Horror

[2takesfrakes]

... What horror stories, or horror films are you most interested in, or taken by.

For me, it's the film Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's operatic, it's larger than life and the cinematography is superb. It has its problems, particularly dealing with the mate the Frankenstein monster wants made for him, and everything to do with that is just kind of awkward and feels sort of tacked on. Otherwise, Victor Frankenstein, the monster's creator, is shown on a couple of occasions, demonstrating how cool science can be. For example, there's a lightning storm and Victor drags his girlfriend out with some experiment he's conjured up and once it captures a lightning bolt and becomes electrified, everyone reaches towards it and a stream of static electricity continuously zaps their fingers and everyone's laughing. Stuff like that really made the movie cool.

And I love the Arctic expedition that's kind of thrown in there to counter the obsessiveness of the ship's captain to that of Victor Frankenstein. When they finally meet, it's really good stuff. In fact, there's a lot of ice in this movie where significant events happen. And if you're into costume dramas, this movie's of it. I'm extremely fond of this interpretation of this timeless classic. It's at least as good as the book, and in some ways better. Just for the hell of it, I'm throwing in this article in which author Kathryn Harkup proposes a few experiments which "may" have influenced Mary Shelley's ideas for her infamous book:

http://www.sciencefocus.com/article...ce-history-experiments-making-monster-kathryn

 

[USS Firefly]

That is really a tough question.
I love the conjuring and decent

 

[Starbreaker]

28 Days Later
The Orphanage
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
It Follows
Stephen King Novels
The Terror

 

[Armus]

Basketcase.

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[JD]

I haven't watched a ton of horror, but most of movies I've seen I've enjoyed.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
Bram Stocker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola version, this is my favorite of the bunch)
An American Werewolf in London

 

[TrickyDickie]

I'm torn between liking De Niro's performance in that film, to an extent, and wondering if someone else might have done even better. Enjoyed the film a lot, overall, though.

I have always wanted a film to be made based on Hawthorne's 'The Birth-Mark':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth-Mark

My preference would be to not go too heavily with religious content.

I think Alan Rickman would have been perfect in that.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I like Teeth, it's about vagina dentata. But it's done almost like the original of a superhero who goes after evil men.

 

[2takesfrakes]

I'm torn between liking De Niro's performance in that film, to an extent, and wondering if someone else might have done even better. Enjoyed the film a lot, overall, though.

I do have to admit that De Niro isn't what I'd call a character actor. He's more like Shatner, where everybody he plays basically becomes Shatner. De Niro did do some "research," if you like, in that he based the monster's mode of speech off of stroke victims he'd volunteered with at a Nursing Home. And he was able, I feel, to capture the "innocence" of The Creature. He does a credible job showing that he's truly, deeply hurt by being so forcefully rejected, all around, and I feel sorry for him. I think the problem comes later, when he's gotten vindictive about that and now De Niro's signature style of being a badass comes out and it's like ... "it's De Niro!" But you see him trying to really "act" with it and in the end, I think these inconsistent aspects of his performance actually correspond well to the fact that he's comprised of bits and pieces that don't jibe. Still, that's just a concession on my part. The fact is, casting De Niro as someone to be pitied is a tough sell.

I have always wanted a film to be made based on Hawthorne's 'The Birth-Mark':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth-Mark

My preference would be to not go too heavily with religious content.

I think Alan Rickman would have been perfect in that.

I must be Frank & Ernest: I'm not familiar with this, but I shall investigate ...

 

[TrickyDickie]

I think the problem comes later, when he's gotten vindictive about that and now De Niro's signature style of being a badass comes out and it's like ... "it's De Niro!" But you see him trying to really "act" with it and in the end, I think these inconsistent aspects of his performance actually correspond well to the fact that he's comprised of bits and pieces that don't jibe.

Neat take! I will keep that in mind the next time I watch it....and it has been a while.

 

[Greg Cox]

Hard to know where to begin. Horror is my first love and old horror movies are my comfort food. I love the original Universal Monsters, Val Lewton's eerily poetic flicks from the 1940s, William Castle movies, Hammer Films, etc. Let's try to break it down by category.

Silent: The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney.
Universal talkies: The Wolf Man (1941)
RKO movies by Val Lewton: The Seventh Victim
Hammer Films: The Brides of Dracula

Other faves include The Wicker Man (the original, not the remake), The Abominable Doctor Phibes, Theater of Blood, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, and, more recently, The Descent, The Conjuring, and The Visit.

Does The Shape of Water count as a horror movie? If so, that's up there, too.

 

[Vger23]

The Shining
Alien
The Conjuring
Poltergeist
Get Out
Paranormal Activity
Event Horizon
The Thing