Brilliant f--king movie
And no one's discussing it... Well then, how about we discuss the great camera work?
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How about we discuss how lame it is ok?
Carpe Jugulum! (Sieze the Neck!)
For some reason I was never notified of this reply... Gotta love IMDb eh?
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Im surprised no one has discussed the movie either, i came here looking for theories, too bad. I loved it, reminds me of the pure aesthetic qualities of The Beyond or Cemetary Man. Didnt understand it on the first run through, going to have to rewatch it a few more times.
shareYes, this definitely sits in the "multiple viewings required" category. The ancient blind guy/woman in the pit was very Fulci-like and the whole thing had a dark mysterious Lovecraft vibe.
Plus the DVD I rented preceded the film with the director (holy sh$*% this was his first film?) thanking his fans and the DVD company, which is simply admirable.
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Well if nothing else the two of us can sit on the board and proclaim how great the movie is, I have to thank the author of Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies Youve Never Seen for directing me to it. Another flick you might enjoy if you havent seen it devin is A Tale Of Two Sisters, out of Korea. Amazing cinematography, great story.
shareThat book is exactly how I found out about it. Funny thing is I owned half the movies listed, and most of the others are terribly mediocre. Only a few of the suggestions ended up being good (like Day of the Beast). I'll try to rent Tale of Two Sisters (good cinematography is a critical factor in my enjoyment of movies which is why I liked Dark Waters)
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You and me both, the only ones i have picked up so far are
Wendigo (the director feels the movie is much better than it really is)
Baby Blood (just came in the mail yesterday)
Deranged (great take on Gein, the dvd is missing the brain scene though)
Motel Hell (insane, wacky, awesome)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (very atmospheric and gothic, reminds me of Black Sunday)
Scarecrows (slow for my taste)
I have maybe 40% of the others, mostly the more well known of the "unknown," like Ginger Snaps, Pumpkinhead, Alice Sweet Alice, Cemetary Man, etc, but I am hoping that some of the others he listed turn out to be hidden gems and not disappointments. The big ones I want to check out are
Brain Damage
Death Machine
The Boneyard
Humanoids from the Deep
The Vanishing
Lemora
Devil's Backbone
Hell Night
Shadowbuilder
Seen any others in the book you would recommend?
Tombs of the Blind Dead. Now that one's atmospheric. I'm actually writing a sort of remake of all Blind Dead films and setting it in England (where renegade Templars were more likely to flee).
Offhand I'd recommend Stuart Gordon's movie Castle Freak. Jeffrey Combs puts on a soap opera-worthy performance. Of the ones you want to check out, I own Brain Damage (absolutely brilliant movie) and rented Lemora once, which was a very nightmarish tale.
STAY AWAY FROM LUTHER THE GEEK... one of the worst films I've ever seen.
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Glad to have finally found someone that has my exact taste, I love Castle Freak, just watched it again two weeks ago, I had Charles Band and Stuart Gordon sign it at the Fango Convention two years ago! That is one of the best movies to come out of the last two decades and it is so ridiculously underrated. I cant wait to see Lemora, that was one of my top pics so I am just waiting to grab it when it drops a few bucks online. I need to rewatch Company of Wolves, I saw the first half then fell asleep (due to the time not the movie), it had what I can only assume is the same feel that Lemora does. Also if you havent seen Wolf Girl (Blood Moon in the US), it is an amazing take on the werewolf movie that performs a complete reversal on the idea. Beautiful side show setting, Tim Curry as the Ringmaster, another movie that never received the credit it deserved. I rate it almost higher than Ginger Snaps in my opinion. I am waiting on the results from Screamfest LA to see if my werewolf adaptation went over ok, trying not to get my hopes up but its hard not to!
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^^ My collection, any reviews you may be interested in I am more than happy to provide! More 'lesser knowns' I feel are must sees:
2001 Maniacs!
Three Extremes...
American Psycho
Baron Blood
Bay of Blood********
Beyond the Darkness
Bird with the Crystal Plumage
A Blade in the Dark
Blood and Black Lace
Blood Feast
CHUD
The Church
City of the Living Dead
Dagon*** (another Lovecraft adaptation with perfect atmosphere and mood)
Dark City
Dead End***
Deep Red***
Delirium
Helter Skelter
House on Sorority Row***
House on the Edge of the Park***
Howling VI
Ju-On 2
The Last Horror Movie
Lisa and the Devil
The Machinist***
Madman
Maniac Cop
May******
My Bloody Valentine
Pet Sematary 2
The Prowler
Society
Stagefright****
The Stepford Wives (original)
Tenebre*****
Tourist Trap
Waxwork
The Wicker Man
and for a schlocky, bloody good time check out the Black Xmas remake!
Tourist Trap and C.H.U.D. are some of my favorite movies. Blood Feast is a classic. The Machinist was pretty good (not as amazing as Session 9) and I'm... ssshhh... downloading The Church.
BTW it's nice to see you own Beyond Re-Animator. "Move Your Dead Bones" simply makes life worth living.
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Im still waiting on Bride to drop online, any idea when House of Re-Animator is going to be coming out? The Church is great, and Michele Soavi's Stagefright is easily better than some of Argento's later works. Im rewatching Sixth Sense today because there was a long discussion in the Wicker Man forum that one member is making about how The Wicker Man's ending is a cop out but the Sixth Sense' is genius. Forgot how well shot the movie is, but I am still at odds about the whole 'red' thing, it isnt consistent throughout the entire movie, red is only used selectively but it appears in scenes that do not pertain to Cole's 'sense.'
**Also forgot to mention I watched Baby Blood last night and it was awesome, highly recommended, twisted and gorey, shot extremely well!
The Sixth Sense should be taught in some film-literature classes. Also, who could possibly think The Wicker Man's ending a cop-out? It totally fit, in fact I kind of suspected it was coming.
While it isn't traditionally a horror film, I'd recommend the Belgian movie Calvaire if you haven't seen it.
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I finally got to see this movie after about a year, and it was better then I thought it would be. I first found the movie at a Suncoast but refused to spend 49.99 on a blind buy. A year later after it sat at the top of my Blockbuster online rental queue and it never coming, I found it at F.Y.E. for cheap. Bought it along with The Church(still haven't watched that) and watched it right away. I thought it was a really good movie. I was thinking that it might be to cheesey at the end with the creature but it was hidden in the darkness well enough you couldn't really tell it was cheaply made. Definatly gonna be re-watching it soon!
shareIs this Devin from CHUD?
shareYeah, from CHUD. It was damn stifling filming in those sewers, I can tell you. Seriously though yeah I sometimes visit the CHUD board lol
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Oh I thought were you THE Devin, the one that everyone loathes like a Panama whore on Christmas.
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