Is there anyone else who likes Day of the Dead over Dawn or Night?
Day is definitely in the top two for me, at least tied with Dawn but possibly even surpassing it. It has been several years since I last saw it, so it's tough to say exactly how I feel about them right now...but yeah, Day is fantastic.
I find myself moving away from slashers in the last 10 years or so too, they just don't really do it for me anymore.
I find they either are just making fun of themselves or they try to hard to be serious and it just isn't.
I generally agree. I find that I tend to favor "monster" horror. Slasher flicks have never seemed to impress me much and I also don't get much out of "haunting/possession/ghost" horror films. There are a few exceptions, like The Exorcist, but most movies about a spirit or demon that haunts people I find boring or uninspired.
I find myself moving away from slashers in the last 10 years or so too, they just don't really do it for me anymore.
I find they either are just making fun of themselves or they try to hard to be serious and it just isn't.
I generally agree. I find that I tend to favor "monster" horror. Slasher flicks have never seemed to impress me much and I also don't get much out of "haunting/possession/ghost" horror films. There are a few exceptions, like The Exorcist, but most movies about a spirit or demon that haunts people I find boring or uninspired.
Oh man me either, I feel like that is all they ever come out with these days.
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude that movie rocks pretty hard!
I can't think of the director right now but he made all kinds of good low-budget monster movies.
The monster squad such eighties goodness. I also liked Prince of Darkness when I was younger and I know it's not a movie but the Simpsons Halloween episodes.
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude that movie rocks pretty hard!
I can't think of the director right now but he made all kinds of good low-budget monster movies.
Don Dohler is the director. I haven't seen any of his other movies, but Nightbeast is pretty cool. Great gore effects, special effects that scream the 80s, it's such a fun B-movie to watch.
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude that movie rocks pretty hard!
I can't think of the director right now but he made all kinds of good low-budget monster movies.
Don Dohler is the director. I haven't seen any of his other movies, but Nightbeast is pretty cool. Great gore effects, special effects that scream the 80s, it's such a fun B-movie to watch.
Are you serious? Holy sh**! You need to watch it. One of my favorite films of all time. We're talking the 1982 film, not the 2011 film of the same name.
It seems like half the movies in this thread have remakes we can safely assume are the older one. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Omen, Funny Games, Black Christmas, Dawn of the Dead, The Fly, The Exocist, The Shining, Halloween, The Wicker Man, The Fog, Evil Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Thing...
It ain't no horror movie unless it had a weird remake 20 years later.
Are you serious? Holy sh**! You need to watch it. One of my favorite films of all time. We're talking the 1982 film, not the 2011 film of the same name.
I really do like The Thing, but I think its a bit overrated. (Even within Carpenter's own filmography, it doesn't make my top 3), It mostly gets by on the amazing practical effects that Rob Bottin almost killed himself to pull off. The actual movie itself has those 2 amazing special effects showcase scenes, but the rest of it is kind of boring. The soundtrack is forgettable, There are major third act problems, and the cinematography of that final showdown is really flat (The final battle should have been the biggest and the best, but they blew their budget and and creative wad about 40 minutes prior)
Zombi/Dawn of the dead is Romero, who I think died today actually
Zombi 2/Zombie is Lucio Fulci
Romero died today?
George Romero and Dario Argento collaboratively wrote Dawn of the Dead and was released as Zombi in Italy which Argento did and it was slightly different
I really do like The Thing, but I think its a bit overrated. (Even within Carpenter's own filmography, it doesn't make my top 3), It mostly gets by on the amazing practical effects that Rob Bottin almost killed himself to pull off. The actual movie itself has those 2 amazing special effects showcase scenes, but the rest of it is kind of boring. The soundtrack is forgettable, There are major third act problems, and the cinematography of that final showdown is really flat (The final battle should have been the biggest and the best, but they blew their budget and and creative wad about 40 minutes prior)
I respect your right to stick to an opinion even when it's wrong.
Monster Squad is one of those films that I have a hard time classifying as a "horror film". Of course it has all the classic Universal "horror monsters" in it but it's tone is much more an adventure/comedy like Goonies or Ghostbusters. The 80's had a lot of those kinds of hybrid-genre films, many of them great.
The Woman in Black (1989/2012) - The scene in 89' version when he first sees the apparition standing there at the rocky shores was pretty creepy. They nailed the atmosphere in the '12 version. Really felt the chills being in that house with him alone (watching alone) with only his dog for company.
