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A Person wrote:As far as horror goes I am somewhat picky. Watching Three Extremes a while back made me really want to check out more asian horror films, but I'm not sure where to start.

Wow, that was a good one indeed! There's one segment called Dumplings right?

Here are some Asian horror ideas, Matt -- some of these have the same titles as their American counterparts, obviously you want the foreign version

* Red Shoes (the horror obv, not the Norma ballet version -- although you MUST SEE this too)

* Ringu

* Ju-On

* The Host

* Thirst (2009)

* Tale of Two Sisters

* Cold Fish

* Audition

* Shutter

* Pulse

* Dark Water

* Exte: Hair Extensions. It's about killer hair extensions.

* House (the one with the orange cat on the cover, not the 80s cheese)

* Cure


Kinda horror? Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Suicide Club, Battle Royale

Mongoose wrote:Ooooh what kind of horror films are you onto lately? Did you see Insidious? Did I already ask you that? I really super duper liked it although I realize it's quite polarizing. A Tale of Two Sisters is ridonk creepy. I like the cinema verite subgenre, but it's very very hit or miss. I think [REC] is the best one (not counting older ones like Blair Witch) and I think the first Paranormal Activity is pretty scary. Not cinema verite/found footage, but the first Saw was great. I saw that in the theatre and remember thinking I was so smart for figuring everything out, and then the guy on the floor MOVED and I was OMGWTFBBQBYOB wow.

I liked but didn't love Sinister. One of my favorites is Aja's The Others. I don't know if I've ever told you this anecdote, but when I was at UF, I was in seeing The Others in the theatre. At a pivotal scene (the wardrobe), a frat bro runs out the emergency exit. It was very scary so hardly anyone laughed.

I find movies that play upon lack of light very scary because I am very slightly afraid of the dark. Darkness could have been so much better. Evil Dead 1+2 scared me when I was little. Why does anyone ever read things in Latin?

One of my pieces sent to Vompers for Nervous Horse was on the New Rules of Horror, so I hope you will all enjoy it.

I haven't seen any of the newer ones you mention, but the Others was really good. I tend to like psychological thriller variety horror, but I am also drawn to anything involving the Devil. The Oman is one of my all time favs. I watched the Exorcist when I was a teenager and thought it was totally boring and overrated, but I saw it again recently and loved it.

I have kind of been going through all the ones that are on Netflix instant play, since that is the only access to movies I really have these days. This resulted in my watching all four Scream movies, which was fun. Then I saw The Good Son with Elijah Wood and Macauley Culkin and really liked that. Most recently I saw The LIttle Girl Who Lives Down The Lane with a very young Jodie Foster. Not strictly horror, but it scared me. Recommendations are always welcome.

I get what you are saying about darkness. I have extremely terrible night vision, so I basically turn blind in the dark, even when everyone around me can see. I hate going to haunted houses because they always involve me bumping into things. It tends to be more frustrating than scary though.

I never saw Saw because I tend to dislike gorefest horror in favor of more subtle psychological stuff. Blair Witch was absolutely terrifying when it first came out, but I feel like now that the gimmick has been done I wouldn't really enjoy it again.

Linki: Haven't seen the Japanese version but the American Ring is really scary. Plus I love Naomi Watts, so that makes it fun to watch.

thellama73 wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Ooooh what kind of horror films are you onto lately? Did you see Insidious? Did I already ask you that? I really super duper liked it although I realize it's quite polarizing. A Tale of Two Sisters is ridonk creepy. I like the cinema verite subgenre, but it's very very hit or miss. I think [REC] is the best one (not counting older ones like Blair Witch) and I think the first Paranormal Activity is pretty scary. Not cinema verite/found footage, but the first Saw was great. I saw that in the theatre and remember thinking I was so smart for figuring everything out, and then the guy on the floor MOVED and I was OMGWTFBBQBYOB wow.

I liked but didn't love Sinister. One of my favorites is Aja's The Others. I don't know if I've ever told you this anecdote, but when I was at UF, I was in seeing The Others in the theatre. At a pivotal scene (the wardrobe), a frat bro runs out the emergency exit. It was very scary so hardly anyone laughed.

I find movies that play upon lack of light very scary because I am very slightly afraid of the dark. Darkness could have been so much better. Evil Dead 1+2 scared me when I was little. Why does anyone ever read things in Latin?

One of my pieces sent to Vompers for Nervous Horse was on the New Rules of Horror, so I hope you will all enjoy it.

I haven't seen any of the newer ones you mention, but the Others was really good. I tend to like psychological thriller variety horror, but I am also drawn to anything involving the Devil. The Oman is one of my all time favs. I watched the Exorcist when I was a teenager and thought it was totally boring and overrated, but I saw it again recently and loved it.

