Name Your Favorite Horror Films

[bartonbank]

Bearing in mind that The Fog has been mentioned, can I cast a vote for both the first Halloween and John Carpenter's The Thing?

Halloween certainly has one of the best use of soundtracks to build horror. I first saw it with a mate just after we had done our A levels...we had gone up to Scotland and were in a small cinema in St Andrews. There were only two other people in there and the usher was the stunt double for any horror character who required a club foot and a hump on his back (this is no joke).

The other couple left just after the start and Lurch had vanished so we were alone in this fleapit.

Just as the Myers character rose in the seat behind Nancy Loomis a rat ran over our feet.

Ever heard two grown men scream??

[Iain1962]

(bartonbank @ Nov 10 2005, 11:41 PM)

Bearing in mind that The Fog has been mentioned, can I cast a vote for both the first Halloween and John Carpenter's The Thing?

Halloween certainly has one of the best use of soundtracks to build horror. I first saw it with a mate just after we had done our A levels...we had gone up to Scotland and were in a small cinema in St Andrews. There were only two other people in there and the usher was the stunt double for any horror character who required a club foot and a hump on his back (this is no joke).

The other couple left just after the start and Lurch had vanished so we were alone in this fleapit.

Just as the Myers character rose in the seat behind Nancy Loomis a rat ran over our feet.

Ever heard two grown men scream??

Hi there.



One of my most disquieting experiences was going to Hellraiser at the old ABC/Cannon in Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow on a Sunday afternoon. I was the only person in the cinema apart from a jake at the back of the hall. Halfway through the film during one of its most intense sequences the jake decides to add to the ambience of the performance and relieve himself onto the floor of the auditorium. I heard him doing it along with the other unpleasant sound fx he supplied and I also knew that the cinema had a sloping floor. As he was seated in direct line of me I had to put my feet up on the chair in front for the rest of the picture. Borderline surreal and just plain queasy.



Cheers.



Iain



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[Rog]

"The Legend of Hell House" (1973) is the one for me, with Roddy McDowell, the lovely Pamela Franklin and a strange and silent and uncredited appearance by the great Michael Gough. Enjoyably scary.

[moonpie]

'Whistle and I'll come to you' is one of the scariest films I'd seen in a long time and I've just noticed it is on next week along with several 'Ghost stories for Christmas' by the same Author, M.R James, from the 70's. It's on BBC 4.



The Ash Tree

Sunday 18th December

11.35pm-12.10am



Lost Hearts

Monday 19th December

11.20-midnight



A Warning to the Curious

Tuesday 20th December

11.20pm-12.15am



Whistle and I'll Come to you

Wednesday 21st December

11.25pm-12.10am



http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/featur...ies.shtml#sun18



I've only seen the one but the others sound really good. (There is also a new adaption of one of his stories on Christmas Eve called the 'View from the Hill')

[piroflip2]

(bartonbank @ Nov 10 2005, 11:41 PM)

Bearing in mind that The Fog has been mentioned, can I cast a vote for both the first Halloween and John Carpenter's The Thing?

Halloween certainly has one of the best use of soundtracks to build horror. I first saw it with a mate just after we had done our A levels...we had gone up to Scotland and were in a small cinema in St Andrews. There were only two other people in there and the usher was the stunt double for any horror character who required a club foot and a hump on his back (this is no joke).

The other couple left just after the start and Lurch had vanished so we were alone in this fleapit.

Just as the Myers character rose in the seat behind Nancy Loomis a rat ran over our feet.

Ever heard two grown men scream??

i MUCH preferred the original version,,,,"the thing from another world". far more creepy on a dark night.



also "the wicker man"



regards piroflip

[Billy Liar]

(piroflip2 @ Dec 13 2005, 10:53 AM)

i MUCH preferred the original version,,,,"the thing from another world". far more creepy on a dark night.



also "the wicker man"



regards piroflip

The 'turnip head' version. I think Carpenter did better with the source material. I love both films, but Carpenter's film edges it for me.

