Last Film You Watched

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tadao said:
The original was way better than the English version. The remake seemed a bit sanitised, although Moretz is superb as usual.

I have issues with books/films and their suitability. A few diverse examples..
Birdsong, great book but bad film (well actually tv series).
Angels and Demons, both (imo) good'ish.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, great book but, not a great film.
Also, what order do you read/watch them? Never read The Da Vinci Code and now that I've seen the film, I won't bother.
It's a catch 22 situation.
Apparently, they're going to make a tv series of 'Let The Right One In', money talks!

Anyway, as you've recommended it, I'll try to find a copy to read.
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Was Birdsong the one about the tunnels under the Somme?. If so the book captured the claustrophobic horrors of the theme far better than the screen version did.
 
tadao said:
The fact that the visuals are dated shouldn't detract from the storyline.
'The Omen' and 'The Exorcist' are seemingly the same type of film but, they're not really and also require different visual effects to enhance the film.
One was based on evil in living human form. The other based on possession of humanity by evil.
The graphics aren't what the film is about, it's the story e.g 'I Spit On Your Grave', the remake is better graphically but, the original showed the horror of the story. Same can be said for 'Friday the 13th' or 'Nightmare on Elm Street', both of which are superior to look at but, lack the story of the originals.
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Perhaps I'm just not tuned into horror films. I always found Poltergeist scary. It was really unsettling, the creepy voice in the TV, the furniture all piled up, the idea of the house on the graveyard etc. It all worked to create something really unnerving. Similarly with The Omen, the threat is implicit; it's all in the mind.

Proper horror should have you checking corners of the room when you go to bed. The Exorcist had me chuckling and shaking my head in disbelief at the garbage I'd just watched. A girl caked in Halloween makeup firing gunk from her mouth simply isn't scary. It's not helped that it's led to myriad spoofs and send-ups either.
 
The Cowboy said:
Perhaps I'm just not tuned into horror films. I always found Poltergeist scary. It was really unsettling, the creepy voice in the TV, the furniture all piled up, the idea of the house on the graveyard etc. It all worked to create something really unnerving. Similarly with The Omen, the threat is implicit; it's all in the mind.

Proper horror should have you checking corners of the room when you go to bed. The Exorcist had me chuckling and shaking my head in disbelief at the garbage I'd just watched. A girl caked in Halloween makeup firing gunk from her mouth simply isn't scary. It's not helped that it's led to myriad spoofs and send-ups either.
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Disagree with you on The Exorcist but, each to their own.
Do agree about good horror making you jumpy but, I like the genre so where I like 'Saw', you possible wouldn't. I like 'The Conjuring' and you possibly would also.
 
tadao said:
Disagree with you on The Exorcist but, each to their own.
Do agree about good horror making you jumpy but, I like the genre so where I like 'Saw', you possible wouldn't. I like 'The Conjuring' and you possibly would also.
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Event Horizon. That's what I'm talking about. But maybe they fall into the 'Psychological Thriller' bracket, rather than horror, which I tend to associate more with Freddy Krueger and the American Werewolf's European Vacation.
 
The Cowboy said:
Perhaps I'm just not tuned into horror films. I always found Poltergeist scary. It was really unsettling, the creepy voice in the TV, the furniture all piled up, the idea of the house on the graveyard etc. It all worked to create something really unnerving. Similarly with The Omen, the threat is implicit; it's all in the mind.

Proper horror should have you checking corners of the room when you go to bed. The Exorcist had me chuckling and shaking my head in disbelief at the garbage I'd just watched. A girl caked in Halloween makeup firing gunk from her mouth simply isn't scary. It's not helped that it's led to myriad spoofs and send-ups either.
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It's the stuff you don't see that makes it scarier to me. The Paranormal Activity films always have me turning lights on before climbing stairs. The Haunting is another fantastic film, the 1963 black and white version not the nineties remake. If you have never seen it it's worth trying to find a version on youtube.
 
Barnfred 55 said:
It's the stuff you don't see that makes it scarier to me. The Paranormal Activity films always have me turning lights on before climbing stairs. The Haunting is another fantastic film, the 1963 black and white version not the nineties remake. If you have never seen it it's worth trying to find a version on youtube.
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Tbh Fred I'm very much not a fan of the horror genre. I only watched The Exorcist cos there was nothing else on and I felt like a laugh.

But I may take you up on The Haunting tip all the same.
 

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