Ok simple what is your favorite horror movie and if your feeling ambitious tell everyone why its your favorite.
A Nightmare on Elm Street has always been and probably will always be it for me. The reason being it was one of the few movies that i can honestly say ever scared me. When i was younger this movie gave me chills. It's atmosphere created by wes craven is one that gets etched into your mind. The sound of Freddy's claw screeching across metal while steam rises from the boiler room floor is something i will not soon forget. Then there is Freddy him self a maniacal madman that taunts his victims, so much different from all the silent slashers of his time. These are but a few reasons this is my all time favorite horror movie.
Whats yours?
Parents' wedding tape.
A Nightmare on Elm Street is still the reigning kind in terms of my favorite horror movie- probably my favorite movie of all times. There's a lot of competition, though, with at least 6 other horror movies in my top 15 films.
Wedding Trough. Seek it, experience it, love it. Very moving.
Child's Play... no way?!? Who'd have thunkit?!?
Pretty sure it was like the first or at least one of the first horror flicks I saw as a kid and pretty much just stuck with me throughout my life.
Going with Gore and Jz on this one. The original Elm Street is my all time favorite horror film. Possibly my favorite movie of all time for the way it impacted my life. By that, I mean I can't sleep for shit anymore. Thanks, Wes and Robert! :'(
Hellraiser, simply because it scared the shit out of me. It was like like watching forms of pure evil. Great storyline, great effects, ...
Amazing music score as well. Which I bought! ;D
Quote from: Reign in Blood on February 04, 2013, 05:52:41 PM
Wedding Trough. Seek it, experience it, love it. Very moving.
:P
I'm not sure how many people know about that one, so I'd do as Reign says - seek and experience. It will ruin you.
For me, I'm going with Halloween. A Nightmare on Elm Street has a 9.5/10 from my, but there's one scene I cannot wrap my head around, and it still makes no logical sense, so I can't give it a ten. Halloween, on the other hand, is the perfect horror movie. Subtle, terrifying, and Michael Myers.
Quote from: Jigsaw on February 04, 2013, 10:28:19 PM
Quote from: Reign in Blood on February 04, 2013, 05:52:41 PM
Wedding Trough. Seek it, experience it, love it. Very moving.
:P
I'm not sure how many people know about that one, so I'd do as Reign says - seek and experience. It will ruin you.
For me, I'm going with Halloween. A Nightmare on Elm Street has a 9.5/10 from my, but there's one scene I cannot wrap my head around, and it still makes no logical sense, so I can't give it a ten. Halloween, on the other hand, is the perfect horror movie. Subtle, terrifying, and Michael Myers.
I'm curious, which scene are you talking about?
Quote from: L-Face on February 04, 2013, 11:09:36 PM
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Quote from: Reign in Blood on February 04, 2013, 05:52:41 PM
Wedding Trough. Seek it, experience it, love it. Very moving.
:P
I'm not sure how many people know about that one, so I'd do as Reign says - seek and experience. It will ruin you.
For me, I'm going with Halloween. A Nightmare on Elm Street has a 9.5/10 from my, but there's one scene I cannot wrap my head around, and it still makes no logical sense, so I can't give it a ten. Halloween, on the other hand, is the perfect horror movie. Subtle, terrifying, and Michael Myers.
I'm curious, which scene are you talking about?
Scene where Nancy is dreaming and she thinks Glen is with her (as Glen's hiding behind a tree). Because Glen was with her in the dream (the only time we've seen two 'victims' in a dream together), why does she go off at Glen when she wakes up? If Glen was hiding behind a tree in her dream and watching her, she had to know Glen would be asleep (as they were in the same world). I just never got it.
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Quote from: L-Face on February 04, 2013, 11:09:36 PM
Quote from: Jigsaw on February 04, 2013, 10:28:19 PM
Quote from: Reign in Blood on February 04, 2013, 05:52:41 PM
Wedding Trough. Seek it, experience it, love it. Very moving.
:P
I'm not sure how many people know about that one, so I'd do as Reign says - seek and experience. It will ruin you.
For me, I'm going with Halloween. A Nightmare on Elm Street has a 9.5/10 from my, but there's one scene I cannot wrap my head around, and it still makes no logical sense, so I can't give it a ten. Halloween, on the other hand, is the perfect horror movie. Subtle, terrifying, and Michael Myers.
I'm curious, which scene are you talking about?
Scene where Nancy is dreaming and she thinks Glen is with her (as Glen's hiding behind a tree). Because Glen was with her in the dream (the only time we've seen two 'victims' in a dream together), why does she go off at Glen when she wakes up? If Glen was hiding behind a tree in her dream and watching her, she had to know Glen would be asleep (as they were in the same world). I just never got it.
The way I took it was she was asleep and was talking to him while he was awake. If he saw her struggling, he was supposed to wake her up, but nodded off and failed at doing the one thing she asked which is why she goes off on him when she wakes up.
So then he was never really behind the tree when Nancy was dreaming? That's supposed to be taken as an non-literal "I'm watching you so you'll be protected"?
Quote from: Jigsaw on February 04, 2013, 11:20:03 PM
So then he was never really behind the tree when Nancy was dreaming? That's supposed to be taken as an non-literal "I'm watching you so you'll be protected"?
That's the way I took it. It's akin to the "pulling someone into a dream" thing that Kristen did in Elm Street 3, just not on that level.
Sure, I guess it could be, it just felt out of place.
Nancy telling Glen to hide behind a tree always troubled me though. If she knew he was not literally there, why tell him to hide? If he wasn't literally there, how could Nancy see him?
Brings to me more questions than answers, to be honest.
