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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 23, 2010 21:30:18 GMT -5
That is an interesting face off. Platinum Dunes has made nothing, but average films, and for some damn reason they just love f***ing with what made the characters iconic to begin with.
On the other hand, Rob Zombie's films have been all over the map from decent(Halloween and House of 1000 Corpses) to good(Devil's Rejects) to god awful(Halloween 2).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2010 1:08:28 GMT -5
Bunch of stuff from the panel of the new TV adaptation of "The Walking Dead"
-According to Frank Darabont "The Walking Dead" will have a worldwide simultaneous release in over thirty languages.
-Artist Charlie Adlard cameos as a zombie.
-Darabont says that they will take every interesting detour that they find but will still stay true to the storyline of the comic.
-They're expanding the world and the events during the journey, and Kirkman says he's blown away by the areas that they're improving on.
-Bear McCreary ("Battlestar Galactica") has been confirmed as the show's composer.
-Norman Reedus has joined the cast.
-When asked why he didn't shoot in Los Angeles, Darabont said, "When LA gets its s*** together and gives filmmakers tax incentives," he'll think about it.
-FX artist Greg Nicotero said that AMC hasn't objected to any of the show's violence. In fact, the reel that they showed here at Comic-Con was edited because the powers that be would not let them show any of the gore. There will be lots of Romero-esque headshots.
-Darabont says he cannot wait to get to Michonne and Tyrese in Season Two, which has been confirmed and is a go.
-When asked if any well known horror directors might one day come on board, Darabont hinted that he wants George Romero (!) to possibly direct in the future.
-Darabont says that he wants a black and white version to be released on DVD similar to his release of The Mist. (!!!)
Trailer (while it can last)
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jul 24, 2010 1:12:20 GMT -5
Bunch of stuff from the panel of the new TV adaptation of "The Walking Dead" -According to Frank Darabont "The Walking Dead" will have a worldwide simultaneous release in over thirty languages. -Artist Charlie Adlard cameos as a zombie. -Darabont says that they will take every interesting detour that they find but will still stay true to the storyline of the comic. -They're expanding the world and the events during the journey, and Kirkman says he's blown away by the areas that they're improving on. -Bear McCreary ("Battlestar Galactica") has been confirmed as the show's composer. -Norman Reedus has joined the cast. -When asked why he didn't shoot in Los Angeles, Darabont said, "When LA gets its s*** together and gives filmmakers tax incentives," he'll think about it. -FX artist Greg Nicotero said that AMC hasn't objected to any of the show's violence. In fact, the reel that they showed here at Comic-Con was edited because the powers that be would not let them show any of the gore. There will be lots of Romero-esque headshots. -Darabont says he cannot wait to get to Michonne and Tyrese in Season Two, which has been confirmed and is a go. -When asked if any well known horror directors might one day come on board, Darabont hinted that he wants George Romero (!) to possibly direct in the future. -Darabont says that he wants a black and white version to be released on DVD similar to his release of The Mist. (!!!) Season 2? I guess they must be going at a different pace than the comic, cause Tyreese shows up in issue 7 of the comic. Since each issue is basically like a episode, that's only episode 7.......so they must be doing a lot of new stuff....
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Post by theryno665 on Jul 24, 2010 9:54:08 GMT -5
I haven't gotten around to reading The Walking Dead but I've heard nothing but good things so I'm pretty psyched for the TV show.
Anyway, I've been away from the horror threads for a little while, mostly because I haven't really seen any new horror flicks. But I did finally get around to watching The House of the Devil. I put a mini-review of it on my blog (check the sig) but I'll pretty much say the same thing here: I liked it a lot but was pretty disappointed in the ending.
The atmosphere and the build-up was brilliant. A movie hasn't really put me that on edge in a while. However, I felt like they focused too much on the build-up but not enough on the payoff. Judging from the title and the movie's intro, you can already infer that it has to do with Satanic cults. But by the time you get to the end, you find out...wait for it...that she's house-sitting for a Satanic cult! Oh no! But seriously, this is only the last 10 minutes or so of the movie and I thought they could've done more with it.
It reminded me a lot like the first half of Death Proof...only good. In Death Proof, you have to listen to these annoying women talk about nothing for like 45 minutes and by the time they get in the car crash, I was like "That's it?" That's kinda how I felt with The House of the Devil. Only here, they built up the atmosphere and everything so well that by the end of the movie, I was like "That's it?" But it's still definitely worth watching.
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Post by mysterydriver on Jul 24, 2010 11:32:13 GMT -5
Watched Horror Express, a 70's European Horror film starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas. Really enjoyed it despite the fact it possessed some mind breakingly bad moments at points.
One moment was a bit of forced exposition where Lee tells an Inspector he is transporting a fossil and gets the reply, "What's a fossil?"
It's available over on archive.org, a really great site for Public Domain work.
It's part of my plan to start watching more Public Domain movies. Just because it's free doesn't mean it can't be entertaining.
