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Horror movie marathon..what movies do we need?

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Ah, a movie thread! My favourite 🙂

The Thing, definetly!!!! One of the best horror movies made. Great psychological chills, and buckets of gore when called for.
Poltergeist. A classic of creepy.
The Ring. The american remake. I've seen it and the original, and the remake is much superior. Tighter story, bit better chills.
The Exorcist. For completness. Try and get the extended.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Cheesy b-movie goodness. Some great jump scenes, and great job at creating suspense and dread.
The Relic. More modern horror. Heavier on the action, lighter on the suspense and chills. Still good, though. Try and read the book
Night of the Living Dead. Original or remake, both are good. I think the remake was a little tighter and had the better ending, though. (Can also do as a companion piece Return of the Living Dead for a bunch of good laughs!)
The Wickerman. British, but cool. Try and get the director's cut, as it's a little better. A tame movie, but a cool ending. Warm-up fare.
Alien. The best piece of sci-fi horror, hands down.
Jaws. Well know, so include only if there's a lot of ppl that have never seen or haven't seen in a long time.
Tremors. More action than horror, with a bit of humour thrown in. Do a great job of not showing the monster 'till they need to.
Se7en. Psychological chiller. Kevin Spacy plays an EXCELLENT psychopath. Very very good.
The Others. A psychological chiller about a family where the children are photosensitive and there may be ghosts in the house.

Looking forward to other suggestions, and perhaps a final list on what you choose, Syringer.

-- Jack

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
-- Alfred Hitchcock
 
Hmmm for some reason I didn't find the excorcist to be nearly as scary as everyone made it out to be. I didn't even watch all of it because I was tired and it was boring.
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
Actually we were thinking more old school movies, rather than newer stuff.

Any more?
Hmmm.... didn't see that. Can you give us some idea what you mean by "old school"? What kind of dates are you looking at, or what kind of concepts you want seen?

-- Jack

 
Originally posted by: BladeWalker
Originally posted by: CrazyPerson
Horror?
whatever happen to some good old fashion porn?

70s porn music still gives me the chills.
*Chuckles* There's an idea; a Shaft movie marathon!

-- Jack

Two Towers should serve as a postcard to George Lucas, one that reads 'Making great movies, wish you were here!'.
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
 
Not horror, but The Others is friggin scary in 5.1 in the dark... also for horror, go with the classics: Friday the 13th 1-9, great movies just great, they epitomize the horror genre.
 
Originally posted by: mto81
Originally posted by: Spacehead
Originally posted by: mto81

Well to be honest, there's nothing scary about any movie... last time I was scared by a movie was when I was a kid.

Yeah, it's hard to find a really scary movie anymore. Usually it's just something jumping out at you & you get startled for a second.

Yep.. and that has absolutely nothing to do with "being scared", something many "horror" writers & directors have yet to figure out. A cat jumping out of a closet IS NOT SCARY 🙂

Exactly. Being startled is a cheap ploy, when I WANT to be scared, really want to be scared, I want psychological horror, something that gradually makes your blood pressure and pulse go up, the perspiration starts to form on your forehead, you feel as if you are in danger, and you have NO IDEA what is about to happen. That is the best type of horror, which is why if you watched the Ring really WATCHED it, and thought into the premise (The total evil of samara) then you would realize how terrifying it is.
 
The Shining

Evil Dead I and II

Dead Alive (directed by none other than Peter Jackson). Make sure you get the uncut version though. The rated version cuts out so much gore it's not even worth watching.

The Ring

Final Destination (haven't seen the second one yet, but the first one is really good IMHO)

Creepshow (the first one is good, the second one SUCKS)

The Fly

Phantasm I and II


The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Stir of Echoes

 
Ok
You can NOT have any kind of horror movie marathon without the Evil Dead series. All three must be watched for it to count.
 
Originally posted by: Swag1138
Ok
You can NOT have any kind of horror movie marathon without the Evil Dead series. All three must be watched for it to count.

Spoken like a true Evil Dead fan. 😀
 
1.Wes Craven's They.

2. Flatliners

3. In The Mouth of Madness

4. Evil Dead 1, 2, 3

5. Hellraiser 1, 2, 3, 4,5

6. Dead Alive

7. Double Vision (if you know Chinese or know Chinese culture)

8. Juon The Grudge (if you know Japanese or know Japanese culture)

9. Three (if you know Asian culture)
 
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