Movie Reviews 2.0

[zed]

Yup, the good horror flicks died more than 20 years ago.

so whats your top 100 horror films?

 

[homerdog]

Yeah just off the top of your head give us your top 100 horror films. Bonus point if they are in order of preference.

 

[zed]

In order, valid from about a month ago,
quite a few from the last 20 years

The Descent*(2005) UK
Evil Dead II*(1987) USA
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre*(1974) USA
Tetsuo*(1989) japan
The Living and the Dead*(2006) UK
Let Sleeping corpses Lie (1974) Spain / italy
House*(1977) japan
Altered States*(1980) USA
Let's Scare Jessica to Death*(1971) USA
Faust*(1926) Germany
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer*(1992) japan
Targets*(1968) USA
The Last House on the Left*(1972) USA
Frankenstein*(1931) USA
Night of the Demon*(1957) UK
Bad Taste*(1987) NZ
The Thing*(1982) USA
Valerie and her week of wonders (1970) Czechoslovakia
The Evil Dead*(1981) USA
Alien*(1979) USA / UK
The Omen*(1976) UK / USA
Acolytes (2008) Australia
Vampire's Kiss*(1988) USA
The ebola syndrome*(1996) Hong Kong
The Last Horror Movie*(2003) UK
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural*(1973) USA
The Devils (1971) UK
Taste of Fear*(1961) UK
Burnt Offerings*(1976) USA | Italy
Soulkeeper*(2001) USA
Crowhaven Farm*(1970 TV Movie) USA
From Beyond the Grave*(1974) UK
Eden Lake*(2008) UK
Zu mountain warriors (1983) Hong Kong
Alice*(1988) Czechoslovakia | Switzerland | UK | West Germany
Who Can Kill a Child?*(1976) Spain
Planet of the Vampires (1965) Spain | Italy
My Bloody Valentine*(1981) Canada
The Vault of Horror*(1973) UK / USA
Braindead (1992) NZ
Tenebre*(1982) Italy
Cannibal Holocaust*(1980) Italy
The Man Who Laughs*(1928) USA
Demonsamongus*(2006) Australia
The Old Dark House*(1932) USA
Frightmare*(1974) UK
Audition*(1999) Japan
The Shining*(1980) UK | USA
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde*(1931) USA
The Haunting*(1963) UK*|*USA
The Innocents*(1961) USA | UK
The Man They Could Not Hang*(1939) USA
Taxidermia*(2006) Hungary | Austria | France
Gothic*(1986) UK
Possession*(1981) France / germany
The Abominable Dr. Phibes*(1971) UK / USA
Dellamorte Dellamore*(1994) Italy | France | Germany
Black Christmas*(1974) Canada
The Unknown*(1927) USA
The Most Dangerous Game*(1932) USA
The Blood on Satan's Claw*(1971) UK
Perkins' 14*(2009) USA
Candyman*(1992) USA
Kolobos*(1999) USA
Exorcismus*(2010) Spain
Night Warning*(1982) USA
Even the Wind Is Afraid*(1968) Mexico
There Was a Little Girl*(1981) Italy
Eyes Without a Face*(1960) France | italy
Symptoms*(1974) UK | Belgium
Black Noon*(1971 TV Movie) USA
Antichrist*(2009) Denmark*|*Germany*|*France*|*Sweden*|*Italy*|*Poland
Slither*(2006) Canada / USA
Bride of Frankenstein*(1935) USA
Pit and the Pendulum*(1961) USA
Blood for Dracula*(1974) Italy / Spain
Wound*(2010) NZ
The Baby*(1973) USA
Dead of Night*(1945) UK
Creature from the Black Lagoon*(1954) USA
I Bury the Living*(1958) USA
Psycho*(1960) USA
Cube*(1997) Canada
Halloween*(1978) USA
The Mothman Prophecies*(2002) USA
Dawn of the Dead*(1978) Italy / USA
Deep Red*(1975) Italy
Les diaboliques*(1955) France
The Cremator*(1969) Czechoslovakia
Carnival of Souls*(1962) USA
And Soon the Darkness (1970) UK
The Fly*(1986) USA
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon*(2006) USA
The Return of the Living Dead*(1985) USA
The Masque of the Red Death*(1964) USA | UK
Day of the Dead*(1985) USA
Re-Animator*(1985) USA
Eraserhead*(1977) USA
Vacancy*(2007) USA
The Hunger*(1983) UK

 

[Grall]

What do the asterisks represent?

