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Post by erisi236 on Feb 22, 2009 18:36:39 GMT -5
Just 'cuz I brought it up I popped in 'From Hell' just now and I had totally forgotten how epically brutal that 3rd kill was, just a huge gash right in the neck that made me wince in pain, ouch.
I love how it managed to cram pretty much all the legends about the killer in one package, and although the facts are quite off it's still a pretty interesting tale. One of these days I'll have to grab the Moore comic, I have leafed through it and it seemed pretty cool.
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Post by Chainsaw on Feb 22, 2009 18:43:14 GMT -5
I still find it odd that Alan Moore despises that movie, considering that it turned out pretty good, if not a little glossy. But then again, if Alan had his way, none of his books would get made into movies. Alan Moore is the quintessential old coot. You should ahve seen the bitching he did when For the Man Who Has Everything was made into an episode of the Justice League. True enough. I can't hate the man, tho. If he creates something, but doesn't like how it comes out, it's his perogative. It's funny because most of the stuff that he's had a hand in has turned out to be really good (League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen being the exception). Also, his sendup of himself on The Simpsons was amazing. Especially his love of Little Lulu.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 22, 2009 21:28:51 GMT -5
In the true-life horror department, I highly urge everyone to check out two books:
(1) "The Serial Killer Files" by Harold Schechter: While there's better books about individual serial killers, this is perhaps the best "catch-all" in the true crime genre that has yet been written. Schechter organizes the book extremely well by the who, what, where, and how of what true-life monsters do, and even includes a few excellent lists in the closing chapter - "Serial Killer Culture" - that have very good suggestions about websites, films, and novels that would definitely be of interest to horror fans, and to the whole "serial killer" subgenre of horror films that have popped up in the last twenty years.
(2) "The Diary of Jack the Ripper" by Shirley Harrison: Much like all theories by ripperologists that attempt to point the finger decisively at one of the many, many suspects in the most famous serial murder case of all time, this book has no shortage of controversy. Also, it's extremely well-written, very well-researched, and gives one of the more plausible solutions to the impenetrable mystery to the 120+ year long case that is the Whitechapel horrors. Simply put, a must-read for anybody who is even remotely interested in the Jack the Ripper case.
Also, just got done watching His Name Was Jason, which is even better than the excellent Halloween series documentary that was released a few years ago. I couldn't believe that they got Danny Steinmann to participate in it, given how elusive he's been over the years when it comes to the subject of A New Beginning. Loved how the documentary was organized, as well - not chronologically, but by subject, with 10-15 minute vignettes on the kills, Jason's varying looks as the series goes on, the inconsistencies in the story from movie to movie, the surviving heroines, etc.
Loved every minute of it, and it is indeed a must-buy for Friday fanatics.
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 22, 2009 23:25:47 GMT -5
In the true-life horror department, I highly urge everyone to check out two books: (1) "The Serial Killer Files" by Harold Schechter: While there's better books about individual serial killers, this is perhaps the best "catch-all" in the true crime genre that has yet been written. Schechter organizes the book extremely well by the who, what, where, and how of what true-life monsters do, and even includes a few excellent lists in the closing chapter - "Serial Killer Culture" - that have very good suggestions about websites, films, and novels that would definitely be of interest to horror fans, and to the whole "serial killer" subgenre of horror films that have popped up in the last twenty years. (2) "The Diary of Jack the Ripper" by Shirley Harrison: Much like all theories by ripperologists that attempt to point the finger decisively at one of the many, many suspects in the most famous serial murder case of all time, this book has no shortage of controversy. Also, it's extremely well-written, very well-researched, and gives one of the more plausible solutions to the impenetrable mystery to the 120+ year long case that is the Whitechapel horrors. Simply put, a must-read for anybody who is even remotely interested in the Jack the Ripper case. Also, just got done watching His Name is Jason, which is even better than the excellent Halloween series documentary that was released a few years ago. I couldn't believe that they got Danny Steinmann to participate in it, given how elusive he's been over the years when it comes to the subject of A New Beginning. Loved how the documentary was organized, as well - not chronologically, but by subject, with 10-15 minute vignettes on the kills, Jason's varying looks as the series goes on, the inconsistencies in the story