[smudge]

(Moonpie @ Dec 12 2005, 10:42 PM)







Lost Hearts

Monday 19th December

11.20-midnight

I remember seeing this on it on its first transmission. It scared the bejaybers out of me at the time and still retains that Proustian thing to unsettle me whenever I hear that hurdy-gurdy theme...



SMUDGE

[samkydd]

(Billy Liar @ Oct 26 2005, 03:28 PM)

Witchfinder General, The Wicker Man, Dracula(1958), Shaun of the Dead.

I've just borrowed a copy of Shaun of the Dead and I haven't watched it all yet but so far it's been very funny. It restores your faith in modern British comedy films!

[dbz-buu]

The Films You Peeps Are Saying About Are Mild Lol What The Daddy Of Them All The Evil Dead Uncut Thats An Horror Film Turned My Hair White Lol Also The Changling With George C Scott These Are 2 Films I Will Not Forget In A Hurry.

[smudge]

name='dbz-buu']The Films You Peeps Are Saying About Are Mild Lol What The Daddy Of Them All The Evil Dead Uncut Thats An Horror Film Turned My Hair White Lol Also The Changling With George C Scott These Are 2 Films I Will Not Forget In A Hurry.

I must agree about THE CHANGELING ; interesting to see these films mentioned together as (to me) they seem poles apart. EVIL DEAD is a shocker - a REAL horror film, yet CHANGELING is literally a haunting film, principally being based on atmospheres, I thought.



CHANGELING is a must-see movie in my opinion...



SMUDGE

[Moor Larkin]

name='Aenima'] The Haunting (1963) is excellent but a couple of the characters in the film really bug me.

Really? Which ones?



The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963) has got to be my favourite scary-movie of all times. The horror that was the Zeta-Jones remake only re-emphasised it's subtle perfection. I used to find the young man irritating but he comes good at the end. The Prof. is just so dumb, he's the perfect "brilliant scientist". His wife is bang-on as his jealous but indifferent spouse. Julie Harris is simply mythic. Claire Bloom is sensational. It's just so good it hurts.............. .... .....

[Colonial]

Since this is a Brit movie forum, l'll restrict myself to Brit horror.



- Neil Marshal's "Dog Soldiers" and "The Descent".



- "28 Days Later".



- "Shaun of the Dead".



People already covered the classics. Surprisingly am doing an episode guide to "Hammer House of Horror", which is worth an investment imho.

[WiseFilms]

Why do people keep picking Shaun of the Dead ?!

It's an alright comedy, but wasn't the slightest bit scary.

[Marky B]

name='WiseFilms']Why do people keep picking Shaun of the Dead ?!

It's an alright comedy, but wasn't the slightest bit scary.

I haven't seen it yet,but perhaps it premise was mainly comedy .

Ta Ta

Marky B

[Redstar]

Has to be the tv adaptation of "Woman in Black" really made me jump!

[darkplace]

name='samkydd']I've just borrowed a copy of Shaun of the Dead and I haven't watched it all yet but so far it's been very funny. It restores your faith in modern British comedy films!

Shaun of the Dead was a classic! Was thinking about it last night when I saw a video clip on some bloke's vlog or blog or whatever you call these things now!



Some fat geezer called Baz or something all done up like a zombie for his mate Carl who seems obsessed with taking photos on his phone! lol!



Hmmm... might be fun to start up a vlog

[darkplace]

Still a huge fan of the Hammer horror films of the late 60s and early 70s. Caught them first on tv when I was a kid and could never get enough of them.



One of my favourites from the early 70s is Amicus's "From Beyond The Grave". Peter Cushing was a class act.

[ChristineCB]

Can anyone tell me the relationship between Amicus and Hammer Films? Were they brother and sister? Divorced? Did one crumble and the other was left standing? Or was one so successful that the other imitated their film formula?

[Santonix]

There are so many good horrors to choose from, I wouldn't disagree with any mentioned so far. But for me my favorite all time horror is Night of the Demon. The best Hammer horror would be The Devil Rides Out, and if I can sneak one in from America? The Spiral Staircase.

[JamesM]

I only watched The Devil Rides Out for the first time recently. I was quite surprised by it. It was quite advanced for Hammer. Night of the Demon is also my personal favourite.