I have kind of been going through all the ones that are on Netflix instant play, since that is the only access to movies I really have these days. This resulted in my watching all four Scream movies, which was fun. Then I saw The Good Son with Elijah Wood and Macauley Culkin and really liked that. Most recently I saw The LIttle Girl Who Lives Down The Lane with a very young Jodie Foster. Not strictly horror, but it scared me. Recommendations are always welcome.

I get what you are saying about darkness. I have extremely terrible night vision, so I basically turn blind in the dark, even when everyone around me can see. I hate going to haunted houses because they always involve me bumping into things. It tends to be more frustrating than scary though.

I never saw Saw because I tend to dislike gorefest horror in favor of more subtle psychological stuff. Blair Witch was absolutely terrifying when it first came out, but I feel like now that the gimmick has been done I wouldn't really enjoy it again.

Linki: Haven't seen the Japanese version but the American Ring is really scary. Plus I love Naomi Watts, so that makes it fun to watch.

Llama Lo, you are sure to love http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172994/combined So retro. And it's not devil-related, but I loved Innkeepers. Flawed, but so throwback goodness.

Also check my website for lots of horror-themed posts (including one on how story-driven horror is finally taking over from torture porn. Gross).

Mongoose wrote:

A Person wrote:As far as horror goes I am somewhat picky. Watching Three Extremes a while back made me really want to check out more asian horror films, but I'm not sure where to start.

Wow, that was a good one indeed! There's one segment called Dumplings right?

Here are some Asian horror ideas, Matt -- some of these have the same titles as their American counterparts, obviously you want the foreign version

* Red Shoes (the horror obv, not the Norma ballet version -- although you MUST SEE this too)

* Ringu

* Ju-On

* The Host

* Thirst (2009)

* Tale of Two Sisters

* Cold Fish

* Audition

* Shutter

* Pulse

* Dark Water

* Exte: Hair Extensions. It's about killer hair extensions.

* House (the one with the orange cat on the cover, not the 80s cheese)

* Cure


Kinda horror? Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Suicide Club, Battle Royale

Yeah, Dumplings was the first segment, I can still hear the crunching in my mind. I think my favorite segment was Box.

Out of those I've seen the Park Chan-wook movies (he's the reason why I watched Three Extremes), Ringu, and Battle Royale. I also plan on watching Takashi Miike eventually. Of the rest, I recognize a fair amount of those titles, many because Alan (borokkuei) has mentioned them.

As far as Ringu vs. the remake goes, they are both good films and I like both, but the original seemed to be more about the atmosphere than jump scares, which definitely suites my tastes more.

I love that you mention obscure movies like Darkness Falls on that blog. You need to add genre tags to your posts so I can just click "horror" and see all your horror movie reviews.

I forgot to mention another favorite of mine, Fallen, in which Denzel Washington goes up against the demon Azazel with a little help from John Goodman.

thellama73 wrote:I love that you mention obscure movies like Darkness Falls on that blog. You need to add genre tags to your posts so I can just click "horror" and see all your horror movie reviews.

I forgot to mention another favorite of mine, Fallen, in which Denzel Washington goes up against the demon Azazel with a little help from John Goodman.

Fallen is so good! I will add more genre tags, promise.

Do you ever watch Paranormal State? You should watch the episode called I Am Six. They revisit the case later. It's very very scary.

What draws you to the diabolical? I like just straight up ghost stories.

Did you like Drag Me to Hell?

What did you think about The Mist and 1408?

The Caller (2011) was pretty good. I liked several of the segments in V/H/S, but it was largely uneven. I do not recommend V/H/S 2.

I'm looking for the next good alien horror invasion film.

Ahhh, you are making me feel like such a n00b. I haven't seen any of the movies you list (but I know lots more music than you!)

I don't know, I am just fascinated by the angel/demon mythology in Christianity. Religious horror is my favorite because you're dealing with the very essence of evil itself, not just some guy with a knife. I really wish they would make a movie about the War in Heaven. We have the technology now to make it look awesome.

thellama73 wrote:Ahhh, you are making me feel like such a n00b. I haven't seen any of the movies you list (but I know lots more music than you!) True! But you've always been the music person and I've always been the cinema person. Did I tell you that Berklee has a class or two on Coursera?

I don't know, I am just fascinated by the angel/demon mythology in Christianity. Religious horror is my favorite because you're dealing with the very essence of evil itself, not just some guy with a knife. I really wish they would make a movie about the War in Heaven. We have the technology now to make it look awesome.

