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Post by Paul on May 4, 2010 11:39:56 GMT -5
It's interesting that we're bringing up the "buried alive" fear, because it poses an interesting question (to me, anyway) - anybody here ever see/read anything in the horror genre that has literally had an effect on your life? Because I can give you a very embarrassing example from my own life. Remember those Troll book order forms you'd get in grade school? One time (and we're talking fourth grade here) I ordered a book from one of those called "Scary Stories for Sleepovers"...and despite it being a kids' book, there is a story in that thing that f***ing TRAUMATIZED me, to the point where, to THIS DAY, I take extra special care NOT to disturb any anthills I come across. I honestly can't remember the name of the story, but here's the way I remember it: some bratty kid is hoping for a big, expensive video game system for Christmas, and winds up getting an ant farm instead. Almost immediately, he starts taking out his frustration on the insects inside, constantly shaking the thing to knock over their makeshift anthills and thus forcing them to start from scratch. He does this approximately 500 times in the story, but it gets worse. Every time something happens in his life that he doesn't like, it's the ants who get the punishment, and he eventually graduates to forms of torture, pouring hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals inside the ant farm, enjoying the torment he's putting them through. Well, one day he returns from a day out at the mall, and finds that the ants have spelled out the word 'H A T E' with their tunnels, facing directly at him from the place where he keeps the ant farm. In terror, he throws the thing in the garbage, thinking the whole thing to be over...until he wakes up that night, feeling thousands of insects crawling all over him, already in the act of eating him alive. *BRRRRRRRR* So now, for the rest of my life, I'm CONSTANTLY looking down whenever I'm walking on a sidewalk. Lastly, man, what were these writers thinking? Really upbeat ending there for a kids' story, fellas. ;D My god... I remember that story! Gah... Those stories were really dark and creepy. What were they THINKING?!
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Post by andrew8798 on May 4, 2010 11:42:15 GMT -5
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Post by Ken Ivory on May 4, 2010 16:45:47 GMT -5
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 4, 2010 17:53:48 GMT -5
It's interesting that we're bringing up the "buried alive" fear, because it poses an interesting question (to me, anyway) - anybody here ever see/read anything in the horror genre that has literally had an effect on your life? Because I can give you a very embarrassing example from my own life. Remember those Troll book order forms you'd get in grade school? One time (and we're talking fourth grade here) I ordered a book from one of those called "Scary Stories for Sleepovers"...and despite it being a kids' book, there is a story in that thing that f***ing TRAUMATIZED me, to the point where, to THIS DAY, I take extra special care NOT to disturb any anthills I come across. I honestly can't remember the name of the story, but here's the way I remember it: some bratty kid is hoping for a big, expensive video game system for Christmas, and winds up getting an ant farm instead. Almost immediately, he starts taking out his frustration on the insects inside, constantly shaking the thing to knock over their makeshift anthills and thus forcing them to start from scratch. He does this approximately 500 times in the story, but it gets worse. Every time something happens in his life that he doesn't like, it's the ants who get the punishment, and he eventually graduates to forms of torture, pouring hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals inside the ant farm, enjoying the torment he's putting them through. Well, one day he returns from a day out at the mall, and finds that the ants have spelled out the word 'H A T E' with their tunnels, facing directly at him from the place where he keeps the ant farm. In terror, he throws the thing in the garbage, thinking the whole thing to be over...until he wakes up that night, feeling thousands of insects crawling all over him, already in the act of eating him alive. *BRRRRRRRR* So now, for the rest of my life, I'm CONSTANTLY looking down whenever I'm walking on a sidewalk. Lastly, man, what were these writers thinking? Really upbeat ending there for a kids' story, fellas. ;D The brat was asking fo it
