WC Horror Thread 9: Tale of Scrottie McBoogerballs

[Paul]

Just got the Never Sleep Again: Elm Street Legacy documentery today and it's absolutely fantastic. Highly recommended.

[YellowJacketY2J]

May 5, 2010 17:52:16 GMT -5 Paul said:

Just got the Never Sleep Again: Elm Street Legacy documentery today and it's absolutely fantastic. Highly recommended.

I'm planning on picking it up shortly.

[Rorschach]

May 5, 2010 17:52:46 GMT -5 YellowJacketY2J said:

May 5, 2010 17:52:16 GMT -5 Paul said:

Just got the Never Sleep Again: Elm Street Legacy documentery today and it's absolutely fantastic. Highly recommended.

I'm planning on picking it up shortly.

It's available for sale now? Or still pre-order?

[andrew8798]

On sale now

[Bullhead]

It's not being sold in any stores around here. I had to have the record store I go to special order it for me.

[Ducky Momo]

;D I got a good little surprise today.

So I was at Riteaid waiting for my sister and I walked over to the movie section. I was looking around, not planning to buy anything because... well I'm notoriously cheap. However the "crappy" movie section caught my eye. You know the ones with very generic covers and obscure, sometimes cult classics films, in a set. I shuffled through them and even I didn't recognize any of the films but then I saw a DVD Case called Trio of Terror. Usually the movies suck but you can sometimes find one decent(Depending on your standards ) film in the bunch. So I take a closer look at it, and the line up turned out to be...

Night of the Living Dead(One of my favorite films ever)
Nosferatu
and
House on Haunted Hill

for 2 bucks!

I was like hell yeah! What a deal.

(However since it was the only thing I had my sister just paid for it as a thank you for driving her around all day. I tried to give her the money because I don't like taking anything, even if it's only two bucks, but she didn't let me. Oh well)

Any who long story short. Tonight I'm going to have me a nice marathon. ;D

[Rorschach]

May 5, 2010 18:56:33 GMT -5 Ducky Momo said:

;D I got a good little surprise today.

So I was at Riteaid waiting for my sister and I walked over to the movie section. I was looking around, not planning to buy anything because... well I'm notoriously cheap. However the "crappy" movie section caught my eye. You know the ones with very generic covers and obscure, sometimes cult classics films, in a set. I shuffled through them and even I didn't recognize any of the films but then I saw a DVD Case called Trio of Terror. Usually the movies suck but you can sometimes find one decent(Depending on your standards ) film in the bunch. So I take a closer look at it, and the line up turned out to be...

Night of the Living Dead(One of my favorite films ever)
Nosferatu
and
House on Haunted Hill

for 2 bucks!

I was like hell yeah! What a deal.

(However since it was the only thing I had my sister just paid for it as a thank you for driving her around all day. I tried to give her the money because I don't like taking anything, even if it's only two bucks, but she didn't let me. Oh well)

Any who long story short. Tonight I'm going to have me a nice marathon. ;D

Sounds like a good time! Tonight I plan on checking out House of the Devil, to see if the great things I've been hearing about it are for real or not....oh and while I'm here, I'll throw out a quick review of another "horror" gem I saw recently:



TRIANGLE (2009)

Directed by Christopher Smith

Starring: Melissa George, Michael Dorman, and Henry Nixon.

Triangle is an odd movie, to be sure...but I'm not sure I'd call it an out and out "horror" movie. If anything, it leans towards science fiction and suspense moreso than it does true horror...but that is not a knock on the film, moreso a quibble with the classification of it.

In Triangle, Melissa George plays a young single mother named Jess, who is invited on a boating trip by her friend Greg (Dorman, a talented actor who is given very little to do acting wise here). Joining them on this ill fated trip will be Greg's first mate Victor, and Greg's friend Downey, Downey's wife Sally, and Sally's friend Heather. Getting a bit of a Gilligan's Island feel yet? ;D

We're briefly introduced to the characters and given just the bare minimum of background on them; Downey and Sally are rich, elitist snobs, Sally being the snobbier of the two...Heather, Sally's friend, has been brought along as a potential f***buddy for Greg, though neither Greg nor Heather has much interest in the other, to be honest. Greg's first mate Victor just might be gay for Greg, but we're not given enough time with him to really find out, which is a shame because it could have added a whole other level to the story as things progress towards their grisly climax. As for Jess..she's a total mess, depressed and distracted for some reason we don't know about, and obsessively worried about her young autistic son that she's left behind "at school" for the day while she goes out to have fun sailing. No one's character is given much more depth than what I described, as the movie doesn't take long to pitch them all headlong into chaos. Seems their ideal little boat trip has hit a snag, as the weather suddenly turns nasty and a freak storm comes raging out of nowhere to capsize Greg's yacht and send everyone on board scrambling for their lives.

