The Poughkeepsie Tapes

[Dead Winter]

I've heard a few things about this film and everyone seems to say, "OMG IT'S THE CREEPIEST THING EVAR!!!", but to me there hasn't been anything really creepy since the Exorcist, and that was just because it was so old. The ending to REC was pretty creepy but not enough to make me want to watch it again and vomit. I really can't stand shaky camera movies.

Anyone seen this film? Any comments about it? Is it really good and creepy or is it just more Hollywood bullshit?

 

[derek]

I didn't see it, but I think it got some decent reviews. I'm not sure movies really can be genuinely creepy any more, can they?

 

[Chromatose]

I remember seeing loads of trailers everywhere for it last year or whenever when it was supposed to have a theatrical release, but then I read it was getting terrible reviews from all the screenings, and then it mysteriously vanished. I don't know if it was ever released to theaters in the US. I've never seen anything about a DVD release either.

 

[lad]

Paranormal Activity got some rave reviews, but I thought it looked gash. Anyone confirm?

 

[Chromatose]

Great reviews in the press, but everyone I know who went to see it, and that was a lot of people because EVERYONE went to see it (except me ), said it was hilariously bad.

 

[lad]

Hahaha awesome.

 

[Cat5Messiah]

Watching it on Youtube right now and finding myself skip past parts. It's pretty fucking stupid and boring.

 

[Karmic]

Just watched it, it's pretty great. If you don't like the blair witch type of movies that don't rely on built up scene by scene moments, you probably won't like it. But it plays on a pretty strong psychological element and that's what makes it pretty scary to watch.

 

[Chromatose]

Be sure to point out you're talking about Paranormal Activity and not the movie in the thread title! hah

 

[Karmic]

haha yes, I'm talking about Paranormal.

 

[Psychonaut]

Couple moments in Paranormal made every hair on my body stand up. That kind of stuff creeps me out anyway.

 

[derek]

PA was not so bad, but the lazy ass marketing and release schedule made it clear to anyone with a brain what they were doing with it. By the time I finally got to see it, I couldn't stop thinking about how cynically it had been made and plotted for release.

Pretty much the opposite of scary.

 

[lad]

Well the gimmicky and cynical marketing was my main suspicion over it. That and the amount of crap that passes for "horror" these days.

Just watched it, it's pretty great. If you don't like the blair witch type of movies that don't rely on built up scene by scene moments

Nah, I do. Granted I was probably 12 when I first saw Blair Witch, on my own.

 

[Karmic]

I didn't really pay any attention to the marketing or notice it besides just hearing a select few things about it though.

And derek, cynically?

 

[Chromatose]

And then The Fourth Kind came out and took that gimmick even further, and made it into some sort of joke.

Man, that movie was terrible!

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

It certainly was