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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 31, 2022 20:31:57 GMT
Woooooooo! 👻
There are two films that stick out for me. The Exorcist messed me up to a point where I never wanted to see it again. Halloween (the first one) was absolutely fantastic and of course it’s legacy lives on.
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Post by crabtree on Oct 31, 2022 22:17:50 GMT
Maybe not a Hallowe'en film perhaps, but a horror certainly. The wonderful Vincent Price and Diana Rigg in Theatre of Blood. What a superb, well made film.
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Post by interval99 on Oct 31, 2022 23:12:53 GMT
Dead of night remains the film I will never see again and like many others fully convinced me of the terror of ventriloquist dummy's which remains with me for life, even watching toy story 4 was an ordeal due to Vincent and his gang in it.
Did watch the original Friday the 13th recently after hmv had it cheap at the counter, does stand up fairly well for most part and surprised to see it featured a very young Kevin bacon . But the horror film use to be quite reliable for giving future stars their first roles.
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Post by marob on Nov 1, 2022 0:10:49 GMT
Not really a fan of horror films, particularly modern ones that seem to be all about the gore, but I have to agree with BurlyBeaR about the original Halloween. The suspense in that film is great, one of those where you stumble across it on TV and still end up watching. |
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Post by mkb on Nov 1, 2022 1:07:55 GMT
I saw Barbarian and Prey of the Devil tonight. The first was silly but great fun and worth a watch. The second has moments that are so bad they're good, but is truly awful otherwise. Fun way to spend Hallowe'en though.
I do enjoy a good horror, but the only film that has freaked me out was the first time I saw Angel Heart at the cinema.
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Post by sfsusan on Nov 1, 2022 8:04:46 GMT
Psycho. My best friend in high school spent the night and we watched this on tv. Our screams at the big reveal woke up my parents.
She still remembers this, too, and just sent me a You Tube video of a cute kitten watching the same scene and being terrified. Poor kitty.
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Post by Deal J on Nov 1, 2022 8:40:30 GMT
I've been enjoying Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix, usually these sort of anthology shows are a mixed bag but the ones I've seen so far have been fun.
My favourite horror movies are Rosemary's Baby, The Thing, and The Omen. Hallowe'en is another excuse for me to sit and watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the umpteenth time!
It's funny to think not so long ago The Exorcist was a banned movie, and yet now you can find it by idly channel-hopping through terrestrial television!
Exorcist III is an exceptionally good film for a sequel. Some amazing cinematography in there... highly recommended if you haven't seen it already.
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Post by inthenose on Nov 1, 2022 15:42:23 GMT
The Exorcist for me. One of my favourite films ever.
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Post by Rory on Nov 1, 2022 18:13:46 GMT
To me, the best and most effective horror movies are The Exorcist and The Shining.
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Post by crowblack on Nov 1, 2022 22:23:00 GMT
If you haven't already discovered it, can I highly recommend Talking Pictures TV's 'Cellar Club' Friday Horror Nights. They get some real classics and quite a few rather lurid rarities, and on Twitter The Film Crowd does 'watchalongs' with them, if you like that sort of thing. On their Encore channel (online and red button on TV) they currently have one of my all time favourites Carnival of Souls, Night of the Living Dead, Blood on Satan's Claw and The Devil Rides Out.
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Post by theatrelover82 on Nov 1, 2022 22:58:07 GMT
Exorcist..no question….
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Post by danb on Nov 3, 2022 21:18:08 GMT
Exorcist III is an exceptionally good film for a sequel. Some amazing cinematography in there... highly recommended if you haven't seen it already.
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I do remember thinking it was really effective at the time, especially ‘that’ scene. 😳 Literally that one image branded on my retinas for days.
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Post by crowblack on Nov 3, 2022 23:42:49 GMT
I really love the old BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, and the 16mm film they were shot on adds an extra layer of eeriness. They're all good, but I think A Warning to the Curious, with the late Peter Vaughan, is the scariest.
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