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Post by dirtyoldman on Sept 8, 2019 11:24:39 GMT -5
Watched John Carpenter's The Thing last night for the first time in a long time. Great flick with tonnes of atmosphere and tention. Very similar to Alien except theyre aboard a space ship and the alien is just killing them as opposed to asimulating them.
What other films are similar? There's of course Evil Dead (cabin in the woods), Night of the living dead (farmhouse) and Dog Soliders (another house in the woods).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 11:39:06 GMT -5
Funny Games, one of my favourite movies.
Two crazy guys take a family as their hostage in their own vacation cabin. Original is probably best, but the remake is almost as good - it's shot by shot remake and it stars Michael Pitt and Tim Roth!
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Post by Jiren on Sept 8, 2019 11:55:27 GMT -5
- Jeepers Creepers 2 (Schoolbus) - Demons 1&2 (1 is a cinema, 2 is an apartment complex) - The Decent (Caves)
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Post by wildojinx on Sept 8, 2019 12:00:12 GMT -5
Chopping Mall and Dawn of the Dead (both in a shopping mall) For a non-horror example, would The Green Mile (prison) count?
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Post by SmashTV on Sept 8, 2019 12:03:10 GMT -5
Panic Room. The Shining. Alien. 127 Hours.
Sorry, I’ve just seen you referenced Alien in your post.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Sept 8, 2019 12:04:05 GMT -5
Event Horizon (spaceship) Resolution (cabin) The Void (Hospital) The Endless (Cult Compound) The Green Room (Compound) Red State (Compound)
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Post by DSR on Sept 8, 2019 12:16:44 GMT -5
The Belko Experiment has people trapped in an office building and forced to kill each other.
Cube features a small group of people in an elaborate death trap building thingy.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 8, 2019 12:45:44 GMT -5
Haven't seen The Thing (yet) but form your other examples, I'd highly recommend Green Room. One of the most tense movies I've ever seen (of course, this was released by A24 so excellent atmosphere is to be expected). The premise is that this down on its luck punk band (they can't even afford gas for their car so they have to siphon other vehicles) is given a tip by someone interviewing them about a club looking for some bands to perform. Unfortunately... it turns out to be a neo-Nazi club. But they figure f*** it, let's just go, do our thing, get paid and never think of it again. And that's exactly what happens, but one of the members realizes he forgot his phone in the titular green room, so they go to get it... and witness a bunch of the nazis, with a woman lying on the floor, with a knife in her head. They do their best to try and escape the situation peacefully, but of course the Nazi don't intend to give them a chance to get the cops on their ass and soon, they end up having to fight for their lives, trapped inside this club and surrounded by several dozen racist lunatics who want nothing more than to see them die. What really makes this movie for me is how real it feels. Those are untrained, terrified people who probably haven't even had a proper meal in days going up against a small army of extremely violent White supremacists who think they're getting ready for a race war and as such are heavily trained and dying for an excuse to murder someone. They are constantly having to find new ways of escaping, constantly on the verge of failing and getting brutally killed, and that's what make it so scary and intense. It's not a movie that telegraphs its scares, so tragedy could strike without warning at any moment. Oh and Patrick Stewart is in it, playing massively against type form his usual fatherly mentors and being absolutely terrifying as a Nazi leader.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Sept 8, 2019 12:50:44 GMT -5
Haven't seen The Thing (yet) but form your other examples, I'd highly recommend Green Room. One of the most tense movies I've ever seen (of course, this was released by A24 so excellent atmosphere is to be expected). The premise is that this down on its luck punk band (they can't even afford gas for their car so they have to siphon other vehicles) is given a tip by someone interviewing them about a club looking for some bands to perform. Unfortunately... it turns out to be a neo-Nazi club. But they figure f*** it, let's just go, do our thing, get paid and never think of it again. And that's exactly what happens, but one of the members realizes he forgot his phone in the titular green room, so they go to get it... and witness a bunch of the nazis, with a woman lying on the floor, with a knife in her head. They do their best to try and escape the situation peacefully, but of course the Nazi don't intend to give them a chance to get the cops on their ass and soon, they end up having to fight for their lives, trapped inside this club and surrounded by several dozen racist lunatics who want nothing more than to see them die. What really makes this movie for me is how real it feels. Those are untrained, terrified people who probably haven't even had a proper meal in days going up against a small army of extremely violent White supremacists who think they're getting ready for a race war and as such are heavily trained and dying for an excuse to murder someone. They are constantly having to find new ways of escaping, constantly on the verge of failing and getting brutally killed, and that's what make it so scary and intense. It's not a movie that telegraphs its scares, so tragedy could strike without warning at any moment. Oh and Robert Patrick is in it, playing massively against type form his usual fatherly mentors and being absolutely terrifying as a Nazi leader. Patrick Stewart, not Robert Patrick. Scariest part if the movie.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Sept 8, 2019 13:14:37 GMT -5
A lot of good recommendations. Also remembered Vacany which had one of the Wilson brothers and Kate beckindale, set in a motel. Green room sounds interesting.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Sept 8, 2019 13:28:51 GMT -5
"You're Next" pretty much takes place in one house... except at the beginning and a very small bit in the middle which happens in a neighbor's house.
