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CamaroFemme · 10-25-2010, 11:09 AM

Brando: You're more into gore, so no, you wouldn't be as impressed. Everything is done with sound and shadows and what you DON'T see. That said, it's better than the first.

X: I was actually kidding. And I'm being totally honest.

The Dark Knight · 10-25-2010, 11:17 AM

I just watched Resident Evil again this weekend!!! Hahaha

I like horror movies...but I stay away from the ones that deal with demons. paranormal etc.

brandotron · 10-25-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by The Dark Knight

I just watched Resident Evil again this weekend!!! Hahaha

I like horror movies...but I stay away from the ones that deal with demons. paranormal etc.

The resident evil movies are a guilty pleasure for me. I know they're terrible, but I like 'em.

Xanthos · 10-25-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by CamaroFemme

X: I was actually kidding. And I'm being totally honest.

lolwut?
- X

CamaroFemme · 10-25-2010, 11:31 AM

Exactly.

Xanthos · 10-25-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CamaroFemme

Exactly.

I...

You...

Bu...

Nevermind, I don't get it.
- X

Scott@Bjorn3D · 10-25-2010, 11:44 AM

Not really much of a horror movie but picked up American Werewolf in London on BlueRay this weekend for 10.00 at Walmart.

Man BlueRay rocks. Used Zac's PS3 to watch it.

Brokinarrow · 10-25-2010, 11:48 AM

I thought The Crazies was a pretty good one.

The Dark Knight · 10-25-2010, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by brandotron

The resident evil movies are a guilty pleasure for me. I know they're terrible, but I like 'em.

The first one is a classic...#2 is ok. #3 is horrible. The latest one was better than #3 IMO.

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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

I thought The Crazies was a pretty good one.

I thought it could have been better.

Captain Vlad · 10-31-2010, 06:37 PM

I'm another fan of creepy. Most of the over-the-top gore that seems so popular these days doesn't really seem 'real' to me, especially next to more authentic wounds you see in modern war movies. Come to think of it, when you want a sense of scared, I find war movies to deliver way more than any horror flick.

After the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan or the guy with the dud RPG sticking out of him in Black Hawk Down, where horror is being dealt out with real-world weapons that take $40 to make, it takes more than a guy in a hockey mask with a rusty machete hacking the limbs off teenagers to impress me (though under certain circumstances those scenes can make me angry...).

But I love...love love love...that lovely unease spliced with excitement you can get from a movie that's actually creepy/scary/etc. That's a more complex feeling than 'ohmygodthey'reallgonnadie', and one that usually requires a lot of work on atmosphere and mood.

It's not a lost art, as CF pointed out a bunch of modern movies that've managed it, but it seems increasing rare for films to manage it. Stuff like the old Universal and Hammer flicks managed it even in movies that didn't manage to actually be good.

To date, I tend to prefer them for this reason.

Well...when Hammer is involved there might be other reasons.

CamaroFemme · 10-31-2010, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Vlad

Well...when Hammer is involved there might be other reasons.

Happy Halloween.

lafountain · 10-31-2010, 06:54 PM

Another pretty good movie out there is Razor Blade Smile.

rydahog · 10-31-2010, 09:09 PM

NOSFERATU...........black and white silent movie...
The first genuine vampire picture was also produced by a European filmmaker - director F. W. Murnau's feature-length Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (1922, Ger.) (aka Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens). Shot on location, it was an unauthorized film adaptation of Stoker's Dracula with Max Schreck in the title role as the screen's first vampire - a mysterious aristocrat named Count Graf Orlok living in the late 1830s in the German town of Bremen. Because of copyright problems, the vampire was named Nosferatu rather than Dracula, and the action was moved from Transylvania to Bremen. The emaciated, balding, undead vampire's image was unforgettable with a devil-rat face, pointy ears, elongated fingers, sunken cheeks, and long fangs, with plague rats following him wherever he went. In the film's conclusion, the grotesque, cadaverous creature was tricked by the heroine Nina (Greta Schroder) into remaining past daybreak, so Orlok met his fate by disintegrating into smoke in the sunlight.

[Note: There were many attempts to copy or remake the film. German director Werner Herzog's faithful shot-by-shot color remake Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) starred Klaus Kinski as the nauseating Count Dracula and beautiful Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker. Producer/director Augusto Caminito's sequel was Vampire in Venice (1988, It.) (aka Nosferatu a Venezia) with Kinski as Nosferatu and Christopher Plummer as inept vampire hunter Professor Paris Catalano. At the turn of the century, Shadow of the Vampire (2000) fancifully retold the making of the 1922 classic, with John Malkovich as obsessive director F.W. Murnau. It asked the question: "What if Max Schreck (Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe), who played the character of Count Orlok, was indeed a vampire?"]

