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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
problem is as you get older the less and less you get sucked into the movie so even though they may be scarier than when you were younger it's harder to suspend the disbelief. I'm pretty sure that some movies today that bore me would have given me nightmares when I was younger.
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
Babadook has massive hype.
And I agree with you - more disturbing than scary.
I'm going with the last Freddy movie I saw.
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problem is as you get older the less and less you get sucked into the movie so even though they may be scarier than when you were younger it's harder to suspend the disbelief. I'm pretty sure that some movies today that bore me would have given me nightmares when I was younger.
This.
I like watching horror flicks for entertainment but it's pretty embarrassing for a grown man to actually find a movie genuinely scary.
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
I'm too old to genuinly get scared of horrormovies these days.
Only thing that causes a reaction at times are startle-scares, but they last only a millisecond.
It's not like when we were younger and a movie could really scare you.
I was a real horror-movie afficionado back in the day, and im still looking for that movie that can really scare you.
Scare you and not gross you out that is. Not looking for movies such as Salo, Serbian Film, Human Centipede and the likes.
I remember a movie that scared me when i was younger, and that was "Without Warning" from 1980 with Jack Palance and CSI Caruso among others.
Unfortunately, it doesn't create any of that emotion these days,
the only emotion i get is nostalgia and remembering the old days :D
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This.
I like watching horror flicks for entertainment but it's pretty embarrassing for a grown man to actually find a movie genuinely scary.
scary might be the wrong word
but the should build tension and make you jump
or fuck with your head a little
I was laughing all the way through the babadook
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Exorcist
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
I absolutely loved "The Babadook." One of my favorite movies.
Bigmc, did you understand the metaphor behind the movie?
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
2/3 was pretty damn tense, I thought. Ending got all metaphorical, but still pretty interesting if you think it through.
The Awakening (Netflix) was solid. Excellent ghost story, similar to The Others. Not many jump scenes or special effects, but clever and creepy as fuck. Must-see for the slow burn suspense/horror crowd.
The Conjuring, too; it was probably scarier, but it petered out at the end, as many do. Lame exorcism scene that almost ruined it. Great up until, though.
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
I tried to watch that on netflix a couple weeks ago and got 20 min in and shut it off
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problem is as you get older the less and less you get sucked into the movie so even though they may be scarier than when you were younger it's harder to suspend the disbelief. I'm pretty sure that some movies today that bore me would have given me nightmares when I was younger.
Plus, society has drastically changed. My father was telling me that when the Exorcist came out in the movies, people were deathly afraid of the movie. People actually walked out of the movies. Some people even fainted during the movie. However, with all the violence and gross things we see via the internet, its almost impossible to scare people these days. When they did the remake of the exorcist and it was in the movies, people were laughing at some of the scenes.
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The scariest thing in the babadook was the woman's vibrator, which looked like it was an heirloom from the 1930s.
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Silent house (uruguayan film). Welldone, IMO.
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The scariest thing in the babadook was the woman's vibrator, which looked like it was an heirloom from the 1930s.
I was strangely attracted to her though :-X
on a side note the last film that genuinely left me disturbed was
the road
not a horror but carved in hopelessness
especially touching for dads cause you can see yourself in that protect your child at any cost situation
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I was strangely attracted to her though :-X
on a side note the last film that genuinely left me disturbed was
the road
not a horror but carved in hopelessness
especially touching for dads cause you can see yourself in that protect your child at any cost situation
The kid was sort of annoying lol. :D :D
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o I watched the babadook after everyone raving about how scary it was
are they serious it was awful
made me think when was the last time a genuinely scary horror movie was made
cant think of a recent one
The Descent for genuinly scary.Best recent ones ive seen were The Conjuring and Orphan.I thought the Babadook sucked.Agree with The Road, was a good movie and very much how Id see it going should that scenario occur.
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Not the last, but one of the very best: Session 9.
Just got everything right in that one. Possibly my all-time favorite.
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I absolutely loved "The Babadook." One of my favorite movies.
Bigmc, did you understand the metaphor behind the movie?
explain it case I missed it
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Plus, society has drastically changed. My father was telling me that when the Exorcist came out in the movies, people were deathly afraid of the movie. People actually walked out of the movies. Some people even fainted during the movie. However, with all the violence and gross things we see via the internet, its almost impossible to scare people these days. When they did the remake of the exorcist and it was in the movies, people were laughing at some of the scenes.
