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[Rubbish Hero]

chiliztri wrote...

Meh I can't be bothered. I just watch the scary bits and move on.

That's sort of missing the point in my opinion, it's a slow deterioration makes it interesting, like Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly".

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Crazy how old they made Max Von Sydow look in that movie.

Yea, I didn't even kmow it was the guy from the seventh seal until that documetary thing menionted it.

Seagloom wrote...

Back then when I was under ten years old? Sure, I found A Nightmare on Elm Street and its first sequel scary as hell. Then I saw the Shining, Aliens, and Jacob's Ladder when I was a few years older and those scared me worse. Come to think of it... any decent horror movie with sci-fi or supernatural elements got to me.

I'm a 'fraidy cat I guess. Nowadays I still avoid horror movies even though most of them are nothing more than gore fests. They bother me enough that I give the entire genre a wide berth. I don't need disgusting or disturbing imagery in my head. I surely don't find it entertaining.

Isn't Jacob's Ladder a thriller?
The only part that really seemed sort of creepy was the lizard tails.

Modifié par Rubbish Hero, 28 avril 2010 - 09:19 .

[Seagloom]

Does it matter? Your question in the first post was what movies scared us or left us in a state of fear. Jacob's Ladder had that effect on me when I watched it. The way you posed the question I could have legitimately chosen any genre as long as it had that result.

Modifié par Seagloom, 28 avril 2010 - 09:22 .

[Rubbish Hero]

Seagloom wrote...

Does it matter
Your question in the
first post was what movies scared us or left us in a state of fear.
Jacob's Ladder had that effect on me when I watched it. The way you
posed the question I could have legitimately chosen any genre as long as
it had that result.

I suppose not.

Modifié par Rubbish Hero, 28 avril 2010 - 09:18 .

[Seagloom]

I wanted to edit out that question. Didn't like the way it came across in hindsight. But since you quoted it I guess I'll put it back in. >.<

[Rubbish Hero]

I actually edited it back in as the reply would make no logical sense.

[ModerateOsprey]

Seagloom wrote...

Back then when I was under ten years old? Sure, I found A Nightmare on Elm Street and its first sequel scary as hell. Then I saw the Shining, Aliens, and Jacob's Ladder when I was a few years older and those scared me worse. Come to think of it... any decent horror movie with sci-fi or supernatural elements got to me.

I'm a 'fraidy cat I guess. Nowadays I still avoid horror movies even though most of them are nothing more than gore fests. They bother me enough that I give the entire genre a wide berth. I don't need disgusting or disturbing imagery in my head. I surely don't find it entertaining.

I am like this. Can't do horror at all. I am knocking on a bit now and it still freaks me out.

[Noir201]

Stanley Woo wrote...

More recently, the North American remake of The Ring scared me. It's one of the only horror movies I've watched in the theatre.

Watch the japan original, i watched it on channel 4 (english tv channel) at 2am, it was and still the only movie that scared me to the point, every little sound i heard when trying to sleep, had me cringing, stupid as that sounds and not easy for me to admit, nothing ever since has left me feeling like that in all my 28 years of my life.

[amethyst_rose2009]

The Orphanage (Spanish with English subtitles) had me in tears and it's extremely creepy.    The ending was just so tragic, I couldn't stop crying.  I think I had nightmares for 2 weeks after watching that movie.

[The Uncanny]

Noir201 wrote...
Watch the japan original, i watched it on channel 4 (english tv channel) at 2am, it was and still the only movie that scared me to the point, every little sound i heard when trying to sleep, had me cringing, stupid as that sounds and not easy for me to admit, nothing ever since has left me feeling like that in all my 28 years of my life.

Agreed. The Japanese original is far superior. It genuinely unsettled me... and that is coming from a hard nosed horror movie veteran!

[Zaxares]

I get spooked WAAAY too easily by horror movies (which is kinda odd, considering I LOVE to run horror-based D&D campaigns for my friends), so I refrain from watching any horror movie that's not yet 20 years old, and then I can laugh at how cheesy the special effects are.



The Exorcist has some AWESOME quotes though. "The Power of Christ compells you!"

[Ponce de Leon]

I watched it some 6 years ago... when I was 13. In fact, I didn't know I was watching the movie until the very end, when I checked the TV info... was a bit disappointed by the fact that it was called one of the most seriously scary movies around.