10-25-2010, 11:09 AM	#85
CamaroFemme Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,879	Brando: You're more into gore, so no, you wouldn't be as impressed. Everything is done with sound and shadows and what you DON'T see. That said, it's better than the first. X: I was actually kidding. And I'm being totally honest. __________________ -- My boyfriend don't mind it.

10-25-2010, 11:17 AM	#86
The Dark Knight Batmobile in Disguise Drives: 2009 Pontiac G8 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upland, Ca Posts: 2,080	I just watched Resident Evil again this weekend!!! Hahaha I like horror movies...but I stay away from the ones that deal with demons. paranormal etc. __________________

10-25-2010, 11:31 AM	#89
CamaroFemme Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,879	Exactly. __________________ -- My boyfriend don't mind it.

10-25-2010, 11:48 AM	#92
Brokinarrow Drives: 2012 Honda NC700x Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Indianola, IA Posts: 5,317 View My Garage	I thought The Crazies was a pretty good one. __________________

10-31-2010, 06:37 PM	#94
Captain Vlad Drives: 2010 Camaro Black 2SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 452 View My Garage	I'm another fan of creepy. Most of the over-the-top gore that seems so popular these days doesn't really seem 'real' to me, especially next to more authentic wounds you see in modern war movies. Come to think of it, when you want a sense of scared, I find war movies to deliver way more than any horror flick. After the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan or the guy with the dud RPG sticking out of him in Black Hawk Down, where horror is being dealt out with real-world weapons that take $40 to make, it takes more than a guy in a hockey mask with a rusty machete hacking the limbs off teenagers to impress me (though under certain circumstances those scenes can make me angry...). But I love...love love love...that lovely unease spliced with excitement you can get from a movie that's actually creepy/scary/etc. That's a more complex feeling than 'ohmygodthey'reallgonnadie', and one that usually requires a lot of work on atmosphere and mood. It's not a lost art, as CF pointed out a bunch of modern movies that've managed it, but it seems increasing rare for films to manage it. Stuff like the old Universal and Hammer flicks managed it even in movies that didn't manage to actually be good. To date, I tend to prefer them for this reason. Well...when Hammer is involved there might be other reasons. __________________ "Christ, it's Aldo Nova again!"

10-25-2010, 11:44 AM	#91
Scott@Bjorn3D Drives: Kami, 2013 2SS LS3 Luvin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eufaula, Alabama Posts: 6,427	Not really much of a horror movie but picked up American Werewolf in London on BlueRay this weekend for 10.00 at Walmart. Man BlueRay rocks. Used Zac's PS3 to watch it.

10-31-2010, 06:54 PM	#96
lafountain Drives: 2011 Synergy Green 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 887	Another pretty good movie out there is Razor Blade Smile. __________________ Hey, you want to lay the fate of the world on the kid's Camaro? That's cool. I bought a car, turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?

10-31-2010, 09:09 PM	#97
rydahog Drives: camaro ss Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: usa Posts: 2,166 View My Garage	great silent movie NOSFERATU...........black and white silent movie... The first genuine vampire picture was also produced by a European filmmaker - director F. W. Murnau's feature-length Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (1922, Ger.) (aka Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens). Shot on location, it was an unauthorized film adaptation of Stoker's Dracula with Max Schreck in the title role as the screen's first vampire - a mysterious aristocrat named Count Graf Orlok living in the late 1830s in the German town of Bremen. Because of copyright problems, the vampire was named Nosferatu rather than Dracula, and the action was moved from Transylvania to Bremen. The emaciated, balding, undead vampire's image was unforgettable with a devil-rat face, pointy ears, elongated fingers, sunken cheeks, and long fangs, with plague rats following him wherever he went. In the film's conclusion, the grotesque, cadaverous creature was tricked by the heroine Nina (Greta Schroder) into remaining past daybreak, so Orlok met his fate by disintegrating into smoke in the sunlight. [Note: There were many attempts to copy or remake the film. German director Werner Herzog's faithful shot-by-shot color remake Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) starred Klaus Kinski as the nauseating Count Dracula and beautiful Isabelle Adjani as Lucy Harker. Producer/director Augusto Caminito's sequel was Vampire in Venice (1988, It.) (aka Nosferatu a Venezia) with Kinski as Nosferatu and Christopher Plummer as inept vampire hunter Professor Paris Catalano. At the turn of the century, Shadow of the Vampire (2000) fancifully retold the making of the 1922 classic, with John Malkovich as obsessive director F.W. Murnau. It asked the question: "What if Max Schreck (Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe), who played the character of Count Orlok, was indeed a vampire?"]