The film Dagon really surprised me. An adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Not a perfect film by any stretch but when it worked, it worked well.
I really do like The Thing, but I think its a bit overrated. (Even within Carpenter's own filmography, it doesn't make my top 3), It mostly gets by on the amazing practical effects that Rob Bottin almost killed himself to pull off. The actual movie itself has those 2 amazing special effects showcase scenes, but the rest of it is kind of boring. The soundtrack is forgettable, There are major third act problems, and the cinematography of that final showdown is really flat (The final battle should have been the biggest and the best, but they blew their budget and and creative wad about 40 minutes prior)
I respect your right to stick to an opinion even when it's wrong.
whoever mentioned VIDEODROME just made me wanna watch that one again. pretty kick ass
also I think someone also mentioned EVENT HORIZON...that movie doesn't get enough credit! I always thought that flick was awesome, I used to watch it all the time when I was younger
I don't like the final bit of Event Horizon. It's creepy and has nice atmosphere... but then when you see the demon guy... it just gets kind of lame. Reminds me of Sunshine as well. Awesome movie until they introduce the guy that went crazy staring at the sun.
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Is there anyone else who likes Day of the Dead over Dawn or Night?
Day is definitely in the top two for me, at least tied with Dawn but possibly even surpassing it. It has been several years since I last saw it, so it's tough to say exactly how I feel about them right now...but yeah, Day is fantastic.
I find they either are just making fun of themselves or they try to hard to be serious and it just isn't.
Is there anyone else who likes Day of the Dead over Dawn or Night?
I prefer Day and Land. Dawn is... well let's just say I don't understand people's rabid love of that movie
I find myself moving away from slashers in the last 10 years or so too, they just don't really do it for me anymore.
I find they either are just making fun of themselves or they try to hard to be serious and it just isn't.
I generally agree. I find that I tend to favor "monster" horror. Slasher flicks have never seemed to impress me much and I also don't get much out of "haunting/possession/ghost" horror films. There are a few exceptions, like The Exorcist, but most movies about a spirit or demon that haunts people I find boring or uninspired.
Is there anyone else who likes Day of the Dead over Dawn or Night?
I prefer Day and Land. Dawn is... well let's just say I don't understand people's rabid love of that movie
I should probably give Land another watch, simply because it's Romero, but I have to admit that my first viewing left me feeling...bleh...
I find myself moving away from slashers in the last 10 years or so too, they just don't really do it for me anymore.
I find they either are just making fun of themselves or they try to hard to be serious and it just isn't.
I generally agree. I find that I tend to favor "monster" horror. Slasher flicks have never seemed to impress me much and I also don't get much out of "haunting/possession/ghost" horror films. There are a few exceptions, like The Exorcist, but most movies about a spirit or demon that haunts people I find boring or uninspired.
Oh man me either, I feel like that is all they ever come out with these days.
I find myself moving away from slashers in the last 10 years or so too, they just don't really do it for me anymore.
I find they either are just making fun of themselves or they try to hard to be serious and it just isn't.
What about giallos? They're like slashers, but with more plot... and sexism...
Aliens
Bride of Frankenstein
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dracula
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Event Horizon
Frankenstein
Fright Night (1985)
Fright Night Part 2
From Dusk Till Dawn
Galaxy of Terror
Graveyard Shift
Horror of Dracula
Intruder
King Kong (1933)
Maximum Overdrive
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Night of the Creeps
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Pet Sematary
Silver Bullet
Tarantula
Taste the Blood of Dracula
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Fog
The Lost Boys
The Mist
The Mole People
The Monster Squad
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The Thing (1982)
Vampire Circus
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude that movie rocks pretty hard!
I can't think of the director right now but he made all kinds of good low-budget monster movies.
Originally posted by: TheToxieRules
Originally posted by: bimmy_lee
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude that movie rocks pretty hard!
I can't think of the director right now but he made all kinds of good low-budget monster movies.
Don Dohler is the director. I haven't seen any of his other movies, but Nightbeast is pretty cool. Great gore effects, special effects that scream the 80s, it's such a fun B-movie to watch.
Originally posted by: bimmy_lee
Originally posted by: TheToxieRules
Originally posted by: bimmy_lee
Haha, hell yeah. I could've made a separate list of stuff I like, but aren't my favorites, but that would've been pretty long, haha. Aw hell, here's a few others I have enjoyed for one reason or another:
C.H.U.D.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Halloween 3
Island of Lost Souls
Leviathan
Night of the Demon
Nightbeast
Q: The Winged Serpent
Return of the Living Dead
Suspiria
TerrorVision
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
What We Do in the Shadows
Zombie (1979)
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude that movie rocks pretty hard!
