Because it's October...

lookingglass · Oct 16, 2007

We were just taking about Halloween and someone said it was the goriest movie that they had ever seen. In reality, it's not really that bloody. The reason that movie is so scary is because it makes your brain go there. How cool is that?

littleraven7726 · Oct 16, 2007

I saw Meet The Feebles in college...I think I'm still scarred from it.

It was so wrong.

It sure ruined The Muppets for me.

lookingglass · Oct 16, 2007

Originally Posted by littleraven7726

I saw Meet The Feebles in college...I think I'm still scarred from it.

It was so wrong.

It sure ruined The Muppets for me.

Meet the Feebles does fall into the: "So bad it's just wrong" level. I've never been able to watch a Muppet movie with out thinking about it.

lookingglass · Oct 16, 2007

Originally Posted by Kiwideus

Heather - I think Black Sheep was intended to be a comedy. Was it?

If you liked Brain Dead (Dead Alive in the US) then, look for Peter Jackson's "Meet the Feebles" and "Bad Taste" - they are indeed in bad taste.

I laughed, but not enough to go out and buy it. The explosion caused by a fart ending was classic though.

kiwideus · Oct 16, 2007

Originally Posted by lookingglass

I laughed, but not enough to go out and buy it. The explosion caused by a fart ending was classic though.

it was, wasn't it? I am surprised it made it out of NZ - I remember when it was being filmed and I was thinking, OMG this is going to be such a bad movie!

uesugi · Oct 16, 2007

I love horror movies! Especially creepy horror movies with a spooky atmosphere... haunted houses, etc. ...though I like everything from sleazy Italian giallos to zombies to stupid American high school slasher movies. The only thing I don't like is "real death" type movies like Faces of Death, etc. They make me feel sick, whereas fake over the top gore like Brain Dead or Fulci films don't really bother me. Startle scares, like a certain scene in The Woman in Black - which almost gave me a heart attack! - can leave an impression but they're short-lived.

I like movies that continue to scare me after the credits have rolled and I'm heading home. Some movies have creepy moments (Robert Blake's phone call in Lost Highway, apartment ghost in Sixth Sense, the dolls in Tourist Trap, prank calls in Black Christmas, etc.) but overall just those scenes are memorable.

Here's my top ten creepy movies, compiled quickly so I'm sure I left something out!!!

10. Blair Witch Project
Some kids get lost making a documentary about a local witch. I grew up in a house in the country, and if you walked about a mile into the forest on one side of my house, there was an old rundown house - 2 stories with a basement - just sitting there surrounded by trees. Just like the house in this movie. This movie was too long, but I love the ending. What can I say, I'm creeped out by mysterious things going on in the woods type movies. (Legend of Boggy Creek, In Search Of..., etc.)

9. Exorcist 3
A serial killer that's been dead for years seems to be killing again. I love George C. Scott. This isn't as good as Patton, or The Changeling, but Scott's always excellent. The book (Legion) is much better, much creepier, and the studio really butchered Blatty's vision, but it has some creepy scenes. Particularly the ceiling of the insane asylum.

8. Zeder
Things buried at certain places don't stay buried. This is one of those movies like When a Stranger Calls that has a fantastic opening and then kind of fizzles out. Except this one stays a little weird all the way through. It's a stupid Italian Pet Semetary ripoff - except it came out before Pet Semetary. Man I love the opening to this movie... I had no idea what to expect. The ending isn't bad, either.

7. The Ring 2
The ghost continues to haunt people who watch her video. I saw this in Japan (before Ring 1) and was stunned. It was the first long-haired ghost movie I'd seen and at the time I was completely bored with all the I Still Know You're That Murderer From Last Summer type movies. The scenes in the mental institution and in Sadako's house left an impression on me, even though the plot was silly. Ring 1 is better overall, and I even liked the American remake - I thought the horse scene was nice and unsettling - but one thing the remake didn't get right was the horrible looks on the faces of Sadako's victims.

6. Halloween
Pure evil escapes from a mental hospital and returns to his hometown on Halloween. Who doesn't love those scenes of Michael Myers just standing in the yard of the house across the street, staring? Jason moving quickly to butcher kids = yeah, okay, those kids are in trouble. The shape standing watching kids = creepy.

5. Picnic at Hanging Rock
The mystery of some girls who disappear on a field trip to a large rock outcropping near their school in Australia. This is a flat-out beautiful movie. More atmosphere than most people can stand or take seriously. The ending for me is so wonderfully creepy (and much better than the book's ending) that I had to put it on this list. And who doesn't love that panpipe theme?

