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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:39:47
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Every October, the wife and I have a little challenge that we present to ourselves. We try to watch one new horror movie a night for 30 days.  We've been doing this for 3 or 4 years now so we've seen all of the classics and more schlock than you can possibly imagine, but once in a while we do stumble across some hidden gems we never knew existed.  Anyway I was curious to see if any of you had some recommendations.  We're open to pretty much anything in the horror genre, though anything with zombies can just stay in the dirt.  Same goes for Japanese horror movies.  But anything else you got, please feel free to suggest.
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i found the remake of "the hills have eyes" pretty unsettling.  for comedy value i think "severance" is just awesome.  i'm sure you have seen these already though

also "the wicker man" (the original with cristopher lee not the atrocious remake) is one of my favourite movies of all time, but i don't know how well it can be classified as horror
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I liked the Wicker Man, and it gets classified as horror in my book.  I've never seen Severance though so I'll have to take a look at that one. What's it about?
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:23:40
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The Village if you haven't seen it.  It got mixed reactions, but I and my friend (who were both expecting it to be crap) really liked it.  I can pretty safely say that this is the only movie classified as horror that I actually enjoyed; it's not really scary at all, but that tends to be a trend in horror movies, anyway.

If you want a laugh, The Fog is hilarious.

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The Village if you haven't seen it.  It got mixed reactions, but I and my friend (who were both expecting it to be crap) really liked it.  I can pretty safely say that this is the only movie classified as horror that I actually enjoyed; it's not really scary at all, but that tends to be a trend in horror movies, anyway.

If you want a laugh, The Fog is hilarious.

I never bothered with the Village. Heard too many bad things.  I did see the original Fog though and yeah it was so bad it was funny.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:08:09
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I liked the Village despite the controversial twist.

I like japanese horror, well some of it.

I dont think I can reccomend anything you haven't already seen though.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:59:24
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robio said:
I liked the Wicker Man, and it gets classified as horror in my book.  I've never seen Severance though so I'll have to take a look at that one. What's it about?

severance is a british movie (i think, or just the cast is british) about a group of colleagues and their manager (some kind of sales division) who go to a remote retreat in a forest in some non-distinct eastern european country.  there is some kind of maniac killer on the loose and mayhem and much hilarity follows.  i (and all the friends i watched it with) thought it was great fun.  there is one scene near the end which is simply priceless but i won't spoil it for you

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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:24:30
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The Shining if you haven't already seen it. Not exactly a scaary horror film, but still a great one.

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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:42:48
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Phantasm, The Others, I love the Scream films as well.  
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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:23:11
I just saw Paranormal Activity and it is a great horror film. It's more classic style horror where it is a very slow paced movie, you get to know the characters and there is an unsettling nature to it all without resorting to boo scares or gore. Very well done.
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:08:49
I guess that you've watched more than I have, but I could try anyway...

REC, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Neon Maniacs, Bad Taste, Night of the Creeps, and Near Dark. It's been a while since I last watched most of them, so I don't know if I would still like them or not.


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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:03:08

October and halloween just around the corner so I'm bringing robio's thread of scary movies back from the grave!

Any good ones you recommend?  I watched a few this year which I think i mentioned in the main movie thread.  One i'm not sure i mentioned which scared the shit out of me was the spanish film [rec].  I think there is an american remake either in the works or already made but probably best to stick with the original

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:16:31

I just watched John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness.  Pretty good movie horror movie. Definitely an 80's horror flick and it comes with a lot of John Carpenter's trademark cheese, but there's so much wierd and nasty stuff going on that you can overlook a lot of it.

Also, if anyone needs a recommendation check out The Thing (1981 version) also by John Carpenter.  One of my personal favorites. Creepy and perfectly paced, it's just an awesome horror movie.

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:32:34

I have a PS2 game of "The Thing" which I never played, I think it was based on the movie with the same name.  I will make a point of watching it

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:34:55

Just be sure to get John Carpenter's version from the early 80's. There's a couple other versions and that is by far the best .

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:39:03

I'll back up Robio's The Thing recommendation. It's a very unsettling movie.

Another creepy movie (more suspense than horror, but meh) is the spanish film El Orfanato (The Orphanage).

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:30:40
robio said:

I just watched John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness.  Pretty good movie horror movie. Definitely an 80's horror flick and it comes with a lot of John Carpenter's trademark cheese, but there's so much wierd and nasty stuff going on that you can overlook a lot of it.

Also, if anyone needs a recommendation check out The Thing (1981 version) also by John Carpenter.  One of my personal favorites. Creepy and perfectly paced, it's just an awesome horror movie.

Those two movies are the shit. Especially the end of Prince of Darkness. Also, does Assault on Precinct 13 the original count as horror.

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:37:38
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I'll back up Robio's The Thing recommendation. It's a very unsettling movie.

Another creepy movie (more suspense than horror, but meh) is the spanish film El Orfanato (The Orphanage).

I hated El Orfanato.  It was like a shitty knock off of Guilermo Del Toro's excellent "El Espinazo del Diablo" with a dose of "the others"

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Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:11:16

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. LOL.

Shallow Grave. LOL.

Okay at least people call the latter a thriller.

The Happiness of the Katakuris, The Quiet Family. Ho-hum.

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Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:34:19

Oh and if you want a fun horror movie (and somehow made it to this point of your life without seeing it) go watch Dead Alive. Screw Lord of the Rings, it's Peter Jackson's finest work.

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