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Post by Welfare Willis on May 4, 2010 22:03:32 GMT -5
It's interesting that we're bringing up the "buried alive" fear, because it poses an interesting question (to me, anyway) - anybody here ever see/read anything in the horror genre that has literally had an effect on your life? Because I can give you a very embarrassing example from my own life. Remember those Troll book order forms you'd get in grade school? One time (and we're talking fourth grade here) I ordered a book from one of those called "Scary Stories for Sleepovers"...and despite it being a kids' book, there is a story in that thing that f***ing TRAUMATIZED me, to the point where, to THIS DAY, I take extra special care NOT to disturb any anthills I come across. I honestly can't remember the name of the story, but here's the way I remember it: some bratty kid is hoping for a big, expensive video game system for Christmas, and winds up getting an ant farm instead. Almost immediately, he starts taking out his frustration on the insects inside, constantly shaking the thing to knock over their makeshift anthills and thus forcing them to start from scratch. He does this approximately 500 times in the story, but it gets worse. Every time something happens in his life that he doesn't like, it's the ants who get the punishment, and he eventually graduates to forms of torture, pouring hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals inside the ant farm, enjoying the torment he's putting them through. Well, one day he returns from a day out at the mall, and finds that the ants have spelled out the word 'H A T E' with their tunnels, facing directly at him from the place where he keeps the ant farm. In terror, he throws the thing in the garbage, thinking the whole thing to be over...until he wakes up that night, feeling thousands of insects crawling all over him, already in the act of eating him alive. *BRRRRRRRR* So now, for the rest of my life, I'm CONSTANTLY looking down whenever I'm walking on a sidewalk. Lastly, man, what were these writers thinking? Really upbeat ending there for a kids' story, fellas. ;D The brat was asking fo it Indeed. Why are we reamking horror films when this sounds like a friggin' awesome horror film?
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Post by Jiren on May 4, 2010 22:10:31 GMT -5
I need some recommendations for Jap horror movies, I used to watch em but kinda went off em.
I've seen
- JU-ON: The Grudge - JU-ON: The Grudge 2 - Uzmaki - Tale Of Two Sisters - The Eye - The Eye 2 - Ringu trilogy - Battle Royale (IF you wan't to count it)
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Post by kidglov3s on May 4, 2010 22:14:08 GMT -5
I need some recommendations for Jap horror movies, I used to watch em but kinda went off em. I've seen - JU-ON: The Grudge - JU-ON: The Grudge 2 - Uzmaki - Tale Of Two Sisters - The Eye - The Eye 2 - Ringu trilogy - Battle Royale (IF you wan't to count it) I haven't seen that many, but I'd recommend: - Audition - 3 Extremes - Tetsuo The Iron Man (I haven't seen this but I've heard good things)
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Post by Jiren on May 4, 2010 22:15:40 GMT -5
I need some recommendations for Jap horror movies, I used to watch em but kinda went off em. I've seen - JU-ON: The Grudge - JU-ON: The Grudge 2 - Uzmaki - Tale Of Two Sisters - The Eye - The Eye 2 - Ringu trilogy - Battle Royale (IF you wan't to count it) I haven't seen that many, but I'd recommend: - Audition - 3 Extremes - Tetsuo The Iron Man (I haven't seen this but I've heard good things) Dammit I forgot to add Audition, I've seen that one
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Post by Chainsaw on May 5, 2010 1:49:04 GMT -5
I haven't seen that many, but I'd recommend: - Audition - 3 Extremes - Tetsuo The Iron Man (I haven't seen this but I've heard good things) Dammit I forgot to add Audition, I've seen that one Ichi The Killer and Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky, while not technically horror movies, are must sees. In the horror vein...Wild Zero. It...Is...Insane.
