I was watching 'The Thing' the other night (no wonder I have peculiar dreams) and thought it might be fun to discuss horror flicks.

What are your favourites? Any that are so bad they're good?
Best special effects?

Go to it. :D

Hmm, I get very bored by blood and guts type horror films - vampires, zombies etc.

I guess cos I dont believe in the possible existance of that type of thing, they won't be frightening to me.

I much prefer a psychological thriller like Dead Calm, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, that kind of thing.

Hmm, I get very bored by blood and guts type horror films - vampires, zombies etc.

I guess cos I dont believe in the possible existance of that type of thing, they won't be frightening to me.

I much prefer a psychological thriller like Dead Calm, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, that kind of thing.

I loved 'Dead Calm', it was an excellent thriller, and of course 'SOTL' is a classic.
Couldn't really see the big deal with 'The Sixth Sense', I saw the twist coming a mile off. :D

I didn.t, had no idea and it freaked me out - went to bed thinkg oh god, what if I'm already dead and I just don't know it :laugh: ?

The thing is with twisty ones though, once you've seen them once they lose a lot, so watching them again is a bit of a let down

One of my favourite memories is being allowed by my Dad to sit up with him late on a Friday night to watch all the old Hammer House of Horror Films.

I loved them, and I was very very brave to watch them because they were scarey, all those bolts in necks, and double puncture wounds in necks and grim music.

Nowadays I am not good with scarey movies, I hate the ones that make you actually jump and shreik - I can't think of an example, well I can but it is a bit silly - but you know the bit in Jaws when they are underwater diving and they are looking through a hole in the bottom of the boat and a head pops out??? That made me shriek and jump - and feel v. silly.

One of my favourite memories is being allowed by my Dad to sit up with him late on a Friday night to watch all the old Hammer House of Horror Films.

I loved them, and I was very very brave to watch them because they were scarey, all those bolts in necks, and double puncture wounds in necks and grim music.

Nowadays I am not good with scarey movies, I hate the ones that make you actually jump and shreik - I can't think of an example, well I can but it is a bit silly - but you know the bit in Jaws when they are underwater diving and they are looking through a hole in the bottom of the boat and a head pops out??? That made me shriek and jump - and feel v. silly.


Oh my God, that 'head' scene is probably the most jump-out-of-your seat moment ever in a film.
Very rare that a film actually makes me jump rather than just go 'ewww.'
:D

I didn.t, had no idea and it freaked me out - went to bed thinkg oh god, what if I'm already dead and I just don't know it :laugh: ?

The thing is with twisty ones though, once you've seen them once they lose a lot, so watching them again is a bit of a let down

The best twists I've seen in a film aren't actually from horrors...ooh, I think I have an idea for another thread... :excl:

You can keep your Freddie and Jason type horrors, they are just teenage horros, typical teenage girl babysitting in a huge house with massive garden and loads of creepys spots, hears a noise outside so HAS to go and investigate - yeah, ok, whatever!!!

But Cape Fear, Seven, Silence of the Lambs freaked the bejeebers out of me, I didnt see the twist in Sixth Sense and I was covered in goosebumps all through it.......but I think these scare me because there is a chance that it could actually happen!

One of my fave movies recently was The Locals - well spooky and with a twist too!!

You can keep your Freddie and Jason type horrors, they are just teenage horros, typical teenage girl babysitting in a huge house with massive garden and loads of creepys spots, hears a noise outside so HAS to go and investigate - yeah, ok, whatever!!!

But Cape Fear, Seven, Silence of the Lambs freaked the bejeebers out of me, I didnt see the twist in Sixth Sense and I was covered in goosebumps all through it.......but I think these scare me because there is a chance that it could actually happen!

One of my fave movies recently was The Locals - well spooky and with a twist too!!

'Seven', pardon me, 'Se7en'.
One word.. Sloth.

:shock:

'Seven', pardon me, 'Se7en'.
One word.. Sloth.

:shock:


:shock: eeeewwwwwwwww......thats one SCAREY movie, I have only ever watched it once, at the cinema when it was released, I was the same with The Shining, I saw that when it was released, I was about 15/16 and I have never watched it since!

Hmm, I get very bored by blood and guts type horror films - vampires, zombies etc.

I guess cos I dont believe in the possible existance of that type of thing, they won't be frightening to me.

