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Calandrino said:
And after not watching any horror movies for about two months...

Ogroff aka The Mad Mutilator - This certainly gets one back into the spirit of things: French and shot on Super 8, so you know it's going to be nutty. I was worried this might be too disgusting a movie to be enjoyable, but if you're not offended by violence against mannequins, it's nothing gross. It's good, honest entertainment with plot twists you won't see coming because they make no sense. A transcript of all the dialog would probably be longer than this post. And here's the soundtrack, nice wobbly 80s synth: https://specific.bandcamp.com/album/ogroff-aka-mad-mutilator
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I fucking love this as a massive guilty pleasure. It's exactly the kind of movie I would have made when I was 12 and had the means to do so.
 
My mom brought over a box of stuff from when I was younger and I found a fuckton of my old fangoria magazines. There was one made for jeepers creepers as the main article and my favorite quote is "we look forward to what direction Victor Salva takes in the future. "

It's a really cozy time just reading articles and seeing the old advertisements. Makes me miss the simpler days.
 
Zelos Wilder said:
My mom brought over a box of stuff from when I was younger and I found a fuckton of my old fangoria magazines. There was one made for jeepers creepers as the main article and my favorite quote is "we look forward to what direction Victor Salva takes in the future. "

It's a really cozy time just reading articles and seeing the old advertisements. Makes me miss the simpler days.
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Jeepers Creepers is a horror movie masterpiece. I'm glad I saw it before I learned that Salva, to borrow a couple of lines from "My Sharona," always gets it up for the touch of the younger kind. That would have sullied the experience for me.
 
Obie said:
Jeepers Creepers is a horror movie masterpiece. I'm glad I saw it before I learned that Salva, to borrow a couple of lines from "My Sharona," always gets it up for the touch of the younger kind. That would have sullied the experience for me.
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Same I saw it before I learned what Salva did. Kind of happy there if I had saw it when I had learned it would have ruined the experience
 
Watched both Ringu and The Ring on successive nights and, whilst there isn't much in it, think I slightly prefer the US version. For me it has the better atmosphere and I prefer the way they solve the mystery themselves rather than the physic flashbacks. I did like how Sadako is largely left to the imagination though, as opposed to seeing Samara's face though, as the idea of something so scary it will kill you is always more effective than a shot of something that is supposed to be so scary it kills you.

Will give Ringu 2 a shot, but from what I've seen none of the others are worth it. I'm not sure how the modern ones could even work as they are very much films of their time, there's something inherently creepy about a found tape, coupled with the glow and hum of a CRT tv, that you can never replicate digitally. Where I grew up you'd sometimes see tape reels tied around railings or lamposts, the rumours were that they were left there by witches and contained curses. Not sure a link to a Youtube video has the same effect.
 
The Penultimate Warrior said:
Watched both Ringu and The Ring on successive nights and, whilst there isn't much in it, think I slightly prefer the US version. For me it has the better atmosphere and I prefer the way they solve the mystery themselves rather than the physic flashbacks. I did like how Sadako is largely left to the imagination though, as opposed to seeing Samara's face though, as the idea of something so scary it will kill you is always more effective than a shot of something that is supposed to be so scary it kills you.

Will give Ringu 2 a shot, but from what I've seen none of the others are worth it. I'm not sure how the modern ones could even work as they are very much films of their time, there's something inherently creepy about a found tape, coupled with the glow and hum of a CRT tv, that you can never replicate digitally. Where I grew up you'd sometimes see tape reels tied around railings or lamposts, the rumours were that they were left there by witches and contained curses. Not sure a link to a Youtube video has the same effect.
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Now you gotta' watch Rings.
 
The Penultimate Warrior said:
Watched both Ringu and The Ring on successive nights and, whilst there isn't much in it, think I slightly prefer the US version. For me it has the better atmosphere and I prefer the way they solve the mystery themselves rather than the physic flashbacks. I did like how Sadako is largely left to the imagination though, as opposed to seeing Samara's face though, as the idea of something so scary it will kill you is always more effective than a shot of something that is supposed to be so scary it kills you.