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Post by DSR on May 5, 2010 2:14:13 GMT -5
Dammit I forgot to add Audition, I've seen that one Ichi The Killer and Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky, while not technically horror movies, are must sees. In the horror vein...Wild Zero. It...Is...Insane. And if you dig WILD ZERO, VERSUS and BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL might be up your alley.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on May 5, 2010 8:36:27 GMT -5
I need some recommendations for Jap horror movies, I used to watch em but kinda went off em. I've seen - JU-ON: The Grudge - JU-ON: The Grudge 2 - Uzmaki - Tale Of Two Sisters - The Eye - The Eye 2 - Ringu trilogy - Battle Royale (IF you wan't to count it) In addition to what everybody else said... - One Missed Call (the original Takashi Miike-directed one - ignore the sequels) - The Tomie series - There's a box set of the first five movies for about $6.00 on Amazon, can't beat that - Ju-On: Curse 1 and 2- Pulse (a.k.a. Kairo) - Kwaidan- Suicide Club- Dark WaterThat's what I got for now, but since you counted Tale of Two Sisters, which is Korean, I'm assuming you mean ASIAN horror in general? If so I'd have a few more recommendations. It's interesting that we're bringing up the "buried alive" fear, because it poses an interesting question (to me, anyway) - anybody here ever see/read anything in the horror genre that has literally had an effect on your life? Because I can give you a very embarrassing example from my own life. Remember those Troll book order forms you'd get in grade school? One time (and we're talking fourth grade here) I ordered a book from one of those called "Scary Stories for Sleepovers"...and despite it being a kids' book, there is a story in that thing that f***ing TRAUMATIZED me, to the point where, to THIS DAY, I take extra special care NOT to disturb any anthills I come across. I honestly can't remember the name of the story, but here's the way I remember it: some bratty kid is hoping for a big, expensive video game system for Christmas, and winds up getting an ant farm instead. Almost immediately, he starts taking out his frustration on the insects inside, constantly shaking the thing to knock over their makeshift anthills and thus forcing them to start from scratch. He does this approximately 500 times in the story, but it gets worse. Every time something happens in his life that he doesn't like, it's the ants who get the punishment, and he eventually graduates to forms of torture, pouring hydrogen peroxide and other chemicals inside the ant farm, enjoying the torment he's putting them through. Well, one day he returns from a day out at the mall, and finds that the ants have spelled out the word 'H A T E' with their tunnels, facing directly at him from the place where he keeps the ant farm. In terror, he throws the thing in the garbage, thinking the whole thing to be over...until he wakes up that night, feeling thousands of insects crawling all over him, already in the act of eating him alive. *BRRRRRRRR* So now, for the rest of my life, I'm CONSTANTLY looking down whenever I'm walking on a sidewalk. Lastly, man, what were these writers thinking? Really upbeat ending there for a kids' story, fellas. ;D My god... I remember that story! Gah... Those stories were really dark and creepy. What were they THINKING?! You're telling me. The ant story is the one that caused me lasting harm, but EVERY fable in that thing ends with children dying a horrific death. Goodnight! ;D Heh, know something, folks? What prompted that little question/story (and apparently nobody else has ever had any life-changing epiphanies because of horror) was the fact that I was washing my car yesterday, and inhaled in terror after realizing that I'd accidentally sprayed a few anthills on the ground, and said to myself "God, to think this is all because of that stupid 'Sleep-Overs' story..."
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Post by The Nature Girl on May 5, 2010 9:57:44 GMT -5
I haven't seen the original (even though i'm aware on what goes down), but explain to me why on earth they're remaking this? That tagline is pretty funny though, given the fact on what happens in the original. And here's the teaser trailer:
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Post by Rorschach on May 5, 2010 14:10:20 GMT -5
WOW....thanks for posting that trailer, Nature Girl....but I have to shake my head at what Anchor Bay and Co. have done with the film.
So now the female protagonist becomes some sort of John Rambo-like killing machine, complete with one liners and catchphrases? "It's date night!" Really? REALLY?
I'm not going to sit here and claim the original was some sort of sacred masterpiece that shouldn't be touched...but at the same time, it was SUCH a product of it's time that re-doing it makes no sense at ALL. I don't think anyone was really clamoring for a slick, updated version of a video-nasty, grungy, grindhouse sleazeball exploitation staple like I Spit On Your Grave.