In the storm's aftermath, everyone save poor Heather is accounted for, and they cling tenaciously to the overturned yacht, trying to stay afloat. It looks like our little group is going to be stranded at sea, at the mercy of the elements, until just as suddenly as the storm appears, a huge ocean liner comes rolling out of the sea-mist, headed right for the group of survivors. Greg and the others eagerly board the vessel as it pulls alongside them, with Greg claiming he saw someone looking over the upperdeck railing and waving. Jess, however...Jess is very reluctant to board this ship, and we find out later that she does have a very good reason for feeling that way. As our group explores the huge ship, they find that it is vacant...no passengers or crew are to be found on this vessel. Jess becomes more and more insistent that they get off the boat, claiming that she's been onboard this ship before and that she has a bad feeling that things will not turn out well if the group stays on board. Brushing her off as being paranoid, the group explores further, leading to Jess finding her keyring, with all of her keys on it, in the hallway of the main floor of the ship. If she was with HER group the entire time...how did the keys get there? If she's not telling the truth...where did the keys come from? Jess again tells them something just ISN'T RIGHT on the ship, and that they should leave NOW before something bad happens.....

Talk about the understatement of the century. Triangle is one of those movies where time is not linear, and multiple different things are occurring (and not occurring) all at the same time, but in parallel time lines. It deals with time paradoxes and alternate realities...and for the most part, I found this to be quite the interesting concept. The idea of being trapped in a time warp and having to figure out a way to get out of it is very interesting to me, and I used to love when they'd do episodes with this theme on serial shows like Tales From the Crypt or The Twilight Zone. That being said, if you are a fan of things like this, you'll more than likely dig Triangle. No one involved in this is going to win an Oscar...but no one is outright terrible either. Melissa George, as the main character and the focus of the entire plot, acquits herself very well, and delivers a solid performance. The movie's final twist is one that will either piss you off in the extreme, or make you clap your hands in glee, depending on how much you like what it does to George's character. I myself REALLY dug it, because I wasn't sure the film would have the balls to really go there.

All in all...though it's not at all scary, it is sort of suspenseful and damned intriguing, IMO...Triangle is a film that's worth a look, and it's much better than most of the other choices out there right now. Give it a shot.

*** out of five.

[Chainsaw]

I saw the trailer for Triangle in front of the Bad Lieutenant: POCNO disc. Got to say, I am intrigued. But I need to see Timecrimes before I see that.

[YellowJacketY2J]

Been watching some slashers/cheesy horror movies the past few days. I've watched Slumber Party Massacre (very fun), The Pit (surprisingly good, though there was a better film underneath), Grandmother's House (first-half boring, second-half astoundingly stupid thanks to a dumb twist) and Humongous (good premise, but very boring). I'm currently watching Hunter's Blood (which I'm enjoying so far). Interesting fact about Hunter's Blood: it was Billy Bob Thornton's first role. He plays the redneck who wears the red cap at the bar (not sure if he'll show up later or not).

[sunwukong]

May 5, 2010 23:05:30 GMT -5 YellowJacketY2J said:

Been watching some slashers/cheesy horror movies the past few days. I've watched Slumber Party Massacre (very fun), The Pit (surprisingly good, though there was a better film underneath), Grandmother's House (first-half boring, second-half astoundingly stupid thanks to a dumb twist) and Humongous (good premise, but very boring). I'm currently watching Hunter's Blood (which I'm enjoying so far). Interesting fact about Hunter's Blood: it was Billy Bob Thornton's first role. He plays the redneck who wears the red cap at the bar (not sure if he'll show up later or not).

The thing I never got about Slumber Party Massacre is that it was allegedly supposed to be some sort of feminist twist/take on the concept of slasher flicks (it was written by feminist Rita Mae Brown), but I never saw where the alleged feminism came into play. The movie is fine for what it is (that sounds like a slam, but it isn't. I actually like it quite a bit), but it's a pretty by the numbers slasher flick, albeit with a bit more humor than some.

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

Hey Jacket, want to know my favorite thing in Slumber Party Massacre? When that one dude (or girl, cant remember that detail lol) is in the basement and plugs in the saw or whatever to go help someone. As soon as they hit the stairs the plug yanks them back and there is this ultra cartoonish "BOOOOOOOING" sound effect. I laughed my ass off.

