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Post by mysterydriver on Apr 4, 2012 19:55:16 GMT -5
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Apr 4, 2012 20:27:01 GMT -5
I'll keep an open mind until I see it. It can't be as bad as the last Christmas horror film remake...can it?
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Post by Michael Coello on Apr 4, 2012 20:29:05 GMT -5
Isn't the sheriff only in about 10 minutes of the movie?
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Apr 4, 2012 20:46:26 GMT -5
Fairly creepy episode of "Criminal Minds" on right now, and the main local detective who gets to help the FBI is being played by Robert Englund.
I kinda got a kick out of seeing that.
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Post by mysterydriver on Apr 7, 2012 0:01:53 GMT -5
www.darrenlynnbousman.com/666/Read this blog from the director of Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV about his descent down the directing ladder and how it has influenced his newest film. Enjoyed it, so I thought I'd share.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2012 15:37:09 GMT -5
Bloody-Disgusting got a site facelift. Looks damn good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2012 15:55:20 GMT -5
Also, they have this article up, ranking the Nightmare on Elm Street series. bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/28888/special-feature-what-a-nightmare-ranking-the-9-elm-street-movies/Sooooo...conversation starter? Rank them as you see fit. 1.) Dream Warriors 2.) ANOES ('84) 3.) New Nightmare 4.) Freddy vs. Jason 5.) Nightmare 2 6.) Freddy's Dead 7.) Dream Master 8.) Dream Child 9.) ANOES ('10) The remake is really the only one I really hated in general. Even Dream Master and Child had some great ideas and great kills. And yes, Freddy's Dead is ranked that high. Clearly because it's far from a horror film. They're just trying to see how bugf*** insane it can get. And it gets pretty insane. Is it stupid? Of course. But I like the stupid.
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Post by andrew8798 on Apr 10, 2012 14:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by mysterydriver on Apr 10, 2012 15:04:07 GMT -5
For me, it goes like this: 1.) ANOES ('84) 2.) New Nightmare 3.) Dream Warriors 4.) Freddy vs. Jason 5.) Dream Child 6.) Dream Master 7.) Freddy's Dead 8.) Nightmare 2 9.) ANOES ('10) Such a poor remake.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Apr 10, 2012 18:02:52 GMT -5
For me, it goes like this: 1.) ANOES ('84) 2.) New Nightmare 3.) Dream Warriors 4.) Freddy vs. Jason 5.) Dream Child 6.) Dream Master 7.) Freddy's Dead 8.) Nightmare 2 9.) ANOES ('10) Such a poor remake. Mine is 1.NOES 2.Dream Warriors 3.Dream Master 4.Freddy vs Jason 5.New Nightmare 6.Dream Child 7.Freddy's Dead 8.Remake 9.NOESII
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2012 1:59:15 GMT -5
Current Tomatometer for Cabin in the Woods is currently steady at 89% although it will probably drop in the mid 70's when it's said and done. Everybody's second favorite critic, Cole Smithey said that "Mindhunters" is a better movie than this. GAH!
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Post by mysterydriver on Apr 12, 2012 23:27:48 GMT -5
www.andyerupts.com/2012/04/comic-review-john-carpenters-asylum-vol-i/A review of the first in a series of horror based comics that has legendary director John Carpenter attached to it. The synopsis (taken from the review): “There’s a war coming and the battle ground is the City of Angels. In tunnels beneath the city, in the dark alleys among the homeless…demons lurk and Lucifer bides his time. One man knows. One man sees. One man walks those dark streets.” I might give a couple 'volumes' a shot out of pure Carpenter fan bias.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Apr 13, 2012 10:54:05 GMT -5
Hello and HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH, FAN horror faithful!! This has been the longest sabbatical I've taken from this thread since their beginnings, but after a marathon run of writing a couple big projects, I'm back. Hopefully to stay. At any rate, my blog posts will be returning either this coming Wednesday or the next one, so hopefully everyone's ready for some long-winded, picture-laden reviews!
And just to throw my own $.02 into the NOES rankings: (1) Dream Warriors (the only correct answer to this question) (2) Dream Master (3) ANOES (4) Freddy vs. Jason (5) New Nightmare (6) Freddy's Dead (7) Dream Child (8) Freddy's Revenge (9) NOES '10 (as bad as NOES 2 is...at least I can remember SOME things about it, for better or worse)
It's good to be back, and, as always, I'll be taking in The Final Chapter sometime today and remember watching the Friday flicks in my basement as a kid pissing myself in terror. Ahhh, childhood. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2012 12:37:18 GMT -5
Welcome back, TR. This thread has missed you greatly (as you can see from the complete downswing this thread has had lately). But good to see you back, and hopefully your reviews will still be top notch. And thanks for being the only other guy to put Dream Warriors at the top. And since it's the faithful holiday of all hockey-masked slashers known wide, and because we already did a ANOES series line-up, it's time for the FT13th RANKINGS! ;D 1.) Jason Lives 2.) Final Chapter 3.) Part 3-D 4.) FT13th '80 5.) Freddy vs. Jason 6.) The New Blood 7.) FT13th '09 8.) Part 2 9.) Jason X 10.) Jason Takes Manhattan 11.) Jason Goes to Hell 12.) New Beginning The remake, unlike ANOES, was actually pretty solid. It kept it simple, stupid. Jason X is terrible, yes...but like I already said, I like stupid sometimes, and Jason X has grown on me in a "so awful it's awesome" variant. Jason inside the VR simulator at Crystal Lake is one of god's gifts to cinema. Manhattan is okay, I guess...has a couple good moments, but f*** the ending. And the bottom two, I just don't like, because for the love of god, most of the time, it isn't even Jason doing the killing. "...Goes to Hell" is higher though due to the awesome ending, and the chick getting split into two mid-coitus. ;D
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Apr 13, 2012 13:09:38 GMT -5
It's been too long since I've seen ANOES 4 or 5, so I don't feel comfortable ranking them. I have no such qualms about the F13 series:
1. Part 2 2. Part 4: The Final Chapter 3. Jason Takes Manhattan 4. Part 5: A New Beginning 5. Freddy vs. Jason 6. Part 7: The New Blood 7. Jason Lives 8. Part 1 9. Part 3 10. The Remake 11. Jason Goes to Hell 12. Jason X
2 and 4 are the best in terms of being actual horror movies, 5 and 8 are my favorites in the "so bad it's good" territory. Jason X was like it was trying to be "so bad it's good" which came off as just being really really bad. The remake had some interesting new ideas but I mostly remember it as being a "greatest hits" package of the first 4 movies.