I just...I don't see this one doing too well...I just do NOT think there is an audience out there for this film. What people there are that WANT to see something like this can easily get hold of the original film, which looks much more raw and visceral than this all too slick and pretty update.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2010 14:14:56 GMT -5
It's just going to be another torture porn film that the gorehounds will wet their pants over. That will probably include my brother. BTW, he liked the ANOES remake. *sigh*
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Post by Rorschach on May 5, 2010 14:26:42 GMT -5
It's just going to be another torture porn film that the gorehounds will wet their pants over. That will probably include my brother. BTW, he liked the ANOES remake. *sigh* I don't know, man. From the looks of things, I don't even know if the gorehounds will get into this. I mean, the original wasn't honestly that bloody or nasty...and to be honest, it was kind of boring for the first 40 minutes. Unless they turn the chick into a hybrid of Jigsaw and John Rambo, I don't see the SAW/Hostel crowd lining up for this.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2010 14:31:24 GMT -5
It's just going to be another torture porn film that the gorehounds will wet their pants over. That will probably include my brother. BTW, he liked the ANOES remake. *sigh* I don't know, man. From the looks of things, I don't even know if the gorehounds will get into this. I mean, the original wasn't honestly that bloody or nasty...and to be honest, it was kind of boring for the first 40 minutes. Unless they turn the chick into a hybrid of Jigsaw and John Rambo, I don't see the SAW/Hostel crowd lining up for this. They will. Remember, it's 2010. They're going to amp up this film to 11, and add in all the nasty gory stuff that you see nowadays. They may have to clean up the other nasty part about this, butr other than that, things are different.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on May 5, 2010 14:38:01 GMT -5
The trailer looks....okay, I guess. Aside from that awful one liner at the end, I didn't see anything WRONG with it, per se. It's just...not needed.
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Post by Rorschach on May 5, 2010 14:55:36 GMT -5
The trailer looks....okay, I guess. Aside from that awful one liner at the end, I didn't see anything WRONG with it, per se. It's just...not needed. Agreed...and about that one-liner...that's just it. It's not often that I come out and say that a single line, or a single scene on its own will KILL a movie dead, or turn it into a laughingstock joke on the spot...but that right there? That's f*****g cinematic arsenic. That little one liner is going to ruin what is supposed to be a very dramatic (and in the original, a very shocking and surprising) scene. All that built up tension...all that need for a gruesome revenge...and the heroine, the avenging victim spouts a goddamn cheesy one liner like THAT? You turn the entire movie into a joke with that. She's no longer a haunted, hurting victim. She's Arnold Schwarzenegger in a bra and panties. These things aren't rocket science, yet somehow, these studios keep re-doing them, and adding little tweaks like that and they f*** it up. They f*** it up!
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Post by Chainsaw on May 5, 2010 17:42:40 GMT -5
It's amazing how these guys who made trash exploitation movies in the 70's to turn a buck (they freely admit it themselves, very few of them admit anything artistic being in a lot of their movies) now look like geniuses compared to most of the people who go about "creating" these goddam remakes. I Spit On Your Grave is no masterpiece, but it didn't pretend to be anything it wasn't. This remake, on the other hand...christ.
I am dreading the day that some hump announces they're remaking Thriller (AKA They Call Her One-Eye) starring some chick from The Vampire Diaries.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on May 5, 2010 17:50:00 GMT -5
The trailer looks....okay, I guess. Aside from that awful one liner at the end, I didn't see anything WRONG with it, per se. It's just...not needed. That's the vibe I'm getting from the trailer. Outside of the one-liner (which Rorschach covered perfectly), it looks like a decently made film. It just isn't needed (and not in the sense that the original is a classic, but in the sense that the movie itself never should have been remade into a possible hit).
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