[YellowJacketY2J]

May 5, 2010 23:15:27 GMT -5 @sunwukong said:

May 5, 2010 23:05:30 GMT -5 YellowJacketY2J said:

Been watching some slashers/cheesy horror movies the past few days. I've watched Slumber Party Massacre (very fun), The Pit (surprisingly good, though there was a better film underneath), Grandmother's House (first-half boring, second-half astoundingly stupid thanks to a dumb twist) and Humongous (good premise, but very boring). I'm currently watching Hunter's Blood (which I'm enjoying so far). Interesting fact about Hunter's Blood: it was Billy Bob Thornton's first role. He plays the redneck who wears the red cap at the bar (not sure if he'll show up later or not).

The thing I never got about Slumber Party Massacre is that it was allegedly supposed to be some sort of feminist twist/take on the concept of slasher flicks (it was written by feminist Rita Mae Brown), but I never saw where the alleged feminism came into play. The movie is fine for what it is (that sounds like a slam, but it isn't. I actually like it quite a bit), but it's a pretty by the numbers slasher flick, albeit with a bit more humor than some.

Interesting. Never heard that it supposedly had a feminist twist (which I too can't recall seeing). I've always felt that slashers weren't sexist against women though, since 98% of the time, the final survivor was a woman.

May 5, 2010 23:24:12 GMT -5 Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action said:

Hey Jacket, want to know my favorite thing in Slumber Party Massacre? When that one dude (or girl, cant remember that detail lol) is in the basement and plugs in the saw or whatever to go help someone. As soon as they hit the stairs the plug yanks them back and there is this ultra cartoonish "BOOOOOOOING" sound effect. I laughed my ass off.

That was my favorite moment as well. When she was running with it and the camera kept panning back to the cord unraveling, I was hoping she'd be yanked back once she reached the steps. Not only did I get that, but I got a hilarious sound effect to boot.

[kidglov3s]

May 5, 2010 23:32:02 GMT -5 YellowJacketY2J said:

I've always felt that slashers weren't sexist against women though, since 98% of the time, the final survivor was a woman.

However most victims will tend to be women. And women will typically be in some state of undress as they are murdered or being pursued by the murderer. And the women that do survive are generally those that abstain from sexual activity, asexuality being the primary characteristic of the typical final girl. I love slasher films but there's a heavy degree of misogyny in most of them, especially during the classic pre-Scream period. Things are a bit better now that slasher films need to be all post-moderny.

[Lick Ness Monster]

May 5, 2010 23:05:30 GMT -5 YellowJacketY2J said:

Been watching some slashers/cheesy horror movies the past few days. I've watched Slumber Party Massacre (very fun), The Pit (surprisingly good, though there was a better film underneath), Grandmother's House (first-half boring, second-half astoundingly stupid thanks to a dumb twist) and Humongous (good premise, but very boring). I'm currently watching Hunter's Blood (which I'm enjoying so far). Interesting fact about Hunter's Blood: it was Billy Bob Thornton's first role. He plays the redneck who wears the red cap at the bar (not sure if he'll show up later or not).

Jesus Christ, you must have some amazing video store. At the one chain store in my neck of the woods, ANYTHING beyond two years old is immediately discounted and purged, which makes me long even moreso for the days of that awesome Hollywood Video in my college town.

[Deleted]

May 6, 2010 9:37:55 GMT -5 Lick Ness Monster said:

May 5, 2010 23:05:30 GMT -5 YellowJacketY2J said:

Been watching some slashers/cheesy horror movies the past few days. I've watched Slumber Party Massacre (very fun), The Pit (surprisingly good, though there was a better film underneath), Grandmother's House (first-half boring, second-half astoundingly stupid thanks to a dumb twist) and Humongous (good premise, but very boring). I'm currently watching Hunter's Blood (which I'm enjoying so far). Interesting fact about Hunter's Blood: it was Billy Bob Thornton's first role. He plays the redneck who wears the red cap at the bar (not sure if he'll show up later or not).

Jesus Christ, you must have some amazing video store. At the one chain store in my neck of the woods, ANYTHING beyond two years old is immediately discounted and purged, which makes me long even moreso for the days of that awesome Hollywood Video in my college town.

Makes me long for my old video store in town back. The best part about it was that it was across the street from the road that led to my house, so it was only a 2 mile trip from my house to the video store. Man, if only it was still around today, i'd be in heaven. All the "video store" stories you hear or read, it was pretty much the same there. Saw alot of movies for the first time thanks to that place, also saw my fair share of wrestling events, but that's a different story.