I much prefer a psychological thriller like Dead Calm, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, that kind of thing.

I am the same, I'm not into horror films at all but give me a good psychological
thriller and I'm hooked.

The two that really scared me are 'Hellraiser' and 'The Candy Man'.

The way i judge a good film is if im scared to go to the loo on my own afterwards, and make Mr.B guard the door whilst im having a tiddle. The two above did just that :blush:

The two that really scared me are 'Hellraiser' and 'The Candy Man'.

The way i judge a good film is if im scared to go to the loo on my own afterwards, and make Mr.B guard the door whilst im having a tiddle. The two above did just that :blush:


You need to read Clive Barker he wrote both

The best death in a horror film has to be the kid in final destination 2 (ok not a real horror more a comic horror). I like horror as a gendre but most movies suck big time. I remember buying rosemarys baby a few years back as it was supposedly one of the scariest movies of all time, what a great big bore. A good monster horror movie should not have the monster appering in the first scene it should be implied up to near the end to increase the suspense. :sick:

The two that really scared me are 'Hellraiser' and 'The Candy Man'.

The way i judge a good film is if im scared to go to the loo on my own afterwards, and make Mr.B guard the door whilst im having a tiddle. The two above did just that :blush:


I'm going to make myself sound like a real wuss now and say I can't watch Hellraiser..it's too icky, especially the 'ripped apart by chains' scene (I've seen pictures).

I'm not too keen on 'body horror', for some reason it gives me nightmares. :(

You need to read Clive Barker he wrote both

Clive Barker is excellent.
A total twisted nutjob, but excellent. :D

I'm going to make myself sound like a real wuss now and say I can't watch Hellraiser..it's too icky, especially the 'ripped apart by chains' scene (I've seen pictures).

I'm not too keen on 'body horror', for some reason it gives me nightmares. :(

I havent watched either....im a big girlie wuss :blush:

ooh, I love a good scary movie. I have many favorites:

The Silence of the Lambs (in a more psychologically creepy sense)
The Blair Witch Project (This film is one of the few scary movies that scared the crap out of me..I had no idea what it was when I went to see it...and it just appeared so real on the screen...I could not fall asleep that night)
Scream 1,2, and 3!
The original Halloween
The Ring
Psycho
Rear Window
The Haunting (Okay, not that scary, but still a fun movie)

The bad:
Halloween 3
House on Haunted Hill
The Village (One of the worst movies I've ever seen)

I think 'Blair Witch' was spoilt for me because I saw it on DVD after all the hype.
Still a pretty freaky movie though, I can imagine in a darkened cinema it would have caused a fair few wiggins. :D

The Ring..do you mean the original or the remake? (Prepares for debate..)

I think 'Blair Witch' was spoilt for me because I saw it on DVD after all the hype.
Still a pretty freaky movie though, I can imagine in a darkened cinema it would have caused a fair few wiggins. :D

The Ring..do you mean the original or the remake? (Prepares for debate..)

The Hollywood remake of it. I saw the Japanese one..Ringu..and just didn't find it as creepy. Which one do you prefer?

The Hollywood remake of it. I saw the Japanese one..Ringu..and just didn't find it as creepy. Which one do you prefer?

To be honest, I can't decide, I like them both.
Sadako was a tad creepier than Samara I think, but the second in the Ringu trilogy was pants.

Have you seen the sequels?

'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'An American Werewolf in London' watched at to young an age and scared the pants off me and as a result although I enjoy the likes of 'Se7en', 'Silence of the Lambs' etc I do not like things like 'The Ring', 'The Grudge', 'Gothika' basically I don't like supernatural horror but like a good crime based psychological thriller......

Oh and 'Jaws' is flipping scarey as a kid!

To be honest, I can't decide, I like them both.
Sadako was a tad creepier than Samara I think, but the second in the Ringu trilogy was pants.

Have you seen the sequels?

lol. I didn't even know it was a trilogy. So Ringu is the first in the trilogy, and Sadako and Samara are sequels? Hmm, is the second of the Hollywood versions of The Ring that is coming out based on one of those sequels, or is it its own story?

'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'An American Werewolf in London' watched at to young an age and scared the pants off me and as a result although I enjoy the likes of 'Se7en', 'Silence of the Lambs' etc I do not like things like 'The Ring', 'The Grudge', 'Gothika' basically I don't like supernatural horror but like a good crime based psychological thriller......