Also, not to steal TR's thunder (as if I could), but sorry I haven't been around in a while, too. As I've mentioned in the past, I tend to save all my reviews/quasi-articles I've written throughout the Horror Threads. Well, my computer got hit with a virus and died and because I didn't backup any of that stuff, I lost it. I got a new computer, and I could go back and re-read all the old threads to get back my stuff, but that is one long and arduous process.
In short, I got disheartened by the experience to the point where I didn't even feel like talking about horror. I might come back around...who knows?
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Apr 13, 2012 13:41:49 GMT -5
Also, not to steal TR's thunder (as if I could), but sorry I haven't been around in a while, too. As I've mentioned in the past, I tend to save all my reviews/quasi-articles I've written throughout the Horror Threads. Well, my computer got hit with a virus and died and because I didn't backup any of that stuff, I lost it. I got a new computer, and I could go back and re-read all the old threads to get back my stuff, but that is one long and arduous process. In short, I got disheartened by the experience to the point where I didn't even feel like talking about horror. I might come back around...who knows? I feel your pain there with the computer issues. My hard drive died on me a few years back, causing me to lose tons of stuff that I had saved up (not to mention about $400 worth of porn, but that's beside the point ;D). I was EXTREMELY lucky that I'd sent my few screenplays and other stuff to a few friends who had seen fit to keep them, but it still took me a long time to get my library built back up. And...I feel a little let down. Here I'd been hoping to catch Cabin in the Woods today and post a little surprise review later tonight, but neither one of the theaters within driving distance has it. Unbelievable. I'm anything but a Joss Whedon fan, but any horror flick that gets over 90% on RottenTomatoes has to have something going for it. Dammit. Finally, my own F13 list. It has morphed quite a bit over the years, and odds are if you asked me tomorrow I'd give you a different rundown. (1) The Final Chapter. THE slasher flick. (2) Friday the 13th (1980) (3) The New Blood(4) Friday the 13th Part II(5) Freddy vs. Jason(6) Jason Takes Manhattan(7) Friday the 13th Part III(8) Jason Lives(9) A New Beginning(10) Jason X(11) Friday the 13th (2009) (much like DSR, I think it's a decent flick, but nothing really sticks out about it) (12) Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. As Erisi once put it, a movie with three lies in the title.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2012 20:44:40 GMT -5
As expected, my brother (who's more of the horror nut than I am) saw Cabin in the Woods and had to call me to tell me his review (as he usually does with movies in general if he finds out that I'll enjoy it). Luckily he didn't spoil anything for me, but he compared as "if Grindhouse was more mainstream and had a baby with Evil Dead 2." He was also telling me about it was half/half on people who got it, and people who didn't. He was apparently talking to a girl around 16-17 who asked him how it was and she didn't get it and thought the movie was retarded. That's my only fear of the movie. That your standard age bracket who sees horror movies AREN'T going to get it, while OUR age bracket who grew up in the 80's and 90's are just going to fall in love with this. I'll fault my brother for seeing stupid s*** in the theater on occasions, but there are times where when he finds gold, he shares it with the world. Speaking of our conversation, it got pretty hilarious, because he was talking to me about how well Lionsgate has been pumping out all these decent horror movies as of late. Then I told him about The Texas Chainsaw Crapssacre movie...THEN the Platinum Dunes Halloween...and then the WWE reboot of Leperchaun. I think I broke him.
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Post by mysterydriver on Apr 13, 2012 21:13:51 GMT -5
(1) The Final Chapter (2) Friday the 13th (80) (3) Freddy vs. Jason (4) A New Beginning (I'll fight you all over it) (5) Friday the 13th Part III (6) Jason Takes Manhattan (7) The New Blood (8) Friday the 13th Part II (9) Jason X (10) Jason Lives (11) Friday the 13th (09) (12) Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Apr 13, 2012 23:13:51 GMT -5
It may be after midnight now, but happy belated Friday the 13th, all. I hope you were able to take in your favorite Friday film at some point during the day ;D
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Apr 13, 2012 23:19:07 GMT -5
I wan to see Cabin In The Woods so f***ing much, as a guy who likes Joss Whedon, Cloverfield and horror movies, this sounds right up my alley
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