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Post by mysterydriver on Feb 25, 2010 0:41:21 GMT -5
Not really on the topic of horror, but I bought the novelization of STEEL (the Shaq superhero movie) for 50 cents at a department stores going-out-of-business sale years and years ago. I still haven't read it, though. Just thought I'd share. I...I've read it. It's an okay book. Pretty much on the same level as the movie. I love Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, and Family Dollar places for books. I've got Blade, Blade 2 as well as Species.
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Post by DSR on Feb 25, 2010 0:47:50 GMT -5
Not really on the topic of horror, but I bought the novelization of STEEL (the Shaq superhero movie) for 50 cents at a department stores going-out-of-business sale years and years ago. I still haven't read it, though. Just thought I'd share. I...I've read it. It's an okay book. Pretty much on the same level as the movie. I love Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, and Family Dollar places for books. I've got Blade, Blade 2 as well as Species. I haven't seen the movie STEEL in ages, either. I can go by what people have told me about it, but then I liked HOWARD THE DUCK, so clearly my tastes don't match popular opinion.
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Post by mysterydriver on Feb 25, 2010 1:11:38 GMT -5
I...I've read it. It's an okay book. Pretty much on the same level as the movie. I love Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, and Family Dollar places for books. I've got Blade, Blade 2 as well as Species. I haven't seen the movie STEEL in ages, either. I can go by what people have told me about it, but then I liked HOWARD THE DUCK, so clearly my tastes don't match popular opinion. Meh to popular opinion. I'm a fan of Batman and Robin Actually, I've got Howard the Duck on the same VHS tape as Starrcade 86 (The Skywalkers!)...yep. Anyway, to make this post Horror related: I recently watched a movie called Raging Sharks which begins with a three minute scene in space, ending with the equivalent of a car crash causing chunks of a spacecraft to crash to earth and hit the ocean (as well as an extremely unlucky ship of nameless fodder). Apparently, the space fuel (Cold Fusion, yay) causes sharks to become much more aggressive and they start attacking an underwater research facility (and other random places and people that have nothing to do with the plot). It stars Corin Nemec, most known as Parker Lewis on Parker Lewis Can't Lose but better known to me as the guy from Mansquito and SS Doomtrooper and Vanessa Angle (Lisa from the Weird Science TV Show and Claudia from Kingpin). It also features Corbin Bernsen. I'd list off stuff of Corbin...but come on. It's Corbin Bernsen! All shark footage is stock footage. You'll see the same shark doing the same thing over and over and over again. And over. It's great for unintentional hilarity, especially the one character who is supposed to be a bad guy because: {Spoiler} He refuses to go outside into the shark infested water (It's said that there are HUNDREDS of sharks) because he has a wife and three kids back home.
Again...he's a bad guy...cause they tell him to go turn something on...and he refuses...because he doesn't want to die and leave his family without a provider. Heh?! It's a Nu Image film and if it hasn't been on SyFy yet, it is destined to be there in the future.
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 25, 2010 5:48:40 GMT -5
New Trailer for Elm Street
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 25, 2010 10:40:39 GMT -5
I recently watched a movie called Raging Sharks which begins with a three minute scene in space, ending with the equivalent of a car crash causing chunks of a spacecraft to crash to earth and hit the ocean (as well as an extremely unlucky ship of nameless fodder). Apparently, the space fuel (Cold Fusion, yay) causes sharks to become much more aggressive and they start attacking an underwater research facility (and other random places and people that have nothing to do with the plot). It stars Corin Nemec, most known as Parker Lewis on Parker Lewis Can't Lose but better known to me as the guy from Mansquito and SS Doomtrooper and Vanessa Angle (Lisa from the Weird Science TV Show and Claudia from Kingpin). It also features Corbin Bernsen. I'd list off stuff of Corbin...but come on. It's Corbin Bernsen! All shark footage is stock footage. You'll see the same shark doing the same thing over and over and over again. And over. It's great for unintentional hilarity, especially the one character who is supposed to be a bad guy because: {Spoiler} He refuses to go outside into the shark infested water (It's said that there are HUNDREDS of sharks) because he has a wife and three kids back home.
Again...he's a bad guy...cause they tell him to go turn something on...and he refuses...because he doesn't want to die and leave his family without a provider. Heh?! It's a Nu Image film and if it hasn't been on SyFy yet, it is destined to be there in the future. Oh, Vanessa Angel - what happened? Was Kingpin really THAT much of a theatrical failure that it completely ruined her future in the motion picture business? The movie was a big hit on video, wasn't it? (and my second favorite movie of all time, btw) Angel also had a role in the SyFy original Sabretooth, featuring an extremely fake-looking - you guessed it - sabretooth tiger as the lead villain.