Oh and 'Jaws' is flipping scarey as a kid!


'An American Werewolf In London' is still one of my faves. It actually manages to be funny and scary at the same time.

"I will not be threatened by a walking meat loaf!"

:laugh:

lol. I didn't even know it was a trilogy. So Ringu is the first in the trilogy, and Sadako and Samara are sequels? Hmm, is the second of the Hollywood versions of The Ring that is coming out based on one of those sequels, or is it its own story?


The Japanese films are a trilogy (Sadako being the 'baddie'), and Samara is the girl in the US version.

I'm not sure if it's a remake (the second US one), but Martin Henderson won't be in it, which is a downer. :D

Reminds me of a funny conversation I heard on the bus many years ago.

Mother and daughter (approx 50 and 30) chatting:

Mum: So are you doing anything nice tonight?
Daughter: yeah, we're going to see An American Werewolf in London.
Mum: Oooh, that'll be nice. What part of London?

:laugh:

The Japanese films are a trilogy (Sadako being the 'baddie'), and Samara is the girl in the US version.

I'm not sure if it's a remake (the second US one), but Martin Henderson won't be in it, which is a downer. :D


oh. haha. I found Samara to be creepier then. And I found the story line in the Ring a bit more compelling than in the Japanese version....with the horses and all.

Ooh, yes, the horses.
Didn't like that bit when the horse bought it under the boat..:(

(Ummm..spoiler there, sorry anyone who hasn't seen it...)

I'm not very good with horror they either scare the pants off me or bore me!

I've seen the Exorcist and thought it was hugely disappointing. Very very poorly made and cheap looking imo.

Loved the Omen films and the book, very scary and very clever.

Loved the Midwitch Cuckoos - chilling but not really horror or gory.

I've also seen The Hills Have Eyes (boring), Hellraiser (Stupid),

Would love to be able to watch the sixth sense - even though I've had it explained to me in great detail I'm still too scared - loved Bruce's cameo in Ocean's 12 when they were slating the film! very sporting of him.

I would never chose to watch a horror film and would never read a horror book, the genre just doesn't interest me enough I suppose.

[QUOTE=Dolores]I'm not very good with horror they either scare the pants off me or bore me!

I've seen the Exorcist and thought it was hugely disappointing. Very very poorly made and cheap looking imo

I agree Dolores I thought that the Exorcist was a pile of poo. Didn't do nothing for me.

Hate horror films as the give me nightmares and I'm bad enough last one I sat down and actually watched was Blair Witch and I couldn't go to the toilet myself after it :laugh:

Jaws I have watched (through a cushion right enough) and it scared the :eek: out of me can't even hear the music now without breaking into a sweat and hate it when anyone pretends to be a shark at the swimming. It makes me panic :blush:

Two really good horror books that scared me were Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and It by Stephen King. It have me nightmares!

Neither film was as good as the book

Reading through this thread reminded me of alot of the films I love.
I love a good horror.

Seven was absolutely brilliant.
I remember as a teenager watching a horror movie, I think it was called "House". It had loads of sequels that were rubbish but I loved the first one. Probably looking at it now it is probably the same rubbish as a lot of others, but I think the ones that scare the bejesus out of you at a young age you never forget and the scariness can't be beaten cause you kind of "grow up" and realise that its all rubbish really.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/Woodstock73/werewolf.bmp First movie that gave me horrors was The Burning - later banned. My friends and i were only 11-12 year old's but we had a really cool guy at the video shop who was open-minded enough to let us rent out 18's. Anyway, deep in the remote backwoods, some warden guy gets accidentally burnt to ****** by a group of teens who only intended to spook him. He releases himself from hospital, minus his skin etc, and then returns to the camp grounds he had previously watched over, and exacts his gruesome revenge (garden sheers seemed his specialty) on all-things-teen.

The next would have been a film called Cannibal Fearox/Xerox (or something similar....though why a bunch of cannibals needed access to a photocopier is beyond my scope...) - some of the older lads we hung around with had rented it out and we were "reluctantly" allowed in to watch the best parts..... ".......aww please.....please let us in.....pleeeeease...pleeeease....". All i remember from that film was a small group of tourists/adventurers or whatever their business was, being captured while adventuring through a deep jungle. Turns out they were in the hands of a vicious tribe of cannibals. Don't want to reveal the rest as it was way too gross. I imagine a film like that is banned now..........or already was.

