noiseredux' month of horror (movies)

[Czernobog]

I see your point(s), but you know those meaningless shots with couples arguing, or not doing anything? Those scenes have almost been completely omitted from PA3. I'm still not a fan of the series, but as far as movies go, PA3 is a good movie. Far from perfect, but still a well made movie.

You just quadrupled my desire to see the movie.

[Luke]

You just quadrupled my desire to see the movie.

Go see Puss N Boots instead, but yeah, PA3 really improved on removing meaningless scenes. Well, not meaningless, but maybe "scenes that are stagnant". It's not fast paced either, but the scenes (way more than less) don't dawdle. If you "kind-a-like" PA, you'll love PA3.

[Evildeadmanwalking77]

Anyone see this?



I was watching some of the original, on youtube I think, and it was horrible but I was curious if the remake improved on it at all. Creepy little fuckers that thesethings are! Check out some images of them since you really only get a quick glimpse on the trailer. Definitely a step up from the original special effects of the creatures from the original that's for sure!

[CFFJR]

We saw Paranormal Activity 3 tonight.

It was a fun ride, had some good scares (though not as much as I expected), and is definitely more streamlined than the other 2.

I'm enjoying the story that the series is slowly developing as well. With that said, it seems pretty clear that they'll make another sequel. There are still some unanswered questions.

I'm just not sure how they'll do it. Who's gonna film it?

[Hobie-wan]

Cracked open my $3 copy of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I had never actually seen it before. I can see how it influenced later movies, but I guess I'm too jaded or seasoned at this point and just thought it was ok. Seeing it so many years after the fact makes it seem laughable that it actually scared or upset anyone. Marilyn was a great screamer though. It was a bit odd having Dan Fielding giving the opening narration.

[Bikeage]

Cracked open my $3 copy of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I had never actually seen it before. I can see how it influenced later movies, but I guess I'm too jaded or seasoned at this point and just thought it was ok. Seeing it so many years after the fact makes it seem laughable that it actually scared or upset anyone. Marilyn was a great screamer though. It was a bit odd having Dan Fielding giving the opening narration.

Too bad... my first viewing of TCM was memorable in how immersing it was. Saw it with a few friends, including a talkative female, in lit room, but everyone became sucked in and the viewing was eerily silent. Can see how today's audience may react to it after a diet of modern flicks, going into it not knowing fact from fiction (I saw it in 1998, before I could easily Google it) helped it live up to the hype for me.

Stay away from the remake. The only worthwhile thing's about it are the hole in head FX in the beginning and a sweaty Jessica Biel.

[dsheinem]

Cracked open my $3 copy of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I had never actually seen it before. I can see how it influenced later movies, but I guess I'm too jaded or seasoned at this point and just thought it was ok. Seeing it so many years after the fact makes it seem laughable that it actually scared or upset anyone. Marilyn was a great screamer though. It was a bit odd having Dan Fielding giving the opening narration.

Wow, I had exactly the opposite reaction when I saw it for the first time in the last year or so, even though I had seen many other films with more gratuitous gore and more twisted villains. I am certainly "seasoned" but the film was a real revelation and, I thought, still has the power to "scare and upset" even "jaded" critics and fans of the genre like me...

[noiseredux]

Too bad... my first viewing of TCM was memorable in how immersing it was. Saw it with a few friends, including a talkative female, in lit room, but everyone became sucked in and the viewing was eerily silent. Can see how today's audience may react to it after a diet of modern flicks, going into it not knowing fact from fiction (I saw it in 1998, before I could easily Google it) helped it live up to the hype for me.

yeah, to this day that's still one that seems to make my wife and shut the F up and just feel a little nervous. And as many of you know, we're not exactly newcomers to the genre. But those kind of movie-to-people connections are personal I guess.

Stay away from the remake. The only worthwhile thing's about it are the hole in head FX in the beginning and a sweaty Jessica Biel.

you are correct. The only good thing in that entire movie is a sequence pretty much stolen from Argento's Opera.

[Evildeadmanwalking77]

Yes, TCM is definitely a ground breaking horror film sure it's pretty tame in terms of gore compared to today's horror films but the atmosphere. The sequels are all over the place but enjoyable except for the 4th one (The Next Generation). I didn't care for the remake either or the prequel for that matter although I thought it was at least a decent attempt at trying to explain things. I'd like to more in dept prequels to A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th personally and done CORRECTLY of course.

Here's my next recommendation:



5/5:
It's just a fun film to watch! Alien slugs invading the earth and they are reanimating corpses to wreck havoc and take over the earth. Ok, it sounds more SciFi than horror but trust me it has PLENTY of horror to go around!

[noiseredux]

Night of the Creeps rules. I was Dekker had done more horror considering this, Monster Squad and House (writer). Also, I personally think it's safe to assume that Night of the Creeps and Slugs are the two biggest influences on James Gunn's excellent Slither.