4. Don't Look Now
An American couple searches for their dead daughter, who might have resurfaced in dangerous Venice. This is another mystery with a real otherworldly feel to it. Lots of danger, like when you think back to something stupid you did in the past and can't believe you survived. A great travel ad for Venice. I really love the editing, especially in the opening scenes.

3. A Tale of Two Sisters
After a horrible family accident, a girl, her sister, and their stepmother try to get along in a creepy country house. Korean. I saw this one just a few months ago, so I might be jaded and putting it so high on this list because it's recent in my memory... but it's definitely creepy. Many scenes with characters going to investigate noises they should be running from. The remarkable thing about this film is that it's shot so beautifully AND is a really good psychological mystery slash haunted house movie, like The Haunting. You will be confused on first viewing, and you will want to see this one a second time.

2. The Changeling
A composer starting his life over after a tragic accident moves into a large mansion. Another George C. Scott film. I believe this is the second best haunted house movie ever made. Lots of good, unsettling moments, but the best for me is when the characters see an object in the house suddenly turn up where it shouldn't be... as if it's watching them/sending them a message. The chase scene at the end is kind of silly, but a lot of people love it.

1. The Haunting
Four people investigate the most evil house on Earth. I still think this is the creepiest movie ever made. The scenes with the "unknown" trying to get through the door.... brrrr! I never saw the remake. Probably never will, either. I saw a restored print of The Haunting in the theater on Halloween night about 10 years ago. It still packs a punch! Gave a good scare to a friend who had never seen it.

Well, that's my list but I know I forgot something.

kiwideus · Oct 17, 2007

I loved Picnic at Hanging Rock - it wasn't scary, just creepy. Didn't those rocks look like they had faces?

essayons89 · Oct 17, 2007

I don't know why bot Poltergeist was one that always bothered me after watching it when I was a kid. I remember not wanting to look at the tv when it was full of static or when it was just turned off and the glass still had a slight glow to it.

What about movies like Alien and the classic Day of the Triffids?

littleraven7726 · Oct 17, 2007

Originally Posted by Uesugi

2. The Changeling
A composer starting his life over after a tragic accident moves into a large mansion. Another George C. Scott film. I believe this is the second best haunted house movie ever made. Lots of good, unsettling moments, but the best for me is when the characters see an object in the house suddenly turn up where it shouldn't be... as if it's watching them/sending them a message. The chase scene at the end is kind of silly, but a lot of people love it.

I liked that movie. The end scared me but I'm easily scared.

lookingglass · Oct 17, 2007

7. Suspiria:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0076786/
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Suspiri...24?trkid=90529

I have to say that I am a fan of the 1970's gore feasts. Dario Argento, the director, doesn't really disappoint. It's got everything that one needs: Creepy music, Technicolor orange blood, women that do stupid things like running up a flight of stairs when they should be running out the front door, and very cool deaths. However, he does make me rethink the practicality of specific murder weapons. How often is one going to use a pit of razor wire to off a victim?

Now, is this movie scary? Not really. Is it creepy? Yes. Who should go out an rent this movie? Anyone that is a student of film. The art direction is fantastic.

lookingglass · Oct 17, 2007

Originally Posted by Uesugi

I love horror movies! Especially creepy horror movies with a spooky atmosphere... haunted houses, etc. ...though I like everything from sleazy Italian giallos to zombies to stupid American high school slasher movies. The only thing I don't like is "real death" type movies like Faces of Death, etc. They make me feel sick, whereas fake over the top gore like Brain Dead or Fulci films don't really bother me. Startle scares, like a certain scene in The Woman in Black - which almost gave me a heart attack! - can leave an impression but they're short-lived.

I like movies that continue to scare me after the credits have rolled and I'm heading home. Some movies have creepy moments (Robert Blake's phone call in Lost Highway, apartment ghost in Sixth Sense, the dolls in Tourist Trap, prank calls in Black Christmas, etc.) but overall just those scenes are memorable.

Here's my top ten creepy movies, compiled quickly so I'm sure I left something out!!!

10. Blair Witch Project
Some kids get lost making a documentary about a local witch. I grew up in a house in the country, and if you walked about a mile into the forest on one side of my house, there was an old rundown house - 2 stories with a basement - just sitting there surrounded by trees. Just like the house in this movie. This movie was too long, but I love the ending. What can I say, I'm creeped out by mysterious things going on in the woods type movies. (Legend of Boggy Creek, In Search Of..., etc.)

