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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 16, 2013 22:08:10 GMT -5
Aliens was one of the very first Horror movies I ever saw and still an all-time favorite to this day.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 5:14:06 GMT -5
I first seen Aliens when I was 12.I taped it off TV one night and man my mind was blown.I soon owned the directors cut on VHS then it was one of the first DVDs I got and Blu Rays.
I haven't actually seen the theatrical cut for years and years.its gotta be the 90s actually.....I remember all my friends taped their off a different channel and all the swearing was dubbed out.....so watching it in my house was a regular deal.
also when I was out Blu Ray shopping last month I noticed something very telling...was in about 6-8 stores and all of them had the Box set and individual movies for sale.not ONE of these shops had Aliens on Blu in stock.plenty of the other 3.....but no Aliens.
plus it has aged incredibly well.camerons very saavy use of tech(in the Terminator movies too)has helped in this regard.
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Post by johnnyb on Jul 17, 2013 9:08:18 GMT -5
In general, horror movie sequels almost always suck.
I think the original Halloween is one of the 4 or 5 best movies ever made.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 17, 2013 16:26:17 GMT -5
There's plenty of great Horror sequels. Some may not be as good as the originals but a lot are damned good, regardless.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 17:07:08 GMT -5
If any of you like the Saw movies, check out The Collector and The Collection. Both I really liked, The Collector was intended to be a Saw Prequel, but they did away with that idea.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 17, 2013 23:38:10 GMT -5
I saw both Collector films. Didn't care for the original but the second was much better.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 18, 2013 4:21:15 GMT -5
I was thinking a lot of the old Universal Horror movies would be a good addition. It's been too long since I last saw them to pick a favorite in each.
I'm also reminded of the Mummy trilogy, though they're a stretch to include as they're more Action/Adventure than straight-up Horror. But I definitely liked the original Mummy the best.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 5:31:41 GMT -5
yeah I don't consider the Mummy movies with Brendo F to be horror at all really......it was a great move by Universal though to "indy them up".broadened the appeal hugely.
I still really enjoy the first two.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 18, 2013 16:13:42 GMT -5
I think the original at least has some Horror elements to it, whereas the other two are much more like Adventure films.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 19, 2013 23:18:55 GMT -5
For fun and variety, I'll also add a season of some Horror anthology shows and which episodes are my favorite in each:
Tales From The Crypt S1 - The Man Who Was Death
Tales From The Crypt S2 - Television Terror
Tales From The Crypt S3 - Undertaking Palor
Tales From The Crypt S4 - The New Arrival
Tales From The Crypt S5 - House Of Horror
Tales From The Crypt S6 - Doctor Of Horror
Tales From The Crypt S7 - The Third Pig
Tales From The Cryptkeeper S1 - While The Cat's Away
Tales From The Cryptkeeper S2 - The Haunted Mine
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S1 - The Tale Of The Pinball Wizard
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S2 - The Tale Of The Midnight Madness
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S3 - The Tale Of The Quicksilver
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S4 - The Tale Of The Fire Ghost
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S5 - The Tale Of The Dead Man's Float
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S6 - The Tale Of Vampire Town
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? S7 - The Tale Of The Silver Sight (all three parts)
Masters Of Horror S1 - Cigarette Burns
Masters Of Horror S2 - Family
It's been too long since I last watched all of the seasons of some of the other anthologies like Tales From The Darkside, Fear Itself, etc. so I need to rewatch those to determine.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 5:54:45 GMT -5
oh anthology shows hold some of my fave eps of TV ever.
Tales From The Crypt,The Outer Limits(90s)and Alfred Hitchcock presents had some crackers in there.cant beat a good "tale with a twist"
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Post by johnnyb on Jul 20, 2013 6:56:24 GMT -5
Agreed on The Crazies being a great remake. There's no question that it's better than the original.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 20, 2013 17:12:22 GMT -5
oh anthology shows hold some of my fave eps of TV ever. Tales From The Crypt,The Outer Limits(90s)and Alfred Hitchcock presents had some crackers in there.cant beat a good "tale with a twist" Forgot about the 90s Outer Limits, that was great. I remember my favorite episodes were the Music Of The Spheres, the Sand Kings and the ones with the demon-looking aliens that were actually a peaceful race. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 21:22:29 GMT -5
friday the 13th
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 20, 2013 23:15:11 GMT -5
Well of these listed series, which is your favorite entry in each?
Friday The 13th
Halloween
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Saw
Scream
Alien
Predator
Phantasm
Evil Dead
Final Destination
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Hellraiser
Child's Play
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Post by Unit/V-C2/4 on Jul 21, 2013 6:08:19 GMT -5
I'm just gonna list a few in each of my 'mainstream' categories in order of my liking because why not, for once I won't focus on bashing my unliked entries in a given series.
Friday the 13th - Jason Lives, The Final Chapter, Part 3, remake, and I genuinely like A New Beginning and am almost willing to call it my favorite at times just to smite people.
Halloween - 1979 Carpenter original obviously, Halloween 4, I'm fine with admitting to adoring Season of the Witch, and you should be too. H20, Carpenter's Halloween II, then honestly Rob Zombie's Halloween II.
Nightmare on Elm Street - Craven's Original, Dream Warriors, New Nightmare, I prefer Dream Child to Dream Master.
Hellraiser - Hellraiser and Hellbound, two of my favorite back to back films ever, the actual Hellbound Heart novel, and then Inferno which is the only one of the direct to DVD sequels I liked or wasn't a waste of time.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 1974 Original,TCM2, yes, I enjoyed the campy turn it took, Remake, then the remake prequel, R. Lee Ermy is worth it alone.
Evil Dead - Army of Darkness, Evil Dead 2, Original and Remake kind of tied for third place,I liked the original the least out of the original three which I'm sure is common among fans of the series, still appreciate the hell out of it though.
Scream - SCREAM, changed the face of horror after a dead, dead time during the 90's there for the entire genre, simple as that. SCREAM 3 is the only one I can say I didn't like as a whole.
ALIEN - Alien, Aliens equal love there, this is my ultimate love in the ultimate meeting and melting of sci-fi and horror and always has been, Alien 3 was a production doomed from seemingly the start, but the Assembly Cut is the definitive version of it.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 21, 2013 18:08:03 GMT -5
I like The Dream Child a little more than The Dream Master, myself. Both are enjoyable but I like the tone and look of The Dream Child more and enjoy it for the total bizarreness of it.
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 24, 2013 0:38:17 GMT -5
One series I forgot was Wrong Turn. I've only seen the original, which I remember liking a lot. Yet to see any of the sequels or prequels, which seem to come out every other year or so.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2013 11:29:43 GMT -5
I really liked Wrong Turn too.
the sequels not so much but they were at least watchable yknow?
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Post by Techno Warrior on Jul 24, 2013 16:47:15 GMT -5
The sequels all seemed to have a pretty mixed reception.
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