Best horror movie

slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:33 am

I like quite a few, but lately I've been on a Jaws kick. Man those flicks are good...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7KqvUp ... re=related
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:38 am

They're decent, but I don't consider them horror. But, then, I am picky.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:53 am

This is some can of worms you're about to open, slimy, if this is meant as an open discussion...'cause I'm kinda partial to this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTe032Uw718

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slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:59 am

Lord Dynel wrote:
This is some can of worms you're about to open, slimy, if this is meant as an open discussion...'cause I'm kinda partial to this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTe032Uw718

Looved that film...
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dutch206 · Post by **dutch206** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:58 am

I choose the "Legend of Boggy Creek" because it is set in Fouke, Arkansas:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068837/

It is supposedly based on a true story that took place in 1971. Maybe the legendary "Monster of Fouke" is a troll!
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AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:46 am

dutch206 wrote:
I choose the "Legend of Boggy Creek" because it is set in Fouke, Arkansas:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068837/

It is supposedly based on a true story that took place in 1971. Maybe the legendary "Monster of Fouke" is a troll!

Awesome! That movie was kind of a big deal here in Arkansas. I was just a kid, but my mom, aunt and a few cousins went to the drive-in to see this. There is a scene with some guy using an outhouse and the monster comes up and BAM! I pooped myself much like the lad on the screen.

Personally, though, my favorite horror movie is "Fright Night".
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Frost · Post by **Frost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:17 pm

I know this might be heresy by some, but I thought the "Dawn of the Dead" remake was fantastic.
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DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:23 pm

High School Musical scared the shit outta me.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:25 pm

A lot of people will hate this answer, but I'm torn between two flicks for best horror movie. It's either the American remake of The Ring, or Blair Witch Project. Both films did something in American films that had not been seen either ever, or not in a very, very long time. There's a lot to say about many horror films, and personal preference plays a large part.

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DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:28 pm

I'll give that to ya Omote. For me, most horror movies don't do it , they fail to get me hyped. The Ring was definitely one that I cut for though.

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:28 pm

I didn't care for The Ring (the concept was just too bizarre for me), but I'm on board with the Blair Witch Project. I thought that was pretty damn good.
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mordrene · Post by **mordrene** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:41 pm

having a daughter, the movie 13 is terrifying.

yell0w_lantern · Post by **yell0w_lantern** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:36 pm

I'm partial to:

Evil Dead I

The Thing (John Carpenter)

Prince of Darkness

Deep Red

and my favorite slasher film is the original Halloween

Buttmonkey · Post by **Buttmonkey** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:21 pm

mordrene wrote:
having a daughter, the movie 13 is terrifying.

Just thinking that I might have a daughter someday made that movie terrifying.

I'd give the nod for best horror movie to either "The Exorcist" or "Poltergeist."

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:30 pm

Alien. Best horror movie evars.

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:33 pm

Omote wrote:
Blair Witch Project.

That wasn't horror. That was poorly made slapstick b movie comedy.
It was so bad, in fact, that the Bare Wench Project was an improvement. And that movie was terrible.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:41 pm

Breakdaddy wrote:
Alien. Best horror movie evars.

I was going to say Nightmare on Elm Street, but I do think the first Alien movie had me just a little more freaked out.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:42 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
That wasn't horror. That was poorly made slapstick b movie comedy.

I saw this in the theatres, no one laughed. Screamed, yes. Laugh, no.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:57 pm

Treebore wrote:
I saw this in the theatres, no one laughed. Screamed, yes. Laugh, no.

I laughed my ass off. So did the people with me.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:28 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
I laughed my ass off. So did the people with me.

Just more evidence your not like everyone else and that birds of a feather flock together.
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Grendel T. Troll · Post by **Grendel T. Troll** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:39 pm

John Carpenter's The Thing still does it for me. Even the video game makes me nervous playing it.....
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:42 pm

Treebore wrote:
I laughed my ass off. So did the people with me.

Just more evidence your not like everyone else and that birds of a feather flock together. [/quote]

*chuckles* Horror movies don't scare me. Its all the same plot. Dumb people doing the same dumb things that are only going to get them killed. At least the Scream movies, comedy gold that they are, were honest about it.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:54 pm

Course, the only reason the 6th Sense made me a bit uneasy was that it was a bit too close to reality for comfort.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:15 pm

One of the reasons that Blair Witch Project is, IMO, one of, if not the best horor movie, is the make of the film. When this movie was released, the US film market had not seen a good old fashioned scary movie in decades. Through the 80s and the better part of the 90s, horror movies were typified with bloody massacres and psychopathic slashers. This passed as horror. Perhaps it is, but Blair Witch Project presented something not seen in a long time, the fact there were dumb kids running around in the woods, getting lost, with ghost or poltergeist stuff happening. BWP had very little blood, and nothing but a chilling background story to set the tone. Yes, the acting was bad. The direction was amatuer (because it was), and the technical aspects not crisp. If Hollywood filmmakers at the time had the guts and insight to create a film like BWP on their own, perhaps in your mind this movie would be better. But as I see it, it took the creative genius and filmmaking spirit of amatuers to bring an amazing vision to the big screen.

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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:55 pm

Omote wrote:
One of the reasons that Blair Witch Project is, IMO, one of, if not the best horor movie, is the make of the film. When this movie was released, the US film market had not seen a good old fashioned scary movie in decades. Through the 80s and the better part of the 90s, horror movies were typified with bloody massacres and psychopathic slashers. This passed as horror. Perhaps it is, but Blair Witch Project presented something not seen in a long time, the fact there were dumb kids running around in the woods, getting lost, with ghost or poltergeist stuff happening. BWP had very little blood, and nothing but a chilling background story to set the tone. Yes, the acting was bad. The direction was amatuer (because it was), and the technical aspects not crisp. If Hollywood filmmakers at the time had the guts and insight to create a film like BWP on their own, perhaps in your mind this movie would be better. But as I see it, it took the creative genius and filmmaking spirit of amatuers to bring an amazing vision to the big screen.

-O

*chuckles* I doubt it. Dumb people doing dumb things just makes me want to shake my head. That movie was full of nothing but foolish people with no common sense. If your going to go look for goblins, go armed for dragons.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:20 pm

I could not stand Blair Witch. Scary? No. Not even close. A cause to put me in anger management? Yep, absolutely. It is a borefest. Blair Witch 2 is better. And sequels normally always suck.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:05 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
*chuckles* I doubt it. Dumb people doing dumb things just makes me want to shake my head.

That being the case, I assume you shake your head at most everything in the world than?

Yeah, they're dumb kids in the movie, and some things they do are just plain idiotic. People do idiotic things in real life too.

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dutch206 · Post by **dutch206** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:57 pm

No offense, but the scariest thing in Blair Witch was the close-up "booger shots".
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