Halloween is Here: Favorite Horror Flick of all time?
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Halloween is Here: Favorite Horror Flick of all time?
For me it begins and ends w/ the Excorcist. Nothing scarier ever.
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Highlander II is my favorite horror movie.
Oh, I though it said "horrible movie".
Oh, I though it said "horrible movie".
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In 1979 I went to the movies to see a sci fi movie I didn't hear anything about before going. It was Alien and I can't remember being as affected by a movie before or since.
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I saw the first Evil Dead movie when I was in highschool.
Basically most of the movie scared me most of the time.
Oh, and when the demons spoke:
I loved it!
When I was a kid the Tiki doll that came to life in the Trilogy of Terror scared the living crap out of me for like 10 years!
That's about it for being scared though.
I liked the Blair Witch and the end of the Ring was pretty creepy.
Basically most of the movie scared me most of the time.
Oh, and when the demons spoke:
I loved it!
When I was a kid the Tiki doll that came to life in the Trilogy of Terror scared the living crap out of me for like 10 years!
That's about it for being scared though.
I liked the Blair Witch and the end of the Ring was pretty creepy.
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The Haunting (1963)
Starring Julie Harris and Clair Bloom.
(i saw it the year it came out in a double feature with The Birds!! i was 6!)
oh...i forgot to add, it's based on one of the best pieces of american literature EVER! The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. i love this book so much that if i were in Farenheit 451 and i ran away to the place where everybody memorizes a book, i would be The Haunting of Hill House.
most brilliant first paragraph in American Literature ever.
Starring Julie Harris and Clair Bloom.
(i saw it the year it came out in a double feature with The Birds!! i was 6!)
oh...i forgot to add, it's based on one of the best pieces of american literature EVER! The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. i love this book so much that if i were in Farenheit 451 and i ran away to the place where everybody memorizes a book, i would be The Haunting of Hill House.
most brilliant first paragraph in American Literature ever.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
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cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
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Re: Halloween is Here: Favorite Horror Flick of all time?
Agreed.A Gunslinger wrote:For me it begins and ends w/ the Excorcist. Nothing scarier ever.
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Re: Halloween is Here: Favorite Horror Flick of all time?
i DO have to agree that The Exorcist stands up as one of the scariest films ever. especially with that added crabwalk scene!!dlbpharmd wrote:Agreed.A Gunslinger wrote:For me it begins and ends w/ the Excorcist. Nothing scarier ever.
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Scraiest of all time:
Saw a movie not too long ago, Independent flick, very psychologically disturbing called "Hunting Humans", very scary to me.
Last house on the left is another very disturbing movie.
Hostel, watched it this weekend, and it's very disturbing as well.
Favorite, too many to name, but, the really disturbing scary ones are not my favorites, my favorites are probably George Romero's First two Zombie flicks, and their remakes (Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead).
Saw a movie not too long ago, Independent flick, very psychologically disturbing called "Hunting Humans", very scary to me.
Last house on the left is another very disturbing movie.
Hostel, watched it this weekend, and it's very disturbing as well.
Favorite, too many to name, but, the really disturbing scary ones are not my favorites, my favorites are probably George Romero's First two Zombie flicks, and their remakes (Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead).
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Remember, everytime you drag someone through the mud, you're down in the mud with them
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain
Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
The original Halloween, the Exorcist, Exorcist III, Alien, and Romero's Zombie films.
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Most horror movies bore the hell out of me. I did like the Hellraiser movies, though after Bloodlines... meh. I really liked The Ring, though the fact that my wife and I were the only people in the underheated theatre on a cold autumn day probably had a lot to do with it. Ambiance is everything. Recently, both Saw and Hostel were pretty good, the former moreso than the latter. But if I had to pick one, I have to give Rob the Nod of Respect with Devil's Rejects. news linkage. Nobody's ever convinced me to root for the monster before.
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My favorite movie specifically at Halloween time is Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Love the cinematography.
Runner-up Halloween favs would be the two Blair Witch films. I must be part of a very small minority who actually liked the sequel.
Favorite all-time horror flick is Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Many probably think of it as just another tedious, drawn-out Kubrick opus, but that's all right. I also know that Stephen King himself did not much care for this adaptation of his novel, and that's okay, too. It's still an awesome movie to me.
Movies that truly scared the crap out of me: The Exorcist and Carrie (the original with Sissy Spacek). Saw them on TV as a kid.
Runner-up Halloween favs would be the two Blair Witch films. I must be part of a very small minority who actually liked the sequel.
Favorite all-time horror flick is Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Many probably think of it as just another tedious, drawn-out Kubrick opus, but that's all right. I also know that Stephen King himself did not much care for this adaptation of his novel, and that's okay, too. It's still an awesome movie to me.
Movies that truly scared the crap out of me: The Exorcist and Carrie (the original with Sissy Spacek). Saw them on TV as a kid.
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Heh. I dug the sequel, too, MM.
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I think we're it, Syl. I doubt there's much Blair Witch 2 love around here.
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