from movie to movie, the surviving heroines, etc. Loved every minute of it, and it is indeed a must-buy for Friday fanatics. You need to put a warning on #1, though. That f***ing book HAUNTED me for months and months after I read it, and in fact, I let my sister, who is a true crime fanatic read it, and it gave HER nightmares too. There is just NO WAY to prepare yourself for the likes of Albert Fish. Go ahead....Google the sick f***. Sweet dreams, by the way......after reading about HIM, I can almost guarantee you'll sleep with the lights on. And the sickest, scariest thing about that book? These people were all REAL. Jason, Micheal, Leatherface, Freddy.....they're all made up, fictional beasts. The people in that book....hell, people like them could be living right next door to you for all you know. *Brrrrr*
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 23, 2009 19:02:35 GMT -5
Heads up: A new edition of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is due out tomorrow. Not the remake...just a re-issue of the original with some new features. I might just pick it up.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 23, 2009 23:49:51 GMT -5
Heads up: A new edition of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is due out tomorrow. Not the remake...just a re-issue of the original with some new features. I might just pick it up. Sounds like a good pick-up - I'll probably be adding it as well. Last House on the Left is a pretty polarizing movie - it seems that you either find it to be a disturbing, brutal, unflinching masterpiece, or a cheesy, pointless exploitation flick. I myself find it to be the former, and in an age of slick, overproduced thrillers feel that this movie has more than earned a spot in the annals of horror history.
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Post by Chainsaw on Feb 24, 2009 1:38:19 GMT -5
Heads up: A new edition of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is due out tomorrow. Not the remake...just a re-issue of the original with some new features. I might just pick it up. Sounds like a good pick-up - I'll probably be adding it as well. Last House on the Left is a pretty polarizing movie - it seems that you either find it to be a disturbing, brutal, unflinching masterpiece, or a cheesy, pointless exploitation flick. I myself find it to be the former, and in an age of slick, overproduced thrillers feel that this movie has more than earned a spot in the annals of horror history. Last House is definitely a product of it's time. When I first watched it, I thought the whole thing with the bumbling cops was really off-putting considering the material, but it's very much a grindhouse type movie. It's brutal with light moments, something a lot of movies had at the time. But it benefits as much from Craven's touch with the material.
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Post by DSR on Feb 24, 2009 4:17:18 GMT -5
I've already got a copy of Last House... so I don't think I'll be picking up the new one.
My latest viewing was an obscure 1969 slasher/psychological thriller called Night of the Bloody Horror, starring Gerald McRaney (probably best remembered as the star of Major Dad).
The basic plot: a young boy, named Wesley Stuart, accidentally shoots and kills his little brother and is sent to an asylum for 13 years. After being released, the now adult Wesley (played by McRaney) tries to lead a normal life, but he continues to have headaches and blackouts...oh, and his girlfriends have the annoying habit of being murdered when these blackouts occur. Has Wesley turned psycho?
I can't honestly say this movie doesn't deserve its obscurity, as the acting is pretty meh, and the direction is loaded with plenty of "artsy" shots and editing that just don't work. Its as though the makers of the film said "Hey, kids seem to like getting high nowadays, throw a bunch of shots in there that look the way stuff looks when you're high!" The score has a vaguely acid-prog feel to it, as well.
I can't entirely recommend this movie, unless you find it on a double feature disc with "Good Against Evil" at the Dollar Tree, like I did (which means I might have to re-watch and review "Good Against Evil" now...interesting sidenote: Good Against Evil was written by the guy that wrote your "Jack the Ripper" TR). It generally falls short of "so bad its good" territory, but there's a few decently funny tweaks here and there. Its basically interesting as a "before they were stars" sort of thing, but if you never saw Major Dad, then your next bet is the "independent slasher movie before there was an established formula for them" sort of curiousity. I give it, uh...one and seven eighths stars, out of four.
EDIT: Oh, and I saw the new Friday the 13th this weekend (finally!). I'll be brief here. They followed a pretty easy to follow formula without f***ing up. It was funny, it was gorey, and the characters were mostly likeable (save for the douche whose parents owned the house). Yeah, I suppose somebody had to be an asshole. Anyway, it was an enjoyable little picture. Two and three quarter stars. Again, out of four.
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Post by DSR on Feb 25, 2009 3:46:05 GMT -5
Sorry I killed your thread, TR.
