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I want to rent a horror flick but I don't know which ones are good. Any ideas?
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Enigma wrote:??

I want to rent a horror flick but I don't know which ones are good. Any ideas?
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I still havent been able to find a horror movie that wasent just funny, but if i had to recomend one that wasent completely stupid it would be the ring.
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Pearl Harbour. One of the most horrifying movies I have ever seen, albeit not intentionally.
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Darth Wong wrote:Pearl Harbour. One of the most horrifying movies I have ever seen, albeit not intentionally.
Why? :?: :?:
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Glad to see someone's starting to learn about SUSPENSE

a good horror move does not need gore and showing off the thing that is there to scare you defeats the purpose.

Personally I like the oldies.

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The Shining. Stanley Kubrik version with Jack Nicholson.
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Darth Wong wrote:Pearl Harbour. One of the most horrifying movies I have ever seen, albeit not intentionally.
Why? :?: :?:
Why? Well there's the complete disregard for historical accuracy.
The ham-fisted attempt at being a tear jerker.
The horrific fake accents that Affleck and Hartnetts inflict on us.
It's cornier than the worst of actual WWII propaganda.
High explosives do not produce giant fireballs, this is hardly a failing unique to this....film, but with the budget they had, they could have done more than set off a couple hundred gallons of diesel fuel on the deck of fucking MODERN destroyers.
Affleck takes a train to England. :!:
Serving in the British armed forces would have resulted in a court-martial for Affleck's character.

And a whole lot more. I simply can NOT watch this movie more than a few minutes at a time.
It's AWFUL!
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Enigma wrote:??

I want to rent a horror flick but I don't know which ones are good. Any ideas?
Evil Dead 1 (2 and 3 are more comedy, but 1 is funny aswell if you've got a morbid sense of humour)
Ring 1,2 and 0 (The Japanese ones are better!)
28 Days Later
and maybe Battle Royale, ok it's not exactly horror, but it's just an incerdibly great film.
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Enigma wrote:??

I want to rent a horror flick but I don't know which ones are good. Any ideas?
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Frank Hipper wrote:The Shining. Stanley Kubrik version with Jack Nicholson.
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Darth Wong wrote:Pearl Harbour. One of the most horrifying movies I have ever seen, albeit not intentionally.
Why? :?: :?:
Why? Well there's the complete disregard for historical accuracy.
The ham-fisted attempt at being a tear jerker.
The horrific fake accents that Affleck and Hartnetts inflict on us.
It's cornier than the worst of actual WWII propaganda.
High explosives do not produce giant fireballs, this is hardly a failing unique to this....film, but with the budget they had, they could have done more than set off a couple hundred gallons of diesel fuel on the deck of fucking MODERN destroyers.
Affleck takes a train to England. :!:
Serving in the British armed forces would have resulted in a court-martial for Affleck's character.

And a whole lot more. I simply can NOT watch this movie more than a few minutes at a time.
It's AWFUL!
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The original Hellraiser. The sequels are bad enough to have Jadzia Dax vs. Borg Drones.

Ring has been mentioned and I'll recommend it again, it is very good and spooky. The last scene IMO is overfeared by some people, but it really makes one feel disturbed a bit about the whole flick. I remember some people having bad side effects after seeing it.

A guy in our class made a prank with a phone call + Ring screen saver and scared his girlfriend.
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The Ring is good...

however one of my favorites is the original or Remake of "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.
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the thing, 1982 version. gave nightmares to half of my horror movie club.
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The best horror movies are the bad ones anyway...
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innerbrat wrote:The best horror movies are the bad ones anyway...
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The Thing, either the original version or the updated one.
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-walks along the snow with those cool arms-

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

hehe. . favorite scene in the entire movie.
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I have kinda bad experience with horror movies. Call me a square, I've always felt the horror genre better suited to the written medium.

Maybe it's because of the fact that I don't recall seeing any other horror flicks than "The Blair Witch Project"...
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Dorsk 81 wrote: Ring 1,2 and 0 (The Japanese ones are better!)
Bull, the American version is far more visually appealing (Actually having a noticable color scheme with relevance to the story) and more concise (the Japanese version throws in so many horror movie ideas it gets confusing).

Also, Ringu relies more on its music to scare people then anything else. It's a good movie, still, but stil falls short of the American version on several points.
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The orginal Howling and American werewolf in London..
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Enforcer Talen wrote:the thing, 1982 version. gave nightmares to half of my horror movie club.
I was going to suggest that one. It's both suspensful, gross and cool.

The remake of the Fly, with Jeff Goldblum is also pretty good.


I also like vampire and werewolf movies.

The Howling (the first one, the "sequels" are very spotty on the enjoyment front).

Gingersnaps (not the best effects but a rather creepy movie even before they get to the monsters).

An American Werewolf in London

Fright Night -- excellent vampire flick
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ZOMBIE (1980)

SUSPIRA

Both pretty good and gory Italian flicks IMO

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RE-ANIMATER

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Fright Night- Probably the best vampire movie made in the last 20 years.

Phantasm

Rosemary's Baby

The Exorcist

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