9. Exorcist 3
A serial killer that's been dead for years seems to be killing again. I love George C. Scott. This isn't as good as Patton, or The Changeling, but Scott's always excellent. The book (Legion) is much better, much creepier, and the studio really butchered Blatty's vision, but it has some creepy scenes. Particularly the ceiling of the insane asylum.

8. Zeder
Things buried at certain places don't stay buried. This is one of those movies like When a Stranger Calls that has a fantastic opening and then kind of fizzles out. Except this one stays a little weird all the way through. It's a stupid Italian Pet Semetary ripoff - except it came out before Pet Semetary. Man I love the opening to this movie... I had no idea what to expect. The ending isn't bad, either.

7. The Ring 2
The ghost continues to haunt people who watch her video. I saw this in Japan (before Ring 1) and was stunned. It was the first long-haired ghost movie I'd seen and at the time I was completely bored with all the I Still Know You're That Murderer From Last Summer type movies. The scenes in the mental institution and in Sadako's house left an impression on me, even though the plot was silly. Ring 1 is better overall, and I even liked the American remake - I thought the horse scene was nice and unsettling - but one thing the remake didn't get right was the horrible looks on the faces of Sadako's victims.

6. Halloween
Pure evil escapes from a mental hospital and returns to his hometown on Halloween. Who doesn't love those scenes of Michael Myers just standing in the yard of the house across the street, staring? Jason moving quickly to butcher kids = yeah, okay, those kids are in trouble. The shape standing watching kids = creepy.

5. Picnic at Hanging Rock
The mystery of some girls who disappear on a field trip to a large rock outcropping near their school in Australia. This is a flat-out beautiful movie. More atmosphere than most people can stand or take seriously. The ending for me is so wonderfully creepy (and much better than the book's ending) that I had to put it on this list. And who doesn't love that panpipe theme?

4. Don't Look Now
An American couple searches for their dead daughter, who might have resurfaced in dangerous Venice. This is another mystery with a real otherworldly feel to it. Lots of danger, like when you think back to something stupid you did in the past and can't believe you survived. A great travel ad for Venice. I really love the editing, especially in the opening scenes.

3. A Tale of Two Sisters
After a horrible family accident, a girl, her sister, and their stepmother try to get along in a creepy country house. Korean. I saw this one just a few months ago, so I might be jaded and putting it so high on this list because it's recent in my memory... but it's definitely creepy. Many scenes with characters going to investigate noises they should be running from. The remarkable thing about this film is that it's shot so beautifully AND is a really good psychological mystery slash haunted house movie, like The Haunting. You will be confused on first viewing, and you will want to see this one a second time.

2. The Changeling
A composer starting his life over after a tragic accident moves into a large mansion. Another George C. Scott film. I believe this is the second best haunted house movie ever made. Lots of good, unsettling moments, but the best for me is when the characters see an object in the house suddenly turn up where it shouldn't be... as if it's watching them/sending them a message. The chase scene at the end is kind of silly, but a lot of people love it.

1. The Haunting
Four people investigate the most evil house on Earth. I still think this is the creepiest movie ever made. The scenes with the "unknown" trying to get through the door.... brrrr! I never saw the remake. Probably never will, either. I saw a restored print of The Haunting in the theater on Halloween night about 10 years ago. It still packs a punch! Gave a good scare to a friend who had never seen it.

Well, that's my list but I know I forgot something.

Let me tell you a quick story about The Blair Witch Project. You know the ending scene where they all go down in a basement? Well that room looked EXACTLY like my father's basement. I moved out of his house a week early because that scene freaked me out.

lunasmom · Oct 17, 2007

You know, you're getting me in the mood to play some movies. I just found out that we get FEARnet OnDemand

lookingglass · Oct 17, 2007

Originally Posted by lunasmom

You know, you're getting me in the mood to play some movies. I just found out that we get FEARnet OnDemand

Go for it! It's a blast.

lookingglass · Oct 17, 2007

I forgot to share this with you guys. In college I took a horror film class and we watched The Birds. After the movie we had a break and a friend of mine and I went outside to smoke. She said, "You know. That really wasn't scary."

Me: "Tell me about it."

At that moment a bird landed about three feet away from us.

My friend: "Um. Well then. Right. Lets go inside."

Me: "Right. Inside it is."

lunasmom · Oct 17, 2007

Originally Posted by lookingglass

Go for it! It's a blast.

