We need a good horror movie

Daz -Jaws certainly does – I forgot that one in my earlier post. But there aren’t that many.

We need a good horror movie

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Real fear comes from what is or could be real.

By that rationale, there’s only one film that really hits the mark:

i am quite an avid movie watcher and i have to say i have not seen many good horrors for a long time.

hills have eyes is quite good. its wierd to say the least but then are not all horrors?
there are others on that sort of line and time scale too that have been quite good but not good enough for me to remember the titles.

i like things like pulp fiction, reservior dogs, things like that, the latest being the cohen brothers ‘no country for old men’ thats slow, wierd and pretty good at the same time, but i wouldn’t class them as horrors.

Dr Pepper – Werewolf in London was pretty good and the transformation scenes were very good indeed but I don’t remember being “frightened”. I suppose it is because you know it is all a fantasy. Real fear comes from what is or could be real.

There is a monster movie coming out, called Monsters. Search for trailers.

I used to watch all those old horror movies in the 70s when 16mm home movies were the order of the day. 😀 (and toothpaste was white). I’m thinking of buying a copy of the original version of “The Blob”

An American Werewolf in London is one of my all-time favourite movies, ever. It still rules after nearly 30 years!!

The remake of House of Wax is pretty good if only to see Paris Hilton get a scaffold pole through the bonce.

Although not a classic `Horror` Dead Snow does features Nazi Zombies and an MG42 on a Skidoo.

The Ring and Ring II, some would say Marmite Horror movies, are pretty good and often scary / disturbing.

My favourite for a long while is a Japanese film called `The Eye` about a group of soldiers in Vietnam. If you can put up with the subtitles it’s an interesting and skilful film.

Then there is `Outpost` featuring yet more SS Zombies.

Botched is strange and funny for all the wrong reasons while Cottage is a good old British comedy with everyone getting hacked to pieces but in humorous ways.

However if you want an excellent movie with shades of the old horror movie with modern overtones that flits between 1930’s and the present then `Ghost Ship` is a good choice.

Now, if you want a British horror featuring Squaddies and the SAS doing battle with Ware Wolves how about `Dog Soldiers`.

Nearly forgot the Tooth Fairy, very scary that one.

I could go on…. 🙂

So (assuming you watched it) you didn’t jump out of your seat when the two Yanks were attacked ont he moors in “An American Werewolf in London”, that movie still gets me, the scene when the young lad “turns” for the first time was/still is the best werewolf scene in my opinion. You can almost feel his pain.
Also, the tube station scene in this movie still gives me tingles.

Now compare that to the piece of pants that is “An American werewolf in Paris”…I mean what the hell happened???

For me films with real and frightening tension like Psycho and Rosemary’s Baby are far more horrific than so-called horror films. In fact I don’t think any of the classic horror movies has ever made me “tingle”. They are not subtle enough and the “fear” moments are usually well flagged up or just funny.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of some of the horror remakes of recent years (The Wolfman, for instance) but I agree on James Whale’s Frankenstein – that is a stone-cold classic that even DeNiro couldn’t top with Kenneth Branagh’s help back in the mid-1990s!

Another pointless remake – The Omen (2006). Dear God, why?! It was terrible! The only reason I would ever watch it again is because I have a major Jones for Julia Stiles :diablo: – but apart from that, it’s not fit for the original to wipe its bloodstained boots on…

Couldn’t agree more – you only have to compare the original 1973 ‘Wicker Man’ to Nicolas Cage’s lame and pointless remake in 2006.
But all the gore and genius CGI in the world can’t make up for a good story acted well. For instance, go back 79 years and watch James Whale’s ‘Frankenstein’. Boris Karloff put so much pathos and characterisation into the part that nothing has trumped it since – just study the way he moves, those impossible lean angles, stiff arms, and hand gestures full of expression. Every other attempt at the role just lumbers along clumsily in comparison.
Also, the set, lighting and camera guys did a great job of creating a horrific atmosphere with just props and paint!

I could not agree more with you!

There is still plenty of scope for good horror films, but they need someone who knows what they’re doing to be at the helm – and horror film director-wannabes are ten a penny these days.

Paranormal Activity was crap, though.

I really enjoyed Piranha 3D and the recent Predators, too!