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horror movie hoe-down!!!
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Now onto RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. I fucking love this movie too. Sequels suck, though 2 is sorta fun in a 1980s kind of way......
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I watched 28 Weeks Later but didn't really like it..Zombieland is totally different than 28 days later so you can't compare..but just basing them on films, one's a commercial zombie comedy and one has some great insight on human nature..not even close to me
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Dick Sirloin
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Thank you for clearing that up. For me Shaun of the Dead is the best modern era zombie film. Unless you count Cemetary Man, but that is what 20 years old now?
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neal for Hallowe'en I went dressed as you: WIZARD IN BLACK
I didn't get any pictures though sorry.
I didn't get any pictures though sorry.
neal
wizard in black
neal
wizard in black
watched Re-Animator (streaming on netflix) for the first time last night. yeh yeh i should've seen it by now, up yours. surprisingly great gore effects and good acting for a 1985 horror/comedy, and nice rack on the chick. i will be seeking out the sequels!
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This is pretty great. ESPN/Grantland writer Bill Simmons on the flaws of Carpenter's HALLOWEEN. Fucking 
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Q: Last night I was watching Halloween with my roommate. Right after Annie gets killed by Michael, my roommate (who hadn't seen the movie in over 10 years) asked "Her dad's the sheriff right? And he knew that Michael Myers was on the loose? Why didn't he tell her to come home or at least try and warn her?" I had no answer. You can say he wasn't trying to cause a panic, but I'm pretty sure no parent would leave things to chance with their kid like that. Halloween is my favorite scary movie ever and one of my top five favorite movies of all time, and I think it has just been effectively ruined. I need a drink. It's 9:08 AM.
Pete Bladel, New York
I've seen Halloween more times than any movie other than 48 Hrs., wrote an entire fake SportsCentury episode about Myers in 2002, and even drove my 5-year-old son over to the street where they filmed the last 45 minutes of the movie and took this picture of him last month. You don't believe me? Look.
So you came to the right place, Pete Bladel. For everyone else, if you don't care about a 34-year-old movie that also happens to be the greatest and most influential horror movie ever made, scroll down to the next game. No hard feelings. If you do care, here are the top eight flaws from Halloween in reverse order from eight to one
Flaw No. 8: At the beginning of the movie, we see Dr. Loomis and a nurse driving to Myers's mental hospital. Myers steals their car and drives another 150 miles to Haddonfield, then spends Halloween driving around and does the following things: goes to his old house; goes to a graveyard to steal his sister's grave; goes downtown, breaks into the hardware store and steals some rope, some knives and a mask; goes down to the high school and starts stalking three female girls; continues to stalk the girls; then follows them in his car to their babysitting gigs across town. At no point does the car run out of gas. Was this a futuristic station wagon Chevy Volt?
Flaw No. 7: Despite a potential serial killer being on the loose and potentially returning to Haddonfield, and despite Dr. Loomis's devout opinion that Myers is "purely and simply evil" and will definitely kill again on the 15th anniversary of his last murder, when the sheriff asks Loomis whether they should get the word out that Myers might be in Haddonfield via TV and radio Loomis talks him out of it because "they'll see him on every street corner" before deciding they're better off "just keeping an eye out for him." In this case, "they" includes Loomis, the sheriff and two other cops covering an entire town. Call me crazy, but I think they were better off with Plan B: letting everyone in Haddonfield know about the escaped psychopath.
Flaw No. 6: Myers spent 15 years in a mental hospital before engineering his savvy escape on the night before Halloween (1978), when he had just turned 21 years old. How did he escape? By stealing a car and effortlessly driving away even though he had never, at any point, driven a car before. This was so preposterous that they even mention it in the movie Loomis claims that Myers is going back to Haddonfield, one of the doctors says, "For God's sake, Sam, he can't even drive a car," and Loomis snaps, "HE WAS DOING VERY WELL LAST NIGHT!" Also, how did he get to Haddonfield without a navigation system? You'd have to think that, if Myers was really the bogeyman, then he's possessed by Satan (which means Satan was guiding the car). You know what? I just talked myself into it.