"The Raid" starts with the police entering the building, and ends with whoever's left leaving, the rest is inside.
Salman Hayek's movie "Everly" all happens inside her apartment, even the 'hallway scene' looks like it was filmed with one foot still inside the door... great film, check it out.
Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" is in just one apartment. His "Lifeboat" takes place on a small boat as well.
And of course, the best 'bottle film' is probably "12 Angry Men".
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 8, 2019 13:33:42 GMT -5
Haven't seen The Thing (yet) but form your other examples, I'd highly recommend Green Room. One of the most tense movies I've ever seen (of course, this was released by A24 so excellent atmosphere is to be expected). The premise is that this down on its luck punk band (they can't even afford gas for their car so they have to siphon other vehicles) is given a tip by someone interviewing them about a club looking for some bands to perform. Unfortunately... it turns out to be a neo-Nazi club. But they figure f*** it, let's just go, do our thing, get paid and never think of it again. And that's exactly what happens, but one of the members realizes he forgot his phone in the titular green room, so they go to get it... and witness a bunch of the nazis, with a woman lying on the floor, with a knife in her head. They do their best to try and escape the situation peacefully, but of course the Nazi don't intend to give them a chance to get the cops on their ass and soon, they end up having to fight for their lives, trapped inside this club and surrounded by several dozen racist lunatics who want nothing more than to see them die. What really makes this movie for me is how real it feels. Those are untrained, terrified people who probably haven't even had a proper meal in days going up against a small army of extremely violent White supremacists who think they're getting ready for a race war and as such are heavily trained and dying for an excuse to murder someone. They are constantly having to find new ways of escaping, constantly on the verge of failing and getting brutally killed, and that's what make it so scary and intense. It's not a movie that telegraphs its scares, so tragedy could strike without warning at any moment. Oh and Robert Patrick is in it, playing massively against type form his usual fatherly mentors and being absolutely terrifying as a Nazi leader. Patrick Stewart, not Robert Patrick. Scariest part if the movie. Derp. Had a brain fart and got my Patricks mixed up. Thanks for pointing out, I fixed the original post. Although thinking about it, Robert Patrick would have probably nailed the role as well.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Sept 8, 2019 13:37:26 GMT -5
They haven't made a film version of Stephen King's Langolares have they? I know there's a TV version which is good, despite the special effects in the last half looking utter crap. Set aboard an aeroplane where everyone has vanished apart from a few people and part in an abandoned airport.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Sept 8, 2019 13:43:03 GMT -5
Patrick Stewart, not Robert Patrick. Scariest part if the movie. Derp. Had a brain fart and got my Patricks mixed up. Thanks for pointing out, I fixed the original post. Although thinking about it, Robert Patrick would have probably nailed the role as well. I don't think anybody could have brought the ice-cold delivery that Stewart brought to that role... keep your wild-eyed maniacs and slimy monsters, there's nothing scarier than your certain doom standing in the other side of the door telling you in a very calm and collected tone that your fate has been sealed and there's nothing you can do about it. Also, for me the scariest line in the movie was "Remember, it's not a party, it's a movement."
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Post by thatloser on Sept 8, 2019 13:50:13 GMT -5
Off the top of my head films I don't think have been mentioned.
Outpost (Military Bunker) Dredd (Mostly in a Block, which if you are unfamiliar Judge Dredd's word, it's kinda a giant apartment complex but way bigger)
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Post by Stu on Sept 8, 2019 13:58:41 GMT -5
Buried. Doesn't get much more isolated than, well, being in a casket for an entire movie.
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Post by bibboid on Sept 8, 2019 14:11:26 GMT -5
Hardware - a woman s trapped in her apartment with a murderous military robot.
Moon - Sam Rockwell finds out a dark secret about his lunar mining base.
Evil Dead (and Evil Dead 2) - both set in a single cabin in the woods
Th Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart talks to people in an apartment. One of the best acted moves of all time.
The Road Warrior - All those people want to do is leave their camp without the Humongous killing them.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 8, 2019 14:16:29 GMT -5
The Killer Shrews - set entirely on one very small island. Almost all scenes take place in the one house on the island, a boat at the shore, or the path leading from one to another.
Son of Godzilla takes place entirely on a remote Pacific island with about seven people on it.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Sept 8, 2019 14:17:49 GMT -5
The Strangers - set in an isolated vacation home
The sequel is set in an isolated trailer park, although the characters aren’t as confined to one area like they are in the first.
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Post by Hurbster on Sept 8, 2019 14:48:37 GMT -5
Funny Games, one of my favourite movies. Two crazy guys take a family as their hostage in their own vacation cabin. Original is probably best, but the remake is almost as good - it's shot by shot remake and it stars Michael Pitt and Tim Roth! There are no words to describe how much I dislike both films.
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