Yeah, the internet has really made us far more immune to scares. After all, if we want to see horror now, we just can visit liveleak and watch a few videos of what real "horror" looks like. Movies just aren't going to have the same effect as they did in the past.
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The Descent for genuinly scary.
Good call - forgot about that one.
Ending was pretty sad.
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The Descent for genuinly scary.Best recent ones ive seen were The Conjuring and Orphan.I thought the Babadook sucked.
Absolutely. [REC] as well, Spanish film. Fantastic. The Strangers was decent, too.
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Absolutely. [REC] as well, Spanish film. Fantastic. The Strangers was decent, too.
there was decent build up in the strangers
but felt very anticlimactic to me
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This is genuinely scary, first legit slasher and still scary today.Moreso than Halloween imho.Full movie below.
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Absolutely. [REC] as well, Spanish film. Fantastic. The Strangers was decent, too.
yup, Rec was another one.I also thought the USA version of The Ring was one of the only scary horror films id seen.
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there was decent build up in the strangers
but felt very anticlimactic to me
I can't recall the ending. "Is Tamara here?" was creepy as hell, though, and then when you first see him behind Liv inside the house. Brilliant suspense, I thought, but, yeah, forgot how it ends.
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explain it case I missed it
The Babadook was a metaphor for the mothers grief about her dead husband. There was no babadook. The Babadook represented all the grief, sadness, etc that the mother felt. At the end of the movie the kid asks his mom, "How was it today (the babadook)?" The mom says, "Its pretty quiet today." Meaning, her anxiety, sadness and grief about the husbands death was "quiet." She wasn't feeling all of those negative emotions. The Babadook (negative emotions) were at bay today.
From a movie site:
Now, on the face of it, this film may seem like a typical possession movie (even the Kickstarter campaign for the film descried it as such). Though, there is a strong case to be made that the events of the film are simply a representation of Amelia’s sorrow. The film is seemingly about grief and resentment that consumed both her and her son. Sam grew up without a father, he lives with a mother who keeps a locked basement with all his possessions. She clearly has at least some resentment built up towards her son as she finds him partly guilty for causing the father’s death. The kid feels that resentment and sees it constantly from his mother who has visibly gone off the deep end. The metaphoric shit starts hitting the fan when the boy goes into the basement, “releasing the demon” aka bringing stirring up strong memories for his mother.
This happens in cycles every year, hence Sam never having had a real birthday party. The boy feels like he caused everything and his mom reinforces this idea. This causes him to act out at school and also causes him great anxiety. The neighbor next door even says, “I know how hard this time of year can be for you..”
This is a reoccurring theme in both of their lives. They “protect each other” from it. He from her demons and her from his. The boy being tossed around was the mother’s doing. We learn that she sometime’s has out of body experiences (i.e. when she finds herself hovering over Sam with a knife out of nowhere). We as the audience see the boy being thrown around by nothing, but it is indeed the mother. The “possession” was simply the built up of memories/depression/resentment etc.
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She also used to write children's books in the story, so it's likely she was creating the book all along.
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yup, Rec was another one.I also thought the USA version of The Ring was one of the only scary horror films id seen.
The ring was good.
I watched Oculus and it got me going a little bit.
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Yeah, the internet has really made us far more immune to scares. After all, if we want to see horror now, we just can visit liveleak and watch a few videos of what real "horror" looks like. Movies just aren't going to have the same effect as they did in the past.
x2.
But you can tell the horror genre is trying to come up with new ways to scare people, i.e., blairwitch type movies.
Nothing cuts it any more.
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The ring was good.
I watched Oculus and it got me going a little bit.
Probably The Ring for me.
Nothing fucked me up more than reading Pet Cemetary in one night. Shudder.
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Probably The Ring for me.
Nothing fucked me up more than reading Pet Cemetary in one night. Shudder.
yeah books are much better
some good horror books make your skin crawl
you can paint a much better image in your mind
than a movie can recreate
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yup, Rec was another one.I also thought the USA version of The Ring was one of the only scary horror films id seen.
Agree, very well done.
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sinister was good..
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yeah books are much better
some good horror books make your skin crawl
you can paint a much better image in your mind
than a movie can recreate
House of Leaves. Only time a book sorta scared me.
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yeah books are much better
some good horror books make your skin crawl
you can paint a much better image in your mind
than a movie can recreate
Agree. That's why I am not so much into slasher/horror movies in the traditional sense as you don't use your imagination as the creature/person, etc. was/is revealed and imagination disappears. Plus blood and guts are more "disgusting" as opposed to "scary".
