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15 years ago
No idea if I've asked that before, but since I'm in the mood for watching horror movies at the moment (*coughalmosthalloweencough* x3), I'd be interested to hear what kinda of horror movies you like to watch.
While I like seeing the splattery-gory ones among them (splattery... mmmmm xD), I do tend to prefer movies which slowly build up an eerie and extremely tense atmosphere. A lot of asian directors are able to pull that off extremely well, but as with everything, it really depends on who watches them. My sis for example was bored to sleep while watching the japanese version of "The Ring" (Ringu) but couldn't stand watching even a censored version of "Saw" xD
There are a couple of things I noticed, especially for horror films:
- characters: they absolutely need to be believable - doesn't really help the atmosphere if the main character is a damn one-man army, able to kill off enemies without blinking o_O Which doesn't mean that the hero needs to be some average guy living next door - it's just that you in some way need to sympathise with them, otherwise you couldn't care less if they live or die
- Let the viewer feel that there is always something the camera does not see
- use of shadows and light: becomes really obvious if you look at something like "Alien" where dark actually IS dark.
- NEVER let the viewer see what the monster sees! xD That's just... not scary at all
- Creepy music and sound-effects! :D But nothing too cheesy
Coming to think of creepy things, did anyone happen to play a game called "Amnesia"?
off-topic: just one more week and I'll feel a lot older again *cries* -.-
*runs off*
While I like seeing the splattery-gory ones among them (splattery... mmmmm xD), I do tend to prefer movies which slowly build up an eerie and extremely tense atmosphere. A lot of asian directors are able to pull that off extremely well, but as with everything, it really depends on who watches them. My sis for example was bored to sleep while watching the japanese version of "The Ring" (Ringu) but couldn't stand watching even a censored version of "Saw" xD
There are a couple of things I noticed, especially for horror films:
- characters: they absolutely need to be believable - doesn't really help the atmosphere if the main character is a damn one-man army, able to kill off enemies without blinking o_O Which doesn't mean that the hero needs to be some average guy living next door - it's just that you in some way need to sympathise with them, otherwise you couldn't care less if they live or die
- Let the viewer feel that there is always something the camera does not see
- use of shadows and light: becomes really obvious if you look at something like "Alien" where dark actually IS dark.
- NEVER let the viewer see what the monster sees! xD That's just... not scary at all
- Creepy music and sound-effects! :D But nothing too cheesy
Coming to think of creepy things, did anyone happen to play a game called "Amnesia"?
off-topic: just one more week and I'll feel a lot older again *cries* -.-
*runs off*
hope you have a great birthday in 8 days
ha, my birthday is ssome days earlier x3
Though the downside with cursed is they show you early on what the monster is, but just within a second (that's why I'm not saying what kind of monster it is), Ooh ooh! And Dog Soldiers! It's my fave werewolf movie o.o
I recommend Amnesia: The dark descent as a game (the demo gives a good enough impression) if there is any interest at all.
Ah, anyway, it's quite the marvel of a game, really. It's fairly easy to immerse into Amnesia, as it offers top-notch sounds, adorable graphics, a suitable plot (if you don't dislike the touch of supernatural), and most of all great pacing. While it's scary right from the beginning, frictional did not fail at building up from there, and make it even more terrifying as you progress!
If you take the word of a stranger from the internet, Amnesia is worth every cent!
And though it isn't a movie a horror anime series that does a decent job is When They Cry.
Sorry - if I did, I don't remember.
As for horror, I'm afraid I don't care for gore. I'm more a fan of the classic horror from the 30's and 40's.
28 and Silent Hill are quite good examples. Only Silent Hill try to be scary thou :P
On the more light-hearted side, Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland.
"Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland
if you rely into gore here is a rely bad music video that sucks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqKlc-w0KE
-The Howling
-The Prowler
-The Burning
-The Evil Dead (first of the series)
-The Dead Pit
-Re-Animator
-Dracula (1958 with Christopher Lee!)
-Plague of the Zombies
-Haxen (1920's Norwegian documentary about witchcraft)
-Susperia (classic Italian horror)
-The Fog
-The Haunting (1960)
-Creepshow
-Demons (straight forward italian headbanging horror!)
