Christmas decorations have been up in Wal-Mart for a month now, so it must be time to get the movie queue for Halloween together. This year, in honor of Gene Wilder, I plan on watching:
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
I'll also plan to see "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and "The Phantom Carriage." What's on your list?
I don't dig on horror movies. Although, if I want to truly experience terror, I might spool up a Lars von Trier flick.
Alien
masque of the red death.
That's it. Might catch Constantine just for the bit at the end with Satan.
Quote from: Savonarola on October 02, 2016, 06:51:32 PM
Christmas decorations have been up in Wal-Mart for a month now, so it must be time to get the movie queue for Halloween together. This year, in honor of Gene Wilder, I plan on watching:
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
I'll also plan to see "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and "The Phantom Carriage." What's on your list?
I think all of those are on Turner Classic Movies coming up in the next 2 weeks. Frankenstein is the "featured monster" this October.
Is the new Blair Witch any good?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 02, 2016, 07:02:18 PM
I don't dig on horror movies. Although, if I want to truly experience terror, I might spool up a Lars von Trier flick.
Melnacholia? Though I guess that's better suited to family holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. :P
If I were celebrating Halloween, my shortlist would probably be
It
Friday 13th 1-4
Braindead aka Dead Alive
Evil Dead 1&2 + Army of Darkness
Quote from: Josephus on October 03, 2016, 07:30:14 AM
Is the new Blair Witch any good?
Cannot be as good as the original cannibal found footage movie it ripped off.
It's been a while since I watched Cannibal Holocaust. Need to check if it holds up. Which reminds me that I missed the Slash Filmfestival last week where Ruggero Deodato presented his new movie. :(
I do whistle the beautiful theme from Cannibal Holocaust from time to time, though. :wub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Vt6r-sj8
(Safe for work)
My favorite old-fashioned horror movie remains The Changeling.
The Worst Witch, a Disney Halloween Treat, The Halloween that Almost Wasn't, The Good witch,
Quote from: Syt on October 03, 2016, 07:35:17 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 02, 2016, 07:02:18 PM
I don't dig on horror movies. Although, if I want to truly experience terror, I might spool up a Lars von Trier flick.
Melnacholia? Though I guess that's better suited to family holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. :P
Nah, I'm just as big a pussy now when it comes to horror movies as I was when I was 5. :blush:
I meant the LvT flick Melancholia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholia_(2011_film)
:P
I had a bit of a transformation when it comes to horror. When I was 4 or 5 my parents watched Blob, the old Steve McQueen version, and I was scared as shit. When I was 9 I secretly tried to watch Poltergeist on late night TV, but I only watched bits and pieces, because it was too scary. :blush:
At age 11, I watched Jaws at a friends. That wasn't so bad. Then we watched Aliens together. That was what good me over the hump, and at age 16 we watched with friends a VHS copy of "Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh & Blood" which was basically a simulated snuff movie which was gruesome, but also dull, because no plot besides detailed dismemberment of a young woman.
Now I can watch most horror, though some movies really shook me - Martyrs, Men Behind the Sun, Cannibal Holocaust, are a few examples. Others are just a big laugh (Dead Snow, Evil Dead, Jason, Fredddie, etc.). I still think the best movies are the ones that rely on tension, little gore and the imagination of the viewers - the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre which had almost no blood, or Rosemary's Baby come to mind.
Movies that give me a real hard time are the likes of The Girl Next Door (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door_(2007_film) - based on a true story). :weep:
Quote from: Syt on October 03, 2016, 07:35:17 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 02, 2016, 07:02:18 PM
I don't dig on horror movies. Although, if I want to truly experience terror, I might spool up a Lars von Trier flick.
Melnacholia? Though I guess that's better suited to family holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. :P
Antichrist and Dogville better suit the theme.
Quote from: Syt on October 03, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Movies that give me a real hard time are the likes of The Girl Next Door (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door_(2007_film) - based on a true story). :weep:
And the movie does not go over every torture the real Sylvia Likens had to withstand. :console:
Quote from: Drakken on October 03, 2016, 12:01:06 PM
Quote from: Syt on October 03, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Movies that give me a real hard time are the likes of The Girl Next Door (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door_(2007_film) - based on a true story). :weep:
And the movie does not go over every torture the real Sylvia Likens had to withstand. :console:
I know, and I'm thankful for that.