Halloween, on the other hand, I find to have few plot holes and pretty straight forward (for what it's worth), hence my rating of it.
To each their own, I suppose. That's not me knocking Halloween, though. Love that movie as well. Definitely in my top 10.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre in your top ten? I ask because of your screen-name and the fact that I don't recall much about you (no offense meant).
Nope, the name comes from generally being uncreative with screen names. As for not recalling much about me, that's because I'm not very memorable. Outside of being a mod and always being on attack mode, I was generally forgettable. There was also hosting the FE Radio podcast thingy, but who remembers that?
Well, I do, but I don't think I ever called into ones you were hosting. I generally remember talking to Shadow and De, and sometimes Shape.
I've been on a few with you. Accused you of being Sweedish on one. But I digress.....
The Thing (1982) Awesome movie, amirite? Another of my favorite horror films for sure. The fact that Rob Botin and the rest of the guys that were doing the special effects were pretty much high all the time while doing so makes them a bit more impressive than they already are. Whenever I get stoned, I have trouble drawing a circle, couldn't picture making awesome animatronics among other things.
Oh, yeah, you were drunk then. I remember now. First time I came in contact with someone who was inebriated. :P
Ban me now, but I was never a giant fan of The Thing. I should probably re-watch it to make my final judgment, but I found it just average.
Quote from: Jigsaw on February 04, 2013, 11:39:15 PM
Oh, yeah, you were drunk then. I remember now. First time I came in contact with someone who was inebriated. :P
Ban me now, but I was never a giant fan of The Thing. I should probably re-watch it to make my final judgment, but I found it just average.
When doing FE Radio, I was always either high or drunk.
As far as not liking the Thing, again, to each their own. Personally, I loved it. Not just for the phenomenal effects, but because of the tone. The idea was to feel isolated and untrustworthy of the entire cast of characters. I think Carpenter and the actors did a fantastic job in pulling that off.
Evil Dead 2 is one of those films that don't have a single dull moment in them.
Is it really horror? I don't know, but it's spooky and gory enough, and it's fun.
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Evil Dead 2 is one of those films that don't have a single dull moment in them.
Is it really horror? I don't know, but it's spooky and gory enough, and it's fun.
I'd say it's horror. Sure, it has it's moments of comedy, but there are some pretty scary moments. Especially when Ash loses his mind and the whole cabin starts taunting him. Did it really happen or was it all in his head? It's not sure, but it's pretty terrifying.
Quote from: L-Face on February 04, 2013, 11:33:04 PM
Outside of being a mod and always being on attack mode, I was generally forgettable. There was also hosting the FE Radio podcast thingy, but who remembers that?
How could we forget....
http://www.fight-evil.com/phonecall_bubs_dad.mp3
http://www.fight-evil.com/bub_loses_it.mp3
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Outside of being a mod and always being on attack mode, I was generally forgettable. There was also hosting the FE Radio podcast thingy, but who remembers that?
How could we forget....
http://www.fight-evil.com/phonecall_bubs_dad.mp3
http://www.fight-evil.com/bub_loses_it.mp3
You had waaaaaaay too much time on your hands. Haha. Forgot about those.
Horror Films in my Top 10:
Nightmare on Elm Street
Aliens Directors' Cut
Hellraiser
Alien
Gojira
All 10/10 for me and very close.
I go back and forth on my favourite a lot, but I'm pretty 100% certain it's Brain Dead (aka Dead Alive). I've always liked my horror with a side order of comedy and this is the movie that does it best. It's a blast.
Other favourites include...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Hellraiser
IT (no, really)
The Exorcist
Dorkus, you like IT? I never could have guessed! How have you been deceiving us all these years?
Well now that the cards are on the table, I may as well mention that I'm also a woman.
Quote from: Dorkus on February 05, 2013, 12:14:53 PM
Well now that the cards are on the table, I may as well mention that I'm also a woman.
I suspected for quite some time, tbh. [*hehehmm*]
Quote from: Dorkus on February 05, 2013, 12:14:53 PM
Well now that the cards are on the table, I may as well mention that I'm also a woman.
In a matter of speaking.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/gd73088/FE%20Stuff/Dorks_gf.jpg)
Quote from: Dorkus on February 05, 2013, 12:14:53 PM
I may as well mention that I'm also a woman.
ah that explains it
Halloween. Always the movie I got chills from with the boogeyman and that amazing music. Plus the fact he was breaking into the kids house which, as a kid, i felt he could come for us just as easily. Fucker gave me nightmares. Always got a kick out of this flick and it still stands the test of time.
Halloween is one of my favorites too. Certainly the best in the slasher genre.
The part where Laurie thinks he's dead, and he sloooooowly comes out of the door frame from the dark is one of the best little moment of any horror film.
I really like and respect Halloween, but something always held it back from one of the best ratings from me. Maybe because there's less in the way of explosive, big moments. I'm kind of thinking if I watched it again now, a bit more mature, some scenes might mean more to me than they did years ago.
Parts of it didn't age that well. Laurie's friends are (totallytotallytotallytotallytotallytotallytotallytotallytotally) annoying, and while it gives her a good scare, it's sort of funny how Michael spring loaded every closet with corpses.
I don't remember them being as annoying as the friends from 2007.
Apples and oranges. Rotten, putrid oranges.
A Nightmare on Elm Street. So many fond memories of that movie.
Quote from: Dorkus on February 05, 2013, 12:05:08 PM
I go back and forth on my favourite a lot, but I'm pretty 100% certain it's Brain Dead (aka Dead Alive). I've always liked my horror with a side order of comedy and this is the movie that does it best. It's a blast.
This.