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Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:41 pm

Jack and his friend decided they wanted some scary movies the other night so I gave him some money and the car keys. They came home and we all sat down for what I thought would be scary movies. I ended up leaving not because they were scary but because they were gross. All the movies that these two get are gross. Is that what the scary movie industry has turned into?

Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:44 pm

Sadly yes.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:01 pm

Feast
The Reeker
Behind The Mask:The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Hatchet
Rob Zombie's Halloween
Splinter(2008)
See No Evil
The Hills Have Eyes
Wrong Turn
Dead Silence
House of a Thousand Corpses
Pulse Unrated

All have came out the past few years and all kick ass.

News Credits: 49 · Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:18 pm

But those aren't actually "scary" or "horror" movies. They're just gore-fests.

American horror moves have turned away from anything resembling psychological horror and now just stuff in as much gore and violence as they possibly can, because the writers don't have any original ideas, and Hollywood believes that your average type of person who will watch horror movies(typically Teenagers) are retarded.

And well, out of all the teenagers I know, they'd be right.

So instead of getting a true horror movie. The type that Silent Hill tried to be. We instead get Kane jerking off in a closet, or bullshit uninspired and completely lacking remakes, and then even more retarded sequels of those remakes.

Edit: Also, every single horror movie has now decided to follow in the footsteps of saw, by using the unimaginative gritty filter on their film.

"Gee I think we're in a horror movie guys"
"Why do you say that?"
"Because this pristine polished glass crystal looks like it was smeared in dirt and feces, but it's not"
"Damn you hollywood!"

For once, I'd like to see a horror movie shot with no filter, use bright lighting to set the opposite mood. Then start having jump points.

That way I could make a shitload of money off gullible @#$%s and then inspire a whole generation of uninspired copycats.

Re-Edit: Hm, one would almost think I have a grudge against what the "horror" genre has become.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:29 pm

There was a supposed Transformers film done by Michael Bay about a year ago.

Trust me, you'll never see a more shocking movie...

Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:55 pm

Amelie.

Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:58 pm

Sadly, there are no such things anymore as scary movies. Just gore-fests that rely heavily on CGI and very little on any sort of plot worth a tinkers dam! The last REALLY good horror movie that I saw was Exorcist (and it was scary to me because I had read the relatively-recently-released papers from The Vatican on the issue, and they are truly bone-chilling! A great chunk of the REAL story happened here in St Louis). But sadly, since the onslaught of the Friday the 13th and the Nightmare on Elm Street movies of the 80's, all horror does is spray blood and guts everywhere and call that a "horror movie"....

...I wanna be scared, damnit! Not feeling like I went to a GWAR show!

News Credits: 2 · Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:06 pm

Whisper wrote:There was a supposed Transformers film done by Michael Bay about a year ago.

Trust me, you'll never see a more shocking movie...

But then they decided that a Fall release was much too close to the Transformers movie he already released in July, so they held off until next year. I've heard the story.

I had an idea for a horror movie. I got the idea a week or so ago. It'd be about a guy who, at the beginning of the movie, begins to suffer from severe psychological trauma that causes him to randomly hallucinate and damage his perception of reality. He then begins seeing what I can only describe as some freaky ****.

Imagine, a man nervously opening a door, while you expect something to be freaky on the other side. Creepy music, all that. He opens the door...and it's just a normal living room.

Then he turns around and the hallway is made out of bones and blood or something.

It wouldn't be the kind of movie where a guy who gets his ribcage torn out through his ass is supposed to count as scary. It'd play around with the audience's expectations. You jump more when you don't see the scary thing coming.

And if someone wanted to make a crappy sequel out of it, I'd beat them over the head with a crowbar. Metaphorically.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:19 pm

Rent:

Hide and Seek - Great mystery thriller with heavy psychological influences. If I say any more than that, I'd give away too much.

Skeleton Key - Also a great mystery movie with a bit of a ghost story thrown in. Like Hide and Seek it has some surprises, so you can't say much without giving a lot away.

I am Legend - Great Sci-Fi action movie with lots of creepy scenes and make-you-jump scenes worked in.

I'm also fond of Sleepy Hollow, but it borders on being a gore-fest. Same with Le Pact de Lupes.

Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:37 pm

I blame "fear" factor. Eating boiled yak wang isn't scary, it's disgusting. Horror movies these days are scary in a 2 girls 1 cup kind of way. Thats why I love the horror video games, the focus is on NOT dying, not how you die.

Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:54 pm

all scary movies are these days is just HA! BLOOD! thats just it nothing else

News Credits: 1 · Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:44 pm

well there are just nobdy wants to make em anymore. In the old days scary movies made you scared not trigger a gag reflex. The prob with movies today like saw is that they rely on gore and not scaryness. Kinda sad really but I like action and commdey movies best so it dosen't bother me too much just something to think about if I do watch one.

Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:33 pm

Original Sin wrote:Feast
The Reeker
Behind The Mask:The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Hatchet
Rob Zombie's Halloween
Splinter(2008)
See No Evil
The Hills Have Eyes
Wrong Turn
Dead Silence
House of a Thousand Corpses
Pulse Unrated

All have came out the past few years and all kick ass.

Some of those movies are the ones Jack brought home. It was not scary it was gross.

News Credits: 129 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:27 am

You really want to watch J-Horror movies.

Try and find Ringu (You've probably already seen it) then find Rasen otherwise known as Spiral, which was the real sequal.

The J version (original version) of Pulse is good too.

News Credits: 21 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:18 am

I know they are not "scary" or "horror" films but I have always loved the Friday the 13th movie series, with part 6 being my favorite. Jason X was also just so cheesy I loved it. You just gotta love Uber-Jason, it's just so ridiculous it's great.

The Cave was another "horror" movie I liked, it very much reminded me of the "Alien" movies. In my opnion The Cave>The decent.

Of course you can never go wrong with a good old-fashioned zombie movie. Some of my personal favorites are Fido(it's a brilliant comedy with zombies!), Flight of the Living Dead(Zombies on a Plane), and The 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake(I love Zack Snyder).

Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:45 am

Jack and I watched the origional black and white version of house on haunted hill. That was funny.
We saw The Cave, it was pretty good. Darkness was not near as scary as I thought it was going to be.
Has anyone seen The Happening? I tried to rent it but it was all rented out. Is that one scary at all?

News Credits: 21 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:51 am

I work at blockbuster and I saw the Happening or as I call it the CRAPpening.

Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:04 pm

Missourisnowflakes wrote:Has anyone seen The Happening? I tried to rent it but it was all rented out. Is that one scary at all?

The Happening was just dumb. I wouldn't bother unless you're curious. It had potential, but it was messed up. I think that was Mark Wahlberg's worst acting. Just seemed to phone it in. And I actually paid to watch it. #-o

I actually like the Saw movies. There's more background and character in the later ones. Better than Hostel anyway.

A great horror is Shaun of the Dead. Not all gore and guts. It's got its jumps, but I wouldn't call it a scary movie. It's like a comedy drama with a horror movie situation. Try that one.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:24 pm

Me, Grimlock! wrote:A great horror is Shaun of the Dead. Not all gore and guts. It's got its jumps, but I wouldn't call it a scary movie. It's like a comedy drama with a horror movie situation. Try that one.

It's a RomZomCom. A romantic comedy, with Zombies.

News Credits: 767 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:00 pm

Disturbia had a bit of a scary tone sometimes.

Eagleeye was also very good it's more of a thriller but once you watch the film and think abut the situation it's actually quite scary.

Pan's Labyrinth is a bit scary but in my eyes it's utter garbage too much realistic violence.

News Credits: 49 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:33 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Pan's Labyrinth is a bit scary but in my eyes it's utter garbage too much realistic violence.

You mean the parts where outside of dealing with Pan she was dealing with a war-torn spain?

News Credits: 767 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:43 pm

Senor Hugo wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Pan's Labyrinth is a bit scary but in my eyes it's utter garbage too much realistic violence.

You mean the parts where outside of dealing with Pan she was dealing with a war-torn spain?

Yes, I dislike War movies especially if they're made as realistic as in that movie. I mean if I had known about that part of the movie I wouldn't have watched it, damn critics not mentioning that part but letting it look like it was a pure fantasy movie.

Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:52 pm

If you want a purposely horrible movie I recommend Backwoods. It's bad in every way but it has an appeal that I can't describe.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:36 pm

it`s gotten so bad over the years that my girlfriend doesn`t even know the diference between a horror and a thriller...honestly, a 27 year old that doesn`t know that a thriller plays with your mind?that`s some pretty screwed up definitions...as for good movies that scare ya without much gore...try 1408, interesting freaky movie that doesn`t use the gore syndrome to get to you.