Will give Ringu 2 a shot, but from what I've seen none of the others are worth it. I'm not sure how the modern ones could even work as they are very much films of their time, there's something inherently creepy about a found tape, coupled with the glow and hum of a CRT tv, that you can never replicate digitally. Where I grew up you'd sometimes see tape reels tied around railings or lamposts, the rumours were that they were left there by witches and contained curses. Not sure a link to a Youtube video has the same effect.
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I prefer the US version too. The scene where the dead girl emerges from the TV set is truly terrifying. It had me checking the back of my telly for weeks. The Japanese original just didn't pack the same punch, and I was expecting to get so much horror goodness out of that version after reading all of the positive talk about it online. What can I say? Sometimes the fanboys just get it wrong.

The Ring (US) definitely has a place in my top-ten horror films of all time. Great, great storytelling.
 
BrunoMattei said:
No offense but you have a normie-tier taste in horror flicks, dude.
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Perish the thought that somebody might have different tastes in and opinions about horror films than you, "Bruno," and have the incredible cheek to express them on a free-speech forum where different tastes and opinions abound.
 
Obie said:
Perish the thought that somebody might have different tastes in and opinions about horror films than you, "Bruno," and have the incredible cheek to express them on a free-speech forum where different tastes and opinions abound.
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This sounds like an open invite to have you kidnapped and deprogram you of your misplaced childhood nostalgia for Jeepers Creepers by forcing you to watch the documentary An Open Secret while verbally explaining the Dan Schneider rabbit hole. Then when that is accomplished sir, we'll show you some real horror movies.
 
BrunoMattei said:
This sounds like an open invite to have you kidnapped and deprogram you of your misplaced childhood nostalgia for Jeepers Creepers by forcing you to watch the documentary An Open Secret while verbally explaining the Dan Schneider rabbit hole. Then when that is accomplished sir, we'll show you some real horror movies.
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Yeah. No worries, "Bruno."

In other news, I didn't know that we lost Dawn Wells, David Prowse, and Daria Nicolodi (Deep Red!) this year.

 
So I came across this:


I could find very few references to this aside from this video and an article on Dread Central referencing this video. All the live action stills are taken from this:


This has nothing to do with Panos Cosmatos, Clive Barker, or the directors of Inside (2007).

What's interesting is that the Cosmatos Hellraiser script predated Mandy and has a few scenes that later appeared in Mandy. So, did Mandy initially began life as a Hellraiser remake and then changed or did Cosmatos have a basic script for Mandy and thought to take some things from the aborted Hellraiser script? In an interview, Cosmatos said that he wrote Mandy at the same time he wrote the script for Beyond the Black Rainbow so I'm leaning towards the later.
 
I got around to watching Franco's Dracula, not particularly scary; but really enjoyable to watch. The practical effects on Dracula's bride are great.
 
Next up, I watched Ju-On and The Grudge. This wasn't an intentional thing, I just bought the latest Fatal Frame and felt in the mood for some Asian horror. The original holds up well and has some solid tension, especially with the underused trope of putting the threat on screen where the audience can clearly see it, but the characters can't. I wouldn't say it's as good as Ringu, mainly because of the non-linear narrative making things a bit convoluted (and the unintentionally funny scene where she wakes up to a room full of cats, most of which are clearly stuffed toys), but still holds up well.

As for the remake, it's fine. Given that it's the same director and still takes place in Japan it does feel like they're treating it with more respect rather than a quick cash grab. As you'd expect there are more jump scares and it explains things far more explicitly, but I've certainly seen a lot worse.
 
Epic Fail Man said:
I just want to say the blood test scene in 1982's The Thing is peak horror. I have yet to see a movie reach the same level of suspense as that scene.
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Finally watched this last evening and enjoyed it greatly. One of the more stylistically appealing movies I've seen in a while.
And excellent animal performance, Jed's facial expressions were very eerie, and all his behaviors set the tone spot-on.
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The Penultimate Warrior said:
Next up, I watched Ju-On and The Grudge. This wasn't an intentional thing, I just bought the latest Fatal Frame and felt in the mood for some Asian horror. The original holds up well and has some solid tension, especially with the underused trope of putting the threat on screen where the audience can clearly see it, but the characters can't. I wouldn't say it's as good as Ringu, mainly because of the non-linear narrative making things a bit convoluted (and the unintentionally funny scene where she wakes up to a room full of cats, most of which are clearly stuffed toys), but still holds up well.

As for the remake, it's fine. Given that it's the same director and still takes place in Japan it does feel like they're treating it with more respect rather than a quick cash grab. As you'd expect there are more jump scares and it explains things far more explicitly, but I've certainly seen a lot worse.
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now you can catch Ring Vs Grudge
 
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