Has anyone seen "Wound" ??

Wow...will definitely have to check that out...

Finally got to catch up a bit and see A Serbian Film and Human Centipede 2...was pretty disappointed in both. Wound looks like a serious mind-fuck, though.

Good times.....
 
I'm in! My kind of movie! :heh:

A serbian film was pretty disturbing. One of those movies you don't want to watch with other people. And you need a shower afterwards....
 
Harvester said:
This looks all sorts of shades of fucked up...

(NSFW or Kiddies)
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That, my friend, is an understatement. This looks like somebody saw "A Serbian Film", and tried to one-up it....if one would even could or want to! A Serbian Film completely lost me when the producer was ranting "Newborn Porn! Newborn porn!":Puke::Puke::Puke:
 
And that's why I will never watch A Serbian Film. A friend tried to convince me to watch it. I read a synopsis after his rec, since said friend is known for liking fucked up films. Yeah. Not going to be watching that at all.
 
I'm a huge fan of classic horror movies. Shit, Evil Dead, OG Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Romero zombie films, you name it. I LOVED the first Saw, other ones after that kinda sucked. The Dawn of the Dead remake in 2004 or so was really well done too. I can go on.


But I can't stand movies like Human Centipede, A Serbian Film, etc where the entire point of the film is just to disgust us as much as it possibly can. It's no different imo from Michael Bay films where he just crams in as much CGI explosions as he possibly can and calls it a good movie. If you ask me, horror isn't about over-saturating the audience with gore, or making us view the most absurdly sadistic scenarios the director can think of. Horror is about the lackthereof. What makes Dawn of the Dead or Friday the 13th scary (or rather - what made them scary) is the feeling of "what's going to happen?!" before it happens. The violence and gore were subtle and rather restrained in comparison to other films, but that's okay. It was about the lingering suspense, the sense of urgency and survival, etc.
 
AeonicSlumber said:
I'm a huge fan of classic horror movies. Shit, Evil Dead, OG Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Romero zombie films, you name it. I LOVED the first Saw, other ones after that kinda sucked. The Dawn of the Dead remake in 2004 or so was really well done too. I can go on.


But I can't stand movies like Human Centipede, A Serbian Film, etc where the entire point of the film is just to disgust us as much as it possibly can. It's no different imo from Michael Bay films where he just crams in as much CGI explosions as he possibly can and calls it a good movie. If you ask me, horror isn't about over-saturating the audience with gore, or making us view the most absurdly sadistic scenarios the director can think of. Horror is about the lackthereof. What makes Dawn of the Dead or Friday the 13th scary (or rather - what made them scary) is the feeling of "what's going to happen?!" before it happens. The violence and gore were subtle and rather restrained in comparison to other films, but that's okay. It was about the lingering suspense, the sense of urgency and survival, etc.
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you hit it nail on the head. I hate these buzz films that are just trying to offend just to get thier name out there. People forget that if you make a good well done movie, word of mouth will help in the long run. Movies like Human Centipede and A Serbian Film are a watch once and never go back. No need to. There are films that I want a lot of gore and stuff. But it has to do with the story. I hate when they put that in just to have it.

I highly recommend THE RAID. It just hit theaters here last week. Lots of crazy action that has to do with the plot. For all the action there is not a lot of blood. Worth checking out. It is the perfect video game made into a movie without trying to be one.
 
I think another "modern" example of what makes a horror movie done right was the 2008 remake of Funny Games (I've never seen the original, admittedly). That film did so many things right - including defy all of the expectations we as an audience have for a narrative in a movie. It made the audience feel uncomfortable, scared, and creeped out without showing virtually any gore or grotesque visuals at all! It's all about what you *don't* see that makes it so frightening and disturbing, not about force feeding you offensive material. I find films that do that are few and far between nowadays.

I'll check out The Raid.
 
there was no point to remaking Funny Games. It was the same director making the exact same movie shot for shot, but in english. As most of the times the original is way better. I agree...both are great movies.

The only time the original isnt better is with AMC's The Killing that is currently running. I have the Danish box set of the original series and the US has more depth and better / stronger acting in it.
 
