horror films

[BaconChiliBurger]

what with Halloween approaching no doubt there'll be a new batch of Hollywood horror flicks in the offering over the next few months. Now I quite like the genre, ya know zombies, vampires, serial killers, dream demons etc ... but over the last few years I've stopped watching the newer ones as most of the tension/suspense seems to be removed and replaced by pure shock and goreish psuedo-snuff ... am I right or wrong here? Or am I just not hip into what the kids are into anymore?

For example the early Friday 13ths and Halloweens, Hellraisers were a bit gorey alright but there was also lots of suspense and the most scary thing was the twists ... there was also a reasonable plot ...

now stuff like Saw (whatever the latest one is) just doesn't have that. All it has is extreme violence for its own sake. Maybe I'm over the hill with regards to scary movies ... recommend me some ones that are worth watching ... the last movies I watched that I found scary were "Taken" and "Requiem for a Dream" (for different reasons obviously ... and these weren't even in the horror genre) ..

so please recommend me some good newer horror flicks ...

(any one who mentions "Jeepers Creepers" or the remake of "the Hitcher" will get their names sent to a voodoo practitioner!)

thanks!

 

[gandalf]

Barney
Home and away
Corrie

 

[gandalf]

Oh forgot my wedding video

 

[feensandqueens]

wrong turn , and wolf creek are the scariest films out there along with most wedding videos

 

[M&M]

what with Halloween approaching no doubt there'll be a new batch of Hollywood horror flicks in the offering over the next few months. Now I quite like the genre, ya know zombies, vampires, serial killers, dream demons etc ... but over the last few years I've stopped watching the newer ones as most of the tension/suspense seems to be removed and replaced by pure shock and goreish psuedo-snuff ... am I right or wrong here? Or am I just not hip into what the kids are into anymore?

For example the early Friday 13ths and Halloweens, Hellraisers were a bit gorey alright but there was also lots of suspense and the most scary thing was the twists ... there was also a reasonable plot ...

now stuff like Saw (whatever the latest one is) just doesn't have that. All it has is extreme violence for its own sake. Maybe I'm over the hill with regards to scary movies ... recommend me some ones that are worth watching ... the last movies I watched that I found scary were "Taken" and "Requiem for a Dream" (for different reasons obviously ... and these weren't even in the horror genre) ..

so please recommend me some good newer horror flicks ...

(any one who mentions "Jeepers Creepers" or the remake of "the Hitcher" will get their names sent to a voodoo practitioner!)

thanks!

That was actually doing alright until the bad guy was given wings and the ability to fly. It all went seriously downhill after that.

 

[VirtualLab]

wrong turn , and wolf creek are the scariest films out there along with most wedding videos

wolf creek is one messed up movie. Therefore highly reccommended for a scary night in. Oh and anything by John Carpenter is good. Watching Lord of Illusions right now. In the mouth of madness is good as well.

 

[Cuppa Tae]

Wrong turn is more of a comedy. Crazy inbreds! And they all deserve to die in wolfe creek. The exorcist still scares the crap outta me. Hows your faith these days father. Shudder

 

[BaconChiliBurger]

Barney
Home and away
Corrie

christ ...

not very nice to be (trying to) wind after only a few posts

meh/10

 

[BaconChiliBurger]

wrong turn , and wolf creek are the scariest films out there along with most wedding videos

not seen either ...

wrong turn looks like another version of "The Hills have Eyes" ... don't know anything about Wold Creek.

 

[BaconChiliBurger]

That was actually doing alright until the bad guy was given wings and the ability to fly. It all went seriously downhill after that.

agreed. It had good potential ...