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Post by mysterydriver on Feb 25, 2010 10:51:41 GMT -5
Oh, Vanessa Angel - what happened? Was Kingpin really THAT much of a theatrical failure that it completely ruined her future in the motion picture business? The movie was a big hit on video, wasn't it? (and my second favorite movie of all time, btw) Angel also had a role in the SyFy original Sabretooth, featuring an extremely fake-looking - you guessed it - sabretooth tiger as the lead villain. Sabretooth is ridiculous, but atleast it has Mr. Did-the-Check-Clear himself, John Rhys-Davis. It's also funny as the "experienced mountaineers" make silly, stupid "greenhorn" mistakes. The unintentional sequel Attack of the Sabretooth is great just for the Jurassic Park rip-off "Primal Park" including an extremely familiar looking logo. I can't recall much of it at this time...but it's horrible, though.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Feb 25, 2010 11:35:46 GMT -5
New Trailer for Elm Street Well, at least it's better than the first trailer. I have to admit I do like the bit about insomnia-related micronaps - it's a nice little touch that thickens the plot and makes things a little more interesting. I'm still kind of uncertain about Freddy's voice in this film, although it may just have to grow on me. Do I think it will trump the best the original series had to offer? Hell no. Do I kind of miss Robert Englund's presence in the role? Absolutely. Regardless, judging by this new trailer, the potential is there for at least a passable Nightmare flick. ...and I'm the guy who has cursed this thing from the word "go".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2010 13:59:40 GMT -5
I'll most likely give it a chance. If mostly for Jackie Earle Haley, who sounds pretty damn effective in the trailer. I marked out over the "Why are you screaming? I haven't even cut you yet." line. The rest of the movie however? Ehh... I do like the idea of the whole "micronaps" thing, like the above poster mentioned, it gives the plot a little more thickness to it instead of just rehasing scenes from the original. Will it do that? Well, you've seen the trailers. Speaking of, I had no idea that they showed a scene from Peter Jackson's The Frighteners when Freddy appears from the wall. Wow, 15 years and you can't make that any better? Geez. (Thanks to AICN for that. Knew that shot looked familiar to me.) But the rest is a little sketchy. The reason why I liked the Friday the 13th remake was that not only did they just take stuff out of the first few movies and used them a little differently, but we knew what was happening. Jason Voorhees kills bitches. Not a problem with that. With the ANOES remake, it's different. It's in a different ballpark. You need to show a little care for the people involved. In the original, it worked (kinda), but in this...just another batch of people you see on the CW or something...oh, and the TV version of John Connor, eh. (OT recommendation: You're probably better off seeing him in the Direct-to-DVD film Laid to Rest. He's having fun there) But i'll give it a chance. It could be good for a lazy afternoon when there's nothing to watch. And i'm not really a big horror guy as much as the brunt of who posts in this topic. But you have to check out to see if they succeeded or failed in re-doing a horror classic. I give stuff a chance when most people don't. If a movie interests me, then i'll watch it.
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 25, 2010 14:36:26 GMT -5
Considering it's being done by the people who previously struck out on TEXAS CHAIN SAW and (IMO, at least) FRIDAY THE 13TH....I'm going to be going in with very low expectations, and a lot of trepidation.
