This month they get We Are Still Here
The movie that heavily inspired We Are Still Here- House By The Cemetery
and Zombie
The Changeling with George C. ScottCan anyone recommend a horror film from this period that's character driven? Interesting, complex, sympathetic people.
Can anyone recommend a horror film from this period that's character driven? Interesting, complex, sympathetic people.
The best kind of horror the 1980s.
We gotta go back to the 80s for good horror movies
Because nowdays we only have "indie horror movie excelent magical beautiful metaphor but its not a horror movie its just a really boring movie"
We gotta go back to the 80s for good horror movies
Because nowdays we only have "indie horror movie excelent magical beautiful metaphor but its not a horror movie its just a really boring movie"
We gotta go back to the 80s for good horror movies
Because nowdays we only have "indie horror movie excelent magical beautiful metaphor but its not a horror movie its just a really boring movie"
Check out We Are Still Here. My personal favorite from recent memory.
I have to watch it again. I didn't like it at all, but people seem to dig it?
I was so disappointed and typically love slow burn horror.
Sleepaway Camp recently got a great upgrade to Blu-ray, recommended:
Some good recommendations here, one I didn't see mentioned was a Tobe Hooper sci-fi thriller flick called Lifeforce.
If you really like Fulci movies, this movie was basically a Fulci love letter. It is a slow burn that devolves into utter insanity and madness. For me, The Babadook and It Follows start off strong and completely fall of in the last 1/3rd where We Are Still Here has some amazing payoff.
If you like films like The Beyond and House By The Cemetery then you will most likely like We Are Still Here.
oh myyyyyyyy.
80s horror films were my childhood. divorced parents and dad didnt care. Puppet Master anyone?!
We gotta go back to the 80s for good horror movies
Because nowdays we only have "indie horror movie excelent magical beautiful metaphor but its not a horror movie its just a really boring movie"
Most 80s horror does not hold up, unless by holding up you mean it's hilariously terrible looking rather than "scary". That's not to say I think modern horror is any better but I'll just say it's hard being a horror fan
for something not mentioned ITT already I guess I'll say
severely underrated, definitely up there with 1, 3 and New Nightmare imo
I just watched Sleepaway Camp for the first time and that was one 80s horror that actually did hold up. So much better than any Friday the 13th movie.
Most 80s horror does not hold up, unless by holding up you mean it's hilariously terrible looking rather than "scary". That's not to say I think modern horror is any better but I'll just say it's hard being a horror fan
for something not mentioned ITT already I guess I'll say
severely underrated, definitely up there with 1, 3 and New Nightmare imo
I just watched Sleepaway Camp for the first time and that was one 80s horror that actually did hold up. So much better than any Friday the 13th movie.
I liked ANOES 4 well enough, but there were some pretty good F13 movies. I found Friday the 13th Part 4 to be one of, if not the best F13 film, and it's the only one of them I've ever seen uncut.
I was talking about Sleepaway Camp being better than F13 movies, considering how similar they are (slasher at camp, kills all in first person essentially) but personally I've always liked Freddy and Micheal much more than Jason.
also, Sleepaway Camp 2 any good? At least worth a watch?
No....God no. The Sleepaway Camp sequels are really awful. They have nothing in common with the original other than taking place at a summer camp, and are a good example of everything that can be wrong with an 80s slasher movie.
Edit: Unless you intentionally want to watch a really shitty movie to riff on.
That's being rebooted by the team that made Bone Tomahawk. I shit you not.
I was talking about Sleepaway Camp being better than F13 movies, considering how similar they are (slasher at camp, kills all in first person essentially) but personally I've always liked Freddy and Micheal much more than Jason.
also, Sleepaway Camp 2 any good? At least worth a watch?
Horror isn't really a genre, it is more of a theme. What most people think of as horror is really just a thriller with supernatural/fantastical elements. The difference between horror and thriller is that fantastical element.
Horror and thriller go hand in hand. Look back on the history of slashers.. Psycho, the Italian Giallo's of the 60s and 70s, to Black Christmas and Halloween and even Scream. A film like Se7en is one or two steps away from being a full 'horror' movie. There is also the fact that when critics find a horror movie they like they try to justify it by saying it really isn't horror- like with Silence Of The Lambs. Sorry, there are cannibals and people who wear other people's skin, its a horror movie.
The horror theme can encompass many genres which is why I think horror is less of a genre and more of a theme. For example, Hellraiser is a love triangle story with a horror theme/supernatural elements, Bone Tomahawk is a western with a horror theme, and so on. That is why horror comedies work so well.
Sorry, kind of went on a rant.
Can anyone recommend a horror film from this period that's character driven? Interesting, complex, sympathetic people.
I found it more a thriller than horror. =)))))))))
I thought you meant the whole "theory" brought up by "learned college students" of how Chuckie is only a split personality of Andy, and Andy is really doing all the shit. There are actually some people who refuse to look at any fantasy at face value and always try to rationalize everything, which usually comes down to the main characters suffering from some sort of mental illness. Nah, in Child's Play, Chuckie's real, a supernatural doll with the soul of a serial killer.
I always seem to come back to The Babadook when this topic comes up, but it's a really relevant issue surrounding that movie. (Note: I am not attempting to discuss the quality of the movie here, so let's just leave that out of it for now.)
It seems like a lot of people feel that The Babadook HAS to be about mental illness and grief and that the supernatural stuff is all in the mother's head, and then the other group of people thinks the supernatural HAS to be real and the thematic elements are just kind of there. What I'm always trying to argue is that it can be both. Yes, the monster clearly represents the mother's grief, resentment, etc., but within the context of the film it's also a real monster, and it poses a real threat. It can be a metaphor and still be real.
Now I did think the film kind of flubbed that up at the end, but my point still stands. People are too black and white about these sorts of things. Open yourself up to multiple interpretations and realize that they are not all mutually exclusive.
Childs Play (Chuckie here?) got banned in the UK after a child murder (by 2 children) case where they said they used to watch it. I guess the ban might be lifted now?
I watched it on TV before the ban, remember it being cool.
Like what? Personally I think most 90's horror is a little too slick, lost some of the natural grit 80's horror had. The advent of CGI didn't help either. Part of what made 80's horror great was that the practical special makeup effects kept getting better and better, and effects houses kept trying to one-up each other throughout the decade.90s has some of the best ever
I believe Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4 were shot simultaneously. I remember seeing an interview with Englund how they would have the sets and scenes set up for both movies and he would walk from one lot to the next. He didn't even know which scenes were for which movie as he was acting.
great decade but lol at saying the genre peaked with it.
90s has some of the best ever
Love, love 80's movies. Here is my collection of 80's horror. What am I missing? Should definitely add the Critters movies to my collection.
Btw, should Wraith be considered a horror movie?
I don't think it is, but I'm not offended by its presence or anything.
I'm also dead sure that Shocker was the VHS hit that turned out to be just thanks to its amazing poster and cover.
Love, love 80's movies. Here is my collection of 80's horror. What am I missing? Should definitely add the Critters movies to my collection.
Btw, should Wraith be considered a horror movie?
Killer Klowns From Outer Space, of course.
Needs Dead & Buried, Night of the Creeps, The Thing, The Fly, Prince of Darkness and The Beyond. And Demons 1! You've got 2 there, but not 1!Love, love 80's movies. Here is my collection of 80's horror. What am I missing?