One or two mentioning that head of "Ben Gardner" - the fisherman that went missing in Jaws. Yes, always got me, and still does - though i sensibly ff past that scene now.

Blair Witch - well they had far more scope to have made it more terrifying than it actually was. But, that said, i think the sound of the cackling (excellent word) witch would have had me frozen to the spot if that was me inside that tent.......they did execute some of the scenes pretty f***ing brilliantly i have to say.

Anything else...hmm, must have a wee ponder................................
...................George Romero's Day of The Dead - in the opening scenes, a helicopter crew touch down in what appears to be a ghost town, complete with wind effects and tumbleweed. A couple of them stray off from the chopper, bullhorn and power-rifle at the ready, and call out for anyone who may be there........no response, music begins, followed by several snakes-view camera shots of feet that belong to the "undead", and then groaning.....

I love Romero's Zombie films - they're not necessarily horrorifying (i don't think Romero ever intended them to be), but they are extremely claustrophobic and the feeling of isolation is perfectly portrayed in his films, and for me, is far more terrifying a thought than your run-of-the-mill blood-curdling horror. Same goes for Night of The Living Dead & Dawn of The Dead.

The Thing (as Kittencat mentioned), has it's moments - and again it's centred around isolation, with all the extra nastiness that goes on in that movie. Try emulating those blood sample scenes.....impossible task i tell you!

The Exorcist, Evil Dead I & II are also worth a mention.

[QUOTE=Dolores]I'm not very good with horror they either scare the pants off me or bore me!

I've seen the Exorcist and thought it was hugely disappointing. Very very poorly made and cheap looking imo

I agree Dolores I thought that the Exorcist was a pile of poo. Didn't do nothing for me.

Hate horror films as the give me nightmares and I'm bad enough last one I sat down and actually watched was Blair Witch and I couldn't go to the toilet myself after it :laugh:

Jaws I have watched (through a cushion right enough) and it scared the :eek: out of me can't even hear the music now without breaking into a sweat and hate it when anyone pretends to be a shark at the swimming. It makes me panic :blush:


jaws is pants a big plastic lump popping out of the water it bored me so much. Mind you it did scare the :pooh: out of Mrs Waylander who is still scared of the water

I spent roughly one hour and two attempts to get this particular post in earlier this morning. I failed by deleting the post accidentally the first time around, :wacko:and when i tried again shortly after, i not only deleted the post, i somehow managed to delete the forum page:blush: .......here goes third time lucky.....(i was tired!)

Salem's Lot - very very scary movie.

Scenes i remember from that film which frightened the living daylights out of me when i first watched it were......

*old fella hears noice coming from an upstairs room. He goes up to investigate, opens the door to the room and sees a guy rocking back and forth on a rocking chair while staring down at the floor, as though he's asleep. Suddenly guy stops rocking, and then for a few moments nothing - then he looks up at the old fella with his horrible demonic eyes - old fella is scared sh**less......and so am i......

*boy in his bedroom late at night is awakened by a tapping noise at his window further across the room. He looks over, to see a figure emerging through the mist, and floating towards the window. The figure turns out to be his now dead brother/friend, and urges him to "......open the window Mark..........go on........Mark........open the window........" as he stares at the boy with those demonic eyes......

*guy is thrown into a cell. Later that night in the complete darkness of his confines he is stirred by something. He turns over to see what it may be that he heard - nothing.......and then......a white demonic head pops up with those eyes and nasty looking set of teeth, right beside his bed where he is lay.........that scene forced me to ask mum and dad for a captain's bed (the ones high up with the ladders, and desk space etc underneath. And if you think the Ben Gardner head scene in Jaws is frightening, it's got nothing on this.......

......extrememely scary movie.

Salem's Lot - very very scary movie.

......extrememely scary movie.
Yep I agree. I remember watching this the first time from behind the settee with my brother. At next viewing it was from behind a cushion.
The scene in Jaws I watched with one eye open, the other closed so on the basis of that progression, salems lot was definitely more frightening!!!

I thought that Blair Witch was cack!!!! I was sniggering through most of it, mainly because I was thinking about the production team doing all the noises and scarey stuff that was freaking the actors out, it just tickled my sick sense of humour..........

