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Yes, The Number 23 is really good, but I wouldn't call it a horror film. It was certainly a lot better than I was expecting. Will have to watch it again some time.

Not a massive fan of horror per se, but watched Saw on Channel 4 last night - it was quite gripping actually, as opposed to the generic teen slash films. Saw 2 is on tonight.

I'm fan of the original Japanese The Ring - it's much better than the Hollywood remake, partly because it is more credible (e.g. a picturesque and pleasant looking holiday retreat home as opposed to the gruesome looking one in the Holllywood one). it also has its origins in the culture of oriental folklore and stories. It's also much scarier as there's something about an evil Japanese person looking quite deshevilled that I personally find rather disturbing.

Ian the Mental-Ian wrote:Halloween's coming up, and does anyone know any good scary movies. I was hoping to watch a scary movie I haven't seen yet.


It can be an Omen or Rosemary's Baby like psychological thriller, or it can just be gory. I don't discriminate.

Thanks!

Severance, starring no lesser man than Andy Nyman.

Took your advice Replicant and bought Exorcism of Emily Rose. Watched it with the rest of the crew at the fire station last night.... Creeped everyone out and we all went to bed joking about how (as in the film) to be on your guard against demonic posession at the 'unholy hour' of 03.00 am....

The only call out we had last night was from a rather disturbed chap who was claiming to have seen lights /fire in the sky..... and the time of call on the print sheet?? Exactly 03.00.... spoooookeeey....

I've been wracking my brains trying to remember the title, but if you want a truly horrific film experience, watch Adam Mason's award-winning "Broken". It makes for very disturbing viewing indeed. If I remember correctly, the first scene is someone waking up buried alive in a coffin.

Replicant wrote:Some good horror flicks, in no particular order...

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Blair Witch Project
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I never got this movie at all... watched it in the cinema and everyfing but just felt slightly cheated.
Load of students running around and bitching with each other in the woods?
Just my opinion (and I've had 4 pints tonite) but "B*ll*cks"

just finished watching cloverfield on dvd which is similar to blairwitch in that its filmed entirely on one handycam.
itsa good film despite that but falls down in two key areas, firstly theres no real ending and no explanation of what, why and were the creatures came from, so i can understand why a lot of movie goers felt ripped off.

I loved Cloverfield because of the ambigious nature of what was going on. This reflected the fact that the characters in the film had no idea what was going on either. And obviously the whole thing was about 9/11 anyway. I also think it was important to keep the "monster" out of shot most of the time otherwise there would have been a danger of it becoming Godzilla 2.

Back to Halloween and horror films, my personal faves are the Exorcist, the Ring (Japanese or American), Ring 2 (Japanese or American), Grudge (Japanese or American), Grudge 2 (Japanese or American - bit of a theme here don't you think?). If you get the American Ring 2 there's a wonderful 30 minute featurette on the second disc that kind of fills in some details between the first movie and the second. It's very good and well worth watching. Likewise on the Japanese Ring there are some short featurettes that have a strong Grudge feel to them. Very spooky.

However as this is Halloween I think we have a duty to adhere to tradition, so may I suggest Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow? And also, as a starter, try Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Perfect Halloween treats.

If I wasn't so busy working on Halloween I would also be tempted to enjoy Abbot & Costello Meet The Monster and/or Carry On Screaming - although what you Americans would make of Carry On Screaming I'd love to know!

There, I think I've just listed each and every one of my favourite films - except Nightmare Before Christmas. There. That's the full set.

I loved the Japanese original version of The Ring. I do prefer these sorts of "horror" flicks that mess with your head more than just showing lots of blood and gore.

That said, my all time favourite, I've just finished watching it again for the umpteenth time is......
American Werewolf in London.

It's a true classic and actually quite funny too. The werewolf transformation scene is absolutely brilliant despite 1980's special effects.
And its got Jenny Aguter in the nuddy!

Morgan wrote:And its got Jenny Aguter in the nuddy!

Yes. Lovely.

Brilliant film (yeah, we all had a crush on Jenny Agutter..) and the special makeup effects still look fantastic (Rick Baker is my all time hero...)

Pub quiz trivia: despite all the songs in the film referring to 'full moons', etc... the director, John Landis, thought it would be amusing to leave out the most appropriate one: 'Werewolves of London'

Oh, and let's not forget The Howling. Watch back to back for a super dooper lycanthrope double bill. And add 'The Curse of the Werewolf' with Ollie Reed for the triple!!

magicdiscoman wrote:just finished watching cloverfield on dvd which is similar to blairwitch in that its filmed entirely on one handycam.
itsa good film despite that but falls down in two key areas, firstly theres no real ending and no explanation of what, why and were the creatures came from, so i can understand why a lot of movie goers felt ripped off.

I kinda see where you are coming from - cloverfeild mirrors godzilla, the USA answer to that genre

Has anybody seen the movie " Perfume " really good and very sinister,the book is even better.

Evil Dead has to be a classic for this season along with " The House that bleed to death" Hammer house of horror studios ( dont want the childrens magicians gettin any ideas )

flashman wrote:
Pub quiz trivia: despite all the songs in the film referring to 'full moons', etc... the director, John Landis, thought it would be amusing to leave out the most appropriate one: 'Werewolves of London'

Everytime I hear Blue Moon, Moondance, or Bad Moon Rising I'm thinking of those poor boys trudging across the dark Yorkshire moors....

Poor boys my ar*e. One of them gets to shag Jenny Aguter.

I only spotted it yesterday but Rick Mayall has a very brief bit-part in the movie too.
He's one of the "Yorkshire Yokels" in the Slaughtered Lamb.

Or was it Siege?