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Post by dragonwarrior8 on Nov 1, 2023 2:03:41 GMT
Anyone else doing an annual viewing of John Carpenter's original "Halloween" from 1978? For my money one of the best horror movies ever made and my personal favourite. Incredible atmosphere, tension build, and music. (Just ignore the crappy sequels). Any other choices for best horror movie?
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Post by Law on Nov 1, 2023 5:54:42 GMT
Still have to watch it! Along with 'Friday The 13th', (1980), John Carpenter's 'The Thing', (1982), 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', (1984) and 'The Fly', (1986)
My Mum also recommends me Ken Russel's 'The Devils', (1971)
But for my part... Even though my horror education is incomplete... "There is only one."
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Post by CharlesX on Nov 1, 2023 10:18:51 GMT
John Carpenter is a real master of horror as well as sci-fi and fantasy, see most of him just don't bother with Ghosts Of Mars and The Ward. On the subject of sequels, I've heard mixed reviews of The Fly sequels, as mentioned above. Checking online, it seems like the original and the remake are worth while, but the others are more just for fans.
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Post by kieran on Nov 1, 2023 13:03:50 GMT
I like Halloween but it is one of these movies where I scream in frustration at the characters. 'Hit him when he's down! Don't just assume he's dead!'
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Post by petch on Nov 1, 2023 16:35:02 GMT
Good choices here! My favourite horror flick is The Descent as it remains to date the only film to actually make me audibly cry out (at the first appearance of a Crawler - I genuinely didn't see it coming as until that point it had seemed it was going in a completely different direction). As I understand it, the ending was changed for American audiences as the original ending was deemed too bleak and depressing for them, the wusses.
The rest of my top five would probably be made up of Get Out, Don't Look Now, The Wicker Man and The Birds.
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Post by Law on Nov 1, 2023 21:11:39 GMT
Good choices here! My favourite horror flick is The Descent as it remains to date the only film to actually make me audibly cry out (at the first appearance of a Crawler - I genuinely didn't see it coming as until that point it had seemed it was going in a completely different direction). As I understand it, the ending was changed for American audiences as the original ending was deemed too bleak and depressing for them, the wusses. The rest of my top five would probably be made up of Get Out, Don't Look Now, The Wicker Man and The Birds. Another one on the list from director Neil Marshall. And yeah, 'Don't Look Now' was ridiculously, unforgettably good. A master-class in building tension. The ending pretty much gave me achondroplasiaphobia.
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