Woody.............The Burning.........I had forgotten about that one, I saw that early 80's I was 17/18 I think and that was a bit freaky........another one I remember vaguely is Spit on Your Grave, which I watched from behind a cusion with one eye (bit like Dr Who and the Daleks).....:blush:

I thought that Blair Witch was cack!!!! I was sniggering through most of it, mainly because I was thinking about the production team doing all the noises and scarey stuff that was freaking the actors out, it just tickled my sick sense of humour..........

Woody.............The Burning.........I had forgotten about that one, I saw that early 80's I was 17/18 I think and that was a bit freaky........another one I remember vaguely is Spit on Your Grave, which I watched from behind a cusion with one eye (bit like Dr Who and the Daleks).....:blush:

Nooooooo! - the Blair Witch cackled!!:) - actually Queenie, those noise effects were flippin' teffifying (teffifying??)......terrifying!! I'd have had a cardiac arrest on the spot. Two in fact.

Dr.Who and his Daleks?? (i knowwww thay weren't his - it's just for comic effect!!).....behind a cushion???......with one eye???? - oh my goodness gracious! - I bet you found Chockablock frightening!! (or perhaps you was inferring that you yourself was like a Dalek....??? - sometimes i have these clueless episodes....)

I'm glad someone else has seen The Burning though - but i've never seen Spit On Your Grave.....

Yep I agree. The scene in Jaws I watched with one eye open, the other closed so on the basis of that progression, salems lot was definitely more frightening!!!

....by a long margin, it's scarier than any other film. IMHO (thanks Floopy):)

This may....no, will surprise most. I find one or two of the scenes in Close Encounters rather scary, especially when the UFO's hone in on that house in the middle of nowhere, with the mother and baby boy inside (always fatherless....)

The sky lights up and the huge bulky clouds break up as the "saucers" come approach. I think the scenes inside the house are superbly executed - right from the moment the toy chimp begins banging his own "saucers" together. Terrifying.

Must also mention the clown scene from Poltergeist....i hate it! "one one thousand.....two one thousand....." - agggghhhhh!! That tree just scares the georgezippyandbungle out of me, and the clown - well, would you have one of those things in your bedroom?? I think not.

Also in the same film, the moment mother turns around and all the chairs have been stacked up on top of one another on table.....brrrrrrrrrrr!!

The classics

Dracula, Mark of The Vampire, The House on Haunted Hill, and The Hound of The Baskervilles are just a few of my favourite classic horror genre movies. They're all flippin' ancient but every bit as atmospheric as anything offered forth among today's contemporaries.

I just love Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price and Peter Cushing.

Lugosi must have worn that Dracula costume in his spare time - he just seemed made for it, or it made for him - whichever. Cushing was just so convincing in every role he played. What a great great actor. And Vincent price - well, he had rather a presence didn't he....?

Dracula
Very atmospheric film. The set is teriffic, and Lugosi is just "pale-faced, sharp toothed" wonderful! The chap who plays "Renfield" - the Count's newly adopted servant, is incredibly manic, but also incredibly watchable.


".......lees-en tooo dem......cheeldren ovva da niiighta... ......vot.......moosic daay maaake........"


".....i haaaave chartered aaa sheeep......to taaaake us tooo Luuunduun.....eet shall beee reeeddeee........een da....mooooorneeeeng......."

Mark of The Vampire
This time playing Count Yorga (who??) - remarkably similar to Count Dracula...they must have been cousins or something, Lugosi is again quite majestic, and steals the show......along with lots and lots of blood.....
Lovely little ending to this one too.

The House on Haunted Hill
Some quite chilling scenes in this old movie. Vincent Price (and his gorgeous wife) play host to a small group of sceptical gentleman and gals, as he challenges them to successfully spend a night in his humble, and reputedly haunted abode (which is more castle-like really) Lots of atmosphere, and spine-tingling moments.....

The Hound of The Baskerville's
Sherlock Holmes and his entourage (Watson), travel across from Baker Street to Dartmoor, in wild old Devon. Great cast of actors/actresses and truly atmospheric from beginning to end. Also very cleverly done too.