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Post by AriadosMan on Jul 24, 2010 11:47:28 GMT -5
Watched Horror Express, a 70's European Horror film starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas. Really enjoyed it despite the fact it possessed some mind breakingly bad moments at points. One moment was a bit of forced exposition where Lee tells an Inspector he is transporting a fossil and gets the reply, "What's a fossil?" It's available over on archive.org, a really great site for Public Domain work. It's part of my plan to start watching more Public Domain movies. Just because it's free doesn't mean it can't be entertaining. Nosferatu is the best public domain horror film IMO.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 24, 2010 20:00:34 GMT -5
Fortunately or unfortunately, my usual hall of fame inductees may have to take a one-thread hiatus. Ol' TR has been busy with tons of stuff lately other than this thread (as of this moment I'm sitting in a hotel room in the mighty city of Chicago for my first vacation in ten years). At any rate, much thanks and congrats to all my fellow WC horror faithful who continue to make these things possible. And besides, if you need some sort of virtual phony hall of fame fix...there's always my blog for that.
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Jul 25, 2010 2:58:25 GMT -5
I never post on this thread but this time I had to. I just got done watching House of the Devil with some friends. Every horror buff has built this movie up so much, talking about how its the greatest horror movie of the decade and what not. My God was that boring. I can appreciate suspense as much as the next guy. Believe me, I liked having a main character who's life I value compared to the unlikable meat bag I see in most horror movies now days. But this went on way too long. They did a good job creating atmosphere. It looked like a movie from that period of time. And it was definately an achievement in cinematography. The problem is, 25 minutes could have been cut out of the movie and the same effect would have been created. Oh, and the ending. Not to spoil anything but you can't make me like a character that much then have that kind of ending. It already was a full time job defending this movie to my friends. But the more I think about it, the more I think they were right. Between padding out the film with a whole lot of nothing and a downer ending, I can't defend this movie. I understand why people like it. It's so different compared to most of the horror out there right now. But different doesn't equal good. Just because you may hate Saw or Hostile doesn't mean you should like a movie in spite of those movies. Cinema Snob really amused me, giving Hourse of the Devil a glowing reivew but ripping Las Vegas Bloodbath for doing nothing for 20 minutes. In my opinion, they were both terrible for the same reason. Nothing happened.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jul 25, 2010 9:34:31 GMT -5
Looks like I've become the unofficial "Thread Namer" around these parts... And a horror thread without a Hall of Fame induction from TR? Screw your vacation, you work for us now! ... nah I'm just kidding, have fun Not much for me to contribute except for a few more Blu-ray announcements. Coming from MGM on September 14th... Firstly, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). I haven't seen this version, to be honest with you, but what better place to start than on Blu-ray? Secondly, from the WC horror thread's favorite production company, Platinum Dunes, The Amityville Horror (2005) will mark the second film in the series to see the light of day on Blu-ray. Finally, enjoy some live braaaaaaiiiiiiiiins in high def when Return of the Living Dead makes its Blu-ray debut on this date as well. All 3 discs are available for pre-order on Amazon.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 25, 2010 15:57:27 GMT -5
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Post by DSR on Jul 25, 2010 18:46:20 GMT -5
Watched Horror Express, a 70's European Horror film starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas. Really enjoyed it despite the fact it possessed some mind breakingly bad moments at points. One moment was a bit of forced exposition where Lee tells an Inspector he is transporting a fossil and gets the reply, "What's a fossil?" It's available over on archive.org, a really great site for Public Domain work. It's part of my plan to start watching more Public Domain movies. Just because it's free doesn't mean it can't be entertaining. I love HORROR EXPRESS. It's not the greatest movie ever, but its a lot of fun. Telly Savalas steals the show, in my opinion. Although, any movie where the main female is a gorgeous redhead gets bonus points from me. ;D
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Post by DSR on Jul 25, 2010 19:31:10 GMT -5
Sorry for the double-post, but I just thought I'd share this: Once a horror thread closes, I tend to go back through, find my posts, and copy them into a Word file. These horror threads are about the only place I do any in-depth writing on anything, so I figure "why not save that stuff?"
Anyway, I'm going through Thread 9, and find a post about HORROR EXPRESS that is pretty much the exact same thing as the post directly above this one, just with the words rearranged a little!
I feel like Jay Sherman from that one scene on The Critic ("...he's on...Cruise control! Bahahahahahaa! I just made that up!").
