Horror Movies

Fysh

I watched The Tunnel the other night after hearing about the whole "releasing it free" strategy and it was pretty damn good, a very slickly-made film that IMO is a better documentary-style horror film that other efforts like the Blair Witch Project. I'm buying a copy on DVD come payday

Harrocks

Watch Wakewood over the weekend had me on edge at times been awhile since a horror has gave me that creepy feeling .

sensibleken

I saw stake land last night. absolutely gobsmackingly good movie

constitutionus

im not a huge fan of horro films so im not really able to comment on alot of titles metioned but in terms of the genre it seems to me the concentration on gore as opposed to genuine chills has alot to do with the view that many of whats released is crap.

im racking my brain to think of the last decent horror i saw and i think it was 30 days of night.

really got back to the monsterous side of vampires and their whole tactic for taking out the town works so well you end up thinking " yeah, the rest of the world would think its just an indutrial accident".

the pan shot from above the town of them attacking the residents is probably one of the best moments ive seen in a film of this type in years.

maybe its just me.

i was raised on stuff like sapphire and steel , tales of the unexpected, armchair chillers etc, where sod all money meant more work went into lighting and mood with an emphasis on quality acting.

but with the profileration of CGI i just dont find visual horror i.e gore all that shocking or scary as i KNOW its not real. so not only dont i enjoy stuff like "final destination" as a horror, but i get bored by it. hence why i dont go to em anymore.

that said there IS one coming out by guillermo del torro that looks kinda fun : "dont be afraid of the dark". so i may go see that , but alot of its due to the fact i like what he did with hellboy and know at the very least he doest good suspense.

on the silent hill thing.

i really liked that.

yes its nowhere near as good as it couldve been. and for the life of me i dont know why the hell they switched from the da looking for her to the mother. i mean its not like thats a cliche or something. but it still holds the the title for best video game conversion IMO.

sticking with the game soundtrack was a smart move and the town and general look of the place was spot on. just a pity they went all over the place with the story.

didnt know it was getting a sequel, hopefully they'll address that issue there as i think with a few tweeks it really could be a cracker of a guinely scary movie.

Resident evil doesnt even try to be scary anymore, its more sci/fi action than anything else now. which is a shame as that game scared the bollocks off me back in the day. maybe well get a reboot down the road when it stops being a cash cow. the last one was not only not frigtening in the least it was the WORST film ive seen in years as it made no sense from a storytelling POV whatsoever.

i didnt even cop that was jill at the end because they never explained the blonde do and change to RE5 Look. even a bloody "yes miss valentine" wouldve helped there.

TBH I think alot of problems in the genre come down to whats wrong in other one. lazieness on the part of studios that just want a quick buck.

Kiith

I've not been scared by a film in a good while. Granted, i don't watch a huge amount of horrors anymore, as they are mostly ****. There are some really creepy foreign horror films, but it's been a while since i've seen a good one. Most western horror is laughably bad these days, although i've heard good things about Stake Land. Also, there's absolutely nothing scary about gore films either.

If you really want to be scared, play Amnesia: The Dark Descent on the pc. Scarier then anything listed in this thread so far.

Arkaron

Weird question: does anyone know of any horror movie set during the 1920s? Not necessarily made in the 20s, just set during this time.

Decuc500

The Awakening starring Dominic West, more of an atmospheric ghost story, I had to look it up to make sure, it's set in 1921.

Arkaron

Worst thing is: I saw it at the cinema and liked it. Thanks a mil for reminding me! Any other suggestions welcome.

NunianVonFuch

Shadow of the Vampire (2000) with Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich. Set during the filming of Nosferatu (1922) it's more of a drama than your typical horror. Very good film all the same.

PeteK*

Hostel 1, 2 & 3

The Hills Have Eyes 1 & 2

Wrong Turn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

The Descent 1, 2 & 3


If you like any one of these, then you'll enjoy the rest, too.

Dair76

There is no third installment to The Descent.

PeteK*

Dair76 wrote: »

There is no third installment to The Descent.

I had that debate with my partner.. I said we didn't see it but apparently we did.
You proved me right!

Skerries

someone posted this on Reddit the other day and I have only seen 3 of the 15 so I am going to try some of the others listed

http://imgur.com/gallery/d1BVL