I can't think of the director right now but he made all kinds of good low-budget monster movies.
Don Dohler is the director. I haven't seen any of his other movies, but Nightbeast is pretty cool. Great gore effects, special effects that scream the 80s, it's such a fun B-movie to watch.
Ahhhh yes, Donny DEE!
I've never seen The Thing, lol.
Are you serious? Holy sh**! You need to watch it. One of my favorite films of all time. We're talking the 1982 film, not the 2011 film of the same name.
It seems like half the movies in this thread have remakes we can safely assume are the older one. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Omen, Funny Games, Black Christmas, Dawn of the Dead, The Fly, The Exocist, The Shining, Halloween, The Wicker Man, The Fog, Evil Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Thing...
It ain't no horror movie unless it had a weird remake 20 years later.
I've never seen The Thing, lol.
Are you serious? Holy sh**! You need to watch it. One of my favorite films of all time. We're talking the 1982 film, not the 2011 film of the same name.
I really do like The Thing, but I think its a bit overrated. (Even within Carpenter's own filmography, it doesn't make my top 3), It mostly gets by on the amazing practical effects that Rob Bottin almost killed himself to pull off. The actual movie itself has those 2 amazing special effects showcase scenes, but the rest of it is kind of boring. The soundtrack is forgettable, There are major third act problems, and the cinematography of that final showdown is really flat (The final battle should have been the biggest and the best, but they blew their budget and and creative wad about 40 minutes prior)
Dario Argento (Suspiria, Zombi aka DotD, etc)
Zombi/Dawn of the dead is Romero, who I think died today actually
Zombi 2/Zombie is Lucio Fulci
Romero died today?
George Romero and Dario Argento collaboratively wrote Dawn of the Dead and was released as Zombi in Italy which Argento did and it was slightly different
I really do like The Thing, but I think its a bit overrated. (Even within Carpenter's own filmography, it doesn't make my top 3), It mostly gets by on the amazing practical effects that Rob Bottin almost killed himself to pull off. The actual movie itself has those 2 amazing special effects showcase scenes, but the rest of it is kind of boring. The soundtrack is forgettable, There are major third act problems, and the cinematography of that final showdown is really flat (The final battle should have been the biggest and the best, but they blew their budget and and creative wad about 40 minutes prior)
I respect your right to stick to an opinion even when it's wrong.
The monster squad such eighties goodness.
Monster Squad is one of those films that I have a hard time classifying as a "horror film". Of course it has all the classic Universal "horror monsters" in it but it's tone is much more an adventure/comedy like Goonies or Ghostbusters. The 80's had a lot of those kinds of hybrid-genre films, many of them great.
The Haunting (1963)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Face to Face (1976)
Alien (1979)
Phantasm (1979)
The Shining (1980)
The Thing (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Aliens (1986)
Hellraiser (1987)
The Others (2001)
The Conjuring (2013)
The Witch (2016)
Honorable Mentions:
Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
The Woman in Black (1989/2012) - The scene in 89' version when he first sees the apparition standing there at the rocky shores was pretty creepy. They nailed the atmosphere in the '12 version. Really felt the chills being in that house with him alone (watching alone) with only his dog for company.
I really do like The Thing, but I think its a bit overrated. (Even within Carpenter's own filmography, it doesn't make my top 3), It mostly gets by on the amazing practical effects that Rob Bottin almost killed himself to pull off. The actual movie itself has those 2 amazing special effects showcase scenes, but the rest of it is kind of boring. The soundtrack is forgettable, There are major third act problems, and the cinematography of that final showdown is really flat (The final battle should have been the biggest and the best, but they blew their budget and and creative wad about 40 minutes prior)
I respect your right to stick to an opinion even when it's wrong.
Is there anyone else who likes Day of the Dead over Dawn or Night?
Definitely more than Dawn. Not sure about Night. Rhodes cracks me up.
Dario Argento (Suspiria, Zombi aka DotD, etc)
Romero, who I think died today actually
Damn! Its true, rest in power to a true legend.
also I think someone also mentioned EVENT HORIZON...that movie doesn't get enough credit! I always thought that flick was awesome, I used to watch it all the time when I was younger