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The Horror Movie Thread

SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
edited April 2008 in Strut Central
I was a big horror movie fan as a kid, but honestly quit watching them once Scream and all that shit started coming out. Besides a few Asian flicks, I can't even think of one single horror flick I have watched in the past 10 years(unless it was an old one that I was rewatching). Do good horror flicks still come out in America? I am sure i've missed some good indie horror films that I should check for..even if it's not your typical slasher/horror style flick, but more of a freaky mind fuck kind of movie. What's should I be looking for?
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  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    can't go wrong with carpenter's "The THING"
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Horror has morphed in to Shock.
  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    As recent films go, this was pretty good:

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    can't go wrong with carpenter's "The THING"

    One of the greats.

    I like the classics, Karloff in "The Mummy" and "The Black Cat", Peter Lorre in "Mad Love" and "The Beast with 5 Fingers", and the great Val Lewton productions like "Cat People", " I Walked with a Zombie" and "The Leopard Man".

    Great chills with absolutely beautiful imagery.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    Horror has morphed in to Shock.



    People don't take the time to go for legitimate scares anymore. It's strictly gore and the whole "tight shot on a character moving slowly through the darkness and then OHMYGODMUSICSTABANDSOMETHINGJUMPSONSCREEN! But it was a cat! False alarm! But then they turn around, and there's the killer! Fooled you!" bullshit.

    Plus, in an effort to draw in as wide an audience as possible, most "horror" flicks go for a PG-13 rating.
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts


    Plus, in an effort to draw in as wide an audience as possible, most "horror" flicks go for a PG-13 rating.

    Yeah, I can't get w/ these PG-13 rated movies.

    So does anyone have any suggestions for recent horror flicks worth a damn? Surely they are out there SOMEWHERE, right?
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Two I liked from England are Severance and Isolation.

    I cannot recommend High Tension enough - loved it for suspense and edge of my seat factor...despite the absolutely BIZARRE song choice for the jerk-off scene.

    I prefered Dog Soldiers to The Descent from the same director.

    I liked the remake of the Hills Have Eyes.

    Sheitan was OK...more entertainment than scary.
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    I prefered Dog Soldiers to The Descent from the same director.


    I never heard of Dog Soldiers but I'll check for it cause I thought The Descent was BAD ASS. Just checked imdb and I see Descent 2 is in pre production...might be good, might suck.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    my fiance loves horror movies so we end up seeing a lot of them. 95% of them are such let downs these days. Some of them have ok set ups and some scary moments and then they drop the ball hard when it comes to the ending.

    I liked The Descent because I am claustrophobic and shit like that actually scares me. Same went for Blair Witch (I know, I know). I saw it in an indie theater before it got real distribution and I hadn't really heard anything about it. After feeling sick for an hour of shaky camera work I started to get freaked out because I absolutely hate the woods. The woods at night are 10 X worse.

    I am much more scared of just plain creepy humans than I am of monsters. I like films that play on real fears and not silly set ups.

    I can't really think of any that we thought were great.
  • ZEN2ZEN2 1,540 Posts
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    lol!
  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts
    As recent films go, this was pretty good:


    Agreed, but wasn't this a British-made film?

    Two of my favorites are "The Shining" and "Carrie", even though i'm not the hugest King fan.
  • SolidState16SolidState16 181 Posts
    Do good horror flicks still come out in America? I am sure i've missed some good indie horror films that I should check for..even if it's not your typical slasher/horror style flick, but more of a freaky mind fuck kind of movie. What's should I be looking for?

    There are some good indie horror movies being made. You got to dig in the crates for them, though:
    Pop Skull
    The Signal
    Mulberry Street


    Larry Fessenden's pretty good. Not typical horror at all.Check for
    No Telling
    Wendigo
    The Last Winter



    More mainstream, but still pretty good. Stay away from that Saw garbage.
    The Hills Have Eyes (remake)
    Hostel 1+2
    28 Days Later
    The Devil's Rejects
    Wolf Creek

    Stuff you've probably not seen in a while:
    Raw Meat
    Blue Sunshine
    The (original) Wicker Man
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    ALL you folls need to watch "Tenebrae!" Argento's best film and one of the best horror movies EVAR!!!!!!!



  • ZEN2ZEN2 1,540 Posts

    The Hills Have Eyes (remake)
    Hostel 1+2
    Wolf Creek


    I think these easily fall under the "shock" category.

    I really can't stand these movies... I've seen all three (except Hostel 2) and pretty much gave up on the genre at that point. The mutant rape scene in The Hills Have Eyes was completely unnecessary and a really bad look.


    On the hilariously bad tip, I saw this the other night:
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    wow, just wow...shrooms?
  • ZEN2ZEN2 1,540 Posts
    wow, just wow...shrooms?

    yeah, that just happened.
  • djdazedjdaze 3,099 Posts
    please tell me you downloaded it or snuck in the theater
  • ZEN2ZEN2 1,540 Posts
    please tell me you downloaded it or snuck in the theater

    Free rental coupon.
  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    As recent films go, this was pretty good:


    Agreed, but wasn't this a British-made film?

    Two of my favorites are "The Shining" and "Carrie", even though i'm not the hugest King fan.

    yep. i was focusing on the new crieria, not the domestic criteria. new quality US horror is a toughie.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    has there been a good US horror flick in the last 10 years?
  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    can't go wrong with carpenter's "The THING"

    This movied flopped when it was released but man it is Classic!!!
    Yes, but some of John Carpenters movies just didn't add up.

    I didn't get the whole "In the mouth of Madness" movie
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts

    I liked the remake of the Hills Have Eyes.

    I did too... found it quite scary.

    I saw El Orphanado recently and it had some real scary moments in it. Recommended.



    Also saw "The Devil's Backbone" which was pretty good but it wasn't really a horror flick, although it did have ghosts in it.

    A lot of the shit coming out of Asia these days is good. And I'm not gonna front - I thought the US remake of "Ringu" was scary as shit.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    And I'm not gonna front - I thought the US remake of "Ringu" was scary as shit.

    I agree - it made a more lasting impression than the original.


    Despite Naomi Watts.
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    i think the last good horror movie i saw was slither, but that was more comedy i think
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts


    can't go wrong with carpenter's "The THING"

    This movied flopped when it was released but man it is Classic!!!
    Yes, but some of John Carpenters movies just didn't add up.

    I didn't get the whole "In the mouth of Madness" movie

    rare case of a remake beating the original.



  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    "John Carpenter's The Thing" is one of the GOATS no doubt.

    Also, on the strength any movie that has zombies in it scares the shit out of me, but that's just because I'm scared as hell of zombies. Even parts of "Shaun Of The Dead" scared me.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    wow, just wow...shrooms?

    Drugs are bad, m'kay?

    The best thing about Midnight Meat Train is that the porno version can keep the same title.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    What was that movie from back in the day where this family goes to this beach and gets terrorized by some cretins in dune buggies?
  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    Slither was pretty cool, actually. A few movies in the last 10 years have had a pretty good understanding of late 70s early 80s horror (Lake Placid comes to mind), but Slither's toward the top of the heap.

    but yeah -- more yux than yikes.
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