Films

[nightcrawler13]

Flith....

I've seen all the Hostel movies, Saw movies, Base Moi, Gummo, Nekromanik and a Serbian Film. Yet, I found Filth harder to watch then all of them. The thing is with all of those torture porn films, you build up a tolerance throughout the film, so though you may be watching something horrific, you were watching something horrific five minutes ago so you've become sort of cold to it throughout the movie.

Whereas with Filth, it's lovely and funny, then it's HORRIBLE, then light and whimsical, THEN DISGUSTING, then thought provoking and emotional, then just plain NASTY. It's up and down so much, all the way through, that I really found it a hard watch, and I don't think I would ever watch it again.

That being said, it was very good, first time I've ever disliked James McAvoy, and I didn't realise until the very end that the guy with glasses was the horrific guy from Tyrannosaur, so great acting throughout, really funny parts and I guess I'd give it a 7.5/10

[TheGayTent]

Not seen it but heard it had been completely watered down?

[t8yman]

Kermode said he's seen few films as worthy of an 18 certicate.

Didnt read the full spoiler above, but got the gist of most of the first sentence. I'm avoiding any further spoilers. Definite cinema visit for me, possibly thursday.

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Has anyone get any recommendations for horror films?

[The Nal]

Has anyone get any recommendations for horror films?

Old school or new school?

Watched a good few old school films over the last couple of years. The early Hammer vampire stuff. 1958 Dracula etc.

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Old school or new school?

Watched a good few old school films over the last couple of years. The early Hammer vampire stuff. 1958 Dracula etc.

I doubt my girlfriend will be up for the hammer stuff, I've watched some of the Michael Gough & Christopher Lee's Hammer stuff and enjoyed them tho.

[The Nal]

I doubt my girlfriend will be up for the hammer stuff, I've watched some of the Michael Gough & Christopher Lee's Hammer stuff and enjoyed them tho.

So you're after The Ring, Insidious, Ju-on, Let The Right One In sort of thing?

Exorcist, Halloween and Poltergeist are all still great.

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So you're after The Ring, Insidious, Ju-on, Let The Right One In sort of thing?

Exorcist, Halloween and Poltergeist are all still great.

Pretty much, she is into Japanese/foreign horror and seen most of those tho, Insidious may be a good shout thanks.

[G-Stud]

Has anyone get any recommendations for horror films?

'Cabin in the Woods' is a good mix of comedy and horror

'Trick 'r Treat' for Halloween goodness

'V/H/S' & 'V/H/S 2' I both really enjoyed.

[t8yman]

Martyrs

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[The Nal]

The Troll Hunter is also a bit of fun.

[Kowalski]

I don't mind the first two Paranormal Activity films, some reasonably clever stuff.

Saw Captain Phillips last night, thought it was excellent. Hanks was very good but so was the main Somali pirate, two cracking performances.

[The Nal]

Saw Captain Phillips last night, thought it was excellent. Hanks was very good but so was the main Somali pirate, two cracking performances.

He was scary yeah. They're talking Oscars for Hanks and Abdi.

[BlackHole2006]

Halloween night tonight, reminds me of the first time I watched Texas Chainsaw Masscre. Probably the most terrifying film I'll ever see in my lifetime. Anyone else got any good reccomendations for horror films?

[Jackmypie]

For horror films I watched Doghouse last night. It's more comedy/horror than just horror. Reminded me of Shaun of the dead a little bit, atlhough not quite as good.

If you want a 'scary' film then you should give Sinister a watch.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Jackmypie

[sifi]

Has anyone get any recommendations for horror films?

The Exorcist is pretty good.

Oh, and the Omen isn't bad.

[Katster]

13 I think is worth a shout. I've only seen the 2010 remake.

[Katster]

And I just watched world war z and enjoyed that despite hearing bad things about it.

It's not a great film but in my opinion horror films never are.

[Jackmypie]

I just watched 'Braindead' and I really don't get why it's praised so highly within the horror community. Then again I don't really watch a lot of horror. I found some scenes to be funny but overall it's just really weird. It's basically just pure gore.

Also I only found out afterwards Peter Jackson directed it. Weird to think how different this is to any of his more recent stuff, i.e LOTR.

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Watched Thor 2 last night and I'm surprised how much I liked it, it's funny, looks great and the end battle just goes fucking crazy. The main baddie was a bit dull tho, he didn't have a personality apart from being evil.

[t8yman]

I just watched 'Braindead' and I really don't get why it's praised so highly within the horror community. Then again I don't really watch a lot of horror. I found some scenes to be funny but overall it's just really weird. It's basically just pure gore.

Also I only found out afterwards Peter Jackson directed it. Weird to think how different this is to any of his more recent stuff, i.e LOTR.

Its about context, when it came out - it was one of the goriest things ever, and it had a massive cult following at the time. People wearing rose tinted spectacles invariably havent watched said object of their affections for a long time. very few movies age well imho.

[big joe]

There are only a handful of films that have genuinely scared me. Perhaps unsettled is a better word. Quiet, quiet, quiet, BANG! seems to be most horror films now. Making somebody jump is a cheap trick and not the same as scaring them. Jaws, Halloween and The Omen, especially the latter, have all deeply unsettled me. I can't even do a length at the pool without thinking "What if a great white was released from one end as i'm halfway down? Could i make it?". With Halloween, its that mask. All Michael Myers has to do is stand still at one end of a corridor to have me bricking it. That mask is the face of evil i tell you! But the daddy of them all is The Omen. Directed by Richard Donner, with Gregory Peck leading, its heavyweight stuff and played dead straight as a psychological thriller. I only have to hear a few seconds of Jerry Goldsmiths chilling score to be whimpering like a coward behind the sofa.

Stuff like Hostel and the later Saw films - i quite enjoyed the first - have made me feel old for the first time. I find them repulsive and can't understand what the appeal is. Watching them, it is clear that the film makers are only interested in new and horrific ways of killing/torturing people and then draping those scenes over a threadbare plot. I can understand the urge to see something that might frighten you, but why would anyone want to see Hostel 3 or Human Centipede when you know it is just scenes of torture and murder strung together? Does anyone else think the same? Am i an old git?

[big joe]

I'm looking at Blade Runner: The Final Cut and District 9 on the table in front of me. Which one should i watch? Seen neither.

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I'm looking at Blade Runner: The Final Cut and District 9 on the table in front of me. Which one should i watch? Seen neither.

District 9 is the easier flick to watch but I prefer Blade Runner.

[t8yman]

District 9 is pretty damn good, for shame I have never seen blade runner all the way through.