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Post by Ken Ivory on Feb 25, 2009 5:18:03 GMT -5
I really need to pick up Last House on The Left...
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Post by Welfare Willis on Feb 25, 2009 7:56:10 GMT -5
I've already got a copy of Last House... so I don't think I'll be picking up the new one. I'm not sure but does this new LHotL dvd put back in the missing more graphic footage that shown in the last dvd's documentary? I heard the R2 dvd had the stuff reinserted. Still I own a copy of the film and it's hard enough to get through one sitting of it much less by a new dvd to watch again.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 25, 2009 9:45:37 GMT -5
Sorry I killed your thread, TR. Oh, I will NEVER let this thread die, believe me. Just look at the post counts for this thread - I have more than double the posts of anyone else in this thread. ;D Just...come on, guys. We're close - we're SOOOOO close to thirty pages. Since I should say something vaguely horror related, I watched the special edition of My Bloody Valentine yesterday and absolutely loved it - the added footage really adds a lot to the movie, and turns a borderline OK movie into a really excellent slasher flick. *** 1/2.
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Post by Chainsaw on Feb 25, 2009 11:21:04 GMT -5
Sorry I killed your thread, TR. Oh, I will NEVER let this thread die, believe me. Just look at the post counts for this thread - I have more than double the posts of anyone else in this thread. ;D Just...come on, guys. We're close - we're SOOOOO close to thirty pages. Since I should say something vaguely horror related, I watched the special edition of My Bloody Valentine yesterday and absolutely loved it - the added footage really adds a lot to the movie, and turns a borderline OK movie into a really excellent slasher flick. *** 1/2. Blood shower sprinkler. Nuff said. It's amazing how much better the movie gets with the gore put back in.
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 25, 2009 11:40:54 GMT -5
Oh, I will NEVER let this thread die, believe me. Just look at the post counts for this thread - I have more than double the posts of anyone else in this thread. ;D Just...come on, guys. We're close - we're SOOOOO close to thirty pages. Since I should say something vaguely horror related, I watched the special edition of My Bloody Valentine yesterday and absolutely loved it - the added footage really adds a lot to the movie, and turns a borderline OK movie into a really excellent slasher flick. *** 1/2. Blood shower sprinkler. Nuff said. It's amazing how much better the movie gets with the gore put back in. I can never say anything bad about My Bloody Valentine. Was watching the movie Jack Frost last night I know most people hate the movie But I love it
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 25, 2009 11:51:24 GMT -5
So I see Platinum Dunes is making a Ouija movie
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 25, 2009 12:10:45 GMT -5
So I see Platinum Dunes is making a Ouija movie Who wants to bet that they'll f*** it up? Like, have the Ouija turn into some sort of giant, 30 foot boardgame monster than spews demons from it's little crystal viewing port center? Or turn it into some sort of f***ed up take on JUMANJI? You know what? They won't use either of those ideas. Those ideas are cool.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 25, 2009 12:11:21 GMT -5
So I see Platinum Dunes is making a Ouija movie Really? As in...based on a Ouija board? Now that is an unintentionally hilarious movie that writes itself. "What happens...when games...GO WRONG!!!" *sound stinger*
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 25, 2009 12:15:34 GMT -5
So I see Platinum Dunes is making a Ouija movie Really? As in...based on a Ouija board? Now that is an unintentionally hilarious movie that writes itself. "What happens...when games...GO WRONG!!!" *sound stinger* Yeah Based on a Ouija board
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 25, 2009 12:43:53 GMT -5
So I see Platinum Dunes is making a Ouija movie Who wants to bet that they'll snork it up? Like, have the Ouija turn into some sort of giant, 30 foot boardgame monster than spews demons from it's little crystal viewing port center? Or turn it into some sort of snorked up take on JUMANJI? You know what? They won't use either of those ideas. Those ideas are cool. LOL! Either of those ideas = LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY. ;D
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 25, 2009 12:48:39 GMT -5
Yep....especially the Ouija monster one. There really hasn't been a good kaiju film from the US in a while....well, outside of CLOVERFIELD, I mean.
But hey, when somethin's strange....with your Oujia board....who ya gonna call?
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I smell TIE IN!!!!!
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