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Horror Movies?

littlemissmarzipanmermaid said:
I didn't really care for it. I was just weirded out by it. I love gore and I just watched it, because like you said, people will bring that up as some sort of test of your gore-appreciation/knowledge or something.
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Yeah any time gore is discussed I can guarantee Cannibal Holocaust is brought up. It's just attached to the genre. Kinda like if you ask my generation what horror movies they found scary, they'll go for Saw/Hostel/stuff like that. They're not necessarily bad (I think Hostel is superb) but they're barely scratching the surface of the genre.

There are far superior 'snuff' style films out there but yeah. It seems to be the go to for amateur gore fans. Nothing I've seen has come close to August Underground's Mortum and A Serbian Film. They truly push the limits of good taste. Actually they completely obliterate them.

The calm, docile nature of the murders in Funny Games is pretty disturbing though. I consider disturbing on two different levels, there's like 'watching a dude get beaten to death' disturbing then there's 'Jesus Christ how are they committing these horrifying acts with no sense of remorse' disturbing. And the latter is what truly makes a film for me.

/I have very strong opinions about the horror genre and could probably list enough horror films/comics/stories/creepypastas to keep you all entertained for the next 20 years. I'm sorry if I come across as dull/patronising/annoying I'll shut up now. But I am totally stalking this thread for new suggestions. Gotta watch 'em all.
 
Burger Princess said:
Yeah any time gore is discussed I can guarantee Cannibal Holocaust is brought up. It's just attached to the genre. Kinda like if you ask my generation what horror movies they found scary, they'll go for Saw/Hostel/stuff like that. They're not necessarily bad (I think Hostel is superb) but they're barely scratching the surface of the genre.

There are far superior 'snuff' style films out there but yeah. It seems to be the go to for amateur gore fans. Nothing I've seen has come close to August Underground's Mortum and A Serbian Film. They truly push the limits of good taste. Actually they completely obliterate them.

The calm, docile nature of the murders in Funny Games is pretty disturbing though. I consider disturbing on two different levels, there's like 'watching a dude get beaten to death' disturbing then there's 'Jesus Christ how are they committing these horrifying acts with no sense of remorse' disturbing. And the latter is what truly makes a film for me.

/I have very strong opinions about the horror genre and could probably list enough horror films/comics/stories/creepypastas to keep you all entertained for the next 20 years. I'm sorry if I come across as dull/patronising/annoying I'll shut up now. But I am totally stalking this thread for new suggestions. Gotta watch 'em all.
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I don't think you're coming off as annoying or patronizing. You're just giving your suggestions, which was asked. I'm the same way with horror so I get where you're coming from completely.
I'm kind of excited that I met a fellow horror enthusiast, but I'm totally playing it down when in the inside I'm like YES. HELLO. http://i.imgur.com/WMx5PiN.gif My friends are really squeamish and/or don't think the horror genre is fun, outside of Paranormal Activity or Jeff the Killer so I'm always looking for horror buddies.
 
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Great thread! I love horror and need some scary movies to watch for the Halloween season :)

Some of my suggestions might seem silly since they're not the typical scary movie that will scare you and keep you awake at night, but I don't think every horror movie has to do that to necessarily be "good". There are a lot of scary movies that don't actually scare me that I still love and enjoy.

The Child's Play movies are my favorite horror series (aside from Seed of Chucky, that one was just awful), I know it's hard for a lot of people to take Chucky seriously but they're very enjoyable movies in my opinion! Tiffany is my favorite horror chick <3

I'm also a big Stephen King fan, Pet Sematary is a good one, it really makes you think about things. 1408 is REALLY good, it had a lot of genuinely creepy scenes. I might be in the minority when saying this but I thought the Carrie remake was great and prefer it over the original, although I do love both movies.

Battle Royale is a good movie, it's not actually horror but the situation is a very scary one to me.

The Hills Have Eyes (2006 one) is freaky and definitely worth watching.

Oh, and I really like Sorority Row. It's one of those horror movies where you can just have fun watching it.
 
littlemissmarzipanmermaid said:
I don't think you're coming off as annoying or patronizing. You're just giving your suggestions, which was asked.
I'm the same way with horror so I get where you're coming from completely.
I'm kind of excited that I met a fellow horror enthusiast, but I'm totally playing it down when in the inside I'm like YES. HELLO. http://i.imgur.com/WMx5PiN.gif My friends are really squeamish and/or don't think the horror genre is fun, outside of Paranormal Activity so I'm always looking for horror buddies.
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That's really nice to hear, it's just sometimes when I'm super passionate about a subject I tend to ramble and just never know when to stfu and I worry that I annoy people because I don't notice myself rambling because I'm just like 'yes thing I like yes must talk for ages about thing I like' and completely forget that I'm probably bothering the hella out of people.

