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The Horror Thread II: The Return

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited November 2017 Posts: 23,536
    Danielle Harris can appear in anything, any time. I fell in love with her when I was in my single digits and she did her thing in Halloween IV and V.

    And then she treated me to a lot more by growing into a very good looking woman. :)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I was quite alarmed when, after seeing her in the Halloween films as a kid, I saw what Danielle Harris grew to be. Quite a stunner.

    As for her getting cast in another Halloween, she was in the retcon timeline so I think they're ignoring everything but the original film and going from there. I was disappointed that she didn't get cast in Halloween 6, but beyond that I think Jamie has outlived her use. Not that I wouldn't take any opportunity to see Ms. Harris on the big screen again.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    I always thought to myself, ‘now that’s what fan service is all about!’ when she was cast in the Rob Zombie Halloween!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I, too, grew up with her being impressive in those two installments, then felt almost weird finding her attractive in Zombie's film.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Night of the Living Dead and The Silence of the Lambs both coming to Criterion Blu-ray in February:

    criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=1&s=release_date
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Both of those will be mine.

    http://www.slashfilm.com/a-quiet-place-trailer-john-krasinski-directs-emily-blunt-in-this-hushed-horror-movie/

    http://www.slashfilm.com/the-strangers-prey-at-night-trailer/
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited December 2017 Posts: 4,813
    Master_Dahark wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Don't . watch . LEATHERFACE!
    The only horror you'll experience is the realisation that you've wasted 84 precious minutes.

    That’s a damn shame, I was looking forward to that one :(
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    You can read my spoiler-free review in the movies thread, @Master_Dahark. But hey, watch the film if you want to and tell me what you think about it. It'll be interesting to compare notes. ;-)

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    Just finished it- yeah it pretty much sucked. :(
    They should have called it "Bait & Switch: The Movie".
    If you've seen it, you know exactly what I mean- otherwise, big spoilers ahead!!
    So you've got 4 main characters; one is a big lumbering idiot who hardly talks and the other is a skinny kid who's actually pretty normal, considering. Then you've got a female who's batshit crazy, but definitely not Leatherface, and an equally crazy guy who dies too soon to be considered. Seems pretty obvious who grows up the be Leatherface right?? Well the big dummy dies late in the film and it's supposed to be a big shock. What annoys me is RIGHT WHEN that happens, all of a sudden the skinny kid takes a bullet to the face, leaving him scarred and ugly, and it's as if he adapts all of the 'traditional' Leatherface mannerisms all at once. There's a BIG problem there. Wasn't Leatherface originally suffering from Down Syndrome and extreme inbreeding in the old '74 movie? Seems they shot themselves in the foot while attempting a lame M. Night Shyamalan esque plot twist.
    Seriously, EVERYTHING pointed to the big fat oaf being Leatherface.

    So yeah, pretty lame and forgettable. Also it was way too dark! And I mean that literally! Even the daylight scenes were shot in such a way that most of the characters were between the sun and camera, leaving everyone looking like a silhouette. It was a while before I could even tell what certain characters even looked like!

    And WTF was Finn Jones doing in this?

    Believe it or not, Texas Chainsaw 3D was better!! At least that one had Alexandra Daddario and a clever idea for a story (not that it panned out as well as it sounded)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Master_Dahark
    I'm glad we agree on this, sir. Yes, both of these final TCM instalments are disappointments. People can say what they want about Michael Bay but he at least came up with two very satisfying films in the series.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @Master_Dahark
    I'm glad we agree on this, sir. Yes, both of these final TCM instalments are disappointments. People can say what they want about Michael Bay but he at least came up with two very satisfying films in the series.
    Wasn't Bay only ever a producer, though, not director?
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Yes, he was. But he was there, on set, "coaching" Nispel and Liebesman and making lots of creative decisions. I credit Platinum Dunes with delivering two perfectly satisfying TCM films.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Yes, he was. But he was there, on set, "coaching" Nispel and Liebesman and making lots of creative decisions. I credit Platinum Dunes with delivering two perfectly satisfying TCM films.
    I didn't know that. Jessica Biel's attire throughout the 2003 film makes much more sense now, but in that case I wave my hat to Bay.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I love the hell out of that 2003 reboot. Twisted, moody, tension-filled, and some great scenery chewing from R Lee Ermey.