There was that Paul Bettany film that looked like it was going to have some epic angel war scenes, but it was a totally misrepresentation of what happened in the film. I can't believe we didn't mention Rosemary's Baby! Ooh or Wicker Man. That's kinda religious horror too, if you are counting cults. One of the segments in VHS 2 is going undercover at a cult. The Sound of My Voice is also about infiltrating a cult. I love the juxtaposition of incredible journalism meets horror.

BTW, Paranormal State isn't a movie, but is a TV show (now defunct). It's available on NEtflix Instant, or at least it was.

Other films on Netflix Instant that are in the horror genre and worth a peek:

[list=]Stakeland
The Awakening (mild recommendation. And there are boobs)
The Bay is fun and by Barry Levinson of alll people???
The Pact is okay
Innkeepers YES
Session 9 is really cerebral
I liked Pontypool
Grave Encounters, one of the better found footagers
The Caller
the Last Circus
Let the Right One In
Theatre Bizarre
I do not recommend ABCs of Death
Intruders wasnt as good as I wanted it to be
LOVED YellowBrickRoad. Such a creepy premise.
Storage 24 was okay, if you can stand the Cockneys
same for Devil's Carnival
LOVE Night WAtch, it is my favorite non-Battleship Potemkin Russian film (whats yours?)
Dead Snow and Strigoi are foreign horrors that will change your life. Saw them both at film festivals
Dead Season - I am interviewed (and so Is James actually) on the DVD's special features, we saw the world premiere in Tampa
The Road is foreign. Filipino? The Signal is also solid and not super horror but kinda
The Possession of DAvid O'Reilley was good
Severance and Tucker & Dale were good funny scary films
Heartless was terrible
Episode 50 - terrible
Frogs - was filmed not very far from where I grew up in the Panhandle. My dad took me to the botanical gardens where it was filmed when I was little, which was neat
Shock Labyrinth - good but so weird!
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OMG you have to see EVent Horizon. About a ship that goes to HELL and they show the footage! It scared me so much in high school.

Over here, Vomp!

Oh hi!

1. Do you have any phobias?
Not any unusual ones. I'm mildly terrified of everything.

2. Are you right or left handed? Today is Lefty Appreciation Day!
Right. I tried to become ambidextrous once but soon gave up on it.

3. Have you ever been to a drive-in? If so, what did you see?
I haven't. I don't think there are any in Finland and anyway I don't have a car.

4. What's your favorite genre of film?
I generally like films that combine genres in an interesting way. Out of "pure" genre films I find horror the most enjoyable.

5. What's your favorite style of architecture?
Gothic, followed by baroque.

6. Favorite salad dressing?
Garlic.

7. What do like to order at a Mexican restaurant?
I don't know. Tacos?

Thanks Vomps. I bet tacos are turely expensive in Finland. That's one good thing about Florida, cheap tacos! St Pete even has a TACO BUS!

Anyway, anyone looking for scary entertainment need look no further than the Marble Hornets channel on Youtube. It's a story about weird things that happen around the production of a student film.

I've seen all these, but it's a youtube clip on scary, good quality DTV horror films

Mongoose wrote: Anyway, anyone looking for scary entertainment need look no further than the Marble Hornets channel on Youtube. It's a story about weird things that happen around the production of a student film.

That was a very neat concept and although I know it's not ture and I'm a decently rational individual, i still fail to zzzzzzz after watching several clips. I'm a wuss...

At about 11 pm last night a policeman showed up banging on our door and shining a flashlight into our house. We let him in and he said they had received a 911 call from our number. A couple hours earlier we had heard the phone start to ring for a second and then stop, but otherwise we had no idea why they got the call. We figured it was just the phone doing something weird (there had been a big storm earlier yesterday, so who knows). But the policeman had to come in and check around our house and make a big deal of everything. It was weird

My phone makes randon rings from time to time. I used to think it was someone in another room picking up the phone, but then it happened when no one was home

I hope it doesn't do that *looks at phone*

Anyhow, this morning when I was walking the dog, I felt something on my foot (I had on light canvas sneakers, like keds) and I looked down and it was a bat I shook my foot and it took off, but I never saw a bat on or near the ground before. Now I am gonna be paranoid walking in the dark.

A former coworker of mine (a Spanish teacher) shot and killed his estranged wife (a translator for our county) and then turned the gun on himself.

This qualifies.

I was listening to XM radio.

I couldn't find anything I wanted to hear.

I said to myself, "If I could request a song, I'd call the DJ and ask for Tarkus."

I dialed back to channel 27 just in time to hear, "It's only 20 minutes long," from Earle Bailey.

Tarkus. Boom.

"The Spirit of Radio" indeed.

Now the only question is will you use your powers for good or evil?

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:25 pm Now the only question is will you use your powers for good or evil awesome?

Fixed it for you.