[Elhanan]

I saw a relatively bad copy of The Exorcist, which had the visible wires being used to make some of the FX. Not only was I not scared; twas amused except for the profanity. The Exorcist III was much better at generating scares for me.



And I agree with Stephen King: scariest film I have seen (most suspensful) was Wait Until Dark w/Audrey Hepburn and Alan Aarkin.

[Rubbish Hero]

Elhanan wrote...

I saw a relatively bad copy of The Exorcist, which had the visible wires being used to make some of the FX..

About the only scene in the exorcist with possible visable wires is a levitation scene.
All other scenes i.e. the bed raising, furniture moving, characters being pulled e.t.c.... are done from behind, out of view.  Checking the DVD version, which has higher fidelity than VHS I can't actually see any wires.








You also have to take into account this movie came out 1973 and
let's be honest, real, physical FX are still far more convincing  than
the fake looking CGI you get in most movies today.

Modifié par Rubbish Hero, 29 avril 2010 - 03:27 .

[amethyst_rose2009]

Yikes!  Now that does look really really scary.  Maybe too scary for me to watch.

[Elhanan]

I think that we watched a copy of the film that had slipped by editors, or was possibly shown in the wrong format. Same thing happened when I saw Raging Bull; boom-mike kept slipping into view. And I loathe that film, too. Each of these films were seen in different theaters.

Modifié par Elhanan, 29 avril 2010 - 04:17 .

[Stanley Woo]

Noir201 wrote...

Stanley Woo wrote...
More recently, the North American remake of The Ring scared me. It's one of the only horror movies I've watched in the theatre.

Watch the japan original

I have, and I enjoyed it very much. The two versions are scary in their own ways--the North American one for being such a well crafted thriller, and the Japanese one for being so damned "unnatural" in its creepiness.

[The Uncanny]

A good general rule of thumb is that sequels to horror movies are, almost without exception, nowhere near as good as the original...

Except for Evil Dead 2!

[Appolo90]

Rubbish Hero wrote...

let's be honest, real, physical FX are still far more convincing  than
the fake looking CGI you get in most movies today.

How much do you think it costs to build a real life, fully functional Optimus Prime?

But I digress.. the effects in this film were very simple and real-life FX were appropriate.

Modifié par Appolo90, 29 avril 2010 - 06:56 .

[The Uncanny]

Flies_by_Handles wrote...

The Uncanny wrote...

A good general rule of thumb is that sequels to horror movies are, almost without exception, nowhere near as good as the original...

Except for Evil Dead 2!

  ...yeah that's often true.  I'll make a couple exceptions however: Dawn of the Dead(remake) and Aliens. Those two are not scary per se, but they are in the horror genre and are damn good to boot.

Yes. Very good choices. Day of the Dead is excellent too!

[Rubbish Hero]

Appolo90 wrote...

Rubbish Hero wrote...

let's be honest, real, physical FX are still far more convincing  than
the fake looking CGI you get in most movies today.

How much do you think it costs to build a real life, fully functional Optimus Prime?

Not sure.... I 'm pretty sure  a manikin head from 1973, used  sparingly  is still  far more convincing  than any of the convoluted CGI motion  sequences used in Transformers though.



It actually did use an overlap of "Captain Howdy" (to the left side) faintly over the top of the manikin. Even
that was used sparingly. and to greater effect than the void of nothingness on
screen during Transformers.

Modifié par Rubbish Hero, 29 avril 2010 - 07:23 .

[Stanley Woo]

I recently watched a few Takashi Miike films: Audition, and One Missed Call (and its sequel).



One Missed Call is super creepy. There was a North America remake but it was apparently very bad. Anyhoo, it's about a group of friends who start receiving voice mail on their cell phones (hence the title). When the play the voice mail, it's from themselves and is dated some time in the near future, and it's nothing but their own death screams. Mysteries abound.



The sequel is a little more self-referential and takes the mythos a step further. The same things start happening with a different group of people, only this time, it's all over the news and becomes a media phenomenon, so much so that a television studio wants to see what's causing the deaths live and on camera. They convince one of the girls who's received one of these messages to come to the studio and be broadcast live.



Audition is more of a thriller than a horror, and the entire film is a build-up for the last 15 minutes of awesomeness. A widower decides it's time to start dating again. He and his friend, both working at a television station, decide to use an upcoming project as an excuse to "audition" potential partners for the guy. He meets a wonderful girl and they start seeing each other, but strange things start happening and he finds that she may not be all that she says she is.