-The Gate (staring the very young Stephen Dorff)
-The Company of Wolves (an atmospheric horror version of Red Riding Hood)
-Wolfen
-Eraserhead ('nuff said)
-The Thing (1982)
-Frightnight
-Cat People (original and Remake)
-My Bloody Valentine (1981, also good for Valentine's Day as well)
-Phantasm
-Salem's Lot
-The Thing
-Coffin Joe series (Brazil's first Horror movie boogey man)
-The Abominable Dr. Phibes
-Return of the Living Dead
-Dead Films (with "George Romero's" name in it)
-The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1950's & 1970's version)
-The Cabinet of Dr. Caligula
-any Horror movies by Hammer Films (most featuring Christopher Lee)
-The Monster Squad (WATCH IT NOW! WATCH IT NOW!)
-Night of the Creeps
that's all I could think of for now. But for modern ones:
-Bad Moon (straight forward Werewolf film)
-Martyrs
-Frontier(s) (Texas Chainsaw Massacre in France)
-August Underground (a Faux-snuff video journal)
-Hatchet (old-school styled slasher film, no bullshit)
-Decent
-Dog Soldiers
-Trick 'R Treat
AND if you like splattery horror and some camp in it (not intentionally though), here is my recommendations:
-The Beyond
-Zombi 2 (or title as Zombie)
-Cannibal Holocaust
-Phenomenon (aka Creepers)
-Tenebra
-House by the Cemetary
-Cannibal Ferox
-Black Cat (by Lucio Fulci)
'Hellraiser 5: Inferno' (you don't have to watch the first 4 to enjoy this one {the first 4 aren't bad, they just don't have the psych factor}) While it may come off a tad cheesy at first with the noir style narrative, it does help the viewer know what's going through the protagonist's head and it peters out about the half-way mark as it becomes unnecessary. Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et99tcLheTU
One of the most frightening movies I have ever seen is simply titled "M." It is a Peter Lorre flick about a mad man. A bit of German horror at its finest. The Germans, after all, really developed the genre.
Another fine piece of film is "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." This film defined the direction most horror movies would follow, and by viewing this film, you can see where Tim Burton gets a lot of his inspiration. This is a bit more fanciful of a horror movie, focusing on the supernatural rather than operating as a true-to-life thriller the way "M" does.
Trick R Treat
..cant wait for the next SAW movie
Return of the Living Dead part 2, a classic shlock zombie flick.
Fido, the zombie movie with a message, starring Billy Connelly.
Ju-on (the Grudge) not any of the shitty American remakes of Japanese flicks.
Thread, another Asian super creepy flick, I could go on.
Pumpkinhead by the late Stan Winston (yes the same Stan Winston who created the xenomorph!)
Trick 'r Treat is a great one!
The Descent
Alien
The Evil Dead 1 and 2 definitely
Paranormal Activity
and a lesser known b-movie that came out about the same time as the above but is just as good, if not better, called Paranormal Entity
That's all I can think of off the top of my head for now!
i watch it every halloween..seems to be a highly underrated movie.
Oh hey, what about Psycho? no monster but very scary
Dead Silence is also a good movie.
Here are some of my own personal favorites that Tie didn't mention.
-The Host
-The Fly (original or remake)
-The Blob (original or remake)
-X the Unknown
-Call of Cthulhu
-Dagon
-Jaws
An American Werewolf in London gets my vote for best werewolf film ever, and fits your model perfectly. In a more modern vein, I enjoyed Dog Soldiers, which has a more survival-horror feel with British SAS forces trying to survive an onslaught of werewolves. Surprisingly good characterization for an action-oriented horror film, and one of the best looking werewolf models ever shown on film.
The original Halloween is still my favorite slasher flick. I need to see the remake, tho.
Se7en is more of a suspense-thriller, but still gets my vote as a great psychological horror film. The "Lust" scene still creeps me the fuck out.
And I'll throw in an anime mind-fuck film into the mix: Perfect Blue. A story of a young actress slowly losing her mind, with some brilliant moments of storytelling. I like to think of it as "what if Alfred Hitchcock and Clive Barker got together and made a cartoon?"