Flaw No. 5: Myers finds the Haddonfield graveyard (again, he hasn't been outside since he was 6), finds his sister's grave without a map or any help, removes the heavy tombstone, carries it to his car and gets it into his car. Underrated ridiculous.
Flaw No. 4: Myers spends Halloween brazenly driving around in a green station wagon that's been reported stolen the previous night he goes to the local high school, downtown, spends some time at his house, you name it. Does anyone notice the creepy green car with the "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" tag on it and the masked weirdo behind the wheel? Of course not.
Flaw No. 3: Dr. Loomis spends Halloween night staking out Myers's old house. After multiple hours of just standing there near the house, he turns around and somehow notices the stolen station wagon which has been sitting there for hours. It's right behind him! Really?
Flaw No. 2: Despite spending the last 15 years in a mental hospital, 21-year-old Michael Myers instinctively knows how to cut the power and phone lines for TWO houses? I wouldn't know how to cut the power and/or cut the phone lines of my house right now, at age 43.
Flaw No. 1: Annie's father (the sheriff) never tells his daughter, "Hey, honey, you're babysitting tonight? Please be careful there's a 10 percent chance a serial killer might be on the loose who has a history of killing cute girls in your age range." How does she not get a heads-up?????? I was fine with every other flaw in the movie, but Pete Bladel just ruined it for me as a father with a daughter, I'm appalled. No heads-up for Annie???? Nothing?
.Q: Last night I was watching Halloween with my roommate. Right after Annie gets killed by Michael, my roommate (who hadn't seen the movie in over 10 years) asked "Her dad's the sheriff right? And he knew that Michael Myers was on the loose? Why didn't he tell her to come home or at least try and warn her?" I had no answer. You can say he wasn't trying to cause a panic, but I'm pretty sure no parent would leave things to chance with their kid like that. Halloween is my favorite scary movie ever and one of my top five favorite movies of all time, and I think it has just been effectively ruined. I need a drink. It's 9:08 AM.
Pete Bladel, New York
I've seen Halloween more times than any movie other than 48 Hrs., wrote an entire fake SportsCentury episode about Myers in 2002, and even drove my 5-year-old son over to the street where they filmed the last 45 minutes of the movie and took this picture of him last month. You don't believe me? Look.
So you came to the right place, Pete Bladel. For everyone else, if you don't care about a 34-year-old movie that also happens to be the greatest and most influential horror movie ever made, scroll down to the next game. No hard feelings. If you do care, here are the top eight flaws from Halloween in reverse order from eight to one
Flaw No. 8: At the beginning of the movie, we see Dr. Loomis and a nurse driving to Myers's mental hospital. Myers steals their car and drives another 150 miles to Haddonfield, then spends Halloween driving around and does the following things: goes to his old house; goes to a graveyard to steal his sister's grave; goes downtown, breaks into the hardware store and steals some rope, some knives and a mask; goes down to the high school and starts stalking three female girls; continues to stalk the girls; then follows them in his car to their babysitting gigs across town. At no point does the car run out of gas. Was this a futuristic station wagon Chevy Volt?
Flaw No. 7: Despite a potential serial killer being on the loose and potentially returning to Haddonfield, and despite Dr. Loomis's devout opinion that Myers is "purely and simply evil" and will definitely kill again on the 15th anniversary of his last murder, when the sheriff asks Loomis whether they should get the word out that Myers might be in Haddonfield via TV and radio Loomis talks him out of it because "they'll see him on every street corner" before deciding they're better off "just keeping an eye out for him." In this case, "they" includes Loomis, the sheriff and two other cops covering an entire town. Call me crazy, but I think they were better off with Plan B: letting everyone in Haddonfield know about the escaped psychopath.
Flaw No. 6: Myers spent 15 years in a mental hospital before engineering his savvy escape on the night before Halloween (1978), when he had just turned 21 years old. How did he escape? By stealing a car and effortlessly driving away even though he had never, at any point, driven a car before. This was so preposterous that they even mention it in the movie Loomis claims that Myers is going back to Haddonfield, one of the doctors says, "For God's sake, Sam, he can't even drive a car," and Loomis snaps, "HE WAS DOING VERY WELL LAST NIGHT!" Also, how did he get to Haddonfield without a navigation system? You'd have to think that, if Myers was really the bogeyman, then he's possessed by Satan (which means Satan was guiding the car). You know what? I just talked myself into it.