Man, I hate technology.

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

God I miss my video stores. We had all sorts of rare and B-rated goodies.

[Ken Ivory]

About to watch Paranormal Activity in the next hour. From what I've heard, I'm expecting a good show.

[kidglov3s]

I'm looking to watch either The Beyond, Inside, or Baba Yaga tonight. Has anyone here seen Inside?

[Rorschach]

May 6, 2010 16:00:03 GMT -5 kidglov3s said:

I'm looking to watch either The Beyond, Inside, or Baba Yaga tonight. Has anyone here seen Inside?

You're talking about the French film Inside right? If so, then no, I haven't seen it, but I have heard that it is FEROCIOUS from start to finish, and that it is one of the bloodier entries to our genre in recent years.

You know another movie that I had heard great things about?

HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009)



DIRECTED BY: Ti West

STARRING: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, and AJ Bowen.

Ti West's House of the Devil is a throwback to the Satanic Cult movies of yesteryear, and it is, in my humble opinion, just as much, if not even MORE of a love letter to the "grindhouse" genre than Quentin Tarantino's own Death Proof. West's film at least feels like it would be right at home being shown in some seedy, rundown hole in the wall theater or a desolate drive in....and believe me, I'm saying that as a complement! This movie looks and feels like it came from 1975 or 1980, like someone just this year discovered it and brought it to light. I cannot say just how awesome it is to watch this film, and feel like you're stepping back in time. THIS is what Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw (ESPECIALLY Texas Chainsaw!) and Last House on the Left OUGHT to have looked like, had the buffoons at Platinum Dunes had clue one what the bloody hell they were doing. But I digress.

House of the Devil is the story of a young college age girl named Samantha (Donahue) who is desperate to get out of the dorms and on her own. Problem is, she's found the perfect place and has agreed to terms with the landlady...but she's JUST short on cash. Neat cameo here: You might recognize the actress playing the landlady...she's genre icon (and all around wonderful lady) Dee Wallace! Moving on....Samantha needs cash fast, and it just so happens that on the way back to her dorm room, she passes the bulletin board where she sees an ad reading "babysitter wanted". Perfect! Sam calls the number and speaks to a very mellow voiced gentleman on the other end. They agree to meet, but as sometimes happens, things fall through and the meeting never happens. Crushed, Sam nearly gives up on her hope of having an apartment to herself when fate intervenes and the odd gentleman calls her back. Seems there's going to be a lunar eclipse in a day or so, and he and his wife are desperate to go and witness it. He had another girl lined up, he tells Sam but she "proved to be...unreliable". He then offers Sam a full $100 to take the job, as he NEEDS a girl for this night. As the sage prophets of rock n roll, AC/DC once said, money talks....so Sam agrees to be his "babysitter" and heads out to the house...and unwittingly right into the mouth of madness.

House of the Devil has been accused by it's detractors of being "slow" and "meandering", of taking forever to get to the action...but you know what? To those people I would say, "That is called building TENSION." I know not many films DO that anymore, but in my mind, it is sorely missed and I enjoyed the fact that this film made me WAIT for a payoff. In this movie, the tension and dread build until they're palpable. Donahue does such a great job conveying Samantha's growing sense of paranoia and unease that it begins to seep off the screen and infect the viewer...we grow restless and uncomfortable along with her as the big, dark, scary house menaces her with it's settling sounds, and it's shadowy corridors. Ti West does an absolutely amazing job behind the directors chair here, as he knows when to pull back and give us the long shot of the heroine (and thus playing with our heads and leading us as viewers to expect something lurking behind her when there is nothing) and when to get in almost uncomfortably close and force a claustrophobic perspective. Another thing that West does extremely well here is the use of sound. Unlike a recent remake that I detested, West goes the route of The Strangers here and proves beyond a doubt that less is more. No "sound stingers" blast away on the soundtrack here...there aren't any "CAAAAT!" scares to be found. When something BAD happens, it happens without musical cue, just like in real life. And it's just as sudden and shocking, too!

All that being said...I absolutely LOVED this movie. I think everything, from top to bottom, was amazing about it, and I think it deserves a full ***** stars out of five. If you liked The Strangers and/or you really dig old school grindhouse "cult" movies...check this one out, ASAP.

[Deleted]

Oh, i've heard a lot about that movie. Especially when Amazon has this for sale.

www.amazon.com/House-Devil-VHS-DVD-Bundle/dp/B003360JKY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273190762&sr=8-3

That's a bingo if you ask me.