I watched Saw 3 and The Messengers over the weekend, both ok but not 'jump out your seat' scary.

you mean horror or something like;

http://www.youtube.com/wa...BBHx1vhkWU

i love a good scary movie. but they are far and few between. they've become too predictable or so far fetched. or just plain dumb. i liked "SAW". the 1st one anyway. then ending freaked me the fuck out. i was not expecting that. haven't seen the other two. i recently saw the movie "Hostil" and laughed. there's one called the "Invasion" i think, with Nicole Kidman that looks interesting. but i tend to like the psychological thrillers.

what is the "Messengers" about? i've not heard of that one.

HamsterHuey said:

that looks really good, i hope its as good as the trailer. I mean more like the exorcist, poltergeist or the ring

I just saw "28 weeks later", it was spooky and had scares.

CHIC0 said:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425430/

its the old 'family move into scary house, baby can see ghosts, teenage daughter is the only one that suspects anything'

ufoclub said:

yeah I saw that and it was good, but u kinda know whats gonna happen with 'zombie' films I reckon.

jami0mckay said:

thank you!

It is hard to come by truly great horror movies, but there are a few fairly recent ones that deserve praise:

May
High Tension
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Moonbeam said:

cool, thanks I'll look those up

Jamie, have you seen "Hostel"? Best horror i've seen all decade, hands down.

LittleSmedley said:

thanks
no that one passed me by for some reason, will have a look. I saw Cabin Fever but that was more gore horror than make you jump horror

jami0mckay said:

Hostel is Gore Horror.

Best "jump" horror I've seen in a while is The Ring, but that's hardly new anymore.

Silent Hill's not bad, either.

Spookymuffin said:

I liked Silent Hill until the last 20 minutes when it all went a bit wrong i reckon.

jami0mckay said:

Yeah, I didn't really get the ending either. Loved the barbed wire up the Vagina though.

Spookymuffin said:

it's more than just a gore horror though. When I think "gore horror", I think of the likes of Wolf Creek, or House of Wax which I saw the other day. Hostel's a cut above - i'm lookin forward to the second one also.

Spookymuffin said:

that sounds like cockney rythming slang for something.

jami0mckay said:

Probably barbed wire in the vagina. Just a guess.

jami0mckay said:

"barbed wire up the vagina" - diner

Spookymuffin said:

oh yeah that'll be it. Saves me watching old episodes of Only Fools & Horses on the offchance that its mentioned.

LittleSmedley said:

looks like he's wearing one of those comedy disguises...wonder if they really work?

jami0mckay said:

Are you kidding? He's Mario through and through.

Or maybe Luigi.

There are no more "GOOD" or "GREAT" horror films. But, really, who could you blame, huh? Look at the choices directors and filmmakers of the past/present have had to and still have to deal with. "You gotta use the advanced technology to your advantage. YOU GOTTA USE THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE!!!!" That's all they hear. All of the people behind them and in front of them. Those people keep telling them the same things. So, they take that advice to the grave. The overall evolution of special effects technology doesn't allow for any excitement or give you a chance to make your own idea out of it.

And, I don't mean that we should "STILL" be stuck in the times back when movies like "The Fog" and many other "70's Horror Movies". This type of technological evolution gives a plausible reason for the overall element of surprise that has been snatched away from your television. I'd hate to say this, but, for me, "The 80's" was my favorite year of great horror movies that featured perfect examples of how to use the technology that was available, at the time.

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (Okay, well, at least the first one "REALLY" was genuinely frightening for me. Overall, though, "Freddie Krueger" was supposed to be and ultimately is seen as maybe the most charismatic leading horror protagonist...."EVER"!!! ), "Jason", "Halloween" (With the exception of the third iteration), and the one that ended off "The 80's Horror /ing and -ing Era" within the beginning of it's own series...."Chucky" (Another Charismatic one)! I know I might be rambling on, but I am trying to say that "Horror" has lost it's touch since the early nineties.

Edit: Oh, but I'd like to say one thing different about "The Seventies Horror Movies". If there's one thing for sure, I actuallty think that the work all over "The Exorcist" was really good. And, quite frankly, "The Exorcist" should probably be and most likely is considered the absolute greatest "Horror Film" ever made. Many people would argue and standby that. Sooooo.....
[Edited 8/13/07 4:31am]

Rest Stop had a few moments that really got to us. It's pretty darn scary in places..

shellyevon said:

whats that about?

whos in it??

org crashing grrr

I've been desensitized I guess. Nothing scares me anymore. btw, John Carpenter's The THING is the best horror movie. The Exorcist sucks balls.

FruitToAttractBears said:

I forgot a about that one, the bit where the thing had a human head and spiders legs freaked me out for ages

jami0mckay said:

yeah!

why aren't there any good actors and actors and script writers anymore?

wlcm2thdwn said:

what about 'dude wheres my car' ??