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Other than the occasional revisit of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, don't really care for it...
I'm personally looking forward to Benicio Del Torro's Frankenstein coming out in early November.
I remember when the first “Night of the Living Dead” movie came out in B&W in 1968. People were terrified, and kids were told not to see it.
Today it would be a comedy...........
Once in a great while, Im in the mood to see a horror or ghost movie. Not too often, since most of today’s horror films are also extremely violent and/ or bloody.
And the majority of such films have a storyline wrapped around some version of The Devil, or the heavy auras of Evil. If one sees that kind of movie for terror and escapism, that’s an individual choice. Im usually not eager to feed those kinds of images, those kinds of story sequences into my head, at least not for two hours at a time. I prefer Comedy/Action films like Nobody Part 2. Fun, but still thrilling.
Never been a fan of “Horror” movies, or slasher and gore type flics. But I always like the Exorcist as it was based in reality, that is it was a true case involving a young boy in St. Louis. Even the Omen was a little too much “Hollywood Horror” for me. Something more cerebral is what I crave.
There was a movie that took place in Sweden—the original film was Swedish I think and it was a detective movie. The Sun about never set and it began messing with the mind of an out of country detective brought in to either assit or bring back a fugitive. There was a US remake If I remember with Al Pacino some years back? That began having undertones of a cerebral horror—Then there was a film out of the Netherlands some 40 years ago that too, billed itself as a Horror film with no blood. Can’t remember the name or if I saw it...
We watch Svengolie every week
For a while (early 2000s) there was a genre of “torture porn” that was just horrible. Not scary, just shocking. Saw. Hostel. Etc. thankfully that fad didn’t last long and the industry started putting out the tried and true monster or zombie type flicks. For me they are fun.
“Kratt”
Brother and sister sent to stay with grandma while their folks ‘find’ themselves at a hippy-dippy retreat.
Its a horror movie when they find out there is NO INTERNET at granny’s farm!
Subtitled Estonian madness. A funny movie with some blood.
I like more ‘psychological’ horror movies. Anyone can splash the ketchup around and call it ‘art.’
Faves:
‘Psycho’ Alfred Hitchcock
‘The Ring’
(I know! I thought I would HATE IT, but my teens convinced me to watch it with them - probably because they NEEDED an adult in the room, LOL!)
‘Signs’
(And really anything from M. Knight Shamalamadingdong (I can never remember his name!)
‘Rear Window’ another Hitchcock classic (’Perry Mason’ disposing of a body?!?!)
‘Cape Fear’ OMG! Do NOT watch the original (Robert Mitchum) alone - and the re-make with De Niro? As much as I HATE that jerk, it is very - VERY - scary! My sister and I saw it on The Big Screen and we clutched one another and pretty much SCREAMED through the whole movie!
‘The Silence of the Lambs’ The book was scary enough - the movie was amazingly good! Ever notice that the actor that played Jame Gumb (the killer) never worked in film again?
‘Wait Until Dark’ Audrey Hepburn. She’s blind! A Bad Man is tormenting her because her husband bought her a doll overseas that was filled with the Bad Man’s Cocaine! If you can see this performed in live theater - GO! Now! Even if your local High School is doing it! The final scene will stay with you forever.
‘Blood Simple’ ANYTHING by the Coen Brothers gets high marks from me. :)
It would seem that far and away the scariest horror movie of all time would be “I Was a Teenage Earl Warren.” A movie by this title was actually made in 1971—I think it was only issued in the 16mm format. I didn’t see it, but perhaps that’s just as well, as I would probably have been traumatized.
Romcoms have been in eclipse the last few years. Scifi and superhero movies are oversaturated. Everyone is sick of them. There are other things Hollywood could do, but they aren’t doing those things.
So, horror movies. Sure. I watch them too. There are thousands of them. There’s a certain amount of comedy in the “young people in a cabin in the woods” flicks, so you have the funny and the scary.
“MONSTERS- The Ed Gein Story is OUTSTANDING (NETFLIX)
Starting to believe the gates from HELL are open.
I haven’t seen a decent horror movie in a long time. I know about 10 or 15 years ago. It was everything zombies, and I think they bled that one dry. Friday the 13th, and Freddy Krueger crap I find boring as hell, like just about any other slasher movie.
Really the only thing that I think is scary nowadays is like haunting and demonic possession stuff
I grew up on black and white horror movies at the local theater in the 50’s and 60’s. The Thing, Them, Tarantula, The Deadly Mantis, The Amazing Colossal Man, The Fly, etc. I went for any movie that featured Boris Karloff, Peter Lorie, Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney, Jr. The original Universal Monster Movies are classics. I remember seeing The Creature From the Black Lagoon and the two sequels at the theater...same thing with Vincent Price’s House on Haunted Hill, and Tingler. I don’t like remakes of the originals, don’t enjoy slasher movies, and hardly watch movies at all anymore because the quality of what is available, doesn’t cut it for me.
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I am a big fan of classic style horror and have little use for gore fests. Though I thought the first “Scream” was a very good movie. I watched “Sinners” last night and its take on the Vampire movie was excellent.
Horror does have several subgenres so it helps to narrow down what types of horror you like or dislike if any. I am very fond of classic spooky movies. These are often in black and white and involve very little gore but a lot of psychological suspense. Some favorites,
“The Innocents.”
“The Uninvited”
“The Haunting.”
“Rebecca” maybe not thought of as horror but at heart it is a ghost story.
“The Old Dark House”
“Dracula”
I know there are more but it’s late and my brain is fitzy.
Another fave genre of mine is science fiction horror The ones that come to mind are,
“Invaders from Mars.”
“Alien”
“Gojira”
If you don’t like horror I suggest checking out Mystery Science Theatre 3000 or RiffTrax. It’s a great way to enjoy the the Sci Fi and Horror B movies that kept Dialing For Dollars on our TV screens way back when.
I just thought of a few other horror movies I like,
The House of the Devil.
Rosemary’s Baby
To The Devil a Daughter
The Devil Rides Out
Suspira
The Sect
Scarecrows
agree
there is enough evil in real life that I do not seek it out for entertainment or relaxation
Speaking of horror check out some of the young reaction YouTubers doing the Exorcist. They ARE NOT ready for this forty year old film with its sloooow build and hairy release. I’d have thought the Exorcist long since put in the shade by the bazillion films that have tried to go as far over the top as possible since 1973 but no not at all.