Hey TL,

So due to a severe lack of interesting halloween parties my girlfriend and I are probably going to end up staying in and watching some awesome horror movies.

I'm not really into those shock horror movies like saw, hostel and that sort of thing. I've heard good thigns about a movie called The Thing(theres a sc ums map about it

) is it any good?

My question to all of you is: what should we watch?

Raithed

China7078 Posts

October 25 2008 20:31 GMT

cloverfield. seriously omfg. haha. loved it. another is.... top of my head 28 weeks later.

disciple

9071 Posts

October 25 2008 20:33 GMT

if you are into classic horror movies watch the Shining, it sure is pretty annoying at some points but there are quite amazing twisted scenes. I like The Grudge as well

Naib

Hungary4892 Posts

October 25 2008 20:53 GMT

You're better off if you READ The Shining imo. Mind you, I'm really not into (shock or any kind of) horror movies either, I might be biased...

Jaeden

Romania1489 Posts

October 25 2008 21:20 GMT

The Sixth Sense, it`s awesome! It`s not really that scary but it`s still awesome

BanZu

United States3329 Posts

October 25 2008 21:26 GMT

I heard The Shining and The Grudge are good choices. My friends and I were considering doing the same thing and they brought up those two.

Raithed

China7078 Posts

October 25 2008 21:34 GMT

japanese versions > american.

Powerpill

United States1693 Posts

October 25 2008 21:48 GMT

In the Mouth of Madness, Mulberry Street, and Dagon are some real good ones that flew under the radar.

caelym

United States6421 Posts

October 25 2008 23:59 GMT

the clockwork orange or requiem for a dream, those two will scare you shitless

SpiralArchitect

United States2116 Posts

October 26 2008 00:53 GMT

#10

On October 26 2008 05:33 disciple wrote:
if you are into classic horror movies watch the Shining, it sure is pretty annoying at some points but there are quite amazing twisted scenes. I like The Grudge as well

You've got the Shinning boy!

On October 26 2008 06:34 Raithed wrote:
japanese versions > american.

Theres a jap version of the Shining? I highly doubt it could top the American one, I mean come on man Jack mofucking Nicholson was in it, and he was good too.

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

October 26 2008 01:06 GMT

#11

On October 26 2008 08:59 caelym wrote:
requiem for a dream, those two will scare you shitless

no

Rec or Zombie Strippers, the last one is both hilarious and has good anoumts of splatter

brjdrb

United States577 Posts

October 26 2008 01:16 GMT

#12

i loved jeepers creepers. the movie. and yeah, the Thing was good. the original alien movie is pretty sweet too. 1979 or something, but still pretty decent special effects

eborp

United States266 Posts

October 26 2008 01:26 GMT

#13

Pretty sure he was talking about juno, the japanese versinon of the grudge.

I would say go watch saw for some laughs.

Durak

Canada3685 Posts

October 26 2008 01:29 GMT

#14

On October 26 2008 05:31 Raithed wrote:
cloverfield. seriously omfg. haha. loved it. another is.... top of my head 28 weeks later.

Cloverfield was the worst 15 minutes I've ever spent. I got a headache and turned that shit off.

I just watched 28 weeks later but I doubt I would have enjoyed it as much without having seen 28 days later. The two had completely different endings which was pretty cool. If you want to see a zombie movie then these fit the bill.

Edit: Removed profanity

Edit2: I think you should watch Army of Darkness.

Mickey

United States2606 Posts

October 26 2008 03:14 GMT

#15

I've watched, and would recommend the following.
Suspiria
Army of darkness
Nightmare on Elm_Street

FuDDx

United States5015 Posts

October 26 2008 03:33 GMT

#16

Dawn of the Dead (new version)
Descent (One of the scarier movies made recently)
Live dead (Gore fest,and great)
WaxWorks (old school fun)
Silver Bullet ( Good Werewolf movie )
Howling 1-??(Good werewolf movies kinda)
American Werewolf in london (Og one is great)

These are probally in order top down but American werewolf would be further up the list imo.

Zortch

Canada635 Posts

October 27 2008 00:40 GMT

#17

Thanks for all the reccomendations so far guys!
Keep 'em coming, even if its just saying you agree with someone.
The fate of my halloween night is in your hands!!

disciple

9071 Posts

October 27 2008 01:32 GMT

#18

The Nightmare On Elm-Street series are quite good... but well, I think there are two types of horror movies that are worth watching - the first of them are the asian psycho horrors, those guys can really freak you out I absolutely adore their vision about how a descent horror movie should be made, they are not filled up with violence and gore. Its all about the mind fuck with them. No offense to movies like dawn of the dead, diary of the dead, the hills have eyes and etc. Those film are boooring and have absolutely no artistic value, to put it simply they are trash. But after all you can always get rick rolled by a "horror" movie with amazing asian screenplay but some sort of teenage US adaptation. If you wanna play it safe just research a bit, look who are the big names in the directing of the genre and in 90% you will be watching a great movie, no matter how high your expectations are.