short story where the couple goes on vacation or something and they stay overnight in this town where, as the folklore goes, it rains frogs on that particular date every 10 years?

I'm a little fuzzy on the details, been a long time since I read it; and I think there might even been a tv episode (some horror anthology series) made of it...but I remember being impressed as hell by that story; I always thought, in the right hands, it could be a great horror movie.

 

[DJ]

Anyone who follows this thread will tell ya I ain't kiddin'.

I'm pretty sure I'm in love with you.

 

[DJ]

Speaking of this, have you ever happened to read that old King short story where the couple goes on vacation or something and they stay overnight in this town where, as the folklore goes, it rains frogs on that particular date every 10 years?

I'm a little fuzzy on the details, been a long time since I read it; and I think there might even been a tv episode (some horror anthology series) made of it...but I remember being impressed as hell by that story; I always thought, in the right hands, it could be a great horror movie.

I vaguely remember this.

 

[Chef99]

A funny coincidence, I came across this article today; Tons of stuff to debate here; don't even get me started on Needful Things, one of my guilty pleasures.

I will say this: Kubrick's The Shining, while starring my all time favorite actor (Nicholson) and being visually beautiful, made a fatal mistake - Kubrick made Jack crazy right from the get-go. There could be no sympathy, no empathy. You knew he had an unlikable loose screw immediately.

Throw in the fact that Shelly Duvall was a disastrous miscast and that's the ballgame.

All in my humble opinion, of course.

Anyway, this is a great list; check it out.

Every Stephen King Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/every-stephen-king-movie-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Vulture - August 1, 2017&utm_term=Subscription List - Vulture (1 Year)