Violence porn. An unnecessary film.
Horror films tend not to scare me. I just find them dull.
What does scare me however is creepy youtube stuff without obvious production behind it and games. I cannot play scary games at all
Yeah, scary games are not for me, either, esp. if they rely heavily on jump scares.
I kind of wanted to play 'Until Dawn'. But it seems it is going to be PS4 exclusive forever.
Quote from: Malthus on October 03, 2016, 08:41:18 AM
My favorite old-fashioned horror movie remains The Changeling.
That's mine too. Wet ball rolling down stairs still freaks me out. :hug:
Quote from: Valmy on October 04, 2016, 09:43:10 AM
I kind of wanted to play 'Until Dawn'. But it seems it is going to be PS4 exclusive forever.
:nelson:
Anime about a guy transported to another world and ended up with an RPG style party that was so over-specialised that it was quite useless. It is a self-aware parody.
Or something that has nothing to do with Halloween.
Quote from: Monoriu on October 04, 2016, 05:51:21 PM
Anime about a guy transported to another world and ended up with an RPG style party that was so over-specialised that it was quite useless. It is a self-aware parody.
Or something that has nothing to do with Halloween.
No Vampire Hunter D for you, huh?
Quote from: Syt on October 03, 2016, 11:52:29 AM
Movies that give me a real hard time are the likes of The Girl Next Door (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Next_Door_(2007_film) - based on a true story). :weep:
I think I prefer movies about taking porn stars to prom.
My Halloween Movie List is the same as my Christmas Movie List, and it has only one movie on it: The Nightmare before Christmas.
Quote from: Savonarola on October 04, 2016, 06:16:43 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on October 04, 2016, 05:51:21 PM
Anime about a guy transported to another world and ended up with an RPG style party that was so over-specialised that it was quite useless. It is a self-aware parody.
Or something that has nothing to do with Halloween.
No Vampire Hunter D for you, huh?
Halloween to me is an annual reminder that I need to avoid going out on 31 October. Also, I am not really into horror shows, anime or not.
Quote from: Monoriu on October 04, 2016, 07:48:17 PM
Halloween to me is an annual reminder that I need to avoid going out on 31 October. Also, I am not really into horror shows, anime or not.
Is it a big deal in HK?
Quote from: Eddie Teach on October 04, 2016, 10:56:47 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on October 04, 2016, 07:48:17 PM
Halloween to me is an annual reminder that I need to avoid going out on 31 October. Also, I am not really into horror shows, anime or not.
Is it a big deal in HK?
When I was a kid, only the British expats participated in it. It so happened that my father was a civil servant and lived in civil service quarters with lots of Brits. So we were told to lock the doors on 31 October. Through the security hole on the door, I saw lots of kids in funny costumes. That's about it, a bunch of kids of British expats doing trick or treat.
About 15-20 years ago, the Lan Kwai Fong bar district and the Ocean Park started to use Halloween as a selling point. That's when it started to take off.
Right now, I think it is a pretty big deal, with lots of people of all ages cosplaying different characters. Lots of restaurants and malls use it to sell stuff. But trick or treat isn't done by too many people. My housing estate is mostly unaffected.
Quote from: Savonarola on October 02, 2016, 06:51:32 PM
Christmas decorations have been up in Wal-Mart for a month now, so it must be time to get the movie queue for Halloween together. This year, in honor of Gene Wilder, I plan on watching:
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
I'll also plan to see "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and "The Phantom Carriage." What's on your list?
Only made it through Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown so far. I learned that Colin Clive had broken his leg shortly before filming "Bride of Frankenstein" so that's why he's almost always sitting down or taking bed rest. Fortunately Ernest Thesiger is the real mad scientist in that one.
I also learned that Colin Clive was a descendant of Robert Clive; but even though he's in "Clive of India" Ronald Colman plays Clive.