That being said, I will grant that F13 was their best effort to date, so maybe they're getting better at this.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 26, 2010 0:24:13 GMT -5
I'll most likely give it a chance. If mostly for Jackie Earle Haley, who sounds pretty damn effective in the trailer. I marked out over the "Why are you screaming? I haven't even cut you yet." line. The rest of the movie however? Ehh... I do like the idea of the whole "micronaps" thing, like the above poster mentioned, it gives the plot a little more thickness to it instead of just rehasing scenes from the original. Will it do that? Well, you've seen the trailers. Speaking of, I had no idea that they showed a scene from Peter Jackson's The Frighteners when Freddy appears from the wall. Wow, 15 years and you can't make that any better? Geez. (Thanks to AICN for that. Knew that shot looked familiar to me.) But the rest is a little sketchy. The reason why I liked the Friday the 13th remake was that not only did they just take stuff out of the first few movies and used them a little differently, but we knew what was happening. Jason Voorhees kills bitches. Not a problem with that. With the ANOES remake, it's different. It's in a different ballpark. You need to show a little care for the people involved. In the original, it worked (kinda), but in this...just another batch of people you see on the CW or something...oh, and the TV version of John Connor, eh. (OT recommendation: You're probably better off seeing him in the Direct-to-DVD film Laid to Rest. He's having fun there) But i'll give it a chance. It could be good for a lazy afternoon when there's nothing to watch. And i'm not really a big horror guy as much as the brunt of who posts in this topic. But you have to check out to see if they succeeded or failed in re-doing a horror classic. I give stuff a chance when most people don't. If a movie interests me, then i'll watch it. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. ;D Seriously, me and you see eye-to-eye pretty much WORD-FOR-WORD on ANOES, both the original and how a remake should be treated. I'm fairly used to taking heat for claiming that Craven's original isn't this unparalleled horror masterpiece, and has MANY flaws...but the reason I say those things is because I hold Nightmare to a higher standard than the Friday the 13ths and Sleepaway Camps of the world. Having said that, this remake will be an epic fail if they don't do exactly what you said - treat the characters as something more than pretty teens/murder fodder. If they DO, however, this movie could be better than the original. Yeah, I said it.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 26, 2010 12:04:18 GMT -5
Got a brand-spankin-new review of Jason Goes to Hell up on the blog linked in my sig for anyone interested. The short, short version - the movie is so dull that I don't even bother mentioning the main characters in the review. Of course, I actually DID review JGTH in one of these threads or another, but this one is entirely new; if you enjoy protracted bitching you won't be disappointed. Or maybe you will, but check it out anyway.
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Post by theryno665 on Feb 26, 2010 23:03:53 GMT -5
For those interested, The AV Club has an article up now about the differences between the movie and the book of Let The Right One In. It's a pretty interesting read and even though I don't plan on reading the book (the article goes pretty deep into detail), I can't imagine enjoying it as much as the movie. Sure, they delve a lot more into the characters themselves but, honestly, most of the characters are pretty horrible in the book. I'll put some of the main differences in the spoiler tag: {Spoiler}-Oskar is a fat, pantswetting kleptomaniac with a SEVERE obsession with murder, as opposed to just wanting revenge on his bullies in the movie.
-Though it's hinted at in the movie, Eli is actually a castrated boy in the book.
-Hakan, Eli's caretaker, is actually a pedophile that Eli practically controls, allowing him to sleep with her at night as long as he continues to murder and supply her with blood.
-After Hakan is caught, instead of falling to his death at the hospital like in the movie, he actually becomes a feral vampire and attempts to rape Eli.
-The bullies in the film are much more ruthless, attempting to kill Oskar and others throughout the book and not just at the end of the movie. The more I read about the differences, the more I think the expanded plot (about the authorities dealing with the various vampire killings and such) could really be interesting but there's no way I'd be able to get behind characters with no real redeemable qualities.
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 27, 2010 0:47:55 GMT -5
Anybody check out The Crazies or plan to? Has been getting some good reviews
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Feb 27, 2010 8:52:30 GMT -5
For those interested, The AV Club has an article up now about the differences between the movie and the book of Let The Right One In. It's a pretty interesting read and even though I don't plan on reading the book (the article goes pretty deep into detail), I can't imagine enjoying it as much as the movie. Sure, they delve a lot more into the characters themselves but, honestly, most of the characters are pretty horrible in the book. I'll put some of the main differences in the spoiler tag: {Spoiler}-Oskar is a fat, pantswetting kleptomaniac with a SEVERE obsession with murder, as opposed to just wanting revenge on his bullies in the movie.
-Though it's hinted at in the movie, Eli is actually a castrated boy in the book.
-Hakan, Eli's caretaker, is actually a pedophile that Eli practically controls, allowing him to sleep with her at night as long as he continues to murder and supply her with blood.
-After Hakan is caught, instead of falling to his death at the hospital like in the movie, he actually becomes a feral vampire and attempts to rape Eli.
-The bullies in the film are much more ruthless, attempting to kill Oskar and others throughout the book and not just at the end of the movie. The more I read about the differences, the more I think the expanded plot (about the authorities dealing with the various vampire killings and such) could really be interesting but there's no way I'd be able to get behind characters with no real redeemable qualities. I'm sure there's people who may disagree, but it sounds like we can chalk Let the Right One In into one of those rare movies ( Jaws among them) that is a definite improvement upon its source novel. A little emotional investment goes a long way, and if they would have filmed the movie closer to the novel, there's no way that it would have been NEAR as much of the underground success as it has been.
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Post by tap on Feb 27, 2010 13:23:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2010 14:41:13 GMT -5
That could be really good or like most of his movies, an unfortunate trainwreck. Wonder who his wife is going to play?
