• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Horror movies

#242
Bryan R. Tyler said:
Yeah, that's totally unbelievable when compared to how ultra-realistic the movie was otherwise, with the 300-foot sea monster and all
Click to expand...

Well yeah of course but those are the sort of things in any movie that bother me. If that person was an uber powerful cannibal zombie then that part would have worked for me. :o:D Overall I thought Cloverfield was ok. I really liked the beginning when all the commotion was starting.
 
#243
I'd have to say, I enjoy my horror - campy!

I grew up with those Freddy/Jason movies and saw some of them in the theaters when they came out
I remember how Dokken was all over the place when they did the song for Nightmare On Elm Street 3, and how Corey Feldman shaved his head to distract Jason in Friday the 13th part 3 (or was it part 4?)
Remember April Fools?

I've always enjoyed the original Dawn Of The Dead - something about being trapped in a mall... and that classic cameo by Carmine Appice (or was it Vinnie Appice) in the motorcycle gang. the original Day Of the Dead was cool too. The zombie who learned how to shoot a gun, and got revenge on some dude...

But the best zombie film of all was Return Of The Living Dead - Punks, zombies, naked chicks, and brains! more brains! There's that great scene where the zombie says on the police radio - send more cops!

Prince of Darkness kinda freaked me out a bit when I saw it in the theater.
 
#245
Gubna said:
... and that classic cameo by Carmine Appice (or was it Vinnie Appice) in the motorcycle gang.
Click to expand...

Makeup artist Tom Savini had a cameo as a motorcycle gang member and looks a bit like Carmine- did you mean him?
[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
 
#246
See, now if a movie is meant to be campy (or stupid) I can appreciate that NOTLV, DOTD, etc., I like, because that's what they are supposed to be.

Some things just fall miserably short of what they are meant to be. Even when you toss in a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief.

I think I liked Cloverfield even less after watching the special features and seeing how seriously THEY took themselves and the making of the film.
 
#247
rustynuts said:
That was just one of the many ridiculous oversights. Sure, I can have a piece of rebar jabbed through my midsection, be pinned under a solid concrete wall and bleed profusely for several hours and then get up and run away. Sure I can. Honest.

And my friends can come along and easily lift this slab of concrete off of me.

And everyone knows that the cell phone batteries in the electronics shops are all pre-charged and ready for use.

And of course, no one would notice this several hundred foot monster standing there until I run back to pick up my dropped camera. Where the heck did THAT come from?
Click to expand...

It is a fictional horror movie – of course it’s not real – how many horror movie’s are? If I watched horror movies based on their plausibility – there wouldn’t be many at all. The camera work was supposed to look like it was done from a hand held like the "Blair Witch". It got an average of 3 1/2 stars in the ratings.
 
#249
Last night I had a double feature of The Blob ('88) and The Fog ('80). Good movie night. Neither of these top my love for The Thing ('82), but they're both in my top 10 of 80's horror. I'm thinking about adding Paul's death from The Blob to my collection of horror tattoos.
 
#250
Just finished watching "Inside." Bluh-dee. Pretty original though, and enjoyable. I also saw the French film "Them" yesterday- pretty much a "meh." Probably didn't help that I recognized the thing that was making the clicking sound the moment I first heard it, so it killed the not-so-surprising twist.
 
#252
Solarmist said:
So if it wasn't for the "rebar" scene - it would be "believable"? :D
Click to expand...

There was a lot more than the rebar. I look at it like this:

I know there are no vampires in the world, but if there WERE, would a "young" vampire befriend an outcast little boy? In my opinion, yes, one probably would so I find that realistic and part of the charm of Let The Right One In.

I doubt there's a space being frozen in the Antarctic ice, but if there was one might that creature have the ability to adopt the form of any other being that it comes into contact with and absorb that form into its own? I could see it happening, and though some of the scenes are a bit cheesy I can view The Thing as a realistic movie. The characters in the film act as people might act in the given situation.

On the other hand, if a 350 foot tall monster came ashore in New York City, would people all of a sudden be able to run and climb after being impaled by a piece of rebar through the torso for several hours, all the while being trapped under a cement wall?

I'd say no.

If a 350 foot tall monster came ashore in New York City, would cell phone battery manufacturers all of a sudden start producing a battery that would not only be pre-charged but also hold that charge for the many months it takes to be produced in China, packaged, boxed up and placed in an overseas container which is then loaded on a ship bound for the New World, unloaded at the Long Beach docks, taken to a warehouse in southern California, loaded onto another truck, shipped across country to (breathe in) another warehouse on the east coast before it is finally shipped to the store and placed on display for sale?

I'd say no.

And it's things like that that make Cloverfield an unrealistic and unbelievable movie. There comes a point where suspension of disbelief becomes impossible and this movie crossed that line. Had he stolen another person's cell phone, I could buy that. Had she simply been trapped under a cement wall, I could fathom that as well. But they had to make it more grandios, more incredible, and in so doing they passed the limits of "believabilty" to me.
 
#253
Bryan R. Tyler said:
Just finished watching "Inside." Bluh-dee. Pretty original though, and enjoyable.
Click to expand...

I just returned Inside to a friend of mine. Definitely no shortage of blood in that one. I'll have to add it to my "buy this movie" list.

I watched Phantasm: OblIVion last night. Not the strongest of the series, but as a Phantasm fan I like it just the same. I like how they worked in old, unused footage into the film. I wonder if Angus Scrimm will live long enough for Phantasm 5?
 
#254
I should also note that the hand held camera put me off right from the start so the movie was behind the eight ball from the beginning. The introductory part was too long, too boring. If I find myself liking a movie I'll overlook little things (I still note them, but do overlook them). If I find myself less enchanted with a film I start finding E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G that's wrong with it.
 
#255
Zomb13 said:
I just returned Inside to a friend of mine. Definitely no shortage of blood in that one. I'll have to add it to my "buy this movie" list.

I watched Phantasm: OblIVion last night. Not the strongest of the series, but as a Phantasm fan I like it just the same. I like how they worked in old, unused footage into the film. I wonder if Angus Scrimm will live long enough for Phantasm 5?
Click to expand...

What's the story behind Inside? I guess it's a slasher film?
 
#260
Zomb13 said:
I just returned Inside to a friend of mine. Definitely no shortage of blood in that one. I'll have to add it to my "buy this movie" list.

I watched Phantasm: OblIVion last night. Not the strongest of the series, but as a Phantasm fan I like it just the same. I like how they worked in old, unused footage into the film. I wonder if Angus Scrimm will live long enough for Phantasm 5?
Click to expand...

The only Phantasms I've seen were the original and Oblivion. There were some good parts in the original, but overall I didn't get into either of them (weird how there was so much old footage to use in the fourth one). Looked as if they stole a bunch of Sand People outfits from Star Wars. I think I saw Angus in "Incident On and Off A Mountain Road" which was recent, but it could have just been a guy that looked a bit like him (never bothered to look up the credits :D).
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back