    "Excuse me, you mind getting the **** outta my way, son?"
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    He was a big reason those movies were as good as they were!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I wonder if he ad-libbed as much on that film as he did for Full Metal Jacket?
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    The 2013 one was pretty crap. What annoyed me most was how the timeline didn't add up because they set it in the present, the girl should have been way older than she was.

    Shame about the new one. I was looking forward to it :(
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    @thelivingroyale yeah somebody screwed up there. She should have been just a year shy of 40. But still I loved the idea of someone who had no idea of the history, getting a house from a deceased family member they never knew about, and LEATHERFACE lives in the basement!!!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    I wonder if he ad-libbed as much on that film as he did for Full Metal Jacket?

    Imagine having the sheer balls to method act by recalling your days as a Gunnery Sergeant, getting in Kubrick's face, screaming his lights out, just to not only get the role, BUT you essentially write all your own dialogue, as well.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    I wonder if he ad-libbed as much on that film as he did for Full Metal Jacket?

    Imagine having the sheer balls to method act by recalling your days as a Gunnery Sergeant, getting in Kubrick's face, screaming his lights out, just to not only get the role, BUT you essentially write all your own dialogue, as well.

    Thanks to Ermey, we don't have to imagine it. ;) He's probably one of the only people I actually wouldn't mind being insulted by. I'd consider it a badge of honor!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    It's when Danny McBride describes the new Halloween like this that I become incredibly optimistic:

    "The original is all about tension. Laurie Strode doesn’t even know that Michael Myers exists until the last minutes of the movie. So much of it you’re in anticipation of what’s going to happen and the dread that Carpenter spins so effortlessly in that film… I think we were really trying to get it back to that. We’re trying to mine that dread. Mine that tension and not just go for gore and ultra-violence that you see some horror movies lean on. To us, it was all about bringing back the creep factor and trying to find the horror in your own backyard, in our own homes.”
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    THAT RIGHT THERE!

    That is EXACTLY what I want.

    Urban horror, purging our own fears, that's what Halloween should be about. So no more druids or white horses, please.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    THAT RIGHT THERE!

    That is EXACTLY what I want.

    Urban horror, purging our own fears, that's what Halloween should be about. So no more druids or white horses, please.

    No over-reliance on gore is the key thing for me; Zombie's films weren't remotely scary, and were merely cashing in on the gore porn that was in a frenzy at the time.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Mr. McBride continues to impress me. Now we just have to see if what sounds good on paper can work on the screen.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    The thing about Zombie is that I'm a fan of his work. True, he doesn't hold back, but his love for the 70s and his tendency to give otherwise forgotten actors some work compells me to at least respect the man. His verion of Halloween is indeed tense and bloody, but other than Carpenter's original and maybe H20 I see no competition for it in the series. Even More Of The Night He Came Home had too many flaws for me to choose it over Zombie's first Halloween film.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    For those interested, I put a bit of a "love letter" in the last movie you watched thread.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I don't know if anyone else watches the Dead Meat: Kill Count series on youtube. The latest episode was released today, and is about Jack Frost 2 (having done a Kill Count of the first film, last week).



    The Kill Count for next week, is Black Christmas (1974). James has already covered some of the heavyweights like the Friday The 13th films (from the 1980 original, to the 2009 reboot), as well as some lightweights like the already mentioned Jack Frost films.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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  • bondsumbondsum
    edited December 2017 Posts: 3,333
    I'm curious to see Danny McBride's Halloween, but can't say that I'm particularly stoked. On another note, has anyone seen The Terror of Hallow's Eve yet? The trailer looked quite promising in a cheap and nasty kinda way.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    This is gold.

    http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3475446/georgie-outsmarts-pennywise-hilarious-alternate-opening-scene/
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited December 2017 Posts: 13,894
    http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3476153/next-texas-chainsaw-massacre-film-will-likely-reboot/

    giphy.webp

    Again?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Third time's the charm, right?!

    This is the third time, yes? There's not been more? (I seriously have to ask with this franchise)
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