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 25, 2010 21:08:19 GMT -5
I never post on this thread but this time I had to. I just got done watching House of the Devil with some friends. Every horror buff has built this movie up so much, talking about how its the greatest horror movie of the decade and what not. My God was that boring. I can appreciate suspense as much as the next guy. Believe me, I liked having a main character who's life I value compared to the unlikable meat bag I see in most horror movies now days. But this went on way too long. They did a good job creating atmosphere. It looked like a movie from that period of time. And it was definately an achievement in cinematography. The problem is, 25 minutes could have been cut out of the movie and the same effect would have been created. Oh, and the ending. Not to spoil anything but you can't make me like a character that much then have that kind of ending. It already was a full time job defending this movie to my friends. But the more I think about it, the more I think they were right. Between padding out the film with a whole lot of nothing and a downer ending, I can't defend this movie. I understand why people like it. It's so different compared to most of the horror out there right now. But different doesn't equal good. Just because you may hate Saw or Hostile doesn't mean you should like a movie in spite of those movies. Cinema Snob really amused me, giving Hourse of the Devil a glowing reivew but ripping Las Vegas Bloodbath for doing nothing for 20 minutes. In my opinion, they were both terrible for the same reason. Nothing happened. I...have never heard of that movie. Sorry, dude, bad horror fan. At any rate, I can definitely relate. After all, I'm the guy who loathes Romero's Dead movies while seemingly everyone else on the planet can't find enough superlatives for them. That Frank Darabont-produced show sounds like it will be very interesting to watch. I've been a big fan of his dating all the way back to his Nightmare 3 screenwriting days, and there's NO ONE who does better horror literature adaptations than this guy. Hopefully it has a much better fate than my summer project Happy Town, which didn't even air its final three episodes and effectively left its big mystery up in the air for all three of the show's fans.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jul 25, 2010 21:20:36 GMT -5
I never post on this thread but this time I had to. I just got done watching House of the Devil with some friends. Every horror buff has built this movie up so much, talking about how its the greatest horror movie of the decade and what not. My God was that boring. I can appreciate suspense as much as the next guy. Believe me, I liked having a main character who's life I value compared to the unlikable meat bag I see in most horror movies now days. But this went on way too long. They did a good job creating atmosphere. It looked like a movie from that period of time. And it was definately an achievement in cinematography. The problem is, 25 minutes could have been cut out of the movie and the same effect would have been created. Oh, and the ending. Not to spoil anything but you can't make me like a character that much then have that kind of ending. It already was a full time job defending this movie to my friends. But the more I think about it, the more I think they were right. Between padding out the film with a whole lot of nothing and a downer ending, I can't defend this movie. I understand why people like it. It's so different compared to most of the horror out there right now. But different doesn't equal good. Just because you may hate Saw or Hostile doesn't mean you should like a movie in spite of those movies. Cinema Snob really amused me, giving Hourse of the Devil a glowing reivew but ripping Las Vegas Bloodbath for doing nothing for 20 minutes. In my opinion, they were both terrible for the same reason. Nothing happened. I...have never heard of that movie. Sorry, dude, bad horror fan. At any rate, I can definitely relate. After all, I'm the guy who loathes Romero's Dead movies while seemingly everyone else on the planet can't find enough superlatives for them. That Frank Darabont-produced show sounds like it will be very interesting to watch. I've been a big fan of his dating all the way back to his Nightmare 3 screenwriting days, and there's NO ONE who does better horror literature adaptations than this guy. Hopefully it has a much better fate than my summer project Happy Town, which didn't even air its final three episodes and effectively left its big mystery up in the air for all three of the show's fans. I think you got reason to hope, TR. After all this will be on AMC and not one of the major networks. I mean, did/does Mad Men pull in major ratings? I know Mad Men has buzz (and Christina Hendricks ). It just seems like a cable network is willing to give some shows more time to build it's audience. I'm there with you, TR. Well except on the Romero stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2010 21:43:54 GMT -5
I...have never heard of that movie. Sorry, dude, bad horror fan. At any rate, I can definitely relate. After all, I'm the guy who loathes Romero's Dead movies while seemingly everyone else on the planet can't find enough superlatives for them. That Frank Darabont-produced show sounds like it will be very interesting to watch. I've been a big fan of his dating all the way back to his Nightmare 3 screenwriting days, and there's NO ONE who does better horror literature adaptations than this guy. Hopefully it has a much better fate than my summer project Happy Town, which didn't even air its final three episodes and effectively left its big mystery up in the air for all three of the show's fans. I think you got reason to hope, TR. After all this will be on AMC and not one of the major networks. I mean, did/does Mad Men pull in major ratings? I know Mad Men has buzz (and Christina Hendricks ). It just seems like a cable network is willing to give some shows more time to build it's audience. I'm there with you, TR. Well except on the Romero stuff. They are giving this show the chance it deserves. Hell, it's already been confirmed for a second season since the upcoming first season will be so damn short (only 6 episodes). Plus, like FX, with it being cable, they have a ton of fewer limitations for the show. Somebody said they pretty much can't say the F-word. That's about it. As far as the gore is concerned, I say that they'll go the limit.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Jul 26, 2010 12:30:21 GMT -5
I feel like Jay Sherman from that one scene on The Critic ("...he's on... Cruise control! Bahahahahahaa! I just made that up!"). God, I miss that show. All hail Duke! Duke is life!
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Post by BearDogg-X on Jul 26, 2010 16:24:06 GMT -5
Throwing in some news: Dark Sky announced at San Diego Comic Con that Hatchet II will get an unrated theater run in a yet to be named theater chain: www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/21030
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Post by Paul on Jul 26, 2010 16:37:54 GMT -5
Has anyone heard anything about the remake of Child's Play? Is it still in development?
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 26, 2010 16:48:52 GMT -5
Has anyone heard anything about the remake of Child's Play? Is it still in development? Last I heard about it is that Dourif would still do the voice
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