Ahhh...I just checked. Not much stuff that's good unless you're into Godzilla movies.

They do have Amityville Horror, Leatherface, Poltergeist 2 & 3 (but not 1), The Grudge 2 (the Japanese version), and Mary Reilly something or other.

So some good stuff and some "Why are they showing this?" stuff.

Ooo...I remember going to see Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp/Christina Ricci (love that version). My friend and I had to sit behind each other since the theater was packed.

I remember in one scene, probably where the headless horseman was persuing Ichabod, I felt this thing touch my shoulder from behind. I immediately started beating on it.

Turns out it was my friend just seeing if I wanted any popcorn

uesugi · Oct 17, 2007

Originally Posted by lookingglass

7. Suspiria:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0076786/
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Suspiri...24?trkid=90529

I have to say that I am a fan of the 1970's gore feasts. Dario Argento, the director, doesn't really disappoint. It's got everything that one needs: Creepy music, Technicolor orange blood, women that do stupid things like running up a flight of stairs when they should be running out the front door, and very cool deaths. However, he does make me rethink the practicality of specific murder weapons. How often is one going to use a pit of razor wire to off a victim?

Now, is this movie scary? Not really. Is it creepy? Yes. Who should go out an rent this movie? Anyone that is a student of film. The art direction is fantastic.

I don't know if I'd call it a "gore feast" but the opening murder set piece certainly is pretty brutal.

You're right about the art direction. All those Technicolor shots and the perfect score ("Witch!") by Goblin make this a great movie. One note: if you're watching the Anchor Bay DVD they screwed up the sound mix - the music is supposed to be much louder and there are other small mistakes. It's actually worth finding the laserdisc to see the film as it was theatrically. (Unless it's been corrected - don't know because I haven't kept up with releases.)

Suspiria is the first movie in Dario Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy. The Three Mothers are evil witches who live in special homes and spread evil throughout the world. The old witch in Suspiria is The Mother of Sighs. (One funny note is that the actress is uncredited and according to Jessica Harper is a 90 year old ex-hooker Argento found on the streets in Rome. )

The next movie in the (very loose) series is the 80's film Inferno. Not as good as Suspiria, but the underwater opening set piece is fabulous. The last movie, The Mother of Tears, was just released this year and I can't wait to see it, even though Argento's films have really been going downhill.

essayons89 · Oct 18, 2007

Army of Darkness!! Bruce Campbell rules...lol.

lookingglass · Oct 18, 2007

Originally Posted by Uesugi

I don't know if I'd call it a "gore feast" but the opening murder set piece certainly is pretty brutal.

You're right about the art direction. All those Technicolor shots and the perfect score ("Witch!") by Goblin make this a great movie. One note: if you're watching the Anchor Bay DVD they screwed up the sound mix - the music is supposed to be much louder and there are other small mistakes. It's actually worth finding the laserdisc to see the film as it was theatrically. (Unless it's been corrected - don't know because I haven't kept up with releases.)

Suspiria is the first movie in Dario Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy. The Three Mothers are evil witches who live in special homes and spread evil throughout the world. The old witch in Suspiria is The Mother of Sighs. (One funny note is that the actress is uncredited and according to Jessica Harper is a 90 year old ex-hooker Argento found on the streets in Rome. )

The next movie in the (very loose) series is the 80's film Inferno. Not as good as Suspiria, but the underwater opening set piece is fabulous. The last movie, The Mother of Tears, was just released this year and I can't wait to see it, even though Argento's films have really been going downhill.

I've been attempting to find Inferno, but it doesn't look like it's out on DVD yet. I've also e-mailed my local art-house theater to have them get The Mother of Tears. Sometimes they listen to me, and sometimes they don't.

I'm renting two Wolfman movies and then I'm going to watch Gingersnaps. We are also getting Peeping Tom in there as well, so I'll let you know how well those turn out.

As for the people who have recommended Army of Darkness. I love that movie. In fact, I love all three of them. At the end of the month DH and I have 4 and half days off and we will be doing a marathon of horror movies. I'm sure that those three will be included.

jellybella · Oct 18, 2007

I have always loved the original Halloween. It was really not that bloody, most of the "scare factor" comes from the suspense of it all...the camera angles, the creepy atmosphere...

lunasmom · Oct 18, 2007

Originally Posted by Essayons89

Army of Darkness!! Bruce Campbell rules...lol.

And Evil Dead too!!!!

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