I've been out of the country for the last year and a half and I don't know what I've missed. Help me out folks. I watched Event Horizon on Blue Ray the other day and remembered how much I liked that movie. I'm not into the Saw genre or shit like that but if you can think of good horror flicks to rent or cop, let me know please.

Came out a few years ago. Remake of the german version by the same director, fairly serious and clever. Tim Roth, Naomi Watts.

but I will warn you, that movie is intense as fuck.

Some other faves of mine that I haven't seen mentioned yet are 28 Days Later and the sequel 28 Weeks Later. Both are really well done zombie flicks with really iconic scenes/sequences that will stick with you for a long time afterwards.

I've thought and read alot about that movie.

It's interesting to watch with the following perspective:

The two villians are real people who exist inside a horror movie. In this way, it's actually a critique of escapism in film wherein we think we can explore amoral themes without moral culpability.

So it's actually an 'anti-horror movie'.

and that Haneke was making a statement against horror movies and escapism, but that's an interesting read about them being real people.

If you think about it....Every character in the movie are surreal cliches except the villains. In this interpretation, the villains represent the audience (or typical horror movie fans).

So the real villain of this movie is the audience. (us)

I'm gonna geek out a little here cause it's been a couple years since I seen the film and I've been thinking about it this morning.

It seems like Hanake is differentiating between what I'll call an 'intrinsic morality' and a 'pragmatic morality'.

With a pragmatic morality....if one were to find themselves inside a horror movie (like the villains in 'funny games') there would be no moral perogative to NOT kill a dog....NOT kill a child....NOT kill a family because there are no 'real-world' consequences. No real victims.

But an intrinsic morality results in different behaviour under such circumstances. If you find yourself in the surreal confines of a horror movie....or a lucid dream....or a sexual fantasy....your actions are guided by an internal sense of right and wrong. So even if there are no 'real-world' consequences, you still behave in accordance to an intrinsic moral code....for it's own sake.

Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Scanners
Hostel 1 and 2
The Shining
Jaws
Alien 1,2 and 3
Teeth
Misery
Nightbreed
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Sutherland, Nimoy version)
Psycho
The Thing
Blair Witch Project
Rosemary's Baby
Frailty
American Psycho
Open Water
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Black Christmas
Silence of the Lambs + Red Dragon

Lots more I can't think of now but I that's a pretty good list imo.

I couldnt stand that flick, but I do know people who loved it

I like the psychological change in the characters and their relationship. Like a typically good horror movie....the slow realization that they're doomed...the stages of anger, denial, exhaustion, acceptance. They start out supportive of each other...then start blaming each other...then return to supporting each other. It's a movie about marraige really.

Come at it with a more open mind or less expectations something of the sort.

If you don't mind subtitles some goodies:

Inside
Martyrs(warning: this movie fucked me up and thats a feat)
High Tension
Frontiers

Others:
The Descent
Audition(Japanese)
Dog Soldiers
Dawn of the Dead(remake)

i also like Thirst.. and REC has to get a mention. (avoid the pointless american remake though, 'Quarantine')

it's a bit older but i just watched The Burrowers last night. was surprisingly good for what is essentially a b movie

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I fully expected it to be a shitstorm but it was decent...not brilliant like the first one but decent

Perhaps I wasn't in the mood but it didn't leave a big impression on me. I remember thinking the feminist angle was kinda interesting but the concept seemed a little silly to me.

But it's one of those films that alot people seem to really like. Any comments as to what made it good to you?

I think I'll check out the sequel tonight.

i think the environment of having a larger than life screen, huge sound, a collective audience and sitting in the dark with no outside distractions lended heavily to the scariness of that movie.




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With all the sounds around you and the dark claustrophobic feeling, it did a lot for the film

Better than I remembered. Still haven't watched 2 yet but the first one is definitely a quality film.

I wouldn't even be mad if they milked it for a trilogy

I like the variety of suggestions I've gotten

trust me.

i didn't expect much, but i definitely enjoyed it.

The House of the Devil (slow-burn Rosemary's Baby type of horror)
I Can See You
Trigger Man

non-American:
Calvaire
Left Bank
Trouble Every Day

watched it on a whim, and it's got some seriously nice atmosphere going on. Set in the late 70s, early 80s ... really keeps the feel of movies from that time.

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Creepy.

Even flirted with being a good movie from time to time, lol.

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lol @ flirted

Anyone seen that? Just watched it tonight.

Crispin Glover...a performance of a lifetime. Can't recommend this movie more. The score is a little too much at times but the cinematography is beautiful and the script is great.

It's a foreign film.
There is a US remake coming out soon.
I suggest watching the original since it is so awesome and we don't know how good the remake will be.



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Gorgeous Cinematography. Also, I highly recommend attaining the score (it's out there).

Black Sheep (New Zealand)

Blood Car (US)

The Host (Korea)

Sean of the Dead (UK)



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The kats I watched it with, didn't really get it, but I liked it alot.

I vaguely remember thinking I should see it...

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I liked it more than The Host which I enjoyed (except the humor). It's about a mother trying to prove her son's innocence in a teenage girl's murder.

it's in my netflix queue!

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I think you'll definitely find some parts of the movie interesting. I can't recall if you've seen the director's Memories of Murder. That's a near-masterpiece.

Sean of the Dead is the gift that never stops giving.

The script is so dense and clever without ever getting too cloudy. I think I've seen it 10 times and could watch it again.

You must see 'Teeth'.

Written and directed by the son of Roy Lichtenstein (pixalated archie comics pop artist).

Vagina with teeth + Progressive politics + Hilarity.

Available on youtube as per the wishes of the writer/director

It was cool, I thought it was a pretty fresh idea, and I really liked how it played out.

Both are great, more recent, horror flicks.

The remakes of Dawn of the Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are great recent ones too.

OG movies, like the original Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Child's Play, you can't go wrong with them either.

Lake Mungo (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816556/

Doghouse (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023500/

Drag Me To Hell (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127180/

There hasn't been much this year yet. If you're interested in anything that didn't come out in the last couple years, I'd have more recommendations.

I'm really a fan of the genre

thanks a lot

It's more surreal/horror/psych thriller, and a bit hard to find but soooo worth it, up there with Dario Argenti's best stuff

Plus dude from Jurassic Park is fucking G in this

here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVdtYAs8-w

Good flick, too.

That went into my top 10 female performances just off one viewing. That subway scene was so intense.