The Old Dark House
This is one heck of a bizarre old crazy mother f***er of a movie, but it has an amazing cast of characters, and Boris Karloff plays the mute, and very ogrish-looking butler of the house. A trio consisting of two gentlemen, and a gal, are travelling through some bleak Welsh countryside, when their car is cut off by a landslide. They seek to escape the terrible weather conditions and find refuge in some isolated house, where the occupants turn out to be a bunch of old nutters, but do our trio know that? Course not.
Another of the old classics full to the brim with atomsphere, and tense unnerving moments.

The House on Haunted Hill
Some quite chilling scenes in this old movie. Vincent Price (and his gorgeous wife) play host to a small group of sceptical gentleman and gals, as he challenges them to successfully spend a night in his humble, and reputedly haunted abode (which is more castle-like really) Lots of atmosphere, and spine-tingling moments......

Wasnt there a remake of this ???? In the 90's i think ? Im sure i have watched a more recent version, and it didnt star Vincent Price :glare:

You motioned some classics there woody

I think earlier you motioned the Thing
now I love the remake with Kirk Russell scares the sh*t out of me

But the only film that ever gave me nightmares was the Cat and the Cannery with Bob Hope



I was only ten
I kept thinking a hand would come out of the head board and kill me

Wasnt there a remake of this ???? In the 90's i think ? Im sure i have watched a more recent version, and it didnt star Vincent Price :glare:

yeah the remake was released a few years back. Haven't seen it myself but the reviews weren't favourable. You have to watch them for yourself anyway, to form your own opinion.

You motioned some classics there woody

I think earlier you motioned the Thing
now I love the remake with Kirk Russell scares the sh*t out of me

But the only film that ever gave me nightmares was the Cat and the Cannery with Bob Hope



I was only ten
I kept thinking a hand would come out of the head board and kill me


Oh, yeah - i was actually referring to the Kurt Russell remake Cockney. I don't ever remember seeing the original B&W version but i believe it's quite good......or am i thinking about The Fly original??

I couldn't imagine the original Thing being anywhere near as good as the 80's remake. But then again, i couldn't imagine anyone remaking new versions of the old classics i mentioned, to a better standard......

And there was i thinking The Cat & the Canary was a comedy all this time - i'll have to have a watch of that when it comes on sometime.

I kept thinking a hand would come out of the head board and kill me


*note to self*

locate rubber hand

:devil:

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Dracula
Very atmospheric film. The set is teriffic, and Lugosi is just "pale-faced, sharp toothed" wonderful! The chap who plays "Renfield" - the Count's newly adopted servant, is incredibly manic, but also incredibly watchable.

I love Dracula the film and the book. Slight diversion, I have several copies of the book as it is a wonderful piece of fiction.


The Hound of The Baskerville's
Sherlock Holmes and his entourage (Watson), travel across from Baker Street to Dartmoor, in wild old Devon. Great cast of actors/actresses and truly atmospheric from beginning to end. Also very cleverly done too.

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The Hounds of the Baskervilles has to be my other all time favourite. Did anyone see the version with Richard E Grant, Ian Hart and I cant remember who played Sherlock but he was fab. I adored this remake. Could watch it again and again.

The Hounds of the Baskervilles has to be my other all time favourite. Did anyone see the version with Richard E Grant, Ian Hart and I cant remember who played Sherlock but he was fab. I adored this remake. Could watch it again and again.

I'm referring to a classic, old, old, film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock.

There was however, a new production of "Hound of The Baskerville's" screened last year which i thought was "pants extraordinaire" - not sure if the E. Grant bloke featured though.

The oldies are the goodies.....:eat: (http://www.survivor-online.co.uk/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=8#)

I'm referring to a classic, old, old, film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock.

There was however, a new production of "Hound of The Baskerville's" screened last year which i thought was "pants extraordinaire" - not sure if the E. Grant bloke featured though.

The oldies are the goodies.....:eat: (http://www.survivor-online.co.uk/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=8#)
Oldies are good,yes, but new adaptions are always interesting (for good and bad reasons). I think with Drac and Hounds it is the story that I find so inventive so no matter what, I always love the story. The Drac version with Gary Oldman, I thought that was cack but I like someone looking at the story through different eyes so it still fascinates me.

Oldies are good,yes, but new adaptions are always interesting (for good and bad reasons). I think with Drac and Hounds it is the story that I find so inventive so no matter what, I always love the story. The Drac version with Gary Oldman, I thought that was cack but I like someone looking at the story through different eyes so it still fascinates me.