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Feb 27, 2010 17:43:56 GMT -5
With Zombie at the helm, I expect Caruso's one liner of the night to be filled with about 15 expletives.
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Post by Rorschach on Feb 27, 2010 18:21:24 GMT -5
I fully expect it to go something like this: Caruso: (looks down at the dead body of Sid Haig, as Special Agent Sherry Moon Zombie stands behind him) Well....the killer left prints. Sherry Moon: well, duh you stupid f*****g motherf****r! You got s*** fer brains or something? He's f*****g human for f***s sake! Stupid local f*****g cops...F***!!! Caruso: But is the killer really human....or is he more human than is human? Some kind of..... (puts on shades) SUPERBEAST?
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Post by theryno665 on Feb 27, 2010 18:56:56 GMT -5
I fully expect it to go something like this: Caruso: (looks down at the dead body of Sid Haig, as Special Agent Sherry Moon Zombie stands behind him) Well....the killer left prints. Sherry Moon: well, duh you stupid f*****g motherf****r! You got s*** fer brains or something? He's f*****g human for f***s sake! Stupid local f*****g cops...F***!!! Caruso: But is the killer really human....or is he more human than is human? Some kind of..... (puts on shades) SUPERBEAST? f*** YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Feb 27, 2010 19:55:43 GMT -5
To follow up on my 20 scariest movies list from SFX magazine in the last thread, here is their list of horrors top 50 scariest moments.
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50 WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU THE MOVING BEDSHEETS Precisely how this 42 minute, monochrome 1968 TV movie manages to induce a change of underwear, we're not entirely sure. It stars Michael "Paddington" Hordern for heaven's sake! Hordern plays a professor who chances upon a whistle in an ancient Templar burial ground. After suffering nightmares where he is chased down the beach, the crunch comes one night when he's woken by noises, only to find the bedsheets on the spare bed in his room rising up into the air. It's the most basic scare in the book - a ghost in a white sheet, but it's utterly chilling.
49 THE FOG MRS. KOBRITZ BUYS IT Has Mrs' Kobritz never seen a horror movie? If there's a slow, heavy knock on your front door, ignore it. Especially if you are in the middle of a power cut and there's a load of eerily glowing fog outside. But no - Mrs' Kobtitz opens the door. No-one's there. She tells young Andy to go to his room. As he reluctantly obeys, director John Carpenter pulls off a masterful piece of misdirection. We're looking at Andy in the foreground, when WHAM! One of the spectral pirates emerges from the fog behind his babysitter and grabs her. Off she goes into a "right pea souper", followed by two other spirits with big sharp objects. Ouch.
48 NOSFERATU THE SHADOW ON THE STAIRWAY It's ironioc that most peoples exposure to this scene will have come from many of it's many parodies/homages/lampoons. It's more likely you'll have seen pastiches of vampyr Count Orlok's shadow gliding up a rickety staircase in ads, pop videos and comedies rather than director FW Morneau's 1922 black and white masterpiece from which it originates. So, sadly, it's a moment that's more likely to evokes guffaws than shivers. But set aside all prejudices, watch this film in it's entirety in a darkened room, and suddenly the almost primal power of this scene oozes as eerily as ever from the screen. And imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, isn't it...?
47 THE DEAD ZONE NUCLEAR WAR VISION Nowadays we're used to the idea of Martin Sheen as the kind of warm, liberal US President who we and Michael Moore would like to see oust Dubya. But this sin't the West Wing, it's the Dead Zone, and in 1983 he was playing an entirely different kind of President. In this scene toward the end of the film, the ESP blessed Johnny Smith shakes hands with Senator Stillson and sees an image of what would happen if he was to be elected. Flash forward and we're on the verge of nuclear war. "This is my destiny!" he cries as he presses the dreaded red button. Even in a post Cold War world this still has the power to chill you to the bone.
46 HAMMER HOUSE OF HORRORS BLOODY BIRTHDAY PARTY Amityville is relocated to the London suburbs in the episode "The House That Bled to Death" in which was once the site of a brutal murder...It's little Sophie's birthday, so she's invited all her little friends round for a party. The guests sit down at the dinner table to enjoy all the traditional birthday fare: jelly, cakes, beakers of orange juice...and lashings of lovely blood; for as the giggling kiddies tuck in, a pipe splits away from the wall and slowly swings out over their heads. There's a deathly pause as everyone looks up, before a torrent of blood spurts out of the pipe, showering the screaming sprogs in the sticky warm stuff.
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