AeonicSlumber said:
I think another "modern" example of what makes a horror movie done right was the 2008 remake of Funny Games (I've never seen the original, admittedly). That film did so many things right - including defy all of the expectations we as an audience have for a narrative in a movie. It made the audience feel uncomfortable, scared, and creeped out without showing virtually any gore or grotesque visuals at all! It's all about what you *don't* see that makes it so frightening and disturbing, not about force feeding you offensive material. I find films that do that are few and far between nowadays.

I'll check out The Raid.
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Funny Games was the director's way of saying 'if you watch this movie, you are sick and you shouldn't watch this movie.'

He's an amazing director, but Funny Games did not work for me because it was a commentary and attack on the viewers.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/REVIEWS/679566521 (the review is by Jim Emerson)
 
I also loved the first Saw film. The acting was pretty terrible, but the writing was so darned good (and clever!) and the concept appealed to me. I still very much love the first Saw movie. Overall, I find myself very disappointed with horror movies on the whole. I miss the old Hammer Films, and it irritates me that Hollywood seems to have NO CLUE how to handle Werewolves. The last really GOOD Werewolf movie was An American Werewolf in London - a movie as old as I am. I haven't really been impressed with anything since Saw, though I did enjoy Paranormal Activity. I'm just really picky when it comes to horror films. On the whole, most of them either bore me, irritate me, or outright piss me off. I spent a LOT of time yelling at the TV while watching a DVD of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.

I watched the Human Centipede because it was free On-Demand around Halloween. I sat there facepalming the entire movie. It was an incredibly stupid movie. And what's worse? They made a sequel! WHY???
 
Cheiron said:
Funny Games was the director's way of saying 'if you watch this movie, you are sick and you shouldn't watch this movie.'

He's an amazing director, but Funny Games did not work for me because it was a commentary and attack on the viewers.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/REVIEWS/679566521 (the review is by Jim Emerson)
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I couldn't care less about the director's supposed intentions for the film. I do agree that it was an attack on the viewer. That's my point. It's a completely dislodging and uncomfortable experience that shatters many cliches and expectations that the audience requires for a movie (which I will not spoil here), and it does all of these things without shoveling blatant violence and gore down our gullets. Perhaps indeed, that's what makes the movie so uncomfortable to begin with, and that's why I hail it so highly.

OrbWeaver said:
I also loved the first Saw film. The acting was pretty terrible, but the writing was so darned good (and clever!) and the concept appealed to me. I still very much love the first Saw movie. Overall, I find myself very disappointed with horror movies on the whole. I miss the old Hammer Films, and it irritates me that Hollywood seems to have NO CLUE how to handle Werewolves. The last really GOOD Werewolf movie was An American Werewolf in London - a movie as old as I am. I haven't really been impressed with anything since Saw, though I did enjoy Paranormal Activity. I'm just really picky when it comes to horror films. On the whole, most of them either bore me, irritate me, or outright piss me off. I spent a LOT of time yelling at the TV while watching a DVD of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.

I watched the Human Centipede because it was free On-Demand around Halloween. I sat there facepalming the entire movie. It was an incredibly stupid movie. And what's worse? They made a sequel! WHY???
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Totally agree with you on Saw. I pretend that all those sequels never existed when I watch it. It's really well done, and when it came out it was extremely cerebral and downright scary at times. You literally felt like you were trapped in that room with them. In the theater I was curled up in my seat in suspense by the end!
 
AeonicSlumber said:
Totally agree with you on Saw. I pretend that all those sequels never existed when I watch it. It's really well done, and when it came out it was extremely cerebral and downright scary at times. You literally felt like you were trapped in that room with them. In the theater I was curled up in my seat in suspense by the end!
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I saw it while in college with a bunch of friends. The climax of the movie had all of us literally freaking out in the theater. Fortunately, everyone else around us was having their own freak-out, as well. As we were all leaving, some of my friends were STILL freaking out. :D
 
Cheiron said:
Funny Games was the director's way of saying 'if you watch this movie, you are sick and you shouldn't watch this movie.'

He's an amazing director, but Funny Games did not work for me because it was a commentary and attack on the viewers.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/REVIEWS/679566521 (the review is by Jim Emerson)
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I also recommend Time of the Wolf by Haneke as well.. People hated it but I thought it was so bleak and messed up.
 
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