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sinister was good..
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Better check out now before someone fucks up the thread with Insidious, the stinkiest shitpile ever committed to film. Its success is exactly why we're getting garbage horror these days.
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Better check out now before someone fucks up the thread with Insidious, the biggest shitpile ever committed to film. Its success is exactly why we're getting garbage horror these days.
insidious was awful,,turned it off ..
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insidious was awful,,turned it off ..
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Better check out now before someone fucks up the thread with Insidious, the stinkiest shitpile ever committed to film. Its success is exactly why we're getting garbage horror these days.
I'll +3 that one. Went into it not expecting much (as per the topic) but liked it a lot.
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insidious was awful,,turned it off ..
My girlfriend, total sissy, who left the room during Paranormal Activity - f'n mad at me for making her watch - laughed at Insidious. Even she knew it was goofy as fuck.
Horrible.
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x2.
But you can tell the horror genre is trying to come up with new ways to scare people, i.e., blairwitch type movies.
Nothing cuts it any more.
Agreed with both... Paranormal Activity was disturbing honestly, but in terms of "scary" i have to go back to 70s, 80s and some in the 90s, like that fucking Pennywise of IT who did give me nightmares when young... Never watched the original 1974 Black Christmas, seems great, i'll check it out soon...
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Scariest move in recent years has to go to Generation Iron.
I literally laughed at the absurdity of Serbian Movie when I watched it.
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Agreed with both... Paranormal Activity was disturbing honestly, but in terms of "scary" i have to go back to 70s, 80s and some in the 90s, like that fucking Pennywise of IT who did give me nightmares when young... Never watched the original 1974 Black Christmas, seems great, i'll check it out soon...
Scared me. Even the second time, at home on DVD. Knew what was coming, and my heart was still pumping. And I never get scared watching a film, not genuinely.
They got it right, I don't care what any of the latecomer critics say. Same with Blair Witch.
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Scared me. Even the second time, at home on DVD. Knew what was coming, and my heart was still pumping. And I never get scared watching a film, not genuinely.
They got it right, I don't care what any of the latecomer critics say. Same with Blair Witch.
the last two minutes of blar witch was creepy as fuck
the guy stood in the corner
the rest was shit
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Insidious was pretty scary.
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Insidious was pretty scary.
Not for me.
Out of Insidious 1-2, Sinister, Annabelle, Saw-series, Conjuring and Dead Silence i think i liked Sinister best.
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yeah books are much better
some good horror books make your skin crawl
you can paint a much better image in your mind
than a movie can recreate
Thats why I love books and why it's difficult to make a book into a good movie.
....Goodfellows being an exeption, read the book years before the movie came out and the movie was just as good.
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I enjoyed sinister, first horror film I've liked in a while. Can't say I remember last time was scared of a horror as its my favorite genre and have been watching them from an early age, was scared shitless by puppet master when I was 8 or 9 or so but a few years later got into watching horrors and loved them, have been having regular fucked up nightmares since a child also so kind of used to it.
Am absolutley shit scared of paranormal and tales of ghosts and the such and a little bit scared of the dark and windows without curtains at night when lights are out haha pathetic I know
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Agreed with both... Paranormal Activity was disturbing honestly, but in terms of "scary" i have to go back to 70s, 80s and some in the 90s, like that fucking Pennywise of IT who did give me nightmares when young... Never watched the original 1974 Black Christmas, seems great, i'll check it out soon...
Yes, PA had its moments, but as you said, you have to go back to the 70s, 80s, and 90s for a real good scare. The movie "IT" scared the shit out of me.
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The rite was creepy.
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Am absolutley shit scared of paranormal and tales of ghosts and the such and a little bit scared of the dark and windows without curtains at night when lights are out haha pathetic I know
Outed ;)
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The Strangers was pretty intense as well. The impending doom was tough to take.
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Outed ;)
Haha I had to put it in as I didn't want to sound like I was acting like "I'm scared of nowt me"
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Last good horror movie I watched was "The Descent".
However, watch it with the original cinematic (international) ending and not the American one...
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I enjoyed sinister, first horror film I've liked in a while. Can't say I remember last time was scared of a horror as its my favorite genre and have been watching them from an early age, was scared shitless by puppet master when I was 8 or 9 or so but a few years later got into watching horrors and loved them, have been having regular fucked up nightmares since a child also so kind of used to it.