 

[Dresden]

I know I've harped about this before, but if anyone is interested in good horror movies, check out Korean cinema. One of my favorite horror movies of all time is a Korean horror movie called "I Saw the Devil."

 

[homerdog]

Lol zed that's pretty hardcore. I assume you keep a running list and update it when you see something that is worthy?

 

[Billy Idol]

Ha ha ha, zed...lol

 

[Dresden]

Audition*(1999) Japan

I can vouch for this one, personally. It's great, but really gruesome and fucked up. I really like Takashi Miike. 13 Assassins is fantastic.

Spoiler

40 minute battle scene.

 

[zed]

What do the asterisks represent?

no idea, they just occurred when I pasted this from a spreadsheet.
Ive always watched horror since ~1982 seeing the omen by myself as a kid at night, I was terrified, but hooked I had to see omen 2 the next week (sunday night was the night I was allowed to stay up after everyone had gone to bed & watch the weekly horror) of course when VHS came out used to watch those, the evil dead was my first love (even had the game on the nz spectrum, though it sucked)
@Dresden yes korean horror's taken off in the last decade+ nowadays its right up there with japan
@homerdog only from the last 7 years, useful to see if Ive already seen something, watched ~3500 films in that time (1500 horrors)

 

[Malo]

Wow there's some seriously fucked up movies in that list, seen quite a few of them. Several of them can't be sold in a lot of countries.

 

[zed]

aside from Cannibal Holocaust, like what? perhaps The ebola syndrome, though others?

 

[Malo]

Cannibal Holocaust, Ebola Syndrome, Taxidermia and Eraserhead for sure. No Ichi the Killer? But I guess not a whole lot of them are in the "disturbing" movie section. I've seen maybe one-third of that list so there's definitely some intriguing prospects there for good horror movies considering the list of ones I have seen.

Thanks!

 

[fellix]

Braindead (1992) NZ

Hahaha... nothing is more twisted than this one.

 

[zed]

Ichi the Killer?

is decent 7/10 visitor q is prolly his most 'twisted' film (& also a decent one)

a few arty wierd surreal films there
The Cremator
The Baby
Valerie and her week of wonders
Possession
Alice
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Tetsuo
The Living and the Dead
House

 

[Davros]

and Eraserhead for sure.

Ha, I watched that on acid when I was 15

 

[banksie]

(talking about Braindead)

Hahaha... nothing is more twisted than this one.

This one is kinda fun because it is set in a suburb close to where I grew up. So seeing the film was seeing an insight into the Newtown I never saw (given it is set before I was born). It is a fun film but I prefer 'Bad Taste' to it. That one has a lower budget but is much more the New Zealand sensibility for humour.

 

[zed]

yeah I prefer bad taste as well, jackson's most 'twisted' film though would easily be 'meet the feebles'
IMDB keywords for it

Drugs
Drug Addiction
Satire
Violence
Theater
Variety Show
Gore
Suicide Attempt
Coprophagia
Revenge
Extreme Film
Spoof
Attempted Rape
Scatology
Russian Roulette
Mutilation
Vietnam
Irreverence
Surrealism
Cult Film
Journalism
Flashback
Interspecies Sex
Animal That Acts Human
Sodomy
Vietnam Veteran
Prisoner Of War
Pornographer
Machine Gun
Anthropomorphic Animal
Controversy
Insect
Animal
Homosexuality
Gay Slur
Insanity
Exploding Body
Vomit
Terminal Illness
Coprophagy
Black Humor
Shot To Death
Pornography
Puppet
Anthropomorphism
Gross Out Comedy
Black Comedy
Sexually Transmissible Disease
Drug Addict
Splatter
Vietnam Flashback
Independent Film

 

[nightshade]

I saw Dredd today, thought it was going to be mediocre but it is actually a really good movie and well made movie. Those who've seen The Raid might see some similarities in the synopsis though.

Olivia Thirlby looks great as a short haired blonde

 

[SimW]

Dredd's out already!? I had NO idea!

 

[fellix]

I saw Dredd today, thought it was going to be mediocre but it is actually a really good movie and well made movie. Those who've seen The Raid might see some similarities in the synopsis though.

Didn't the Dredd's script leaked more than an year ago? I heard The Raid was completed in very short time, so it could give the rather wrong impression where the original idea comes from...