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Post by Smilla on Oct 23, 2010 13:05:42 GMT -4
Finally saw 1408. Zzzzz. Awful, overdone garbage that exploited the talents of my beloved Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack. (Also, they butchered one of my favorite Stephen King stories.) F.
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Post by Shalamar on Oct 23, 2010 16:28:06 GMT -4
Totally. I was SO disappointed in that movie.
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Post by forever1267 on Oct 23, 2010 17:16:19 GMT -4
I liked the first 2/3 of it, and thought they really got the atmosphere right... and then the special effects / CGI kicked in, and it fell apart.
I had no idea J J Abrams (Lost, Alias) co-wrote Joyride. I liked that one. Hitchcockian thriller is tough to do, and that one did it well.
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Post by margojata on Oct 23, 2010 18:10:15 GMT -4
Black and white movies are the scariest to me. Dracula (damn that Bela was creepy and SO into the part), and Night of the Living Dead. That opening cemetery scene with that zombie still freaks me the hell out.
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Post by Smilla on Oct 23, 2010 19:14:42 GMT -4
To this day, I cannot watch Night of the Living Dead, let alone Dawn of or Day of. Zombies are creepy.
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Post by kateln on Oct 23, 2010 21:45:40 GMT -4
Black and white movies are the scariest to me. Dracula (damn that Bela was creepy and SO into the part), and Night of the Living Dead. That opening cemetery scene with that zombie still freaks me the hell out. I remember when I was five years old somehow I got to watch "Dracula". The scene where he's creeping into the room, and Mina/Lucy is asleep with her neck on full display just creeped me out. For YEARS afterwards I could not sleep unless the covers were up to my chin. If Dracula wanted my neck, he was going to have to fight to find it...damn't. I tried watch "Suspira" and I wasn't scared so much as grossed out. And the trend only continues now--gross movies do nothing for me, truly scary films leave it up to the imagination...like "An American Werewolf in London"--the most frightening scene in that movie? The business man being chased in the London Underground. You see it all from the point of view of the wolf. So it's just the terror on the man's face as he's being chased trying to get away. You never see the wolf attack (only approach), and it just creeped me out. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2010 23:15:40 GMT -4
Another recent one I thought was unsettling is Home Movie[/color]. It has my beloved Adrian Pasdar in it and features a minister/psychiatrist couple whose twins are kind of...different. Resembles Paranormal Activity in terms of style and the ending is great.[/quote] I just watched this and yeah it was disturbing. The last 15 minutes or so are freaky. Another recent horror movie I really liked was The House of the Devil. I wouldn't say it is super scary, more like quietly creepy. But it is well made and a nice tribute to 80s horror movies. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2010 11:03:18 GMT -4
I tried watch "Suspira" and I wasn't scared so much as grossed out. And the trend only continues now--gross movies do nothing for me, truly scary films leave it up to the imagination...like "An American Werewolf in London"--the most frightening scene in that movie? The business man being chased in the London Underground. You see it all from the point of view of the wolf. So it's just the terror on the man's face as he's being chased trying to get away. You never see the wolf attack (only approach), and it just creeped me out. I just watched AAWIL last night, and you are so right about the scene in the underground. So creepy. |
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Post by Sunnyhorse on Oct 24, 2010 15:58:04 GMT -4
Steven Spielberg's Duel creeps me right the hell out.
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Post by Shalamar on Oct 24, 2010 18:14:55 GMT -4
We rented The Hitcher for last night's Scary Movie Night party (the original movie with C. Thomas Howell and Rutger Hauer). Still holds up really well.
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