Am absolutley shit scared of paranormal and tales of ghosts and the such and a little bit scared of the dark and windows without curtains at night when lights are out haha pathetic I know
Haha, Im not a fan of being in the house by myself when its dark. Happily wander around outside in the dark, but still sprint up the stairs if all the lights are out.
Not gay.
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After age 12, you stop being scared by movies.
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THE GRUDGE
LADY IN BLACK
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I thought this was pretty good.
(http://www.moviescene.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Moviescene/berichten/2014/september/deliver_us_from_evil_02037776_ps_1_s-low.jpg)
Supposedly based on true accounts:
A cop and a priest team up on a case of demonic possession in this Screen Gems horror film based on actual cases investigated by retired NYPD police officer-turned-demonologist Ralph Sarchie. When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie (Eric Bana) fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. His eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality, however, when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza (Édgar Ramírez) convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, this unlikely duo wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil. But the closer they get to the source of this malevolent scourge, the more immediate the danger becomes to Sarchie, his pregnant wife Jen (Olivia Munn), and their young daughter Christina (Lulu Wilson).
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Fright Night in 1985....it has a rotten tomato review of 91%....a true Hollywood classic until they remake it in 2013 and completely ruin it
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The rite was creepy.
It was based on a non-fiction book. Very good read. Truth is stranger than fiction.
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Last good horror movie I watched was "The Descent".
However, watch it with the original cinematic (international) ending and not the American one...
Where she stays below, thinking about her daughter or something, right? Birthday candles involved, maybe? I forget.
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yeah books are much better
some good horror books make your skin crawl
you can paint a much better image in your mind
than a movie can recreate
Can you give me a few titles you found scary? Always looking for a good read.
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Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. One night it made me put down the book and search the house, it was that creepy. :o
www.amazon.com/Summer-Night-Dan-Simmons/dp/0312550677/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441166929&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=summer+of+bnight
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The Ruins.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0963794/
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The Shrine. Pretty low buck so they had to rely on cinematoghraphy and writing to make it suspenseful, rather than using special effects. Turned out to be a pretty decent horror movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341710/
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I liked Sinister... Just saw Sinister 2, meh...
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devil...5 people trapped on elevator 1 isn't who they really are...
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Anybody remember the movie "the haunted" from 1991?
downloading it right now for memories, I used to get butterflies and paranoia when I watched this a as a kid with my friend ;D
(http://images.ttcdn.co/media/i/product/31250-2dece075390c4815b40c24e9ddf35d2a.jpg?size=2000)
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Generation Iron.
Truly shocking...
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Where she stays below, thinking about her daughter or something, right? Birthday candles involved, maybe? I forget.
It's about a group of women who meet up for a reunion and go caving.
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It's about a group of women who meet up for a reunion and go caving.
The ending, silly.
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PHANTASM
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Diabolique ..... The original French version..
On opening nite in Northern California two people in the audience had heart attacks and from that day on the theater had to pay to have an ambulance stationed at the front door or else the city wold close it down,
Most likely pretty mellow to today's audiences since the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series
and Night of the Living Dead.
A not too scarrie movie but pretty damn sick was the original THE FLY with Vincent Pricee in the final scene when you can hear a little voice yelling, "Help me! Help me!" and the camera shows you a little fly with Vincent Price's head attached.
And he's caught in a spider web. And in the background you can see the spider coming in his direction.
That was how the original version went but I think that they had to change it due to the sick reaction from those who saw during it's first week run.
I don't know how the second version ended.
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Diabolique ..... The original French version..
On opening nite in Northern California two people in the audience had heart attacks and from that day on the theater had to pay to have an ambulance stationed at the front door or else the city wold close it down,
Most likely pretty mellow to today's audiences since the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series
and Night of the Living Dead.
A not too scarrie movie but pretty damn sick was the original THE FLY with Vincent Pricee in the final scene when you can hear a little voice yelling, "Help me! Help me!" and the camera shows you a little fly with Vincent Price's head attached.
And he's caught in a spider web. And in the background you can see the spider coming in his direction.
That was how the original version went but I think that they had to change it due to the sick reaction from those who saw during it's first week run.
I don't know how the second version ended.
No, not Vincent Price's head on the fly. How about recommending the film instead of giving away the ending?
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Check this one out, sounds pretty scary to me (Review below - check it out, gave me a pretty good laugh ;D)
(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/rsek13wO6T0/hqdefault.jpg)
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Diabolique ..... The original French version..
On opening nite in Northern California two people in the audience had heart attacks and from that day on the theater had to pay to have an ambulance stationed at the front door or else the city wold close it down,
Most likely pretty mellow to today's audiences since the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series
and Night of the Living Dead.