But omg my love of horror began with Gothika and the original version of Carrie, which although are not the greatest movies still hold a special honour for me. I'm always on the look out for more ghost/haunting themed films, because tbh most absolutely suck. Apart from The Conjuring that was a surprisingly decent attempt for a modern day horror movie using your typical doll/ghost/demon plot line. I'm looking into more Asian films, after being absolutely blow away by the og version of the Grudge. It makes me wonder what other fantastic foreign films are out there which Hollywood has completely butchered.

I am just so beyond into the horror genre. I live it. I breathe it. Anything creepy/disturbing/gory/paranormal is just YAAAAAAAS. I spend at least 2 hours a day scouring the webz for creepypastas/creepy videos/paranormal happenings. I am dedicated to my horror grind.

The majority of modern 'Hollywood' kinda horror make me cry inside. Because it's like. Ugh you have so much available to you. You could create the most realistic looking creepy scenes. You have a massive budget. Yet you're going with the 'family movies into house/goes camping, spooky people appear, spooky people terrorise family with no prior motive, exorcist called' thing again. Or it's an awful glossy remake of a once decent horror movie starring attractive actors. Like nah.

*horror fist pound*
 
Come and See
Possession (1981)
The Third Part of the Night
Sal?: The 120 Days of Sodom. Honestly meh but worth a viewing
Hour of the Wolf
Hausu
The Tenant / might as well watch Polanski's apartment trilogy, so Repulsion & Rosemary's Baby as well
The Wicker Man (1973)
Suspiria
The Thing (1982)
Alien
Le regine
The Legend of Hell House
Inferno (1980)
She Killed in Ecstasy
The Beyond
Cronenberg: The Brood, The Fly, and Videdrome
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Jean Rollin: The Iron Rose, Fascination, and Lips of Blood
 
I suggest The Conjuring, Insidious and Asian Horror flicks (The Ring series, One missed call, The Eye and Shutter). It gave me sleepless nights. I am such a coward but I love testing my courage through this movies.
 
I loveee horror movies, my favourites are the Others and Shutter (thai ver.)
not fond of gorey ones much, so neither of those two have gore lol
more fond of psychological horror and both def. have aspects of those!
I also enjoyed the endings for both movies, I find that a lot of times horror movie endings disappoint me, but it was def. not the case for those two lol

edit: Noroi/the Curse creeped me out too, its pretty long though.
 
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I recently watched a movie called "You're Next" on Netflix. It's the kind of movie that sucks but it's entertaining anyway (actually it's not that bad but it's really cliche and predictable). If you like the "stuck in a remote house with murderers in the woods" kind of story I would recommend it.

Edit: I'm not sure if this is a "horror" movie, it's more of a thriller which is why I forgot about it but Misery (based off a Stephen King book) is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's about a woman who kidnaps her favorite writer and holds him hostage. Kathy Bates is amazing in it
 
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My next suggestion was My Bloody Valentine
 
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Don't read since you're probably planning on watching those movies
A lot of those movies in the first box aren't scary

Umm, there's not much scary movies that I know of that are actually scare me.... The only reason why a lot of scary movies are scary is because they over-use the whole scary pop up thing and they use the "dead silent for like 10 minutes then loud scream". This is what I noticed. Umm, the ones I've watched recently was Infection (I think) it's a Japanese horror and I didn't finish it since we watched it in Japanese class last year at the end of the year. We also watched One miss call, it wasnt that scary, it was mostly odd and mysterious for me (Also watched in Japanese)
 
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Beachland said:
I recently watched a movie called "You're Next" on Netflix. It's the kind of movie that sucks but it's entertaining anyway (actually it's not that bad but it's really cliche and predictable). If you like the "stuck in a remote house with murderers in the woods" kind of story I would recommend it.

Edit: I'm not sure if this is a "horror" movie, it's more of a thriller which is why I forgot about it but Misery (based off a Stephen King book) is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's about a woman who kidnaps her favorite writer and holds him hostage. Kathy Bates is amazing in it
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I love the movie Misery. It's fantastic.
 
E V I L D E A D omg omg omg it's my fAVE

- - - Post Merge - - -

not the 2013 one though, the 1981 original.
 
Saw
The descent (one of my all time favs)
The Hills Have Eyes
House of Wax (probably my favorite :))
The Conjuring

That's all I can think of for now. Can't wait to see Annabelle ^^

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oh and Alien vs. Predator is great too!
 
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