Flaw No. 5: Myers finds the Haddonfield graveyard (again, he hasn't been outside since he was 6), finds his sister's grave without a map or any help, removes the heavy tombstone, carries it to his car and gets it into his car. Underrated ridiculous.
Flaw No. 4: Myers spends Halloween brazenly driving around in a green station wagon that's been reported stolen the previous night he goes to the local high school, downtown, spends some time at his house, you name it. Does anyone notice the creepy green car with the "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" tag on it and the masked weirdo behind the wheel? Of course not.
Flaw No. 3: Dr. Loomis spends Halloween night staking out Myers's old house. After multiple hours of just standing there near the house, he turns around and somehow notices the stolen station wagon which has been sitting there for hours. It's right behind him! Really?
Flaw No. 2: Despite spending the last 15 years in a mental hospital, 21-year-old Michael Myers instinctively knows how to cut the power and phone lines for TWO houses? I wouldn't know how to cut the power and/or cut the phone lines of my house right now, at age 43.
Flaw No. 1: Annie's father (the sheriff) never tells his daughter, "Hey, honey, you're babysitting tonight? Please be careful there's a 10 percent chance a serial killer might be on the loose who has a history of killing cute girls in your age range." How does she not get a heads-up?????? I was fine with every other flaw in the movie, but Pete Bladel just ruined it for me as a father with a daughter, I'm appalled. No heads-up for Annie???? Nothing?
neal
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The original Halloween is historically significant, and I appreciate it for what it did to the genre. That being said, it's way toward the bottom of my list of Carpenter films, because it's really not all that good, all things considered. I definitely think Prom Night is a better flick, for earlier period slasher things. That being said, I still fucking love it, because it rules. Take THAT, self-divergent opinion.
Probably the greatest slasher movie to me is The Last House on the Left. Rarely has a film made me so uncomfortable, in such an amazing way. Some people feel the same about I Spit On Your Grave, and I completely understand that.
horror movies = heavy metal = at the end of the day I don't give a shit about anything else
Probably the greatest slasher movie to me is The Last House on the Left. Rarely has a film made me so uncomfortable, in such an amazing way. Some people feel the same about I Spit On Your Grave, and I completely understand that.
horror movies = heavy metal = at the end of the day I don't give a shit about anything else
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neal
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that's one of my $5 bin compulsive buys that i havent gotten to yet, sounds like i should move it up the queue.
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Dude how can you even compare Last House and Halloween? They are 2 completely different styles of horror movies..original Prom Night I have not seen, but the fact no one has ever talked about it usually means it sucks..ie My Bloody Valentine
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I'll compare what I want to god dammit. :Spin:
You should see Prom Night, it is very good. Apparently most people hate it, because most people are idiots.
Everyone should see The Last House on the Left. It's the best thing ever.
You should see Prom Night, it is very good. Apparently most people hate it, because most people are idiots.
Everyone should see The Last House on the Left. It's the best thing ever.
Anom@nder Rake
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I've been watching some horror movies lately off amazon prime after I received a free month of it. all of these are the originals
The Wicker Man - awesome atmosphere, excellent ending
The Haunting - classic
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - classic
Don't Look Now - boring at times, cool foreshadowing
Witchfinder General - good stuff, hilary heath is :Smokin:
Burn, Witch, Burn - overlooked gem
The Fog - mediocre
The Tomb of Ligeia - kinda boring
Tenebre - campy and bloody. not my thing but good for what it is
The Last House on the Left - amateurish, hilariously bad music, good ending
The Wicker Man - awesome atmosphere, excellent ending
The Haunting - classic
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - classic
Don't Look Now - boring at times, cool foreshadowing
Witchfinder General - good stuff, hilary heath is :Smokin:
Burn, Witch, Burn - overlooked gem
The Fog - mediocre
The Tomb of Ligeia - kinda boring
Tenebre - campy and bloody. not my thing but good for what it is
The Last House on the Left - amateurish, hilariously bad music, good ending
