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Horror News & Discussion Redux

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is that Eli Roth Clown movie worth checking out?
 
BisexualMMA said:
Well, it suffers by comparison to the original. Joe Spinell was a hell of an actor and he really invested himself in the original character. But I won't hold the original against the remake.

Having the vast majority of the film (I think all but one or two shots) filmed in first-person POV got fairly tiresome for me. It was just a gimmick that didn't really add to the story and, while it might have been effective if used sparingly, it just kept me from getting to know the Elijah Wood character. He was mainly a voice actor...and that was a problem because I wasn't a huge fan of the way Elijah Wood chose to voice the character.

At times his voice was effective, and at times it seemed like a caricature of "creepy voice." He sounded like a prank phone caller at times.

Sometimes Elijah Wood was above average, sometimes he was average, and sometimes he was below-average.

The girl who played his love interest was actually quite good in her role. She stole the show.

They had some bad CGI once or twice that took me out of the movie, and especially so given the authentic practical gore of the original Maniac.

I was fine with having a Maniac that didn't look physically disgusting like Joe Spinell did in the original, and I got the reference the girl made in the "first date" scene (I pictured you fat with long greasy black hair and acne, or something like that). And while that could have been a clever line delivered differently or written more subtly, it was so specific and out of place in the conversation that, again, it took me out of the movie.

It was all right, but I think they would have been better off just calling it something else. There was no reason to have it be a remake of Maniac, especially if they were going to film in such a radically different style.

I thought the soundtrack was good.
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Great points man. Looking back I very much agree that Elijah couldn't carry the movie alone with his voice. I didn't like the teenage, insecure sounding voice most of the time. I also enjoyed the music but I agree his character was inconsistent. Can't compare the original for sure and now I think I'm gonna pop it in the DVD player if the wife doesn't give me shit.
 
Bobby Digital said:
Crazy this thread is getting traffic.

I miss the golden age of these threads like four years ago. We kinda flew through the first five or six. Probably my fault for going to jail and stalling things out.
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I don't post here much (as a whole) since the forum change honestly. I miss the good ol days
 
I stumbled onto this mini doc that is pretty much a snapshot of what the The Exorcist hype was like at the time of it's release. Its interesting to see the reactions of the people that experienced The Exorcist at ground zero before it became a benchmark of popular culture and while it still had a terrifying air of mystery to it.

 
Blood Python said:
I'll show you some cool new horror artwork I got recently soon. Gonna maybe watch The Witch in a min
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A few horror movies I've seen over the last while...

The Dunwich Horror. 1970 movie I checked out because it was the first on-screen performance of Talia Shire (I think). Complete waste of time. Very early performance by Dean Stockwell also. You could tell he had a good screen presence and might amount to something.

Parasite. 1982 movie that might have been Demi Moore's first performance. Another complete waste of time.

Bone Tomahawk. That was a pretty good movie. I thought it was much better than the Hateful Eight, since that's another recent Kurt Russell western. Bone Tomahawk did a very good job of leaving the horror to the imagination, Jaws style. Good performances from everybody involved. Richard Jenkins completely disappeared into his character.
 
BisexualMMA said:
A few horror movies I've seen over the last while...

The Dunwich Horror. 1970 movie I checked out because it was the first on-screen performance of Talia Shire (I think). Complete waste of time. Very early performance by Dean Stockwell also. You could tell he had a good screen presence and might amount to something.

Parasite. 1982 movie that might have been Demi Moore's first performance. Another complete waste of time.

Bone Tomahawk. That was a pretty good movie. I thought it was much better than the Hateful Eight, since that's another recent Kurt Russell western. Bone Tomahawk did a very good job of leaving the horror to the imagination, Jaws style. Good performances from everybody involved. Richard Jenkins completely disappeared into his character.
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Richard Jenkins was the best part of that movie imo.

While they do leave most of the horror to the imagination, there is one scene in particular towards the end of the movie that stacks up against the most gruesome death scenes in history. Jaw-droppingly brutal.
 
Cptn1NSAN0 said:
Richard Jenkins was the best part of that movie imo.

While they do leave most of the horror to the imagination, there is one scene in particular towards the end of the movie that stacks up against the most gruesome death scenes in history. Jaw-droppingly brutal.
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Yep. Very effective. Like Jaws and Quint, it was verified that what we had been imagining was indeed pretty terrible.
 
The Witch was amazing. Glad I didn't see it in theatres, the subtitles were a big help on this one
 
Another horror movie I watched not that long ago...

Wolfen (1981). I expected big things. Great cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Tom Noonan, Edward James Olmos. And they knew how to make a good werewolf movie in the early 80s.

But this thing was boring as fuck. Albert Finney was so boring.

Edward James Olmos was good. He was intense as hell.

The premise was okay but it was executed poorly, from a boring main character to an unbelievable romance to lack of violence to weird visual effects.

I'll give it a...4.9/10.
 
Has anyone seen the Wolf Creek mini-series? I remember seeing a trailer for it a couple months ago, but didn't realize until now that the entire 6 episode series was released 3 weeks ago on some random Australian streaming service called "Stan" ( a clear knockoff of the Starz logo which I thought the show was going to be broadcast on later in the year)

Saw the original movie in theaters and enjoyed it, was pretty hammered watching the sequel with a buddy and remember it being a lot more over-the-top yet still entertaining. Will give the show a start on the weekend.

 
BisexualMMA said:
Another horror movie I watched not that long ago...

Wolfen (1981). I expected big things. Great cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Tom Noonan, Edward James Olmos. And they knew how to make a good werewolf movie in the early 80s.

But this thing was boring as fuck. Albert Finney was so boring.

Edward James Olmos was good. He was intense as hell.

The premise was okay but it was executed poorly, from a boring main character to an unbelievable romance to lack of violence to weird visual effects.

I'll give it a...4.9/10.
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I think the beginning is pretty good but yeah it gets boring. It is cool as like a period piece to see the bronx just like totally destroyed in parts.

But yeah, it ain't a masterpiece like The Howling
 
Skip Reming said:
I think the beginning is pretty good but yeah it gets boring. It is cool as like a period piece to see the bronx just like totally destroyed in parts.

But yeah, it ain't a masterpiece like The Howling
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I like An American Werewolf In London, but the attention to detail that went into The Howling was just super impressive, even while it was also good in the former.

If you haven't read the book, it's pretty good.
 
Joseph Budden said:
And the reviews are just as polarizing as Only God Forgives. Last time we got the Gosling hand in the womb scene, hear this time we get a lesbian necrophilia scene. Thats my boy Refn
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That scene was painful but brilliant. I didn't understand the meaning until I saw it again.
 
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