A not too scarrie movie but pretty damn sick was the original THE FLY with Vincent Pricee in the final scene when you can hear a little voice yelling, "Help me! Help me!" and the camera shows you a little fly with Vincent Price's head attached.
And he's caught in a spider web. And in the background you can see the spider coming in his direction.
That was how the original version went but I think that they had to change it due to the sick reaction from those who saw during it's first week run.
I don't know how the second version ended.
lol, a movie where two beautiful women dominate over men is erotic novel to me
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No, not Vincent Price's head on the fly. How about recommending the film instead of giving away the ending?
Released fifty-some years ago, and you're bothered by spoilers?
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Released fifty-some years ago, and you're bothered by spoilers?
:D
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Yea, The Fly is an old movie and I did add SPOILER ALERT at the top but somehow I erased it before sending it out.
But I did meet Vincent Price a couple of times while running the beach in Hawaii.
He walked. I ran.
Very polite, he said. "Good morning!" as I passed.
Another individual Keith had never met.
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Yea, The Fly is an old movie and I did add SPOILER ALERT at the top but somehow I erased it before sending it out.
SPOILERS, stunt:
Rosebud was a sled, Darth is Luke's father, and Bruce Willis was dead the whole time.
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DAMN! Ugly, Now I won't go see them.
But actually ..... Spoiler Alerts work like some kind of reverse 'psychology'.
No matter how much I see one , and no matter how much I don't want to read one, I just can't stop reading one.
SPOILER ALERT !!!!
WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS ...... The four best friends since grammar school days are no longer friends at all when they finish high school and enter the real world seeking fame and fortune.
The movie explains why.
I bet ya read this even though you did not want to.
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Fright Night in 1985....it has a rotten tomato review of 91%....a true Hollywood classic until they remake it in 2013 and completely ruin it
Hell yeah!!!! remake pissed me off
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Hell yeah!!!! remake pissed me off
Colin Farrell, (king of reboots?) ruined BOTH Fright Night reboot and Total Recall reboot!!!
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CRIMSON PEAK ... OCT RELEASE DATE
SCRIPTED to be one hell of a scare!
Nothing seems to scare me anymore except when someone jumps out of the closet (yea! Old school shit!) or else when the young girl home all alone opens the refrrigerator door and when she loses it, the monster, killer, giant rabbbit is standing there staring here int he eyeballs with a bloody hatchet in its hand.
Non-Disclosure agreements were signed by all Crimson Peak personnel (pretty damn common now a days) so nothing more will be said until the Oct 9 .... I think that is the release date.
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CRIMSON PEAK ... OCT RELEASE DATE
SCRIPTED to be one hell of a scare!
Nothing seems to scare me anymore except when someone jumps out of the closet (yea! Old school shit!) or else when the young girl home all alone opens the refrrigerator door and when she loses it, the monster, killer, giant rabbbit is standing there staring here int he eyeballs with a bloody hatchet in its hand.
Non-Disclosure agreements were signed by all Crimson Peak personnel (pretty damn common now a days) so nothing more will be said until the Oct 9 .... I think that is the release date.
Did you work on the film, stunt?
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Haute Tension
Audition
not exactly scary but very tense and suspenseful.
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Released fifty-some years ago, and you're bothered by spoilers?
The older a horror film is, the less likely someone has seen it. And now that you know you botched the ending, you should be less glib.
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I'm too old to genuinly get scared of horrormovies these days.
Only thing that causes a reaction at times are startle-scares, but they last only a millisecond.
It's not like when we were younger and a movie could really scare you.
I was a real horror-movie afficionado back in the day, and im still looking for that movie that can really scare you.
Scare you and not gross you out that is. Not looking for movies such as Salo, Serbian Film, Human Centipede and the likes.
I remember a movie that scared me when i was younger, and that was "Without Warning" from 1980 with Jack Palance and CSI Caruso among others.
Unfortunately, it doesn't create any of that emotion these days,
the only emotion i get is nostalgia and remembering the old days :D
thank you, i was looking for the title of "without warning". I think i watched it once 25 years ago and never forgot it.
Best era for horror = 80's. Because horror was no hype. Only low budget film where talent creativity replace money.
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The older a horror film is, the less likely someone has seen it. And now that you know you botched the ending, you should be less glib.
Dude, that scene is cinematic legend, line's been popular culture since before JFK. You're taking 'spoiler' too far.
Also, which ending did I botch?