I watched Bram Stokers' Dracula with Keanu, Oldman & Co. when it first hit the cinema screens, and found it very atmospheric. I wanted to be Keanu with all those vampiresses in that one scene! - generously breasted, naked women with fangs turn me right on........:devil:

I watched Bram Stokers' Dracula with Keanu, Oldman & Co. when it first hit the cinema screens, and found it very atmospheric. I wanted to be Keanu with all those vampiresses in that one scene! - generously breasted, naked women with fangs turn me right on........:devil:
Well there we go, access to the traditional male psyche

Well there we go, access to the traditional male psyche

disgraceful isn't it......

I'm referring to a classic, old, old, film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock.

There was however, a new production of "Hound of The Baskerville's" screened last year which i thought was "pants extraordinaire" - not sure if the E. Grant bloke featured though.

The oldies are the goodies.....:eat: (http://www.survivor-online.co.uk/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=8#) Richard E Grant played the baddie in it. The one that lived over the moor that actually kept the Hound. I prefer all the Basil Rathbone Sherlocks, although Jeremy Brett comes a close second.
As far as Horror goes - The Thing with Kurt Russell, yep pretty good. Have to say that The Evil Dead film really scared me though, when it first came out, all those years ago.

Although not really a horror film, I think the first Final Destination film deserves a mention, if only for having THE most realistic bloody plane crash in it that Ive ever seen. Im not good on planes, and remember it well :mellow:

A lot of films are hyped dreadfully though arent they? Blair Witch for one.

A lot of films are hyped dreadfully though arent they? Blair Witch for one.
Blair Witch was cack, couldnt even be bothered to be scared.
Give me the 1st Omen any day. Now that was good and it had Gregory Peck in it. What more could you ask for?

Blair Witch was cack, couldnt even be bothered to be scared.
Give me the 1st Omen any day. Now that was good and it had Gregory Peck in it. What more could you ask for? Oooh yes, very atmospheric music too !!! Lee Remick (aww she was lovely eh? shame she died), and Gregory Peck and oooh the old Dr Who fella who played the Priest who got javelined to death - excellent film !!!!!!!

I prefer all the Basil Rathbone Sherlocks

Although not really a horror film, I think the first Final Destination film deserves a mention, if only for having THE most realistic bloody plane crash in it that Ive ever seen. Im not good on planes, and remember it well :mellow:

A lot of films are hyped dreadfully though arent they? Blair Witch for one.

Basil Rathbone just had it down to a tee. He was tailored for the role. And I can watch him and that chubby old Watson fella in their escapades all evening long. The only other duo who have that kind of gravity over me are the simply wonderful Laurel & Hardy.

Yeah, the Final Destination plane crash scene - just make sure it's not the last thing you watch before turning off the tv set, and then heading off to Marbella. That silent flash in the sky seen from within the departure lounge is.......well, is terrifying really. Perfectly shot.

I think Blair Witch was okay - I just think I could have done it far better......:)

Yeah, the Final Destination plane crash scene - just make sure it's not the last thing you watch before turning off the tv set, and then heading off to Marbella. That silent flash in the sky seen from within the departure lounge is.......well, is terrifying really. Perfectly shot.

I Never mind about the "silent flash in the sky" - what about all the screaming when the side of the plane shears off on take off, the wrenching out of seats, the spraying of blood all over the passengers, people trying to hold onto other people who are being sucked out of the airplane, the screeching of the jet engines as it tries to fight gravity and the final huge flash of fire which incinerates the occupants .... *hyperventilates*

Oooh nightmares now :ohmy:

Never mind about the "silent flash in the sky" - what about all the screaming when the side of the plane shears off on take off, the wrenching out of seats, the spraying of blood all over the passengers, people trying to hold onto other people who are being sucked out of the airplane, the screeching of the jet engines as it tries to fight gravity and the final huge flash of fire which incinerates the occupants .... *hyperventilates*

Oooh nightmares now :ohmy:

Sometimes silence can speak higher volumes Pan......:)

....but yeah, those are macabre scenes you reference and desribe superbly - are you sure you didn't write some of the film script?

The safest mode of travel apparently - but when it goes wrong, it's not.......pleasant??......